I read this as, "hey can you guys help me keep a job I got by schmoozing and am completely unqualified for?"
This is a real kick in the nuts to someone like me, who as a certified Linux administrator with more than 6 years of real working experience, can't find work because I'm too expensive or not such a good bullshit artist as yourself. I'm an honest guy who gets the job done and always has professional behavior in the workplace.
You should be ashamed of yourself. This is why I would love to see a professional administrators association. Human Resources and others in charge of hiring aren't very effective at separating the wheat from the chaff.
You'd be surprised how far having good people skills will get you in life....especially in the job-seeking arena...Seriously, most people that make hiring decisions value good people skills over technical knowledge. Those who possess both rarely find themselves unemployed.
Although Slackware is a good distro to learn Linux on (that's the route I took and it has served me well), it is not production-worthy. I'd say install it at home to play around with, but don't use it for a production-level server. For an enterprise-level server, I'd go with Debian. Debian is fairly easy to use and has the best package management system (apt). We run CentOS where I work for our production servers, and that's served us well also, but had we been running Debian, my job would have been a lot easier.
Nuclear reactor for the moon: $2 billion
A year's supply of plutonium: $500 million
Spaceship to deliver reactor: $1.6 billion
Watching a nuclear meltdown on the moon from Earth: priceless
So..explain to me how this patent was granted? I was under the impression that in order for a patent to be granted, a prototype has to be built. I wasn't aware flash drives even existed back in 1979.
...as a mathematician with my head in the clouds, I want to ask hardware types: why do things have such horrible failure modes?
2 words..profit maximization
Why doesn't a laptop battery do something intelligent way before it explodes,...
Well, that would cost extra money to implement, which goes against the point mentioned above
Is it really that the few cents it costs to engineer these obvious safety and reliability features aren't worth considering?
At even a few cents per unit to implement these, it'd add up to a considerable amount of money. Enough to make implementing said safety features not attractive to Sony...until enough bad press comes as a result of their cutting corners, that is.
Richard Baldwin. He's fairly well-known online. He was a professor of mine that introduced me to Java. Check out his tutorials that he has posted online for free. These are what he pulls up in his class when he teaches. They're basically his lecture examples w/out the voice to go along with them. I went in with zero Java knowledge and came out a Java superstar (well, not quite, but I definitely came out with a very solid understanding of the language after the first semester). Check out his tutorials. He introduces Java concepts in a very easy to follow manner.
Um, I'm not a regular drug user but how are the effects of Cannabis [wikipedia.org] beneficial to gaming?
Easy, THC (the active ingredient in Cannabis) causes your neurons to release large supplies of the neurotransmitter dopamine into your synapses. Dopamine is responsible for helping your concentration. The idea is you're able to keep your focus much easier and concentrate on completing the task at hand in the game. For an experienced Cannabis user, this effect does in fact provide better gaming performance. I wouldn't recommend it for an inexperienced Cannabis user, however, as it can be quite disorienting for someone not used to it.
ETQW is an awesome game, tons of fun to play, and yet it features asymetrical teams, and is still balanced, which must have been a hell of a task, but gives it a great unique feel that lends well to replayablity.
I agree whole-heartedly, especially the bit about implementing the asymmetric teams being a pain in the ass. I'm sure it was a total pain in the ass to get everything just right such that both teams were different, yet equal. I'm surprised ETQW isn't more popular than it is.
I'll have to give it to Splash Damage...they did an amazing job with Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (ETQW). I was a little skeptical about how it might turn out, seeing as how Splash Damage started off as a mod 'company', but I've been thoroughly impressed with their results. Their QA is what I'd expect from id software or even Blizzard. I definitely look forward to future titles from them.
Don't host it at your house (rent out space to host it), and require everyone to sign release forms...that should get your legal bases covered and people won't be stealing shit from your house...just keep a good eye on your equipment and advise everyone else to do the same.
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I'd say you obviously have no experience working in an enterprise-level environment.
I read this as, "hey can you guys help me keep a job I got by schmoozing and am completely unqualified for?" This is a real kick in the nuts to someone like me, who as a certified Linux administrator with more than 6 years of real working experience, can't find work because I'm too expensive or not such a good bullshit artist as yourself. I'm an honest guy who gets the job done and always has professional behavior in the workplace. You should be ashamed of yourself. This is why I would love to see a professional administrators association. Human Resources and others in charge of hiring aren't very effective at separating the wheat from the chaff.
You'd be surprised how far having good people skills will get you in life....especially in the job-seeking arena...Seriously, most people that make hiring decisions value good people skills over technical knowledge. Those who possess both rarely find themselves unemployed.
Although Slackware is a good distro to learn Linux on (that's the route I took and it has served me well), it is not production-worthy. I'd say install it at home to play around with, but don't use it for a production-level server. For an enterprise-level server, I'd go with Debian. Debian is fairly easy to use and has the best package management system (apt). We run CentOS where I work for our production servers, and that's served us well also, but had we been running Debian, my job would have been a lot easier.
I dunno what you're talking about, there's tons of full servers by me.
ETQW all the way. Aside from it being an excellent game and being DRM free, you can get a full copy of it for $15 on Amazon.
P.S. it runs on Linux.
Nuclear reactor for the moon: $2 billion
A year's supply of plutonium: $500 million
Spaceship to deliver reactor: $1.6 billion
Watching a nuclear meltdown on the moon from Earth: priceless
Eh, what the hell...I'll do it.
FIRST POST!!!
So..explain to me how this patent was granted? I was under the impression that in order for a patent to be granted, a prototype has to be built. I wasn't aware flash drives even existed back in 1979.
Fortunately our handsomest politicians came up with a cheap, last minute way to combat global warming.
What will I do to protect my family if I have no way of getting public safety information?
Oh, I don't know...how about evacuating?
Seinfeld: We at Vandelay Industries just love Windows Vista Business!
...as a mathematician with my head in the clouds, I want to ask hardware types: why do things have such horrible failure modes?
2 words..profit maximization
Why doesn't a laptop battery do something intelligent way before it explodes,...
Well, that would cost extra money to implement, which goes against the point mentioned above
Is it really that the few cents it costs to engineer these obvious safety and reliability features aren't worth considering?
At even a few cents per unit to implement these, it'd add up to a considerable amount of money. Enough to make implementing said safety features not attractive to Sony...until enough bad press comes as a result of their cutting corners, that is.
http://www.dickbaldwin.com/tocint.htm
By your logic nobody should take the time to learn English because lots of others do.
Richard Baldwin. He's fairly well-known online. He was a professor of mine that introduced me to Java. Check out his tutorials that he has posted online for free. These are what he pulls up in his class when he teaches. They're basically his lecture examples w/out the voice to go along with them. I went in with zero Java knowledge and came out a Java superstar (well, not quite, but I definitely came out with a very solid understanding of the language after the first semester). Check out his tutorials. He introduces Java concepts in a very easy to follow manner.
Sounds to me like Nvidia has something up their sleeves.
Such as licensing their SLI technology to Intel so that they can get an x86 license in return?
Where'd you learn that Cheech? DRUUUUG SCHOOL?
Fixed it for ya :)
Um, I'm not a regular drug user but how are the effects of Cannabis [wikipedia.org] beneficial to gaming?
Easy, THC (the active ingredient in Cannabis) causes your neurons to release large supplies of the neurotransmitter dopamine into your synapses. Dopamine is responsible for helping your concentration. The idea is you're able to keep your focus much easier and concentrate on completing the task at hand in the game. For an experienced Cannabis user, this effect does in fact provide better gaming performance. I wouldn't recommend it for an inexperienced Cannabis user, however, as it can be quite disorienting for someone not used to it.
ETQW is an awesome game, tons of fun to play, and yet it features asymetrical teams, and is still balanced, which must have been a hell of a task, but gives it a great unique feel that lends well to replayablity.
I agree whole-heartedly, especially the bit about implementing the asymmetric teams being a pain in the ass. I'm sure it was a total pain in the ass to get everything just right such that both teams were different, yet equal. I'm surprised ETQW isn't more popular than it is.
I'll have to give it to Splash Damage...they did an amazing job with Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (ETQW). I was a little skeptical about how it might turn out, seeing as how Splash Damage started off as a mod 'company', but I've been thoroughly impressed with their results. Their QA is what I'd expect from id software or even Blizzard. I definitely look forward to future titles from them.
Buy a bunch of them, pack them into a suitcase with some laptop batteries, Portable Cluster.
I could only imagine how an airport would react to that apparatus.
we reserve the right to change any term and any time and/or cancel the contract for any reason without penalty
Funny how they can reserve a right that they never had in the first place.
I'm going to have to plead ignorance here...nobody told me that this sort of thing was frowned upon.
You'll be amazed, and will be lauded as 'a great listener'.
And shortly after inserted into the dreaded 'just friends' category.
More importantly, WWUJD?
Don't host it at your house (rent out space to host it), and require everyone to sign release forms...that should get your legal bases covered and people won't be stealing shit from your house...just keep a good eye on your equipment and advise everyone else to do the same.