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Comment: "secrecy was necessary" (Score 1) 57

by Anomalyst (#44021195) Attached to: Ortiz-Heymann: the Prior Generation
If they are not doing anything wrong then they should mot have anything to hide. All interpersonal interactions of all government functionaries with public citizens should be recorded and filed electronically by the media audio/vidieo and metadata to be made available immeadiately following the conclusion of the inquiry/investigation. Make them responsible for their (in)actions. Any extensions beyond a sunset date must be individually approved and summary reports published on how many extensions were approved made on a monthly basis. Let the cockroaches scurry for the baseboards when the light comes on.

Comment: Re:Surprise is that this doesn't happen already (Score 1) 443

Unfortunately Baen has essentially guttted their free library due to ebook deals it is making. I especially appreciated that David Weber's Crown of Slaves was there, when I tried to point an acquantence to the URL (I didnt feel right passing her a copy of mine) and it was no longer to be found. I am gretaeful that they left OBS and THoTQ there. But it is a shadow of what it once was.

Comment: Re:It's my party and no one else is invited (Score 1) 212

by Anomalyst (#43776853) Attached to: Open Source Projects For Beginners

what would you have the author of the software do?

What any competent maintainer would do. determine the parameter(s) value that induces the fault and code a workaround that wards that function call from those values, throw an assertion to get a better handle on what the root cause is, which would probably help the FFMPEG track down the issue if it is in their code. Its as likely that an unitialized value in the calling code is the culprit as something in FFMPEG internals. Grat rule of thumb, initalice EVERY variable when you declare it, let the compiler optimize it out as needed. turn on the uninitialized variable compiler warning explicitly. Dont rely on the default

Comment: Re:nope (Score 1) 737

by Anomalyst (#43499319) Attached to: Windows: Not Doomed Yet
Im not a MS fanboi, by any means. But do not neglect group policies and well integrated dynamic DHCP/DNS and a plethora of dirt cheap MCSE H1B monkeys to use it. Linux has a ways to go before it reaches that level of out of the box ease of use in the enterprise. These point&click capabilities will keep it in the enterprise until they are equalled or surpassed (not in the forseeable future, IMHO). A properly organised Group Policy and LDAP ou heirarchy makes adding/modifying users and machines almost painless.

He keeps differentiating, flying off on a tangent.

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