thoughtexpt's comments

From what domain does comcast.js originate? Does the injection still work if we block connections to the IP for that domain?

Best thing about this is that it runs in Bochs.

As useful as it is, especially outside of i386, QEMU has grown to be a massive program with many dependencies that requires GB of RAM/swap during compilation.

Is the Linux kernel compatible with multiboot specification yet?

http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/multiboot/multiboot....

"It's simply an obstacle to overcome before one can get real work done."

Since we're expressing our personal opinions, that's exactly how I would describe a GUI.

There's nothing exciting to me about the command line EXCEPT that it allows one to avoid the "bullshittery" that finds its way into almost every GUI.

Same is true for UNIX in general. Not exciting EXCEPT to the extent it lets me escape the layers upon layers of abstraction, the complexity, the hassles, the unreliability and the general unrobustness of graphical operating systems.

Those are big exceptions. So yeah, I do like the command line and barebones UNIX-like operating systems.

I simply cannot get "real work" done without a UNIX-like OS and a command line.

The work I perform makes those graphical operating systems and programs hang or crash or is nearly impossible to accomplish without acquiring a repetitive stress injury.

I did not create this state of affairs. I have simply adapted to it.

Apparently I have something in common with RMS. Although it took me many years with all the other graphical options to get to that point. Memory access problems while using Xorg was the last straw. I will never go back to any graphics layer, except perhaps I might use a framebuffer. No modern graphical operating system is worth my time. Text mode is fast and highly portable.

That his software does not "run the internet" does not make it any less good. It's there for whoever chooses to use it.

That he focuses on the software instead of pandering probably makes his software better than the alternatives that aim to please even the most foolish of users. At least I think so.

Maybe I interpreted the proposal incorrectly, but I always saw IM2000 (minus the "notifications") as a "pull" solution.

By contrast, conventional email relies on "pushing" spam to the recipient (in practice, a middleman called an "email provider").

A smart IM2000 recipient perhaps would not pull spam from the sender's server.

As such, the spam would never enter the network. It would just sit on the sender's server.

Therefore, IM2000 not only conserves storage but also conserves bandwidth.

Is this only for theoretical discussions about language design, etc.? Or can we ask dumb questions about how to do simple things in k and q? Not really a fan of Google Groups. It would be great to have an IRC channel for common questions.

Does the Chromecast allow the user to change routing (set default gateway) and /etc/resolv.conf (DNS settings)?

These do not look like "operators". They look like combinations of Perl operators that produce a "useful" result. I mean they are built from the basic operators.