Not stability, complexity and responsiveness. Adding real-time elements to the mainstream kernel means that priority tasks get executed first, but the average time taken to finish a task is significantly higher. The result would be an excellent system for medical equipment or ilk, but it would make a sluggish desktop or server, and most Linux devices now are desktops or servers. And the complexity of adding this in would only be justified if it benefitted a lot of people. So Linus is waiting to see how things look a little later. It should be possible to create a custom kernel that uses these features, but they don't belong in the vanilla kernel yet.
When I think of FAQs or How-tos, I usually think of the ones that get bundled with linux distros. Those are usually long-winded, outdated, and innacurate. Be nice if some better guidelines were drawn up and some people revised the more important FAQs.
Space is not demilitarized, both the Soviet Union and America have posessed weapons designed for space in addition to military satellites (including the beloved GPS), and there are no treaties concerning anti-satellite warfare.
During the Cold War, F-15 fighters recieved the capability to take out low-orbit satellites via the ASAT missile, a capability they still posess. The USSR had satellite "bombs" designed to take out low-orbit satellites via EMP (there has been speculation that they could take out medium-orbiting objects as well, but we really don't know). With the demise of the USSR and the collapse of their military, Russia has been willing to sell almost anything, and it wouldn't be a stretch to find China, North Korea, Libya, or Iran with weapons based on Soviet designs. Note that higher orbital objects were immune from these approaches.
There are no treaties concerning the destruction of satellites, although there was one for ballistic missiles; America withdrew in 2002, using a procedure outlined in the treaty which required six months of notice. Incidentally, the ABM treaty allowed the US and USSR to deploy weapons around capital cities. America chose not to, while Moscow is still protected by anti-ballistic missiles. Moscow once expressed interest in a anti-satellite weapons treaty, as did various groups of scientists in the US, but no such treaty was ever signed.
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Yeah, Americium Oxide. And lantern mantles contain Thorium. So It's possible to make dirty bombs anyway. I'd worry more about someone buying large quantities of fertilizer.
Ditto, mine is from 1998 and still at 2mb. My Yahoo acccount has been at 100mb for a long time now, and I switched to that address. So Hotmail lost a bit of revenue from me already, I guess.
In my day, we had to climb to the top of a brontosaurus with a stone tablet and a chisel in order to get aerial pictures. You young things have it easy.
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Not stability, complexity and responsiveness. Adding real-time elements to the mainstream kernel means that priority tasks get executed first, but the average time taken to finish a task is significantly higher. The result would be an excellent system for medical equipment or ilk, but it would make a sluggish desktop or server, and most Linux devices now are desktops or servers. And the complexity of adding this in would only be justified if it benefitted a lot of people. So Linus is waiting to see how things look a little later. It should be possible to create a custom kernel that uses these features, but they don't belong in the vanilla kernel yet.
Michael, is that you?
((U+C+I) x (10-S))/20 x A x 1/(1-sin(F/10)) = 42
No, that one doesn't work either...
Wow, you're really taking the vegan lifestyle to extremes...
Believe me, you don't want to know...
When I think of FAQs or How-tos, I usually think of the ones that get bundled with linux distros. Those are usually long-winded, outdated, and innacurate. Be nice if some better guidelines were drawn up and some people revised the more important FAQs.
Robots, aye, don't get me started. They steal old people's medicine!
Remember, anyone who says robots don't exist, is probably a robot themselves!
So, you're one of those people who reads Dilbert and sympathizes with the boss?
Shhhh! He doesn't know that the moon base was an April Fools joke!
Space is not demilitarized, both the Soviet Union and America have posessed weapons designed for space in addition to military satellites (including the beloved GPS), and there are no treaties concerning anti-satellite warfare.
During the Cold War, F-15 fighters recieved the capability to take out low-orbit satellites via the ASAT missile, a capability they still posess. The USSR had satellite "bombs" designed to take out low-orbit satellites via EMP (there has been speculation that they could take out medium-orbiting objects as well, but we really don't know). With the demise of the USSR and the collapse of their military, Russia has been willing to sell almost anything, and it wouldn't be a stretch to find China, North Korea, Libya, or Iran with weapons based on Soviet designs. Note that higher orbital objects were immune from these approaches.
There are no treaties concerning the destruction of satellites, although there was one for ballistic missiles; America withdrew in 2002, using a procedure outlined in the treaty which required six months of notice. Incidentally, the ABM treaty allowed the US and USSR to deploy weapons around capital cities. America chose not to, while Moscow is still protected by anti-ballistic missiles. Moscow once expressed interest in a anti-satellite weapons treaty, as did various groups of scientists in the US, but no such treaty was ever signed.
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Mine just tells me I'm using Mozilla Bitchin'Panda.
The "Director of Terrorist pwnage" just quit today, citing impossible attitudes towards his job...
Especially when it comes from Sony, who are probably big enough to get away with a copy-protection practice if they really wanted to. Kudos to them.
Must...resist...Penny Arcade....reference.
Ah, hell, there I go again.
Hey, where's Darl McBride!
Yeah, Americium Oxide. And lantern mantles contain Thorium. So It's possible to make dirty bombs anyway. I'd worry more about someone buying large quantities of fertilizer.
Is the fact that the company formed for the mission is named The Union Aerospace Corporation.
Are they asking for volunteers yet?
Not only that, but there is an upgrade that would introduce frickin' laser beams (on their foreheads)!
Ditto, mine is from 1998 and still at 2mb. My Yahoo acccount has been at 100mb for a long time now, and I switched to that address. So Hotmail lost a bit of revenue from me already, I guess.
So when will the Internet become a Spam Eradicating Measures Enducing Network?
And here comes Mr. "I didn't get the joke!"
Actually, the Babel Fish solved that one quite nicely.
"Almost hits the market" is like "almost pregnant". Doesn't count. After all, Duke Nukem Forever has been "almost released" for about six years.
In my day, we had to climb to the top of a brontosaurus with a stone tablet and a chisel in order to get aerial pictures. You young things have it easy.
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