A good question, but posing it reveals the flexibility of the definition of freedom.
Take "free trade". Free trade is taken (by its supporters, and I am one) as being inherently good. That is, the freedom part doesn't have to be reciprocal for a benefit to accrue.
Does the FOSS community believe that, or is this more about punishment (as the question seems to imply)? To put it another way, do you value the concept of freedom more than you dislike those who "freeload" on your work? Either choice is perfectly valid. I'd just ask you to consider what advances the cause of FOSS more.
If "doesn't scale" simply means "I need more proc/mem/disk" you can always throw more horsepower at the problem, but that shifts the solution to a question of how much money you have to spend on toys. That's not what I'm guessing he's referring to, though.
Without listening to or reading the presentation, I assume he's talking about the standard n-tier development/deployment model. Keep your presentation layer, business logic layer and data layer separate so that you can maintain/enhance/throw away any one of them without destroying the others.
You can get away with business logic in the db layer on smallish projects, or ones where you can guarantee that the coupling between the logic and it's representation in the data model won't change much over time. Other than that, it's a shortcut that will bite you eventually.
It's a restating of a very old quotation:
From http://www.donewaiting.com/signal/archives/001684. php
"Kill them all, God will know his own." The sole catchphrase of the Cathar conflict to be handed down to posterity is attributed to Arnold Amaury, the monk who led the Albigensian Crusade. A chronicler reported that Arnold voiced this command outside the Mediterranean trading town of Béziers on July 22, 1209, when his crusading warriors, on the verge of storming the city after having breached its defenses, had turned to him for advice on distinguishing Catholic believer from Cathar heretic. The monk's simple instructions were followed and the entire population -- 20,000 or so -- indiscriminately murdered.
Don't know if the parent post is reporting a t-shirt actually seen, or just making a cheap political point. Either seems plausible...
That brings a tear to my eye. You just reminded me of the Beame & Whiteside TCP/IP stack I used to run in the last century. That stuff just plain worked, and they had great tech support.
I suddenly feel old...
While I'll leave your opinion on whether Starbucks over-roasts alone (I happen to like dark roasts better), you and a couple of other posters are wrong: Espresso does NOT have more caffeine than drip-brewed coffee.
The reason has to do with the way the water interacts with the grounds: the water (steam, actually) is in contact with the grounds for much less time when making espresso. Longer contact = more caffeine in the finished product. So, drip coffee actually has more caffeine.
The "bad" stuff in espresso is the essential oils that paper filters keep from getting into the final brew. Drinking too much of that is what puts heavy espresso drinkers at a higher risk of various ailments. So, toss those gold filter baskets and go back to paper if you make drip coffee.
And yes, I am a coffee snob, thanks for asking!
No, NINE distributions failed him, and he lists them all in the article.
How many would he have to have tried for you to consider it a representative sample of currently available Linux distros?
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Very good. I actually laughed out loud.
Ummm, you do know that Kubrick and Clarke wrote the screenplay first, and Clarke "novelized" it later, right?
Let me know when IBM and HP start selling an Intel version. I'll be first in line...
Take "free trade". Free trade is taken (by its supporters, and I am one) as being inherently good. That is, the freedom part doesn't have to be reciprocal for a benefit to accrue.
Does the FOSS community believe that, or is this more about punishment (as the question seems to imply)? To put it another way, do you value the concept of freedom more than you dislike those who "freeload" on your work? Either choice is perfectly valid. I'd just ask you to consider what advances the cause of FOSS more.
Oh, well played, sir. Bravo.
If "doesn't scale" simply means "I need more proc/mem/disk" you can always throw more horsepower at the problem, but that shifts the solution to a question of how much money you have to spend on toys. That's not what I'm guessing he's referring to, though.
Without listening to or reading the presentation, I assume he's talking about the standard n-tier development/deployment model. Keep your presentation layer, business logic layer and data layer separate so that you can maintain/enhance/throw away any one of them without destroying the others.
You can get away with business logic in the db layer on smallish projects, or ones where you can guarantee that the coupling between the logic and it's representation in the data model won't change much over time. Other than that, it's a shortcut that will bite you eventually.
It does this now, via a button called "Hybrid". Looks like this was implemented at some point over the weekend.
It's a restating of a very old quotation: From http://www.donewaiting.com/signal/archives/001684. php
"Kill them all, God will know his own." The sole catchphrase of the Cathar conflict to be handed down to posterity is attributed to Arnold Amaury, the monk who led the Albigensian Crusade. A chronicler reported that Arnold voiced this command outside the Mediterranean trading town of Béziers on July 22, 1209, when his crusading warriors, on the verge of storming the city after having breached its defenses, had turned to him for advice on distinguishing Catholic believer from Cathar heretic. The monk's simple instructions were followed and the entire population -- 20,000 or so -- indiscriminately murdered.
Don't know if the parent post is reporting a t-shirt actually seen, or just making a cheap political point. Either seems plausible...
Best. Sig. Ever.
That brings a tear to my eye. You just reminded me of the Beame & Whiteside TCP/IP stack I used to run in the last century. That stuff just plain worked, and they had great tech support. I suddenly feel old...
You know, I liked you for your sig, but anyone who quotes The Music Man in a Slashdot post gets extra points for style!
HP is in Austin, not AMD. It's the HP factory he's talking about.
No, "affect". Look it up.
While I'll leave your opinion on whether Starbucks over-roasts alone (I happen to like dark roasts better), you and a couple of other posters are wrong: Espresso does NOT have more caffeine than drip-brewed coffee. The reason has to do with the way the water interacts with the grounds: the water (steam, actually) is in contact with the grounds for much less time when making espresso. Longer contact = more caffeine in the finished product. So, drip coffee actually has more caffeine. The "bad" stuff in espresso is the essential oils that paper filters keep from getting into the final brew. Drinking too much of that is what puts heavy espresso drinkers at a higher risk of various ailments. So, toss those gold filter baskets and go back to paper if you make drip coffee. And yes, I am a coffee snob, thanks for asking!
No, NINE distributions failed him, and he lists them all in the article. How many would he have to have tried for you to consider it a representative sample of currently available Linux distros?
Part of Iraqi law will be written by: A gay Jewish American Woman! That's a big mouthful of western values!