Re:The problem isn't always getting up there
on
Apollo 1
·
· Score: 2
Point.
I wasn't thinking about radiation or (lack of) gravity, I guess that evens things up a bit. I wasn't aware of the heat disposal problem. That's interesting; I guess I'd always assumed that a vacuum would act as a heat sink, but it can't really conduct heat(?)
Re:The problem isn't always getting up there
on
Apollo 1
·
· Score: 3, Insightful
I would have to contend that the deep-sea floor is a far more unforgiving environment. We're talking about a pressure differential of thousands of atmospheres as opposed to one. A tiny leak deep-sea can mean instant death. And rescue is no more of a possibility than it is on Mars.
No one ever said anything about taking the money out of programming. I'm sure Red Hat programmers enjoy a decent salary. Much of Free software is hobby work, done for love.
Most of the true believers in Free software do not condone piracy at all. That would be your typical Windows user or Slashdot bigmouth you're thinking of.
GCC probably is the world's best compiler if you put correctness and platform independence ahead of speed.
Any OS crashes, building a stable system is a system administration skill. There are extremely stable combinations available.
Mozilla already rocks all over IE, IMNSHO.
Most businesses fail in the first couple years, especially in the current recession.
Slashdot does not represent any community but its own.
Your bitterness is unbecoming. Slamming the good work of people in the Linux, Mozilla, and GCC projects because of your sudden realization that all of your juvenile misapprehensions are not 100% correct is a mark of poor character.
Personally, I find the Pythonesque British accents to be far more annoying. It is not medieval Earth, it is an entirely different universe. There's no need to sound like Oliver-fucking-Twist.
IBM has been offering Linux support for years (where have you been?) I don't think many managers would want "support" from AOL at all. It's not like they have experience in anything but blaming ISPs or Windows for problems with their software.
They could conceivably require you to have speakers that have a built in decryption chip (by getting in bed with Dell, MS, et. al.)
But then, of course there are the little wires going to the actual driver cones. I'll be really impressed if they can come up with a paper that can decrypt vibrations in real time. Even then, a good microphone properly set up will give you a reasonable copy.
slather (slthr)
tr.v. Informal slathered, slathering, slathers
To use or give great amounts of; lavish: slathered gifts and attention on their only child.
To spread thickly: slather onions on the steak.
To cover with something spread thickly: bagels slathered with cream cheese.
n.
Slang. A great amount. Often used in the plural: slathers of jewels.
Interesting choice of words. Perhaps you meant slavering? Unless, of course, you were admitting that you were thickly layering on the bullshit...
We should all contact them for written permission to view their website on a second computer.
"I read the licensing terms for your website while browsing on my computer at work. I would like to be able to access this information at home, so please send me written permission to do so. Thank you."
By Rik's comments in the interview one would think that Rik's patches apparently lacked the necessary attention from Linus. I tend to believe Rik, a one man revision control system on a project of that size has got to be damn lossy...
What doesn't make sense is how a superb piece of technology like BeOS winds up in the dustbin of computing history.
Well I hate to say it but 'I told you so.' I swore I would never get burned again after Amiga. I found Linux and *BSD a few years later and realized that these are systems that will always be here while they are useful. They are not vulnerable to pricks in suits.
BeOS had some interesting ideas and some great implementations, but I'm glad I didn't invest time in it only to have my heart broken again.
Oh come on, where's your pioneer spirit? *poke* *poke*
Personally, I have a feeling that homo sapiens or descendants thereof will infest this galaxy like cockroaches eventually. But I admit there is no reason for "glib confidence."
I don't see that it really matters. Any lower level calls are just abstracted through the toolkit anyway. And Linux probably supports a lot more hardware and has better performance.
You don't get it. Several people have pointed out to you that the Constitution specifically grants powers to the government. It is not to be interpreted in such a way that citizens are denied all rights not explicitly granted by the Constitution.
Really? I was moved almost to tears several times. Especially the scene after Moria where the party collapses in exhaustion, despair and grief.
I think my mind filled in the missing characterization, having read the books so many times. Perhaps non-readers wouldn't have the same empathy for the characters...
Re:Evolution and the corporate lifeform
on
Monsanto and PCBs
·
· Score: 2
Are you sure we don't have to cut off the head? Oh wait, that's vampires... I always get all the bloodsuckers mixed up.
<sarcasm>Yes, and the fact that Mrs. Jones like to torture kittens for fun has nothing to do with her skills as a babysitter, so lets be objective here.</sarcasm>
Slashdot Mirror
Point.
I wasn't thinking about radiation or (lack of) gravity, I guess that evens things up a bit. I wasn't aware of the heat disposal problem. That's interesting; I guess I'd always assumed that a vacuum would act as a heat sink, but it can't really conduct heat(?)
I would have to contend that the deep-sea floor is a far more unforgiving environment. We're talking about a pressure differential of thousands of atmospheres as opposed to one. A tiny leak deep-sea can mean instant death. And rescue is no more of a possibility than it is on Mars.
Awww, did you get your widdle bubble burst?
Your bitterness is unbecoming. Slamming the good work of people in the Linux, Mozilla, and GCC projects because of your sudden realization that all of your juvenile misapprehensions are not 100% correct is a mark of poor character.
Personally, I find the Pythonesque British accents to be far more annoying. It is not medieval Earth, it is an entirely different universe. There's no need to sound like Oliver-fucking-Twist.
Hrm...
It's probably better than tech support...
Ha ha. Touche'.
IBM has been offering Linux support for years (where have you been?) I don't think many managers would want "support" from AOL at all. It's not like they have experience in anything but blaming ISPs or Windows for problems with their software.
Yes, I think an Old West game where I could play a rogue Indian brave wasting cowboys would kick ass!
I'm a white American male and I suspect most of my kind would feel the same. That it would kick ass! Heheheh. I love typing that.
I'm having total 70's flashbacks... sitting on the living room floor playing with my Legos and watching Logan's Run... again.
They could conceivably require you to have speakers that have a built in decryption chip (by getting in bed with Dell, MS, et. al.)
But then, of course there are the little wires going to the actual driver cones. I'll be really impressed if they can come up with a paper that can decrypt vibrations in real time. Even then, a good microphone properly set up will give you a reasonable copy.
In short, they are fools.
Hmmm...
slather (slthr)
tr.v. Informal slathered, slathering, slathers
To use or give great amounts of; lavish: slathered gifts and attention on their only child.
To spread thickly: slather onions on the steak.
To cover with something spread thickly: bagels slathered with cream cheese.
n.
Slang. A great amount. Often used in the plural: slathers of jewels.
Interesting choice of words. Perhaps you meant slavering? Unless, of course, you were admitting that you were thickly layering on the bullshit...
LOL!
We should all contact them for written permission to view their website on a second computer.
"I read the licensing terms for your website while browsing on my computer at work. I would like to be able to access this information at home, so please send me written permission to do so. Thank you."
By Rik's comments in the interview one would think that Rik's patches apparently lacked the necessary attention from Linus. I tend to believe Rik, a one man revision control system on a project of that size has got to be damn lossy...
What doesn't make sense is how a superb piece of technology like BeOS winds up in the dustbin of computing history.
Well I hate to say it but 'I told you so.' I swore I would never get burned again after Amiga. I found Linux and *BSD a few years later and realized that these are systems that will always be here while they are useful. They are not vulnerable to pricks in suits.
BeOS had some interesting ideas and some great implementations, but I'm glad I didn't invest time in it only to have my heart broken again.
...really needs to get a clue.
"Tom's Hardware is just a website, not a magazine. The testing monitors are reserved for the press."
Sheesh.
I'm with you, man. Unix and Windows have proven that C is not suitable for a networked system that needs security.
Squeak is pretty cool, but I like Lisp dialects better than Smalltalk.
The problem is the lack of a Lisp dialect compiler suitable for OS-level work as illustrated here.
Oh come on, where's your pioneer spirit? *poke* *poke*
Personally, I have a feeling that homo sapiens or descendants thereof will infest this galaxy like cockroaches eventually. But I admit there is no reason for "glib confidence."
I don't see that it really matters. Any lower level calls are just abstracted through the toolkit anyway. And Linux probably supports a lot more hardware and has better performance.
Or, as one cro-magnon said to the other, "..and what is all this 'colonizing the world' drivel?"
the probability of occurrence for any given pattern is the same as the probability of any other pattern
... of the same size. the pattern '333' is far more likely to reappear than the pattern '1234321.'
You don't get it. Several people have pointed out to you that the Constitution specifically grants powers to the government. It is not to be interpreted in such a way that citizens are denied all rights not explicitly granted by the Constitution.
Make a root cron job to regularly back up /home to an area that's writable only by root...
Really? I was moved almost to tears several times. Especially the scene after Moria where the party collapses in exhaustion, despair and grief.
I think my mind filled in the missing characterization, having read the books so many times. Perhaps non-readers wouldn't have the same empathy for the characters...
Are you sure we don't have to cut off the head? Oh wait, that's vampires... I always get all the bloodsuckers mixed up.
<sarcasm>Yes, and the fact that Mrs. Jones like to torture kittens for fun has nothing to do with her skills as a babysitter, so lets be objective here.</sarcasm>
Open your eyes, fool.