Comment Re: Racism in Linux (Score 1) 57
Or 'love speed condition'?
As all threads would love to get access to the resource.
That may however be requiring too much context for people entering the stage.
Or 'love speed condition'?
As all threads would love to get access to the resource.
That may however be requiring too much context for people entering the stage.
This would be inaccurate, as race conditions actually don't have to be at high speed.
It has to do with multiple threads trying to get access to the same resource at the same time, but it technically hasn't anything to do with speed, as there could be many milliseconds or even longer between one resource access to the next.
A race condition is not handling multiple threads wanting to get to a resource at overlapping times.
Remember that a computer system with an OS is trying create the illusion for all programs and threads of those programs that they alone are using all the resources of the computer, and when that is not handled properly, there is a race condition, regardless of the speed.
Illustrated in a different way, if your girlfriend is keeping you and her other lover separated, so you don't meet or are aware of each other, then the illusion of owning her is kept for the both of you, but if you suddenly one day see her in bed with that other guy (or vice versa) then there is a race condition, and you can't trust the condition you have with her, eg. is she pregnant with you or him?
So, continuing with 'race condition' is fine with me, and High Speed condition doesn't catch the true issue.
As it is about multiple resources trying to get to a resource, ie. 'grab it', getting over racism in Linux might be handled better by calling it a 'grabbing condition'?
Then of course, in these dire Trump times, using the word 'grab' may not go so well with some people?
I agree with you on your first part about implementing it, but not on your last part about "egotistical fuckwits called engineers".
I am myself an engineer working with software development since 1992 when I graduated with an M.Sc. in it, and still doing it.
Unfortunately us 'egotistical fuckwits called engineers' don't usually decide much regarding what will eventually be used or included in a product.
That may be decided by a totally non engineering type manager, or a manager that used to be an engineer but now is pushed around by senior management that has little or no understanding of technical issues.
It may of course be an actual 'egotistical fuckwit called engineer' that has lost his/hers guiding light, but in my experience that isn't the normal case.
And if you then say that Free Software (yes, I am that old) or Open Software is available to everyone, then I say "yes, and who then decides to make it widespread used?".
Not you as a single user that think it is great, but everyone else on the planet in numbers that make it interesting for the suits in large companies, and smaller companies around the world in greater numbers.
It is never, as in _never_ the "fuckwits called engineers" that are calling the shots!
If you are on the level of having mod-points and think something needs to change, then why not propose it to Slashdot instead of posting it _on_ Slashdot?!?
Otherwise you just look some orange haired imbecile with a Twitter account.
I totally agree with you!!
The last couple of PCs where I had a say, ie. not my company PCs where I have had laptops with Intel i5 and i7, I evaluated the specs and found that AMD both were high performance and gave value for money, so a no-brainer.
I think the choosing of Intel is close to the "no one has ever been fired from choosing IBM" mantra.
Upper management in many companies are still missing education and understanding on details, and middle management are without the cohones to tell their bosses the true story, so a lot of money is lost on less than top performance computing.
Sad!
I think Trump is as incompetent as the next guy, but apparently the US Constitution has no other ways to deal with such a bad president than to wait for for him to not be elected by the next vote in 2020.
However, the reason for me to respond to you post is your signature, where you write: " FreeBSD (a real unix) ", when in fact "BSD is very definitely not UNIX®" is stated on:
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en...
I have myself used Linux since Dec.1993, and in the early days also tried a few times using a BSD version, but as the momentum was much stronger with Linux, and I am more into getting things done, than being religious, I have stayed with, and are still using Linux (and my main distribution is Slackware).
I agree that systemd is bad, but FreeBSD is not anymore the solution.
This is obviously a Danish person making fun of a previous Danish Foreign Secretary, with limited English skills.
It may (or not) be funny for other people, but it is especially funny for his adversaries, even as he was trying to do a good job for the country.
Saying this, I am not even voting for his party, SF, but I think that still making him a laughing stock is silly!
My concern is not the re-entry and burning up, but the actual high numbers that will flood the low orbit space, while in flight.
Similar to the general concern of small pieces from broken satellites that orbit at higher altitudes and with very high velocities, and can make huge damage to anything in its orbit.
And this will get even worse with 5G, as a lot of small satellites will flood the low orbit space.
We will eventually have a harder time just getting out into space
And well managed companies, also the large ones, should be happy with being in competitive markets.
It makes it more fair to everyone, also the big ones, and there is less of a risk that disruptive technologies suddenly appears, because with a competitive market, development is more fluid, whereas a non-competitive market has more development going on, beneath the surface.
So, large companies should actually be even more happy about being in competitive markets.
It is a very old fashioned thinking, to try to control the complete market, and suck up all the capital, because as well connected as the world is today, everything moves quicker than ever.
Very interesting story.
And you know what, I had a very similar experience!
I worked for Toshiba in their medical division, Nasu Koujou, in Tochigi-ken.
It was also my first job right after university and the best about it is that I'm able to think back, as I moved on.
Since then Toshiba sold the division to Canon.
It may seem like pointless, but Japan, as many other countries, have loads of pointless legislation.
However, in my experience, the Japanese are quite strict towards drunk-whatever, so even if no incident has yet occurred with a drunk operator, it is natural for them to include that in a legislation that has to do with operating some/any kind of equipment.
Maybe it has to do with the Japanese in general obsessing about self-control, and as we all know, alcohol works opposite to that.
They also obsess about details, in order for no one to 'not know what to do', so all in all this just seems like an ordinary way (for the Japanese) to make a new law.
Ergo, nothing to see, move on, clear the road!
Unless you can explain in better detail about what you mean, you are a dumbnut!
And Anonymous Cowards are just that, cowards!
Thank you, I am honoured by the praise, especially as I learned English in school, as a foreign language!
I'll see if I can do well on your request for people who can see the difference between adverbs and adjectives
You should try to read the text again, where it says in the last paragraph that they look for the spectral lines that shows what molecules are present.
It isn't the actual first HeH molecule, because that would be impossible to determine, so read it as the 'first type of molecule', ie. a combination of different types of atoms, where H and He were the first.
Computer programs expand so as to fill the core available.