"sex jokes" are enjoyed by women just as much as men (though usually the punchline is different).
In a professional setting crass jokes are rightly avoided, but while corporatism has been encroaching on OSS the fact remains that most of the community by volume considers OSS to be "recreation" and even "social" in one way or another, and in this setting the odd tits and ass joke IS appropriate.
Wouldn't expect to see this kind of behaviour at a IBM or Redhat conference - but a Debian mailing list? Bad example dude.
Its only to be expected. Toughen the fuck up or get back in the kitchen;)
This isn't the first time they've gone to court to protect the rights of its customers, and they are the only ISP down under who is (vocally) opposed to the government's "kiddy porn" filter.
This is precisely the reason why I have stuck with iiNet for over 10 years. They don't give a shit what I do with my bandwith, and use the money I pay them for it to invest in improving their network (and my service).
You would almost think that their job was moving bits around or something. The nerve!
The 2CV was not designed for highways. It wasn't even designed for roads. It was developed as an upgrade from horse and cart and as such spent most of its time on dirt tracks and fields.
Off-road (especially in soft mud) they are still extremely capable and can out perform most anything not 4WD.
Okay, how about you get back to me when you have actually tried a current desktop distro. Ubuntu allows you to enable compiz with a tick of a radio button.
Which is nice and all, but the suggestion that Linux sucks because it doesn't meet $INANE_REQUIREMENT is stupid.
Simple to set-up? NFS is about as simple as it gets in UNIX. You honestly find SSHFS easier? OK
Simple to use? NFS is completely transparent to the user.
Reliability? NFS is used for mission-critical services and five-nines access to massive storage arrays. SSHFS is not even the same class.
Flexibility? We may have different ideas about what this means. SSHFS isn't so much as flexible as convenient. NFS is much better for building services around.
Authentication? NFS + LDAP. Granted, it's more involved to set up, but scalability and manageability makes it a much better tool for the job.
I'm not trolling here, but saying "NFS is awful" just kind of sounds like you don't know what you are talking about. Reminds me of the "X11 is broken" crowd.
The next dude will have an even less receptive audience as gaming becomes more mainstream.
Anyway, I don't mind feeding his narcissism. Nothing is more entertaining then an out-of-control megalomaniac who can't get anyone to take them seriously.
I went and read that article, and I've got to say it didn't impress me at all.
Chrichton sounds reasonable (to the point of being condescending), but what it boils down to is "It is impossible to make predictions about climate change with any certainty, therefore climate change does not exist".
I could deconstruct his numerous arguments at length, but frankly feel I have wasted enough of my time as it is. I will observe that for a man who speaks so highly of logic his lecture was rife with fallacies.
Obvious is right. Consumers (me included!) had been hanging out for netbooks for at least 5 years before they actually appeared. The market was there all along, there was just no product. The fact that it took Microsoft + the collective OEM industry so long to figure it out is staggering.
8 hours? Seriously? I've never seen a Ubuntu clean install take more than an hour. Most of the time it is done and dusted in all of 20 minutes.
Granted, I already know the questions it is going to ask, but it takes me about the same amount of time to do a clean install as it does to boot it in live-CD mode. Even on an old 4x CD ROM drive I can't see it taking 8 hours.
You might have to jailbreak it first, but I'm sure you'll be able to reflash it with the standard Android firmware. Or even better - something like cyanogenmod, now with Brain Fuck Scheduler!
Do they tell you that exploring drains is potentially lethal on these websites? The atmosphere can be filled with heaver-than-air gasses and either be toxic or just not contain any oxygen.
Rescue services won't go into drains without BA (Breathing Apparatus), and even then its only after doing an air purity test.
Sure, if they have good airflow some drains are relatively safe, but without sophisticated equipment you can't tell. Definitely not something I would be encouraging anybody to be doing.
Responsible gun ownership IS possible, but there is no way that carrying as you go about your day to day business is responsible.
You have the right to carry because there might be a good reason for you to do so. But if everyone carried without a good reason, well - I'm just saying...
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Nah, I think you missed it - read my first line again.
Telling racy jokes in a casual environment is not discrimination, or sexism, or any kind of *ism at all, it is simply vulgar.
"Boys will be boys" - there is some truth in that, just as "girls will be girls", but it does not follow that women are not welcome because of it.
"sex jokes" are enjoyed by women just as much as men (though usually the punchline is different).
In a professional setting crass jokes are rightly avoided, but while corporatism has been encroaching on OSS the fact remains that most of the community by volume considers OSS to be "recreation" and even "social" in one way or another, and in this setting the odd tits and ass joke IS appropriate.
Wouldn't expect to see this kind of behaviour at a IBM or Redhat conference - but a Debian mailing list? Bad example dude.
Its only to be expected. Toughen the fuck up or get back in the kitchen ;)
No seriously... a country does not suck because they have shitty representatives.
If they have enough shitty politicians their government might suck, but I don't know if I would be calling that particular kettle black
Have you even been to France?
Wow, so in your world affordable health care is "insane" but blowing billions of dollars on a war is business as usual? Where do you people come from?
This isn't the first time they've gone to court to protect the rights of its customers, and they are the only ISP down under who is (vocally) opposed to the government's "kiddy porn" filter.
This is precisely the reason why I have stuck with iiNet for over 10 years. They don't give a shit what I do with my bandwith, and use the money I pay them for it to invest in improving their network (and my service).
You would almost think that their job was moving bits around or something. The nerve!
The 2CV was not designed for highways. It wasn't even designed for roads. It was developed as an upgrade from horse and cart and as such spent most of its time on dirt tracks and fields.
Off-road (especially in soft mud) they are still extremely capable and can out perform most anything not 4WD.
Okay, how about you get back to me when you have actually tried a current desktop distro. Ubuntu allows you to enable compiz with a tick of a radio button.
Which is nice and all, but the suggestion that Linux sucks because it doesn't meet $INANE_REQUIREMENT is stupid.
I really have no clue what you're on about.
I can see that.
Danzigism refers to Vista, not the RC.
Simple to set-up? NFS is about as simple as it gets in UNIX. You honestly find SSHFS easier? OK
Simple to use? NFS is completely transparent to the user.
Reliability? NFS is used for mission-critical services and five-nines access to massive storage arrays. SSHFS is not even the same class.
Flexibility? We may have different ideas about what this means. SSHFS isn't so much as flexible as convenient. NFS is much better for building services around.
Authentication? NFS + LDAP. Granted, it's more involved to set up, but scalability and manageability makes it a much better tool for the job.
I'm not trolling here, but saying "NFS is awful" just kind of sounds like you don't know what you are talking about. Reminds me of the "X11 is broken" crowd.
A null-crypto secure-shell file-system?
Two thoughts spring to mind - "Why?" and "NFS"
Why, is it open source?
Heh, Christian are we?
The next dude will have an even less receptive audience as gaming becomes more mainstream.
Anyway, I don't mind feeding his narcissism. Nothing is more entertaining then an out-of-control megalomaniac who can't get anyone to take them seriously.
- Connect to my ISP (the software connects and then crashes before I type my password)
- Run my ISP's web accelerator software (simply doesn't run)
Oh my! 1998 called, they want their AOL CD's back.
I went and read that article, and I've got to say it didn't impress me at all.
Chrichton sounds reasonable (to the point of being condescending), but what it boils down to is "It is impossible to make predictions about climate change with any certainty, therefore climate change does not exist".
I could deconstruct his numerous arguments at length, but frankly feel I have wasted enough of my time as it is. I will observe that for a man who speaks so highly of logic his lecture was rife with fallacies.
'nuff said
Obvious is right. Consumers (me included!) had been hanging out for netbooks for at least 5 years before they actually appeared. The market was there all along, there was just no product. The fact that it took Microsoft + the collective OEM industry so long to figure it out is staggering.
8 hours? Seriously? I've never seen a Ubuntu clean install take more than an hour. Most of the time it is done and dusted in all of 20 minutes.
Granted, I already know the questions it is going to ask, but it takes me about the same amount of time to do a clean install as it does to boot it in live-CD mode. Even on an old 4x CD ROM drive I can't see it taking 8 hours.
You might have to jailbreak it first, but I'm sure you'll be able to reflash it with the standard Android firmware. Or even better - something like cyanogenmod, now with Brain Fuck Scheduler!
Wow, a deep platitude. Barkeep! Get this man a mod point!
the sort of perspective that leads a person to see dead men and women walking around them.
Perspective B:
that the past and future endure next to the present just like my coffee cup endures next to my coaster.
You do realise that these perspectives are both the same thing. Perspective A is just expressed before the first caffeine injection in the morning.
Boyden's "sense of morals and ethics" (and we are projecting here) are likely just as fine as your own.
Do they tell you that exploring drains is potentially lethal on these websites? The atmosphere can be filled with heaver-than-air gasses and either be toxic or just not contain any oxygen.
Rescue services won't go into drains without BA (Breathing Apparatus), and even then its only after doing an air purity test.
Sure, if they have good airflow some drains are relatively safe, but without sophisticated equipment you can't tell. Definitely not something I would be encouraging anybody to be doing.
Responsible gun ownership IS possible, but there is no way that carrying as you go about your day to day business is responsible.
You have the right to carry because there might be a good reason for you to do so. But if everyone carried without a good reason, well - I'm just saying...
I'm afraid it was (begs the question?!). Stylishly done.
I think you sig should read "For all intents and purposes".
However I will concede the possibility I missed the point of your little joke. This is why was not so bold as to "fix that for you".