We push hybrid cars that cost more to produce (in terms of money and environmental impact) than old regular cars, and the difference will never be made up during the life of the car.
We want plugin electrics despite the fact that they'll put a huge strain on the already-fucked electrical grid, and will be ultimately be supplied by burning coal.
SELinux makes the problem worse. Without SELinux, there's a variable that specifies the lowest page in memory that a process can map. If you can't put anything at address 0, jumping through a NULL function pointer isn't as big a deal.
With SELinux on, that variable is ignored, and you can map at address 0 to your heart's content.
Really, crap like this is the reason the founders put the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments in the constitution. They were rightfully fearful of tyranny of the majority, and if the way we treat our sex offenders doesn't count, I don't know what does.
I can respect your preference for statically-typed languages, even if I disagree with it. Dynamic typing has a long history going back all the way to the original LISP. Wonderful programs have been written in both kinds of language.
As for inheritance: Javascript is prototype-based, not object-based per se. It's actually a superset of many object models. You can easily use it as if it were a normal language with object-oriented features.
closed as they can get away with (e.g. MacOS and WebOS).
Say what you will about WebOS licensing, but because all the built-in applications are just written in Javascript, it's trivial in practice to customize and extend them.
syntax-highlighting editor that can edit files over SFTP is all that's really needed (ok, svn support is nice)
GNU Emacs and (warning: plug) espresso-mode. Emacs supports sftp out of the box using tramp, and of course it interacts with subversion (among other version control systems) elegantly.
It's just an ordinary Linux computer that runs iptables and iproute2 like any other Linux computer. If I want to forward traffic over it, I can do it in exactly the same way I would forward packets through any other Linux machine. (Hint: the wifi interface is called eth0. The cellular interface is called ppp0. And it supports USB networking.)
The Pre is mind-bogglingly banal. We're so accustomed to twisted, badly-designed platforms in the mobile world that when we're confronted with what's more or less a boring old Linux system, our jaws drop in flabbergasted amazement.
Your post is pure FUD. The bottleneck in any application worth writing isn't actually laying out the widgets on the page. Also, I can't see why using a graphical HTML editor if you were so inclined would be out of the question.
It's not how many "languages" or "syntaxes" one needs to learn that counts, but the complexity of the whole system. The system complexity is roughly comparable, and if anything, favors the Pre. Objective C is still an esoteric language; HTMl, Javascript, and CSS have been universal for 15 years.
Yes! Punishments are too lenient all around. Life in prison for shoplifting! Public flogging for speeding! Hanging by the neck until dead for people who bring camcorders to movie theaters.
At some point, you have to realize that "perps", "criminals", and "deviants" are still human beings, that they really can reform themselves and be productive citizens after they have served their time. 20 years is not any less of deterrent than life in prison. Treating people who've made mistakes like second-class citizens just ensures that they'll make more mistakes and harm society.
One perfect of our entire population is in prison. That's utterly astounding. Appalling, too: not because there are that many "bad" people, but because of how easy it is to an enemy of the people. I graduated high school with about 450 fellow students. I did not know one person who I thought to have a criminal mind, much less four people!
We need to wake up and realize that what we need is more compassion, not more jackboots, locks, and guard towers.
And the problem with his being what, exactly? Life isn't about work, and there's nothing about the number 40 that makes anyone working fewer hours than that a lazy bum. Instead of being derogatory, you should be envious.
Class action lawsuits could be improved, sure, but even in their present form, they discourage companies from performing certain actions, and that itself as value.
In all reality, people need to see the middle ground.
Middle ground? The middle group between 'okay' and 'horrible' isn't 'good'. You have a point in the abstract. But right now, entrenched interests have far too much power to worry about whether we're being too hard on them.
But on the other hand, no one really benefits from class action suits except the lawyers.
What's the alternative? To let companies get away with violations of the law until the DOJ gets around to prosecuting them?
We all benefit when antisocial corporate actions are discouraged, even if we're not all made whole. Your argument is actually a reason for better class-action procedures, not a reason to dismiss the entire concept.
I hate this word. The word just reeks of passivism, acceptance, and defeat. With apologies to George Orwell, all a consumer does is choose which color of corporate boot is stamping on his face forever.
Sorry, I prefer the "unfettered capitalism" of the past -- at least, it was efficient and the same rules, however difficult, applied to everyone.
Unfettered capitalism inevitably leads to wealth concentration, and wealth concentration inevitably distorts the political system into favoring those with wealth. Even if you start out with the same rules applying to everyone, after a few decades, that's assuredly not the case anymore. Consider the big trusts of the 19th century, or the original AT&T, or the Teapot Dome scandal, or the more recent Department of the Interior Scandal, or own present-day financial system as described by Simon Johnson.
People like you, against all rational self-interest, argue in favor of those who currently hold the reins of power. People like you comprise the lunatic fringe that's historically impeded any attempt at breaking entrenched powers and enriching the life of the common person. In short, fuck you and the libertarian horse you ride in on.
My point is that there is something terribly wrong when laws allow companies to decline liability via a standard form contract. The practice obviously favors large corporate interests over ordinary people. When companies large enough to have legal departments start to be dominant force shaping policy, we know we're the sick man of the world.
Only in a thoroughly corrupt society can big corporations get away with saying "you can't sue me because I don't agree to be sued", while other big corporations win judgments against common people for thousands of times the actual damages. I thought only sovereign nations were supposed to be able to just decline a lawsuit.
I know it's easy to act like a badass on the internet, but it doesn't make you cool.
Go ahead, mutilate the English language. But anyone who matters will completely disregard your statement if you can't be bothered to the basic rules of grammar. If your writing is unstructured, then your thoughts most likely are as well.
no life
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SELinux makes the problem worse. Without SELinux, there's a variable that specifies the lowest page in memory that a process can map. If you can't put anything at address 0, jumping through a NULL function pointer isn't as big a deal.
With SELinux on, that variable is ignored, and you can map at address 0 to your heart's content.
Really, crap like this is the reason the founders put the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments in the constitution. They were rightfully fearful of tyranny of the majority, and if the way we treat our sex offenders doesn't count, I don't know what does.
Err, of course. Thanks for catching that.
The userland is in fact GNU/Linux. Hell, it runs dbus and pulseaudio! WebOS is just a few conventional userland applications.
No, but the source is sitting in plain sight right on the phone. You can even modify it if you'd like.
I can respect your preference for statically-typed languages, even if I disagree with it. Dynamic typing has a long history going back all the way to the original LISP. Wonderful programs have been written in both kinds of language.
As for inheritance: Javascript is prototype-based, not object-based per se. It's actually a superset of many object models. You can easily use it as if it were a normal language with object-oriented features.
Say what you will about WebOS licensing, but because all the built-in applications are just written in Javascript, it's trivial in practice to customize and extend them.
GNU Emacs and (warning: plug) espresso-mode. Emacs supports sftp out of the box using tramp, and of course it interacts with subversion (among other version control systems) elegantly.
But not it isn't Linux.
Uh, what?
"Tethering"? I don't need to "tether" my Pre.
It's just an ordinary Linux computer that runs iptables and iproute2 like any other Linux computer. If I want to forward traffic over it, I can do it in exactly the same way I would forward packets through any other Linux machine. (Hint: the wifi interface is called eth0. The cellular interface is called ppp0. And it supports USB networking.)
The Pre is mind-bogglingly banal. We're so accustomed to twisted, badly-designed platforms in the mobile world that when we're confronted with what's more or less a boring old Linux system, our jaws drop in flabbergasted amazement.
Your post is pure FUD. The bottleneck in any application worth writing isn't actually laying out the widgets on the page. Also, I can't see why using a graphical HTML editor if you were so inclined would be out of the question.
It's not how many "languages" or "syntaxes" one needs to learn that counts, but the complexity of the whole system. The system complexity is roughly comparable, and if anything, favors the Pre. Objective C is still an esoteric language; HTMl, Javascript, and CSS have been universal for 15 years.
Do you have a substantive basis for disagreeing with my post?
Yes! Punishments are too lenient all around. Life in prison for shoplifting! Public flogging for speeding! Hanging by the neck until dead for people who bring camcorders to movie theaters.
At some point, you have to realize that "perps", "criminals", and "deviants" are still human beings, that they really can reform themselves and be productive citizens after they have served their time. 20 years is not any less of deterrent than life in prison. Treating people who've made mistakes like second-class citizens just ensures that they'll make more mistakes and harm society.
One perfect of our entire population is in prison. That's utterly astounding. Appalling, too: not because there are that many "bad" people, but because of how easy it is to an enemy of the people. I graduated high school with about 450 fellow students. I did not know one person who I thought to have a criminal mind, much less four people!
We need to wake up and realize that what we need is more compassion, not more jackboots, locks, and guard towers.
And the problem with his being what, exactly? Life isn't about work, and there's nothing about the number 40 that makes anyone working fewer hours than that a lazy bum. Instead of being derogatory, you should be envious.
Class action lawsuits could be improved, sure, but even in their present form, they discourage companies from performing certain actions, and that itself as value.
Middle ground? The middle group between 'okay' and 'horrible' isn't 'good'. You have a point in the abstract. But right now, entrenched interests have far too much power to worry about whether we're being too hard on them.
What's the alternative? To let companies get away with violations of the law until the DOJ gets around to prosecuting them?
We all benefit when antisocial corporate actions are discouraged, even if we're not all made whole. Your argument is actually a reason for better class-action procedures, not a reason to dismiss the entire concept.
I hate this word. The word just reeks of passivism, acceptance, and defeat. With apologies to George Orwell, all a consumer does is choose which color of corporate boot is stamping on his face forever.
I prefer the word "citizen".
Unfettered capitalism inevitably leads to wealth concentration, and wealth concentration inevitably distorts the political system into favoring those with wealth. Even if you start out with the same rules applying to everyone, after a few decades, that's assuredly not the case anymore. Consider the big trusts of the 19th century, or the original AT&T, or the Teapot Dome scandal, or the more recent Department of the Interior Scandal, or own present-day financial system as described by Simon Johnson.
People like you, against all rational self-interest, argue in favor of those who currently hold the reins of power. People like you comprise the lunatic fringe that's historically impeded any attempt at breaking entrenched powers and enriching the life of the common person. In short, fuck you and the libertarian horse you ride in on.
My point is that there is something terribly wrong when laws allow companies to decline liability via a standard form contract. The practice obviously favors large corporate interests over ordinary people. When companies large enough to have legal departments start to be dominant force shaping policy, we know we're the sick man of the world.
Not being a corporation, the distinction matters to me quite a bit. Are you a corporation?
What further evidence do we need that "sanctity of contract" should not be the most important principle in a legal system?
Only in a thoroughly corrupt society can big corporations get away with saying "you can't sue me because I don't agree to be sued", while other big corporations win judgments against common people for thousands of times the actual damages. I thought only sovereign nations were supposed to be able to just decline a lawsuit.
So you think it'd be a good thing if, at a sweep, we lost hundreds of thousands of jobs and our last domestic manufacturing base?
Go ahead, mutilate the English language. But anyone who matters will completely disregard your statement if you can't be bothered to the basic rules of grammar. If your writing is unstructured, then your thoughts most likely are as well.
You realize this is slashdot.org, right? "News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters"?