BS. The law specifically allows me to drive a car, because I have a license to do so. That doesn't mean I can mow people down with impunity. Similarly, a law allowing cops to use electronic devices while driving doesn't absolve them from responsibility for negligence while doing so.
When I log into my Xenix system with my 110 baud teletype, both vi
*and* Emacs are just too damn slow.. They print useless messages like,
'C-h for help' and '"foo" File is read only'.. So I use the editor
that doesn't waste my VALUABLE time.
Ed, man! !man ed
ED(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual ED(1)
NAME
ed - text editor
SYNOPSIS
ed [ - ] [ -x ] [ name ]
DESCRIPTION
Ed is the standard text editor.
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Computer Scientists love ed, not just because it comes first
alphabetically, but because it's the standard.. Everyone else loves ed
because it's ED!
"Ed is the standard text editor."
And ed doesn't waste space on my Timex Sinclair.. Just look:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 24 Oct 29 1929/bin/ed
-rwxr-xr-t 4 root 1310720 Jan 1 1970/usr/ucb/vi
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 5.89824e37 Oct 22 1990/usr/bin/emacs
Of course, on the system *I* administrate, vi is symlinked to ed.
Emacs has been replaced by a shell script which 1) Generates a syslog
message at level LOG_EMERG; 2) reduces the user's disk quota by 100K;
and 3) RUNS ED!!!!!!
"Ed is the standard text editor."
Let's look at a typical novice's session with the mighty ed:
[see the real thing here./. lameness filter doesn't like it]
Note the consistent user interface and error reportage.. Ed is
generous enough to flag errors, yet prudent enough not to overwhelm
the novice with verbosity.
"Ed is the standard text editor."
Ed, the greatest WYGIWYG editor of all.
ED IS THE TRUE PATH TO NIRVANA! ED HAS BEEN THE CHOICE OF EDUCATED
AND IGNORANT ALIKE FOR CENTURIES! ED WILL NOT CORRUPT YOUR PRECIOUS
BODILY FLUIDS!! ED IS THE STANDARD TEXT EDITOR! ED MAKES THE SUN
SHINE AND THE BIRDS SING AND THE GRASS GREEN!!
When I use an editor, I don't want eight extra KILOBYTES of worthless
help screens and cursor positioning code! I just want an EDitor!!
Not a "viitor".. Not a "emacsitor".. Those aren't even WORDS!!!! ED!
ED! ED IS THE STANDARD!!!
TEXT EDITOR.
When IBM, in its ever-present omnipotence, needed to base their
"edlin" on a UNIX standard, did they mimic vi? No.. Emacs? Surely
you jest.. They chose the most karmic editor of all.. The standard.
Ed is for those who can *remember* what they are working on.. If you
are an idiot, you should use Emacs.. If you are an Emacs, you should
not be vi.. If you use ED, you are on THE PATH TO REDEMPTION.. THE
SO-CALLED "VISUAL" EDITORS HAVE BEEN PLACED HERE BY ED TO TEMPT THE
FAITHLESS.. DO NOT GIVE IN!!! THE MIGHTY ED HAS SPOKEN!!!
The other solution is to allow partial buildouts, but ensure each phase is balanced between "rich" and "poor" areas. That lowers the cost of entry while ensuring fair competition.
"explain how a single point failure will take out service across the country. "
If the routing protocols (e.g. BGP) get screwed up, it doesn't matter how many peer connections are up, the network doesn't know where to send the traffic.
You haven't done any serious networking, have you?
How is the human race ever going to develop the genes needed for a modern diet unless we let fatty burgers, salty fries, and sugary drinks kill off the weak ones before they breed so the gene pool can improve?
If you're eating a "stone age diet," you're part of the problem.
"You might have missed the part where the story isn't from a newspaper that is claiming to have researched it and presented the facts. It is actually from a blog called the "mommy files," and they don't describe the actual charges, or interview anybody other than the student and his mother."
You definitely missed the part where they linked to their source article, which was on a Chicago TV station news site.
The rest of your post just sounds like the sort of BS a psych major might spew.
"...he escalated things from there. The story even says this."
Are you reading the story linked here? Because, it says no such thing. The closest it comes is "Police told My Fox Chicago that Stone was difficult during questioning..."
That may simply mean he refused to answer their questions, which is well within his rights, and actually the proper thing to do. Don't talk to the police.
"Because an institution of higher learning prefers its workers to be dumb and uninformed"
No...because an employer pays for their employee's Internet access so they can do the employer's business. It's not like there aren't multiple ways to access the Internet.
Whoosh. The employer only "has to pay" because the government's threat of force then falls on them. To the original point, force is the only thing the government has to enforce its will.
Slashdot Mirror
It's not so much "get off my lawn," as "have your dog crap in your own yard."
"You're not on the hook for the fraudulent charges."
That's not it - you're simply not clear on the concept. Those costs are paid by the consumer, through higher prices and/or fees.
" if you hit and kill someone unintentionally without breaking any traffic regulations and laws, you won't be prosecuted"
That is, at a minimum, failure to yield to a pedestrian. So, how does one do so without breaking any laws?
BS. The law specifically allows me to drive a car, because I have a license to do so. That doesn't mean I can mow people down with impunity. Similarly, a law allowing cops to use electronic devices while driving doesn't absolve them from responsibility for negligence while doing so.
"If I covered myself in bricks and then had fireworks launched at the bricks would I also get on Slashdot as an "inventor?""
If timothy is editing at the time you post your article, then sure, why not?
Welcome to 1991!
Tek 485, FTW!
vi is non-standard.
ed is the standard text editor.
A software error in Russian GLONASS receivers has resulted in thousands of Russian troops innocently crossing the border into Ukraine.
The other solution is to allow partial buildouts, but ensure each phase is balanced between "rich" and "poor" areas. That lowers the cost of entry while ensuring fair competition.
"explain how a single point failure will take out service across the country. "
If the routing protocols (e.g. BGP) get screwed up, it doesn't matter how many peer connections are up, the network doesn't know where to send the traffic.
You haven't done any serious networking, have you?
"And you may ask yourself
Where is that large automobile? "
Because there are no automobile costs associated with depreciation, storage, maintenance, insurance, registration, etc?
Come to think of it, that sounds like that new carless driver Google's been working on.
Tortious interference.
That's the app which was on his iPod.
Far too many people (at least in the US) think political opinion can only fall into "us" vs. "them."
Americans tend to think that "liberal" means "liberal, as in beer," and not "liberal, as in libre."
Uh, NSA != CIA.
How is the human race ever going to develop the genes needed for a modern diet unless we let fatty burgers, salty fries, and sugary drinks kill off the weak ones before they breed so the gene pool can improve?
If you're eating a "stone age diet," you're part of the problem.
"You might have missed the part where the story isn't from a newspaper that is claiming to have researched it and presented the facts. It is actually from a blog called the "mommy files," and they don't describe the actual charges, or interview anybody other than the student and his mother."
You definitely missed the part where they linked to their source article, which was on a Chicago TV station news site.
The rest of your post just sounds like the sort of BS a psych major might spew.
"...he escalated things from there. The story even says this."
Are you reading the story linked here? Because, it says no such thing. The closest it comes is "Police told My Fox Chicago that Stone was difficult during questioning..."
That may simply mean he refused to answer their questions, which is well within his rights, and actually the proper thing to do. Don't talk to the police.
"Because an institution of higher learning prefers its workers to be dumb and uninformed"
No...because an employer pays for their employee's Internet access so they can do the employer's business. It's not like there aren't multiple ways to access the Internet.
Whoosh. The employer only "has to pay" because the government's threat of force then falls on them. To the original point, force is the only thing the government has to enforce its will.
I use ethanol ice (-114 C), you insensitive clod.
(And before you get pedantic, what else might you be drinking which is liquid at -12C?)
You think Rosa Parks had a cell phone?