Posts by CommanderJameson 10 publicly visible posts • joined 27 Sep 2007
"Sorry, but when you write code for a living and you have others depending on your code, it has to be right the first time"
This is 100% weapons-grade ocean-going full-fat bollocks.
People write code. People are not perfect. Hence the existence of the testing process.
I think Linus is playing to the peanut gallery when he behaves like this.
It's fun, it's entertaining (if you're not on the receiving end, I suppose) and it adds a little spice to the otherwise dreary business of maintaining an operating system kernel.
It's true that in a normal business situation, this behaviour would be unacceptable (and f2f, would significantly elevate the risk of receiving a firm biff on the hooter - or at least a strongly-worded email), but kernel development ain't that.
I went here from the search bar (dropped the menu down, clicked "Add"):
http://www.iegallery.com/gb/addons/?feature=searchproviders
Installed the "Google" search provider, and ticked the box that says "Make this my default search provider", and hey presto, bob's your viola.
It's not effortless, but it's not "cannot", either.
I've got an unlocked (as in never been locked) HTC Mozart. The HTC apps, with the exception of the somewhat pointless "Hub" (I suppose they had to get *that* clock into the mix somehow) are actually very useful - in particular the "photo enhancer", "attentive phone" and "HTC YouTube" applications.
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