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Journal Journal: Linux 20 years from a hobby to world dominance 1

Today its 20 years ago that Linus Torvalds send a little message to a Minix diskussions group:

I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing since April, and is starting to get ready. I'd like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat (same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons) among other things).

Comment Dumbest post on /. ever (Score 0) 181

This is so stupid: if the rocks that had the water/ice in them came from outer space to form the planet Earth, then the water/ice came from rocks in outer space in the first place, then came from within Earth.

The water/ice still came from rocks in outer space whether they arrived before or after the initial formation of the planet.

Comment Why do people work in the first place? (Score 1) 306

People work to make money. They need money to put food on the table and to pay debts. That is their primary concern for working, not for completing a project. The project is just secondary to them. Therefore, it either gets done or it doesn't. Seeing as how the people of NYC have been healing since 2001, it isn't a surprise that they haven't put more time and effort into the work that they do, since they need the money to stay sane in order to work at all.

Comment Re:But did they press charges? (Score 1) 1232

If a peace officer puts handcuffs on you, you're under arrest, period.

Not 100% true. A peace officer, if alone, can and will place the cuffs on someone in order to temporarily detain them in order to perform a warranted search. When the search is over, as long as nothing was found wrong with the search, the officer will likely remove the cuffs and let the person go.

Comment Re:Not Exactly for Taking a Photo (Score 1) 1232

Before some of you bleat "Public place, no reasonable expectation of privacy"

What's to bleat? He took the picture inside of a building. The only public place is outside, on the door, on the street. Inside of the building is the ownership of the business owners, who contracted these guys to do their work. Clearly, they could have placed a visible barrier around them before doing the work. But they couldn't. Why? Would it not go against the fire code to block the use of a fire alarm in the event of a fire? What if this guy 'peeked' behind the curtain and saw it, and then went and pulled the switch? He is, after all, a self-proclaimed anarchist...

Comment Re:You just defined smartass (Score 0) 1232

"He's guilty of being an ass. Sorry to inform you that is NOT against the law. Case dismissed." - Judge Judy just a few weeks ago.

Judge Judy is not a real judge, she's a TV show character. Nothing more, nothing less. If you honestly thought that she's a real, accredited and nominated judge, then think again.

The point of the Judge Judy show is to bring satire to the family court system. It reflects SOME things that happen in real life. However, this is a civil court matter, not a family court matter, and even if Judge Judy was real, the quoted judgement would probably not stand in this case.

It will be interesting to see what way this all goes...

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