From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AD4D1389F5 for ; Sat, 4 Apr 2015 11:35:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8CFE0E0907; Sat, 4 Apr 2015 11:35:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ie0-f180.google.com (mail-ie0-f180.google.com [209.85.223.180]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 65FBFE08E1 for ; Sat, 4 Apr 2015 11:35:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iebrs15 with SMTP id rs15so20062968ieb.3 for ; Sat, 04 Apr 2015 04:35:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=yjhf9VmmnujgpAqjZyQADaZ8riAQpiyLlJ4lco/KJuk=; b=fDfqZdXzCC8BUrGNolVzFQ+2kztJvtzeEQF4R2VpD4of9F8PY1ZNFUg6eTYIqAoBtw IX/3Z/JXQTPTTavxC4x1arO4Q7V0wCqGFTkikkLJpJvchX5EduhlzvqBXnHeV1W8mqHZ b4LUINuT1kEBU4juLNulmp2KPguDzvT+lc0v/04MFcXIwL/XBaglCDz1efVcKw8/yIzj 05J5g2lqcwrAY4sLkVXDpWGA4YyL2fMpRNMMPXWmF3AM/Bc72pSxZ8ycVIBx1CUljDnP 9DO1pVx7c90ly79qtivm/PhGjvq+EJ4Cg4t32CoZIbHaCv+TpjP8MxBfcUEwb/HDFs4i nekQ== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.107.36 with SMTP id gz4mr10573868igb.25.1428147336672; Sat, 04 Apr 2015 04:35:36 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.107.48.198 with HTTP; Sat, 4 Apr 2015 04:35:36 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20150404112308.GB1077@ca.inter.net> References: <1478951.WCFfi6fabA@navi> <1655034.0iNOFofX7r@wstn> <20150404023130.695f6521@hal9000.localdomain> <20150404112308.GB1077@ca.inter.net> Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2015 07:35:36 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: DA-_uD8yPTUIL44aWe4Oe00X3Es Message-ID: Subject: Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Question of quantum computer From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 9744ccdf-b843-4795-82b7-5486f861cee5 X-Archives-Hash: 520fc449d7ac391d089f3d70d5b8a7ac On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 7:23 AM, Philip Webb wrote: > > What a revelation about at least a minority of Gentoo users ! > -- philosophers of science + math, besides well-trained physicists. > I think at least half of us on the Council have degrees in the physical sciences. I work mostly with scientists and I have to say that in the last 10 years the embrace of FOSS by scientists has been considerable. Who wants to beg the boss for money and with IT for support of SAS when you can just download R and install it yourself, and so on? Of course, it tends to also lead to a bit of a mess when that little tool that was thrown together ends up being depended upon by an entire department and isn't up to it. -- Rich