2) No pointers. Real programmers know how to use memory properly. That is all.
Real programmers also know how pointer aliasing can absolutely kill optimization. They therefore avoid pointers wherever possible, resorting instead to constructs such as Fortran 90/95/03's ALLOCATABLE(:) arrays.
Way off. I don't have a problem with people griping about losing their jobs -- that's human nature. I do, however, have a problem when this griping becomes the gross, slanderous, racist mischaracterization of the inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent.
This is the single most important factor when it came to deciding what filesystem to run, namely, can reiserfs 4 be upgraded to new
versions easily?
Yes; as I understand it, ReiserFS 4 is designed with a plug-in architecture, so that future improvements to the filesystem can be incorporated in a non-destructive manner. You can read more about this functionality in the summary of the new features in v.4.
Doesn't Linux have any byte-by-byte comparison tools ? It seems like a total waste to compute MD5s to compare two local files...
Yes, it does -- diff. However, the point here is that the files aren't side-by-side; one is on the local machine, and the other on a remote server. Hence MD5.
Me too. That's why when I see an AC who is incapable of the elementary differentiation between replying to an article, and replying to a post, I'll know that it is good 'ole retarded you.
I have a hard drive with Windows installed on it and a hard drive with Linux, and I use both OSes. Explore2fs is handy when I'm in Windows but I need to grab a file on my Linux drive.
I usually make sure the file is in a FAT partition (yes, I know, eugh!) which both OS's can see. Not as convenient as your approach, but I don't want to give any opportunities for some piece of Windows malware to download itself and then trash the data in my Linux partitions.
Would it be possible to copy all data from the ext3 partiton to a network mountpoint(nfs, ftp, samba, etc...) format the drive to reiserfs, and then copy all the data back?
Yes! Some advice, however: if possible, make two separate copies of your data on different remote servers. Also, check the integrity of your copies using something like md5sum -- there's nothing worse than moving data to a new location and finding out it's corrupted only after you have deleted the originals.
Will we ever have a Windows port of ResierFS or any alternative filesystems?
I'm not sure about ReiserFS, but there is already a program -- Explore2fs -- which lets you mess around with Ext2 and Ext3 partitions from Windows. Why you would want to do that is beyond me, but there you go.
Of course, you may be talking about a native Windows implementation of Ext2/3 and/or ReiserFS. Which is a totally different kettle of fish...
Will I be able to convert my exsisting ext3 fs to reiser4 fs withou having to reformat?
No, you will have to reformat. However, I recommend the upgrade; I've seen a number of studies showing that the performance of ext3 is awful compared to reiserfs. The only arguable advantage of ext3 is its compatibility with the baseline ext2.
He then told us it was his "ButtCam", and that he was going to the bathroom, which was right next door. Obviously, it was a bluff, but it got the desired "ew!"s from the audience.
Personally, I'd like to see him delegate these to another director.
An interesting idea. I'd like to see the Episodes co-directed by John Carpenter, David Fincher and Paul Verhoeven. Just imagine it: stoned Jedi anarchists with a grand dollop of T&A. Mmmm.
Also, the arguments between redistributing wealth or cutting taxes are both usually backed up by emotion... the emotion is either empathy/compassion (liberals) or greed (conservatives). see "we ought to help the poor" vs. "i EARNED it... so i shouldn't have to give anything back to the society that made it possible for me to earn it"
What a wonderfully-insightful remark! I was thinking along these exact lines on my cycle ride into work this morning; but you have articulated the point in a very succint form. Thanks!
I guess I'll switch my usual Filet-O-Fish for a Big Mac.
Indeed. A few years back, I was working with an NGO out in Ghana, West Africa. One day, seeing all of the piles of dried fish for sale in the market, I asked one of my local friends how they caught so many fish. He replied "Oh, its simple. They pour DDT into a lake, all of the fish float to the surface".
I was shocked; I asked him whether they knew that DDT was nasty stuff, and in particular a cumulative poison. He said "Yes", but pointed out that the economics of the situation, versus the fact that the poison wasn't concentrated enough in any given fish to kill someone outright, meant that DDT fishing was still commonly practiced.
Wait a moment -- this is Slashdot! We don't take naps, we take ritalin for our self-diagnosed Asperger's syndrome. Which we all have, because we're all misunderstood genius savants!
namely the idea that our universe is like a soap bubble among a conglomerate. then the extra dimensions could be the axes to adjacent universes. perfect.
Do a Google for 'brane theory' -- it is similar to what you appear to be thinking of.
but einstein's special theory of relativity was instigated by the simple idea that acceleration and gravity are equivalent.
That would be 'general theory' -- special relativity deals solely with unaccelerated frames of reference.
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Like what? Stop trolling arsehole. Please point to a significant amount of racist posts, or shut the hell up.
Ah, good to see that the BNP is here!
2) No pointers. Real programmers know how to use memory properly. That is all.
Real programmers also know how pointer aliasing can absolutely kill optimization. They therefore avoid pointers wherever possible, resorting instead to constructs such as Fortran 90/95/03's ALLOCATABLE(:) arrays.
Be honest, how close am I?
Way off. I don't have a problem with people griping about losing their jobs -- that's human nature. I do, however, have a problem when this griping becomes the gross, slanderous, racist mischaracterization of the inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent.
This is the single most important factor when it came to deciding what filesystem to run, namely, can reiserfs 4 be upgraded to new versions easily?
Yes; as I understand it, ReiserFS 4 is designed with a plug-in architecture, so that future improvements to the filesystem can be incorporated in a non-destructive manner. You can read more about this functionality in the summary of the new features in v.4.
Doesn't Linux have any byte-by-byte comparison tools ? It seems like a total waste to compute MD5s to compare two local files...
Yes, it does -- diff. However, the point here is that the files aren't side-by-side; one is on the local machine, and the other on a remote server. Hence MD5.
I like my morons to wear signs.
Me too. That's why when I see an AC who is incapable of the elementary differentiation between replying to an article, and replying to a post, I'll know that it is good 'ole retarded you.
I have a hard drive with Windows installed on it and a hard drive with Linux, and I use both OSes. Explore2fs is handy when I'm in Windows but I need to grab a file on my Linux drive.
I usually make sure the file is in a FAT partition (yes, I know, eugh!) which both OS's can see. Not as convenient as your approach, but I don't want to give any opportunities for some piece of Windows malware to download itself and then trash the data in my Linux partitions.
ext3 has a functioning fsck, reiserfs does not.
I myself have never had any problems with reiserfsck -- what exactly is wrong with it?
yeah, that, and *stability*. reiserfs has a noteable history of people losing their data because of filesystem problems.
Not over the past couple of years -- the original corruption problems with reiserfs, although pretty severe, are well in the past now.
Would it be possible to copy all data from the ext3 partiton to a network mountpoint(nfs, ftp, samba, etc...) format the drive to reiserfs, and then copy all the data back?
Yes! Some advice, however: if possible, make two separate copies of your data on different remote servers. Also, check the integrity of your copies using something like md5sum -- there's nothing worse than moving data to a new location and finding out it's corrupted only after you have deleted the originals.
Will we ever have a Windows port of ResierFS or any alternative filesystems?
I'm not sure about ReiserFS, but there is already a program -- Explore2fs -- which lets you mess around with Ext2 and Ext3 partitions from Windows. Why you would want to do that is beyond me, but there you go.
Of course, you may be talking about a native Windows implementation of Ext2/3 and/or ReiserFS. Which is a totally different kettle of fish...
Will I be able to convert my exsisting ext3 fs to reiser4 fs withou having to reformat?
No, you will have to reformat. However, I recommend the upgrade; I've seen a number of studies showing that the performance of ext3 is awful compared to reiserfs. The only arguable advantage of ext3 is its compatibility with the baseline ext2.
Shouldn't that be GNU/GNAA?
He then told us it was his "ButtCam", and that he was going to the bathroom, which was right next door. Obviously, it was a bluff, but it got the desired "ew!"s from the audience.
....Catholic school by any chance?
Personally, I'd like to see him delegate these to another director.
An interesting idea. I'd like to see the Episodes co-directed by John Carpenter, David Fincher and Paul Verhoeven. Just imagine it: stoned Jedi anarchists with a grand dollop of T&A. Mmmm.
Also, the arguments between redistributing wealth or cutting taxes are both usually backed up by emotion... the emotion is either empathy/compassion (liberals) or greed (conservatives). see "we ought to help the poor" vs. "i EARNED it... so i shouldn't have to give anything back to the society that made it possible for me to earn it"
What a wonderfully-insightful remark! I was thinking along these exact lines on my cycle ride into work this morning; but you have articulated the point in a very succint form. Thanks!
The gay thing seems to just be a cover so that he can leave as a martyr instead of a disgrace (or possibly under arrest)
I hadn't heard about the corruption (I'm one state over). But I though the gay thing came out because he was being blackmailed by his lover?
Not insulting anyone: but most liberals I know are sorta cowardly, but definitly fearful.
Yeah, Ghandi. What a chickenshit. Not like, say, Bush. Or Cheney. Or Wolfowitz. Or Perle. Or all of the other chickenhawks. My, how I admire them!
Homosexuality is genetic.
So, to a large part, is intelligence; but I don't see Bush resigning over his particular set of genes.
(Note to non-US residents: the governor of New Jersey has recently resigned after being 'outed' as gay).
I guess I'll switch my usual Filet-O-Fish for a Big Mac.
Indeed. A few years back, I was working with an NGO out in Ghana, West Africa. One day, seeing all of the piles of dried fish for sale in the market, I asked one of my local friends how they caught so many fish. He replied "Oh, its simple. They pour DDT into a lake, all of the fish float to the surface".
I was shocked; I asked him whether they knew that DDT was nasty stuff, and in particular a cumulative poison. He said "Yes", but pointed out that the economics of the situation, versus the fact that the poison wasn't concentrated enough in any given fish to kill someone outright, meant that DDT fishing was still commonly practiced.
Whoa...was that a troll against me? Must be...I've never noticed anyone else mentioning their diagnosis.
Are you sure your MD didn't diagnose you with paranoia?
:)
I'm going to go take a nap now.
Wait a moment -- this is Slashdot! We don't take naps, we take ritalin for our self-diagnosed Asperger's syndrome. Which we all have, because we're all misunderstood genius savants!
Special relativity can handle accelerated frames just fine, just like ordinary Newtonian mechanics can; it just can't handle curved spacetime.
Yep, you're right; I'm so used to considering gravity-induced accelerations that I often interchange the two in my mind.
The Swiss?
But some Swiss Cantons (broadly equivalent to US states) didn't allow women to vote until 1992!
namely the idea that our universe is like a soap bubble among a conglomerate. then the extra dimensions could be the axes to adjacent universes. perfect.
Do a Google for 'brane theory' -- it is similar to what you appear to be thinking of.
but einstein's special theory of relativity was instigated by the simple idea that acceleration and gravity are equivalent.
That would be 'general theory' -- special relativity deals solely with unaccelerated frames of reference.