That more or less sums up the issues with Linux installs. Unsupported wireless LAN cards are particularly problematic in my experience, requiring either cat 5 or another working machine and a USB stick and much frustration searching. I'd probably only look at a new laptop now if it was manufacturer-supported as Linux compatible. I also want a free BIOS too...that truly restricts your options.
So if you start with the right set of hardware, you don't get problems and at that point I think it's really down to preference. The "friendly" distros are superb and at the least are no more complicated to operate than the pricey/closed alternatives.
As a web developer I am on Linux for the foreseeable, absolutely no doubt about that. My choice. I'd work a Mac if I had too; I will never again have an MS desktop or server environment. Pretty sure about that.
They would have to change their entire business model first.
The business model, for a cab firm, is very simple. Match driver(lesscar)s and passengers. Nothing changed. The rest is sales and marketing. A truly functional cab system needs a neutral brokerage platform that is used by all parties. The most efficient way to run it is as a public service: a non-profit or profit-regulated entity. Each request for a ride initiates an auction amongst cab firms for the business. Cab firms and drivers are registered and certified. The alternative system is to have access to the cabs of only one cab firm at a time, and each cab firm's business model (apart from matching rides) is to destroy all competition until they stand alone and corner the entire market.
When you want to hire a cab, you want to have the ability to request a ride with every available cab in the region to have the best possible service. The cab firm used hardly matters, although they will try desperately to micro-differentiate amongst themselves on frivolous aspects of service. The base parameters are safety, reliability, cleanliness and comfort. That can be regulated easily.
Possibly naively, but I would dispute that it's a real barrier to entry. Google has developed driverless tech: I think the sales and management platform can be knocked up in fairly short order. I don't see Uber uber alles.
Great post. Chapeau. But are you sure that "No country in the northern hemisphere has enough troops and police OR ROBOTS OR AUTOMATED GUN TURRETS OR DRONE SWARMS UNDER AI / AUTONOMOUS ALGORITHMIC CONTROL to take on a large percentage of its own population.." will hold true forever?
Good point, but would compressing the images on the fly restrict the maximum sustainable frame rate? Either way, it's gonna strain the storage and IO of a handheld device.
Once steel reaches plastic elongation, there's no further gain in tensile strength to be had, so you have to design respecting the limit of elastic deformation either way. Then you apply working safety factors, but i don't see why they would be any different unless the tensile strength of CF was more intrinsically variable than steel - it isn't tmk. And of course, it has quite different properties anyway so it's never going to be like-for-like in design.
Your point about inspection and detection of defects is correct. But after a generation or two of commercial development of Composites and CF manufacturing techniques there are other ways to monitor structural health appropriate to the material: Airbus 350 and Boeing 787 have composite fuselages etc and they will reliably detect any defect in the laminate in good time, I certainly hope they will.
Yup. When the business model is data, fake data is the way forward (for us who inexplicably distrust them). This concept needs to be massively extended, in fact. I shouldn't try to hide my data, I should flood with incorrect and meaningless data. You can run fake-data, but you can't hide. If only Streisand had known (or had a good geek friend). She only had to knock out a few fakes, pollute the search index and hey, no meme.
Well, what if the odds you quote were actually ten thousandth of one percent? 1 in 10**6 stars: 10**9 x 10**9 = 10**18 ILife: 10**6 x 10**6 x 10**6 = 10**18 That's one planet with ILife
and at your odds: ILife: 10**4 x 10**4 x 10**4 = 10**12 That's 'only' 10**6 planets with ILife
Furthermore that's over a period of something like 10**9 'years' or whenever second generation stars started (no ILife possible on a first generation star). Our Intelligence Life has been around for 10**5 years. Which means the odds of two ILife species existing contemporaneously (or shifted for speed of light) is slim.
Although, in case of Earth, I would expect more intelligent species to arise. The diversity, raw material and time still available for further evolution would make it highly unlikely our species will be the last (ILife) on this planet. I think once life establishes on a planet, it's highly tenacious.
"they had a single, 7 year old server running Linux with Samba emulating an NT domain (for a totally Windows environment) not because they believe in Linux but because they wouldn't spring for a Windows Server license."
Failing to see the fail here. Of course, if you mean 7-year old unpatched or orphaned software then you have a point. but samba on linux serving files to MS - it does that rather well.
Design a better comment tree navigation system. On the sly, sneak it in as an inobvious option that has obvious benefits and let the awe flow from there. Nobody has solved comment tree yet, why not be the first? Incidentally, your keyboard shortcuts don't work well for me and are not re-configurable (outwith greasemonkey). Make it easy to skip the dross, please.
There's moderation, tricksy stuff like redundant et al, but then there's "get this shit off of here". We should all have a downvote option that triggers deletion above a certain threshold of non-AC users. Some shit is obviously crap and if enough of us think so, then you should trust us and delete it. I should be able to browse fairly safely at 0.
SD has remained always in my top 5 new sites, for well over 10 years. Almost all good tech stories are here, and the comment threads can be of the highest interest, with many spin offs and detours to visit interesting links or research interesting concepts. The register has better tech content but the commentary is single-child nested which stifles proper BTL discussion. Slash is all about BTL. Just keep the stories focused and let the conversation flow.
I have scraped my knuckles badly on drupal versions 6 and 7. I won't ever go near it again, ever. I basically agree with every (comprehensible) thing in your post. Fanboys, facades, false promises and vapourware along wih a bunch of seriously obnoxious contributors and deluded neophytes.
Yeah, it will run a web site. No, it will not run your website.
Wordpress on the other hand is a great money maker for a dev and can be hollowed out and used in any way you like. Highly flexible once understood, just roll your own theme and plugins.
Slashdot Mirror
Aint no scroll bars in linux, sunshine.
A triple "it's" / "its" error in one sentence. Good work, AC.
You can take your MacOS HFS file system and shove it up as far as it will go...
That more or less sums up the issues with Linux installs. Unsupported wireless LAN cards are particularly problematic in my experience, requiring either cat 5 or another working machine and a USB stick and much frustration searching. I'd probably only look at a new laptop now if it was manufacturer-supported as Linux compatible. I also want a free BIOS too...that truly restricts your options.
So if you start with the right set of hardware, you don't get problems and at that point I think it's really down to preference. The "friendly" distros are superb and at the least are no more complicated to operate than the pricey/closed alternatives.
As a web developer I am on Linux for the foreseeable, absolutely no doubt about that. My choice. I'd work a Mac if I had too; I will never again have an MS desktop or server environment. Pretty sure about that.
Meanwhile, in other news, Bram Moolenaar releases vim 8
They would have to change their entire business model first.
The business model, for a cab firm, is very simple. Match driver(lesscar)s and passengers. Nothing changed. The rest is sales and marketing. A truly functional cab system needs a neutral brokerage platform that is used by all parties. The most efficient way to run it is as a public service: a non-profit or profit-regulated entity. Each request for a ride initiates an auction amongst cab firms for the business. Cab firms and drivers are registered and certified. The alternative system is to have access to the cabs of only one cab firm at a time, and each cab firm's business model (apart from matching rides) is to destroy all competition until they stand alone and corner the entire market.
When you want to hire a cab, you want to have the ability to request a ride with every available cab in the region to have the best possible service. The cab firm used hardly matters, although they will try desperately to micro-differentiate amongst themselves on frivolous aspects of service. The base parameters are safety, reliability, cleanliness and comfort. That can be regulated easily.
Possibly naively, but I would dispute that it's a real barrier to entry. Google has developed driverless tech: I think the sales and management platform can be knocked up in fairly short order. I don't see Uber uber alles.
"...on top of a price that is already 50% above uber."
And, quite neatly, as per TFA, the uber price is 60% subsidised. Don't believe the hype.
Great post. Chapeau. But are you sure that "No country in the northern hemisphere has enough troops and police OR ROBOTS OR AUTOMATED GUN TURRETS OR DRONE SWARMS UNDER AI / AUTONOMOUS ALGORITHMIC CONTROL to take on a large percentage of its own population.." will hold true forever?
Good point, but would compressing the images on the fly restrict the maximum sustainable frame rate? Either way, it's gonna strain the storage and IO of a handheld device.
Correct pattern is: /home && rm ...
> cd
ie don't run rm unless cd worked.
Once steel reaches plastic elongation, there's no further gain in tensile strength to be had, so you have to design respecting the limit of elastic deformation either way. Then you apply working safety factors, but i don't see why they would be any different unless the tensile strength of CF was more intrinsically variable than steel - it isn't tmk. And of course, it has quite different properties anyway so it's never going to be like-for-like in design.
Your point about inspection and detection of defects is correct. But after a generation or two of commercial development of Composites and CF manufacturing techniques there are other ways to monitor structural health appropriate to the material: Airbus 350 and Boeing 787 have composite fuselages etc and they will reliably detect any defect in the laminate in good time, I certainly hope they will.
You == new here
The vim peeps are running lynx in a pane, or a tab, natch.
Yup. When the business model is data, fake data is the way forward (for us who inexplicably distrust them). This concept needs to be massively extended, in fact. I shouldn't try to hide my data, I should flood with incorrect and meaningless data. You can run fake-data, but you can't hide. If only Streisand had known (or had a good geek friend). She only had to knock out a few fakes, pollute the search index and hey, no meme.
Well, what if the odds you quote were actually ten thousandth of one percent? 1 in 10**6
stars: 10**9 x 10**9 = 10**18
ILife: 10**6 x 10**6 x 10**6 = 10**18
That's one planet with ILife
and at your odds:
ILife: 10**4 x 10**4 x 10**4 = 10**12
That's 'only' 10**6 planets with ILife
Furthermore that's over a period of something like 10**9 'years' or whenever second generation stars started (no ILife possible on a first generation star). Our Intelligence Life has been around for 10**5 years. Which means the odds of two ILife species existing contemporaneously (or shifted for speed of light) is slim.
Although, in case of Earth, I would expect more intelligent species to arise. The diversity, raw material and time still available for further evolution would make it highly unlikely our species will be the last (ILife) on this planet. I think once life establishes on a planet, it's highly tenacious.
I think you have answered your question...
Not to mention their world-beating cheese-based gastronomy.
"they had a single, 7 year old server running Linux with Samba emulating an NT domain (for a totally Windows environment) not because they believe in Linux but because they wouldn't spring for a Windows Server license."
Failing to see the fail here. Of course, if you mean 7-year old unpatched or orphaned software then you have a point. but samba on linux serving files to MS - it does that rather well.
You better have alittle understanding of why alot is so wrong.
On Linux you get all this for free, and you never have to leave^W use a GUI
FTFY
processexplorer? http://technet.microsoft.com/e... Apologies if you tried that. Other utilities are available too.
I'm always curious about how such things come about. Did some kid go "Oh! I know, lets see how far back the iPhone can go! LOL YOLO"
Over 800 million units sold 2007-2015: That's a lot of monkeys typing....
Design a better comment tree navigation system. On the sly, sneak it in as an inobvious option that has obvious benefits and let the awe flow from there. Nobody has solved comment tree yet, why not be the first? Incidentally, your keyboard shortcuts don't work well for me and are not re-configurable (outwith greasemonkey). Make it easy to skip the dross, please.
There's moderation, tricksy stuff like redundant et al, but then there's "get this shit off of here". We should all have a downvote option that triggers deletion above a certain threshold of non-AC users. Some shit is obviously crap and if enough of us think so, then you should trust us and delete it. I should be able to browse fairly safely at 0.
SD has remained always in my top 5 new sites, for well over 10 years. Almost all good tech stories are here, and the comment threads can be of the highest interest, with many spin offs and detours to visit interesting links or research interesting concepts. The register has better tech content but the commentary is single-child nested which stifles proper BTL discussion. Slash is all about BTL. Just keep the stories focused and let the conversation flow.
I have scraped my knuckles badly on drupal versions 6 and 7. I won't ever go near it again, ever. I basically agree with every (comprehensible) thing in your post. Fanboys, facades, false promises and vapourware along wih a bunch of seriously obnoxious contributors and deluded neophytes.
Yeah, it will run a web site. No, it will not run your website.
Wordpress on the other hand is a great money maker for a dev and can be hollowed out and used in any way you like. Highly flexible once understood, just roll your own theme and plugins.