After all it is a fun challenge for anyone, and in a weird way I kind of hope it stays that way.
I entirely agree with this. As I said, I really enjoyed it for a lot of years. I really believe that Gentoo is what made me a Linux user. Before that, I'd been using Windows. Sure, I tried out a few distributions, but I'd install them, and 30 minutes later sit there wondering what next? The fact that Gentoo took some work (stage 1 install) and had more things to learn and understand even after a successful install is what captured my attention and kept me there. That's part of Gentoo's identity [to me], and I agree that it should retain its identity.
My needs and interests have changed, and as a result, I finally gave Gentoo the heave-to. That doesn't mean that Gentoo isn't a good distribution, but rather that it no longer matched my changing interests.
I also think that it's disingenuous to tell users that it's *not* a distro that requires some care and attention. To attract suitable users, they need to know what it is to run Gentoo. For the right set of people, those who like to fiddle, or like chasing down the reason that an emerge failed, it's a great fit. That was me for a while. For a different set, including what I would consider a typical Ubuntu user, or those who can't understand an etc-update diff, it's probably not the right distro.
In other news, I know the guy who runs funroll-loops.info. He's a Debian evangelist.
Once you have it up and running there's no tweaking or playing around
That simply isn't accurate. I've had many package updates require manual intervention to build successfully.
I'd be amazed if a typical gentoo user could run # paludis -i1 --dl-reinstall always world and have it run to completion without something failing during the complete system rebuild. (Sorry, I've been a paludis user for long enough that I've forgotten the emerge command-line syntax for the same thing). Gentoo systems decay over time, and software that once installed and is currently running may not install again.
To the OP: Were you able to upgrade xorg in the past few weeks without needing to read web pages and take manual steps? Have you had to change any use flags in the past 3 months because packages that once built now refused to build without changes to USE? I've had these problems, and I consider these "playing around with crap" well after an initial system installation.
I was a Gentoo user up until yesterday. Used it for six years. Yesterday, I switched to Ubuntu. I just got sick of having to deal with the brokenness of Gentoo. They only reason that there's Gentoo HOWTOs is because even updates often don't work out of the box and require web pages explaining the manual steps that you have to take. The recent upgrade to Xorg comes to mind... I think there were a couple of different pages with instructions that had to be followed if you wanted to upgrade successfully. Even then, something would inevitably fail in the upgrade and require manual investigation. It was honestly fun for a while, and I gained confidence in my understanding of system operation and configuration, but it's not fun any more.
I realized a while ago that for real HOWTOs, I usually used Ubuntu docs. I only used Gentoo docs when things broke. It also didn't help that gentoo-wiki lost it database somewhere along the way.
And then packages.gentoo.org was down for *months* a while back. When it came back up, it had lost some of it functionality (searching).
And the gentoo community is fracturing.
And while portage is fine, emerge sucks the big one. I've been using the unsupported paludis for some time now.
Enough was enough. The xorg update was the tipping point for me to give up gentoo.
So what, exactly, is the point of the app store, if the iPhone has a web browser, and the web has all of the apps I've heard of?
Yes, everyone in the entire world uses only the apps that you use. It's inconceivable that other people might use their mobile devices differently than you.
No, they seceded from the United States along with Virginia in 1861 (they were Virginians at the time). In 1862, they seceded from Virginia, formed a new state (West Virginia), and applied for admission to the Union. They were admitted in 1863. They're actually secessionists twice over.
what is desperately needed is POSIX standardization of stracat/stracpy.
I can't help with your first request, but doesn't strdup already do the second? OK, so I don't think it's actually POSIX, but it's in most C libraries I've ever used. Remember to call free.
I'm happy to live in Madison. Feingold really appears to represent the interests of his constituents rather than the special interest groups. My representative (Baldwin) also voted against the act.
You, along with most of America, are missing the main point of the Constitution. The Constitution is not a listing of the rights that people have. The Constitution specifies what powers the government has. Anything not listed as a power of the government is reserved to the people.
The Constitution does not need to give a 'right to anonymity' to citizens. Simply by not giving the government the right to search, the citizen's right to privacy is assured.
Monorail beamway has a significantly smaller footprint and blocks less sky than traditional elevated two-rail guideway. See pages 14/15 and 38/39 of this PDF for some pictures. Sorry, a quick google search did not return any web pages with pics.
If you compare it with at-grade two-rail, then the advantage is that an elevated monorail has no road crossings. Of course, this is true of any elevated transit system.
Note that the small beam makes monorail evacuations more difficult than elevated light-rail evacuation. For light rail, people can just walk to one end of the train and step out onto the guideway. The Las Vegas monorail system installed emergency walkways between the beams. Riders step out of the side train doors onto the walkway. Disney World does not have emergency walkways and evacuates to the roof of the train. You then walk across the top of the train to one end and shimmy down the windscreen to the beam, and then walk the beam. (The beam is 26 or 28 inches wide). No WDW monorail has ever been evacuated, although there was a train fire years ago in an old Mark IV train.
If this was the first security incident involving Microsoft products, then yes, such comments may be inflammatory. But Microsoft has established a history of gross security failures in their operating systems and applications. With security problems plaguing Microsoft, encouraging the Department of Homeland SECURITY to migrate to non-MS products is not inflammatory, but prudent.
I would also encourage you to review the definition of "civil disobediance".
I'm a bit surprised at the number of universities hit hard by the virus. Here at the University of Wisconsin, our peering router has been blocking ports 135-139 and 445 since August 1. All students were notified by email to update their systems, for whatever good that may do.
I suppose all it takes is a single infected laptop connected behind the router to render port blocking moot, though... At least it gave administrators of the various department networks a chance to patch their systems and mitigate damage.
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Interestingly, the site now returns an error stating "This account has been suspended". I wonder who is responsible for the suspension: Mercy Hosting or someone who wields a bit more power...
Actually, since Microsoft is also abandoning the current Outlook interface, as a previous poster noted, this seems like the perfect time to change interfaces. If they do not change, they look like old product. Changing keeps them current and offers the new opportunity to distinguish themselves from Outlook.
I saw AotC on a 2-story "Ultrascreen", and the picture quality was absolutely awful. Standard 35mm film produces crisp images even at the projection distances required for large-screen theaters. The current deficiencies of digital projection means the opposite happens: there was no sharpness to the images, making the entire film appear slightly blurred. It may be OK for small screens, but quality certainly degrades as projection distances increase.
Roger Ebert thought the same thing: "It may look great in digital projection on multiplex-size screens, and I'm sure it will look great on DVD, but on a big screen it lacks the authority it needs."
I'm just wondering what type of security this door really provides. Is the lock mechanism on the door the weak point? I would think prying the door jamb or breaking a window would be more effective than trying to pick a traditional lock. Biometric sensors won't stop a hammer from going through a window.
Also, when the power goes out, what happens? Am I locked out of my house (fail closed), or can I walk into everyone's house (fail open)?
It appears that the overhead support beams for the monitors do not move. Any computer arrangement that forces me to turn my head to the side to see the monitor is guaranteed to produce neck pain by the end of a work day.
I'll stick with my desk, thanks.
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After all it is a fun challenge for anyone, and in a weird way I kind of hope it stays that way.
I entirely agree with this. As I said, I really enjoyed it for a lot of years. I really believe that Gentoo is what made me a Linux user. Before that, I'd been using Windows. Sure, I tried out a few distributions, but I'd install them, and 30 minutes later sit there wondering what next? The fact that Gentoo took some work (stage 1 install) and had more things to learn and understand even after a successful install is what captured my attention and kept me there. That's part of Gentoo's identity [to me], and I agree that it should retain its identity.
My needs and interests have changed, and as a result, I finally gave Gentoo the heave-to. That doesn't mean that Gentoo isn't a good distribution, but rather that it no longer matched my changing interests.
I also think that it's disingenuous to tell users that it's *not* a distro that requires some care and attention. To attract suitable users, they need to know what it is to run Gentoo. For the right set of people, those who like to fiddle, or like chasing down the reason that an emerge failed, it's a great fit. That was me for a while. For a different set, including what I would consider a typical Ubuntu user, or those who can't understand an etc-update diff, it's probably not the right distro.
In other news, I know the guy who runs funroll-loops.info. He's a Debian evangelist.
Once you have it up and running there's no tweaking or playing around
That simply isn't accurate. I've had many package updates require manual intervention to build successfully.
I'd be amazed if a typical gentoo user could run
# paludis -i1 --dl-reinstall always world
and have it run to completion without something failing during the complete system rebuild. (Sorry, I've been a paludis user for long enough that I've forgotten the emerge command-line syntax for the same thing). Gentoo systems decay over time, and software that once installed and is currently running may not install again.
To the OP: Were you able to upgrade xorg in the past few weeks without needing to read web pages and take manual steps? Have you had to change any use flags in the past 3 months because packages that once built now refused to build without changes to USE? I've had these problems, and I consider these "playing around with crap" well after an initial system installation.
I was a Gentoo user up until yesterday. Used it for six years. Yesterday, I switched to Ubuntu. I just got sick of having to deal with the brokenness of Gentoo. They only reason that there's Gentoo HOWTOs is because even updates often don't work out of the box and require web pages explaining the manual steps that you have to take. The recent upgrade to Xorg comes to mind... I think there were a couple of different pages with instructions that had to be followed if you wanted to upgrade successfully. Even then, something would inevitably fail in the upgrade and require manual investigation. It was honestly fun for a while, and I gained confidence in my understanding of system operation and configuration, but it's not fun any more.
I realized a while ago that for real HOWTOs, I usually used Ubuntu docs. I only used Gentoo docs when things broke. It also didn't help that gentoo-wiki lost it database somewhere along the way.
And then packages.gentoo.org was down for *months* a while back. When it came back up, it had lost some of it functionality (searching).
And the gentoo community is fracturing.
And while portage is fine, emerge sucks the big one. I've been using the unsupported paludis for some time now.
Enough was enough. The xorg update was the tipping point for me to give up gentoo.
Seems like a pretty modern example, unless, say, the Romans had GPS.
So what, exactly, is the point of the app store, if the iPhone has a web browser, and the web has all of the apps I've heard of?
Yes, everyone in the entire world uses only the apps that you use. It's inconceivable that other people might use their mobile devices differently than you.
Software that steals email addresses is called "malware" and isn't sold at a marketplace managed by the OS vendor.
Heh, yeah, Homer laptop. Also reminds me of something you'd see in a Fark Photoshop contest.
That block looks bigger than my desktop computer. I'd love to see someone trying to use that in an airplane seat.
Georgia Institute of Technology software recommendations.
No, they seceded from the United States along with Virginia in 1861 (they were Virginians at the time). In 1862, they seceded from Virginia, formed a new state (West Virginia), and applied for admission to the Union. They were admitted in 1863. They're actually secessionists twice over.
what is desperately needed is POSIX standardization of stracat/stracpy.
I can't help with your first request, but doesn't strdup already do the second? OK, so I don't think it's actually POSIX, but it's in most C libraries I've ever used. Remember to call free.
I'm happy to live in Madison. Feingold really appears to represent the interests of his constituents rather than the special interest groups. My representative (Baldwin) also voted against the act.
You, along with most of America, are missing the main point of the Constitution. The Constitution is not a listing of the rights that people have. The Constitution specifies what powers the government has. Anything not listed as a power of the government is reserved to the people.
The Constitution does not need to give a 'right to anonymity' to citizens. Simply by not giving the government the right to search, the citizen's right to privacy is assured.
At least, that's how it was supposed to work.
Annie on My Mind (#48 on the ALA list) was burned outside of the Kansas City School District headquarters in 1993.
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Monorail beamway has a significantly smaller footprint and blocks less sky than traditional elevated two-rail guideway. See pages 14/15 and 38/39 of this PDF for some pictures. Sorry, a quick google search did not return any web pages with pics.
If you compare it with at-grade two-rail, then the advantage is that an elevated monorail has no road crossings. Of course, this is true of any elevated transit system.
Note that the small beam makes monorail evacuations more difficult than elevated light-rail evacuation. For light rail, people can just walk to one end of the train and step out onto the guideway. The Las Vegas monorail system installed emergency walkways between the beams. Riders step out of the side train doors onto the walkway. Disney World does not have emergency walkways and evacuates to the roof of the train. You then walk across the top of the train to one end and shimmy down the windscreen to the beam, and then walk the beam. (The beam is 26 or 28 inches wide). No WDW monorail has ever been evacuated, although there was a train fire years ago in an old Mark IV train.
For the academic slant: Fuzz testing of application reliability. It's amazing how many tools fail the random input test.
If this was the first security incident involving Microsoft products, then yes, such comments may be inflammatory. But Microsoft has established a history of gross security failures in their operating systems and applications. With security problems plaguing Microsoft, encouraging the Department of Homeland SECURITY to migrate to non-MS products is not inflammatory, but prudent.
I would also encourage you to review the definition of "civil disobediance".
I'm a bit surprised at the number of universities hit hard by the virus. Here at the University of Wisconsin, our peering router has been blocking ports 135-139 and 445 since August 1. All students were notified by email to update their systems, for whatever good that may do.
I suppose all it takes is a single infected laptop connected behind the router to render port blocking moot, though... At least it gave administrators of the various department networks a chance to patch their systems and mitigate damage.
Interestingly, the site now returns an error stating "This account has been suspended". I wonder who is responsible for the suspension: Mercy Hosting or someone who wields a bit more power...
Actually, since Microsoft is also abandoning the current Outlook interface, as a previous poster noted, this seems like the perfect time to change interfaces. If they do not change, they look like old product. Changing keeps them current and offers the new opportunity to distinguish themselves from Outlook.
I saw AotC on a 2-story "Ultrascreen", and the picture quality was absolutely awful. Standard 35mm film produces crisp images even at the projection distances required for large-screen theaters. The current deficiencies of digital projection means the opposite happens: there was no sharpness to the images, making the entire film appear slightly blurred. It may be OK for small screens, but quality certainly degrades as projection distances increase.
Roger Ebert thought the same thing: "It may look great in digital projection on multiplex-size screens, and I'm sure it will look great on DVD, but on a big screen it lacks the authority it needs."
I'm just wondering what type of security this door really provides. Is the lock mechanism on the door the weak point? I would think prying the door jamb or breaking a window would be more effective than trying to pick a traditional lock. Biometric sensors won't stop a hammer from going through a window.
Also, when the power goes out, what happens? Am I locked out of my house (fail closed), or can I walk into everyone's house (fail open)?
It appears that the overhead support beams for the monitors do not move. Any computer arrangement that forces me to turn my head to the side to see the monitor is guaranteed to produce neck pain by the end of a work day. I'll stick with my desk, thanks.