floomp

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by floomp 14y ago
> - After installing Apache, change the following in httpd.conf: ServerToken -> Prod, ServerSignature -> Off, KeepAlive -> Off > > - After installing PHP, edit php.ini to make it shut up: expose_php -> Off What
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by floomp 14y ago
I'm confused - was the sarcasm in my post not clear?
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by floomp 14y ago
> A unique individual with one of the most brilliant, funny, audacious and original voices on the Internet It's always good when one extreme viewpoint is countered with another extreme viewpoint in the opposite direction.
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by floomp 14y ago
The scroll bar's size is still proportional to the document length, so I don't see why you couldn't.
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by floomp 14y ago
> I've used the same level of scrutiny on religion as on science -- an extremely evidential approach, I might add -- and yet I have become more religious rather than less. What evidence did you find to make you more religious? I ask out
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by floomp 14y ago
> What makes you certain you have identified the process required to be religious? "Required" is a strong word, implying that it is impossible to become religious through any other process than the one you assume. I was probably ambiguo
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by floomp 14y ago
> If that were true, no intellectuals would ever convert to Christianity. That doesn't follow. Intellectuals are also susceptible to cognitive dissonance and compartmentalization, especially when there is social pressure to change your
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by floomp 14y ago
> Atheism is just as unprovable as theism. Perhaps, but what matters is that it asserts less than theism. When you start from no evidence, you need to believe in as little as possible until enough evidence presents itself that you can
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by floomp 14y ago
How is that dangerous or offensive? You don't have to agree with his hardfast approach on all Free Software, all the time, but I think software freedom in general is incredibly important to society and I'm glad we have someone like RMS who
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by floomp 14y ago
> It certainly doesn't mean you have to become an atheist. Technically, you're correct, but believing in a deity similar to the Abrahamic god and also accepting evolution is usually a sign of compartmentalization. You reach an acceptanc
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by floomp 14y ago
The text is probably still copyrighted. I'm not a lawyer, but I imagine creative paraphrasing of the original work with small excerpts is much preferable, legally, to wholesale copying.
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by floomp 14y ago
Assuming you're serious, please, please research how evolution works. Evolution doesn't predict that a species will spontaneously give birth to another similar species - really the opposite, in fact. Almost all people who "deny" evolution d
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by floomp 14y ago
> There's a reason that compared to native platforms, the Web has way fewer problems with proprietary standards, walled gardens, dependency and upgrade hell. Compared to proprietary platforms like Windows or OS X, sure, but free platfor
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by floomp 14y ago
> It's hard to use 'Orwellian' when the entity you're accusing is entirely dependent upon other sources and exercises no editorial control. There's a lot of trust in Google with that statement. If this changes, how would you know? That'
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by floomp 14y ago
If you lack write permission on the directory, you can't delete any files in it, but you can still modify them if you have write permission on the files themselves. It's an unusual configuration, but it's possible with standard Unix permiss
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by floomp 14y ago
I don't believe it's the same argument. A lot has changed in 15 years for Linux. It still has a tiny market share, yeah, but it's more accessible and approachable than ever. I think it comes down to making sure Linux delivers the same amoun
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by floomp 14y ago
> you'll note that I left Linux off that list as I believe it will never be a viable mainstream desktop OS and of course I know it powers Android/ChromeOS Why not? The main issues for Linux in this field are QA of releases, and support
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by floomp 14y ago
I have ABP and could view the article for a few times, then I tried again and I got the registration page. Disabling ABP didn't change that. I have a feeling it's based on how many times you've viewed their site rather than ad blockers.