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Comment Re:Just go 64 bit only at this point (Score 1) 91

by wed128 (#66138180) Attached to: Linux Kernel Starts Retiring Support for AMD's 30-Year-Old K5 CPUs
I would guess most K5 computers that are still in use (and actively updated with new kernels) are probably not desktop computers, and don't run a normal linux distribution. Think things like C&C machines and ATMs. Linux runs just fine on many many computers that would struggle to run Ubuntu.

Comment Re:The fact that anyone is getting any gains (Score 1) 88

Now there's a direct and no fuss way for our leadership to take money out of our pockets.

An easy way to avoid this is to just -- not bet in the "prediction markets". This isn't like the stock market where your 401k is tied up in it, it's a literal casino with no rules. Very very easy to avoid.

Comment Re: Huh (Score 1) 162

There are a lot of Christian denominations, and they don't all hold the same values. The Evangelicals are loud, but they only make up about 25% of Christians. It's also important to remember that "Evangelicals" aren't one cohesive group either, and vary wildly from church to church.

All of this to say "the evangelicals you know" might not be a good representative sample of Christians.

Comment Re:"for entertainment purposes only" (Score 1) 66

So, false equivalence -- running linux 2.6 would be much more similar to still running unpatched windows XP. Also, it's very true that a well configured firewall really does protect against a lot of things, but I think it's a pretty safe bet that that firewall doesn't run windows...

Comment Re:It pays off (Score 1) 22

“It comes from a very ancient democracy, you see..."
"You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?"
"No," said Ford, who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been, having finally had the coffee forced down him, "nothing so simple. Nothing anything like so straightforward. On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people."
"Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy."
"I did," said Ford. "It is."
"So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't people get rid of the lizards?"
"It honestly doesn't occur to them," said Ford. "They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates to the government they want."
"You mean they actually vote for the lizards?"
"Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course."
"But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?"
"Because if they didn't vote for a lizard," said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in. Got any gin?"

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