the hard limit is much sooner, in 300 million years the Earth's surface will have the temperature of boiling water due to expansion of the sun. Ironic the time to produce space faring intelligent life is about the lifetime of a watery rocky planet. Maybe we are alone for that reason
We can make and store antimatter, so not true to say we can't can't convert mass to pure energy. We can't produce antimatter at a useful or economic scale though
No it has its place for prototyping and also certain one-offs with difficult shapes or properties. But I see many funny applications that have cheap easy solutions, like custom fit grips for tools that can be done very cheaply by squeezing the right kind of silicone caulk in place with oiled rubber gloves
I would love to see Jar Jar Binks again. His tongue could get caught in large dangerous machinery, say a sandcrawler, and he could get slowly pulled in while screaming to be mangled to death. Am I right?
No, the ammo dump was 7 kilometers away. Dare I suggest opening the window someone could discern the different explosion types too, and maybe even listen for helicopters?
ending 2015 with a stupid article, as expected of slashdot
don't people understand that 3D printing is the most expensive and time consuming way to make such things? with $40 at the hardware store I could make something better
Wrong, you only show how tiny your mind is. Words have context, people have motives and reasons for the words they use. No one has to live by your silly childish notions when having adult conversation.
Nope, most Christians believe the New Testament replaces the old, a kind of new deal. No more "eye for an eye" but "turn the other cheek" and "love your neighbor as yourself" and "do unto others as you would have them do unto you"
I use linux mint and with nvidia card / proprietary driver (that it automatically found and loaded for me) too, I'm not finding each patching breaks something every other update. maybe your distro of choice is a little stinky
actually the simple file sharing from my Mate menu works exactly like what you say, and printer discovery too. I lob files at my kid's game system (windows, hah!) that way
Yeah I know people who never had to use reggit, my #$*(# relatives for whom I have to use it to fix their windows boxes! Yes the powershell use was for desktops at work though.
"This is exactly the attitude that is the problem here. A desktop OS should be just that" Wrong. False. Now you are just being obtuse and ignorant of what is possible. There is no way any other OS than Windows can run all Windows software, except by virtualizing windows using processor hardware.
My attitude is one of realism, you are moaning the world doesn't have flying unicorns shitting candy and money. The problem is people like you that expect things that are not possible.
the use of the word "nigger" in that last tweet could just be emphasizing the point of view that many have that police brutality against blacks doesn't matter.
plenty of people use the word "nigger" in contexts without any racial hatred.
wouldn't a successful businessman with money normally go round up the lawyers normally and stay out of town and retaliate from the outside. unless he went on a bender right after and never sobered up, going into depression spiral
I pick my hardware to run my LInux apps properly, including printer/scanner. All that whining the author does about specific hardware types. If you really are hard core gamer pick the right OS for your games, Linux may not be it.
Sound issues: yes there are some for specific use cases, valid point
Printer/scanner blah blah - pick the right hardware for your OS and quit whining.
X11 issues - yes X is dated, insecure, single threaded for important things,
Wayland - not done yet so who cares
Kernel - yes it can crash on driver failure, so can Windows or Mac OSX. Done it on all three myself, do I get a prize?
Distribution non-standards for settings, etc. - no this is a strength, and there are only a handful of really popular distros anyway. I want the choice
Wine whining - use a VM you putz and run windows for windows apps
No equivalent for hardcore CADD/Photo - use a VM you putz and run windows for windows apps
grub update problems - no honestly haven't run into them
no security update lists - wrong, you can cron a query to the package manager and email it. even list required, security, etc.
major recent security problems - shell shock, openssl - actually openssl a problem where private interests led to rubber-stamping crap. shellshock - yes bash is a very complicated bloated shell, smarter people (like *BSD) run services under much simpler shell.
look at all the security vulns found in package x, more eyes doesn't mean less vulns - no the eyes are one means for finding them. another might be fuzzers. hey at least your 134 gtk+thingy were fixed
windows more secure because updates mandatory - wrong, some of those auto updates break things and so serious places have to vet each one and withhold...dang same as linux or any other OS! sysadmin is hard and painful to do correctly!
systemd woes with freezing, crashes, undefined state - yes, it's badly designed bloated trash. don't use it for serious servers. Poettering is a disease.
samba is hard - yes sysadmin is hard
GNOME and KDE woes and no enough manpower - some of us use better desktops
steep learning curve, have to use CLI sometimes - yeah just like windows registry editing and powershell
no antiviruses or similar - yes there are, and they're free and even will spot other things like.jars with vulnerable java in them. clamav bitch
forward and backward compatible kernel problems - yes, kernel version change means specific drivers. again pick your hardware for linux, use standard things, you want bleeding edge hardware maybe you should change OS, Linux isn't for you. reality bites
GNOME/KDE change things move things - yes, the major desktops suck, use one that listens to user needs and isn't trying to be star trek command and control
oh noes linux devs don't care because they broke Loki installer - more game related whines. seriously kid, if you want a game machine buy windows unless you're into minecraft or steam linux or similar
character limits in linux - yup 255 for filename and 4096 for path. be nice if it was longer
case sensitivity in file names, no rational basis - wrong, very rational basis for POSIX system to require that. that will never be changed
file creation times - indeed many issues with the other timestamps in linux depending on filesystem type, that should be fixed
Linux security a mess because this or that vuln just found - no, they were fixed so quit your whining, and any other general purpose OS on planet earth has similar, windows included
whining about binary api/abi between distros and binaries for specific distros needed - yes, each distro is a different OS. get that into your head. there is no problem.
No CIFS/AD level replacement/equivalent because samba doesn't count? yes samba 4 plus nis++ does count. oh you have to think and administer things differently than a microsoft cert wank? yes, yes you do. Remember kiddies, if you're a microso
false, only certain agencies use it, and some highly secure ones purposely do NOT use it. Hint, there are other OS on this planet than Linux. Hint: your money, for example, is not bits in a Linux system.
plenty of people get paid to "do open source". plenty of people even contribute and maintain while on company time because their company lets them be involved. others do it anyway on the clock because it's the same as being on slashdot at work only of more benefit to others (tsk tsk, shocking I know). speaking of which, back to work for my lazy self....and later I'm going to do a commit to something at least a quarter of you all use, even though my employer might not appreciate that. shame for same...
no, neither major party is against the issue of control of large corporations, regardless of their lip service. the problem cannot and will not be solved by vote, it is outside that realm
Even if Mars a problem, it may turn out that only a small time in a centrifuge (think certain carnival type ride) per day is all that is needed to stay healthy. But aren't such questions arguments for doing more on our manned missions. We could already have had the answer were a certain type of module added to ISS for example.
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the hard limit is much sooner, in 300 million years the Earth's surface will have the temperature of boiling water due to expansion of the sun. Ironic the time to produce space faring intelligent life is about the lifetime of a watery rocky planet. Maybe we are alone for that reason
That was Robert Bussard's idea (same one who conceived the polywell)
There are questions if drag can be overcome though
We can make and store antimatter, so not true to say we can't can't convert mass to pure energy. We can't produce antimatter at a useful or economic scale though
No it has its place for prototyping and also certain one-offs with difficult shapes or properties. But I see many funny applications that have cheap easy solutions, like custom fit grips for tools that can be done very cheaply by squeezing the right kind of silicone caulk in place with oiled rubber gloves
I would love to see Jar Jar Binks again. His tongue could get caught in large dangerous machinery, say a sandcrawler, and he could get slowly pulled in while screaming to be mangled to death. Am I right?
No, the ammo dump was 7 kilometers away. Dare I suggest opening the window someone could discern the different explosion types too, and maybe even listen for helicopters?
ending 2015 with a stupid article, as expected of slashdot
don't people understand that 3D printing is the most expensive and time consuming way to make such things? with $40 at the hardware store I could make something better
Wrong, you only show how tiny your mind is. Words have context, people have motives and reasons for the words they use. No one has to live by your silly childish notions when having adult conversation.
Nope, most Christians believe the New Testament replaces the old, a kind of new deal. No more "eye for an eye" but "turn the other cheek" and "love your neighbor as yourself" and "do unto others as you would have them do unto you"
glass can be hardened so plain sand isn't a threat
That's why the new ultra high voltage D.C. systems are being used in places like India, it reduces transmission loss. This is perfect application
I use linux mint and with nvidia card / proprietary driver (that it automatically found and loaded for me) too, I'm not finding each patching breaks something every other update. maybe your distro of choice is a little stinky
actually the simple file sharing from my Mate menu works exactly like what you say, and printer discovery too. I lob files at my kid's game system (windows, hah!) that way
Yeah I know people who never had to use reggit, my #$*(# relatives for whom I have to use it to fix their windows boxes! Yes the powershell use was for desktops at work though.
"This is exactly the attitude that is the problem here. A desktop OS should be just that" Wrong. False. Now you are just being obtuse and ignorant of what is possible. There is no way any other OS than Windows can run all Windows software, except by virtualizing windows using processor hardware.
My attitude is one of realism, you are moaning the world doesn't have flying unicorns shitting candy and money. The problem is people like you that expect things that are not possible.
racist shit?
the use of the word "nigger" in that last tweet could just be emphasizing the point of view that many have that police brutality against blacks doesn't matter.
plenty of people use the word "nigger" in contexts without any racial hatred.
no long term worries, the typical SJW is tumblr femi-nazi who won't reproduce. their kind is going to be Darwined out of existence in one generation
wouldn't a successful businessman with money normally go round up the lawyers normally and stay out of town and retaliate from the outside. unless he went on a bender right after and never sobered up, going into depression spiral
what? biggest demographic for suicide is white males 35-64, and since 1999 up 30+ percent
over police brutality he says, hmmm maybe some other things and this plus some substance abuse was trigger
(last line is just just troll reward for anyone that read the whole thing)
I pick my hardware to run my LInux apps properly, including printer/scanner. All that whining the author does about specific hardware types. If you really are hard core gamer pick the right OS for your games, Linux may not be it.
Sound issues: yes there are some for specific use cases, valid point
Printer/scanner blah blah - pick the right hardware for your OS and quit whining.
X11 issues - yes X is dated, insecure, single threaded for important things,
Wayland - not done yet so who cares
Kernel - yes it can crash on driver failure, so can Windows or Mac OSX. Done it on all three myself, do I get a prize?
Distribution non-standards for settings, etc. - no this is a strength, and there are only a handful of really popular distros anyway. I want the choice
Wine whining - use a VM you putz and run windows for windows apps
No equivalent for hardcore CADD/Photo - use a VM you putz and run windows for windows apps
grub update problems - no honestly haven't run into them
no security update lists - wrong, you can cron a query to the package manager and email it. even list required, security, etc.
major recent security problems - shell shock, openssl - actually openssl a problem where private interests led to rubber-stamping crap. shellshock - yes bash is a very complicated bloated shell, smarter people (like *BSD) run services under much simpler shell.
look at all the security vulns found in package x, more eyes doesn't mean less vulns - no the eyes are one means for finding them. another might be fuzzers. hey at least your 134 gtk+thingy were fixed
windows more secure because updates mandatory - wrong, some of those auto updates break things and so serious places have to vet each one and withhold...dang same as linux or any other OS! sysadmin is hard and painful to do correctly!
systemd woes with freezing, crashes, undefined state - yes, it's badly designed bloated trash. don't use it for serious servers. Poettering is a disease.
samba is hard - yes sysadmin is hard
GNOME and KDE woes and no enough manpower - some of us use better desktops
steep learning curve, have to use CLI sometimes - yeah just like windows registry editing and powershell
no antiviruses or similar - yes there are, and they're free and even will spot other things like .jars with vulnerable java in them. clamav bitch
forward and backward compatible kernel problems - yes, kernel version change means specific drivers. again pick your hardware for linux, use standard things, you want bleeding edge hardware maybe you should change OS, Linux isn't for you. reality bites
GNOME/KDE change things move things - yes, the major desktops suck, use one that listens to user needs and isn't trying to be star trek command and control
oh noes linux devs don't care because they broke Loki installer - more game related whines. seriously kid, if you want a game machine buy windows unless you're into minecraft or steam linux or similar
character limits in linux - yup 255 for filename and 4096 for path. be nice if it was longer
case sensitivity in file names, no rational basis - wrong, very rational basis for POSIX system to require that. that will never be changed
file creation times - indeed many issues with the other timestamps in linux depending on filesystem type, that should be fixed
Linux security a mess because this or that vuln just found - no, they were fixed so quit your whining, and any other general purpose OS on planet earth has similar, windows included
whining about binary api/abi between distros and binaries for specific distros needed - yes, each distro is a different OS. get that into your head. there is no problem.
No CIFS/AD level replacement/equivalent because samba doesn't count? yes samba 4 plus nis++ does count. oh you have to think and administer things differently than a microsoft cert wank? yes, yes you do. Remember kiddies, if you're a microso
they have an unmanaged selinux system set to not be in the way
false, only certain agencies use it, and some highly secure ones purposely do NOT use it. Hint, there are other OS on this planet than Linux. Hint: your money, for example, is not bits in a Linux system.
plenty of people get paid to "do open source". plenty of people even contribute and maintain while on company time because their company lets them be involved. others do it anyway on the clock because it's the same as being on slashdot at work only of more benefit to others (tsk tsk, shocking I know). speaking of which, back to work for my lazy self....and later I'm going to do a commit to something at least a quarter of you all use, even though my employer might not appreciate that. shame for same...
we were talking of the past; it is not the case now
no, neither major party is against the issue of control of large corporations, regardless of their lip service. the problem cannot and will not be solved by vote, it is outside that realm
yes my whole point was the field of rocket propulsion is alive and not stagnant, with many issues and solutions in experiment
Even if Mars a problem, it may turn out that only a small time in a centrifuge (think certain carnival type ride) per day is all that is needed to stay healthy. But aren't such questions arguments for doing more on our manned missions. We could already have had the answer were a certain type of module added to ISS for example.