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  1. Re:Strange bedfellows on World's First Floating Wind Farm Emerges Off Coast of Scotland (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Only the ones made of straw.

  2. Not at all IMHO - it's showing up the people who pretend Jesus is on their side on every issue for what they are. Coal is not "conservative" or "Christian". They are taking the Lord's name in vain.
    I find it really funny that windmills went from being a symbol of rural conservative values to being something that "conservatives" attack.

  3. Many offices have people writing Excel macros

    People still do that? After the third or 4th major syntax change breaking all previous macros I thought everyone had given up and handed it over to external software.

  4. Re:What does this do that Java does not? on IEEE Spectrum Declares Python The #1 Programming Language (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    What does Python do for you that Java does not do better?

    The science grads you need to write your code because the CS grads were shortchanged in mathematics know how to write in Python and not in Java.
    Sometimes it's not about the right tool for the job but instead the tool people know how to use, and since Python is the new BASIC it's sometimes a better fit.
    After android has had a bit more of a run (yes it's been years - but how long did it take for the average developer to be able to handle 64 bits and the idea of having more than one cpu/core?) we'll see a few more using Java.

  5. Re:I tried Python on IEEE Spectrum Declares Python The #1 Programming Language (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    If you need to a pick a reason to not like Python, this is not it.

    It's a reason, just not one you consider as important as the other person does.
    When I first heard of it using whitespace to denote meaning I thought the idea was stupid, but the implementation made sense and rendered the idea something other than stupid.

  6. So therefore the definition of unfit is a large enough mass hysteria

    So the people are unfit to rule themselves and need a King to do it for them?

  7. Like that "progressive" guy who hit a reporter so hard it broke his glasses?
    Maybe come out from under that rock and you'll notice things are not as you suggest.

  8. Good point.
    As an example, what's Colin Powell doing these days? Obvious lies to the UN on behalf of Baby Bush got him where exactly?

  9. To make it a lie they had to split hairs over definitions over intended meanings (eg. sex=intercourse vs sex=kissing in various places etc), which is one of the reasons it was so weak an attempt at removing Clinton from office and doomed to fail. I'm sure enough has come out in the years since that you could find a better reason. Maybe look at things involving banks.

  10. You called the other poster a moron unfairly. If the President has so little of the confidence of both houses that they are voted out then they are unfit by definition.
    The only "cause" required is that enough representatives want them gone. It makes perfect sense and avoid loopholes.
    You seem to think this is about the rule of law, it's not, it's just politics. An "innocent" President who has almost no support in Congress and Senate can be removed just as easily as a guilty one with the same lack of support.

  11. It's not up to you (or me) to decide what an impeachable offense is. If most of Congress and Senate decide that they want him gone then something will be defined as the impeachable offense to vote on.

  12. It's a vote, well two votes really, just not one you can take part in.
    It probably won't happen given how partisan things are. If Trump pulled off a rubber mask and it was really Charles Manson underneath they'd say at least he's a Republican and still wouldn't vote him out.

  13. Re: non-remarkable non-LTS on Ubuntu 16.10 Reaches End of Life (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    That's the principle behind it. Someone moved my cheese is about your reaction to things that others do to you.

    I am very aware of the phrase as should be clear from me taking it one step more above. It's not just that "the cheese was moved" as in different behaviour, it's that Lennart is not taking the prior behaviour into account at all - he doesn't know where the "cheese" was in the first place and is not going to listen to anyone who does. It's not about improvements just different. It's a quick choice not based on experience, reinvention for the sake of it so almost always likely to be less than ideal on the first attempt. That has annoyed people.

    If half the people directed their venting at the people actually in control

    Hence my comment "It's only really a problem because so many of these things are going live before others can do something about it."
    Pulseaudio mostly works these days probably because the team that took over a decade ago listen. Systemd is likely to benefit to being run in a similar way instead of the it is - the inevitable design flaws and bugs that crop up in a project appear to persist for far longer than they should due to the insular approach taken. I've still got a lot of stuff on CentOS/RHEL6 because a couple of software vendors are having mostly systemd related issues on RHEL7. That wouldn't happen with sensible defaults to fall back to so the new software can act like the old. The attitude is that the world has to change for Lennart.

  14. Re: non-remarkable non-LTS on Ubuntu 16.10 Reaches End of Life (softpedia.com) · · Score: 2

    More that Lennert never knew where the cheese was before - but yes you have a point.
    The annoying thing is the number of changes and the ones (like killing all user processes on logout!!!!!!) that show he just didn't ask anyone before making the changes. Things like his comment "what tool was used to create a username with a number?" show he's not getting good advice about the environment he's working in - on top of things like the newbie mistake of not checking for valid inputs. That's pretty fucking cheesy.
    It's only really a problem because so many of these things are going live before others can do something about it.

  15. Re:non-remarkable non-LTS on Ubuntu 16.10 Reaches End of Life (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    Careful - that's far more explicit than what Lennart screamed was a "death threat" a few years back.
    He takes comments like yours seriously. It's apparently OK for him to describe a fantasy about people like you collecting bitcoins to pay a hitman to go after him (and for him to say it "really happened" - yeah right) but he's got too thin a skin to allow you a fantasy.

    What I'm trying to say is "jokes" like that just reinforce his "us and them" attitude, where everyone who isn't his fanboy is apparently not worth listening to because they apparently want to be violent towards him.

  16. It's sleeping.
    Many very large donors to both R and D like the idea a great deal.

  17. and in his mind would put the legitimacy of his presidency in question.

    I don't think Trump has every seriously cared about the legitimacy of anything he has for most of his life. For example, it was enough for "Trump University" to have that title but none of the trappings of a real University.
    I think he just cares about having something, whether it was gained by fair means or foul doesn't seem to matter to him.

  18. Re:At least they're honest on Russia Says in Talks With US To Create Cyber Security Working Group (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh yes I forgot - Hillary uses email, thus whatever crime anyone else does she's done worse.
    Why the fuck are you still pushing this shit? Hillary lost. She's irrelevant, so making up all kinds of stupid shit about here to try to fool readers here does nothing other than demonstrate your contempt for us all whether R, D or none of the above.

  19. Re:At least they're honest on Russia Says in Talks With US To Create Cyber Security Working Group (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Trump didn't collude with Russia. If he did, there would already be articles of impeachment

    Go ask your Dad how many years it took for Nixon to resign after Watergate hit the papers, then add a few more on to get how long it would take for impeachment even if Republicans didn't control congress.

  20. Would it be futile to expect that if I similarly flew into Canberra and requested an audience with George Brandis - as a citizen - I would be given equal access as Apple execs are likely getting

    The guy has a lot of past form - offer some sort of benefit to himself or his family, or offer him the use of a title he hasn't earned and you may just be shown right in before the Apple execs.
    Think of US deep south politics of the 1960s and throw on a bit more mud and you've got George Brandis "QC" (never practiced as a QC but acquired the title somehow after getting elected). Funny how all the evidence about his son's special night out with a lot of alleged vandalism had been lost when it was time to present it in court.

  21. Re: Nazis, among other things, were liars on In America, Most Republicans Think Colleges Are Bad for the Country (chronicle.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes - asking the same question several times to rub in that that the other party is not going to deliver an honest response to justify their lie is repetitive. It is very clever for you to have noticed that - have a gold star!

  22. Re:Evergreen State on In America, Most Republicans Think Colleges Are Bad for the Country (chronicle.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe there should be a sarcasm tag.
    I was trying to point out the current madness aligns with an earlier damaging policy, most likely driven by some of the same players who unfortunately do not care that Colleges are also how we end up with electrical engineers and doctors.
    Destructive and as stupid as sawing off the branch being sat on - definitely - but short term gain for a few is enough to drive it if it is unopposed.

  23. Re: You all presumably know why. on In Which Linus Torvalds Makes An 'Init' Joke (lkml.org) · · Score: 1

    Not a bad idea, I had the same a bit before the year 2000 as did a great many other people with a vast amount more influence than myself. I'm not sure how things worked out the way they did.

  24. Re: Yearly updates and perpetual user betas on Ask Slashdot: What Software (Or Hardware) Glitch Makes You Angry? · · Score: 1

    I went to FreeBSD11 on a G4 eMac for the updated wifi, but ethernet over power or a pile of other solutions that don't involve actually changing the OS are simpler with the same sort of outcome (unless it's a laptop). To be honest I really just wanted to play with it and see what it could do. Even MAME will work on an old version of OSX so there's not a lot of reasons to change OS.
    I tried Lbuntu as well. It was disappointing due to sound being broken for the relevant chipset.

  25. Re:If it is plugged in, networked or on the floor. on Ask Slashdot: What Are The Lesser-Known Roles Of The IT Department? · · Score: 1

    Now that's the tough one - with enough people it can be both at the same time!