I have been very impressed with the diverse range of opinions many people have.
The only place where I haven't seen this is in people who buy their ideas wholesale in a package deal from talk radio dj/cranks like the author of this thread has.
Who is "the left"?
If you eat tofu are you "the left", and are you against atomic energy?
Now that this person supports atomic energy does that mean he is a republican?
If Tannenbaum sensed that Ken Brown was full of it why did he bother talking to him at all after Brown refused to answer where he got his funding from?
Steve
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Well, I have a year old installation of knoppix.
I wanted alsa so I could turn the bass down on my speakers and I wanted power management so I could turn off my computer from linux.
I had to sacrafice a few weekends to learn about kernels, compile the things, and get it all working to do that.
It was educational, some of it was even fun, but I wouldn't have had to do that elsewhere.
Steve
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I have to say I am with tannebaum about microkernels.
I came to gnu/linux after being a windows refugee.
When I used windows, if I need a driver for changed hardware it was no big deal. I would download the thing and install it, spending maybe 10 min of my time.
Now that I use gnu/linux all decisions about the hardware I can support are carved in stone, correctable only by recompiling the entire kernel.
If you hobby is not your operating system it is a pain in the ass.
Yes, I know there is a movement to loadable device drivers.....its not moving fast enough IMHO.
Lastly, I have to give Tannebaum credit. To my knowledge he is the only person approaced by Brown who has stood up to speak out against this person.
There is a tremendous amount of inefficency.....and fuel usage....in US livestock production?
I wonder if it would be more efficent( yes, its not practical ) to reduce consumption of livestock and localize agriculture rather then raising what we do to be later converted to oil.
Also, lets face it, American's are wasteful.
If American's think that oil can by synthetically produced from agricultural waste ( shit, dead animal parts, some plant parts ) they will use a lot more energy.....with impunity.
Our current agricultural processes are burning out our land.
That movie is expected to draw furhter focus on the environment and specifically global warming. This is both good and bad, as too much focus on the environment can draw focus from other points of interesets. Danish Scientist "Bjorn Lomborg" (one of Time Magazines top 100 important persons) has been warning politicians to not forget other points of importance, such as healthcare and clean water. I hope this does not distort the vision of politicians around the globe, lets not forget how er priotitize.
Isn't focusing on clean water an environmental issue?
What could be of a higher priority then the environment?
Nothing else would matter much if we rendered our globe into an unlivable poisoned slag heep.
Steve
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It feels like the worset thing in the world while you are kneeling on your bathroom floor waiting to heave, but once you heave you feel a wonderful sense of relief.
When oil reserves get low enough to make using alternatives attractive there will be pain, but afterwards we can finally move on from this ridiculous situation from having our economy based on this stuff.
I think politically it will change more things then the end of the cold war.
When was the last time you gassed up your car and saw somebody dressed up like an extra from Dune selling you peanuts?
You can think what you like about the Saudi's, but American resellers, American oil companies make tremendous profits on keeping an oil based economy going.
Its not the Saudi's leading us around by the nose.
Its rich American oil companies and rich American oil famlies.
I read in the news recently that while opec is making their usual money American oil companies are making record profits during this price hike.
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Who is "the left"?
I have been very impressed with the diverse range of opinions many people have.
The only place where I haven't seen this is in people who buy their ideas wholesale in a package deal from talk radio dj/cranks like the author of this thread has.
Who is "the left"?
If you eat tofu are you "the left", and are you against atomic energy?
Now that this person supports atomic energy does that mean he is a republican?
Oy!
Steve
If Tannenbaum sensed that Ken Brown was full of it why did he bother talking to him at all after Brown refused to answer where he got his funding from?
Steve
Well, I have a year old installation of knoppix.
I wanted alsa so I could turn the bass down on my speakers and I wanted power management so I could turn off my computer from linux.
I had to sacrafice a few weekends to learn about kernels, compile the things, and get it all working to do that.
It was educational, some of it was even fun, but I wouldn't have had to do that elsewhere.
Steve
Never said windows had a microkernel
I have to say I am with tannebaum about microkernels.
I came to gnu/linux after being a windows refugee.
When I used windows, if I need a driver for changed hardware it was no big deal. I would download the thing and install it, spending maybe 10 min of my time.
Now that I use gnu/linux all decisions about the hardware I can support are carved in stone, correctable only by recompiling the entire kernel.
If you hobby is not your operating system it is a pain in the ass.
Yes, I know there is a movement to loadable device drivers.....its not moving fast enough IMHO.
Lastly, I have to give Tannebaum credit. To my knowledge he is the only person approaced by Brown who has stood up to speak out against this person.
Steve
I have the DVD set of UFO.
I agree with you, its better.
I'm hesitating to buy the second DVD set because I don't want to "use it up".
Steve
Ditto.
This story has nothing to do with tech and I have seen several that did get rejected.
I would like to suggest that the new "meta moderation" ( evaluating moderator judgements on single postings ) be extended to story selection choices.
No offense.
Steve
Okay, I am a fan of Space 1999 ( season 1 only ) which is also goofy and as old as dust.
However there is enough material there for several DVD box sets.
How can there be a web site for a single movie that has to be more then 30 years old?
How much of a single film is there to talk about?
Steve
You mean Logan's Run? :)
In other words it is a long campaign commercial to show what the US will be like if GWB wins a new term?
As someone else wrote in the thread about the "Klingon Language Institute":
I'm a fan, but......OUTSIDE...NOW.....SUNSHINE!
Steve
I read the articles.
I can't help but agree with you about this particular case.
I am still skeptical about your generalizations concerning the entire anti-nuclear movement or the safety of nucelar power on a large scale.
I'm going to post an article to "ask slashdot" asking for book recommendations for each side of the argument.
Steve
There is a tremendous amount of inefficency.....and fuel usage....in US livestock production?
I wonder if it would be more efficent( yes, its not practical ) to reduce consumption of livestock and localize agriculture rather then raising what we do to be later converted to oil.
Also, lets face it, American's are wasteful.
If American's think that oil can by synthetically produced from agricultural waste ( shit, dead animal parts, some plant parts ) they will use a lot more energy.....with impunity.
Our current agricultural processes are burning out our land.
Steve
Since this plant makes oil, does this synthetic oil pollute the air when it is burned?
If not, why?
Steve
Heh. I challenge you to find a 3 character abbreviation that is not taken. I would add "sue me", but these days that is just asking for trouble. Steve
Um, yah.
My point, which you quoted, was that:
"You can't do much with ***___JUST___*** XWindows."
Steve
GLX ( GNU, Linux, XWindows ), an alternative name for the operating system is very fair, IMHO.
You can't do much with just the kernel ( linux ).
You can't do much with just the software GNU made
You can't do much with just XWindows.
Give everyone credit for "GLX".
I think it is catchier sounding the "Linux" and a whole let less clunky then "GNU/Linux'.
Steve
Spammers can always crall back under their rock.
Embarrass and FINE the companies that use spammers.
Steve
What could be of a higher priority then the environment?
Nothing else would matter much if we rendered our globe into an unlivable poisoned slag heep.
Steve
It feels like the worset thing in the world while you are kneeling on your bathroom floor waiting to heave, but once you heave you feel a wonderful sense of relief.
When oil reserves get low enough to make using alternatives attractive there will be pain, but afterwards we can finally move on from this ridiculous situation from having our economy based on this stuff.
I think politically it will change more things then the end of the cold war.
Steve
When was the last time you gassed up your car and saw somebody dressed up like an extra from Dune selling you peanuts?
You can think what you like about the Saudi's, but American resellers, American oil companies make tremendous profits on keeping an oil based economy going.
Its not the Saudi's leading us around by the nose.
Its rich American oil companies and rich American oil famlies.
I read in the news recently that while opec is making their usual money American oil companies are making record profits during this price hike.
Steve
I live in the Washington D.C. Metro area in the USA.......one of the 4 public transportation cities in the US.
Even here, getting by without a car is a sport.
Anywhere else in America it would be impossible.
Steve
Think about how pitiful it would be to be an astroturfer.
At some point you would have to admit to yourself that is how you make your living.
Not by your education, your skills, or your talents.
Maybe you don't have any.
That is your contribution to your company.
Pathetic.
Steve
Regarding semantics,
My bad about "only", it was my intention to use an absolute word but I did.
"Enthusiast" is often used as a synonym for "hobbyist". That doesn't equate with a professional being an "enthusiast" if they are enthusiastic.
Regarding your last point:
"Is that enough to establish the legitimacy of my complaint?"
No.
I'm going to surprise you by reading both of the sites you pointed me to and then checking out the details on both sides of the story.
I will post a reply in a day or two after I finish looking at it.
Steve
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