Slashbots don't post at +5. They post at +2 at best. They are moderated up to +5 by zealots with modpoints. The "deficit moderation" used on Slashdot discourages moderators from moderating comments down because most people prefer to encourage good posters rather than to punish stupid or uninformed posters.
If we had separate "plus points" and "minus points", those +5 comments would go down really quickly.
Slashdot can be improved, but I doubt that the editors want more intelligent discussion here. Just keep in mind that +5 moderation doesn't make a comment an official point of view of the community.
For the first time we have cryptographic API in a stable released version of the Linux kernel. Until recently, cryptographic software could not be exported from the U.S. without a special permission. It took some time to explain to the government that the "bad guys" already have access to strong encryption. We have succeeded. Cryptographers, rejoice!
Something similar happened in Russian. When Russia was conquered by Tatars in the 13th century, Russians learned Tatar obscene words and started using them together with the traditional expressions. The "old" words were considered more offensive than their Tatar counterparts and were later forgotten.
Now the words from Tatar are considered obscene, and the Latin counterparts are used when no offence is meant.
Sorry, but sarcasm and ignorance don't mix. There are much more operating systems than just Windows and Linux. It would be reasonable to expect electronics hobbists to try something else as well. The comments indicate that NetBSD was mentioned several times.
Have you ever heard of KA9Q? It's an OS older than Linux and it was written by a Ham radio enthusiast Phil Karn. It's a shame it wasn't mentioned in the survey. I can imagine some people are still using it, but they probably don't have browsers to vote:-)
Moderators, there is nothing insightful in treating this article like a piece of propaganda and attacking for that.
Water can be split it into hydrogen and oxygen and used as propellant. Also, I think the inhabitants of the space station(s) will prefer water from the Moon to the water extracted from their feces. It's easier to transport stuff from the Moon than from Earth, even to low orbits.
What if the next virus use a full qualified domain name? Standard compliance is good as the first line of defence against really stupid junk, but it's easy to break even for a virus, just by being compliant.
It's got some rocks and minerals but nothing that would be worth flying back down to earth.
Maybe it has something that would be worth flying to the earth orbit? Say, water extracted from the polar craters. Later maybe some metals. But for that to work, we need very good power sources, very reliable mechanisms and technology that allows extraction of metals with limited supply of water and no heavy parts in the beginning.
Considering that we have to service Hubble every 5 years because gyroscopes keep breaking, we are not there yet when it comes to reliability of mechanical devices in open space at 1AU from the Sun, but we are getting there.
You can browse the tree of life starting from its root.
If we descend to mammals, we'll see that lines that lead to rodents, primates and carnivors all start in the same point. Of course, it's unlikely that several branches start in the same point of evolution. It's more likely that the tree divides into two branches and then divides again.
Perhaps this research will allow to make some adjustments to the tree. However, there are already interesting facts in the current version.
For example, bats are closer to primates than most other mammals. On the other hand, armadillos must have branched very early, although they did it after opossums.
Canon inkject printers are cheap too, but you don't have to buy cartridges from Canon. You can buy cheap cartridges by Amazon (no, not the one we boycott) for less than $5.
And of course Canon printers are supported by foomatic. My BJC-2110 works with Red Hat 9 out of box.
1. Two birds singing 2. Bear in a T-shirt. 3. Tropical island with two palms without tops. 4. Hands washing black socks. 5. Two boys playing soldiers. 6. Camp entrance. 7. Green winged mole. 8. Blue rabbits smoking. 9. Crushed chicken. 10. Wolf trying to cross a river.
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If we had separate "plus points" and "minus points", those +5 comments would go down really quickly.
Slashdot can be improved, but I doubt that the editors want more intelligent discussion here. Just keep in mind that +5 moderation doesn't make a comment an official point of view of the community.
For the first time we have cryptographic API in a stable released version of the Linux kernel. Until recently, cryptographic software could not be exported from the U.S. without a special permission. It took some time to explain to the government that the "bad guys" already have access to strong encryption. We have succeeded. Cryptographers, rejoice!
Now the words from Tatar are considered obscene, and the Latin counterparts are used when no offence is meant.
Have you ever heard of KA9Q? It's an OS older than Linux and it was written by a Ham radio enthusiast Phil Karn. It's a shame it wasn't mentioned in the survey. I can imagine some people are still using it, but they probably don't have browsers to vote :-)
Moderators, there is nothing insightful in treating this article like a piece of propaganda and attacking for that.
I agree with you, but please avoid the word "bitch". It undercuts your arguments.
Water can be split it into hydrogen and oxygen and used as propellant. Also, I think the inhabitants of the space station(s) will prefer water from the Moon to the water extracted from their feces. It's easier to transport stuff from the Moon than from Earth, even to low orbits.
What if the next virus use a full qualified domain name? Standard compliance is good as the first line of defence against really stupid junk, but it's easy to break even for a virus, just by being compliant.
Considering that we have to service Hubble every 5 years because gyroscopes keep breaking, we are not there yet when it comes to reliability of mechanical devices in open space at 1AU from the Sun, but we are getting there.
BTW, Your user ID is suspiciously high :-)
Perhaps this research will allow to make some adjustments to the tree. However, there are already interesting facts in the current version. For example, bats are closer to primates than most other mammals. On the other hand, armadillos must have branched very early, although they did it after opossums.
But how do you know that the original poster was a geek? And how can you make such conclusions from just one AC post?
[OT] You have been befriended for your signature :-)
And of course Canon printers are supported by foomatic. My BJC-2110 works with Red Hat 9 out of box.
RCU is not there (it appeared in 2.5 series). JFS is not there (it appeared later in 2.4 series).
Why does the author put "(void)" before every fprintf()? Can it be some kind of hidden signature?
1. Two birds singing
2. Bear in a T-shirt.
3. Tropical island with two palms without tops.
4. Hands washing black socks.
5. Two boys playing soldiers.
6. Camp entrance.
7. Green winged mole.
8. Blue rabbits smoking.
9. Crushed chicken.
10. Wolf trying to cross a river.
I work in AT&T (In fact, in the same building as Bjarne Stroustrup), and I can assure you that AT&T doesn't own him or me.
The parent post was moderated as flamebait by aliens.
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