I travel. Sometimes I'm away from the web for weeks. Sometimes I have irregular posting times. *shrug*

Anthropomorphized statistics trapped in a box respond affirmatively to everything. If they weren't trapped in a box, they wouldn't.

Curse those rectangular histogram bins! Why didn't we just pick a kernel of truth instead?

You clearly missed the license flamewars on here from the 90s. Or maybe you have Alzheimer's. Either way you're wrong.

Hi, this is Spotify. I was asked by my user to respond to your comment: My user particularly enjoyed your use of the word summarize.

Did they ever mention copyrights on Star Trek???

I believe there was an episode where they tried to copy Data...?

That was in the past. Nowadays, rampant copyright violation is the norm in America, so the distinction is moot. (sadly)

I'm retired, and it's long been my habit to update my Fedora box every morning while making breakfast. I agree with you that the kernel's getting updated far more often than it used to be. Recently, it was updated at least three times in one week (maybe four, I'm not sure) which seems excessive. I think that was while they were getting rid of the insecure forms of string manipulation, but I wasn't involved in that and could be wrong.

Make sure the ICE doesn't get you.

As a long-time Linux user, I have two questions. First, why does Microsoft insist on holding on to all of these bug patches and security fixes so that they can be released all together on Patch Tuesday instead of being made available right away as Linux does? Second, why do so many people insist on paying money for such a flawed system and putting up with such a slow update pace?

Kids today need AI to tell them about licenses. In my day, we learned about them from the BBC.

Eric.

The main problem I have with a wealth tax is that it depends on the timing. I don't see any natural way to decide when it should be assessed. Also how do you decide what time period of wealth accumulation to consider? Maybe you can clarify how you justify it, but I think it's a can of worms,

Everyone is assessed once a year at tax time already. There's no technical problem assessing wealth per se. You fill a form with your data. Sign it. If you omit items and are found out, the IRS comes after you.

There's no time period in wealth tax. It's based on marking to market. At any time, you have a number which represents your total wealth. At tax time, you give %X of that number to the IRS according to a published schedule.

You have the right to bear arms. The rest is a negotiation between You and The Law.

Nah. Only those who count.

Sorry, you're not in Kansas anymore. Most slashdotters won't get the reference.

I mean it's roughly 30 years past the "Year of the Linux desktop".

And that's because Windows fanbois moved the goalposts and people either didn't notice or didn't realize what was going on. Back then, "the year of Linux on the desktop" meant the year when Linux was good enough to be used on a desktop as your daily driver, something that's been achieved decades ago. However the Windows lusers started using the term to mean the year that Linux was on the majority of desktops, something that clearly hasn't happened yet and Linux users let them get away with it.