Yes, because there are only as many programmers in the world as there are 6-year-old quantum physicists.
Also, what if some 6-year-old out there was smart enough to learn quantum physics? Would you not be robbing that child of learning by denying textbooks? Just because other children wouldn't benefit from the books doesn't mean that child wouldn't.
A bot could definately do well with fixed limit poker. But you put a bot against some good players in No Limit Texas Hold 'Em, and the bot wouldn't stand a chance.
I have a file sitting on my desktop here at work which says IE was still growing up in July of this year.
It was an 11 byte html file which made IE go BOOOOOOOOM. I aptly named it "crashme.htm".
It remains on my desktop as a reminder of MS crap:)
Hehe. That reminds me of a CD I have. I stopped Nero in the middle of burning a CD, and now if you put the CD in any Win 2000 or XP box it'll crash the box:)
Blurred line between desktop and web browser != blurred line between kernel and web browser.
It still could open up room for exploits, but not the same type of exploits as IE. That being said, I personally would prefer my browser to do nothing but browse.
While his thesis for earning his PhD may have been 100% true, it's quite obvious that he didn't understand what he learned in Science 101 about the scientific method. So I think the university's decision to strip his PhD is a sound one.
a Controller has Analogue Controls instead of the on/off keys that Keyboards have, maybe you don't want to Run Everywhere
That is also my complaint with using a keyboard for gaming. And for quite some time I wouldn't even use a kb/mouse setup because of it. However, the mouse gives you so much more control than an analog stick, that it's not even funny (maybe not for all things, but most definately for aiming in FPSs).
Telephone companies have been doing this for many years.
One of the companies I worked for even listed the surcharges at the end of the taxes so that when people called the first five or so things they asked about would get an answer of "that's a tax, there's nothing we can do about it," that way they usually stopped asking before getting to the surcharges.
Most companies won't even list them though, they just put "Other taxes and surcharges... $X" on the bill.
OFFTOPIC: What is the point in running the very first release of KDE?
Because I can. What is the point of trying to convince somebody not to run the very first release of KDE?
-O3 can actually cause _slower_ code from over optimizing. It creates much larger executable then -O2.
Very true. I actually compile everything with -O2, but I've heard that some things run faster with -Os (KDE for example). The nice thing is, I can choose how I want to do it. If I want to fiddle with things to find the ultimate optimizations I can. Or I can just pick a set of optimizations to use for everything.
It is actually funny to hear all these Gentoo zealots talking about how their systems are sooo, uber fast now because they sat through a few hours of compilations. Yet they forget that a company like Red Hat has about 5 or 6 of the _top_ kernel developers working for them such as Alan Cox, while Gentoo has zero.
What does that second sentence have to do with the first? Also, how did the gentoo-dev-sources come into existence if zero people developed it?
That being said, Gentoo isn't for everyone. If you're more happy with another distro then great! Personally I'm happy with Gentoo.
ONTOPIC: How well does SUSE compare in user-freindliness to distros like Fedora and Mandrake? Is it ready for Joe User?
Right, of course, provide 19 more ports of iTunes, one for each Linux distro, right? Not going to happen, and it's a matter of marketshare. Linux users hate iPod anyway, and porting iTunes 19 more times isn't going to net them many increased iPod sales,
Show me one Linux program that has 19 versions. They would only need one Linux version, and it also likely run on *BSD through the Linux compatibilty layer.
That being said, I doubt they will port it anyways. And as you mentioned, at least they allow you to burn to a CD. My free itunes songs I got from Pepsi were burned to CD encoded in FLAC, and now they play just fine on Linux*. That would be impossible (until the DRM is cracked) with Sony's scheme.
*Any purchases from them however will be few and far between because I don't own a Windows box or a Mac.
The only reason one would be upset is if they're a downloader themselves, and if you are, you must admit what you are doing has no legal or moral basis (or you'd be a hypocrite).
I'm sorry, but would you be so kind as to define my morals for me.
Users should tread carefully when updating config files. etc-update is a great assistant to this process, but if you hang out on #gentoo for a little while, you'll eventually hear from someone who's accidentally blown away their working config by using etc-update. Be careful with it!
If you accidentally blow away your config files by using etc-update, then you seriously fkced up (which I'll admit, I've done myself, once). It tells you which config files need updating, and then gives you the option to update all of them, update one at a time (with an option to skip each one), or not update them at all. So, if you blindly overwrites a file it is your fault not etc-update's.
Also, if you don't have a backup of your config files then you are even more at fault.
Well, other people already debunked the majority of the BS in this post, but I'll point out something that they seemed to miss.
"I use Gentoo because it's more like the BSDs." "Last month I tried to install FreeBSD on a well-supported machine, but the text-based installer scared me off. I've never used a BSD, but the guys on Slashdot say that it's l33t though, so surely I must be for using Gentoo."
Gentoo's installation is all done from the command prompt. I really doubt anybody who has done it would be scared off by a text-based installer.
Slashdot Mirror
They're always the last place you look.
:)
Unless you're an idiot and keep searching after they've been found
Yes, because there are only as many programmers in the world as there are 6-year-old quantum physicists.
Also, what if some 6-year-old out there was smart enough to learn quantum physics? Would you not be robbing that child of learning by denying textbooks? Just because other children wouldn't benefit from the books doesn't mean that child wouldn't.
There actually are still many sites that require IE to work properly there is a list of some here: http://toastytech.com/good/badsitelist.html
The funny thing is if use the User Agent Switcher they all seem to work just fine.
A bot could definately do well with fixed limit poker. But you put a bot against some good players in No Limit Texas Hold 'Em, and the bot wouldn't stand a chance.
I have a file sitting on my desktop here at work which says IE was still growing up in July of this year.
:)
:)
It was an 11 byte html file which made IE go BOOOOOOOOM. I aptly named it "crashme.htm".
It remains on my desktop as a reminder of MS crap
Hehe. That reminds me of a CD I have. I stopped Nero in the middle of burning a CD, and now if you put the CD in any Win 2000 or XP box it'll crash the box
It has nothing to do with default case. It has to do with the lack of breaks.
Read it again. A vote for kerry means both kerry and bush get a vote. A vote for nader means nader kerry and bush get a vote.
I wouldn't switch to OS X, but I'd definately run it in vmware.
Linux is not ready for the desktop. The folks at AT&T know that, otherwise they would be doing it, not *considering* it.
Yes, I also would expect a multi-billion dollar corporation to make a large transition without considering it first. That makes perfect sense.
ipkungfu
Blurred line between desktop and web browser != blurred line between kernel and web browser.
It still could open up room for exploits, but not the same type of exploits as IE. That being said, I personally would prefer my browser to do nothing but browse.
GMail allows you to implement your own filters, and if you're really worried about false positives you can always browse your junk folder.
Although, since it sounds like you're all situated anyways, switching to gmail probably wouldn't be a good idea in your situation.
While his thesis for earning his PhD may have been 100% true, it's quite obvious that he didn't understand what he learned in Science 101 about the scientific method. So I think the university's decision to strip his PhD is a sound one.
If you're actually buying xboxes to hurt microsoft, then wouldn't it be more productive to donate that money to your favorite OSS project?
Huh, I was about to watch the daily show in 5 minutes. Thanks for the heads up :) -- Now I'll go play some half life instead.
a Controller has Analogue Controls instead of the on/off keys that Keyboards have, maybe you don't want to Run Everywhere
That is also my complaint with using a keyboard for gaming. And for quite some time I wouldn't even use a kb/mouse setup because of it. However, the mouse gives you so much more control than an analog stick, that it's not even funny (maybe not for all things, but most definately for aiming in FPSs).
Telephone companies have been doing this for many years.
One of the companies I worked for even listed the surcharges at the end of the taxes so that when people called the first five or so things they asked about would get an answer of "that's a tax, there's nothing we can do about it," that way they usually stopped asking before getting to the surcharges.
Most companies won't even list them though, they just put "Other taxes and surcharges... $X" on the bill.
OFFTOPIC:
What is the point in running the very first release of KDE?
Because I can. What is the point of trying to convince somebody not to run the very first release of KDE?
-O3 can actually cause _slower_ code from over optimizing. It creates much larger executable then -O2.
Very true. I actually compile everything with -O2, but I've heard that some things run faster with -Os (KDE for example). The nice thing is, I can choose how I want to do it. If I want to fiddle with things to find the ultimate optimizations I can. Or I can just pick a set of optimizations to use for everything.
It is actually funny to hear all these Gentoo zealots talking about how their systems are sooo, uber fast now because they sat through a few hours of compilations. Yet they forget that a company like Red Hat has about 5 or 6 of the _top_ kernel developers working for them such as Alan Cox, while Gentoo has zero.
What does that second sentence have to do with the first? Also, how did the gentoo-dev-sources come into existence if zero people developed it?
That being said, Gentoo isn't for everyone. If you're more happy with another distro then great! Personally I'm happy with Gentoo.
ONTOPIC:
How well does SUSE compare in user-freindliness to distros like Fedora and Mandrake? Is it ready for Joe User?
The only people bitching about DRM are misguided people and people who WANT there to be no DRM so they can pirate.
I use fairplay (now hymn) to listen to my legally purchased itunes songs under linux, because I don't own a Windows box or a Mac.
How is that piracy?
Right, of course, provide 19 more ports of iTunes, one for each Linux distro, right? Not going to happen, and it's a matter of marketshare. Linux users hate iPod anyway, and porting iTunes 19 more times isn't going to net them many increased iPod sales,
Show me one Linux program that has 19 versions. They would only need one Linux version, and it also likely run on *BSD through the Linux compatibilty layer.
That being said, I doubt they will port it anyways. And as you mentioned, at least they allow you to burn to a CD. My free itunes songs I got from Pepsi were burned to CD encoded in FLAC, and now they play just fine on Linux*. That would be impossible (until the DRM is cracked) with Sony's scheme.
*Any purchases from them however will be few and far between because I don't own a Windows box or a Mac.
I've never had Windows Update break a machine.
After installing SP4 on my friend's Windows 2000 box, he had to reinstall just about every program he had, because they just stopped working.
To be fair to MS though, they really didn't expect him to be running any programs as a normal user instead of an administrator.
The only reason one would be upset is if they're a downloader themselves, and if you are, you must admit what you are doing has no legal or moral basis (or you'd be a hypocrite).
I'm sorry, but would you be so kind as to define my morals for me.
Users should tread carefully when updating config files. etc-update is a great assistant to this process, but if you hang out on #gentoo for a little while, you'll eventually hear from someone who's accidentally blown away their working config by using etc-update. Be careful with it!
If you accidentally blow away your config files by using etc-update, then you seriously fkced up (which I'll admit, I've done myself, once). It tells you which config files need updating, and then gives you the option to update all of them, update one at a time (with an option to skip each one), or not update them at all. So, if you blindly overwrites a file it is your fault not etc-update's.
Also, if you don't have a backup of your config files then you are even more at fault.
Well, other people already debunked the majority of the BS in this post, but I'll point out something that they seemed to miss.
"I use Gentoo because it's more like the BSDs."
"Last month I tried to install FreeBSD on a well-supported machine, but the text-based installer scared me off. I've never used a BSD, but the guys on Slashdot say that it's l33t though, so surely I must be for using Gentoo."
Gentoo's installation is all done from the command prompt. I really doubt anybody who has done it would be scared off by a text-based installer.
How does one go about becoming a tester?
Use open source, then report and/or fix the bugs you find.
It's true that iChat's incoming IM windows pop up on top of all your other windows, but it's not a nuisance at all.
While I don't doubt that it doesn't bother you, that would bug the hell out of me.