Thank god we still have Radio Shack. I went in recently and found they were even selling arduinos. I've bought a bunch of components there for my electronics projects. It's not Fry's, but at least there's one 10 minutes away from my home in Nowhereville Vermont.
Who the fuck cares? Who would EVER use this stupid thing? I have flown a hundred times. They let you carry on a full size carry on bag, which is pretty big, AND something else that will fit under the seat; I usually choose a backpack. You can fit enough stuff in those two things for a week long trip. And no sweatshirt is going to hold a fraction of what you can fit in a full size upright suitcase. Why the fuck would I want to wear an ugly sweatshirt crammed full of hard pokey junk, look leotarded, and be uncomfortable for my entire flight? Is this a joke?
This is the worst idea yet. Worse than broadband over power lines, worse than that idea about using gas pipes. I thought the whole point to discontinuing analog TV service and freeing up that bandwidth was to provided wide area Internet. *facepalm*
By that same argument you could justify indentured servitude, child labor, or any number of other unsavory "choices".
If Apple really wanted to give people a choice they would allow third party app stores a la Android.
You don't have to have liked him, but you could have at least shown some respect rather than making the GNU (And by association, Linux, even though we hate you) community look like tools, instead of just yourself as you usually do.
Except that RMS is absolutely 100% spot on correct in his assessment. Some people (like you) just don't want to hear it. Nothing new here, really. For the record I am an ex Apple fanboy from roughly the Apple IIe days through OS8 when I finally gave up and moved to Linux on account of it being friendlier to software development.
I agree with everything you said except for the "you can not extend the line" bit. OF COURSE you can extend the line. It may not be ACCURATE but that is the nature of using a MODEL to generate a PREDICTION.
Code is data. Duh. It's like coming up with a line equation by drawing a line through a bunch of data points and measuring it's slope & offset. Then you can use the equation to extend the line infinitely in either direction. This is obviously a simplistic case, but the ideas are the same.
One time I set up snort on an open box thinking I'd set up a firewall to block hackers on the fly; then I realized that a veritable firehose of hacks were streaming in at all hours of the day and I'd have to block half the Internet to stop it. I gave up.
Just a historical reminder. Both the Ku Klux Klan and the Nazis (before they came to power) used the same language for taking the law into their own hands. The only thing that keeps similar groups from using the same tactics to terrorize their targets and even, possibly, gain power is the rule of law. Yes, this time, the target of the vigilantes is a reprehensible dirt bag. Just remember that not all vigilantes are the good guys.
Cheers,
Dave
You are a fucking retard comparing the lynching of Africans and the genocide of Jews to hacking some corrupt organizations' web sites. Murder vs. graffiti. Fuck off and die.
I'm pleasantly surprised that HURD bench marked so WELL considering microkernels are generally slower.
I think that literally their FAQ is correct. It's easier to debug a userspace driver. HURD just never got off the ground making the point moot.
Also userspace drivers have been showing up more in Linux anyways (pulseaudio, FUSE, X windows, etc). It's still a monolithic kernel, but if you really want to develop a userspace driver for some reason, it can be done, albeit with a performance hit.
I've had this stupid Transport Worker Identification Credential smart card thing in my wallet for years now. I had to pass a background check and everything. If I can't use that DHS/TSA issued credential to skip security on flights under this trusted travel program, well, I guess what else should we expect form the government, efficiency?
My point is that how is a fake sex scene where maybe you can see a a little T&A so bad that we can't allow children into the theater, but it's fine to let them simulate beating hookers to death in GTA? It's awfully contradictory. Violence good, sex bad. WTF.
FWIW I love R. Crumb's illustration of that scene: http://dunedinschool.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/crumbs-genesis.jpg
Don't you have even a passing familiarity with the Bible? It's full of sexuality. "He knew her and she knew him and these two sisters got drunk and screwed their father". Not to mention various creation myths from other cultures. The nile was a big blob of semen according to the ancient Egyptians.
Except that material can and is still deemed "obscene" and banned for children, typically due to sexual content. What sort of country do we live in where gratuitous ultraviolence is OK but procreation is still taboo? All this talk about how important first amendment protections are for violence but heaven help the children if they see somebody's ding dong! Don't get me wrong, I'm opposed to censorship. I just wanted to point out the hypocrisy.
Strong arm the market? Around here (Vermont) I suspect most stoners would go straight down to their local farmers' market or CSA farm stand or food co-op to buy their weed, just like they do for their vegetables. Or grow their own. Only real dirtbags would seriously go down to 7-11 to buy a pack of Marlboro Greens and a sixer of Bud. And if they do, whatever, their choice. I really don't think it's necessary or effective to make restoring our liberty vis a vis MJ with some sort of crazy socialist anti-industrial agenda. The MJ market will demand a locally grown boutique product. Think of how craft breweries have nabbed such a big share of the beer market despite a huge, well financed, and well entrenched legacy brewing industry.
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Thank god we still have Radio Shack. I went in recently and found they were even selling arduinos. I've bought a bunch of components there for my electronics projects. It's not Fry's, but at least there's one 10 minutes away from my home in Nowhereville Vermont.
Who the fuck cares? Who would EVER use this stupid thing? I have flown a hundred times. They let you carry on a full size carry on bag, which is pretty big, AND something else that will fit under the seat; I usually choose a backpack. You can fit enough stuff in those two things for a week long trip. And no sweatshirt is going to hold a fraction of what you can fit in a full size upright suitcase. Why the fuck would I want to wear an ugly sweatshirt crammed full of hard pokey junk, look leotarded, and be uncomfortable for my entire flight? Is this a joke?
Let me be the first to say "BARDZO DOBRZA! ACTA JEST GUWNO!" ("Very well done! ACTA is shit!")
Not to say that entering Iran at all is a good idea if you're American.
Could you please at least Google it before you write a post on a topic you obviously know NOTHING about and cause the entire world to be misinformed?
Wake me up when I can order a dozen from Digikey.
This is the worst idea yet. Worse than broadband over power lines, worse than that idea about using gas pipes. I thought the whole point to discontinuing analog TV service and freeing up that bandwidth was to provided wide area Internet. *facepalm*
Is the magic missing technology required to construct a functional space elevator?
By that same argument you could justify indentured servitude, child labor, or any number of other unsavory "choices". If Apple really wanted to give people a choice they would allow third party app stores a la Android.
You don't have to have liked him, but you could have at least shown some respect rather than making the GNU (And by association, Linux, even though we hate you) community look like tools, instead of just yourself as you usually do.
Except that RMS is absolutely 100% spot on correct in his assessment. Some people (like you) just don't want to hear it. Nothing new here, really. For the record I am an ex Apple fanboy from roughly the Apple IIe days through OS8 when I finally gave up and moved to Linux on account of it being friendlier to software development.
Felt it here in Vermont, got our building swaying.
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I agree with everything you said except for the "you can not extend the line" bit. OF COURSE you can extend the line. It may not be ACCURATE but that is the nature of using a MODEL to generate a PREDICTION.
Code is data. Duh. It's like coming up with a line equation by drawing a line through a bunch of data points and measuring it's slope & offset. Then you can use the equation to extend the line infinitely in either direction. This is obviously a simplistic case, but the ideas are the same.
One time I set up snort on an open box thinking I'd set up a firewall to block hackers on the fly; then I realized that a veritable firehose of hacks were streaming in at all hours of the day and I'd have to block half the Internet to stop it. I gave up.
Just a historical reminder. Both the Ku Klux Klan and the Nazis (before they came to power) used the same language for taking the law into their own hands. The only thing that keeps similar groups from using the same tactics to terrorize their targets and even, possibly, gain power is the rule of law. Yes, this time, the target of the vigilantes is a reprehensible dirt bag. Just remember that not all vigilantes are the good guys.
Cheers, Dave
You are a fucking retard comparing the lynching of Africans and the genocide of Jews to hacking some corrupt organizations' web sites. Murder vs. graffiti. Fuck off and die.
I'm pleasantly surprised that HURD bench marked so WELL considering microkernels are generally slower. I think that literally their FAQ is correct. It's easier to debug a userspace driver. HURD just never got off the ground making the point moot. Also userspace drivers have been showing up more in Linux anyways (pulseaudio, FUSE, X windows, etc). It's still a monolithic kernel, but if you really want to develop a userspace driver for some reason, it can be done, albeit with a performance hit.
I've had this stupid Transport Worker Identification Credential smart card thing in my wallet for years now. I had to pass a background check and everything. If I can't use that DHS/TSA issued credential to skip security on flights under this trusted travel program, well, I guess what else should we expect form the government, efficiency?
My point is that how is a fake sex scene where maybe you can see a a little T&A so bad that we can't allow children into the theater, but it's fine to let them simulate beating hookers to death in GTA? It's awfully contradictory. Violence good, sex bad. WTF. FWIW I love R. Crumb's illustration of that scene: http://dunedinschool.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/crumbs-genesis.jpg
While traditionally sexual content has been restricted for minors, violence has existed in children's stories and books for hundreds of years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansel_and_Gretel#Plot - for example
Don't you have even a passing familiarity with the Bible? It's full of sexuality. "He knew her and she knew him and these two sisters got drunk and screwed their father". Not to mention various creation myths from other cultures. The nile was a big blob of semen according to the ancient Egyptians.
It's fake violence, but real sex.
I'm pretty sure they're not really having sex in R movies.
Except that material can and is still deemed "obscene" and banned for children, typically due to sexual content. What sort of country do we live in where gratuitous ultraviolence is OK but procreation is still taboo? All this talk about how important first amendment protections are for violence but heaven help the children if they see somebody's ding dong! Don't get me wrong, I'm opposed to censorship. I just wanted to point out the hypocrisy.
Strong arm the market? Around here (Vermont) I suspect most stoners would go straight down to their local farmers' market or CSA farm stand or food co-op to buy their weed, just like they do for their vegetables. Or grow their own. Only real dirtbags would seriously go down to 7-11 to buy a pack of Marlboro Greens and a sixer of Bud. And if they do, whatever, their choice. I really don't think it's necessary or effective to make restoring our liberty vis a vis MJ with some sort of crazy socialist anti-industrial agenda. The MJ market will demand a locally grown boutique product. Think of how craft breweries have nabbed such a big share of the beer market despite a huge, well financed, and well entrenched legacy brewing industry.
Do you honestly think there is anything else besides a strong central government that can stand up to mega-corps?
I think people with guns can stand up to most megacorps quite nicely.