Pi Calculated to 62.8 Trillion Digits -- GNU/Linux Was Used Of Course

[F Russell]

Pi has been calculated to a record of 62.8 trillion digits:

https://www.fhgr.ch/en/specialist-areas/applied-future-technologies/davis-centre/pi-challenge/#c16197

What OS was used for this significant feat? Anyone want
to venture a guess?

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

Of course, it was none other than GNU/Linux.

When it comes to REAL COMPUTING, only GNU/Linux
matters.

Note: Is this calculation just a waste of time?

Answer: Absolutely not.

There is an important conjecture in mathematics that
all real numbers are "normal:"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_number

Calculating Pi, or any other real number, to very large
decimal places can provide important statistical information
to indicate normality.

Hail Linux!

Hail GNU and the FSF!

Hail Stallman!


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[Job Bautista]

That's cool and all, and I congratulate the University of Applied
Sciences of the Grisons for such a great feat.

However, I must note that the software used can be run on BSDs (via
their Linux ABI emulation) and Windows. Though I concede that it could
take more time when used on those systems, due to the overhead. Still,
not exclusive to GNU/Linux.

They also used Ubuntu as the distro for their calculation. And I think
you would despise Ubuntu for being too inclusive to "bitchy people" aka
female newbies. Not my words, just referencing your recent post about
proving how GNU/Linux is superior.

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[F Russell]

On Wed, 18 Aug 2021 11:09:57 +0800, Job Bautista wrote:

>
> However, I must note that the software used can be run on BSDs (via
> their Linux ABI emulation) and Windows.
>

They clearly state their reasons for using GNU/Linux:

"We use the operating system Ubuntu 20.04 on the computation unit.
This system allowed us to tune various parameters to decrease calculation
time. Among other things, we configured the following settings to improve
execution time:

* disabled various security features
* activated an IO scheduler optimised for the computation
* disabled power-saving settings
* changed to a faster file system"


GNU/Linux is designed to be highly configurable and this is
another mark of its superiority.

Indeed, disabling the ridiculous security features can give a 30%
performance boost.

IOW, they used GNU/Linux because of its SUPERIORITY.

[DFS]

On 8/17/2021 6:07 PM, F Russell wrote:
>
> Pi has been calculated to a record of 62.8 trillion digits:
>
> https://www.fhgr.ch/en/specialist-areas/applied-future-technologies/davis-centre/pi-challenge/#c16197
>
> What OS was used for this significant feat? Anyone want
> to venture a guess?
>
> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
>
> Of course, it was none other than GNU/Linux.
>
> When it comes to REAL COMPUTING, only GNU/Linux
> matters.

The y-cruncher software that did the pi calculations is closed-source,
and was developed on Windows.

> Note: Is this calculation just a waste of time?
>
> Answer: Absolutely not.

Of course it is. Like nearly all "pure math" is, except to the people
doing it.

> There is an important conjecture in mathematics that
> all real numbers are "normal:"
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_number
>
> Calculating Pi, or any other real number, to very large
> decimal places can provide important statistical information
> to indicate normality.

babble babble

> Hail Linux!
>
> Hail GNU and the FSF!
>
> Hail Stallman!

Screw GuhNoo
Fuck the FSF
Jail Stallman

[chrisv]

F Russell wrote:

> Job Bautista wrote:
>>
>> However, I must note that the software used can be run on BSDs (via
>> their Linux ABI emulation) and Windows.
>
>They clearly state their reasons for using GNU/Linux:
>
>"We use the operating system Ubuntu 20.04 on the computation unit.
>This system allowed us to tune various parameters to decrease calculation
>time. Among other things, we configured the following settings to improve
>execution time:
>
>* disabled various security features
>* activated an IO scheduler optimised for the computation
>* disabled power-saving settings
>* changed to a faster file system"
>
>GNU/Linux is designed to be highly configurable and this is
>another mark of its superiority.

<sarcasm>
OMG. How can they handle the *choice*?? Wouldn't they be better off
if they needed to get "committee approval" to make those changes?
</sarcasm>

Check-out my sig below, quoting that thing in Arizona arguing that
Linux offers "very little choice". Because all Linux distros are tied
to the Linux ecosystem, you see. All "Linux" are some version of
"Linux", so there is very little choice, you see.

You couldn't make up idiocy that ridiculous. All to snittishly attack
decent and reasonable FOSS advocates.

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offers very little choice." - some thing

[FR]

On Wed, 18 Aug 2021 08:42:22 -0500, chrisv wrote:

>
> Linux offers "very little choice". Because all Linux distros are tied
> to the Linux ecosystem, you see. All "Linux" are some version of
> "Linux", so there is very little choice, you see.
>

Most distros, unfortunately, are of the follow-the-leader variety.
RedHat and Debian are the leaders and every other distro follows
one or the other.

But a distro is not GNU/Linux. A distro is just a particular packaging
and configuration. GNU/Linux stands independently of any distro and
a user can exercise tremendous freedom if he is willing to do the work
himself.

A few distros, such as Gentoo, Exherbo, and LFS, actually cater to the
independent, DIY crowd. There should be more -- a lot more.

The superiority of GNU/Linux is due, in no small part, to this wide
range of possible variations.

[DFS]

On 8/18/2021 10:12 AM, FR wrote:

> Exherbo

You mentioned this one before.

https://exherbo.org



"All design goals must be phrased in such a way that it is hard to use
them as slogans to justify stupidity."

LOL

[rbowman]

On 08/18/2021 08:12 AM, FR wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Aug 2021 08:42:22 -0500, chrisv wrote:
>
>>
>> Linux offers "very little choice". Because all Linux distros are tied
>> to the Linux ecosystem, you see. All "Linux" are some version of
>> "Linux", so there is very little choice, you see.
>>
>
> Most distros, unfortunately, are of the follow-the-leader variety.
> RedHat and Debian are the leaders and every other distro follows
> one or the other.
>
> But a distro is not GNU/Linux. A distro is just a particular packaging
> and configuration. GNU/Linux stands independently of any distro and
> a user can exercise tremendous freedom if he is willing to do the work
> himself.
>
> A few distros, such as Gentoo, Exherbo, and LFS, actually cater to the
> independent, DIY crowd. There should be more -- a lot more.

The truly independent people use SerenityOS.

http://serenityos.org/happy/2nd/

or if you want to get closer to god, TempleOS

http://www.codersnotes.com/notes/a-constructive-look-at-templeos/

[SilverSlimer]

I've never heard of SerenityOS. To me, it just looks like Linux running
on an outdated version of Gnome 2 which has had most of its features
removed.

TempleOS is just neat though.


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[rbowman]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_A._Davis


His life sounds like a script for a bad TV series. He does remind me of
one of the regulars here who might want to claim the "the smartest
programmer that's ever lived" title since Davis got hit by a train.

[Gremlin the Functionally Illiterate Fraud]

So he changed his story to Troll Killer Snit talking about his family.
I'm about to just bin him, myself. Like all idiots, he's constantly looking
for some way to blame, no matter how absurd the accusation. I will not
listen to his response to this post. He is cornered, wants to pretend
he is innocent, and will lash out. Most likely leading-off with a conceited
"LOL", as if what I've written is _so_ off base. That BADish "response"
was the final stroke, for me.

These types of trolls get their kicks out of provoking annoyed responses
to their nonsense, which is the very definition of a troll. Like the other
trolls in COLA, Apd relies on false news to form his views on politics.
Ergo, he only is familiar with and agrees to the government stories which
also are the ones which portray communists in a very positive and brave
light.


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What did Carroll hope for from the lying imbecile? That Owl mouth-breather
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[Dustic Cook the Fucntionally Illiterate Fraud]

Diesel is a crazed idiot who regularly claims anyone who disagrees with
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true. Gotta be glue. Diesel writes all kinds of drivel, don't use that
dimwit as a reference. It was Diesel who stated that he and his college
buddies used to lie to strangers all the time and it was fun. It's his
problem but he blames Gregory Hall. Obviously he would rather lie than
face reality. The only way that I could overlook AppleScript's constant
need for fiddling because of driver dilemmas or goofy updates is if I consumed
the unending amount of Kool Aid flavors its community have been feeding
Diesel since 1992.

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[F Russell]

On Wed, 18 Aug 2021 19:57:51 -0600, rbowman wrote:

>
> The truly independent people use SerenityOS.
>
> http://serenityos.org/happy/2nd/
>

Here's _your_ distro:

http://hannahmontana.sourceforge.net/


If the shoe fits...

[SilverSlimer]

Maybe Fabian Russell will create his own utopian operating system
inspired by his autism.

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[Steven Petruzzellis - fretwizer]

Shadow has gone the extra mile, essentially hand holding Just Wondering on
coding practices only for Just Wondering to blindly attack him and continue
to show that he has no real interest in the subject. In all reality, it's
too hard for snit. Already moved on from that. Keep up!

I think the point is far from just to get Shadow to listen to him. The point
is likely to piss Shadow off for flooding outside groups he knows I frequent.
Just about everything Just Wondering says about what Shadow has done is false
of course, but he does not care.

The 423.491.1448 number belongs to Just Wondering. Use that one when you
write numbers in lavatories with Just Wondering's confirmed lies about him.
Steven Petruzzellis the Narcissistic Bigot is a racist.


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Dustin Cook is a functional illiterate fraud

[DFS]

On 8/19/2021 8:23 AM, F Russell wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Aug 2021 19:57:51 -0600, rbowman wrote:
>
>>
>> The truly independent people use SerenityOS.
>>
>> http://serenityos.org/happy/2nd/
>>
>
> Here's _your_ distro:
>
> http://hannahmontana.sourceforge.net/
>
>
> If the shoe fits...

Fairy Feeb says

"There is nothing like the experience of seeing a terminal
full of multi-colored output."

and

"Some GNU/Linux developers are not afraid of fashion."

[rbowman]

On 08/19/2021 08:29 AM, DFS wrote:
> On 8/19/2021 8:23 AM, F Russell wrote:
>> On Wed, 18 Aug 2021 19:57:51 -0600, rbowman wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> The truly independent people use SerenityOS.
>>>
>>> http://serenityos.org/happy/2nd/
>>>
>>
>> Here's _your_ distro:
>>
>> http://hannahmontana.sourceforge.net/
>>
>>
>> If the shoe fits...
>
>
> Fairy Feeb says
>
> "There is nothing like the experience of seeing a terminal
> full of multi-colored output."

I gotta get that Hannah Montana Linux. It would match my Hello Kitty
notebook.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bic7HEF5zE4

Is Hannah Patsy's granddaughter?

[Gremlin the Functionally Illiterate Fraud]

What were you hoping for? His dream is to see me annoyed by the spraying
of the groups outside. And hey, that could or could not... you know what
I mean. The most obvious answer: Onion Knight's consumed brightly colored
pills since then, and 'forgot'.

You are four seconds away from being in Diesel's kill file.


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[Steve Carroll]

Dustin Cook: <XnsACC9F3...@z9kfcl9n7KHDpF0eI.64L>
-----
Yea, I call bullshit on that. Driver media doesn't have a valid
boot sector present. As a result, the machine wouldn't have
refused to reboot because the disk was left behind.
-----

A reasoned response would be for you to just note your error -- of course
you were wrong to say "the machine would not have refused to reboot because
the disk was left behind." That is in fact exactly what was happening.

And you were wrong to say I suggested this was true of machines other
than the one being noted in Carroll's trolling.

This is what results when seriously bad self-respect takes over Dustin
Cook's persona.

He says that he uses ChromeOS, while you know he never timed it on the
fly and faithfully worked with it.

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[Stéphane CARPENTIER]

Le 18-08-2021, F Russell <f...@random.info> a écrit :
>
> "We use the operating system Ubuntu 20.04 on the computation unit.

So from your point of view (expressed in your other messages), it's bad
because you can't chose anything with it. And more important, it comes
with systemd which is the worst thing that can happen to a computer in
your opinion.

> GNU/Linux is designed to be highly configurable and this is
> another mark of its superiority.

So it contradicts you who claims the opposite about everything else than
gentoo and LFS.

> IOW, they used GNU/Linux because of its SUPERIORITY.

You should try to understand what you are standing for. To be sure to
look consistant.

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[Stéphane CARPENTIER]

Le 19-08-2021, rbowman <bow...@montana.com> a écrit :
>
> The truly independent people use SerenityOS.
>
> http://serenityos.org/happy/2nd/
>
> or if you want to get closer to god, TempleOS
>
> http://www.codersnotes.com/notes/a-constructive-look-at-templeos/

For something really different, there is NixOS.
I didn't try it yet, but I'll look at it when I have a little bit time
to spare.
<https://nixos.org/>

There is Clear Linux which I'm not sure I understand the concept.
<https://clearlinux.org/>
I guess I'll have a look at it if I have some time one day.

The interest in those two distributions is not to be more difficult to
use than others. The interesting point with those two distros is to be
very different in the way they handled things. So it broaden the view
and help to have a better understanding of what we use to do.

[Stéphane CARPENTIER]

Le 19-08-2021, SilverSlimer <sil...@slim.er> a écrit :
>
> Maybe Fabian Russell will create his own utopian operating system

He can't.

[SilverSlimer]

On 2021-08-20 5:58 p.m., Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
> Le 19-08-2021, SilverSlimer <sil...@slim.er> a écrit :
>>
>> Maybe Fabian Russell will create his own utopian operating system
>
> He can't.

The most likely scenario, for me, is him taking downloading FreeDOS and
replacing the names of everyone who developed it with his own.

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[Stéphane CARPENTIER]

You have too high opinion of him. He would miss some names.

[DFS]

On 8/19/2021 11:44 PM, rbowman wrote:
> On 08/19/2021 08:29 AM, DFS wrote:
>> On 8/19/2021 8:23 AM, F Russell wrote:
>>> On Wed, 18 Aug 2021 19:57:51 -0600, rbowman wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> The truly independent people use SerenityOS.
>>>>
>>>> http://serenityos.org/happy/2nd/
>>>>
>>>
>>> Here's _your_ distro:
>>>
>>> http://hannahmontana.sourceforge.net/
>>>
>>>
>>> If the shoe fits...
>>
>>
>> Fairy Feeb says
>>
>> "There is nothing like the experience of seeing a terminal
>> full of multi-colored output."
>
> I gotta get that Hannah Montana Linux. It would match my Hello Kitty
> notebook.

ha!

For discriminating gentleman I always recommend Apartheid Linux.