Linus Torvalds explains why the unexpected resilience of kernel version 2.6 has delayed the move to kernel version 2.7. In this two minute video he said that when work started on 2.6, he was worried that major changes would destabilise the kernel.
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Member since:2006-08-26
Down to earth should never involve apathy, it just involves keeping your emotions in check so you can deal with problems and ideas in a more factually correct manner.
Excessive emotions are a problem but a side issue here.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
down-to-earth down-to-earth adj.
facing reality squarely; guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory. Opposite of {idealistic}, {unrealistic}, {impractical}, and {pie-in-the-sky}.
The original post implies that down-to-earth is preferable to, say, idealism. This flies in the face of great people in history who were previously disparaged as idealists.
To remain down-to-earth, LT must avoid talking about freedom. Freedom is, in a sense, an inconvenient truth.
Edited 2007-01-17 17:37
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Down to earth should never involve apathy, it just involves keeping your emotions in check so you can deal with problems and ideas in a more factually correct manner.
I know plenty of really down-to-earth people who are in fact, quite passionate about things (not necessarily technology), without being going over the deep-end emotionally. Emotions tend to cloud logical thinking. You shouldn't abandon emotions, conversely, you shouldn't cave to them either.
Humans are funny things. Some are just funnier than others.