If we didn't already have all of the infrastructure in place to utilize fossil fuels, we would probably say the same thing about oil...
But we do, and it was built up over time, in parallel with our use of crude oil.
It's kinda like how so many companies and individuals have invested so much in Windows that, despite tablets and smart phones, Windows isn't getting dislodged any time soon.
For some reason, that instantly brought to mind the Merle Haggard lyrics "They love our milk an' honey,/But they preach about some other way of livin'."
Oil goes *lots* of places, really quickly, thru an incredibly large network of pipelines all over the world. And in Really Really Really Big Ships that carry it half way around the world at 20 knots.
It's that ease of transportability along with the fact that pumping continues day and night (almost) regardless of the weather which means that people will want to use Oil for a long time.
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What functionality are we BSD users going to be missing? It didn't really say in the article at all other than that apparently there is a lot of Linux only stuff out there in the open source world?
According to the 3rd paragraph, udev replaces HAL.
So, since udev is Linux-only, apparently none of the devices that it manages and exposes to the WM can be seen by BSD.
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I've got my wife/kids running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS because they are familiar with the Start Menu motif, while I run Xfce on Sid.
When it's time to upgrade their OS, it'll probably be to xbuntu 12.04.
most college freshmen probably come from households which have only used Windows or Apple PCs
Burning a LiveCD and rebooting into $DISTRO isn't that difficult.
OP's point is that good CompSci students must have an innate curiosity/geekiness about computers. In 2008, there's no excuse for him not to burn an Ubuntu or Fedora LiveCD and poke around.
They're majoring in computer science because they want to learn about computers
I had fellow students like that. They were B-A-D *horrible* programmers.
(Yes, no matter what "Computer Science isn't programming" fools say, it *is* programming since there's a metric ass-load more need for software engineers and clever problem-solving programmers than there is for CompSci Professors.)
Linux is for people who want to hack around and get to the guts of the OS because they're interested in that sort of thing.
That's so completely wrong I just don't where to start.
Linux (with the nvidia binary drivers) gives me the power of a minicomputer (I'm an old CLI geek) and us (me, wife & kids) simultaneous access to modern s/w and h/w without having to worry about malware.
(FreeBSD is certainly in the same class, but I have no reason to use it instead of Debian Sid.)
Guenter: All I want is to be a monkey of moderate intelligence who wears a suit... that's why I'm transferring to business school! Professor Farnsworth: NOOOOOO!
While I also have been a dedicated Nvidia purchaser for 10 years, I must acknowledge that the truth is that Nvidia does *not* support us because we are a rebel minority.
That might occur quickly if your card is 12 months old, but what if it is 3 years old.
Hogwash. The latest (260.19.29) driver from last month still supports the 7 year old FX5800 and 4yo 7300. Even the oldest 71.x.y driver (which is presumably running on machines that don't track the latest kernel versions) got an update 6 months ago.
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But we do, and it was built up over time, in parallel with our use of crude oil.
It's kinda like how so many companies and individuals have invested so much in Windows that, despite tablets and smart phones, Windows isn't getting dislodged any time soon.
For some reason, that instantly brought to mind the Merle Haggard lyrics "They love our milk an' honey,/But they preach about some other way of livin'."
These smarter-than-everyone 22 year olds must not have realized that taking some drugs or being gay does *not* preclude you from getting Clearance...
No wonder NASA can't build anything worth shit anymore: our "best and brightest" can't subtract 4 digit numbers!!
Idiocracy here we come...
Since humans are animals, and I'm Married With Children, the answer in an unqualified "Yes!!!"
Sodium melts at 208F, and boils at 1621F. (I'm betting the operating temperature in the reactor is around 1000F.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reactor_coolant
So... Why in the hell would you raise it to 3000F?
Because dissipating that much heat would make the boat a thermal beacon. "Here I am, Here I am! Shoot me!"
That's presuming that correctly functioning nukes get that hot.
I don't think they get *nearly* that hot.
Which doesn't do us any good if we can't affordably and in large quantities convert photonic energy to electrical and chemical energy.
A 3000o furnace in a submarine?
Oil goes *lots* of places, really quickly, thru an incredibly large network of pipelines all over the world. And in Really Really Really Big Ships that carry it half way around the world at 20 knots.
It's that ease of transportability along with the fact that pumping continues day and night (almost) regardless of the weather which means that people will want to use Oil for a long time.
When do you have time to do anything but read comics?
Even the *three* levels of legacy drivers (which are even still distributed in Debian Sid)?
http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html
As if FLOSS developers never drop features to simplify code? GNOME & Handbrake spring instantly to mind.
Who's out there forking GNOME, adding back all the dropped features?
I had to Google "WOD" to see what it meant... :)
NewEgg sells this sweet little fanless card which hooks neatly into VDPAU and is only US$30.
By what? The nouveau driver that doesn't adequately support my old-but-still-produced video card?
http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/FeatureMatrix
You really couldn't try http://www.xfce.org/ ?
Anyway, it's a middle-weight DE based on Gtk.
According to the 3rd paragraph, udev replaces HAL.
So, since udev is Linux-only, apparently none of the devices that it manages and exposes to the WM can be seen by BSD.
I've got my wife/kids running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS because they are familiar with the Start Menu motif, while I run Xfce on Sid.
When it's time to upgrade their OS, it'll probably be to xbuntu 12.04.
Burning a LiveCD and rebooting into $DISTRO isn't that difficult.
OP's point is that good CompSci students must have an innate curiosity/geekiness about computers. In 2008, there's no excuse for him not to burn an Ubuntu or Fedora LiveCD and poke around.
I had fellow students like that. They were B-A-D *horrible* programmers.
(Yes, no matter what "Computer Science isn't programming" fools say, it *is* programming since there's a metric ass-load more need for software engineers and clever problem-solving programmers than there is for CompSci Professors.)
That's so completely wrong I just don't where to start.
Linux (with the nvidia binary drivers) gives me the power of a minicomputer (I'm an old CLI geek) and us (me, wife & kids) simultaneous access to modern s/w and h/w without having to worry about malware.
(FreeBSD is certainly in the same class, but I have no reason to use it instead of Debian Sid.)
Guenter: All I want is to be a monkey of moderate intelligence who wears a suit... that's why I'm transferring to business school!
Professor Farnsworth: NOOOOOO!
While I also have been a dedicated Nvidia purchaser for 10 years, I must acknowledge that the truth is that Nvidia does *not* support us because we are a rebel minority.
Sigh...
What actual non-ideological evidence do you have that NVIDIA doesn't give a damn about creating good drivers for Linux?
Hogwash. The latest (260.19.29) driver from last month still supports the 7 year old FX5800 and 4yo 7300. Even the oldest 71.x.y driver (which is presumably running on machines that don't track the latest kernel versions) got an update 6 months ago.
That's what I was asking... :)