Comment Re:Poor choice of name (Score 3, Funny) 361
Could be worse. When I read TFA, I read 'Ponyo'.
Could be worse. When I read TFA, I read 'Ponyo'.
> what you're looking for (ZFS) hasn't been invented on any of the OSs that you're using.
Actually, there is MacZFS. Runs just fine on OSX. I have the OS, apps, and my home folder on an HFS+ partition on an SSD. Everything else is on ZFS. It's exported via SMB to all my Win boxes.
> The Economist is left leaning by U.S. standards
This may be true; I haven't read it regularly in a couple of years. But I do think it's true that extremists in either US party would find much of what appears in The Economist very uncomfortable. It's probably the most fair and balanced news source around these days and most USians aren't accustomed with that.
> maybe if I describe it somebody will chime in
The Man from Earth (2007). I stumbled across it on cable last years and was pleasantly surprised.
You forgot the $73 trillion that they'll be collecting from LimeWire.
and Linus Pauling 1962
I could care less. But I'd have to try really really hard.
> i did this, come and arrest me
If they use LOIC, the script-kiddies are effectively doing just this. And some have already been arrested, though I don't think this was their intention, just a feature of software (LOIC, in this case) that doesn't provide anonymity.
I'm just sayin...
> Then you'd better hope we get more justices like the dissenters... Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Antonin Scalia, dissented in the case.
This is one of those few occasions where Justice Thomas was in the minority and I agreed with him.
> Anyone who disagrees just doesn't have sophisticated enough eyes.
I have Monster Eyes, you insensitive clod!
Here is what Kay got wrong, as far as the iPad is concerned:
- Users can write their own programs for the device
- Kay viewed the Dynabook as a content creation and viewing device, while the iPad is mainly a content viewing device.
Apple got so much right with the iPad, but missed a golden opportunity. The hardware and OS are good enough. The fact that the masses can't (effectively) write apps for it means that Alan Kay's vision still has not been realized. Maybe Android on Wacom/ASUS/AMD hardware would do the trick.
As we used to say on Wall St, even a dead cat bounces...
"The one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception a neccessity." - Oscar Wilde