| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
_______0
Guru
Joined: 15 Oct 2012
Posts: 332
|
 Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 3:09 pm Post subject: "For general linux questions, see Off The Wall" |
 |
|
lolwut??
I want to put a linux related topic but many if not all are unrelated to linux. I don't want my technical oriented linux topic be drowned down by anthropological affairs. And I am not too sure if it's strictly 'Gentoo Chat'.
"Off The Wall" looks more like "Anything Goes" |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
ppurka
Advocate
Joined: 26 Dec 2004
Posts: 3045
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 3:12 pm Post subject: |
|
|
You missed "Obama" in your title. Now, *that's* a huge mistake. Almost no one will reply now.
_________________
emerge --quiet redefined | E17 vids: I, II |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
energyman76b
Advocate
Joined: 26 Mar 2003
Posts: 2022
Location: Germany
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 3:34 pm Post subject: |
|
|
neither Obama nor guns nor health care. this thread begs to be deleted.
_________________
| AidanJT wrote: |
Libertardian denial of reality is wholly unimpressive and unconvincing, and simply serves to demonstrate what a bunch of delusional fools they all are.
|
Satan's got perfectly toned abs and rocks a c-cup. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
notageek
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 05 Jun 2008
Posts: 78
Location: Bangalore, India
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 3:35 pm Post subject: |
|
|
This thread is a personal attack and downright offensive. I've reported this thread and asked the user to be permanently banned.
_________________
What looks like a cat, flies like a bat, brays like a donkey, and plays like a monkey? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
flysideways
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 29 Jan 2005
Posts: 145
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 3:37 pm Post subject: |
|
|
OTW has in its past had quite a bit of other things linux and hardware. They will be answered.
The zoo is because there is, most recently, a large base of users that don't actually have too many problems maintaining their installs or need regular help. An idle mind ... |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
pjp
Administrator
Joined: 16 Apr 2002
Posts: 16028
Location: Colorado
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 4:35 pm Post subject: Re: "For general linux questions, see Off The Wall" |
|
|
| _______0 wrote: | lolwut??
I want to put a linux related topic but many if not all are unrelated to linux. I don't want my technical oriented linux topic be drowned down by anthropological affairs. And I am not too sure if it's strictly 'Gentoo Chat'.
"Off The Wall" looks more like "Anything Goes" |
OTW == Anything Goes. Which includes general Linux topics unrelated to Gentoo. Which topics exist in OTW are created by participants, as there are no paid staff to create content.
Post your topic. If people are interested, they'll post. Sometimes people read it just for the novelty.
_________________
lolgov. 'cause where we're going, you don't have civil liberties.
In Loving Memory
1787 - 2008 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
PaulBredbury
Watchman
Joined: 14 Jul 2005
Posts: 7020
|
| Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 1:08 pm Post subject: Re: "For general linux questions, see Off The Wall" |
|
|
| pjp wrote: | | If people are interested, they'll post. |
And then get trolled until they lose interest.
This has been going on so long, I think it's an Obama-funded conspiracy  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
John-Boy
Guru
Joined: 23 Jun 2004
Posts: 436
Location: Desperately seeking Moksha in all the wrong places
|
| Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 6:53 pm Post subject: Re: "For general linux questions, see Off The Wall" |
|
|
| _______0 wrote: | | Anything Goes |
I've now got that song in my head.
Complete with a dance troupe and flappers.
_________________
When you break rules, break 'em good and hard |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
sikpuppy
n00b
Joined: 12 Jun 2012
Posts: 23
Location: Central Coast, NSW
|
| Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:26 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| What a crap thread, I may just have to reply to it. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Ahenobarbi
Developer
Joined: 02 Apr 2009
Posts: 336
Location: Warsaw, PL
|
| Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:08 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Not even global warming? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
pjp
Administrator
Joined: 16 Apr 2002
Posts: 16028
Location: Colorado
|
| Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 11:37 pm Post subject: Re: "For general linux questions, see Off The Wall" |
|
|
| PaulBredbury wrote: | | And then get trolled until they lose interest. |
Do they? I see the occasional "gladiator" reference to new users which post inappropriately elsewhere on f.g.o before it gets moved to OTW, but most answers for technical questions seem to offer some attempt at assistance.
_________________
lolgov. 'cause where we're going, you don't have civil liberties.
In Loving Memory
1787 - 2008 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
BoneKracker
Veteran
Joined: 14 Mar 2006
Posts: 1480
Location: U.S.A.
|
| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:55 am Post subject: |
|
|
So where the fuck is the question?
_________________
Oldthinkers unbellyfeel INGSOC.
-- Headline of a document on Winston Smith's terminal in his cubicle at the Ministry of Truth, seen briefly in the background in one scene of the movie rendition of Nineteen Eighty-Four. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
sikpuppy
n00b
Joined: 12 Jun 2012
Posts: 23
Location: Central Coast, NSW
|
| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:59 am Post subject: |
|
|
| BoneKracker wrote: | | So where the fuck is the question? |
The OP's handle looks like a fishing rod. Maybe they are fishing for answers without questions. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
BoneKracker
Veteran
Joined: 14 Mar 2006
Posts: 1480
Location: U.S.A.
|
| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:26 am Post subject: |
|
|
Okay. Here's an answer:
Use "restrict". The poorly-name "restrict" keyword (formally recognized in the ANSI C 99 standard) causes the pointer it modifies to be treated by the compiler as being intended to have exclusive access to its memory location. This can help avoid the common error known as "stepping on your own dick".
_________________
Oldthinkers unbellyfeel INGSOC.
-- Headline of a document on Winston Smith's terminal in his cubicle at the Ministry of Truth, seen briefly in the background in one scene of the movie rendition of Nineteen Eighty-Four. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
sikpuppy
n00b
Joined: 12 Jun 2012
Posts: 23
Location: Central Coast, NSW
|
| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:55 am Post subject: |
|
|
| BoneKracker wrote: | | Okay. Here's an answer:... |
Here's another: For basic 6510 assembly language programming there is a book called Nailing Jelly to a Tree. This book is out of print, but you may pick up a copy second hand on Amazon or other 2nd hand online bookstore. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
notageek
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 05 Jun 2008
Posts: 78
Location: Bangalore, India
|
| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 4:13 am Post subject: |
|
|
| BoneKracker wrote: | | Okay. Here's an answer: |
Um... what was the question?
_________________
What looks like a cat, flies like a bat, brays like a donkey, and plays like a monkey? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
sikpuppy
n00b
Joined: 12 Jun 2012
Posts: 23
Location: Central Coast, NSW
|
| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 4:20 am Post subject: |
|
|
| notageek wrote: | | BoneKracker wrote: | | Okay. Here's an answer: |
Um... what was the question? |
The answer is 42.
The question is "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?"
The moral is there is something "fundamentally wrong with the universe". |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
BoneKracker
Veteran
Joined: 14 Mar 2006
Posts: 1480
Location: U.S.A.
|
| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 4:55 am Post subject: |
|
|
How can you know that, if you can't say with any degree of reliability what the universe even is?
_________________
Oldthinkers unbellyfeel INGSOC.
-- Headline of a document on Winston Smith's terminal in his cubicle at the Ministry of Truth, seen briefly in the background in one scene of the movie rendition of Nineteen Eighty-Four. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
notageek
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 05 Jun 2008
Posts: 78
Location: Bangalore, India
|
| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 4:59 am Post subject: |
|
|
Otherwise it would imply there's nothing wrong and everything is fine.
_________________
What looks like a cat, flies like a bat, brays like a donkey, and plays like a monkey? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
ppurka
Advocate
Joined: 26 Dec 2004
Posts: 3045
|
| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:04 am Post subject: |
|
|
| notageek wrote: | | BoneKracker wrote: | | Okay. Here's an answer: |
Um... what was the question? |
The question is whether 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 is 0.3. The answer is No. Here's proof: | Code: | ~» python
Python 2.7.3 (default, Sep 15 2012, 01:16:38)
[GCC 4.5.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 == 0.3
False
|
_________________
emerge --quiet redefined | E17 vids: I, II |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
aidanjt
Veteran
Joined: 20 Feb 2005
Posts: 1101
Location: Rep. of Ireland
|
| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 12:45 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| ppurka wrote: | | notageek wrote: | | BoneKracker wrote: | | Okay. Here's an answer: |
Um... what was the question? |
The question is whether 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 is 0.3. The answer is No. Here's proof: | Code: | ~» python
Python 2.7.3 (default, Sep 15 2012, 01:16:38)
[GCC 4.5.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 == 0.3
False
|
|
Except in a real language: | Code: | aidan@aidan-laptop ~ $ cat floatmath.c
#include <stdio.h>
void main() {
float answer = 0.1+0.1+0.1, exp_answer = 0.3;
printf("0.1+0.1+0.1=%f which is %s.\n",answer,answer==exp_answer?"true":"false");
}
aidan@aidan-laptop ~ $ ./a.out
0.1+0.1+0.1=0.300000 which is true. |
_________________
| juniper wrote: | | you experience political reality dilation when travelling at american political speeds. it's in einstein's formulas. it's not their fault. |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
BoneKracker
Veteran
Joined: 14 Mar 2006
Posts: 1480
Location: U.S.A.
|
| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:46 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| ppurka wrote: | | notageek wrote: | | BoneKracker wrote: | | Okay. Here's an answer: |
Um... what was the question? |
The question is whether 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 is 0.3. The answer is No. Here's proof: | Code: | ~» python
Python 2.7.3 (default, Sep 15 2012, 01:16:38)
[GCC 4.5.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 == 0.3
False
|
|
Reminds me of the Pentium floating-point division bug. Ah, the jokes...
Q: Complete the following analogy.
' + ' is to ' - ' as ' * ' is to ___?
(1) '/'
(2) trunc()
(3) rand()
(4) On a Pentium, all of the above
Intel tried to excuse it at first by claiming it was precise enough for most common purposes, giving rise to more jokes, such as:
"At Intel, Quality is Job 0.99989960954, and that's close enough for non-technical people."
_________________
Oldthinkers unbellyfeel INGSOC.
-- Headline of a document on Winston Smith's terminal in his cubicle at the Ministry of Truth, seen briefly in the background in one scene of the movie rendition of Nineteen Eighty-Four. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
PaulBredbury
Watchman
Joined: 14 Jul 2005
Posts: 7020
|
| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:30 pm Post subject: Re: "For general linux questions, see Off The Wall" |
|
|
| pjp wrote: | | some attempt at assistance. |
Which get lost in the noise. Exhibit A - this thread, 90% noise. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
BoneKracker
Veteran
Joined: 14 Mar 2006
Posts: 1480
Location: U.S.A.
|
| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:40 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I'm eager to help: 
| BoneKracker wrote: | | So where the fuck is the question? |
_________________
Oldthinkers unbellyfeel INGSOC.
-- Headline of a document on Winston Smith's terminal in his cubicle at the Ministry of Truth, seen briefly in the background in one scene of the movie rendition of Nineteen Eighty-Four. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Clad in Sky
l33t
Joined: 04 May 2007
Posts: 657
Location: Germany
|
| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 4:14 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I find that OTW generally helps people if they really have a question that is not trivial or stupid or posed in an insulting tone. Some people might throw in the gladiator reference and the Turkish jail, but all in all questions do get (useful) answers here.
_________________
Kali Ma
Now it's autumn of the aeons
Dance with your sword
Now it's time for the harvest |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
Off the Wall
