Exactly. Either way, ObjC's popularity is likely to be based on Apple platforms encouraging it. So that's platform popularity, not language popularity.
Taking the Lord's name in vain means swearing to God that something is true when you know it's not, or swearing to God that you'll do something and not doing it, or otherwise invoking God while swearing and oath, and then breaking the oath. There are a lot of misinformed Christians who are under the impression that it has something to do with using His name while uttering profanity,
You seem to understand more of the ancient culture and (perhaps) the actual ancient wording surround this. I agree is hugely important for understanding any ancient (especially religious) text. However, speaking literally of the modern translation (and as I was taught), "taking the lord's name" means simply to utter it in any context. "in vain" means without it amounting to much, just like a futile attempt to win a race against all the odds is acting in vain. So, in that context, saying something like "God forgive you" without really hoping that they're forgiven or that God will intervene, or without really considering God in the utterance, is using his name in vain. Note that this would overlap with something like swearing on the bible but not really meaning it, hence the (much misunderstood) term "swearing", which has become muddied to mean profanity.
When doing large scale automated apt-get update; apt-get upgrade tasks, ask what happens to apt-get/dpkg when a postinstall script fails, or there were file conflicts with another package. Serious amounts of dpkg --configure -a, dpkg --purge --force-reinstreq, and apt-get -f install are required to even get it working again.
If that happens, you're almost certainly using sid or some other alpha-quality repo, and only have yourself to blame. But you could fix it very simply by fixing or putting an exit 0 at the top of the postinstall script in question (in/var/lib/dpkg/info/packagename.postinst), running dpkg --configure -a, and then removing the package, or installing (and holding) the previous, known-good version until a known-good update is ready.
Yes, the machine never fetches updates again.
Well sure, if you never pay monitor or fix your systems.
Also don't ask what happens when a user wants to install a local package with dpkg -i that has a missing dependency. Yes it prints an error, but unknowingly to the user the package actually gets half installed and breaks the automated update jobs.
"Users" shouldn't be installing packages. But if they are, they should (be screened to) also be aware of and have the use of the apt-get -f install command, which will install any outstanding dependencies and then complete the package configuration.
Why isn't there a --force flag to prevent this from happening?
Because --force flags are used to tell dpkg that you don't care about breakage, not that you do care (which is assumed by default).
Having used both rpm and apt for a long time now in a sysadmin setting, I can say that both have their pluses and minuses. rpm to me has a much more professional feel to it IMHO
You were using RPM and APT (which are not even the same class of thing) and concluded that RPM is more professional? Hahhha, OK. I'm gonna go ahead and conclude that you were using them as static files to test long-term CD archival capabilities then;)
I didn't suggest getting rid of the word, did I? Jesus, use logic much?
And it's pretty dumb to talk about millions being an invalid argument (which it isn't in this particular usage) whilst invoking an appeal to common practice.
I think you're confusing controversy with offence. Shit my dad says might be more offensive, but $#*! my dad says is causing this discussion, so it's likely more controversial. Not to mention the potential to be interpreted as fuck my dad, or something else.
I don't believe that you and the poster really mean what you're saying. I mean, be serious. For as long as I can remember, I've known the difference between being upset about a word, and being upset about a word's use to abuse someone.
"Shit" is fine. I've no problem with it. But to pretend that when someone says that producing and broadcasting a show called "Shit my dad" or "fuck my dad" to millions of children is the same as complaining about the use of four letters... it's just willfully ignorant and socially irresponsible bullshit.
It blocks AFTER downloading. There is a ticket filed with chrome/chromium to allow hooking the network-level stuff from plugins in order to do it properly, but the ticket, and related tickets are still open.
Unfortunately there's a big difference between pushing traditional boats across water, and harnessing the wind to satisfy most of the energy demands of a planet.
From what Wikipedia says, this may not be BP's fault. Halliburton (the company famous for Iraq oil controversies including lying to the US administration) were cementing the well just a day before (by their own accounts). Transocean own the rig (renting it to BP) and their chief executive explained the cause of the incident saying, "there was a sudden, catastrophic failure of the cement, the casing or both."
Precisely. Surely it's more efficient to go straight to the source, than take it from secondary, lossy processes. But as mentioned elsewhere, I don't believe we can extract the sun's energy (or secondary energy) from our world for "free" without it affecting the heating of the earth, the weather patterns, etc.
if you fill the whole planet with solar panels, you do not run out of energy. You just get 170 petawatts.
This idea that we can somehow have free energy by harnessing the sun or the wind or the waves is crazy. Only a certain amount of light energy reaches the earth. If that weren't true, the earth would bake in less than a nanosecond. Now, if you suddenly start collecting all that energy in solar cells, then it will change the amount collected by soil, the amount heating convection currents, etc. Likewise, if you start collecting wind or wave energy en masse, that's bound to affect weather patterns etc.
Would it be better to find new and amazing ways to create energy from resources now, or would it be better for humanity to first learn to live within our means as oil runs out?
If we have the means to create new forms of energy that will sustain our lifestyles, then by definition, we WOULD be living within our means. Arguably, since Nuclear energy works, that's already true.
Also... while I'm all for harmony with nature and saving the planet and all, this government-led propaganda about saving energy on an individual basis is a bunch of crap. I mean, have you ever actually went out for a walk at night, and looked at a house with a few lights on? They don't exactly blind everyone in a 5 mile radius. 60-watt bulbs are nowhere near daylight, and we get by on them without complaint. How about heat? Do you feel the heat on your skin from across the road as you walk by a house? No, because the heat is used in a managed, controlled burn that just heats what's required, and little else.
We're ALREADY pretty efficient, simply by instinct and the existing economic forces that shape power/fuel use. Go much beyond that, and major sacrifices have to be made in terms of time and effort, which are probably better spent on other things.
So how much energy does it take to cool hydrogen to liquid form and keep it there?
I'm not certain about this, but I gather that most steel gas cylinders store gas compressed as liquid, keeping them that way not by cooling, but by mechanical force. If the liquid is in a strong steel cylinder, it physically can't expand, unless heated to such extremes that it deforms and eventually breaks the cylinder (or the valve). I've noticed that gas cylinders tend to be cold (even frosty) compared to the environment though, so I'm not sure where that fits in -- presumably a compressed gas should be warmer, since there's no room for it to absorb heat.
Can you tell what distro you use that lets unprivileged users install software via the package manager?
The simplest way is to compile and install software using a prefix of your choice. Or, any recent kernel will let you run a complete distro in a container. You also have these:
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Exactly. Either way, ObjC's popularity is likely to be based on Apple platforms encouraging it. So that's platform popularity, not language popularity.
You seem to understand more of the ancient culture and (perhaps) the actual ancient wording surround this. I agree is hugely important for understanding any ancient (especially religious) text. However, speaking literally of the modern translation (and as I was taught), "taking the lord's name" means simply to utter it in any context. "in vain" means without it amounting to much, just like a futile attempt to win a race against all the odds is acting in vain. So, in that context, saying something like "God forgive you" without really hoping that they're forgiven or that God will intervene, or without really considering God in the utterance, is using his name in vain. Note that this would overlap with something like swearing on the bible but not really meaning it, hence the (much misunderstood) term "swearing", which has become muddied to mean profanity.
Disclaimer: I'm not Abrahamic.
That's great moderation right there. Last I looked this was the only non-kneejerk comment on the whole page.
If that happens, you're almost certainly using sid or some other alpha-quality repo, and only have yourself to blame. But you could fix it very simply by fixing or putting an exit 0 at the top of the postinstall script in question (in /var/lib/dpkg/info/packagename.postinst), running dpkg --configure -a, and then removing the package, or installing (and holding) the previous, known-good version until a known-good update is ready.
Well sure, if you never pay monitor or fix your systems.
"Users" shouldn't be installing packages. But if they are, they should (be screened to) also be aware of and have the use of the apt-get -f install command, which will install any outstanding dependencies and then complete the package configuration.
Because --force flags are used to tell dpkg that you don't care about breakage, not that you do care (which is assumed by default).
You were using RPM and APT (which are not even the same class of thing) and concluded that RPM is more professional? Hahhha, OK. I'm gonna go ahead and conclude that you were using them as static files to test long-term CD archival capabilities then ;)
Which is very convenient for him, since Yoda... is much the same as Yo, Da'...
I think you'll find it's Yoda's son.
I didn't suggest getting rid of the word, did I? Jesus, use logic much?
And it's pretty dumb to talk about millions being an invalid argument (which it isn't in this particular usage) whilst invoking an appeal to common practice.
I think you're confusing controversy with offence. Shit my dad says might be more offensive, but $#*! my dad says is causing this discussion, so it's likely more controversial. Not to mention the potential to be interpreted as fuck my dad, or something else.
Nope. # is superior to both $ and %.
I don't believe that you and the poster really mean what you're saying. I mean, be serious. For as long as I can remember, I've known the difference between being upset about a word, and being upset about a word's use to abuse someone.
"Shit" is fine. I've no problem with it. But to pretend that when someone says that producing and broadcasting a show called "Shit my dad" or "fuck my dad" to millions of children is the same as complaining about the use of four letters... it's just willfully ignorant and socially irresponsible bullshit.
I think a lot of the cost is in the chips that stop us buying cheaper options that don't have chips.
Bought it? I heard that they torrented it.
You go to Mos Eisley. I'll be here.
It blocks AFTER downloading. There is a ticket filed with chrome/chromium to allow hooking the network-level stuff from plugins in order to do it properly, but the ticket, and related tickets are still open.
Good thinking, batman.
Unfortunately there's a big difference between pushing traditional boats across water, and harnessing the wind to satisfy most of the energy demands of a planet.
From what Wikipedia says, this may not be BP's fault. Halliburton (the company famous for Iraq oil controversies including lying to the US administration) were cementing the well just a day before (by their own accounts). Transocean own the rig (renting it to BP) and their chief executive explained the cause of the incident saying, "there was a sudden, catastrophic failure of the cement, the casing or both."
Precisely. Surely it's more efficient to go straight to the source, than take it from secondary, lossy processes. But as mentioned elsewhere, I don't believe we can extract the sun's energy (or secondary energy) from our world for "free" without it affecting the heating of the earth, the weather patterns, etc.
This idea that we can somehow have free energy by harnessing the sun or the wind or the waves is crazy. Only a certain amount of light energy reaches the earth. If that weren't true, the earth would bake in less than a nanosecond. Now, if you suddenly start collecting all that energy in solar cells, then it will change the amount collected by soil, the amount heating convection currents, etc. Likewise, if you start collecting wind or wave energy en masse, that's bound to affect weather patterns etc.
If we have the means to create new forms of energy that will sustain our lifestyles, then by definition, we WOULD be living within our means. Arguably, since Nuclear energy works, that's already true.
Also... while I'm all for harmony with nature and saving the planet and all, this government-led propaganda about saving energy on an individual basis is a bunch of crap. I mean, have you ever actually went out for a walk at night, and looked at a house with a few lights on? They don't exactly blind everyone in a 5 mile radius. 60-watt bulbs are nowhere near daylight, and we get by on them without complaint. How about heat? Do you feel the heat on your skin from across the road as you walk by a house? No, because the heat is used in a managed, controlled burn that just heats what's required, and little else.
We're ALREADY pretty efficient, simply by instinct and the existing economic forces that shape power/fuel use. Go much beyond that, and major sacrifices have to be made in terms of time and effort, which are probably better spent on other things.
I'm not certain about this, but I gather that most steel gas cylinders store gas compressed as liquid, keeping them that way not by cooling, but by mechanical force. If the liquid is in a strong steel cylinder, it physically can't expand, unless heated to such extremes that it deforms and eventually breaks the cylinder (or the valve). I've noticed that gas cylinders tend to be cold (even frosty) compared to the environment though, so I'm not sure where that fits in -- presumably a compressed gas should be warmer, since there's no room for it to absorb heat.
"Tom.." is not a signature. He's been trying to recall his surname for a while now.
Yep, they really just need to forget about new tech, and realise that their document distribution dreams are solved perfectly well by anonymous ftp.
Casual user is a very different thing from unprivileged user. One is a skill level, the other is a (system) authorization level.
The simplest way is to compile and install software using a prefix of your choice. Or, any recent kernel will let you run a complete distro in a container. You also have these:
http://hacktolive.org/wiki/Methods_for_Portable_Applications_on_Linux