Comment Thanks (Score 1) 1521
Nothing notable for me to say here - I don't have a super low UID or any special claim to fame but thanks for all the years of work.
Nothing notable for me to say here - I don't have a super low UID or any special claim to fame but thanks for all the years of work.
Nobody's been putting them in PCs for two decades - those 386s have been for embedded and industrial applications.
I didn't follow it too closely but, in short, it's that the maintainers are a small, closed group that doesn't want to let anyone else into the pool. It's one thing for an OSS project to be delayed because the people working on it have other shit to do in their lives, it's another entirely when they're too busy to finish a job and actively reject volunteers from the community.
This is just basic economics at work. If there's still a demand and the cost goes up (or the current supply dries up), replacements will be found, or new, previously uneconomic sources become cost effective to tap.
Cablecard is such a joke. At best, the implementation was half-assed and companies only supported it enough to maintain legal compliance.
Of course. Without having to support internal hardware, the OS devs have a far easier time testing system stability. It greatly helps the "it just works" ideal that they like to promote.
Don't most schools charge lab fees already?
> I'm often able to find them, since they are appropriately modded up.
I didn't know twitter was still (or ever really was) relevant outside of "new media" weenies with a perma-hardon for social media.
They think there's no possible way someone could be experienced enough to make a secure, efficient, and stable website simple enough that it might cost less to build it from scratch and maintain it than the "equivalent" product created via an infinite amount of Joomla or Drupal customization.
What they're more concerned about is whether the next guy to come down the pipe will be experienced enough to quickly pick up your code-base & make the needed changes effectively. If you use a standard framework, you're quickly, cheaply & easily replaceable.
Ever hear of archive.org?
If you're going to purchase a physical artifact, a record is far more satisfying than a CD. If you just want the music for your MP3 player, why bother ripping it yourself when you can download it (legally or illegally)?
But... but... iPhone!!! and iPad!!!!!!
Emergency rooms are for -emergencies-. 9 times out of 10, you're better off calling up some local walk-in clinic and/or urgent-care facility. Hell, the odds are good that your regular Dr could squeeze you into his schedule on short-notice - cancellations happen all the time.
Can you say "publicity stunt"?
Work without a vision is slavery, Vision without work is a pipe dream, But vision with work is the hope of the world.
