Honestly, anyone loading Linux themselves should be more than capable of going into the UEFI setup and flipping it to off
What a crap argument. So you say that currently Linux isn't for Joe Sixpack and therefore it is OK to keep it that way? No. We want the Linux to be available for everyone!
What if I'm XXY (Klinefelter Syndrome) ? What if I'm just X (Turner Syndrome) ? What if I'm XX but SR-Y positive due to gene translocation ? What if I'm XY but Completely Androgen Insensitive (CAIS) ?
Then you are not granted the privilege of taking part in Olympics. There, I said it.
Why not just measure each guy separately? Start measuring when they record the push against the block, end measuring as before. Is that competition in running or in reaction times?
Yes. My contract says: developer. Not a system admin but I maintain DNS/DHCP/Samba/firewall on Linux and the network connectivity in general. I monitor our Lotus Notes server and they don't even know what's it's name. My contract does not say DBA but I'm the one asked to pull the data from SQL DB for quarterly reports. It does not say janitor but it is me who sets up the PIN on building alarm system for new employees. It does not say secretary, but I'm the one that proofreads e-mails for grammar. And yes, I do get to touch and find bugs in their projects too. All that is only partially relevant.
If a developer does not bother to check out new capabilities of a new version of his main development tool (3-4 years after it was released) and the operating system he uses daily and develops for, then something is wrong.
IT is a field where all colleagues benefit from sharing and learning from one another.
That used to be true. 15 years ago. That was when I learned stuff from geeky friends on college. My colleagues do not care. The "internet does not work" is a typical problem description in a team of developers in age from 25-58. They don't care how to find out whether they use the right DNS or not. Especially if it is on a slightly different place on XP and Win7 and Win2008 server. And they don't have to. Because they know, they can call me and I will fix it. They have yet to discover that there is PowerShell or what is a site-local IPv6 address. Nobody bothers to download Win8 beta to check it out. When the 1st machine comes with Win8 preloaded, they will come to me to ask where the bloody Explorer is. Lots of tiny things like that.
Sometimes they learn something when I use commandline on their computer to solve a problem. If they pay attention at all. But *I* never learn from them. Let met tell you: it can be quite frustrating. Did I mention that the management does not recognize it either? Yeah, I know. I should move to another job yada-yada....
Right now, if someone "buys" my vote, they have no idea if I actually followed through. Which means vote buying doesn't occur.
No it doesn't mean that. You would be right if talking about responsible voters. But there is plenty of vote-eligible people that just don't care who they vote for and will gladly take a few bucks for casting the vote.
If you have a problem with this then you should go talk to the US State Department, the White House, the governments of most western countries, and the UN. Don't bitch at someone who has to abide by the rules.
So, in your opinion, Phill Zimmerman was a criminal for working around the ammunition export restrictions when publishing PGP ?
You can't make a law that says, "When technology is too good, it can't do this or that".
I walked 5 steps behind some woman today in the morning. For about 5 minutes. If I was doing that 24/7 it would be stalking and illegal. I.e. the level of activity should play a role in deciding of whether the said activity is legal or not.
In my opinion, if someone is welfare recipient and still has microwave, TV, cable, cell phone and car, then it is a sign of wasted welfare money. But feel free to file your compliant about poverty line definition with OECD.
We are discussing laving the power over Internet in hands of USA versus giving it to UN. If you complain that giving it to UN is wrong based on the argument that UN did nothing to stop Syria, then leaving it with USA is equally wrong because the USA did nothing to stop Syria either.
So if you want to decide between handing control to USA or UN you have to provide argument that favors one over another. Preventing Syria events isn't such argument.
So are you saying that the right to carry a gun in NYC is so limited by local laws, that nobody from the bystanders had a gun (and so the 2nd amendment becomes toothless)? And thus are you implying that if someone of the bystanders had a gun, (s)he would pull it out and forced the cop to stop? Or someone with a gun would stop the cop if it happened in Texas?
Microwave? Really? I guess to assholes like this, you're not "poor" unless you're cooking your dinner over a trash fire while living in a box under the overpass.
OECD defines poverty line as An income level that is considered minimally sufficient to sustain a family in terms of food, housing, clothing, medical needs, and so on. I don't see there TV, cable, cell phone and car. And microwave neither.
The UN is a worthless org. over 14,000 dead in Syria and the UN does nothing.
The UN has wasted hundreds of billions of dollars over the past decades...and sat idly while millions of people under their watch have died
and some questions from me:
Isn't USA a member of UN?
What are you comparing UN to? Who did anything against 14000 dead in Syria? US? Wasn't it US who wasted hundreds of billions of dollars and watched people to die in Iraq and Afghanistan?
I'm not saying I would do it, but I do have some understanding. Imagine you work your ass off for years for company benefits. You get exploited. You put more in than you get out. But you keep working because you like and enjoy the work, coworkers,... . And then they fire you for some stupid or no reason at all, refuse to uphold their promises and obligations written in the contract or law etc. etc. They simply treat you unfair. What are you going to do? Scream at them? Yes, you can drag them to the court over stuff that's written down and win a judgement a few years and lawyer paychecks later. Probably. Anyway, desire for revenge is a normal human feeling. It depends on the personality (and in this case: ability to find a new job, and survive until the new job) how one deals with it.
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Government fiscal reports and plans.
Lurking.
How compares the CPU die size with the distance that the signal travels at this speed ? Right.
What a crap argument. So you say that currently Linux isn't for Joe Sixpack and therefore it is OK to keep it that way? No. We want the Linux to be available for everyone!
Then you are not granted the privilege of taking part in Olympics. There, I said it.
Why not just measure each guy separately? Start measuring when they record the push against the block, end measuring as before. Is that competition in running or in reaction times?
In most of the jobs you have to be qualified for the job. Not in a jury apparently.
Looks like I'm going to commit a rape today. I carry all the required "equipment" with me.
James Holmes, is that you?
If not, go and see a 2-years old. Then a psychiatrist.
Can we then get something like CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD option in Linux kernel, please?
Yes. My contract says: developer. Not a system admin but I maintain DNS/DHCP/Samba/firewall on Linux and the network connectivity in general. I monitor our Lotus Notes server and they don't even know what's it's name. My contract does not say DBA but I'm the one asked to pull the data from SQL DB for quarterly reports. It does not say janitor but it is me who sets up the PIN on building alarm system for new employees. It does not say secretary, but I'm the one that proofreads e-mails for grammar. And yes, I do get to touch and find bugs in their projects too. All that is only partially relevant.
If a developer does not bother to check out new capabilities of a new version of his main development tool (3-4 years after it was released) and the operating system he uses daily and develops for, then something is wrong.
That used to be true. 15 years ago. That was when I learned stuff from geeky friends on college. My colleagues do not care. The "internet does not work" is a typical problem description in a team of developers in age from 25-58. They don't care how to find out whether they use the right DNS or not. Especially if it is on a slightly different place on XP and Win7 and Win2008 server. And they don't have to. Because they know, they can call me and I will fix it. They have yet to discover that there is PowerShell or what is a site-local IPv6 address. Nobody bothers to download Win8 beta to check it out. When the 1st machine comes with Win8 preloaded, they will come to me to ask where the bloody Explorer is. Lots of tiny things like that.
Sometimes they learn something when I use commandline on their computer to solve a problem. If they pay attention at all. But *I* never learn from them. Let met tell you: it can be quite frustrating. Did I mention that the management does not recognize it either? Yeah, I know. I should move to another job yada-yada ....
No it doesn't mean that. You would be right if talking about responsible voters. But there is plenty of vote-eligible people that just don't care who they vote for and will gladly take a few bucks for casting the vote.
So, in your opinion, Phill Zimmerman was a criminal for working around the ammunition export restrictions when publishing PGP ?
I walked 5 steps behind some woman today in the morning. For about 5 minutes. If I was doing that 24/7 it would be stalking and illegal.
I.e. the level of activity should play a role in deciding of whether the said activity is legal or not.
In my opinion, if someone is welfare recipient and still has microwave, TV, cable, cell phone and car, then it is a sign of wasted welfare money. But feel free to file your compliant about poverty line definition with OECD.
So if you want to decide between handing control to USA or UN you have to provide argument that favors one over another. Preventing Syria events isn't such argument.
Sure ;-)
So are you saying that the right to carry a gun in NYC is so limited by local laws, that nobody from the bystanders had a gun (and so the 2nd amendment becomes toothless)? And thus are you implying that if someone of the bystanders had a gun, (s)he would pull it out and forced the cop to stop? Or someone with a gun would stop the cop if it happened in Texas?
OECD defines poverty line as An income level that is considered minimally sufficient to sustain a family in terms of food, housing, clothing, medical needs, and so on. I don't see there TV, cable, cell phone and car. And microwave neither.
and some questions from me:
Isn't USA a member of UN? What are you comparing UN to? Who did anything against 14000 dead in Syria? US? Wasn't it US who wasted hundreds of billions of dollars and watched people to die in Iraq and Afghanistan?
Are you sure that the USA is ruled by their own people? Honest?
Compared to giving my browsing history, banking details, flight reservations, biometric identification and much more to USA?
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So how did the right to carry a gun work against this abuse of power?
I'm not saying I would do it, but I do have some understanding. Imagine you work your ass off for years for company benefits. You get exploited. You put more in than you get out. But you keep working because you like and enjoy the work, coworkers, ... . And then they fire you for some stupid or no reason at all, refuse to uphold their promises and obligations written in the contract or law etc. etc. They simply treat you unfair. What are you going to do? Scream at them? Yes, you can drag them to the court over stuff that's written down and win a judgement a few years and lawyer paychecks later. Probably. Anyway, desire for revenge is a normal human feeling. It depends on the personality (and in this case: ability to find a new job, and survive until the new job) how one deals with it.
Oh come on! The most interesting question did not make it to the list?!
What does the "J" stand for in "Patrick J. Volkerding"?