When I write comments it is usually to say "this code might look like an opportunity for this or that refactoring/optimisation. Don't do it becauase..."
You mean something like this:
// // Dear maintainer: // // Once you are done trying to 'optimize' this routine, // and have realized what a terrible mistake that was, // please increment the following counter as a warning // to the next guy: // // total_hours_wasted_here = 42 //
I've been using Linux on my desktop for 13 years now. It works just fine for me.
You're part of the problem.
If you want to help spread the Linux base, such an attitude doesn't help.
Me: I don't have a drinking problem.
You: It's worse than I thought. You are in denial!
Me: ???
The truth is, that I'm also a happy Linux desktop user for over a decade. And the only thing that it does not do for me is to compile code using Win32 API. Meh.
When the core of the OS is constantly shifting like the sand to keep those applications running is gonna be costly as hell.
We just had 10 years of one windows OS. But those times are over. The release cadence of windows is getting close to 1 year rather than 10. I'm "looking forward" to watching the incompatibility hell that's coming to us.
... are they perhaps actively jamming cell signals? Because I've never been able to pick up a signal above a few thousand feet from a commercial airliner.
No. Just the nearest BTS is much closer to you when you are on the ground than when you are at the cruising altitude.
there are reasonable grounds for believing that a diplomatic bag which is presented at a port of entry of the United Kingdom for importation may contain firearms, ammunition, or materials for causing explosions
which of the categories "firearms, ammunition, or materials for causing explosions" does Julian Assange fall in? When I think of i... probably the last one;-). But anyway all this is about "importation" and Julian wants in the other direction.
IMHO the effort and statements by US and UK speak volumes about the whole case. My guess is that there will be another "Harvey Lee Osswald" and "Jack Ruby" combo of characters.
Could somebody who uses this thing explain why they prefer it to a more modern and open distro?
Because if something breaks, then I really find the thing that broke. Not like you install Ubuntu and the NetworkManager causes havoc. And you need to disable the damn automagic thing. Better yet uninstall it completely. And then a write a/etc/network/interfaces file that nobody knows who actually reads it. If I want to see how is the IP address or broadcast is assigned in Slackware, then I really can find the ifconfig statement that sets that up and the watch where the parameters come from (pity, that Slackware did not yet move to iproute2 in the boot scripts). I don't need a package management program with parameters to find out when did I install a package XY. I can do that with ls. And to find out which package installed file AB, all I need is grep.
Perhaps it's difficult to convey... in Slackware it is easy to understand how it works. Or find out. With "more modern distro" you treat it as a blackbox. Yes, you could dissect it to the level of source code. But almost nobody does that. You get advice for solving a problem from people that treat it as blackbox. They cross the fingers and hope that it works. They don't really understand why or how the problem was solved. Or whether it was really solved or just does not manifest so obviously anymore.
Can you tell poisoning the well? There are other countries and other opinions in UN. Not only Saudi Arabia, Iran and Lybia, but also Swiss, Finland and Japan. Are you afraid that a democratic process where majority decides, could end up not being in USA favor?
There were stories (
123 )
about hijacked satellites in past discussed here on slashdot. I would not be surprised if NASA simply believed that getting the signal 14 light-minutes away is not realistic for most of potential attackers.
I'm afraid that attempting to explain to unwashed masses the difference between Computer Science and Programming (and web page design) is equally futile to explaining the difference between hacker and cracker (and a script kiddie).
Think about it, say you're retired and you have 30% of your savings in this supposedly great fund. And suddenly it's gone. Then another bunch in wall street wipe out another 40% (and still keep their bonuses). What are you going to do?
Blame myself for placing all the eggs in one basket and thinking that a investment fund cannot go bust. Don't you have Past performance is not guarantee of future results. standard disclaimer over there?
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I guess, she is going to fall in hook, line and sinker.
Wow. Where is this country, you talk about, where businesses train their employees?
Yes, the erections are held on need-only basis. You do it differently? ;-D
You mean something like this:
?
Me: I don't have a drinking problem.
You: It's worse than I thought. You are in denial!
Me: ???
The truth is, that I'm also a happy Linux desktop user for over a decade. And the only thing that it does not do for me is to compile code using Win32 API. Meh.
Where is this Helvetica font that comes with Windows?
We just had 10 years of one windows OS. But those times are over. The release cadence of windows is getting close to 1 year rather than 10. I'm "looking forward" to watching the incompatibility hell that's coming to us.
In windows? It's pure magic I tell you. Assuming that it works, of course.
We don't care; we don't have to. We are Oracle.
You are mostly right. But I would turn the last sentence around: I don't need my course plot when I get home later, but it certainly would be cool ;-)
For some people a flight is a major event. They want to record it on the GPS, camera and camcorder.
Why do you need to take a 3 years old for a flight lasting 6 hours is beyond me. Is he going to appreciate and remember the trip?
I would find lifting the ban for cameras and GPS receivers entirely sufficient.
No. Just the nearest BTS is much closer to you when you are on the ground than when you are at the cruising altitude.
You probably don't. The version 4 was followed by 7.
... and all I got is this lousy T-shirt.
which of the categories "firearms, ammunition, or materials for causing explosions" does Julian Assange fall in? When I think of i ... probably the last one ;-). But anyway all this is about "importation" and Julian wants in the other direction.
IMHO the effort and statements by US and UK speak volumes about the whole case. My guess is that there will be another "Harvey Lee Osswald" and "Jack Ruby" combo of characters.
Because if something breaks, then I really find the thing that broke. Not like you install Ubuntu and the NetworkManager causes havoc. And you need to disable the damn automagic thing. Better yet uninstall it completely. And then a write a /etc/network/interfaces file that nobody knows who actually reads it. If I want to see how is the IP address or broadcast is assigned in Slackware, then I really can find the ifconfig statement that sets that up and the watch where the parameters come from (pity, that Slackware did not yet move to iproute2 in the boot scripts). I don't need a package management program with parameters to find out when did I install a package XY. I can do that with ls. And to find out which package installed file AB, all I need is grep.
Perhaps it's difficult to convey ... in Slackware it is easy to understand how it works. Or find out. With "more modern distro" you treat it as a blackbox. Yes, you could dissect it to the level of source code. But almost nobody does that. You get advice for solving a problem from people that treat it as blackbox. They cross the fingers and hope that it works. They don't really understand why or how the problem was solved. Or whether it was really solved or just does not manifest so obviously anymore.
I redirect to 127.0.0.2 you insensitive clod!
Interestingly RDP won't connect to 'localhost'. In Win7 it won't connect to 127.0.0.1 either. But it will connect to 127.0.0.2.
Exactly. And that now makes classification of Windows 8 obvious ;-)
If Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo, TSA and Assange are any indication of how you are going to do it ... God help us.
Can you tell poisoning the well? There are other countries and other opinions in UN. Not only Saudi Arabia, Iran and Lybia, but also Swiss, Finland and Japan. Are you afraid that a democratic process where majority decides, could end up not being in USA favor?
There were stories ( 1 2 3 ) about hijacked satellites in past discussed here on slashdot. I would not be surprised if NASA simply believed that getting the signal 14 light-minutes away is not realistic for most of potential attackers.
I'm afraid that attempting to explain to unwashed masses the difference between Computer Science and Programming (and web page design) is equally futile to explaining the difference between hacker and cracker (and a script kiddie).
To mod him down?
Blame myself for placing all the eggs in one basket and thinking that a investment fund cannot go bust. Don't you have Past performance is not guarantee of future results. standard disclaimer over there?