Which still has nothing to do with the originally released code. If you want to make a point about not being allowed/able/whatever to fix code, then make it without falling back on the decades-old half-facts. It only makes you look full of it.
The simple fact is that anyone who releases code under BSD or similar licenses is absolutely okay with that code being used that way - if they weren't, they wouldn't use that license.
If you prefer that others NOT be allowed to use your code in closed systems, that's also okay, but it's a matter of preference, not morality, and the kind of twisted doublethink that's been bouncing around the tubes for the last 20+ years trying to make it so is what's gotten RMS and his acolytes their well-earned "netkook" reputation.
But equally, thousands of companies now trust systemd to run enterprise servers since centos or RHEL is pretty much the defacto linux distribution in this regard. The fact that this is the case does indicate that it must be pretty stable when correctly configured.
Are you new to this industry, or just pushing an agenda? Deployment numbers certainly do NOT indicate stability - 20 years of Windows' dominance is your counter-evidence there - at best, it's implied.
If there are bugs in systemd, then report them and maybe even help diagnose them to make it better. It has huge traction now so there is zero chance of it disappearing.
I'll pass. I'm of the opinion that systemd is fatally flawed at the design level, probably even at the conceptual level - i.e., it can't be "fixed."
We've already started the process of migrating our infrastructure from Ubuntu Server LTSes back to FreeBSD. The devs behind the former have been making lots of questionable decisions the past few years, so we just needed a back-breaking straw, and the wide adoption only helped us to pick a destination. If Ian's GR had gone through and we wouldn't have had to worry about some random package "upgrading" our Debian installs down the line, we would have gone that way, instead.
I don't care whether it disappears entirely. Once we've finished the move, I don't need to care whether Linus makes the kernel itself require systemd, or if Linux chokes to death on it - my horse will be out of the race.
If that were the only reason people didn't like/want/trust it, you might have a point. Considering that the "crash" complaint is one of the more minor ones, however, it just comes across as ignoring the legitimate problems and concerns for the sake of keeping it a politicized issue and/or delusions of persecution.
Privacy Badger comes from the EFF, which is just as bad about "acceptable intrusiveness" if the advertiser is well-behaved, where well-behaved, for some reason, doesn't preclude tracking bugs.
1. Sleeping on the sidewalk is a law that affects only 1 group. They make such laws knowing that the law will only or primarily affect the demographic they hate. Do millionaires sleep on the sidewalk? No. Passing a law that you know will only or primarily affect a certain demographic is discriminatory.
Congratulations. Of everyone in the subthread, you came the closest to grabbing the edge of the sar-chasm.
Odds are that this is just yet another weak political bash, but on the off chance you deserve the benefit of the doubt:
Unless the class is being taught by Dr. Who, we don't have any way around the physics that limits the number of students you can jam into a classroom, so every student "encouraged" by the school to join up by bribery or stupid laws is one fewer student who *wants* to learn the subject that can fit into the class.
I concur, I have been using Fedora for quite a few years and have never had a problem with systemd.
While you may have a point that judging it based on testing branch distros may be a bit unfair, "it doesn't crash as much as people say" isn't much of a selling point.
He seemed equally annoyed anytime he got asked about why it was taking so long to get the next book out (A Dance With Dragons was long overdue at that point). He basically went off on how entitled the fans acted thinking he was a monkey who should dance to their tune and produce things on their schedule.
That sort of prima donna act, combined with the ridiculously wait between Feast and Dance, was basically what killed my interest in the series. When he was doing his tour for the fourth book (Feast), he claimed that the book was too big to be bound properly, and would have to be split into two books, and the spectacularly mediocre Feast for Crows was the first one we got: the next one would follow shortly behind. Then years of ass-thumbing. By the time Dance came out, I didn't have any emotional investment in the story anymore.
I'm actually considering the Windows 8 Asus Transformer, since I already know I like the brand, and it looks like the Windows version includes the keyboard dock rather than being a $500+$150 add-on.
Wouldn't have found it were it not for your suggestion though, so thanks!
Then they need to STFU about it in the context of broadband service, which literally *could not exist* in any meaningful sense in an actual free market. Without the government forcing property owners to let them sink poles, run wires, etc.., a "free market" would require every provider to make contracts with the owner of every property between the central office and the endpoint -- good luck with that.
I doubt the government will pay any attention to it whatsoever. This is already handled quite well in meatspace (at least in the US) unless the target is the government itself - then the fuckers cheat, and that has been going on for 15+ years.
And you're exactly the kind of person I'm referring to. If I invite someone over for a dinner party and they decide to piss on my couch "Becuz freedum," then they're going to be removed, bodily, and not allowed back.
Your rights end where others' begin. And I'm not referring to the non-existent "right to not be offended", before you start bleating about that. I'm referring to the game owners' right to decide who they want to invite into their game - aka "Free Association".
If they don't want their game associated with narcissistic little shits (which, let's be frank, LoL et al have been for a long time), they have that right as much to do so, as you do to spew your attention-whoring drivel: they're not stopping you from sharing your inane little opinions, which would be "censorship:" they're just making you get your own fucking microphone.
I was actually considering a Surface for a brief moment, since to this day, I'd really love to have Writer's Cafe on my Transformer, but it wouldn't run Windows desktop apps, even lightweight ones. I get the whole "different cpu architecture" issue, but seriously, that's the ONE feature that would make a Windows tablet compelling: without it, why bother?
You're an idiot who can't differentiate between "existence" and "action," and it's because of simpletons like you that the SJWs you hate so much are able to continue to spread their hate, hypocrisy, and propaganda and keep their credibility among the other idiots, who parrot their own bullshit memes right back in and endless cycle of reality-defying masturbation.
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Which still has nothing to do with the originally released code. If you want to make a point about not being allowed/able/whatever to fix code, then make it without falling back on the decades-old half-facts. It only makes you look full of it.
The simple fact is that anyone who releases code under BSD or similar licenses is absolutely okay with that code being used that way - if they weren't, they wouldn't use that license.
If you prefer that others NOT be allowed to use your code in closed systems, that's also okay, but it's a matter of preference, not morality, and the kind of twisted doublethink that's been bouncing around the tubes for the last 20+ years trying to make it so is what's gotten RMS and his acolytes their well-earned "netkook" reputation.
But equally, thousands of companies now trust systemd to run enterprise servers since centos or RHEL is pretty much the defacto linux distribution in this regard. The fact that this is the case does indicate that it must be pretty stable when correctly configured.
Are you new to this industry, or just pushing an agenda? Deployment numbers certainly do NOT indicate stability - 20 years of Windows' dominance is your counter-evidence there - at best, it's implied.
If there are bugs in systemd, then report them and maybe even help diagnose them to make it better. It has huge traction now so there is zero chance of it disappearing.
I'll pass. I'm of the opinion that systemd is fatally flawed at the design level, probably even at the conceptual level - i.e., it can't be "fixed."
We've already started the process of migrating our infrastructure from Ubuntu Server LTSes back to FreeBSD. The devs behind the former have been making lots of questionable decisions the past few years, so we just needed a back-breaking straw, and the wide adoption only helped us to pick a destination. If Ian's GR had gone through and we wouldn't have had to worry about some random package "upgrading" our Debian installs down the line, we would have gone that way, instead.
I don't care whether it disappears entirely. Once we've finished the move, I don't need to care whether Linus makes the kernel itself require systemd, or if Linux chokes to death on it - my horse will be out of the race.
Well, it is, but it does sod all to protect that openness, so BSDed software often ends up less open by the time you actually get a copy of it.
Are you guys still spewing this BS meme? Letting someone use open code in a closed project does "sod all" to close off the original code.
once-in-a-lifetime events such as weddings.
This immediately brought the Robin Williams "WHAT YEAR IS IT???" image macro into my mind.
If that were the only reason people didn't like/want/trust it, you might have a point. Considering that the "crash" complaint is one of the more minor ones, however, it just comes across as ignoring the legitimate problems and concerns for the sake of keeping it a politicized issue and/or delusions of persecution.
It's about wireless only
it gets the government ever more involved in your life, and in managing how you can or must communicate
On what do you base either of those assertions?
In Nigeria?
We really need the mythbusters to tackle the quesion of RPGs in zero gravity.
Sounds like a great way to lose a whole set of expensive polyhedral dice...
All part of the service.
Not sure if you're being snarky or are just unaware, but Ghostery is even scummier in their partnering with ad companies.
Disconnect does much the same thing on Firefox.
I'll give that one a try. Thanks for that
Privacy Badger comes from the EFF, which is just as bad about "acceptable intrusiveness" if the advertiser is well-behaved, where well-behaved, for some reason, doesn't preclude tracking bugs.
1. Sleeping on the sidewalk is a law that affects only 1 group. They make such laws knowing that the law will only or primarily affect the demographic they hate. Do millionaires sleep on the sidewalk? No. Passing a law that you know will only or primarily affect a certain demographic is discriminatory.
Congratulations. Of everyone in the subthread, you came the closest to grabbing the edge of the sar-chasm.
Odds are that this is just yet another weak political bash, but on the off chance you deserve the benefit of the doubt:
Unless the class is being taught by Dr. Who, we don't have any way around the physics that limits the number of students you can jam into a classroom, so every student "encouraged" by the school to join up by bribery or stupid laws is one fewer student who *wants* to learn the subject that can fit into the class.
I concur, I have been using Fedora for quite a few years and have never had a problem with systemd.
While you may have a point that judging it based on testing branch distros may be a bit unfair, "it doesn't crash as much as people say" isn't much of a selling point.
He seemed equally annoyed anytime he got asked about why it was taking so long to get the next book out (A Dance With Dragons was long overdue at that point). He basically went off on how entitled the fans acted thinking he was a monkey who should dance to their tune and produce things on their schedule.
That sort of prima donna act, combined with the ridiculously wait between Feast and Dance, was basically what killed my interest in the series. When he was doing his tour for the fourth book (Feast), he claimed that the book was too big to be bound properly, and would have to be split into two books, and the spectacularly mediocre Feast for Crows was the first one we got: the next one would follow shortly behind. Then years of ass-thumbing. By the time Dance came out, I didn't have any emotional investment in the story anymore.
I'm actually considering the Windows 8 Asus Transformer, since I already know I like the brand, and it looks like the Windows version includes the keyboard dock rather than being a $500+$150 add-on.
Wouldn't have found it were it not for your suggestion though, so thanks!
Clearly, GP was trying to preemptively discharge the obvious "yo momma" joke.
Which totally doesn't apply to the corresponding set of idiots with their own Twue Bewiefs who claim to be on the "other side."
Then they need to STFU about it in the context of broadband service, which literally *could not exist* in any meaningful sense in an actual free market. Without the government forcing property owners to let them sink poles, run wires, etc.., a "free market" would require every provider to make contracts with the owner of every property between the central office and the endpoint -- good luck with that.
I doubt the government will pay any attention to it whatsoever. This is already handled quite well in meatspace (at least in the US) unless the target is the government itself - then the fuckers cheat, and that has been going on for 15+ years.
And you're exactly the kind of person I'm referring to. If I invite someone over for a dinner party and they decide to piss on my couch "Becuz freedum," then they're going to be removed, bodily, and not allowed back.
Your rights end where others' begin. And I'm not referring to the non-existent "right to not be offended", before you start bleating about that. I'm referring to the game owners' right to decide who they want to invite into their game - aka "Free Association".
If they don't want their game associated with narcissistic little shits (which, let's be frank, LoL et al have been for a long time), they have that right as much to do so, as you do to spew your attention-whoring drivel: they're not stopping you from sharing your inane little opinions, which would be "censorship:" they're just making you get your own fucking microphone.
I was actually considering a Surface for a brief moment, since to this day, I'd really love to have Writer's Cafe on my Transformer, but it wouldn't run Windows desktop apps, even lightweight ones. I get the whole "different cpu architecture" issue, but seriously, that's the ONE feature that would make a Windows tablet compelling: without it, why bother?
No it's to avoid people looking like idiots with a tablet against their head.
Considering the number of people using their damn iPads as cameras, in the "hold it up, point, and shoot" style, I really think that's not it...
s/bigot/murderer/
You're an idiot who can't differentiate between "existence" and "action," and it's because of simpletons like you that the SJWs you hate so much are able to continue to spread their hate, hypocrisy, and propaganda and keep their credibility among the other idiots, who parrot their own bullshit memes right back in and endless cycle of reality-defying masturbation.