Posts by currynut

The quest to make Linux bulletproof

Re: Reading this makes me tired...

It's not unified for sure - but is it a mess? You seem to be referring to opinionated distro/tool fanatics and public debate (not exclusive to Linux). At the same time Linux servers (mainstream Debian/RHEL flavoured) support "a lot of the internet" (*) while nobody (including the on-the-hook sysadmins) cares. A contrast with what _isn't_ a mess.. mainframe z/OS, Windows?.. would be helpful to understand your point.

If you are referring to Linux on the desktop issue then I'll concede that I don't give a sh**.

(*) not fact checked - but most likely true.

Arm founder says the UK has no chance of tech sovereignty

Re: Herr Hauser Surely you Beau Gest

Protectionism is not a "pillar of Marxism". You will find arguments both against and for depending on the situation... likewise "free" trade. Ask any of your Marxist slogan-writing friends.

Google to revive RSS support in Chrome for Android

forgive me

Disinterest = impartiality, ok, and not "lack of interest" (or uninterested) as suggested here. Cut it out.

Not massively interested in the story myself but the early reference dragged me in. Not sure/doubtful RSS will take off again but I am the worst foreteller of the future

All your jobs are belong to us... Amazon is hiring 75,000 people but if you want US home groceries, tough luck

I have been recently enlightened..

Being a bit longer in the tooth, I knew nothing about this meme until a few weeks ago. I now understand that the subject of this sentence should be in the singular and therefore should commence "All your job are belong to us...".

Social isolation suits my personality.

Tape backup could be binned soon

Tape's demise is overstated once more ..

.. it just lives in a different space. If you're using it only for on-site backup then - fair enough - get with the programme.

If you need to off-site/third-or-more-site, archive point-in-time copies - even where you have remote replication - then it's very much a contender.

I'm sure there are many other readers who can attest to good tape reliability records to balance the experiences posted here. The correspondent's experience with SuperDLT is unfortunate -- but it'll be no surprise to users of DLTx technology that it fell out of favour.

Tape is not just for Luddites..

.. at least for the time being.

Grauniad faces offshoring strike

Re: Supply and Demand

I would like to hear more of the reasoning of the Anonymous Coward and his support for Fox News.

Why is it such a superior service (apart from being in line with your own opinions)? Is it informative or not important what anyone else has to say?

What should be the strategy in Iraq and Afghanistan? Social Welfare? What next for the world economy? Are bankers criminals or did they just mess up? BP? Supporters of terrorism or just good friends of Dick Cheney?

It's just too easy to deride the broadsheets for writing long articles, many of them supposedly "liberal".

I accept that long articles don't make them worthy or intellectual. After all the Daily Mail has a great history of wordy articles of bile and hate.

There should be a healthy competition between broadcasters right and left to express a broad range of opinions - and I believe the Guardian provides good articles.

What I hate about the Guardian is its overtly middle class authorship, its champagne socialism and London-centrism. It also panders to youth, and the quiz on Saturday isn't what it used to be.

I support any readers of broadsheets of any persuasion. Any independent thought is better than nodding along to "broadcasts".

That the Guardian is indeed bust accords with "Supply and Demand". I am very sad that the arseholes have frittered away revenue on the web site, have been dismissive of the Times's similar efforts, and are destined to crash and burn...

HP excessive packaging world record put to the test

@Havin_it

Err... you don't need to be a geek to use Google - "What are GBICs?" works a treat.

Irish Wikifiddler hoaxes worldwide journos

@ Michael

Absolutely not! Wikipedia is in no way a complete waste of time as a source of facts - just understand what it is.

Treat anything regarding politics/politicians/people more generally (especially living and in the public eye) with extreme caution.

Broken? I think not. Then again, I don't use Wikipedia to enlighten myself about the lives of twunts.

isn't it obvious?

Agree with Andy wholeheartedly. As long as you understand what it is, then Wikipedia is no problem. It appears that the better paid editors aren't doing their jobs. Sack the journalists who get caught out but I'm afraid this will not rid us of the lazy crap dished out every day as "fact".

Paris takes on Ubuntu in techno celebrity clash

don't understand

Apart from a quote from an illiterate commentator, I can't see any direct anti-American comment that Geoff Erickson can object to here. He might find more moronic anti-Americanism on the BBC site, which is generally frequented by both right-wing and left-wing idiots (let's just say "thinking" isn't their strong point).

Lighten up, guys!