The actual versions of commands seem entirely too object oriented and thus too verbose.
I can't imagine anybody who has ever used a CLI object-orienting it. Did some marketing drone get a say in the design.
The command line is more likely to be used for quick-and-dirty jobs, but the language involved (Bourne, C shell, etc...) can scale up to a larger, more maintainable project. The same can't be said about most object-oriented languages in the downward direction. Of course, maybe I just haven't seen the right ones.
But we shouldn't rely on companies who care only about the bottom line to ensure public health.
I think your view is lacking. With regards to power, the Libertarian's (or more specifically, Mr. Badnarik's) view is that government and corporation cannot be trusted to ensure the safety of foodstuff and medicine, or even any positive freedoms; however, a proprietorship or partnership, which directly ties responsibility to one or more people, can work, because the bottom line is not the only consideration.
Now, would you care to be mature enough yourself not to go around name-calling? Either that, or finish what you started: where's the proof that libertarians are "social misfits"? I sure don't see any.
IBM---the mega-corporation to end all technological mega-corporations---seeing ANY benefit in Linux?
Then Sun, when they're not against us, is with us.
Finally, Novell sees positives in what we do.
We've all shown the belief that Free software can be profitable. But seeing it in action is something entirely weird and unusual, but in a very satisfying way.
Every pirate is a lost potential user of Free/Open Source software. The free (as in beer) component has to account for at least half of that group, and I'm willing to bet that at least half of them would give Linux a shot if they were informed as to its viability as a desktop OS.
Either that, or something truly bizarre went on. I mean, I doubt the combination of a weird antenna and aliens even can produce unexplaned, defective pregnancies.
But if it indeed does... "Truth is stranger than fiction."
Well, I figured that if you're going to have MS vs. RIAA, you might as well get it all over with and throw in the MPAA, Diebold, SCO, the BSA, and everybody else who pisses us off exclusively---did I forget to mention this in the original? So they all fight, and the winner is the one who is left. The collective prize awarded is to be locked in a room into which we blast over loudspeakers the taunts of the whole of/. by way of text-to-speech.
So, yes, using the quote straight from Mad Max (or whichever movie) would make more sense. But you have to start thinking on a grand scale!
I can one-up you. I bought one without knowing it. I thought I was getting a USB A-to-B cable, when I really got a USB extension cord. The guy at the counter even warned me about it, but I wasn't listening.
It would be more price effective to build a machine with two Opteron 246 processors. That's 2 x $400, plus an appropriate board @ $450, plus 4 x 512MB RAM (2-3-2-6, I'd assume that Alienware would put low latency stuff in their machine) for 2 x $400. Plus whatever top-of-the-line video card for a maximum of $500. Case for no more than $200. Reuse other stuff lying around.
That's a no-frills power machine for... $2750. You could then splurge on the rest.
If you're using swaret: swaret --remove XFree (or some other pattern that matches the XFree86 package names) and to be sure, swaret --reinstall Xorg.
Make sure to rename XF86Config as xorg.conf; AFAIK, they are 100% compatable. You may still want to run X -configure and see if Xorg gives anything new to put in the config file.
Really, why would one do that? The ports exist on just about all graphics and sound cards, but I haven't seen any cable, driver, or program that can do anything with it.
And that's it. And I haven't seen a shred of evidence to the contrary.
Yes, the article is somewhat truthful, in that if P == NP, the world will have been turned on its head, but the same thing is true about thousands of scientific and/or mathematical assertions, each of which is more likely to be overturned than P != NP.
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That is most certainly not a statement of fact.
The actual versions of commands seem entirely too object oriented and thus too verbose.
I can't imagine anybody who has ever used a CLI object-orienting it. Did some marketing drone get a say in the design.
The command line is more likely to be used for quick-and-dirty jobs, but the language involved (Bourne, C shell, etc...) can scale up to a larger, more maintainable project. The same can't be said about most object-oriented languages in the downward direction. Of course, maybe I just haven't seen the right ones.
But we shouldn't rely on companies who care only about the bottom line to ensure public health.
I think your view is lacking. With regards to power, the Libertarian's (or more specifically, Mr. Badnarik's) view is that government and corporation cannot be trusted to ensure the safety of foodstuff and medicine, or even any positive freedoms; however, a proprietorship or partnership, which directly ties responsibility to one or more people, can work, because the bottom line is not the only consideration.
Now, would you care to be mature enough yourself not to go around name-calling? Either that, or finish what you started: where's the proof that libertarians are "social misfits"? I sure don't see any.
IBM---the mega-corporation to end all technological mega-corporations---seeing ANY benefit in Linux?
Then Sun, when they're not against us, is with us.
Finally, Novell sees positives in what we do.
We've all shown the belief that Free software can be profitable. But seeing it in action is something entirely weird and unusual, but in a very satisfying way.
Every pirate is a lost potential user of Free/Open Source software. The free (as in beer) component has to account for at least half of that group, and I'm willing to bet that at least half of them would give Linux a shot if they were informed as to its viability as a desktop OS.
Anybody know what the slowdown is for libsafe?
Oh, there's no regression testing.
1. Not always true.
2. Admins don't (and shouldn't) rely on Microsoft's or anybody else's regression and breakage testing anyway.
Printers in Linux have been a horrible experience for me
I share this sentiment. Then again, printers are finicky devices anyway, no matter what OS one uses to invoke them.
I must say version 2 of the game is sim-ply marvellous.
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What the hell were you thinking when you said that? That's the worst pun I've seen in a long time.
I disagree.
Isn't it wonderful how video games combined with biofeedback can be used to heal?
Even I can't come up with something that stupid.
Either that, or something truly bizarre went on. I mean, I doubt the combination of a weird antenna and aliens even can produce unexplaned, defective pregnancies.
But if it indeed does... "Truth is stranger than fiction."
Lucas is not releasing the original trilogy, only the special edition
WHAT!?!? No 5.1 version of the original ending sequence of Return of the Jedi?!?! I am sorely disappointed.
Ah, but what if you had to go to the polling place to state your abstention?
Well, I figured that if you're going to have MS vs. RIAA, you might as well get it all over with and throw in the MPAA, Diebold, SCO, the BSA, and everybody else who pisses us off exclusively---did I forget to mention this in the original? So they all fight, and the winner is the one who is left. The collective prize awarded is to be locked in a room into which we blast over loudspeakers the taunts of the whole of /. by way of text-to-speech.
So, yes, using the quote straight from Mad Max (or whichever movie) would make more sense. But you have to start thinking on a grand scale!
"Many corporations enter, but only one leaves." That'll be the day...
I can one-up you. I bought one without knowing it. I thought I was getting a USB A-to-B cable, when I really got a USB extension cord. The guy at the counter even warned me about it, but I wasn't listening.
I'm way too embarassed to return it.
s/price effective/price effective than buying Alienware's machine/
No disrespect to your solutions. I'm just getting specific.
It would be more price effective to build a machine with two Opteron 246 processors. That's 2 x $400, plus an appropriate board @ $450, plus 4 x 512MB RAM (2-3-2-6, I'd assume that Alienware would put low latency stuff in their machine) for 2 x $400. Plus whatever top-of-the-line video card for a maximum of $500. Case for no more than $200. Reuse other stuff lying around.
That's a no-frills power machine for... $2750. You could then splurge on the rest.
If you're using swaret: swaret --remove XFree (or some other pattern that matches the XFree86 package names) and to be sure, swaret --reinstall Xorg.
Make sure to rename XF86Config as xorg.conf; AFAIK, they are 100% compatable. You may still want to run X -configure and see if Xorg gives anything new to put in the config file.
Netscape should have run around patenting the browser I suppose...
I say that we should start doing this sort of thing in retaliation. Let's patent everything in sight, but allow for general use of the idea.
The quality of the drivers and their being closed-sourced have at the very least nothing to do with each other. It's a red herring.
The only thing that makes "quality" drivers and open-source drivers mutually exclusive are the absolutely worthless NDAs.
Really, why would one do that? The ports exist on just about all graphics and sound cards, but I haven't seen any cable, driver, or program that can do anything with it.
So far as we know, P != NP.
And that's it. And I haven't seen a shred of evidence to the contrary.
Yes, the article is somewhat truthful, in that if P == NP, the world will have been turned on its head, but the same thing is true about thousands of scientific and/or mathematical assertions, each of which is more likely to be overturned than P != NP.
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Send them all to me. If my roommate can put up with xscreensaver illuminating the room all night, a few LEDs wouldn't hurt any.