Re: OT: 10 things i hate most on unix

2005-11-07 Thread Shane J Pearson
On 07/11/2005, at 1:17 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "Everything is a stream of bytes." Reminds me of that saying which goes something like... "How do you eat an elephant? One mouthful at a time." Microsoft tries to put the whole elephant in its mouth all at once, then dies choking on it. Th

Re: OT: 10 things i hate most on unix

2005-11-07 Thread Hannah Schroeter
Hello! On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 12:40:12AM -0200, Gustavo Rios wrote: >Hey folks, >sorry, but i found this on the web. May someone tell if it is serious, >i myself could not believe it. >http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=424451&seqNum=1 I don't agree with most things, but a few comm

RE: Re: OT: 10 things i hate most on unix

2005-11-06 Thread tony
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 12:40:12AM -0200, Gustavo >Rios wrote: >> Hey folks, >> >> sorry, but i found this on the web. May someone >tell if it is serious, >> i myself could not believe it. >> >> >http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=4244 >51&seqNum=1 >> > >L

Re: OT: 10 things i hate most on unix

2005-11-06 Thread J.C. Roberts
On Sun, 6 Nov 2005 00:40:12 -0200, Gustavo Rios <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hey folks, > >sorry, but i found this on the web. May someone tell if it is serious, >i myself could not believe it. > >http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=424451&seqNum=1 I didn't even bother loading the page.

Re: OT: 10 things i hate most on unix

2005-11-06 Thread Kenneth R Westerback
On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 12:40:12AM -0200, Gustavo Rios wrote: > Hey folks, > > sorry, but i found this on the web. May someone tell if it is serious, > i myself could not believe it. > > http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=424451&seqNum=1 > Looks like a rehash of http://research.mic

Re: OT: 10 things i hate most on unix

2005-11-06 Thread Jared Solomon
I always thought that the number one reason Unix sucked as lack of support for Mind-Reading Markup Language so I don't have to use any input device anymore. I guess I was wrong.

Re: OT: 10 things i hate most on unix

2005-11-06 Thread Anthony Gabrielson
Nick Holland wrote The whole "C doesn't do strings" has always been complete Bull Sh*t in my mind. C does strings like the processor underneath does -- it doesn't make complex operations involving moving thousands of bytes look "simple". While I do use Perl for some apps, the stuff it lets you

Re: OT: 10 things i hate most on unix

2005-11-06 Thread Peter Philipp
On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 06:22:29AM -0600, Andrew Daugherity wrote: > At first I thought perhaps my sarcasm detector (now _there's_ a real > useful invention!) was broken, but apparently this guy is serious. I'm seriously falling into this troll trap.. oh well. It's an interesting article but in t

Re: OT: 10 things i hate most on unix

2005-11-06 Thread Andrew Daugherity
At first I thought perhaps my sarcasm detector (now _there's_ a real useful invention!) was broken, but apparently this guy is serious. To put a new twist on the old aphorism: Those who do not understand the "UNIX Hater's Handbook" are doomed to reinvent it poorly. (Or maybe plagiarize it poorly

Re: OT: 10 things i hate most on unix

2005-11-05 Thread Nick Holland
Gustavo Rios wrote: > Hey folks, > > sorry, but i found this on the web. May someone tell if it is serious, > i myself could not believe it. > > http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=424451&seqNum=1 The author is taking themselves seriously. I don't recommend you make the same mistake.

Re: OT: 10 things i hate most on unix

2005-11-05 Thread Bryan Allen
http://www.informit.com/authors/bio.asp? a=79c6e6ec-5bc6-49a8-8d5d-0fccd04b1a7b He's a CS major working on a PhD in "autonomic computing" and co- authored a Red Hat Linux book. Of course he's bitter and hasn't got the full picture. ;-) His complaints are either edge cases, or simply wrong.

Re: OT: 10 things i hate most on unix

2005-11-05 Thread Shane J Pearson
On 06/11/2005, at 3:32 PM, Damien Miller wrote: Don't bother giving the publication the benefit of the page impressions. If anyone still wants to read it, but wish to avoid the adverts, this is the printer friendly version: http://www.informit.com/articles/printerfriendly.asp?p=424451

Re: OT: 10 things i hate most on unix

2005-11-05 Thread Damien Miller
On Sun, 6 Nov 2005 00:40:12 -0200 Gustavo Rios <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey folks, > > sorry, but i found this on the web. May someone tell if it is serious, > i myself could not believe it. > > http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=424451&seqNum=1 Just another troll for 10+ pages

Re: 10 things i hate most on unix

2005-11-05 Thread Tony
Quoth Gustavo Rios Saturday, November 05, 2005 8:40 PM > > Hey folks, > > sorry, but i found this on the web. May someone tell if it is serious, > i myself could not believe it. > > http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=424451&seqNum=1 "UNIX was a terrific workhorse for its time, but

OT: 10 things i hate most on unix

2005-11-05 Thread Gustavo Rios
Hey folks, sorry, but i found this on the web. May someone tell if it is serious, i myself could not believe it. http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=424451&seqNum=1