I ended up taking a "Computer Analyst/Programmer" program at college.
I dropped out after second semester because the teachers were incompetent at best and I was able to maintain a A+ average without showing up to most classes and when I did show up I was usually drunk.
I'm what I would consider average at best.
I'd almost guarantee that no one that finished the program that I took would be able to do better than 2/5.
Interesting note: One of my "professors" admitted taking night classes for the same Java course she was teaching us. I still don't know why I didn't demand my money back at that point.
You need to to develop policies for handling requests and have your manager back them. You also need to make sure the employees know about these policies and understand them. You might want to see if your manager will sponsor a QA half-day with some free food so you and your users can get to know each other and understand their requirements and what you can and can't do for them.
If employee's aren't complying with these policies politely explain it to them and CC it to their manager. If they do it again reference the original email and explain the problem to the manager and remind them that you have reported this kind of activity before.
If someone asks you to skip then ahead in the queue or go against company ask them to submit the request in writing to your manager.
If you streamline the process that fits your policies and make sure they see that following the rules is faster they will be more inclined to do it.
If you can't get your manager to back you on this your SOL and should be looking for a new job.
There is a difference between being a BOFH and following company policy.
These changes will not make them respect you as these people are likely assholes to begin with and should be treated as such. I don't do favors for people that can't be bothered to show a little common courtesy and they don't end up very high on my TODO list.
Government can change the rules of the game so that capitalism truly is for everyone's benefit.
Yeah, because a politician wouldn't take money or gifts to do something against the best interest of the whole.
An ideal government government would be a good thing. Anything less than ideal degenerates into a corrupt monstrosity. In other places just need time to become as visible as they are in the US.
The very idea that a group of people can work together toward a common good without self-interest is absurd. A very few might delude themselves into doing such a thing but betrayal would be inevitable.
1) Apps are labelled by task rather than name. I had to use google to find out that the "File Browser" was called "nautilus". Gee - could you label it using the app's name, or make it launchable by entering something like "file-browser" in the run box?
This is simply not possible to realistically do on a linux distribution because there are usually multiple options. I admit a description field below the application would be nice.
2) No easy way to sudo GUI stuff. Often I have to open a terminal and use sudo to complete a task, which is annoying. Why can't there just be a button to kick me up to root for a minute or two?
There are quite a few applications that allow you to do this. Use google.
3) Navigating folders is a PITA in the terminal.
Learn how a linux file system works and learn how bash processes commands. The space character is a special character in the linux command line for good reason.
To me your argument is the same thing if you were at the command prompt in Windows command prompt sitting at:
C:\Documents and Settings\UserName>
and typed > cd Windows.
Expecting it to magically figure out you want C:\Windows. It should know what I want right? WRONG. It doesn't and for this feature to even work it would have to index the entire file system.
Solution: Learn how file paths really work.
These are all valid cd/etc/X11
cd/etc/X11/
cd/etc cd X11
Simple solution for a beginner: Always use absolute paths until you understand relative paths.
Alternative: Use a different shell, there are plenty of options.
4) Create an alias if you find yourself using the command often.
alias editxorg="sudo gedit/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(See Bash Aliases for further details)
5) Tab completion plus using all lower case for file names make this trivial. I find it much faster to find things than navigating my media in explorer.
6) A shortcut on linux isn't exactly the same thing as a shortcut on windows. It probably created a symlink which makes the folder appear to be actually on your desktop to most programs. This is by design.
Create a launcher that runs your file-manager with that particular path if you want to mimic windows shortcuts
7) This is linux and not windows. Bash is much more powerful than the pitiful shell windows provides. Learn to escape spaces, avoid spaces in file names, use tab completion, or enclose spaces in quotes.
8) Traditionally extensions have no meaning in the unix world... this is by design.
9) Not understanding permissions is why you are running into these problems. Probably because you tend to resort to running things with root privileges instead of figuring out why the permissions are incorrect.
It takes a while to understand but once you've got it you'll wonder why you thought it was hard.
I guess I got a bit carried away and detailed a more ideal environment than most can afford. Still if you have a database server and you don't even have a cheap UPS you deserve what you get.
IMHO if a business can't afford a UPS for the server they should reconsider their business plan. I've seen business that run core business operations on a $8.95 shared account come in and whine about losing $100/h when downtime occurs. I have no sympathy for them.
By stable software I meant stable kernel, stable drivers, mysql, and etc. Obviously Ex4 is a little new and so I might not consider it stable enough for a production environment. (This has nothing to do with the data-loss 'bug'.
I'm not C/C++ programmer but from the explanation in the article and the bug reports it seems to me that this issue is nothing more than idiots not knowing the proper function to call when writing files.
To seem this seems like writing a network application and then whining that some of your data didn't get send because you didn't flush the buffer. Just plain stupid.
The only thing that has changed here is the window to lose data went from 5 seconds to 150 seconds.
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RAID is not a backup solution.
You should be using mirroring in addition to frequent backups.
RAID does not protect against (accidental) deletion, file system corruption, or user stupidity.
I see nothing wrong with this.
As long as the actors are legal and the sex (and other acts) are consensual.
Anyone know where I can get the one with Jesus fucking an Angel? That's hilarious.
"simulated rape" is a crime?
That's fucking ridiculous.
How long before simulated murder is a crime?
I'm extremely confused... I don't see anything wrong here.
Is porn illegal in the US?
Did someone forget to tell the multi-billion dollar industry?
Yes.
While I agree that the TSA completely screwed this up.
The author is an idiot for bringing that kind of material along with him.
When traveling by air, which I do only when it's absolutely required, I ship my luggage ahead of time to my hotel.
All I carry with me is my wallet, passport, and keys.
My cellphone, pocket knife, and media player all stay at home where they can't be stolen, searched, or "lost".
Do I think it's reasonable to have to do this? Hell, no.
Do I think it's worth not being hassled? Hell, yes.
I ended up taking a "Computer Analyst/Programmer" program at college.
I dropped out after second semester because the teachers were incompetent at best and I was able to maintain a A+ average without showing up to most classes and when I did show up I was usually drunk.
I'm what I would consider average at best.
I'd almost guarantee that no one that finished the program that I took would be able to do better than 2/5.
Interesting note: One of my "professors" admitted taking night classes for the same Java course she was teaching us. I still don't know why I didn't demand my money back at that point.
Hi,
You need to to develop policies for handling requests and have your manager back them. You also need to make sure the employees know about these policies and understand them. You might want to see if your manager will sponsor a QA half-day with some free food so you and your users can get to know each other and understand their requirements and what you can and can't do for them.
If employee's aren't complying with these policies politely explain it to them and CC it to their manager. If they do it again reference the original email and explain the problem to the manager and remind them that you have reported this kind of activity before.
If someone asks you to skip then ahead in the queue or go against company ask them to submit the request in writing to your manager.
If you streamline the process that fits your policies and make sure they see that following the rules is faster they will be more inclined to do it.
If you can't get your manager to back you on this your SOL and should be looking for a new job.
There is a difference between being a BOFH and following company policy.
These changes will not make them respect you as these people are likely assholes to begin with and should be treated as such. I don't do favors for people that can't be bothered to show a little common courtesy and they don't end up very high on my TODO list.
I wish I had mod points for this.
Well, I like the drinking part.
Just because the system administrators you know are incompetent does not mean the feature is useless.
I'm not saying writing good SELinux policies is easy but most if not all are already written for you by people that know what they are doing.
Hi,
They are simply playing the same game the MPAA/RIAA/ are playing.
Why play by the rules when the other side just buys someone to change them?
Why the hell doesn't ARIN just refuse to issue IPv4 allocations to providers that aren't ready for IPv6.
They could also just set a hard deadline for anyone with an allocation to support IPv6 or their IPv4 allocation is forfeit.
We NEED IPv6 because the asses that have huge allocations will never willingly give them back and probably involve lawyers to fight it out.
I've been harassing my ISP for years to provide native IPv4/IPv6.
Ever heard of a hostile takeover?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeover
We all have something to hide. You may not know what it is. You may not think it is something worth hiding.
I do not want the FBI or anyone else near my data even though it's mostly innocent.
The problem with giving them this ability you have NO control over them using it properly. It WILL be abused.
Actually,
There are several types of UPS and the better ones you ARE running off the batteries of the UPS all the time.
Offline/Standby: cheap as hell, not something you want to use in a bad power environment for anything important.
Line-Interactive: better but still wouldn't use it for anything important
Double-conversion / online: this is the probably the best solution for the OP. OP should get one with weather protection for his intended usage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uninterruptible_power_supply
reference please?
I'm just guessing but:
They've been doing it longer than most popular religions?
Government can change the rules of the game so that capitalism truly is for everyone's benefit.
Yeah, because a politician wouldn't take money or gifts to do something against the best interest of the whole.
An ideal government government would be a good thing. Anything less than ideal degenerates into a corrupt monstrosity. In other places just need time to become as visible as they are in the US.
The very idea that a group of people can work together toward a common good without self-interest is absurd. A very few might delude themselves into doing such a thing but betrayal would be inevitable.
Taking 40% of your income and making it disappear.
NOBODY is better at stupidity than governments.
How do you mod an article as -1: Troll or -1:Flamebait?
hehe
*shrugs*
confused me. I guess I spend toooooo much time coding.
Not really on topic but shouldn't your signature be:
-1:Troll || -1:Flamebait != -1:StronglyDisagreeAndWishToCensor. Look up the definition of flame/troll.
Hi,
1) Apps are labelled by task rather than name. I had to use google to find out that the "File Browser" was called "nautilus". Gee - could you label it using the app's name, or make it launchable by entering something like "file-browser" in the run box?
This is simply not possible to realistically do on a linux distribution because there are usually multiple options. I admit a description field below the application would be nice.
2) No easy way to sudo GUI stuff. Often I have to open a terminal and use sudo to complete a task, which is annoying. Why can't there just be a button to kick me up to root for a minute or two?
There are quite a few applications that allow you to do this. Use google.
3) Navigating folders is a PITA in the terminal.
Learn how a linux file system works and learn how bash processes commands. The space character is a special character in the linux command line for good reason.
To me your argument is the same thing if you were at the command prompt in Windows command prompt sitting at:
C:\Documents and Settings\UserName>
and typed
> cd Windows.
Expecting it to magically figure out you want C:\Windows.
It should know what I want right? WRONG. It doesn't and for this feature to even work it would have to index the entire file system.
Solution: Learn how file paths really work.
These are all valid /etc/X11
cd
cd /etc/X11/
cd /etc
cd X11
Simple solution for a beginner: Always use absolute paths until you understand relative paths.
Alternative: Use a different shell, there are plenty of options.
4) Create an alias if you find yourself using the command often.
alias editxorg="sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(See Bash Aliases for further details)
5) Tab completion plus using all lower case for file names make this trivial. I find it much faster to find things than navigating my media in explorer.
6) A shortcut on linux isn't exactly the same thing as a shortcut on windows. It probably created a symlink which makes the folder appear to be actually on your desktop to most programs. This is by design.
Create a launcher that runs your file-manager with that particular path if you want to mimic windows shortcuts
7) This is linux and not windows. Bash is much more powerful than the pitiful shell windows provides. Learn to escape spaces, avoid spaces in file names, use tab completion, or enclose spaces in quotes.
8) Traditionally extensions have no meaning in the unix world... this is by design.
9) Not understanding permissions is why you are running into these problems. Probably because you tend to resort to running things with root privileges instead of figuring out why the permissions are incorrect.
It takes a while to understand but once you've got it you'll wonder why you thought it was hard.
I guess I got a bit carried away and detailed a more ideal environment than most can afford. Still if you have a database server and you don't even have a cheap UPS you deserve what you get.
IMHO if a business can't afford a UPS for the server they should reconsider their business plan. I've seen business that run core business operations on a $8.95 shared account come in and whine about losing $100/h when downtime occurs. I have no sympathy for them.
By stable software I meant stable kernel, stable drivers, mysql, and etc. Obviously Ex4 is a little new and so I might not consider it stable enough for a production environment. (This has nothing to do with the data-loss 'bug'.
I'm not C/C++ programmer but from the explanation in the article and the bug reports it seems to me that this issue is nothing more than idiots not knowing the proper function to call when writing files.
To seem this seems like writing a network application and then whining that some of your data didn't get send because you didn't flush the buffer. Just plain stupid.
The only thing that has changed here is the window to lose data went from 5 seconds to 150 seconds.