As a citizen of former eastern-block country I would be interested to hear your elaboration on this. Do you really think that any of Poland, Czech, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria... can turn around an intentionally do damage to infrastructure of Germany, France or countries of Benelux? Yes, we do have our share of crazy politicians, but the idea still sounds ridiculous to me.
On the other hand imagine a graphic application initially developed on HP-UX in early nineties with Starbase graphics gradually ported and adjusted to work on modern Windows OS. Still drawing the multi-level menu using graphic primitives such as "draw rectangle", no right-click for context menu and developers pulling their hair off because drawing with XOR-mode leaves some pixels on the screen... but it is impossible to push a change because "users are used to that".
I too don't like change for change sake, but I can also see the opposite extreme.
I can't teach a full econ class here. But the TL;DR version is that every country that tried austerity has recovered more slowly than every country that didn't.
Ok, perhaps not full econ class needed here, but would you mind explaining briefly how avoiding austerity measures such as reducing high pensions helps recovery? I can see that reducing number of teachers to one third (to get to the same teacher/pupil ratio as is elsewhere) would be a benefit but causes inflow of unemployed people which is drawback. I can also see that postponing building of roads or industrial parks damages recovery. But certainly there are areas where austerity does makes sense. Or not?
There is a difference between what the project wants to achieve and what it actually does achieve in current versions of the implementation. Debating the later would just lead to unproductive flamewar. My intention is to ask Linus about his opinion on situation when a project emerges within his domain (kernel) which subverts the traditional and proved paradigms and major vendors actually aggressively push that instead of his version - regardless of maturity and quality track. And it's not about ego; "my project" vs. "other project". It's about major market players replacing your product with inferior solution. Technical arguments and design is not enough to survive on the market.
Linus does not put any weight in ideology. He is meritocratic. And focused on kernel only. The userspace does not bother him much. However what good is a kernel - no matter how perfect - if there is no userspace to make use of that kernel? Well, "no userspace" is an exaggeration obviously. What I want to say is that you should think also about areas where you are not involved directly. Moving from "do one thing and do it well" to "do many things in one complex subsystem" and pushing that into most major distros... that is something where we should not hurry the decission.
So... I'll try to rephrase the question again: what would you do if someone came up with a similar effort in kernel? Sort of like the situation with ZFS? Doing great things in order to deliver higher speed, reliability, robustness but breaking some paradigms such as traditional filesystem layers in the process?
As far as I know, RADNS tells the client what DNS server and DNS suffix to use. But it does not tell the DNS server that client with address 2a00::1 is now known as foo.example.org. Which means that other machines in the LAN cannot resolve foo.example.org name to back to address 2a00::1.
I admit that I'm no expert in this area, so if I'm wrong I would gladly learn how it really works.
your entire justification for using your existing units is because you are used to them right?
Could you, please, clarify how does following fit into imperial system?
One Joule is equal to the energy transferred (or work done) when applying a force of one newton through a distance of one meter.
One Volt is a potential difference between two parallel, infinite planes spaced 1 meter apart that create an electric field of 1 Newton per Coulomb.
One Ampere is constant current which, if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross-section, and placed 1 metre apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2*10^-7 newton per metre of length.
There was a time when people didn't need passports to travel between nations.
And there was a time when Villeins were tied to the land and could not move away without their lord's consent and the acceptance of the lord to whose manor they proposed to migrate to.
If you decided to scrape the logo off, should you go to jail?
Of course. For sure they will come up with some BS reasoning such as: The product design is copyrighted and by removing the logo you modify the design hence violating the copyright. Or something like that.
I have zero credentials compared to you but... what I got from your post is that "there is a complex environment that is changing in time and lot of rules that must be followed" - well, I thought that this exactly the domain where computers are much superior to human.
A colleague uses that. I always die a bit when I ask him to show me definition of some function and he does a full text search on all files in the project. Hopefully it is better in some newer version.
(Apart from Constitution being ignored on regular basis nowadays) do you see there anything in the rant that calls for Constitution violation? Or is it Constitution that gives right to corporations to buy politicians left, right and middle?
The problem is that you should not need someone to support a _datafile_ Though it is reasonable to expect that support for application is required in the OS/libraries/framework/...
So are you able to access (and interpret) your datafile after Apple dropped support for iTunes in XP? If yes, then there is little room for complaints. If no, then it's a bummer. If your data are remote and you did not get a chance to grab them before the remote location became inaccessible, then blame the service.
... and I even considered complaining - but I was running short on time...
You are under pressure. Running out of time. In danger of missing your flight and blowing up the subsequent schedule... in another words: you hold the short end of the stick. It obviously works as designed.
Well... are the number of murdering TSA agents greater than other professions?
Doesn't have the sampling process be random in order to maintain the ratio of trait T in the overall population and in the sample? If yes, does it meant that TSA agents are picked at random from overall population? I sincerely hope they aren't.
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As a citizen of former eastern-block country I would be interested to hear your elaboration on this. Do you really think that any of Poland, Czech, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria ... can turn around an intentionally do damage to infrastructure of Germany, France or countries of Benelux? Yes, we do have our share of crazy politicians, but the idea still sounds ridiculous to me.
Did they? All I saw was that PowerShell team will support and contribute to the OpenSSH community. They also said The team is in the early planning phase, and there're not exact days yet..
That is a lot of wiggle room there.
Based on the number of replies there is at about 30 nerds sticking with /.
:-(
Interestingly if you lookup ISS (ZARYA) you will see another dot "just next" to it - Progress-M 28M cargo spaceship with supplies for ISS.
On the other hand imagine a graphic application initially developed on HP-UX in early nineties with Starbase graphics gradually ported and adjusted to work on modern Windows OS. Still drawing the multi-level menu using graphic primitives such as "draw rectangle", no right-click for context menu and developers pulling their hair off because drawing with XOR-mode leaves some pixels on the screen ... but it is impossible to push a change because "users are used to that".
I too don't like change for change sake, but I can also see the opposite extreme.
Ok, perhaps not full econ class needed here, but would you mind explaining briefly how avoiding austerity measures such as reducing high pensions helps recovery? I can see that reducing number of teachers to one third (to get to the same teacher/pupil ratio as is elsewhere) would be a benefit but causes inflow of unemployed people which is drawback. I can also see that postponing building of roads or industrial parks damages recovery. But certainly there are areas where austerity does makes sense. Or not?
There is a difference between what the project wants to achieve and what it actually does achieve in current versions of the implementation. Debating the later would just lead to unproductive flamewar. My intention is to ask Linus about his opinion on situation when a project emerges within his domain (kernel) which subverts the traditional and proved paradigms and major vendors actually aggressively push that instead of his version - regardless of maturity and quality track. And it's not about ego; "my project" vs. "other project". It's about major market players replacing your product with inferior solution. Technical arguments and design is not enough to survive on the market.
Linus does not put any weight in ideology. He is meritocratic. And focused on kernel only. The userspace does not bother him much. However what good is a kernel - no matter how perfect - if there is no userspace to make use of that kernel? Well, "no userspace" is an exaggeration obviously. What I want to say is that you should think also about areas where you are not involved directly. Moving from "do one thing and do it well" to "do many things in one complex subsystem" and pushing that into most major distros ... that is something where we should not hurry the decission.
So ... I'll try to rephrase the question again: what would you do if someone came up with a similar effort in kernel? Sort of like the situation with ZFS? Doing great things in order to deliver higher speed, reliability, robustness but breaking some paradigms such as traditional filesystem layers in the process?
It's not part of the protocol, but it is usually part of the DHCP server implementation.
As far as I know, RADNS tells the client what DNS server and DNS suffix to use. But it does not tell the DNS server that client with address 2a00::1 is now known as foo.example.org. Which means that other machines in the LAN cannot resolve foo.example.org name to back to address 2a00::1.
I admit that I'm no expert in this area, so if I'm wrong I would gladly learn how it really works.
What other solution updates my DNS server dynamically?
You grab a (metric!) measuring tape and off you go!
Could you, please, clarify how does following fit into imperial system?
One Joule is equal to the energy transferred (or work done) when applying a force of one newton through a distance of one meter.
One Volt is a potential difference between two parallel, infinite planes spaced 1 meter apart that create an electric field of 1 Newton per Coulomb.
One Ampere is constant current which, if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross-section, and placed 1 metre apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2*10^-7 newton per metre of length.
One Tesla is equal to one Weber per square meter.
How does all that translate to imperial?
And there was a time when Villeins were tied to the land and could not move away without their lord's consent and the acceptance of the lord to whose manor they proposed to migrate to.
Ha! That will teach you breaking the time honored slashdot tradition and reading TFA!
Of course. For sure they will come up with some BS reasoning such as: The product design is copyrighted and by removing the logo you modify the design hence violating the copyright. Or something like that.
I have zero credentials compared to you but ... what I got from your post is that "there is a complex environment that is changing in time and lot of rules that must be followed" - well, I thought that this exactly the domain where computers are much superior to human.
How can you say that when Olympic Committee clearly gives an opposite example?
A colleague uses that. I always die a bit when I ask him to show me definition of some function and he does a full text search on all files in the project. Hopefully it is better in some newer version.
(Apart from Constitution being ignored on regular basis nowadays) do you see there anything in the rant that calls for Constitution violation? Or is it Constitution that gives right to corporations to buy politicians left, right and middle?
WTF! An autoplay video on frontpage? Slashdot, you have reached a new low ...
Is it time for me to finally tick the "Disable Advertising" checkbox?
The problem is that you should not need someone to support a _datafile_ Though it is reasonable to expect that support for application is required in the OS/libraries/framework/...
So are you able to access (and interpret) your datafile after Apple dropped support for iTunes in XP? If yes, then there is little room for complaints. If no, then it's a bummer. If your data are remote and you did not get a chance to grab them before the remote location became inaccessible, then blame the service.
Amazing! That's the same combination I have on my luggage!
You are under pressure. Running out of time. In danger of missing your flight and blowing up the subsequent schedule ... in another words: you hold the short end of the stick. It obviously works as designed.
Doesn't have the sampling process be random in order to maintain the ratio of trait T in the overall population and in the sample? If yes, does it meant that TSA agents are picked at random from overall population? I sincerely hope they aren't.