It appears to me that the real problem is that these libraries are not versioned.
Surely a neater solution would be to have some type of version number associated with them so that multiple copies of a library could co-exist peacefully on the same system.
This is getting ridiculous! The most trivial things are being granted a patent.
What next? A patent cures pangs of hunger? We'd know as eating but I'm sure a few legal weasel words would hide that.
Hmm, now let me see what else is getting "closer all the time". How about "Sun becomes a Red Giant - Mankind becomes extinct". Or "Politician keeps promise".
Wait a minute, one of those isn't getting any closer!
that we are commenting on the application of common sense.
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ed/sed/vi/emacs - all used by drug-smoking, long-haired, draft-dodging hippies. Back in my day when we needed to "edit" a configuration file, we punched a new card.
The sad thing about this post is that it's true!:(
does a neat and tidy inbox also mean a neat and tidy desk and / or work environment? That is, can this be generalised to a person's the work persona? And I mean, "work persona" not the the person in general - I'm pretty neat at work but my home is a mess!
Just because it _may not_ be of any use today does not mean that it will always be "useless". The parabola was known to the ancient Greeks but it only saw its first "practical" use in the hands of Galileo Galilei who used it to predict the trajectory of cannon balls.
This just goes to show that despite the best will and efforts of all concerned, occasionally there will be disasters. And that isn't confined to the IT industry. How many stories have you seen on tabloid TV of "lemon" cars.
A lot of/.'ers, when they hear of similar stories about Windows just nod their heads sagely and say "See, I told you so. Windows is a heap of crap!" This just happens to be one example of what, inevitably, will be many failures of Linux as it becomes more popular.
I am sure that if a sane and non-polemic review of the situation was performed the major fault would lie with "management". In my many years in the IT industry I have seen a few disasters and they are all a result of misguided management.
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It appears to me that the real problem is that these libraries are not versioned.
Surely a neater solution would be to have some type of version number associated with them so that multiple copies of a library could co-exist peacefully on the same system.
This is getting ridiculous! The most trivial things are being granted a patent. What next? A patent cures pangs of hunger? We'd know as eating but I'm sure a few legal weasel words would hide that.
If the computer systems are built on Windows, anyone will be able to hack in and fly it!
Using the list of SSID's calculate which tram route the OP uses.
The Apophis asteroid is approximately the size of two-and-a-half football fields
And we mock the ancients for using units of measure like "stadia"!
Free speech should be restricted to things I agree with." "Free software should only be used for things I approve of.
And when I get elected dictator, that's exactly how it's going to be!
WRONG, it's x, y, z and lots of alcohol!
WHY?
The author of this code would have barely passed Coding 101, if they passed at all! Its crap. What's wrong with using modulus arithmetic?
which leaves out 99.999% of /.'ers
a Microsoft authored worm? And how many pop-ups would we get. Not to mention wormholes.
No can do - the licence specifically prohibits running the software in a virtual machine.
Sorry, but your wrong - this does not need any so exotic as Relativity. Have you not seen the effect on a freeway when there is a collision?
Wait a minute, one of those isn't getting any closer!
that we are commenting on the application of common sense.
ed/sed/vi/emacs - all used by drug-smoking, long-haired, draft-dodging hippies. Back in my day when we needed to "edit" a configuration file, we punched a new card. The sad thing about this post is that it's true! :(
that slashdotters were weird!
Yes there is - it's called /.
does a neat and tidy inbox also mean a neat and tidy desk and / or work environment? That is, can this be generalised to a person's the work persona? And I mean, "work persona" not the the person in general - I'm pretty neat at work but my home is a mess!
Just because it _may not_ be of any use today does not mean that it will always be "useless". The parabola was known to the ancient Greeks but it only saw its first "practical" use in the hands of Galileo Galilei who used it to predict the trajectory of cannon balls.
As a slashdotting resident of Darwin I indeed look forward to their arrival. Just think what they will do to my golf handicap?!
So I wont be disembowelled before the beastie eats me. That's reassuring. Not!
A lot of /.'ers, when they hear of similar stories about Windows just nod their heads sagely and say "See, I told you so. Windows is a heap of crap!" This just happens to be one example of what, inevitably, will be many failures of Linux as it becomes more popular.
I am sure that if a sane and non-polemic review of the situation was performed the major fault would lie with "management". In my many years in the IT industry I have seen a few disasters and they are all a result of misguided management.