Until this project is rendered illegal in the US under some DMCA-style bullshit. After all, you might be able to (gasp!) record something off of your incoming television signal.
Of course, only pirates and pedophiles will have a use for this project.
(The last part of this post is a JOKE, gawddammit!)
Those few cases where they have helped conservatives were motivated by a desire to put up a front of impartiality, by supporting just enough cases to get people to argue that they are impartial.
And you know this, how?
Ahh, yet another rational post derailed by an ad hominem attack.
No, it is an expression of my opinion. Hatch is one of a number of dumbass "conservatives" who try to legislate their religious morals based on some warped interpretation of the Judeo-Christian Bible.
Consider the Equal Access Act of 1984. Hatch and other like-minded religious conservatives crafted legislation that would allow Christain students to have prayer groups on public school property after shool. I personally thought the legislation was an unneccesary intrusion in local politics, but the idea of expanded access to public places is a good idea. What Hatch and his dimwitted supporters *didn't* count on was that gays, lesbians, atheists, satanists, and other groups would use the same law to gain access to these same public buildings.
Hatch said that "groups like that" were not intended to be the beneficiaries of the legislation only proving that dorks like Hatch are incapable of thinking through the consequences of their legislative actions.
Just like the Utah legislature that passed this abortion.
Arguing about our opinions is a waste of time. My definition of what Solaris is best at would have to do with stability. But others may have an opinion that contradicts mine. I wouldn't take issue with their interpretation of best.
Didn't you even read the Linus interview?
Please read the paragraph above then decide for yourself.
A real conservative would think that government should stay out of this sort of thing and that forcing ISPs to restrict content is absurd.
Libertarians UNITE!
The 'rabid right' I refer to is the group that advocates expanded government control of private behavior. If that isn't you, then I don't consider you a rabid rightist.
An unmanned hypergolic rocket is in fact often as dangerous as a man-rated rocket in that leakage from the corrosive and poisonous fuel and oxidizers can kill as many people as an explosion on the way to orbit.
Which makes any launch dangerous.
For two otherwise identical rockets, it can be argued that the unmanned variant is inherently safer,...
Which is the point I was trying to make. Unfortunately my point was lost in the noise to "save the shuttle!".
The shuttle is expensive, dangerous to the crew, and unnecessary for payload deployment.
There are cheaper, safer, and more efficient means for deploying LEO payloads.
This gives more ammunition to the rabid right in their attempt to make the ACLU the bogeyman for everything "evil" in this world. Of course the rightwing nutjobs forget that the ACLU has also defended Ollie North and Rush Limbaugh. I guess ingrates have short memories.
The target of this legislation also dooms it to failure. Business interests are not going to stand by and allow the Utah legislature make common carrier status a criminal offense. If that were allowed to stand then the phone company would be criminally negligent for obscene phone calls made on their lines.
Never let it be said that the Utah legistlature had real brain power. After all, the state produced Orrin Hatch!
Nice to see that you're swiftly becoming a narcissist though, fan-club indeed...before long you'll be a full-fledged member of the egostistical prick elite.
Thanks for rising to the bait.
Of course I *don't* have a fan club, but I do have a few folks who are rather angry with what I have written. They make assume a lot about my personality that they could only know if they were close, personal friends and spend an inordinate amount of time pontificating mightily about my penis size.
I find their posts, as well as yours, funny as hell.
To the Moderator who modded this post "Flamebait":
The Solaris comment was a 'joke'. Humor is often times expressed on Slashdot in a manner that doesn't begin with the words "Two nuns walk into a bar....".
But I have a considerable fan club developing around my posts and have a few stalkers who are always itching to mod my posts down. Perhaps you aren't humorless afterall, but are just angry at someone you've never met.
Sounds strange when it is put that way, doesn't it?
IMHO, the Solaris kernel is simply one of the, the not THE, best kernel currently available.
I don't think even the most hard-core Linux user would dispute that (well, maybe the zealots would).
As I wrote to the other poster who caught my gentle dig, I love Solaris for its stability. The only thing that I admire more about Linux is the open development. Sun cannot compete (for many reasons, mostly commercial) with Linux on that score.
TFA is not a Slashdot-style discussion, obviously. No matter how hard Joe Barr tried to get Linus to engage in a comparison, he was unwilling to rise to the bait. Good going, Linus.
There are obvious merits to any operating system. Despite what many/.ers think, Windows does work well enough to allow people to do productive work. The various BSD flavors work well enough for their community to do productive work. I would venture that Solaris users probably get quite a bit done with their relatively immature software as well. Oh yeah, OSX stuff works well too.
The problem with comparisons is that once all of the products begin to operate at a level that makes them useful to their target audience, then the only thing left to argue about is the margins. Zealots exist on the margins and so are they are the most likely to carp and moan about the small differences between various products.
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Free speech all you want in your journal. Keep posts on topic and non-flamebait in areas like this though.
Thanks Dad.
Why do we need moderation if everyone adheres to the rules as you define them?
Not to mention that they're not accurate anyways,..
It is an OPINION. Who measures the accuracy of an opinion anyway, and how the hell would you do it?
Wow! Nearly two hours to get a "Troll" mod.
That must be some kind of record. Carping about moderation usually gets a post slapped pretty quickly.
Thanks for chiming in, Orrin. Here's the latest amendment to the DMCA for you to peruse.
Its only ten pages, so you should be able to wade through it in about two days.
Until this project is rendered illegal in the US under some DMCA-style bullshit. After all, you might be able to (gasp!) record something off of your incoming television signal.
Of course, only pirates and pedophiles will have a use for this project.
(The last part of this post is a JOKE, gawddammit!)
Those few cases where they have helped conservatives were motivated by a desire to put up a front of impartiality, by supporting just enough cases to get people to argue that they are impartial.
And you know this, how?
Ahh, yet another rational post derailed by an ad hominem attack.
No, it is an expression of my opinion. Hatch is one of a number of dumbass "conservatives" who try to legislate their religious morals based on some warped interpretation of the Judeo-Christian Bible.
Consider the Equal Access Act of 1984. Hatch and other like-minded religious conservatives crafted legislation that would allow Christain students to have prayer groups on public school property after shool. I personally thought the legislation was an unneccesary intrusion in local politics, but the idea of expanded access to public places is a good idea. What Hatch and his dimwitted supporters *didn't* count on was that gays, lesbians, atheists, satanists, and other groups would use the same law to gain access to these same public buildings.
Hatch said that "groups like that" were not intended to be the beneficiaries of the legislation only proving that dorks like Hatch are incapable of thinking through the consequences of their legislative actions.
Just like the Utah legislature that passed this abortion.
And Libertarian speaks for itself...
;)
Quite true.
Dealing with the cretins I've had to assist today has obviously caused a sense of humour failure!
No worries, mate.
I've had to tell more than a few people today that it was a gentle dig at Solaris.
I like Solaris - unqualified.
How do you classify Solaris as immature considering Solaris 1.0 (SunOS 4.0) was released in 1989 and SunOS has been around even longer than that?
It was a joke.
You are right. So the official count for the ACLU is 131423423 to 14 in favor of protecting the left and their interests. Now do you feel better?
Why would you ask that?
I'm a Libertarian. In case you haven't noticed, the left doesn't like me either.
Not sayin the right doesn't do it, just saying the left does it as well.
No argument here.
Best as what?
He was expressing an opinion. I agreed with him.
Arguing about our opinions is a waste of time. My definition of what Solaris is best at would have to do with stability. But others may have an opinion that contradicts mine. I wouldn't take issue with their interpretation of best.
Didn't you even read the Linus interview?
Please read the paragraph above then decide for yourself.
Maybe you're just an asshole and you don't know it? :)
;)
That would be professional asshole, thank you.
Damn, I must have missed it. My apologies to the AC and Kudos! for the subtleness.
But I bet you will never see someone that is a member of both.
Umm... I am.
As a Libertarian it is not inconsistent.
Being a member of both the NRA *and* Handgun Control Inc. would be strange.
A real conservative would think that government should stay out of this sort of thing and that forcing ISPs to restrict content is absurd.
Libertarians UNITE!
The 'rabid right' I refer to is the group that advocates expanded government control of private behavior. If that isn't you, then I don't consider you a rabid rightist.
An unmanned hypergolic rocket is in fact often as dangerous as a man-rated rocket in that leakage from the corrosive and poisonous fuel and oxidizers can kill as many people as an explosion on the way to orbit.
Which makes any launch dangerous.
For two otherwise identical rockets, it can be argued that the unmanned variant is inherently safer,...
Which is the point I was trying to make. Unfortunately my point was lost in the noise to "save the shuttle!".
The shuttle is expensive, dangerous to the crew, and unnecessary for payload deployment.
There are cheaper, safer, and more efficient means for deploying LEO payloads.
Bravo for inserting unnecessary and inflammatory political comments into an otherwise insightful post.
So I should just shut up and keep my opinions to myself?
Wow, what a wonderful example of free speech advocacy on Slashdot.
This gives more ammunition to the rabid right in their attempt to make the ACLU the bogeyman for everything "evil" in this world. Of course the rightwing nutjobs forget that the ACLU has also defended Ollie North and Rush Limbaugh. I guess ingrates have short memories.
The target of this legislation also dooms it to failure. Business interests are not going to stand by and allow the Utah legislature make common carrier status a criminal offense. If that were allowed to stand then the phone company would be criminally negligent for obscene phone calls made on their lines.
Never let it be said that the Utah legistlature had real brain power. After all, the state produced Orrin Hatch!
Nice to see that you're swiftly becoming a narcissist though, fan-club indeed...before long you'll be a full-fledged member of the egostistical prick elite.
Thanks for rising to the bait.
Of course I *don't* have a fan club, but I do have a few folks who are rather angry with what I have written. They make assume a lot about my personality that they could only know if they were close, personal friends and spend an inordinate amount of time pontificating mightily about my penis size.
I find their posts, as well as yours, funny as hell.
You must be referring to Solaris on Intel. I still don't think "immature" is the right adjective.
It was a joke.
To the Moderator who modded this post "Flamebait":
The Solaris comment was a 'joke'. Humor is often times expressed on Slashdot in a manner that doesn't begin with the words "Two nuns walk into a bar....".
But I have a considerable fan club developing around my posts and have a few stalkers who are always itching to mod my posts down. Perhaps you aren't humorless afterall, but are just angry at someone you've never met.
Sounds strange when it is put that way, doesn't it?
IMHO, the Solaris kernel is simply one of the, the not THE, best kernel currently available.
I don't think even the most hard-core Linux user would dispute that (well, maybe the zealots would).
As I wrote to the other poster who caught my gentle dig, I love Solaris for its stability. The only thing that I admire more about Linux is the open development. Sun cannot compete (for many reasons, mostly commercial) with Linux on that score.
You caught me on the gentle dig.
I love Solaris for the stability.
TFA is not a Slashdot-style discussion, obviously. No matter how hard Joe Barr tried to get Linus to engage in a comparison, he was unwilling to rise to the bait. Good going, Linus.
/.ers think, Windows does work well enough to allow people to do productive work. The various BSD flavors work well enough for their community to do productive work. I would venture that Solaris users probably get quite a bit done with their relatively immature software as well. Oh yeah, OSX stuff works well too.
There are obvious merits to any operating system. Despite what many
The problem with comparisons is that once all of the products begin to operate at a level that makes them useful to their target audience, then the only thing left to argue about is the margins. Zealots exist on the margins and so are they are the most likely to carp and moan about the small differences between various products.
Linus is not a zealot. He is an advocate.
Dude, you are full of shit.
That there are better, safer ways to launch payloads into low Earth orbit?
A little bit of evidence would be more convincing than your lame attempt at foot stomping.