Re:The Lightning is no replacement for the Raptor
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Not even a quality troll.
First, the F-22 is an "air superiority" fighter, meaning it's a Cold War leftover, built to shoot down super-MIGs (that never got built). The F-35 is a "multi-mission" fighter, meaning it can support troops on the ground, AND take out other fighters (probably F-18s that Republicans sold to the Bad Guys). The F-22 is simply a poor (expensive, fragile, hard-to-maintain) aircraft, built for a threat/war that never materialized.
Second, your "number of pilots" argument is laughably specious.
Third,
The amendment to halt the plane's production was co-sponsored by Sens. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and John McCain, R-Ariz. McCain, who has never been an F-22 fan,
Heh. Yeah, those lefty's are ruinin' the country. If the Repubs had won, they'd be buying LOTS more F-22s and keepin' us safe.
I think I'm probably just feeding a troll, but you're mixing apples and onions. Coal, natural gas, nuclear, wind, water and solar are for stationary power (i.e. electricity). Oil is for portable power (i.e. planes, trains and automobiles). The current discussion is about stationary power generation.
Labeling the column "%Obsolete" is one way to look at it, sure. Or we could go with 1/X and call it "%NotBleedingEdge". Seriously, the distro maintainers are also looking at their own build packages, compatibility with other packages, internal documentation, etc. Just because the KOffice team (for example) decides to lose monolithic builds and go with package builds, doesn't mean that it doesn't make a hell of a lot of work for the downstream maintainers, and that only starts after the upstream guys release.
In the Norse legends, there's the story of how Loki lost a contest with Brokk, and he was to lose his head, but he argued that Brokk was entitled only to the head, not any of his neck, so Brokk had to settle for sewing Loki's lips shut. I wonder if that's where Will got the idea from.
That was sort of my point. There was a feeling that the space program was, in a way, "over". There was a perception that Apollo had eaten enormous amounts of money, even though it really hadn't, Viet Nam had taken far more; and somehow, the space program was "discretionary", even "luxury", maybe even "frivolous". NASA was gutted, both of funds and personnel. They were LAST in line to get any money.
NASA was under some serious budget constraints after Apollo ended, no great follow-ons after the glorious climax, and every nutjob with a pet cause blathering "If we can send a man to the moon, why can't we.....".
God, we heard that phrase so many times in so many contexts. And every time I heard it, I threw up a little in my mouth.
It was the native format in SCCS, the first source code control system, which dates from the early 70s. Here's a steal from the original UNIX man pages, by the original author of SCCS. It wouldn't amaze me to find that the major.minor convention comes from 50s/60s era IBM or DEC.
What's more, Oracle's database is well-known to run better on Solaris than on any other operating system. Killing Solaris would remove that competitive advantage.
Indeed. Also, support for Solaris will be a revenue stream for Oracle as well. Solaris on big-boy hardware in the data-center isn't going anywhere any time soon. However, OpenSolaris only attracts people trying to do it on the cheap. Oracle can move those people to Unbreakable and plug up the money drain that is OpenSolaris.
Well, "Fronkensteen" (stitched together from discarded rotting corpses) was already in use, and "Staggering Fat Man" was voted down by the focus groups.
A few patents that (shiver) are probably valid until proved otherwise, and a whole lot of bad press? And don't forget the undying hatred of the whole industry.
Good god man, you don't have to look any farther than Ireland to find out how the British government feels about using the military against their own citizens^W subjects.
Why does the phrase "Lost Generation" keep coming to mind? Microsoft is setting themselves up to fail (again). Skip over Vista, skip over Win 7.0, eventually the learning curve from jumping from XP to Win 7 SP1 becomes no worse than jumping from XP to Ubuntu. Me, I swore that Win2K would be my last Microsoft OS, and it was. I'll dabble with supporting friends and relatives XP machines, because it's similar enough to 2K. I tried to configure a cow-orkers laptop a few times, now I just routinely refuse.
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First, the F-22 is an "air superiority" fighter, meaning it's a Cold War leftover, built to shoot down super-MIGs (that never got built). The F-35 is a "multi-mission" fighter, meaning it can support troops on the ground, AND take out other fighters (probably F-18s that Republicans sold to the Bad Guys). The F-22 is simply a poor (expensive, fragile, hard-to-maintain) aircraft, built for a threat/war that never materialized.
Second, your "number of pilots" argument is laughably specious.
Third,
Heh. Yeah, those lefty's are ruinin' the country. If the Repubs had won, they'd be buying LOTS more F-22s and keepin' us safe.
I think I'm probably just feeding a troll, but you're mixing apples and onions. Coal, natural gas, nuclear, wind, water and solar are for stationary power (i.e. electricity). Oil is for portable power (i.e. planes, trains and automobiles). The current discussion is about stationary power generation.
Labeling the column "%Obsolete" is one way to look at it, sure. Or we could go with 1/X and call it "%NotBleedingEdge". Seriously, the distro maintainers are also looking at their own build packages, compatibility with other packages, internal documentation, etc. Just because the KOffice team (for example) decides to lose monolithic builds and go with package builds, doesn't mean that it doesn't make a hell of a lot of work for the downstream maintainers, and that only starts after the upstream guys release.
In the Norse legends, there's the story of how Loki lost a contest with Brokk, and he was to lose his head, but he argued that Brokk was entitled only to the head, not any of his neck, so Brokk had to settle for sewing Loki's lips shut. I wonder if that's where Will got the idea from.
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The music industry wants a cut of your liver as well.
That was sort of my point. There was a feeling that the space program was, in a way, "over". There was a perception that Apollo had eaten enormous amounts of money, even though it really hadn't, Viet Nam had taken far more; and somehow, the space program was "discretionary", even "luxury", maybe even "frivolous". NASA was gutted, both of funds and personnel. They were LAST in line to get any money.
NASA was under some serious budget constraints after Apollo ended, no great follow-ons after the glorious climax, and every nutjob with a pet cause blathering "If we can send a man to the moon, why can't we.....".
God, we heard that phrase so many times in so many contexts. And every time I heard it, I threw up a little in my mouth.
Just be careful - remember what happened to Bambi.
It was the native format in SCCS, the first source code control system, which dates from the early 70s. Here's a steal from the original UNIX man pages, by the original author of SCCS. It wouldn't amaze me to find that the major.minor convention comes from 50s/60s era IBM or DEC.
Who else has a clear mental picture of Dr. Strangelove being choked by his own (gloved) hand?
Indeed. Also, support for Solaris will be a revenue stream for Oracle as well. Solaris on big-boy hardware in the data-center isn't going anywhere any time soon. However, OpenSolaris only attracts people trying to do it on the cheap. Oracle can move those people to Unbreakable and plug up the money drain that is OpenSolaris.
Been done.
Or the latest from SCO.
They named the spacecraft "Deep Impact" ...Who's the rocket scientist who came up with that one?
Well, "Fronkensteen" (stitched together from discarded rotting corpses) was already in use, and "Staggering Fat Man" was voted down by the focus groups.
No, that would be elation.
Statistical correlation. You know, like the link between tooth-brushing and intravenous drug abuse.
I know. I get dooped at Slashdot all the time.
Feh! Makefiles don't have enough XML
A few patents that (shiver) are probably valid until proved otherwise, and a whole lot of bad press? And don't forget the undying hatred of the whole industry.
Good god man, you don't have to look any farther than Ireland to find out how the British government feels about using the military against their own citizens^W subjects.
Here's your answer. It's not viable because it's not feasible.
Looks like I crossed the memes. "cow-orker" appears regularly in alt.sysadmin.recovery.
Why does the phrase "Lost Generation" keep coming to mind? Microsoft is setting themselves up to fail (again). Skip over Vista, skip over Win 7.0, eventually the learning curve from jumping from XP to Win 7 SP1 becomes no worse than jumping from XP to Ubuntu. Me, I swore that Win2K would be my last Microsoft OS, and it was. I'll dabble with supporting friends and relatives XP machines, because it's similar enough to 2K. I tried to configure a cow-orkers laptop a few times, now I just routinely refuse.