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
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
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."
"Ninety percent of baseball is half mental." -- Yogi Berra
