Linux is a concept. It's a theory. It's a dream. That's what makes it so powerful.
And it's also what makes it so frustrating for anyone who wants to see it succeed. What is success for an Open Source project? A child learning to walk takes the first step and the parents celebrate the moment, but what is that first step if nothing more than the first of countless more steps?
So what is Linux success? Is it dominating Windows? Domination of Windows is a worthy goal, but there is no one behind Linux to make that a reality. There is Ubuntu, sure. And RedHat. And MontaVista. And IBM. But are they behind Linux? No, they are out for themselves. Linux is the vehicle which they believe will take them where they want to go.
When Asus says they want to use Windows, let them. No skin off our backs.
In a sense, even Slashdot is a game. As you mention, we are awarded points when we post something "useful", and points are revoked when we post something not so useful. Even in the case of Microsoft stories, it is not unheard of to see pro-Microsoft posts get modded to +5. The fact of the matter is that the content of a post isn't the determining scoring factor. It is mostly style that is rewarded here.
The guy who thinks he's funny for saying "Linux sucks!" is going to get slapped down hard, but someone who takes the time to explain exactly how bad Linux is as a desktop operating system (for example) or how hard it is to use (as another example) will be modded very high. This isn't because the content of the post is different. Essentially, both simply explain the obvious: Linux isn't a suitable OS for the vast majority of the computing public. The first post expresses this sentiment as an opinion. The second provides a logical framework upon which the reader may be convinced of the facts.
Likewise, pro-Microsoft posts are commonly modded up. Due in part to the over-demonization of the company, a calm post explaining that the company isn't as bad as everyone thinks will frequently be modded up as a voice of reason. Even posts that extol the virtues of Microsoft (great software) and Bill Gates (worldwide philanthropy), while seemingly over the top, will get positive modification.
Slashdot has done many things wrong, but the moderation system is something they have done very right. By encouraging posts that have exemplary style, they are promoting a discussion that doesn't necessarily need the most knowledgeable participants, the only requirement is that the successful poster be garrulous and loquacious.
There is a pretty funny theory that the vast majority of WoW players are well-respected professionals who play the game in their free time. Through the playing of WoW, they not only practice their leadership skills, but also organizational skills and planning skills. The idea is that the game reinforces and promotes cooperative game play while preserving a fun environment.
But we all know the truth. It's 30 year old lardballs who still live with their parents that play this game. The lack of friends and human companionship drives them to seek out online communities where they can be accepted as who they portray themselves as rather than for who they, unfortunately, are. Seeking companionship is one of the most primal of human urges.
I don't know how you can say the game is addictive, in that sense. I'm not addicted to breathing or eating, but I'd die without doing either of those. We are talking about something very close to the core of being a human, not a dependency developed through repeated exposure.
If a country agrees to join a confederation, it must at some point forfeit some of its autonomy to the ruling body. If it doesn't like that deal and wants to secede, there are remedial actions that may be taken to restore sovereignty.
In an ideal world, we wouldn't need police. People would be nice to each other and crime wouldn't happen.
But we don't live in an ideal world. We live in a world with walls and those walls need to be guarded by men with guns. Who's going to do it? They have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You have the luxury of not knowing what they know. Their existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want to know the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at Piratpartiet you want them on that wall, you need them on that wall. They use words like honor, code, loyalty. They use them as the backbone of a life trying to defend something. You use them as a punchline.
So enjoy your freedom to cry about the police, but realize that these men are the thin blue line between freedom and anarchy. Freedom entails risk. The law and police mitigate that risk. Hobble them at your own risk.
Consider that everything about Gazillion Entertainment is geared towards making the most of the newly signed deal with Marvel, a delay in the schedule for Netdevil's latest project sounds more like a chance for employees to get their resumes in order than some commitment to quality. The longer the game development can be dragged along, the longer the engineers have to find new jobs. The manager is a good man, but may be sabotaging Gazillion's bottomline in the process.
Not that there is anything wrong with that. Treating employees like people is a much better strategy than treating them like expendable resources.
Keep in mind that VC++ is not the Microsoft Platform SDK. These are two completely different, albeit related, products. The SDK had a bug in getline(), but VC can't really do anything about the quality of the installed SDK.
The best free IDE is the one that you don't have to think about, it just gives you the tools to do your job without getting in your way.
My in-laws have a Mercedes. On the infrequent opportunities I have to drive it, I am always amazed at how well it supports my driving. It is the little things like rotating the headlights into a turn, actually automatically switching into neutral when the car comes to a stop, and auto-dimming rear view for night driving that make driving it a pleasure.
The problem of world peace is one of leadership. It's not only a struggle for resources, but a struggle for supremacy, which guides our national policies. America believes it cannot continue to exist without controlling others. And NK believes that it must dominate its enemies in order to survive.
This can't be fixed so easily, I'm afraid. It's simply human nature. So it's up to each and every one of us to work towards that goal. I'm starting with the man in the mirror. I'm asking him to change his ways. And no message could have been any clearer: if you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make a change.
Now maybe I don't have my name written up in some fancy shmancy "scientific journal".
But even *I* know that you don't handle pyrophoric materials without a labcoat!
Sangji, who had worked in the lab for 2 months, was injured while attempting to draw a quantity of the chemical t-butyl lithium from a receptacle using a syringe. The material, which is pyrophoric, burst into flame on contact with air when "the plunger was either ejected or pulled out of the syringe," according to report's narrative summary of the incident. The "liquid... spilled onto [Sangji's] clothing, torso and hands...and immediately caught fire.... No appropriate clothing protection nor a laboratory coat was used while working with the pyrophoric material," the report found. In addition, Sangji wore a "sweatshirt made of synthetic material."
I spent 2 and half years (I graduated early) studying Computer science in University. What surprised me when I got out was that the things I stressed over every day in school were only the thinnest onion skin of what was required of me in the industry. If I were to retake an exam after a couple years in the industry, I wouldn't have any problem with it.
The difference is that industry requires so much more focus and professionalism than schooling does. So it's no surprise that students would fuck up in a laboratory much more than a junior clinician with a month of on the job training.
It isn't about lack of OSHA oversight, it's about how academia considers safety as an afterthought.
Used to be, back when I was in high school, that we listened to Kennedy's speeches about space and dreamed of becoming astronauts. NASA, in those days, was something of a heroic world where the best and brightest grouped to find ways to get men to the moon and return them safely to Earth.
We looked at the Alan Shepards, Louis Armstrongs, and Buzz Aldrins as supermen. They were our Sanjaya back then. The right stuff, they had it, and we wanted to have it too.
But now, NASA is just a sad shadow of what it used to be. The agency is hamstrung by lack of funding, but more than that, in the decades that have passed since I was a boy, educational standards have dropped to such an extent that even if we were to increase funding to reasonable levels, that we'd need to bring in foreign contractors just to make up the intelligence gap.
The average American doesn't care about space. They care about what is directly in front of them. Their car, their job (if they still have it), and their bellies. The curiousity and hunger for space is gone except in a scattered few.
It'll be another 12 years before any kind of rehabilition can take place. Until the next generation of kids passes through schools that encourage thought, discipline, and creativity and not just feel-good, everyone wins, it only matters if you try "education".
Slashdot Mirror
Linux is a concept. It's a theory. It's a dream. That's what makes it so powerful.
And it's also what makes it so frustrating for anyone who wants to see it succeed. What is success for an Open Source project? A child learning to walk takes the first step and the parents celebrate the moment, but what is that first step if nothing more than the first of countless more steps?
So what is Linux success? Is it dominating Windows? Domination of Windows is a worthy goal, but there is no one behind Linux to make that a reality. There is Ubuntu, sure. And RedHat. And MontaVista. And IBM. But are they behind Linux? No, they are out for themselves. Linux is the vehicle which they believe will take them where they want to go.
When Asus says they want to use Windows, let them. No skin off our backs.
In a sense, even Slashdot is a game. As you mention, we are awarded points when we post something "useful", and points are revoked when we post something not so useful. Even in the case of Microsoft stories, it is not unheard of to see pro-Microsoft posts get modded to +5. The fact of the matter is that the content of a post isn't the determining scoring factor. It is mostly style that is rewarded here.
The guy who thinks he's funny for saying "Linux sucks!" is going to get slapped down hard, but someone who takes the time to explain exactly how bad Linux is as a desktop operating system (for example) or how hard it is to use (as another example) will be modded very high. This isn't because the content of the post is different. Essentially, both simply explain the obvious: Linux isn't a suitable OS for the vast majority of the computing public. The first post expresses this sentiment as an opinion. The second provides a logical framework upon which the reader may be convinced of the facts.
Likewise, pro-Microsoft posts are commonly modded up. Due in part to the over-demonization of the company, a calm post explaining that the company isn't as bad as everyone thinks will frequently be modded up as a voice of reason. Even posts that extol the virtues of Microsoft (great software) and Bill Gates (worldwide philanthropy), while seemingly over the top, will get positive modification.
Slashdot has done many things wrong, but the moderation system is something they have done very right. By encouraging posts that have exemplary style, they are promoting a discussion that doesn't necessarily need the most knowledgeable participants, the only requirement is that the successful poster be garrulous and loquacious.
There is a pretty funny theory that the vast majority of WoW players are well-respected professionals who play the game in their free time. Through the playing of WoW, they not only practice their leadership skills, but also organizational skills and planning skills. The idea is that the game reinforces and promotes cooperative game play while preserving a fun environment.
But we all know the truth. It's 30 year old lardballs who still live with their parents that play this game. The lack of friends and human companionship drives them to seek out online communities where they can be accepted as who they portray themselves as rather than for who they, unfortunately, are. Seeking companionship is one of the most primal of human urges.
I don't know how you can say the game is addictive, in that sense. I'm not addicted to breathing or eating, but I'd die without doing either of those. We are talking about something very close to the core of being a human, not a dependency developed through repeated exposure.
If a country agrees to join a confederation, it must at some point forfeit some of its autonomy to the ruling body. If it doesn't like that deal and wants to secede, there are remedial actions that may be taken to restore sovereignty.
In an ideal world, we wouldn't need police. People would be nice to each other and crime wouldn't happen.
But we don't live in an ideal world. We live in a world with walls and those walls need to be guarded by men with guns. Who's going to do it? They have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You have the luxury of not knowing what they know. Their existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want to know the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at Piratpartiet you want them on that wall, you need them on that wall. They use words like honor, code, loyalty. They use them as the backbone of a life trying to defend something. You use them as a punchline.
So enjoy your freedom to cry about the police, but realize that these men are the thin blue line between freedom and anarchy. Freedom entails risk. The law and police mitigate that risk. Hobble them at your own risk.
Is there anyone who can help me figure out something to do with my Pulsar's wiper blades?
What was an extra-terrestrial?
Consider that everything about Gazillion Entertainment is geared towards making the most of the newly signed deal with Marvel, a delay in the schedule for Netdevil's latest project sounds more like a chance for employees to get their resumes in order than some commitment to quality. The longer the game development can be dragged along, the longer the engineers have to find new jobs. The manager is a good man, but may be sabotaging Gazillion's bottomline in the process.
Not that there is anything wrong with that. Treating employees like people is a much better strategy than treating them like expendable resources.
If you're writing 10,000 lines in a single file regularly, then your probably need to re-evaluate your coding methods
Word wrap is deceiving. I only wrote 5 lines of code. They are just very long lines.
Trippy
I'm sure lots of people are happy with emacs.
I'm sure lots of people are happy with American cars too, but we have objective standards for a reason.
Keep in mind that VC++ is not the Microsoft Platform SDK. These are two completely different, albeit related, products. The SDK had a bug in getline(), but VC can't really do anything about the quality of the installed SDK.
The best free IDE is the one that you don't have to think about, it just gives you the tools to do your job without getting in your way.
My in-laws have a Mercedes. On the infrequent opportunities I have to drive it, I am always amazed at how well it supports my driving. It is the little things like rotating the headlights into a turn, actually automatically switching into neutral when the car comes to a stop, and auto-dimming rear view for night driving that make driving it a pleasure.
Check these cheapies out. They are only Cheeto encrusted.
Around $300
Around $500
Around $200
I suggest we send someone back in time to prevent the robot from killing the life on Mars.
The problem of world peace is one of leadership. It's not only a struggle for resources, but a struggle for supremacy, which guides our national policies. America believes it cannot continue to exist without controlling others. And NK believes that it must dominate its enemies in order to survive.
This can't be fixed so easily, I'm afraid. It's simply human nature. So it's up to each and every one of us to work towards that goal. I'm starting with the man in the mirror. I'm asking him to change his ways. And no message could have been any clearer: if you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make a change.
Vive Le Vieil Aigri!
After all, someone's gotta step into that position.
Now maybe I don't have my name written up in some fancy shmancy "scientific journal".
But even *I* know that you don't handle pyrophoric materials without a labcoat!
Sangji, who had worked in the lab for 2 months, was injured while attempting to draw a quantity of the chemical t-butyl lithium from a receptacle using a syringe. The material, which is pyrophoric, burst into flame on contact with air when "the plunger was either ejected or pulled out of the syringe," according to report's narrative summary of the incident. The "liquid ... spilled onto [Sangji's] clothing, torso and hands ...and immediately caught fire. ... No appropriate clothing protection nor a laboratory coat was used while working with the pyrophoric material," the report found. In addition, Sangji wore a "sweatshirt made of synthetic material."
When I have to plug in a cable or other "under the desk" activity, I have one of the sysadmins do it for me.
Really? Common sense prevents injury?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=parfr_d5wdY
I spent 2 and half years (I graduated early) studying Computer science in University. What surprised me when I got out was that the things I stressed over every day in school were only the thinnest onion skin of what was required of me in the industry. If I were to retake an exam after a couple years in the industry, I wouldn't have any problem with it.
The difference is that industry requires so much more focus and professionalism than schooling does. So it's no surprise that students would fuck up in a laboratory much more than a junior clinician with a month of on the job training.
It isn't about lack of OSHA oversight, it's about how academia considers safety as an afterthought.
Bolden is black, just like Obama. That's pretty cool.
Maybe it's just your ignorance, but how many of you didn't realize we had astronauts of many different races and creeds?
Used to be, back when I was in high school, that we listened to Kennedy's speeches about space and dreamed of becoming astronauts. NASA, in those days, was something of a heroic world where the best and brightest grouped to find ways to get men to the moon and return them safely to Earth.
We looked at the Alan Shepards, Louis Armstrongs, and Buzz Aldrins as supermen. They were our Sanjaya back then. The right stuff, they had it, and we wanted to have it too.
But now, NASA is just a sad shadow of what it used to be. The agency is hamstrung by lack of funding, but more than that, in the decades that have passed since I was a boy, educational standards have dropped to such an extent that even if we were to increase funding to reasonable levels, that we'd need to bring in foreign contractors just to make up the intelligence gap.
The average American doesn't care about space. They care about what is directly in front of them. Their car, their job (if they still have it), and their bellies. The curiousity and hunger for space is gone except in a scattered few.
It'll be another 12 years before any kind of rehabilition can take place. Until the next generation of kids passes through schools that encourage thought, discipline, and creativity and not just feel-good, everyone wins, it only matters if you try "education".
We all know what happened last time an online world allowed that.
You don't say...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
Kyle Reese is John Conner's father.
Spoiler above!