Equally long we already could have switched to a full wind and solar powered world.

citation please.

Comparing the number of EOs to arrive at any sort of conclusion is much like measuring productivity by lines of code written/comitted. The raw numbers tell very little.

This reminds me of the SCO lawsuit, where the most they ever found was, what, 7 lines of infringing code which SCO themselves had nicked from AT&T UNIX?

A little off-topic I know, but IBM was never found to have infringed on any code from SCO. SCO tried to *claim* some code that was already licensed under a FLOSS license was the same as their code and thus infringed on their IP. They made a big deal of this to the press forcing them to sign NDA's & "showing them the code".

3) Yeah, we can send you a patch for that and you can compile the kernel SRPM, or

RH does not support custom compiled kernels. Basically, if you compile your own kernel there is no reason to use RH because you have just "voided your warranty" and the whole system is considered suspect.

This problem is endemic in open source unfortunately, and not just for developers - constant UI change, application deprecation/replacement, etc.

Which is why most projects will put older versions into a maintenance mode doing security/bug fixes but no new features *before* arbitrarily EOL'ing that version and dropping support.

They mention having EOL'd 2.6 last October.. yet 2.6 is the system Python on RHEL/CentOS/Scientific 6 systems. I am not going to hose my system for the sake of what a Python dev wants.

If you swapped out the Python that came with the system with a new, incompatible Python, chances are good that it break so hard it wouldn't even be able to boot up.

I had an arrogant developer who did just that on a RHEL6 system. He stomped* on the system python (/usr) with python 3.X.
This effectively broke most of the package management ( yum was completely screwed) along with a ton of system tools.

* he installed from source over top of the system RPM files rather than just put his version of python somewhere out of the way like /opt or /usr/local. He did not uninstall the rpms ( he realistically couldn't ) so he grabbed a bigger hammer. Dumb ass.

I don't disagree with anything you say, but keep in mind what PETAs real goal is. It has almost nothing to do with the treatment of animals. It is almost entirely about pushing a vegan agenda.

Moreso than NAMBLA, I think PETA is most similar to the Westboro Baptist Church with their arguments and rhetoric.

Obama has been the single largest enemy of the Constitution since taking office. Being a "Constitutional Lawyer" only provided him with the tools to make end-runs around the document that defines this country.

This being the man that campaigned on "Change" and "Transparency" in govt.

"How can you tell Obama is lying? His lips are moving."

it's easy to forget such a thing, since they've only been around for a half century...

As far as you know.....

I believe this is all part of that new "no president left behind" rhetoric. Oh.. wait..

In the situation you describe, I agree 100% the neighbor shares the blame. Honestly I don't know how people sleep at night. And this being said by a person who eats wild game, fishes regularly and even enjoys rabbit on occasion.

Switch out "rabbit" for "child". See if that clears it up for you. I am not saying a rabbit's life is equal to that of a child. Hell, I eat rabbits; but they were not tortured before I ate them.

She let a rabbit *starve* to death. Think about that for a minute. You don't "accidentally forget" to feed an animal in your care for days on end. That is animal abuse plain and simple and would also fall into the category of torture. Both of these are (low-level) felonies in all states to the best of my knowledge.

To be honest, both of these people sound like the dregs of society and not anyone I would want to admit associating with.