It's been said before by many. I cannot say I disagree with the article. With more traditional distributions of Linux, you always have standardized packages with some amount of quality control. Bugs and security holes slip through to the end users all the time. Often your end users report these bugs to the upstream maintainer. Occasionally, the end user even submits fixes upstream.
Gentoo is so system dependent compared to other distros. The end result, instead of having 1 package for some function, you have 1^n packages for that same function. Given 'n' amount of users with differing hardware and compile time arguments. The Qaulity Assurance ends at the user, always. You ultimately have a quality control department that consists of one, the user.
Any system upgrade or maintenance procedures in production environments are usually limited to a few hours at most. It does not make sense to spend six hours compiling what could have been installed, configured, and tested in 6 minutes with a pre-compiled package. In the event of a hardware failure, I find it reassuring when a Linux distro can be loaded onto a spare box in 15 minutes. Then spend a few more minutes restoring configurations from a good backup.
But that's just my opinion. To each his own. If it works for you, then go with it. Otherwise, I'd say it is a fairly level-headed review.
Somehow, we ended up listed on their dynamic/dial-up list. We were a medium sized business with a/27 subnet in the middle of a Class C amongst several other small businesses. We also had two/24's on two other networks.
To get de-listed you had to meet a couple requirements. You had to have an MX record as a hostname (pretty much the standard). You had to have a reverse DNS or PTR record for the address. I used their ticket logging system to send them a compelling argument, and the whole Class C was finally de-listed three weeks later.
dig -t mx ourdomain.com ourdomain.com. 86400 IN MX 10 mail.ourdomain.com.
dig -x xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN PTR mail.ourdomain.com.
Even though we met their requirements for not being listed, somehow we and our network neighbors were listed. Another note, I believe they have a reverse priority queue. The more times you submit complaints to their ticket system, the longer it takes for you to be de-listed.
This is the reason that Google's Summer of Code exists. It's basically a summer scholarship so that Computer Science students do not have to flip burgers through the summer. There's nothing wrong with menial jobs when going through college. I worked at the University and moonlighted at various restaurants throughout my college years.
You get a paycheck with the Summer of Code. Whether you get paid depends on if you make sufficient progress in accordance with deadlines and to the satisfaction of the sponsoring organization. It gives you a chance to learn by doing, and you get real experience which you may use on your resume. You will get your name out there on a real software project, and if you do well you may get your foot in the door of a sponsoring corporation.
I've been to 2 out of 3. The first time I attended it had a small grassroots feel. There were great presentations, the keynote was inspiring. I got some good tips for my own LUG, and I met Jon "mad dog" Hall in person.
The second one I attended it was 2 to 3 times the size. IBM gave the keynote (which felt more like a sales pitch). Some of the presentations were very good. Although a few of them were aimed at a new user, or Pointy-Haired Boss demographic.
If you are within driving distance from Columbus, it is well worth the trip. Rich Bowen's Apache presentations are always informative and entertaining. Last year, Rich gave tutorials on mod_rewrite and different ways to get "poor man's" load balancing. The previous year, Bill Moran gave a great presentation on fighting SPAM with greylisting vs. other methods.
I will be attending this year's Ohio LinuxFest. I only hope the event sustains that energy from previous years.
I work in a shared office with 5 people in one room. We always put the interactive voice menus on speaker phone. The entertainment value of these systems is almost unmatched.
Voice prompt: Say yes or no. Co-worker: No. Voice prompt: Sorry I didn't understand. Say yes or no. Co-worker (louder): No. Voice prompt: Sorry I didn't understand. Say yes or no. Co-worker (louder): No. Voice prompt: Sorry I didn't understand. Say yes or no. Co-worker (screaming): NO GOD damn it! NO, NO, NO, I FUCKING SAID NO! Voice prompt: Please hold while I connect you with one of our customer care agents.
ABC News is reporting that a supposed amateur video posted to YouTube.com may have actually been designed and posted by a Republican public relations firm called DCI
Really? It was a bit amateurish. They ripped off Matt and Trey from South Park with the Man-Bear-Pig. Then they ripped off Larry Ewing's tux. I know parody is somewhat protected from copyright laws, but can you just blatantly rip something off verbatim (like their presentation of tux)?
If a public relations firm actually did this, I feel sorry for them. The video was neither interesting, funny, or had any fucking point whatsoever.
First computer was built by Turing and his associates at Bletchley Park, during WWII. It was classified for some time, so history books may not actually reflect this bit of trivia. It is a matter of debate, as others have claimed ENIAC was the first.
It's wrong because if Marcellus Wallace was supposed to say "I'm going to get medieval on your toe!", then Tarantino would have scripted it that way.
I didn't read the article, but I think the biggest culprits of this are family video stores trying to take a moral stance. Blockbuster orders edited for content movies that are "light on sex and violence" whenever possible. If you are unfortunate enough to rent one of these you wouldn't know the difference, because there is nothing on the package to tell you otherwise.
Windows Genuine Advantage already does 3 of the above mentioned things.
1) It will nag you if it thinks your not legitimate. We had a customer who had to buy an extra copy to get rid of the nagging. 2) It will prevent you from getting non-critical updates. There is a solution: http://windowsupdate.62nds.com/ (non IE browser required) 3) It will prevent you from installing add-on applications (just about any tool or utility from http://download.microsoft.com./
Estimate the time you think it will take and multiply by 1.5 to 2.0. You need a fudge factor for unforeseen problems, scope changes and so on.
It is better to overestimate than underestimate. For example, let's say you get a big fat contract with an open checkbook. Now if you go over the estimated time you or your employer may have to eat the difference. The person signing the check may call bullshit on the over budget project, and refuse to pay the difference.
Finish the scope of the work early and your boss may notice how hardworking you are. Hell you might even get a big fat raise for getting the job done under budget.
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Pardon me for the snafu. That's n packages, not 1^n.
It's been said before by many. I cannot say I disagree with the article. With more traditional distributions of Linux, you always have standardized packages with some amount of quality control. Bugs and security holes slip through to the end users all the time. Often your end users report these bugs to the upstream maintainer. Occasionally, the end user even submits fixes upstream.
Gentoo is so system dependent compared to other distros. The end result, instead of having 1 package for some function, you have 1^n packages for that same function. Given 'n' amount of users with differing hardware and compile time arguments. The Qaulity Assurance ends at the user, always. You ultimately have a quality control department that consists of one, the user.
Any system upgrade or maintenance procedures in production environments are usually limited to a few hours at most. It does not make sense to spend six hours compiling what could have been installed, configured, and tested in 6 minutes with a pre-compiled package. In the event of a hardware failure, I find it reassuring when a Linux distro can be loaded onto a spare box in 15 minutes. Then spend a few more minutes restoring configurations from a good backup.
But that's just my opinion. To each his own. If it works for you, then go with it. Otherwise, I'd say it is a fairly level-headed review.
John E. Amos Power Plant, definitely blurred.
Somehow, we ended up listed on their dynamic/dial-up list. We were a medium sized business with a /27 subnet in the middle of a Class C amongst several other small businesses. We also had two /24's on two other networks.
To get de-listed you had to meet a couple requirements. You had to have an MX record as a hostname (pretty much the standard). You had to have a reverse DNS or PTR record for the address. I used their ticket logging system to send them a compelling argument, and the whole Class C was finally de-listed three weeks later.
dig -t mx ourdomain.com
ourdomain.com. 86400 IN MX 10 mail.ourdomain.com.
dig -x xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN PTR mail.ourdomain.com.
Even though we met their requirements for not being listed, somehow we and our network neighbors were listed. Another note, I believe they have a reverse priority queue. The more times you submit complaints to their ticket system, the longer it takes for you to be de-listed.
They referenced the movie "Hackers" that pretty much nullifies any authority on this article. Not to mention they can't even spell antitrust.
It's both amusing and insightful.
This is the reason that Google's Summer of Code exists. It's basically a summer scholarship so that Computer Science students do not have to flip burgers through the summer. There's nothing wrong with menial jobs when going through college. I worked at the University and moonlighted at various restaurants throughout my college years.
You get a paycheck with the Summer of Code. Whether you get paid depends on if you make sufficient progress in accordance with deadlines and to the satisfaction of the sponsoring organization. It gives you a chance to learn by doing, and you get real experience which you may use on your resume. You will get your name out there on a real software project, and if you do well you may get your foot in the door of a sponsoring corporation.
It runs on linux just fine, thanks to winex/cedega.
...her girlfriend...
I think your missing the point about the lesbians.
Are these students whom are stealing your code, being expelled?
Clearly there is something wrong when "modestapparelchristianclothinglydiaofpurpledresse scustomsewing.com" does not make it in the top 5 of worst .com lists.
I've been to 2 out of 3. The first time I attended it had a small grassroots feel. There were great presentations, the keynote was inspiring. I got some good tips for my own LUG, and I met Jon "mad dog" Hall in person.
The second one I attended it was 2 to 3 times the size. IBM gave the keynote (which felt more like a sales pitch). Some of the presentations were very good. Although a few of them were aimed at a new user, or Pointy-Haired Boss demographic.
If you are within driving distance from Columbus, it is well worth the trip. Rich Bowen's Apache presentations are always informative and entertaining. Last year, Rich gave tutorials on mod_rewrite and different ways to get "poor man's" load balancing. The previous year, Bill Moran gave a great presentation on fighting SPAM with greylisting vs. other methods.
I will be attending this year's Ohio LinuxFest. I only hope the event sustains that energy from previous years.
I work in a shared office with 5 people in one room. We always put the interactive voice menus on speaker phone. The entertainment value of these systems is almost unmatched.
Voice prompt: Say yes or no.
Co-worker: No.
Voice prompt: Sorry I didn't understand. Say yes or no.
Co-worker (louder): No.
Voice prompt: Sorry I didn't understand. Say yes or no.
Co-worker (louder): No.
Voice prompt: Sorry I didn't understand. Say yes or no.
Co-worker (screaming): NO GOD damn it! NO, NO, NO, I FUCKING SAID NO!
Voice prompt: Please hold while I connect you with one of our customer care agents.
While I agree with the premise that most personal firewalls are crap. Like most personal firewall products, this article was useless.
ABC News is reporting that a supposed amateur video posted to YouTube.com may have actually been designed and posted by a Republican public relations firm called DCI
Really? It was a bit amateurish. They ripped off Matt and Trey from South Park with the Man-Bear-Pig. Then they ripped off Larry Ewing's tux. I know parody is somewhat protected from copyright laws, but can you just blatantly rip something off verbatim (like their presentation of tux)?
If a public relations firm actually did this, I feel sorry for them. The video was neither interesting, funny, or had any fucking point whatsoever.
Well they must work at the bank, at the church, or they are in construction.
First computer was built by Turing and his associates at Bletchley Park, during WWII. It was classified for some time, so history books may not actually reflect this bit of trivia. It is a matter of debate, as others have claimed ENIAC was the first.
Battlefield 2 on Cedega
Every version of Unreal Tournament has come with an OpenGL version for Linux. Do you have a citation for this change for UT 2007?
Blue crabs only get frightened from Old Bay seasoning.
It's wrong because if Marcellus Wallace was supposed to say "I'm going to get medieval on your toe!", then Tarantino would have scripted it that way.
I didn't read the article, but I think the biggest culprits of this are family video stores trying to take a moral stance. Blockbuster orders edited for content movies that are "light on sex and violence" whenever possible. If you are unfortunate enough to rent one of these you wouldn't know the difference, because there is nothing on the package to tell you otherwise.
Winston, have you seen the latest edition of the newspeak dictionary?
Thoughtcrime is doubleplus bad.
Best name for a FreeDOS fork?
a) CheeDOS
b) DoriDOS
c) TostiDOS
d) FriDOS
I don't know why this is moderated as a troll.
Windows Genuine Advantage already does 3 of the above mentioned things.
1) It will nag you if it thinks your not legitimate. We had a customer who had to buy an extra copy to get rid of the nagging.
2) It will prevent you from getting non-critical updates. There is a solution: http://windowsupdate.62nds.com/ (non IE browser required)
3) It will prevent you from installing add-on applications (just about any tool or utility from http://download.microsoft.com./
Estimate the time you think it will take and multiply by 1.5 to 2.0. You need a fudge factor for unforeseen problems, scope changes and so on.
It is better to overestimate than underestimate. For example, let's say you get a big fat contract with an open checkbook. Now if you go over the estimated time you or your employer may have to eat the difference. The person signing the check may call bullshit on the over budget project, and refuse to pay the difference.
Finish the scope of the work early and your boss may notice how hardworking you are. Hell you might even get a big fat raise for getting the job done under budget.