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  1. Re:Sure, why not? on Obama To Ask For $1 Billion Climate Change Fund · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The free market fails with their money, the government fails with ours.

    Almost.

    It's all "our money". Who do you think performs the actual work that creates wealth?

    The free market fails with the money they convince us to give them, either directly with investments. or through a bought and paid for government. The government fails with the money they confiscate from us by force.

  2. Re:1 difference between most, including RH, and Ca on Why Do You Need License From Canonical To Create Derivatives? · · Score: 3, Informative

    What may be different is that Canonical claims their specific arrangement of packages may be subject to copy rights. That is to say, each individual package is distributable under GPL, but they suggest that copying Unbuntu's own selection of groupings for desktop, server, etc., and the exact method of integration may be subject to Canonical's consent via their stated policy.

    They can CLAIM anything. They can claim their shit doesn't stink. That doesn't make it so. GPL is GPL.

  3. Re:Why I don't like systemd: on Ubuntu To Switch To systemd · · Score: 1

    Have you actually tried that? Better make service a shell script, not a simple alias. The two commands have different syntax.

    service SCRIPT COMMAND [OPTIONS]

    systemctl [OPTIONS...] COMMAND [NAME...]

    I considered writing such a translating script, but really, why get trapped in the past? I can see making sc an alias for systemctl though.

  4. Re:Good...? on Ubuntu To Switch To systemd · · Score: 1

    RH6 went to systemd?

    Yes.

    I don't see systemd on any of my RHEL6 or CentOS6 machines.

    Nor do I, but I see it on my RHEL7 beta, and we will all certainly see it in RHEL7, since this has been officially stated.

    My only concern is how deeply it ties into the Linux Kernel, which means that we're losing the freedom to use other Unix operating systems once we tie to systemd.

    Funny, I'm not losing any freedom. I have actually increased my exploration of BSD. It continues to work using init scripts, just like it did before anyone dreamed up systemd. GNOME3 may require systemd (I don't think the requirement is absolute; you just lose certain functionality without it), but there is zero chance I would ever touch GNOME3 anyway.

  5. Re:So it's not related to the other fires. on Tesla Model S Caught Fire While Parked and Unplugged · · Score: 1

    Horse shit. You don't have a single shred of evidence that the fire originated in the car, because neither article has a shred of such evidence. The pictures make it obvious that quite the converse was almost certainly the case.

  6. Re:My Advice to Tesla on Tesla Model S Caught Fire While Parked and Unplugged · · Score: 1

    Elon Musk is a highly effective and successful CEO. And, forgive me, you have a derangement syndrome.

  7. Re:Same way as other cars on Tesla Model S Caught Fire While Parked and Unplugged · · Score: 1

    Well, I'd like to base it on actual numbers, but turns out that's pretty hard to do, thanks to all the goddamn spin and hype.

    Agreed. In other words, your assertion wasn't based on anything of substance. Just your impression with no data to support it.

  8. Re:Cult leader's son behaving like a cult leader on Rand Paul Files Suit Against Obama Over NSA's Collection of Metadata · · Score: 1

    Have you stopped beating your wife? Citations for that shit, sir.

  9. Re:A Defeat for the Constitution on Rand Paul Files Suit Against Obama Over NSA's Collection of Metadata · · Score: 1

    Mr. Paul, you are a UNITED STATES SENATOR. You have all the power you need to put a stop to anything government does that you don't like.

    Well, you really overreached. Paul has 1/279th of the power needed. It also takes 1/2 + 1 of the House (218), a super majority (60) of the Senate, and 1 President to get a piece of legislation passed.

    Then the President will just ignore the legislation and do whatever the fuck he feels like anyway, so you can start all over again trying to impeach.

    Or, with the constitution on your side, you can try getting 5 out of 9 old fops to stand up for what's right and do their sacred duty. Sounds to me like that's the least spectacularly unlikely to happen. It's not what I'd call a high percentage shot, but you do what you can with what you've got.

  10. Re:Pointless on Rand Paul Files Suit Against Obama Over NSA's Collection of Metadata · · Score: 0

    I blame the republicans for having no spine, but I blame Obama for being a fascist pig dictator.

  11. Re:Pointless on Rand Paul Files Suit Against Obama Over NSA's Collection of Metadata · · Score: 1

    If the US military were half as committed to the republic and the people as the Egyptian military recently proved it is to a sane Egypt, I think we know where Obama would be now.

    Of course the Egyptian people catalyzed it. The American people are a bunch of cowering fat slobs in comparison.

  12. Re:Pointless on Rand Paul Files Suit Against Obama Over NSA's Collection of Metadata · · Score: 1

    But is it in the constitution? Hello no, and don't recognize this shit as legitimate.

  13. Re:Pointless on Rand Paul Files Suit Against Obama Over NSA's Collection of Metadata · · Score: 1

    20 years, giggle. How about at least the last 75 years at least.

  14. Re:Pointless on Rand Paul Files Suit Against Obama Over NSA's Collection of Metadata · · Score: 1

    "Lack of standing" is a fucking coward's way out. The Justices can go to hell for invoking it. They are sorry lot to be the ones entrusted with seeing that the constitution is upheld.

  15. Re:Beware journald... on Debian Technical Committee Votes For Systemd Over Upstart · · Score: 1

    For anyone confused at this point, I've checked this out and I'm pretty sure that everybody who has the "good completion" has package bash-completion installed, and everybody who doesn't is missing out on the package :-)

  16. Re:Beware journald... on Debian Technical Committee Votes For Systemd Over Upstart · · Score: 1

    Man, did I ever do the right thing mustering up my courage to ask the question and revealing my specific ignorance. I am checking bash-completion out right now; thank you (and AC also). I am definitely enjoying ...

    I am pretty new with journald but have been using it for several days on my desktop. I've already had my first heart-in-mouth moment, but turns out it wasn't doing anything wrong, and it took no more than "man journalctl" to see what I was missing. I'm also running syslog in parallel, and haven't piucked up any problems with that either.

  17. Re:Beware journald... on Debian Technical Committee Votes For Systemd Over Upstart · · Score: 1

    yes there is magic tab completions for command parameters with bash:P

    in archlinux:
    pacman -S bash-completion
    source /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion

    alot of packages ( including systemd ) these days installs "parameter" completions for bash. see under /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/

    if you are using arch, you should check out https://wiki.archlinux.org/ind... for some good tips to improve bash
    first bashrc on that wiki shows how to enable autocompletions and "command not found" which shows you which package a missing command is in automagically..

    Somebody mod up this AC. He hit it on those nose. I just did exactly as suggested and I am feeling a bit high at the moment. This is heady stuff.

  18. Re:Beware journald... on Debian Technical Committee Votes For Systemd Over Upstart · · Score: 1

    Well, it turns out there is a lot going on with bash add-ons. Check out the AC directly under your comment, and Peter's around a page below. I am trying this stuff out now.

  19. Re:Beware journald... on Debian Technical Committee Votes For Systemd Over Upstart · · Score: 1

    Well, as it happens I've done a bit more than read up on them. I've changed my own personal day to day desktop from RHELish6 (actually PUIAS/Springdale) to Arch and have been immersing myself in systemd and journald. Sure, I've had some bad moments, but on the whole (1) I am coping, and (2) I haven't been let down.

    That said, I'm going to leave my own personal 36 TB ZFS double RAID-Z2 primary server at CentOS6 likely until it reaches EOL, and my next server build is going to be FreeBSD 10, while keeping bleeding edge Arch on my own desktop unless/until I find something better.

    I will say you have done a good job airing out things in discussions on this post.

  20. Both Red Hat and CentOS benefit on Red Hat Hires CentOS Developers · · Score: 1

    [With key developers gone]...will it take even longer to have a CentOS version of RHEL ?

    Maybe they got tired of the CentOS assholes not distribution timely security updates.

    Both of our hit and run ACs are completely fantasizing.

    1) There aren't any CentOS "developers". CentOS is not "developed". It is just lifted verbatim (and entirely legally) from the Red Hat source code. The source code is edited where necessary strictly to remove Red Hat's corporate branding, and then just recompiled.

    2) Kharanbir Singh and the others will not be "gone" from CentOS. On the contrary, they will be paid good money by Red Hat to be even more effective with CentOS. They are specifically not being "taken off of" CentOS.

    3) CentOS security updates are quite timely on the whole. There have in the past been periods of time coinciding with minor version upgrades when they lagged, and I imagine this will be ameliorated by this new change.

  21. Re:Maybe on Red Hat Hires CentOS Developers · · Score: 1

    Get a clue. The "extremely robust partitioning infrastructure" referred to has nothing to do with disk drive partitioning. I am confident GP is talking about Zones.

    As for file systems, there is ZFS, and there are all the toy filesystems linux has. ZFS is actually much more than just a filesystem. LVM is an attempt to add on certain functionality missing from linux filesystems, but does not come close to providing everything ZFS has.

    Yeah, adaptations of Solaris' breakthrough features have made their way to linux, and I applaud that. LXC is at least a partial emulation of Zones. ZFS and Dtrace "foreign" kernel modules exist, which cannot be legally distributed with the linux kernel, but are legal for the user to add on. They are commendable additions, though not yet fully up to the capabilities of the originals.

  22. Re: About those falcon doors on Elon Musk, Tesla CTO Talk Model X Details, Model S Upgrades · · Score: 1

    You can also get a citation for not clearing your roof.

  23. Re:Best new feature: on Elon Musk, Tesla CTO Talk Model X Details, Model S Upgrades · · Score: 1

    Bull. If the CV joints are (to grab a number from the air) 90% efficient at power transfer, and the total cruise hp is 20, then two front CV joints passing 10 hp each waste a total of 2 hp, and four CV joints front and rear passing 5 hp each waste a total of ... tada ... exactly the same 2 hp.

    And exactly the same with the transmissions and differentials.

    GP nailed it. Electric is a huge win for AWD efficiency. You completely missed the engineering point.

    Your note on four individual electric motors is dead on, however. It's a big lost opportunity. And you could definitely buil;d wheel motors with integral gear reduction.

  24. Re: They're "Falcon" winged doors... on Elon Musk, Tesla CTO Talk Model X Details, Model S Upgrades · · Score: 1

    [slaps forehead] That is like saying Ray Croc only monetized a single collossal earthshaking commercial success when he bought the McDonald's chain from Richard and Maurice McDonald and grew it from 9 to over 10,000 restaurants and a multi billion dollar revenue.

  25. Re:Best new feature: on Elon Musk, Tesla CTO Talk Model X Details, Model S Upgrades · · Score: 1

    Just from reading the summary, it was super obvious to me what the X and the E were.