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This is going to sound sassy, but it's not _entirely_ meant to --- Follow the thought experiment: 1) valarauca1 comments on rump ... [stuff goes here] n) va
by bch 12y ago
This is going to sound sassy, but it's not _entirely_ meant to ---
Follow the thought experiment:
1) valarauca1 comments on rump
... [stuff goes here]
n) valarauca1 is dies
Is there a point to _anything_, if you use "following to logical conclusion" as measuring stick? We can't tell what will come of this work yet.
-bch
- valarauca1 12y agoI understand what your saying, an I agree. its the journey not the destination that makes scientific progress worth it in the end. But a lot of the "Rump Kernel" theory sounds like. "I need a car with less features, and high performance." "Okay, lets start with re-inventing the wheel, its the logical place to start. We'll build ground up and move from there." "I was gonna start pulling the head lights off." "Nonsense! We must start fresh!"
- justincormack 12y agoNo part of the rump kernel is about reinventing the wheel. It is about reusing existing OS code in other situations. So I don't exactly follow. This was a mailing list post so didn't have all the background...
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- andrewflnr 12y agoTo answer the more general point, your (n) doesn't follow from (1). valarauca1 was already going to die, regardless of whether he/she commented on rump kernels, so that's not an example of taking things to their logical conclusion, and doesn't work as an argument against it. There's only "a point to anything" in the context of external goals. When trying to satisfy one of those goals, it's almost always beneficial to take your assumptions and logic to their conclusion, because that's what reality, and (more relevantly) groups of people, do with their logic.