Do you use screwdrivers at work? I guess we better make the inventor of the screw driver a hero then.
The screwdriver is an important invention and quite essential for many technology oriented fields. However, it can also be considered to be fairly trivial, and there's a good chance that screwdrivers would be invented by someone else had the original inventor never bothered. I am not sure the same can be said about free operating systems / kernels / whatever.
And BTW yes I do think my contributions outweigh his however that is irrelevant to the conversation since I'm not nominated in the award.
Fair enough, though I do think they are quite relevant as they give you more of a solid position when attacking RMS.
By your definition Sadam is a hero because he's brought some economic relief to his people, nevermind the ones he's killed and tortured.
My definition made the distiction between people's accomplishments and their personalities. Your major problems with RMS seem to be that he is a "loon", is disrespectful of others and apparently prone to frothing. Killing people, on the other hand, is firmly in the realm of "real actions" rather than "attitude towards others".
Just go away, that was the most ridiculous post I have ever read in my life.
You have a four digit slashdot id, I refuse to believe that the above statement is true.
BTW, In that post I didn't actual claim that any one should or shouldn't be on any such list; merely trying to point out some differences in what they've done.
Hm, I work for a company whose sole raison d'etre is doing just that - finding a cure for cancer. We use Linux extensively, and while we probably could've done without, it does make the whole operation a hell of a lot cheaper (which, for a startup in the current economic climate, does matter quite a bit) and my job somewhat easier (which in the end saves the company money as well).
The guy belongs in a looney bin, not on a list of hero nominees. Any good works RMS has done or continues to do are far outwieghed by his mental disorders.
I am afraid I fail to see the connection. Even if he is a satan worshipping misanthrope who kicks puppies just for fun, his works is still his work. Which, one could argue is a bit more infulential than Linus'. Linus created one project, a very large, very successful and very important project, but nonetheless a single project. RMS (arguably) got the whole Free Software thing off the ground in the first place, influencing (directly or indirectly, a lot or a little) every single other free project out there. Oh, and just how much use is the Linux kernel without, let's say, GCC (to pick an example)?
The guy has no respect for anyone or anything that doesn't believe as he does.
So? This isn't the "List of People Who Respect Others and are Nice To Their Mothers". I don't believe this is supposed to be some sort of popularity contest.
This just always gets on my tits; I mean, ok, so you seem to be slightly less of a jerk than RMS is, but are your accomplishments in the same proportion to his?
Two different media. Media is already plural, the singular is "medium".
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I may be totally wrong about this, but can't cable modems use existing cable lines, where DSL needs either fiber or at least better than two-wire phone line?
You are in fact wrong, DSL does just fine with typical phone lines.
Though it is also true that there is much less coax to be found in Europe.
... but someone needs to be in charge, and capable of running the project by themselves if need be.
Um, you seem to be under the impression that the US has this capability. The point of this whole "cooperation" dealie wasn't to patronize other countries, it's because their help is necessary.
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What am I missing? Do DSL companies not want customers? Can they not do regular network maintanence or bill correctly? It seems that cable internet providers can do all this and cheaper. Kind makes me want to switch to cable.
I have DSL through Covad (ATT is the actual ISP), I've had it for a few years now, I've never had to call them once, it's never been down and it's probably faster than your friend's cable (of course, it may not be). It's expensive, but mostly because I need decent upstream bandwidth (oddly enough, for work).
The point being that comparing two companies isn't necessarily comparing cable to DSL.
Or go straight to bioperl.org, one of the absolute key projects for bioinformatics.
In case you are wondering, there is a biopython, biojava, biocorba, bioxml, biruby, etc. but perl is really where 90% of bioinformatics is done (simply because, in the end, all it is is text processing)
is still an emerging field at the nexus of computer science, chemistry, genetics, physiology, anatomy, pharmacology, epidemiology, medicine, engineering, virology, microbiology, pathology, mathematics, statistics, information management and molecular biology
Actually, it's a biology background and a bit of perl. (I personally do the perl part).
There is a good reason for that - you stop a generation and start making something new once it stops making money (ie the fans hate the movies).
It's kind of like that thing where you always find things in the "last place you looked" - unless you are just really stupid, that will always be the case.
specifically to emulate their windows counterparts
The word you are looking for is "duplicate" not "emulate", both in everyday English and in computer terms. The latter is more specific in that "emulation" usually applies to hardware (GNU/Linux and Windows run on the same platforms in this case, there is nothing to emulate)
Anyway, it seems this is already "redundant", I am not sure what you are trying to prove. Is the WINE team mistaking in that they are not building an emulator? Do you, in fact, know better?
Um, you mean to say that there are companies out there that do not change passwords to "sensitive" systems after people who know them leave? That's kinda scary... Most place I've worked for made sure to change all the passwords a person might know before that person was told they were being let go.
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Brilliant! You showed us that a spherical computer is not efficient use of space. I feel so silly now.
Let's try to find out.
Do you use screwdrivers at work? I guess we better make the inventor of the screw driver a hero then.
The screwdriver is an important invention and quite essential for many technology oriented fields. However, it can also be considered to be fairly trivial, and there's a good chance that screwdrivers would be invented by someone else had the original inventor never bothered. I am not sure the same can be said about free operating systems / kernels / whatever.
And BTW yes I do think my contributions outweigh his however that is irrelevant to the conversation since I'm not nominated in the award.
Fair enough, though I do think they are quite relevant as they give you more of a solid position when attacking RMS.
By your definition Sadam is a hero because he's brought some economic relief to his people, nevermind the ones he's killed and tortured.
My definition made the distiction between people's accomplishments and their personalities. Your major problems with RMS seem to be that he is a "loon", is disrespectful of others and apparently prone to frothing. Killing people, on the other hand, is firmly in the realm of "real actions" rather than "attitude towards others".
Just go away, that was the most ridiculous post I have ever read in my life.
You have a four digit slashdot id, I refuse to believe that the above statement is true.
BTW, In that post I didn't actual claim that any one should or shouldn't be on any such list; merely trying to point out some differences in what they've done.
Hm, I work for a company whose sole raison d'etre is doing just that - finding a cure for cancer. We use Linux extensively, and while we probably could've done without, it does make the whole operation a hell of a lot cheaper (which, for a startup in the current economic climate, does matter quite a bit) and my job somewhat easier (which in the end saves the company money as well).
The guy belongs in a looney bin, not on a list of hero nominees. Any good works RMS has done or continues to do are far outwieghed by his mental disorders.
I am afraid I fail to see the connection. Even if he is a satan worshipping misanthrope who kicks puppies just for fun, his works is still his work. Which, one could argue is a bit more infulential than Linus'. Linus created one project, a very large, very successful and very important project, but nonetheless a single project. RMS (arguably) got the whole Free Software thing off the ground in the first place, influencing (directly or indirectly, a lot or a little) every single other free project out there. Oh, and just how much use is the Linux kernel without, let's say, GCC (to pick an example)?
The guy has no respect for anyone or anything that doesn't believe as he does.
So? This isn't the "List of People Who Respect Others and are Nice To Their Mothers". I don't believe this is supposed to be some sort of popularity contest.
This just always gets on my tits; I mean, ok, so you seem to be slightly less of a jerk than RMS is, but are your accomplishments in the same proportion to his?
This must be very convenient for those who spend their lives on street corners.
Two different media. Media is already plural, the singular is "medium".
You are in fact wrong, DSL does just fine with typical phone lines.
Though it is also true that there is much less coax to be found in Europe.
Well, I would say your post shows that this also is has been is true of the readers.
That's a typo, right?
Um, you seem to be under the impression that the US has this capability. The point of this whole "cooperation" dealie wasn't to patronize other countries, it's because their help is necessary.
I have DSL through Covad (ATT is the actual ISP), I've had it for a few years now, I've never had to call them once, it's never been down and it's probably faster than your friend's cable (of course, it may not be). It's expensive, but mostly because I need decent upstream bandwidth (oddly enough, for work).
The point being that comparing two companies isn't necessarily comparing cable to DSL.
With all this excitement about the linux client, I haven't heard anything about an OS X one - anyone know if one in the works?
In case you are wondering, there is a biopython, biojava, biocorba, bioxml, biruby, etc. but perl is really where 90% of bioinformatics is done (simply because, in the end, all it is is text processing)
Actually, it's a biology background and a bit of perl. (I personally do the perl part).
There is a good reason for that - you stop a generation and start making something new once it stops making money (ie the fans hate the movies).
It's kind of like that thing where you always find things in the "last place you looked" - unless you are just really stupid, that will always be the case.
I'be been using EULAs in this very fasion for quite some time now.
I don't see how that's better - I don't have my Farscape either way...
Meh, it's got pretty impressive image recognition, but can't do math for shit - all in all, I'm not amazed.
The word you are looking for is "duplicate" not "emulate", both in everyday English and in computer terms. The latter is more specific in that "emulation" usually applies to hardware (GNU/Linux and Windows run on the same platforms in this case, there is nothing to emulate)
Anyway, it seems this is already "redundant", I am not sure what you are trying to prove. Is the WINE team mistaking in that they are not building an emulator? Do you, in fact, know better?
They can always just take the tip from Anime, call it "Star Wars Flash" and later completely disregard anything that happened in it.
Um, no, that's still the 13 year old boy crowd.
Just to start the pedantry rolling - WINE isn't an emulator, it's an API implementation.
Um, you mean to say that there are companies out there that do not change passwords to "sensitive" systems after people who know them leave? That's kinda scary... Most place I've worked for made sure to change all the passwords a person might know before that person was told they were being let go.
(looking forward to the lectures about stealing things I don't like paying for)
What, is it a Budong?