Of course I believe he'd have to become a subject of the Queen to do so, and given his predisposition, I doubt he'd be particularly inclined to do so.
He just needs citizenship of one of the Commonwealth realms - these include Canada & Australia; I don't think he'd mind being subject to the Queen's jurisdiction in that sense, but I doubt he'd accept a knighthood even then. He wouldn't be the first
Australians don't get knighthoods any more. Instead we have our own system of honours. Now if only we could get rid of the monarchy entirely...
Well okay but the reference to the southern sky probably means it uses equatorial satellites, which should at least work to the same south latitude as the northern limit.
Ah yes, old bang bang. I doubt that one will be launched from Canaveral.
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I really just intended to remark on the attitude I see around database stories. Its worse than operating system prudes. You get the big database people sneering down at the mysql people and ignoring the fact that different applications require different tools.
then has to be replaced with real code and a real DB.
Oddly enough I spoke to somebody last weekend who makes her living doing exactly that. I suspect that without access to kick these projects off she would have less work overall.
Its a bug tracking issue, not a a version control issue.
No, it's a software complexity issue. The problem is, with the size of the kernel, it would be prohibitively expensive to write and run tests even just for the major bugs fixed.
Maybe Andrew Tanenbaum can interest Linus Torvalds in that modular kernel he has been working on.
Police here in Victoria, Australia actively encourage the publication of speed camera locations, which are not particularly precise. So radio stations can report that there is a speed camera on $HIGHWAY without saying exactly where it is and drivers slow down all along that route.
Now if you tell the public exactly where the speed camera is (1km past $CROSSROAD) then the camera could be moved by the time you get there, or you might get the location wrong, or forget by the time you get there. So giving out the precise location might not save the drivers from a ticket and again they just have to slow down and keep a look out.
What the police might not like is a distributed iphone or android app which broadcasts their location in real time and presents it on a map showing your location. You could have "Police Camera" button on the screen and press it after you go past. But the information is going to get stale fast and police could game the system with cheap decoy speed traps.
User IDs in decentralised version control system are under the control of the comitter. Linus pulls patches from a team of patch maintainers who should always be able to account for the veracity of the meta data in their repos.
You're talking about git submodules and I'm gonna go ahead and guess that the answer you'll receive from the kernel folks about that is a big fat "no". Maybe if Git had usable project hierarchies, things might be different.
Also to note: even Git can't fix stupid policy or stupid programming decisions.
If ever there was a case of missing the forest for the trees, it's this right here.
Its a bug tracking issue, not a a version control issue.
They'll wake you up from cryo when they're done just to taunt you: "Oh, we're having a few billion years between the nodes now, but it fits the curve, just as i told you."
I can't wait. If anybody can keep Moore's law going for five billion years then good luck to them.
The wall or plateu or whatever you prefer to call it of electronics progress is similar to the recurring doomsday predictions. It's always right around the corner, but it never happens.
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Geez xkcd was great in the 200s.
I can't wait for RMS to get knighted.
Of course I believe he'd have to become a subject of the Queen to do so, and given his predisposition, I doubt he'd be particularly inclined to do so.
He just needs citizenship of one of the Commonwealth realms - these include Canada & Australia; I don't think he'd mind being subject to the Queen's jurisdiction in that sense, but I doubt he'd accept a knighthood even then. He wouldn't be the first
Australians don't get knighthoods any more. Instead we have our own system of honours. Now if only we could get rid of the monarchy entirely...
Well okay but the reference to the southern sky probably means it uses equatorial satellites, which should at least work to the same south latitude as the northern limit.
Yes, 800 USD is about the first ten minutes of a search and rescue operation. Put one aircraft in the air and you have spent that much money.
crappy (US only) satellite coverage
TFS says you need a clear view of the southern sky. Doesn't sound like US only to me.
I thought you meant The Gods Themselves.
Ah yes, old bang bang. I doubt that one will be launched from Canaveral.
I really just intended to remark on the attitude I see around database stories. Its worse than operating system prudes. You get the big database people sneering down at the mysql people and ignoring the fact that different applications require different tools.
low-complexity database [...] embedded in an application then sqlite wins with flying colors.
Yes, I have been using it on my openmoko applications and I agree. Its a good database.
Why does a repeater need to understand the encoding? Can't it just rebroadcast the data, or even the analogue signal?
Prototyping tools are important for marketing. Problems start when the go too far.
then has to be replaced with real code and a real DB.
Oddly enough I spoke to somebody last weekend who makes her living doing exactly that. I suspect that without access to kick these projects off she would have less work overall.
access -> sqlite -> mysql -> postgres -> oracle
Everybody looks down on the tools to the left.
I hope the toilet compartment isn't going to be transparent too.
Perhaps thats why our simulations are so crap.
By Springbok the AC meant part of the Springbok Rugby team,
Yeah, I know.
Its a bug tracking issue, not a a version control issue.
No, it's a software complexity issue. The problem is, with the size of the kernel, it would be prohibitively expensive to write and run tests even just for the major bugs fixed.
Maybe Andrew Tanenbaum can interest Linus Torvalds in that modular kernel he has been working on.
Well, they could have annotated it and gone back to the commit. Seems pretty brave to take out a block of assembler like that without checking.
Recently a Springbok was also stopped by the Police
They must been hungry.
Police here in Victoria, Australia actively encourage the publication of speed camera locations, which are not particularly precise. So radio stations can report that there is a speed camera on $HIGHWAY without saying exactly where it is and drivers slow down all along that route.
Now if you tell the public exactly where the speed camera is (1km past $CROSSROAD) then the camera could be moved by the time you get there, or you might get the location wrong, or forget by the time you get there. So giving out the precise location might not save the drivers from a ticket and again they just have to slow down and keep a look out.
What the police might not like is a distributed iphone or android app which broadcasts their location in real time and presents it on a map showing your location. You could have "Police Camera" button on the screen and press it after you go past. But the information is going to get stale fast and police could game the system with cheap decoy speed traps.
Using a very long code I suppose.
Such a computer could conceivably simulate the entire universe from the Big Bang up to the time of its own construction ;)
User IDs in decentralised version control system are under the control of the comitter. Linus pulls patches from a team of patch maintainers who should always be able to account for the veracity of the meta data in their repos.
You're talking about git submodules and I'm gonna go ahead and guess that the answer you'll receive from the kernel folks about that is a big fat "no". Maybe if Git had usable project hierarchies, things might be different.
Also to note: even Git can't fix stupid policy or stupid programming decisions.
If ever there was a case of missing the forest for the trees, it's this right here.
Its a bug tracking issue, not a a version control issue.
They'll wake you up from cryo when they're done just to taunt you: "Oh, we're having a few billion years between the nodes now, but it fits the curve, just as i told you."
I can't wait. If anybody can keep Moore's law going for five billion years then good luck to them.
The wall or plateu or whatever you prefer to call it of electronics progress is similar to the recurring doomsday predictions. It's always right around the corner, but it never happens.
It has to happen.