If your function has that many arguments, you're already doing something wrong. Either the function is trying to do too many different things, or at least some of the arguments should be consolidated into structures.
Let alone expect those same "wintel" admins to keep Ubuntu versions straight?
If they're Windows admins, then what the fuck are they doing installing [K]Ubuntu anyway?
I say either the admins are competent or they're not. If their job requires supporting [K]Ubuntu, then they should either learn how to do it or get replaced by people who can. This is not [K]Ubuntu's problem!
I ended up switching back to XP, and I had to friggin' buy a copy because those bastards at Microsoft stuck Visturd on the laptop.
If it came with Vista Business or higher (and any decent laptop should have -- non-"business class" machines aren't worth crap anyway), it should allow you to "downgrade" (or rather, upgrade) to XP without having to buy a different license. And even if it didn't, if I already owned a legal copy of Vista I'd have no moral qualms about switching it out for a cracked version of XP anyway!
So basically you are telling all those companies out there considering to switch to linux that in 6 months there is going to be noone around to support whatever they are installing now?
No. Canonical is telling all those companies to use the GNOME version, which will be a long-term-support version, instead, or to use the older Kubuntu LTS version (6.06).
Flexible Unix OS's seem more suitable for these devices.
For that to happen, we need much better continuous-recognition handwriting software, and quick. I've attempted to run Linux on my Thinkpad x60 Tablet PC, but the stylus is all but useless because there is no decent software that takes advantage of it.
If plugging the device into a hub causes problems, then either the device or the hub isn't properly supporting the USB spec, and is defective. End of story.
"Deprecate" is also technology jargon that means "to mark as obsolete." How you could be a Slashdot reader and not be familiar with that usage, I cannot understand.
A TV as old as you? I'm not sure whether you or me are in the majority but I can't imagine having a TV that old.
Well you see, I'm not that old -- I'm 23. ; ) The TV is from the late 80s/early 90s; it's a hand-me-down from my parents. Aside from having only coax input (no RCA or S-video, but it is "cable-ready"), it's not much different than any other cheap analog CRT you'd find these days at Wal-Mart and the like. Oh, and it's a whopping 19".
My parents have a 15" TV in their bedroom that's at least a decade old, and the other (a 27", for the living room) is almost brand new -- yet still analog and CRT! -- that they only got because the previous (15+ year old) TV had suddenly died.
They also recently got rid of their oldest TV (another 19"), because it had finally faded enough that it was too dark to watch comfortably. It was so old the tuner couldn't go above 70.
Sadly, my parents couldn't get a TV larger than 27" even if they wanted to bother spending the money on it (which they don't), because it wouldn't fit in their built-in entertainment unit that was made 15 years ago when they had their house built. (I argued vehemently against the thing, but they didn't listen. I think they've finally realized I was right, though...)
Anyway, the point is that quite a lot of both college students (like me) and baby-boomers (like my parents) still aren't in the market for any sort of TV other than small, SD CRTs, and won't be for quite some time.
As long as the DMD can last 5-6 years (which shouldn't be a problem), that's fine with me. My TV upgrade cycle is about that long, so what do I care if DMDs will fail after 10 years of use?
Yeah, well you're weird! My TV is almost as old as I am, and I'll bet a large section of the market is probably more similar to me than you. (Of course, I'm admittedly not planning on getting a 108-inch LCD anytime soon either, so the point is somewhat moot.)
No, Windows and MacOS handle it by having stable APIs that are regression tested against a wide range of apps. New features, bugfixes and performance improvements are rolled out on a regular schedule after extensive testing, in a way that avoids breaking the majority of apps.
That doesn't make sense. You say "no" as if you're trying to contradict me, and then repeat what I said! Re-read my third bullet point and last paragraph: Windows and Mac OS handle it by using system libraries and updating them. And do so on a regular schedule after extensively testing them, just like the "stable tree of a conservative distro" that I mentioned! In other words, I'm talking about things like Debian Stable and RHEL (not Fedora).
Those states grow enough for food purposes, but don't have the capacity to grow for food and fuel.
According to some people, neither does the corn industry! And if neither of them has excess capacity, we might as well cannibalize food production for the crop with the better fuel yield.
Of course, the whole point is moot because both pale in comparison to ethanol via hemp/switchgrass/cellulose or biodiesel via soybeans anyway.
Every other OS "handles" it in one of the following ways:
By statically-linking the libraries to each app. This is a big source of "bloat."
By using system libraries, and not updating them. In this case, users just don't get the improved performance (or bug fixes) at all.
By using system libraries, and updating them. In this case, the same thing is happening as happens in Linux, except with a less-informative UI (it's just called "updating Windows" instead of an "updating foo, bar, baz, and quux libs").
In other words, what you're calling "Linux's problem" is not a problem at all; in fact, it's the most optimal solution! (Making the libraries perfect to begin with is obviously better, but also impossible, so that doesn't count.)
Now, the only genuine problem is when such library updates fail or are incompatible, and cause breakage of the app. However, in a properly-maintained distro that's not supposed to happen, so it shouldn't be a problem novice users (who should only be using the stable tree of a conservative distro) ever experience.
To be honest, unless you really need the pickup for work (or frequent towing), I don't see the point. Since diesels for that application are designed for high torque rather than fuel economy (and I don't see that changing, despite the current economic circumstances), you'd probably be better off just getting the smallest gasoline engine they offer in that chassis (or better yet, a smaller vehicle entirely!) instead.
You know, if you could make due with an SUV, you could get a used CRD Jeep Liberty and not have to wait three years (or if you're really adventurous, you could try putting a CRD engine in a Dodge Dakota or something...).
Even though Diesel fuel is now more expensive than gasoline. (It didn't used to be)
Not on a per-mile basis, it isn't. A diesel vehicle (or at least, a VW TDI) gets about 50% better fuel economy than the equivalent gasoline car, but diesel fuel is less than 50% more expensive per gallon than gasoline.
For example, my Beetle gets about 45 MPG, while a gasoline Beetle would get about 30 (both figures may vary depending on particular engine/model year -- there are actually 3 different gas and 2 different diesel engines to consider). Around here, regular unleaded is currently varying between $2.80 - $3.10 per gallon, and I filled up yesterday on B50 for (I think) $3.40 per gallon, which is only about 20% more expensive. Diesel would have to cost over $4 per gallon (at least) for it not to be worth it.
Why is it stupid to prefer the smaller car? Heck, I'd even rather have a Rabbit instead of a Jetta, and maybe even a Polo or Fox instead of a Golf (I'd need to see them in person to be sure, and they don't sell them here)!
Personally, I picked a Diesel (VW New Beetle TDI) instead. I run it on biodiesel (B50 right now, because the supplier mixed it for use in cold weather. Once it warms up, they'll go back to B100).
That's not true. Florida and, to a lesser extent, Texas, Louisiana, and Hawaii grow significant amounts of sugar cane. More importantly, however, sugar beets can be grown in quite a large part of the US. I'd bet we could make more ethanol from them than from corn.
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No you're not; you're posting on Slashdot!
Speaking of that, do you realize that Pinky and the Brain succeeded in every episode? Their stated goal was to try, not to actually complete the task!
If your function has that many arguments, you're already doing something wrong. Either the function is trying to do too many different things, or at least some of the arguments should be consolidated into structures.
If they're Windows admins, then what the fuck are they doing installing [K]Ubuntu anyway?
I say either the admins are competent or they're not. If their job requires supporting [K]Ubuntu, then they should either learn how to do it or get replaced by people who can. This is not [K]Ubuntu's problem!
If it came with Vista Business or higher (and any decent laptop should have -- non-"business class" machines aren't worth crap anyway), it should allow you to "downgrade" (or rather, upgrade) to XP without having to buy a different license. And even if it didn't, if I already owned a legal copy of Vista I'd have no moral qualms about switching it out for a cracked version of XP anyway!
No. Canonical is telling all those companies to use the GNOME version, which will be a long-term-support version, instead, or to use the older Kubuntu LTS version (6.06).
For that to happen, we need much better continuous-recognition handwriting software, and quick. I've attempted to run Linux on my Thinkpad x60 Tablet PC, but the stylus is all but useless because there is no decent software that takes advantage of it.
If plugging the device into a hub causes problems, then either the device or the hub isn't properly supporting the USB spec, and is defective. End of story.
"Deprecate" is also technology jargon that means "to mark as obsolete." How you could be a Slashdot reader and not be familiar with that usage, I cannot understand.
Well you see, I'm not that old -- I'm 23. ; ) The TV is from the late 80s/early 90s; it's a hand-me-down from my parents. Aside from having only coax input (no RCA or S-video, but it is "cable-ready"), it's not much different than any other cheap analog CRT you'd find these days at Wal-Mart and the like. Oh, and it's a whopping 19".
My parents have a 15" TV in their bedroom that's at least a decade old, and the other (a 27", for the living room) is almost brand new -- yet still analog and CRT! -- that they only got because the previous (15+ year old) TV had suddenly died. They also recently got rid of their oldest TV (another 19"), because it had finally faded enough that it was too dark to watch comfortably. It was so old the tuner couldn't go above 70.
Sadly, my parents couldn't get a TV larger than 27" even if they wanted to bother spending the money on it (which they don't), because it wouldn't fit in their built-in entertainment unit that was made 15 years ago when they had their house built. (I argued vehemently against the thing, but they didn't listen. I think they've finally realized I was right, though...)
Anyway, the point is that quite a lot of both college students (like me) and baby-boomers (like my parents) still aren't in the market for any sort of TV other than small, SD CRTs, and won't be for quite some time.
I've got a Tablet PC too, and I tried Vista but am about to move back to XP tablet edition despite the handwriting improvements.
Just out of curiosity, what makes the Airport Extreme worth the extra $80 compared to a non-Apple 802.11n router?
Yeah, well you're weird! My TV is almost as old as I am, and I'll bet a large section of the market is probably more similar to me than you. (Of course, I'm admittedly not planning on getting a 108-inch LCD anytime soon either, so the point is somewhat moot.)
That doesn't make sense. You say "no" as if you're trying to contradict me, and then repeat what I said! Re-read my third bullet point and last paragraph: Windows and Mac OS handle it by using system libraries and updating them. And do so on a regular schedule after extensively testing them, just like the "stable tree of a conservative distro" that I mentioned! In other words, I'm talking about things like Debian Stable and RHEL (not Fedora).
Re-read what I said, and notice the key phrase: "stable tree." Did you have this happen to you with Debian stable?
Obviously, it's a conspiracy by Amtrak and Greyhound!
According to some people, neither does the corn industry! And if neither of them has excess capacity, we might as well cannibalize food production for the crop with the better fuel yield.
Of course, the whole point is moot because both pale in comparison to ethanol via hemp/switchgrass/cellulose or biodiesel via soybeans anyway.
If the central government doesn't have control, and the country hasn't degenerated into anarchy, then who does have control?
So, what registrar doesn't suck?
Every other OS "handles" it in one of the following ways:
In other words, what you're calling "Linux's problem" is not a problem at all; in fact, it's the most optimal solution! (Making the libraries perfect to begin with is obviously better, but also impossible, so that doesn't count.)
Now, the only genuine problem is when such library updates fail or are incompatible, and cause breakage of the app. However, in a properly-maintained distro that's not supposed to happen, so it shouldn't be a problem novice users (who should only be using the stable tree of a conservative distro) ever experience.
To be honest, unless you really need the pickup for work (or frequent towing), I don't see the point. Since diesels for that application are designed for high torque rather than fuel economy (and I don't see that changing, despite the current economic circumstances), you'd probably be better off just getting the smallest gasoline engine they offer in that chassis (or better yet, a smaller vehicle entirely!) instead.
You know, if you could make due with an SUV, you could get a used CRD Jeep Liberty and not have to wait three years (or if you're really adventurous, you could try putting a CRD engine in a Dodge Dakota or something...).
Not on a per-mile basis, it isn't. A diesel vehicle (or at least, a VW TDI) gets about 50% better fuel economy than the equivalent gasoline car, but diesel fuel is less than 50% more expensive per gallon than gasoline.
For example, my Beetle gets about 45 MPG, while a gasoline Beetle would get about 30 (both figures may vary depending on particular engine/model year -- there are actually 3 different gas and 2 different diesel engines to consider). Around here, regular unleaded is currently varying between $2.80 - $3.10 per gallon, and I filled up yesterday on B50 for (I think) $3.40 per gallon, which is only about 20% more expensive. Diesel would have to cost over $4 per gallon (at least) for it not to be worth it.
Why is it stupid to prefer the smaller car? Heck, I'd even rather have a Rabbit instead of a Jetta, and maybe even a Polo or Fox instead of a Golf (I'd need to see them in person to be sure, and they don't sell them here)!
Personally, I picked a Diesel (VW New Beetle TDI) instead. I run it on biodiesel (B50 right now, because the supplier mixed it for use in cold weather. Once it warms up, they'll go back to B100).
That's not true. Florida and, to a lesser extent, Texas, Louisiana, and Hawaii grow significant amounts of sugar cane. More importantly, however, sugar beets can be grown in quite a large part of the US. I'd bet we could make more ethanol from them than from corn.