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Comment Re: Unity next (Score 2) 494

Debian unstable is a misnomer. Before systemd was introduced, Debian unstable was very stable. Ubuntu's packages are based on the Debian unstable packages, as far as I know.

Before systemd, "stable" in the Debian lexicon referred to an extraordinarily high degree of stability, unmatched by other Linux distros. Even extreme stability appears to be "unstable" when compared to Debian's (former?) overachieving definition of "stable".

Somebody like yourself, who obviously has never used a truly stable Linux distro, probably couldn't understand this.

I ran Debian 15 years ago, you don't need to explain the fundamentals. The point stands that a development branch can break any time by definition, and the introduction of a new init system leading to boot failures here and there comes as part of your decision to run unstable. It's your fault if you upgrade without checking first, it's not systemd's fault. I've lost X or couldn't boot after an upgrade more than once.

Comment Re: Unity next (Score 2) 494

I had been running Debian unstable for years, which contrary to its name was very stable (more stable than the stable releases of many other distros I'd tried, even). But once systemd was installed during an update, it was one broken thing after another.

Development branch of a distro, which is called unstable, sees breakage when switching the init system. A TOTAL SHOCKER.

Comment Re:I hope it's a publicity stunt (Score 3, Insightful) 118

It might not have anything to do with MGS, but it sure as hell better be a publicity stunt, because anyone involved in an actual human head transplant surgery will need to lose their medical licenses and go to prison for a very long time.

Or be hailed as the greatest surgeon who ever lived.

There is no middle ground with this one.

Comment Re:Oh Really? (Score 3, Insightful) 302

Is there any work that is over 50 years old that still brings in big money?

Come on, you really can't think of any music from the 1950's and '60s that's still bringing in money? Who was that truckdriver from Tennessee with the swivel hips and pouty lips? I think his catalog still makes a bit of money and just about all of his biggest hits were more than 50 years ago. When the Etta James hit "At Last" is used in a Mercedes commercial, or in a popular movie, cash registers are ringing for somebody, but certainly not for anyone who had anything to do with making the music.

The first handful of Beatle albums were more than 50 years ago. Hell, Miles Davis' Kind of Blue still sells pretty steady and that was what, 1959?

The most egregious part of this entire saga is how works that were already in the public domain - movies, music, books - are being removed from public domain. This is why you're seeing so many great old movies removed from Netflix. It's shameful and it's hurting both future generations and the current state of the art.

Comment Re:weinstein? in pakistan?? (Score 1) 334

In other words: "If you find a source, I'm just going to say it doesn't count because I don't like it"

Do you see any sources saying it's "not possible to be a teacher in France if you're Jewish"? If so, I invite you to post it here even if it is from Haaretz or Breitbart. Because so far, I've seen nothing.

Comment Re:weinstein? in pakistan?? (Score 3, Insightful) 334

Because a few moments of googling for ME turned up the following links, which certainly suggest that the climate in France is certainly not particularly warm to Jewish people and moderate Muslims:

Ah, but that wasn't the assertion, was it? In case you're unable to scroll back to the comment to which I was replying, here's the statement:

I was just reading that, due to Muslim students, it's no longer possible for someone to be a teacher in France while being openly Jewish.

No. Longer. Possible. For someone to be a teacher in France while being openly Jewish.

Shall we take a little walk over to a few French universities and examine the names teaching Humanities? Political Science? Medicine? You want to make a little bet on whether or not it is "possible for someone to be a teacher in France while being openly Jewish"?

France is home to the world's third largest Jewish population. Not Europe's third largest, but the world's third largest. Let me guess: you think they're all money-lenders and pawn brokers? There are three quarters of a million Jews in France and 600,000 of them are French citizens. You believe none of them are teachers?

Yes there is anti-semitism in France. And the anti-semitism that is on the rise is as much from the conservatives and nationalists in Europe as from muslims. If you want to see anti-semitism, you can't do much better than white guys with SS tattoos on their necks and shaved heads. And make no mistake, there are neo-Nazis, the white Christian kind, on the rise all over Western and Northern Europe. This is not a new development, since I seem to recall some dustup in that region in the middle part of the last century. And long before that. But when you make a statement about whether it is "possible" to be a Jewish teacher in France, based on some right-wing blog or Breitbart or something, you should always use your head for a minute before accepting it as gospel.

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