Nice troll. +5 Informative too.
But as usual, you miss the most important point. USE flags.
Why compile Samba with ldap support if you're never going to use LDAP in your network. In fact, isn't it nice to specify to the whole install that nothing should be built with LDAP support? I think so. Less code compiled in = small binaries, less code, less chance of a crash/security update.
I couldn't care less about the speed of Gentoo. I don't change my CFLAGs at all. But I like being able to tailor my machine to the purpose of the system.
Romania joined the EU on 2007-01-01. There'll be a good few hundred million people at the end of a cheap 2 hour flight from it in a few months (once Easyjet/Ryanair get regular flights there).
Indeed. I was wondering about this a few years ago.
Say Microsoft bought out/bribed/coerced/whatevered the people that write the GPL. Then they "asked" them to write a new version of the GPL that let MS do whatever they want.
Bam. Instantly, all GPL 2 and above apps/OSes are able to be used.
I don't like the idea of trusting people that seem to be honest, and decent now. While the current crop seem very determined to do things the right way now, if there's one thing that history has shown us - it's that things, events, and leaders change.
I did investigate thoroughly at the time, and yes, as mentioned in another answer to my comment, it was 4.0, or something like that. But for some reason, the JOIN with NULL didn't cut it - I can't remember why - the only solution (apparently) was NOT IN.
I was forced to learn Postgres because I wanted to do a SELECT * FROM foo WHERE bar NOT IN ( SELECT x FROM y WHERE z > 4 ) type query - basically a negative subselect. I couldn't do (or couldn't work out how to) use table JOINs to perform the same thing, and at the time, MySQL didn't do it.
I'm so thankful. Postgres is so much better. And the table JOIns I did have ran so much faster in PG. s/mysql_/pg_/g *.php
And they could not select the "randomly-kill-frendly-troops" option.
Still bitter about Iraq 1. We (the UK) lost more troops to "US cowboys" than Iraqis. Bah.
Forgive my ignorance, but if a lot of the buffer overflows occur because of strcpy() when alternatives like strncpy() exist, why isn't that call deleted from the library? Sure, lots of users' programs would stop compiling *, but after some gnashing of teeth at the developers, and some hurried sed/awking, we'd be rid of this pestilant plague.
A./configure --with-strcpy-is-insecure-and-i-know-it-and-am-too -lazy-to-fix-it option could be left for those that **couldn't** be changed.
Have a split PIN system - half in your head, and a random second half texted to your phone, which is valid for 5 minutes after it is texted. Voila. And the bonus? Everyone owns one of these "what you have" devices (in the UK at least).
That is true. They are very good at delivering projects too, at least from my UK perspective. We worked with them to make Concorde. They built that huge new bridge above the clouds in France.
I like many things about France. Let's hope they don't become too Anglicised/Americanised.
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Nice troll. +5 Informative too.
But as usual, you miss the most important point. USE flags.
Why compile Samba with ldap support if you're never going to use LDAP in your network. In fact, isn't it nice to specify to the whole install that nothing should be built with LDAP support? I think so. Less code compiled in = small binaries, less code, less chance of a crash/security update.
I couldn't care less about the speed of Gentoo. I don't change my CFLAGs at all. But I like being able to tailor my machine to the purpose of the system.
What the hell are you protecting there?
The telescope will generate 30 TB of data a night, for 10 years, from a 3-gigapixel CCD array.
I bet it makes dull viewing. Sort of like the recent Ashes Tests in Australia. If you're English.
Well, sticking it all over the front page of one of the largest tech sites means it will get his full attention now.
Romania joined the EU on 2007-01-01. There'll be a good few hundred million people at the end of a cheap 2 hour flight from it in a few months (once Easyjet/Ryanair get regular flights there).
Sounds pretty convenient to me.
That sounds like an interesting story - why not submit it as a story?
Indeed. I was wondering about this a few years ago.
Say Microsoft bought out/bribed/coerced/whatevered the people that write the GPL. Then they "asked" them to write a new version of the GPL that let MS do whatever they want.
Bam. Instantly, all GPL 2 and above apps/OSes are able to be used.
I don't like the idea of trusting people that seem to be honest, and decent now. While the current crop seem very determined to do things the right way now, if there's one thing that history has shown us - it's that things, events, and leaders change.
I did investigate thoroughly at the time, and yes, as mentioned in another answer to my comment, it was 4.0, or something like that. But for some reason, the JOIN with NULL didn't cut it - I can't remember why - the only solution (apparently) was NOT IN.
I was forced to learn Postgres because I wanted to do a SELECT * FROM foo WHERE bar NOT IN ( SELECT x FROM y WHERE z > 4 ) type query - basically a negative subselect. I couldn't do (or couldn't work out how to) use table JOINs to perform the same thing, and at the time, MySQL didn't do it.
I'm so thankful. Postgres is so much better. And the table JOIns I did have ran so much faster in PG. s/mysql_/pg_/g *.php
Uh, fraid not.
How much is the gold in a one pound, or two pound coin worth? Enough to make it worthwhile?
My parents would pay double for a TV remote with half as many buttons.
Bring me your parent's remote control, the amount they paid for it, and a saw.
And they could not select the "randomly-kill-frendly-troops" option.
Still bitter about Iraq 1. We (the UK) lost more troops to "US cowboys" than Iraqis. Bah.
Last I checked, vegetable oil you could actually put in your car costed more per gallon than gasoline...
:(
Not in the UK...
Forgive my ignorance, but if a lot of the buffer overflows occur because of strcpy() when alternatives like strncpy() exist, why isn't that call deleted from the library? Sure, lots of users' programs would stop compiling *, but after some gnashing of teeth at the developers, and some hurried sed/awking, we'd be rid of this pestilant plague.
./configure --with-strcpy-is-insecure-and-i-know-it-and-am-too -lazy-to-fix-it option could be left for those that **couldn't** be changed.
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To toot my own horn, I have better distance vision than anyone I know as well, although my close-up is starting to get fuzzy :(
If you stop "tooting your horn", it shouldn't get any worse.
RELAXiNG works for me too.
Your comment is even funnier with your sig: "Wake up, Zeke! The day ain't gonna waste itself."
this one guy, let's call him Bob
:)
Uhuh. Just a friend of yours, is he?
Pilot: dd /dev/joystick | gpg -s | /dev/transmitter /dev/receiver | gpg > /dev/aileron
Plane: dd
Or similar would put paid to someone trying to hijack the signal. Doesn't stop the swamping of the signal though.
Cough
Have a split PIN system - half in your head, and a random second half texted to your phone, which is valid for 5 minutes after it is texted. Voila. And the bonus? Everyone owns one of these "what you have" devices (in the UK at least).
the French just get in there and do it
That is true. They are very good at delivering projects too, at least from my UK perspective. We worked with them to make Concorde. They built that huge new bridge above the clouds in France.
I like many things about France. Let's hope they don't become too Anglicised/Americanised.
I'd quite happily move to France. Just thought I'd say that. As long as I could have a girl like Letitia Casta, or Virginie Ledoyen.
Look up "The Paradox of Choice" on Amazon. Good book.