Comment Re:Oh, for a successor to Open Moko (Score 3, Informative) 54
OnePlus One? http://oneplus.net/
OnePlus One? http://oneplus.net/
Don't know. I don't run xfce, so I don't know what it depends on. Here's how I did it, if you're comfortable with aptitude's interactive resolver:
bash# aptitude -s purge '?name(systemd)?installed' libsystemd0+
then review the list of conflicts and suggestions in simulate mode. (I started without explicitly marking libsystemd0 for install, but after I realised its list of reverse-dependencies, I relented.)
I proceeded by looking at the 800ish packages it suggested removing, picking two or three packages I use and marking them as rejected (in my case, initially kmail, kdm, xserver-xorg-video-all), cycling to the next suggested resolution. then repeat. Whenever it suggested installing a systemd package, I rejected that suggestion too.
Eventually I settled on removing about 20 packages I didn't need (networkmanager, gnome-shell, some evolution packages, etc). Then I re-ran it without the simulate option.
Afterwards, I realised that I really wanted something to manage the network for me, so I had to manually bring the wifi network up, and
bash# aptitude install wicd-gtk wicd-cli
Serious question here: how avoidable is systemd currently?
For what it's worth, I managed to purge everything systemd-related from my debian testing system the other day. I had to replace NetworkManager with WICD, which is a pretty good straightforward replacement (although you need to re-create your configuration). Also, I run KDE, so that made things easier.
As I understand it (if I correctly noted the packages which got removed), you can't run a gnome system without systemd; however, you can still run debian jessie with kde without systemd.
The only packages which are coming from the systemd source package on my system any more are udev and libsystemd0 - however, given that systemd-sysv and systemd-logind are no longer installed, I consider that basically a win.
libsystemd0 is only still there because cups-daemon and kde-runtime require it; but given that it only defines the interfaces, it seems benign.
udev and libudev1, despite being packaged as part of the systemd source, do not depend on it according to the package info...
In fact, it's double-clickbaiting us - it's claiming that the product is being retired "quietly", "without an official announcement" while simultaneously linking to the official announcement...
http://theconversation.com/baseload-power-is-a-myth-even-intermittent-renewables-will-work-13210
http://www.ceem.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/uploads/publications/MarkBaseloadFallacyANZSEE.pdf
http://www.skepticalscience.com/print.php?r=374
http://bze.org.au/media/newswire/living-green-power-renewables-131007 (and that's from the energy market!)
http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/08/rmi-blows-lid-baseload-power-myth-video/
... Those that did got more attention. Those that got more attention are the ones more people heard about... If they hear reports about something awful about to happen and it doesn't happen...
Interesting... And who chooses what gets attention? If the problem is that people are paying attention to the wrong speakers, how do we correct that? How do we make sure that people are hearing the correct predictions?
Because, as you pointed out, the majority of the predictions ARE correct, and global warming IS happening - but people are being directed to pay attention to a few irresponsible speakers, and are thus losing confidence in all the speakers...
That appears to be the main obstacle you have identified...
They should stop keeping records of
... expert witnesses...
Then how will they be able to find an expert witness when they need one?
Newspapers are a bad example, as is online TV, because both their non-internet incarnations are predominantly ad-funded anyway...
Pick a service that's subscription-based in real life, and there are often plenty of successful paid online versions of it...
Google reinvented Yubikey?
At the same time, the RSA patent is the perfect example of why software patents are a bad idea: the RSA patent essentially patents a mathematical formula. Should I be able to get a patent for solving a previously unsolved mathematical equation?
Credit ... is the only enduring testimonial to man's confidence in man. -- James Blish