Linux and its applications only dominate ANYWHERE because they're cheap/free
False. Many of us use Linux / UNIX for workloads and tasks that Windows won't run at all, or that run significantly slower using Windows. Scalability, downtime prevention, and consistent operation is unparalleled in the mainframe / mini segment which is *nix territory -- not Windows.
We spend a lot of money annually to keep our Linux systems supported, both from an employee cost as well as support / upgrades from the vendor, so I can assure you we haven't made this choice because it's cheaper software-wise. It's cheaper because we can do more with smaller systems, we have less downtime, and we spend less time tuning and maintaining Linux systems than we did using Windows.
I agree with your dual core statement; I'm running a dual core 2.4 from 2007. Even though I run VMs under the host OS almost daily, there's no compelling reason to upgrade... except one day it's gonna break and I want to get another before that happens. But speed-wise? It's more than sufficient for the casual game (its GeForce 8600M GT it a little long in the tooth though), and for business use it's great.
I think a big part of its life is the quality of the components -- that video card was very nice at the time, and it's got Gb ethernet, integrated camera, FireWire etc. I've swapped the optical drive for a second hard drive so I've got a couple of backup levels. It's a nice setup... which is why I'm a little leery of getting a new model O.o
Bookmarks for each browser (I use different browsers for different purposes), music files and playlists, email, "regular" documents, pictures, video files, various PDF's I created or downloaded, iMovie / GarageBand projects, preference files (for all the software I use), scripts, backups / dmgs / isos (periodically these are migrated to secondary storage), etc.
Not counting my programming files -- I've been coding for a very long time -- yes, I have hundreds of thousands of data files.
It's my understanding that Microsoft Office is available for only 2 platforms, OS X and Windows. Ignoring mobile environments, it is not available for Linux, BSD, UNIX, or other OS's. In the past it was available for older versions of Mac OS. LibreOffice / OpenOffice is an example of a more cross-platform office suite.
But does it have Web Scale? Sharding can help you get Web Scale for your business. The Cloud helps you get Web Scale. You did not have Web Scale with those older systems. MongoDB helps you get Web Scale.
I hadn't thought of that -- very insightful. Nintendo would have a more modern OS and from the limited exposure I've had to the UI, it would be a good match.
I thought all the $10K video editing programs had gone away except a couple of holdovers from yesteryear. Use a hardware dongle and piss people off like Autodesk did. Or use an online authentication scheme that will piss off other users. Hell, for $10K, fly a lackey there to install it personally.
My point is, if someone wants to crack it, they will. The high price tag makes it more attractive.
Fedora 16 did this...sort of... with my HP Laserjet 3200se. Google that one and you'll see it's very very old.
The problem? It chose the Postscript version (this printer adds Postscript support with a combined memory / processing upgrade). Mine has a 64MB memory upgrade, but doesn't have the Postscript upgrade. I had to change the driver to the non-Postscript version.
But it was so close! Upon plugging in the USB cable, it identified the printer and confirmed I wanted to install it (a very simple dialog box which asked me to choose OK/Cancel or similar). It was then immediately available to running apps.
BTW, Windows XP and Windows 7 also determine this printer is the Postscript version, so it's not all Fedora's fault.
Before using an "in" clause here I'd probably use this (depends on the number of anticipated rows in both tables): select id, title from page as a where exists ( select 1 from hotnews b where b.user = 8 and b.id = a.id )
I would rearrange the fields in the "where" clause to match the index, highest selectivity first. If there were no suitable index I'd consider creating one, possibly a covering index.
If your living depends on you knowing how to do something well, you will learn to use the tools most effectively.
Professional DBA's know this, and know how to code correctly to avoid the problem in the first place. Having it "work" vs having it work reliably, quickly, and in a manner which scales is what separates any computer user from a professional. Training, ambition, curiosity, and experience are what transforms you into that professional.
So while it may be nice to have the machine try to outsmart you while you work in a 4th generation language, learning how and why it works can be illuminating in other projects and other methods. You are able to do more because you know more.
+9000 Insightful. It's never cheaper when you pay reactively rather than proactively.
It may not be fair that your neighbor has 5 kids, but taking care of that problem as a society is another (complicated) issue. Having the children turn to crime or starve is not an acceptable solution for me. But continuing to allow people to irresponsibly breed is also not working. Parents are now children themselves, and having 2 parents (of any sex) is a luxury most children do not have. Even with 2 parents, many cannot afford to feed the mouths they have created.
Could the government insist that everyone receiving welfare funds be either sterilized or on birth control? That would be a tough fight. Could the government *reduce* funding for each new child rather than increase it? Another tough fight.
I'd love to hear a solution that considers where we are headed and how it can be changed... the current system is broken and rewards those who breed irresponsibly by placing the burden on those of us who are careful and intelligent. The movie "Idiocracy" comes to mind.
I assume the "point" to which you are referring is the comment regrading "handing over their competitive advantage".
If the software is your "magic sauce", why do you need to use someone else's code at all? Create your own and be done with it. If, on the other hand, you aren't capable / willing / financed / interested enough to do this, then you can use someone else's code with the understanding you will follow the license.
Lots of companies don't make a product, yet they sell support for it. If support is your "magic sauce" then this method works best for you.
If you want to be a repairman, get a job repairing things that are broken. I agree that if you wish to be a repairman, becoming a Windows admin is a great way to meet that goal.
If your job requires in-depth analysis and not repair, and the OS / software is simply a tool to get other things done, you will find repairing things very frustrating and want to use the best solution for the work in question.
Putting aside the fact that the salary ranges for these 2 groups are very different, I would not want to be a repairman competing for the same repair work as everyone else. But there is no shame in repairing if that's what you want, it's just not everyone's choice.
What? Free? No. A thousand times, no, unless you're on government aid or something. A child with a cold can result in a $25-50 copay at the doctor's office and prescriptions ranging from free to hundreds of dollars. Strangely enough, some medications with no generic alternatives are denied coverage by insurance, so you have to pay a ridiculous price for them.
Add to that, a cash-paying patient pays the most not the least when it comes to any type of procedure at any doctor's office or hospital. Oh, wait, unless you're an illegal in which case you pay NOTHING.
See why we're a bit pissed? It's a broken system, with no hope of fixes in our lifetime.
I have a great Android phone that does everything an iPhone can do and more.
Do you know if Android phones work with IPsec / Cisco VPN's now? One of my co-workers wasn't able to get his to work with our setup, but maybe that's just our error. For medium/large businesses, things such as VPN access are very important. Googling it just now, I see articles such as these http://communities.cisco.com/thread/17118.
And, yes, before you ask -- the iPhone / iPad supports this out of the box.
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Linux and its applications only dominate ANYWHERE because they're cheap/free
False. Many of us use Linux / UNIX for workloads and tasks that Windows won't run at all, or that run significantly slower using Windows. Scalability, downtime prevention, and consistent operation is unparalleled in the mainframe / mini segment which is *nix territory -- not Windows.
We spend a lot of money annually to keep our Linux systems supported, both from an employee cost as well as support / upgrades from the vendor, so I can assure you we haven't made this choice because it's cheaper software-wise. It's cheaper because we can do more with smaller systems, we have less downtime, and we spend less time tuning and maintaining Linux systems than we did using Windows.
I agree with your dual core statement; I'm running a dual core 2.4 from 2007. Even though I run VMs under the host OS almost daily, there's no compelling reason to upgrade... except one day it's gonna break and I want to get another before that happens. But speed-wise? It's more than sufficient for the casual game (its GeForce 8600M GT it a little long in the tooth though), and for business use it's great.
I think a big part of its life is the quality of the components -- that video card was very nice at the time, and it's got Gb ethernet, integrated camera, FireWire etc. I've swapped the optical drive for a second hard drive so I've got a couple of backup levels. It's a nice setup... which is why I'm a little leery of getting a new model O.o
Bookmarks for each browser (I use different browsers for different purposes), music files and playlists, email, "regular" documents, pictures, video files, various PDF's I created or downloaded, iMovie / GarageBand projects, preference files (for all the software I use), scripts, backups / dmgs / isos (periodically these are migrated to secondary storage), etc.
Not counting my programming files -- I've been coding for a very long time -- yes, I have hundreds of thousands of data files.
It's my understanding that Microsoft Office is available for only 2 platforms, OS X and Windows. Ignoring mobile environments, it is not available for Linux, BSD, UNIX, or other OS's. In the past it was available for older versions of Mac OS. LibreOffice / OpenOffice is an example of a more cross-platform office suite.
The funniest part is that I've been modded "flamebait"...
Consider me adequately upbraided for the week... I won't forget next time, I promise!
Ask a Microsoft or Apple question here and find out. After all, that is our religion.
Holy cow... $32 for a printed t-shirt? I'm in the wrong business...
MacOS is *document* focused where Windows and Linux is *application* focused.
<blinks> Wow, somebody gets it. This is one of the most basic things people misunderstand when comparing these systems.
Don't you have a spell-check icon on your ribbom?
But does it have Web Scale? Sharding can help you get Web Scale for your business. The Cloud helps you get Web Scale. You did not have Web Scale with those older systems. MongoDB helps you get Web Scale.
Start sharting today with MongoDB!<sarcasm>
I hadn't thought of that -- very insightful. Nintendo would have a more modern OS and from the limited exposure I've had to the UI, it would be a good match.
modify your hosts file
Oh no!!! You have summoned APK!!!
I thought all the $10K video editing programs had gone away except a couple of holdovers from yesteryear. Use a hardware dongle and piss people off like Autodesk did. Or use an online authentication scheme that will piss off other users. Hell, for $10K, fly a lackey there to install it personally.
My point is, if someone wants to crack it, they will. The high price tag makes it more attractive.
Fedora 16 did this...sort of... with my HP Laserjet 3200se. Google that one and you'll see it's very very old.
The problem? It chose the Postscript version (this printer adds Postscript support with a combined memory / processing upgrade). Mine has a 64MB memory upgrade, but doesn't have the Postscript upgrade. I had to change the driver to the non-Postscript version.
But it was so close! Upon plugging in the USB cable, it identified the printer and confirmed I wanted to install it (a very simple dialog box which asked me to choose OK/Cancel or similar). It was then immediately available to running apps.
BTW, Windows XP and Windows 7 also determine this printer is the Postscript version, so it's not all Fedora's fault.
Before using an "in" clause here I'd probably use this (depends on the number of anticipated rows in both tables):
select id, title
from page as a
where exists (
select 1
from hotnews b
where b.user = 8
and b.id = a.id
)
I would rearrange the fields in the "where" clause to match the index, highest selectivity first. If there were no suitable index I'd consider creating one, possibly a covering index.
If your living depends on you knowing how to do something well, you will learn to use the tools most effectively.
Professional DBA's know this, and know how to code correctly to avoid the problem in the first place. Having it "work" vs having it work reliably, quickly, and in a manner which scales is what separates any computer user from a professional. Training, ambition, curiosity, and experience are what transforms you into that professional.
So while it may be nice to have the machine try to outsmart you while you work in a 4th generation language, learning how and why it works can be illuminating in other projects and other methods. You are able to do more because you know more.
+9000 Insightful. It's never cheaper when you pay reactively rather than proactively.
It may not be fair that your neighbor has 5 kids, but taking care of that problem as a society is another (complicated) issue. Having the children turn to crime or starve is not an acceptable solution for me. But continuing to allow people to irresponsibly breed is also not working. Parents are now children themselves, and having 2 parents (of any sex) is a luxury most children do not have. Even with 2 parents, many cannot afford to feed the mouths they have created.
Could the government insist that everyone receiving welfare funds be either sterilized or on birth control? That would be a tough fight. Could the government *reduce* funding for each new child rather than increase it? Another tough fight.
I'd love to hear a solution that considers where we are headed and how it can be changed... the current system is broken and rewards those who breed irresponsibly by placing the burden on those of us who are careful and intelligent. The movie "Idiocracy" comes to mind.
Much like a chicken after the axe has fallen, the body is still temporarily alive but the brain is dead. Just give it a minute to catch up to reality.
I assume the "point" to which you are referring is the comment regrading "handing over their competitive advantage".
If the software is your "magic sauce", why do you need to use someone else's code at all? Create your own and be done with it. If, on the other hand, you aren't capable / willing / financed / interested enough to do this, then you can use someone else's code with the understanding you will follow the license.
Lots of companies don't make a product, yet they sell support for it. If support is your "magic sauce" then this method works best for you.
If you want to be a repairman, get a job repairing things that are broken. I agree that if you wish to be a repairman, becoming a Windows admin is a great way to meet that goal.
If your job requires in-depth analysis and not repair, and the OS / software is simply a tool to get other things done, you will find repairing things very frustrating and want to use the best solution for the work in question.
Putting aside the fact that the salary ranges for these 2 groups are very different, I would not want to be a repairman competing for the same repair work as everyone else. But there is no shame in repairing if that's what you want, it's just not everyone's choice.
What? Free? No. A thousand times, no, unless you're on government aid or something. A child with a cold can result in a $25-50 copay at the doctor's office and prescriptions ranging from free to hundreds of dollars. Strangely enough, some medications with no generic alternatives are denied coverage by insurance, so you have to pay a ridiculous price for them.
Add to that, a cash-paying patient pays the most not the least when it comes to any type of procedure at any doctor's office or hospital. Oh, wait, unless you're an illegal in which case you pay NOTHING.
See why we're a bit pissed? It's a broken system, with no hope of fixes in our lifetime.
Many thanks! I will pass that along... hopefully the Android devices in question can be upgraded to use this feature.
I have a great Android phone that does everything an iPhone can do and more.
Do you know if Android phones work with IPsec / Cisco VPN's now? One of my co-workers wasn't able to get his to work with our setup, but maybe that's just our error. For medium/large businesses, things such as VPN access are very important. Googling it just now, I see articles such as these http://communities.cisco.com/thread/17118 .
And, yes, before you ask -- the iPhone / iPad supports this out of the box.
Red Hat exams involve configuring, testing and repairing live systems.
http://www.redhat.com/training/certifications/rhce/
http://www.redhat.com/training/certifications/expertise/