This is why I don't buy games anymore. 10 hours too long? You've got to be freaking kidding me.
Back in the day, games like Heroes of Might and Magic, Civilization, Simcity 2000, etc. ate up days and days... and it was considered good value! Now that's too long?
Yeah, but the BBC will take an idea, publicize it, and take credit for it. That's what they did with iPlayer, the super-amazing first-of-a-kind Flash video player, invented by the BBC years after YouTube was launched.
Somehow I doubt that telling those white supremacists that they're the ones descended from Neanderthals and that the Africans are the only group lacking Neanderthal DNA would do anything to change their perspectives.
If you're implying that the Neanderthals were 'inferior' to the then-African humans, that's a bit of a fallacy. They were probably rather more intelligent, but without such strong social skills as the then-African humans. Perhaps inter-breeding created a mix of genes which were superior to both species, with a good blend of the higher intelligence and social skills.
As an open question: could this account for the apparent lack of intellectual progress in modern Africa (Europe/Asia seem to have done better), or is that down to other factors?
The solution to this is really Obviously Correct; I don't know why they didn't post the bug in the summary:
That -ENOENT in walk_component: isn't it assuming we found a negative dentry, before reaching the read_seqcount_retry which complete_walk (or nameidata_drop_rcu_last before 3.0) would use to confirm a successful lookup? And can't memory pressure prune a dentry, coming to dentry_kill which __d_drops to unhash before dentry_iput resets d_inode to NULL, but the dentry_rcuwalk_barrier between those is ineffective if the other end ignores the seqcount?
The vast majority of Internet users doesn't know their DNS, they probably don't even know what DNS is. They just open their browser (better known as "the Internet"), enter www.slashdot.org and expect to be able to read News for Nerds, Stuff that matters.
I think (hope!) dumbing down of interfaces is a fad. For all the simplicity of interfaces these days (let's take OS X as an example), I hate to think about all the times I had to search the net about how to do something from the command-line because the UI didn't allow it, or to look up some magic keypress that isn't discoverable. Or that simple functionality like Refresh isn't available in Finder. A lot of Apple products are like that. Browsers are starting to go that way, too. Seems the ultimate state might be to leave the computer turned off - doesn't accomplish what I want but is very simple.
I disagree with your Firefox/Mozilla opinion. FF3 was the high water mark IMHO. The FF4 interface was a dismal step backwards, in an awful attempt to emulate Chrome, and they're continuing to go in that direction. You can undo the damage at the moment by installing a nice theme, but who knows how long until the FF UX team impose 16x16 icons on you and if you don't use a netbook, tough shit - you're not part of their target audience (ie. people like them).
Accelerated Thorium reactors look like they could run on SOME high grade waste such as spent fuel rods from other plants and expired weapon materials - but there hasn't been one designed or built anywhere yet. Nothing else comes close to your dream.
What about something like the EBR-II or the BN-600?
Sorry but most of the NASA missions on that list will have no effect on the day-to-day life of people on earth.
Did the moon landings have an effect on the day-to-day life of people on Earth?
Knowledge for the sake of knowledge is not all that high on my priority list. Birth of the cosmos, water on Mars, xray radiation, etc. will not improve the quality of life here on earth.
X-ray radiation? Haha. If we'd had your Luddite attitude throughout all of our history, we'd still be living in caves. Take your anti-intellectualism and shove it.
A few points. I know a number of these classmates that went on to get jobs at Intel/AMD/Motorola/etc. These are Ph.D.s in EE/EECE/CS. They are paying these guys $37000-$47000 to start, but they give them an H1B visa (or extension), so they are totally happy to take that pay. I am sorry to say it, but a "normal" american who just spent a good deal of cash on this degree just can not get by on this.
Perhaps some Americans could help me out here, but how typical is it that $37k - $47k is too little to get by on? Here in the UK, where I can't believe our cost of living is really much lower, that would be considered a good starting wage. I've been working as a professional now for 5 years and if I'm lucky I'll get a raise to the equivalent of $50k this year. I suppose with higher university tuition fees you may have more debt to pay off, but we're even getting those over here too now. Is the rent higher over there? The food? Certainly not the taxes...
Nah. I still use XP on my home machine, and I prefer its interface to that of Windows 7. It's fast and snappy. I have a firewall and no virus protection. I don't install untrusted EXEs and I use secure software. Haven't had a virus/trojan problem... ever. Screw paying MS a ton of money to upgrade; I'm more likely to more to Debian full-time.
I wish it were raining every F-ing day. Here in the Midlands, there are talks about standpipes in the streets because it's been so dry it's approaching drought conditions.
(of course what we need is more modern nuclear plants to fund desalination plants, grumble...)
Read this chapter from the book 'Prescription For The Planet'. Looks like Integral Fast Reactors (IFRs) are extremely safe by design. The tragedy is that they were operating an inherently unsafe, 1960s-built (yes, 1960s!) reactor in an area prone to huge earthquakes and tsunamis, and now more people are convinced that all nuclear is 'inherently' unsafe. It isn't.
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Of course, the apes living there before these Homo Sapiens evolved say that the Kenyans are the illegal immigrants.
It shows the wife sitting at the console ordering her clothes, and then the husband paying for it at his console. Sounds about right.
This is why I don't buy games anymore. 10 hours too long? You've got to be freaking kidding me.
Back in the day, games like Heroes of Might and Magic, Civilization, Simcity 2000, etc. ate up days and days... and it was considered good value! Now that's too long?
Yeah, but the BBC will take an idea, publicize it, and take credit for it. That's what they did with iPlayer, the super-amazing first-of-a-kind Flash video player, invented by the BBC years after YouTube was launched.
Somehow I doubt that telling those white supremacists that they're the ones descended from Neanderthals and that the Africans are the only group lacking Neanderthal DNA would do anything to change their perspectives.
If you're implying that the Neanderthals were 'inferior' to the then-African humans, that's a bit of a fallacy. They were probably rather more intelligent, but without such strong social skills as the then-African humans. Perhaps inter-breeding created a mix of genes which were superior to both species, with a good blend of the higher intelligence and social skills.
As an open question: could this account for the apparent lack of intellectual progress in modern Africa (Europe/Asia seem to have done better), or is that down to other factors?
I've got only one question:
What are the colors of the roofs on Clinton's various properties?
Whiter than white.
The solution to this is really Obviously Correct; I don't know why they didn't post the bug in the summary:
That -ENOENT in walk_component: isn't it assuming we found a negative
dentry, before reaching the read_seqcount_retry which complete_walk
(or nameidata_drop_rcu_last before 3.0) would use to confirm a successful
lookup? And can't memory pressure prune a dentry, coming to dentry_kill
which __d_drops to unhash before dentry_iput resets d_inode to NULL, but
the dentry_rcuwalk_barrier between those is ineffective if the other end
ignores the seqcount?
The vast majority of Internet users doesn't know their DNS, they probably don't even know what DNS is. They just open their browser (better known as "the Internet"), enter www.slashdot.org and expect to be able to read News for Nerds, Stuff that matters.
I enter 216.34.181.45, you insensitive clod!
Yeah. Better send him to Hollywood, instead.
What am I missing here? What on Earth do Egyptians have to do with anything??
Whereas people do have a god-given right to wireless broadband wherever they choose to live?
You can use your internet connection to stream radio if you so choose, so wouldn't this basically be a superset of what you could do before?
Actually, they often reduce the speed limits on dual carriageways with roundabouts to 50MPH and enforce it with speed cameras. :-(
abalone (first the seafood, then the other kind)
Erm... what is the other kind?
OpenDNS has a choice of 'What are you protecting?' Unfortunately, they didn't have the option I wanted; 'my freedom'.
I think (hope!) dumbing down of interfaces is a fad. For all the simplicity of interfaces these days (let's take OS X as an example), I hate to think about all the times I had to search the net about how to do something from the command-line because the UI didn't allow it, or to look up some magic keypress that isn't discoverable. Or that simple functionality like Refresh isn't available in Finder. A lot of Apple products are like that. Browsers are starting to go that way, too. Seems the ultimate state might be to leave the computer turned off - doesn't accomplish what I want but is very simple.
Obligatory.
I disagree with your Firefox/Mozilla opinion. FF3 was the high water mark IMHO. The FF4 interface was a dismal step backwards, in an awful attempt to emulate Chrome, and they're continuing to go in that direction. You can undo the damage at the moment by installing a nice theme, but who knows how long until the FF UX team impose 16x16 icons on you and if you don't use a netbook, tough shit - you're not part of their target audience (ie. people like them).
It works for SAP. To our present horror and eternal damnation.
You're a sap if you buy into SAP.
Accelerated Thorium reactors look like they could run on SOME high grade waste such as spent fuel rods from other plants and expired weapon materials - but there hasn't been one designed or built anywhere yet. Nothing else comes close to your dream.
What about something like the EBR-II or the BN-600?
Sorry but most of the NASA missions on that list will have no effect on the day-to-day life of people on earth.
Did the moon landings have an effect on the day-to-day life of people on Earth?
Knowledge for the sake of knowledge is not all that high on my priority list. Birth of the cosmos, water on Mars, xray radiation, etc. will not improve the quality of life here on earth.
X-ray radiation? Haha. If we'd had your Luddite attitude throughout all of our history, we'd still be living in caves. Take your anti-intellectualism and shove it.
A few points. I know a number of these classmates that went on to get jobs at Intel/AMD/Motorola/etc. These are Ph.D.s in EE/EECE/CS. They are paying these guys $37000-$47000 to start, but they give them an H1B visa (or extension), so they are totally happy to take that pay. I am sorry to say it, but a "normal" american who just spent a good deal of cash on this degree just can not get by on this.
Perhaps some Americans could help me out here, but how typical is it that $37k - $47k is too little to get by on? Here in the UK, where I can't believe our cost of living is really much lower, that would be considered a good starting wage. I've been working as a professional now for 5 years and if I'm lucky I'll get a raise to the equivalent of $50k this year. I suppose with higher university tuition fees you may have more debt to pay off, but we're even getting those over here too now. Is the rent higher over there? The food? Certainly not the taxes...
Nah. I still use XP on my home machine, and I prefer its interface to that of Windows 7. It's fast and snappy. I have a firewall and no virus protection. I don't install untrusted EXEs and I use secure software. Haven't had a virus/trojan problem... ever. Screw paying MS a ton of money to upgrade; I'm more likely to more to Debian full-time.
Hilarious how nuclear energy is all red and evil, and coal/oil is 'average'. Morons.
Erm.... power desalination plants, not fund.
I wish it were raining every F-ing day. Here in the Midlands, there are talks about standpipes in the streets because it's been so dry it's approaching drought conditions.
(of course what we need is more modern nuclear plants to fund desalination plants, grumble...)
Read this chapter from the book 'Prescription For The Planet'. Looks like Integral Fast Reactors (IFRs) are extremely safe by design. The tragedy is that they were operating an inherently unsafe, 1960s-built (yes, 1960s!) reactor in an area prone to huge earthquakes and tsunamis, and now more people are convinced that all nuclear is 'inherently' unsafe. It isn't.