Comment Dependency (Score 1, Insightful) 143
It gives us a foundation on which to build our economy. It gives us hope.
, said the addict.
Comment The final nail (Score 1) 267
I think the final nail in the anti-system movement [a proud member] was Torvalds' non-chalant, I-can't-be-bothered-with-such-trivialities response when asked about this virus. I can't be the only one that was stunned by his attitude, assuring the rapid takeover of Linux by the Red Hat / NSA consortium.
They will be coming for your kernel one day, Linus, but there will be no one left to speak up.
They will be coming for your kernel one day, Linus, but there will be no one left to speak up.
Comment Who's gonna freak out more? (Score 1) 81
Ricky or Bubbles?
Comment Follow the money (Score 1) 550
It appears RedHat has realised that, through systemd, it can readily provide preferential support for its own projects, and place roadblocks up for projects it does not control, thus extending its influence broadly and quickly. By using tenuous dependencies amongst its own projects it can speed adoption even faster.
And who is one of Red Hat's most lucrative customers?
The National Security Administration
Comment Internet 3 (Score 1) 54
Maybe it's time for FedGov to build their own Internet that is intentionally incompatible with the foundational building blocks of the Internet (except at well-controlled, secure interface conversion gateways).
Comment Don't be thick in front of me, Al. (Score 1) 150
"Can I build around 50 miles of Tehachapi mountains?"
Big Talk About Small Samples 246
Bennett Haselton writes: My last article garnered some objections from readers saying that the sample sizes were too
small to draw meaningful conclusions. (36 out of 47 survey-takers, or 77%, said that a picture
of a black woman breast-feeding was inappropriate; while in a different group,
38 out of 54 survey-takers, or 70%, said
that a picture of a white woman breast-feeding was inappropriate in the same context.)
My conclusion was that, even on the basis of a relatively small sample, the evidence was
strongly against a "huge" gap in the rates at which the surveyed population would consider
the two pictures to be inappropriate. I stand by that, but it's worth presenting
the math to support that conclusion, because I think the surveys are valuable tools when
you understand what you can and cannot demonstrate with a small sample. (Basically,
a small sample can present only weak evidence as to what the population average is,
but you can confidently demonstrate what it is not.)
Keep reading to see what Bennett has to say.
Comment Warning Tag (Score 2) 350
I recall stories tagged with OhNoItsFlorian; well past time for a OhNoItsBennett tag.
Comment Ten bucks a month (Score 1) 105
Nope. I'll carry on with free Pandora and my own collection, thanks. I really don't see a $120 annual bill appealing to the same stressed economic group that is now 'cable-cutting'.
Plus buying music from YouTube just sounds like the equivalent to shopping at Dollar General: embarrassing.
Plus buying music from YouTube just sounds like the equivalent to shopping at Dollar General: embarrassing.
Comment Pointless (Score 2) 162
In light of them strong-arming every manufacturer that dared to use Android with threats of supposed IP infringement (that has not and probably never will see the sterilizing judicial light of day), this 'change of heart'... isn't.
Satty first needs to don the hairshirt and make quite a few public apologies for past AND CURRENT actions against FOSS.
Satty first needs to don the hairshirt and make quite a few public apologies for past AND CURRENT actions against FOSS.
Comment Moby Dick (Score 1) 188
"Had his chest been a cannon, he'd have shot his Philae upon it." Or something.
Comment The American Way (Score 1) 127
Seriously. U.S. has worse speed AND higher prices than most of the Western world, including pretty much all of Europe.
This also succinctly describes Amercian health care and prescription drugs. I'm sensing a pro-corporate trend here.
Comment I hope (Score 2) 112
I just hope it can read back your writing to you.
Comment Mains (Score 1) 141
I've never understood the British use of the word 'mains' when talking about household wiring; it seems to imply there was / is 'secondary' or 'auxilliary' wiring.
Comment The Government God Forbids (Score 1) 219
The Government God forbids mere mortals from being allowed to escape their just punishments of soberly enduring the stupidity and drudgery of Western life - with the exemption of booze and prescription meds like Jesus would want, of course.
