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Comment Re:Larsen != Larson (Score 2, Insightful) 210

Population of Denmark: 5.5 million Population of Sweden: 9 million

Out of curiosity, without scurrying off to wikipedia, could you differentiate a Punjabi name (130 million) from a Bengali (230 million) name?

Or, not even leaving Europe, how about the difference between Ukrainian (50 million) and Russian (100 million)?

You don't have to look anything up in Wikipedia, you just need to copy/paste correctly from the article that you are submitting.

Maybe even submitters do not RTFA?

Comment Re:Postgres is looking better than ever (Score 1) 906

I suspect if you're manually copying around the db's internal files you're doing it wrong. That's not the proper way to do replication, backups, or just about anything. Care to elaborate on what you were trying to do with the db's internal files?

Dumping SQL statements for backup is not really practical with big databases. It would takes days to restore.

Read more in this blog.

Comment Re:Probable Cause? (Score 1) 1079

In all honesty, my rifle, my 4096-bit encrypted hard drive, and the idea that I choose the best operating system or combination thereof that suits me as a consumer do nothing but support the idea that I am a law-abiding, dutiful citizen.

People fear what they don't understand.

Incidentally, you don't understand encryption if you believe that your hard drive is encrypted with a 4096-bit key.

Comment Re:Every time he speaks I just want to shoot him (Score 1) 747

RMS intentionally confuses the terms free and open, because in his mind it isn't free until it's open; to him, free means freedom. The classic example is always "free" as in "free beer" vs "free" as in "free speech"; same word, different meaning.

He is not confused at all, but you seem to be. Try reading Why "Open Source" misses the point of Free Software.

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