Re: [9fans] acid on linux; easiest-to-set-up virtual machine

2013-01-31 Thread Charles Forsyth
I couldn't get the vbox I downloaded to work properly with Solaris. Several hours of my life are missing. On 1 February 2013 02:39, ron minnich wrote: > vbox is a useful bit paperweight. Maybe you have too many bits, and > they might float away. Use vbox to hold them down. If you ever need > the

Re: [9fans] acid on linux; easiest-to-set-up virtual machine

2013-01-31 Thread ron minnich
vbox is a useful bit paperweight. Maybe you have too many bits, and they might float away. Use vbox to hold them down. If you ever need the bits vbox is holding down, then you can set those bits free by removing vbox. I think it has some other alleged use but I have not had much luck with that. r

Re: [9fans] fortune nomination

2013-01-31 Thread Rox 64
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 6:39 PM, wrote: > Ah! I think I know why compile binaries with gcc are so slow. Because > they first found the answer: GNU Public Licence. Then they said: here is > the answer! Uh! THAT??? But answer to what? Hence now gcc embeds code to > find the question the GPL is the

Re: [9fans] fortune nomination

2013-01-31 Thread tlaronde
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 01:12:32PM -0500, Kurt H Maier wrote: > On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 07:08:16PM +0100, Rox 64 wrote: > > > > > > "To compile C, you must first invent the universe." > > > > > > > Is the universe free as in the GNU General Multiverse License? > > I think it's CC-BY-ND. Still wa

Re: [9fans] fortune nomination

2013-01-31 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 07:08:16PM +0100, Rox 64 wrote: > > > > "To compile C, you must first invent the universe." > > > > Is the universe free as in the GNU General Multiverse License? I think it's CC-BY-ND. Still waiting on word from the content creator.

Re: [9fans] fortune nomination

2013-01-31 Thread Rox 64
> > "To compile C, you must first invent the universe." > Is the universe free as in the GNU General Multiverse License?

Re: [9fans] fortune nomination

2013-01-31 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 06:44:24PM +0100, Rox 64 wrote: > I don't see the problem. If I wanted to implement human beings, physical > laws, an universe and an operating system inside a missing text editor > inside a Lisp interpreter on a C compiler I'm pretty sure I would add 1200 > options. "To co

Re: [9fans] fortune nomination

2013-01-31 Thread Charles Forsyth
On 31 January 2013 17:44, Rox 64 wrote: > If I wanted to implement human beings, physical laws, an universe and an > operating system inside a missing text editor inside a Lisp interpreter on a > C compiler I'm pretty sure I would add 1200 options. That's a great summary. Thank you.

Re: [9fans] fortune nomination

2013-01-31 Thread tlaronde
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 12:42:39PM -0500, Matthew Veety wrote: > I don't even know what to say to that. > Try: gcc --help -- Thierry Laronde http://www.kergis.com/ Key fingerprint = 0FF7 E906 FBAF FE95 FD89 250D 52B1 AE95 6006 F40C

Re: [9fans] fortune nomination

2013-01-31 Thread Rox 64
I don't see the problem. If I wanted to implement human beings, physical laws, an universe and an operating system inside a missing text editor inside a Lisp interpreter on a C compiler I'm pretty sure I would add 1200 options.

Re: [9fans] fortune nomination

2013-01-31 Thread Matthew Veety
I don't even know what to say to that. On Jan 30, 2013, at 23:51, erik quanstrom wrote: > “There are over 1,200 GNU compiler options - see the documentation for > details. >- https://computing.llnl.gov/tutorials/bgq/ > > - erik >

Re: [9fans] fortune nomination

2013-01-31 Thread tlaronde
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 11:51:06PM -0500, erik quanstrom wrote: > ?There are over 1,200 GNU compiler options - see the documentation for > details. > - https://computing.llnl.gov/tutorials/bgq/ Unfortunately, there is still one option missing: please! do just as told! -- Thierry L

[9fans] fortune nomination

2013-01-31 Thread erik quanstrom
“There are over 1,200 GNU compiler options - see the documentation for details. - https://computing.llnl.gov/tutorials/bgq/ - erik