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When it comes to the really hard jobs, whether it’s supercomputing, managing stock market trades in real time, or gigantic experimental projects, Linux is the way to go.
Just don’t expect wifi, audio or video to work properly. Those are supposed to the simple ones, right?
This article represents a milestone for SJVN’s regression into madness. He’s going into his happy place, talking like the FOSS community invented the LHC. I’m sure he calls it the Linux Hadron Collider at home.
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Yes, because DRIVER SUPPORT falls into precisely the same category as a well written kernel or operating system.
Comments like this are beyond belief ._.
In a monolithic kernel that’s precisely the same thing. When the wifi drivers IN THE KERNEL can’t keep my wifi connection open, should we really be trusting them with a device that can create miniature black holes?
Scientist: The AntiBlackHole driver just broke!
Tech: Well, reload the damned thing!
Scientist: I can’t, it’ll take the kernel with it!
Tech: My God, we’re all… (World Ends)
They could just log on to UbuntuForums and get some help form Hoppi. Maybe he could even fix it for them…instead of complaining on this site!
Well, you’d better give them a superior alternative then quick, because they seem to think it’s the best choice in the world! xD
You realize that we’re razzing on SJVN for his Linux fanboi-ism right? Linux doesn’t actually “run” the LHC, it manages the datacentre. The data is then sent to universities and Cern@Home participants around the world for further processing.
The actual software that drives the LHC is totally custom.
Dude, Hoppi is right, they just apt-get install’d HadronCollider-nightly32. It’s not stable “yet” but it’s nearing beta.
Let’s hope someone’s made a python wrapper for the LHC:
> easy_install pyLHC
>>> import pylhc
>>> particle_a = pylhc.Particle()
>>> particle_b = pylhc.Particle()
>>> event_horizon = pylhc.accelerate(particle_a, particle_b)
>>> print event_horizon
… u’Black hole’
Damn you unicode!
What really happened in October 2008 at CERN:
Tech 1: Sir, apt-get install HadronCollider-nightly32 worked fine.
Tech 2: Helium Temperature within tolerances. No wait, I have an incident! Critical Helium leak at the Time Projection Chamber!
Engineer: Merde! Shut down the Kernel, or we are done For! Shut down the Kernel!
(They really have a Time Projection Chamber at the LHC.)
Those CERN guys must have been running Compiz.
Hey, Linux is perfect for the LHC! I mean which OS got more experience in crashing and breaking things than Linux?
... by the way, what would happen, if.. ehm, I mean as soon as- they’ve got a kernel panic while having LHC running?
“Well, you’d better give them a superior alternative then quick, because they seem to think it’s the best choice in the world! xD”
The best in regards to what? Uptime? Scalability? My money is on “cost”, though, given how cheap Linux devs/admins tend to be.
@JoeMonco lol yes because that’s where their money is going… the operating system. :)
Anyway, even if it is cost, that’s still an area where open source has the upper hand.
“lol yes because that’s where their money is going… the operating system.
Anyway, even if it is cost, that’s still an area where open source has the upper hand.”
Ever been to a supermarket? Go to the section where they keep all the spaghetti. Observe the price range.
Linux, where it stands, is pretty much the equivalent of your local “no-frills” brand spaghetti. Of course, it probably makes sturdy model bridges given the magic touch of a skilled hand, but it’s still awful when you put it on a plate. I, for one, don’t know much about building model bridges with spaghetti, but many do. Likewise, plenty of people out there know how to make Linux work in corporate environments, and they often exist in amounts far greater than those familiar with, say, BSDs. Now – tell me – when there are many of the same thing competing in the same market, will the price go up or down? Of course, being cheap in HR is definitely an advantage from an employer’s point of view, but it’s hardly a technological one or even an advantage at all from an employee’s perspective.
May I suggest attaching BiannualForcedDeathMarch™ to this one?
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