Re: [9fans] Has Linux jumped the shark?

2015-07-24 Thread Tiago Natel
Make a random commit and call it 4.0? Yes, I think that it jumped the shark as well as all competitors (BSD. win, osx). But unfortunate we don't have any other good production-ready choice at the moment. My hope is that someone is hard working on a new better tech for the next 20 years. But I

Re: [9fans] Has Linux jumped the shark?

2015-07-24 Thread Prof Brucee
I sent a message to this list a short while ago suggesting that interested parties contact me about my startup. Sorry if it was too cryptic. Consider the message decrypted. brucee On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 7:05 PM, Tiago Natel tiago.na...@neoway.com.br wrote: Make a random commit and call it

Re: [9fans] Has Linux jumped the shark?

2015-07-24 Thread erik quanstrom
On Thu Jul 23 22:12:56 PDT 2015, prof.bru...@gmail.com wrote: You are not helping at all. We know that Peter has done *everything*. brucee On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 2:49 PM, cinap_len...@felloff.net wrote: http://9front.org/img/pjwshark.png so it's peter. the most interesting man in

Re: [9fans] Has Linux jumped the shark?

2015-07-24 Thread Charles Forsyth
On 24 July 2015 at 04:54, Prof Brucee prof.bru...@gmail.com wrote: has Linux with the release of 4.0 finally jumped the shark. Since it's called Hurr Durr I'ma Sheep, I thought I'd ask a celebrity what he thought of it. The response was much as I'd expected: http://goo.gl/ZefDFV Others simply

Re: [9fans] Has Linux jumped the shark?

2015-07-24 Thread Ingo Krabbe
I don't think that anyone on this list really got what you want/-ed. At least I didn't. But maybe I already jumped the shark too. Regards ingo I sent a message to this list a short while ago suggesting that interested parties contact me about my startup. Sorry if it was too cryptic.

Re: [9fans] Has Linux jumped the shark?

2015-07-24 Thread Ingo Krabbe
Actually not all bugs are fixed, some are introduced as a feature http://intellivisionlives.com/bluesky/games/credits/space.html#hawk On 24 July 2015 at 04:54, Prof Brucee prof.bru...@gmail.com wrote: has Linux with the release of 4.0 finally jumped the shark. Since it's called Hurr

Re: [9fans] Has Linux jumped the shark?

2015-07-24 Thread Charles Forsyth
On 24 July 2015 at 20:20, Devon H. O'Dell devon.od...@gmail.com wrote: But POSIX remembers and indeed insists on minutiae from 40 years ago! If only we could all be more like POSIX. I didn't mean it as a good thing.

Re: [9fans] Has Linux jumped the shark?

2015-07-24 Thread Kurt H Maier
Quoting Prof Brucee prof.bru...@gmail.com: I just quoted cat-v - shoot me. ONE OF US

Re: [9fans] Has Linux jumped the shark?

2015-07-24 Thread Prof Brucee
I just quoted cat-v - shoot me. brucee On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 5:20 AM, Devon H. O'Dell devon.od...@gmail.com wrote: 2015-07-24 11:52 GMT-07:00 Charles Forsyth charles.fors...@gmail.com: On 24 July 2015 at 18:08, Devon H. O'Dell devon.od...@gmail.com wrote: doesn't remember given

Re: [9fans] Has Linux jumped the shark?

2015-07-24 Thread Devon H. O'Dell
2015-07-24 5:05 GMT-07:00 Prof Brucee prof.bru...@gmail.com: Look what I started. And All That Clever Code ... Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it.

Re: [9fans] Has Linux jumped the shark?

2015-07-24 Thread Skip Tavakkolian
I would like to ask a very open question: has Linux with the release of 4.0 finally jumped the shark. i had to go look. dynamic core patching... how retro?!!

Re: [9fans] Has Linux jumped the shark?

2015-07-24 Thread Devon H. O'Dell
2015-07-24 11:52 GMT-07:00 Charles Forsyth charles.fors...@gmail.com: On 24 July 2015 at 18:08, Devon H. O'Dell devon.od...@gmail.com wrote: doesn't remember given that this would have been over 40 years ago. But POSIX remembers and indeed insists on minutiae from 40 years ago! If only we

Re: [9fans] Has Linux jumped the shark?

2015-07-24 Thread Charles Forsyth
On 24 July 2015 at 18:08, Devon H. O'Dell devon.od...@gmail.com wrote: doesn't remember given that this would have been over 40 years ago. But POSIX remembers and indeed insists on minutiae from 40 years ago!

Re: [9fans] Has Linux jumped the shark?

2015-07-24 Thread Prof Brucee
Look what I started. And All That Clever Code ... Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. — Brian W. Kernighan

Re: [9fans] Has Linux jumped the shark?

2015-07-24 Thread Prof Brucee
I started this thread. And all that clever code is being dynamically replaced as we speak. brucee On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 10:13 PM, Ingo Krabbe ikrabbe@gmail.com wrote: Look what I started. And All That Clever Code ... Maybe I'm dumb but, where should I look at all that clever code and

Re: [9fans] Has Linux jumped the shark?

2015-07-24 Thread Ingo Krabbe
Look what I started. And All That Clever Code ... Maybe I'm dumb but, where should I look at all that clever code and the things you started?

Re: [9fans] Has Linux jumped the shark?

2015-07-23 Thread Prof Brucee
You are not helping at all. We know that Peter has done *everything*. brucee On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 2:49 PM, cinap_len...@felloff.net wrote: http://9front.org/img/pjwshark.png -- cinap

Re: [9fans] Has Linux jumped the shark?

2015-07-23 Thread cinap_lenrek
http://9front.org/img/pjwshark.png -- cinap

[9fans] Has Linux jumped the shark?

2015-07-23 Thread Prof Brucee
I realize that it is pretty much required form in this forum to avoid criticizing Linux. (What is the point? Get on with you own hobbies. etc.). I would like to ask a very open question: has Linux with the release of 4.0 finally jumped the shark. My experience has been sticking to wearing an old