On 2008-05-04, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ____/ Homer on Sunday 04 May 2008 19:08 : \____
>
>> Most Windows users that I know (in fact *all* of them outside of this
>> group) don't /advocate/ Windows, they merely use it ... and complain
>> about it.
>
> The problem is that they curse computers, not Windows. They haven't basis for
> comparison and they equate computer to Windows. That needs to change. Imagine
> people cursing 'cars' before the wheels fall off... before realising that Lada
> ain't the only game in town (hypothetical, I know).
I do my fair share of cursing computers. At the moment I'm cursing the
limitations of uclibc, always comparing it to the flexibility of libc.
I'm coding an application to run on my Linksys NSLU2 (running SlugOS - a
linux variant). I've discovered that the DB->stat function doesn't work
on the ARM-B NSLU2 because of the stripped down uclibc. I've implemented
a workaround, but it is frustrating to have a bit of code work fine on
an x86 box, only to fail when it is running under linux with uclibc.
Computers are fun, but they can be frustrating when you can't get them
to do what you want.
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Regards,
Gregory.
Gentoo Linux - Penguin Power
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