I completely agree. My point was simply that many companies, and, from my experience, Verizon in particular, don't care one bit about their customers, especially when profits/bonuses are concerned - doubly true with regard to their employees. Despite what nay-sayers think, government has a role to play in the operation of the free market.
A better way of thinking of it is that Verizon should be representing the interests of its customers,...
Nice sentiment, but, unfortunately, a public corporation's responsibility is to its shareholders and their interests - which is simply $$$. (and probably executives and cushy bonuses, etc...)
Systemd definitely solves a problem that exists. Unfortunately, it solves it in the same way that a nuclear warhead solves the problem of rat infestation.
To be fair, systemd have never irradiated anyone, like Godzilla - yet.
(Though, we should all fear the day it does...)
But my adblockers tell me Slashdot has references to gstatic.com, googleanalytics.com, google-adservices.com and googletagservices.com. All of which I universally block.
I'm pretty sure the blame for that rests with Slashdot - you know, the content authors/owners - not Google. Slashdot certainly doesn't have to use Google services...
... Wow, curiosity is really not your forte, is it?
"Because it's there and we haven't been/know close to nothing about it" is a _perfectly_ good answer. This is science we're talking about, and raw research and exploration don't need another reason.
I'm plenty curious, but won't be signing up for that first manned mission to the surface of the Sun -- we haven't been there either, the movie Sunshine not withstanding (and it didn't go too well for them anyway):-)
... [pluto] was a bit of an oddball compared to the other eight, with a highly eccentric and tilted orbit, a diminutive size.
Though there's no absolute rules against a planet having those characteristics. Perhaps a planet caught by, not formed within, the system might match some/all of those, etc...
I can see the desire for have more specific names for different types of things, but I can also see the appeal in keeping things simple.
Sometimes a driver simply isn't available for Linux, QNX, VxWorks or other embedded OSes.
That is actually the best argument to avoid such hardware. Rely on hardware that is open standards based, then you can reduce dependency on proprietary drivers
The reason they have to stay with XPe is because there probably aren't any drivers for Vista/Win7/Win8/Win8.1 So much for the benefit of reusing XP drivers
On the other hand, I'm sure whatever is needed could be ported to NetBSD - which can probably also run on these things, as it runs on just about everything else, including toasters. Just sayin' that there's more to wide-spread hardware portability than just XPe.
But now, the F-22 must be upgraded through a costly service life extension plan and modernization program because, “If I do not keep that F-22 fleet viable, the F-35 fleet frankly will be irrelevant. The F-35 is not built as an air superiority platform. It needs the F-22,” says [Chief of U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command Gen. Michael] Hostage to Air Force Times.
In addition, from Wikipedia:
F-22... designed primarily as an air superiority fighter, but has additional capabilities including ground attack, electronic warfare, and signals intelligence roles.
F-35... designed to perform ground attack, reconnaissance, and air defense missions with stealth capability.... The design goals call for the F-35 to be the premier strike aircraft through 2040 and to be second only to the F-22 Raptor in air superiority.
Blame the voters - they put those politicians into office.
Voters that work at Lockheed or associated sub-contractors... Other voters that sell stuff to the first set of voters... Ultimately, we'll all be directly or indirectly building F-35s. It's turtles all the way down.
Just a quick googling reveals that Python has "list index out of range" errors. So. The difference is one of consequence, not of type. In C you get undefined behavior.
Technically, remembering my C books, I think it is defined - as being "undefined". So it's a feature, not a problem.:-)
Heck, why not a premium hike for owners of this or that "aggressiveness gene"? What if in the future we got a quick "+50 cents" tweet for every scoop of ice cream?
The Beam Brush checks up on your teeth-brushing technique. "... What I cannot understand is how politicians fail to understand what a future Kenneth Starr is going to do with data like this."
Bad example? You say that now, but just wait until we get a President caught brushing his teeth side-to-side and not up-and-down, then you'll be wishing for a Ken Starr to try and take him down.
The Airbus patent shows a windowless cockpit that removes the windows or reduces them to partial views of the outside world. Instead, exterior views are provided by a display formed by back projection, lasers, holograms, or OLED imaging systems fed by cameras outside the fuselage.
And it annoys the hell out of normal hearing people, especially those living close to an intersection. Please, there's enough noise as it is.
If it's too quiet to be heard inside of a car then it definitely will be too quite to be heard inside your house quite a bit further away.
I live about a block away from an intersection (as the crow flies) with an audible tone for the walk light and can often hear it in my house late at night on quiet evenings. It's a bit annoying, but you learn to tune it out once you realize what "that damn buzzing is"...
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I completely agree. My point was simply that many companies, and, from my experience, Verizon in particular, don't care one bit about their customers, especially when profits/bonuses are concerned - doubly true with regard to their employees. Despite what nay-sayers think, government has a role to play in the operation of the free market.
A better way of thinking of it is that Verizon should be representing the interests of its customers, ...
Nice sentiment, but, unfortunately, a public corporation's responsibility is to its shareholders and their interests - which is simply $$$. (and probably executives and cushy bonuses, etc...)
Systemd definitely solves a problem that exists. Unfortunately, it solves it in the same way that a nuclear warhead solves the problem of rat infestation.
To be fair, systemd have never irradiated anyone, like Godzilla - yet.
(Though, we should all fear the day it does...)
... physicists have always still wondered what really gives particles mass ...
< Insert "yo mama" joke here. >
It'd be even better if we could put them into 'Senior Citizen' mode, where they randomly speed up and slow down, and change lanes without signalling.
Or, more accurately, stay in the same lane with the blinker on for miles and miles...
What you can do is write a review that is so incredible positive, that the irony is so obvious that nobody will miss it.
Ya, nobody will miss the irony, humor, etc... 'cause that always works *so* well with /. moderators...
Car repair will see some decline with electric cars. (they have less parts)
And fewer parts as well. :-)
But my adblockers tell me Slashdot has references to gstatic.com, googleanalytics.com, google-adservices.com and googletagservices.com. All of which I universally block.
I'm pretty sure the blame for that rests with Slashdot - you know, the content authors/owners - not Google. Slashdot certainly doesn't have to use Google services...
But they could suggest Congress write new laws instead of just noting that Congress would need to take action.
"Congress take action" - Ha.
... Wow, curiosity is really not your forte, is it?
"Because it's there and we haven't been/know close to nothing about it" is a _perfectly_ good answer. This is science we're talking about, and raw research and exploration don't need another reason.
I'm plenty curious, but won't be signing up for that first manned mission to the surface of the Sun -- we haven't been there either, the movie Sunshine not withstanding (and it didn't go too well for them anyway) :-)
Here's a hint: no one's been there yet.
Since you're on /. it's likely that no one's been to your penis either, but I'm not going to recommend NASA mount an expedition there... :-)
While "Because it's there and we haven't been" is a valid answer, it isn't really a good answer.
yes. hundreds of thousands of minor planets. 5 dwarf planets AND EIGHT FULL FLEDGED PLANETS.
And, of course, once we start naming Dwarf planets, will want Elf planets, Hobbit planets, Orc planets, etc...
... [pluto] was a bit of an oddball compared to the other eight, with a highly eccentric and tilted orbit, a diminutive size.
Though there's no absolute rules against a planet having those characteristics. Perhaps a planet caught by, not formed within, the system might match some/all of those, etc...
I can see the desire for have more specific names for different types of things, but I can also see the appeal in keeping things simple.
Sometimes a driver simply isn't available for Linux, QNX, VxWorks or other embedded OSes.
That is actually the best argument to avoid such hardware. Rely on hardware that is open standards based, then you can reduce dependency on proprietary drivers
The reason they have to stay with XPe is because there probably aren't any drivers for Vista/Win7/Win8/Win8.1 So much for the benefit of reusing XP drivers
On the other hand, I'm sure whatever is needed could be ported to NetBSD - which can probably also run on these things, as it runs on just about everything else, including toasters. Just sayin' that there's more to wide-spread hardware portability than just XPe.
... this is like saying "I stopped watering my houseplant, and at some point, it died. We don't know there's any relationship there."
My favorite line from a college Logic book: "Breathing causes death. Everyone who has died was an habitual breather."
I was modded "insightful" but was going for "funny" - go figure.
F-18E/F will likely outperform it [F-35] as an air superiority fighter, as will Eurofighter. All of these are cheaper and proven to work.
The F-35 isn't intended as a air-superiority fighter, the F-22 is. From: http://theaviationist.com/2014...
But now, the F-22 must be upgraded through a costly service life extension plan and modernization program because, “If I do not keep that F-22 fleet viable, the F-35 fleet frankly will be irrelevant. The F-35 is not built as an air superiority platform. It needs the F-22,” says [Chief of U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command Gen. Michael] Hostage to Air Force Times.
In addition, from Wikipedia:
F-22 ... designed primarily as an air superiority fighter, but has additional capabilities including ground attack, electronic warfare, and signals intelligence roles.
F-35 ... designed to perform ground attack, reconnaissance, and air defense missions with stealth capability. ... The design goals call for the F-35 to be the premier strike aircraft through 2040 and to be second only to the F-22 Raptor in air superiority.
Blame the voters - they put those politicians into office.
Voters that work at Lockheed or associated sub-contractors... Other voters that sell stuff to the first set of voters... Ultimately, we'll all be directly or indirectly building F-35s. It's turtles all the way down.
Just a quick googling reveals that Python has "list index out of range" errors. So. The difference is one of consequence, not of type. In C you get undefined behavior.
Technically, remembering my C books, I think it is defined - as being "undefined". So it's a feature, not a problem. :-)
Heck, why not a premium hike for owners of this or that "aggressiveness gene"? What if in the future we got a quick "+50 cents" tweet for every scoop of ice cream?
The Beam Brush checks up on your teeth-brushing technique. "... What I cannot understand is how politicians fail to understand what a future Kenneth Starr is going to do with data like this."
Bad example? You say that now, but just wait until we get a President caught brushing his teeth side-to-side and not up-and-down, then you'll be wishing for a Ken Starr to try and take him down.
The Airbus patent shows a windowless cockpit that removes the windows or reduces them to partial views of the outside world. Instead, exterior views are provided by a display formed by back projection, lasers, holograms, or OLED imaging systems fed by cameras outside the fuselage.
Great. Now sharks will want to be pilots.
Sure, if you want to be Mr. "glass half empty."
Neither half empty or half full, just twice as large as it needs to be.
...most of the human race will have more leisure time...
Or unemployed?
And it annoys the hell out of normal hearing people, especially those living close to an intersection. Please, there's enough noise as it is.
If it's too quiet to be heard inside of a car then it definitely will be too quite to be heard inside your house quite a bit further away.
I live about a block away from an intersection (as the crow flies) with an audible tone for the walk light and can often hear it in my house late at night on quiet evenings. It's a bit annoying, but you learn to tune it out once you realize what "that damn buzzing is"...