I'm not even sure this actually happened. I can make up stories like this about my non existant company.
1. "We consolidated 300 LOC's and 17 Volkswagen Beatles worth of computers by switching from Fridges to Dishwashers, in one of those wacky datacenter trailer majigs. We saved 2^64 million dollars in the process, and bought IBM."
Agreed. FUD would be like an ad that shows a plane crashing, with the words "Kernel panic" on the panels, and the print would say "Do you want to be here when your Kernel Panics? Sponsored by Microsoft 2007, Copyright Microsoft(TM)."
You're wrong in the sense that major money is 'lost' enforcing the law. Illegal drugs create a. Tons of jobs, and b. A market where prices for drugs are high because they're illegal. A market where prices are high for goods that have a low manufacturing cost is great for big players to cash in on. Do you recall the Contra bullshit?
We use RT to track thousands of support calls, and sales uses it for other shit. It might be a pain to install, but if you've got one admin whose job is to know the system well, it can be set up to do all sorts of crazy things. Aa far as the interface, yea it sucks shit. That's why I wrote a dialog frontend to the command-line rt. I can do pretty much everything quickly from a terminal, and I am porting it to C w/ ncurses soon enough so that I can do everything from the terminal.
Battery life is infinite on the Madison VaporTop! Just send us 150$ USD in unmarked bills, actually, mark the bills with your SSN, and send them to our PO Box in China.
Just do yourself and the world a favor, STFU about video games and "Invidia". If you want mod points, just say something like "Jesus, Buddha, and the Dalai Lama all use Ubuntu."
AP31R0N walks into a huge datacenter and says, "O look that's l33t you're mapping the human genome on a gigantic beowulf cluster running Linux. Now reboot this thing into Vista so I can play WoW and jerk off to that hot elf in my guild."
If you don't want to learn the command-line, don't use Linux.
Linux is such a novelty that it's running in datacenters across the world for mission critical apps, and a lot of times with 5 9's of reliability. Linux IS playing big leagues you clown. Check out the top500, how many are running Linux again? Contrary to what you think, your desktop isn't the most important computer in the world.
Sorry I forgot I was on Slashdot. Everyone here's got a hard-on for Ubuntu. I am in the minority for thinking it sucks shit-covered rocks through straws I guess.
Let me guess, they run Internet Explorer with Administrator rights to browse questionable websites, have no firewall or anti-virus software, and never even heard of "Windows Update"? My one and only Windows machine runs flawlessly for months at a time. Let's get real, if you're a Windows user who knows absolutely shit about computing in general, Ubuntu is "like so cool!!111 d00d". To me, and I'm going to go out on a limb and say most seasoned Linux users, and most people who can run Windows without borking it, think Ubuntu sucks rocks. Quit the fanboyism.
Here's a pointer: don't be the analogue of a religious zealot for the Linux community. It's pathetic IMO. "Converting" normal, non-technical people to using Linux is pointless. They want something that "just works," and believe it or not, most people don't give a shit if it's loaded with spyware and viruses, or how well the kernel performs under extreme stress.
I never understood the whole conversion scene. IMO it's a sign of naivety to think that you can "convert" people to this great free OS so they can experience such joys as:
Compiling a kernel for driver suppot Hacking shell scripts to fix an init problem The Wonderous Package Management System that is RPM || APT
Get Real! I like this stuff cause I'm a nerd. If you think normal people enjoy this kind of thing, you've never met a normal person before.
"Bizarre character-based windows" should make you feel funny in the pants if you're a Linux advocate. BTW, switching to a separate TTY is done by striking the Ctrl-Alt-FX keys, where X is the number of the tty you want to switch to. I don't use Ubuntu, but you should at least be able to go to tty1, because X normally runs on tty7 or 8.
Exactly, but this cockasoreus would respond to exactly what you said with total disregard for the point you're making, still holding his stance that "the graphics suck" he might also include "my computer is way better." I think this kid may have had some form of autism.
In Shop (I was in Electronics) we watched Tron with the class group to basically see what the technology was like back then. Now, at the time Tron was out the FX were pretty dam amazing. This anime-loving spaz kid kept saying how "teh graphics suck, i don't see what the big deal is!!!11" over and over, and everytime someone reminded him of the year it was made, and how computers weren't the same back then, he would wait a minute and repeat himself, about teh graphics. That fucking clown. I wanted to throw a chair. Everytime I hear the word Tron, I picture his head, with his jaw flapping about how the graphics suck, while he struggles to comprehend that when Tron came out people weren't buying Dual Core 64 Bit computer systems for a week's paycheck at Dunkin Donuts.
I've read through the whole thread up to here and have some input:
a. I, for one, don't think Suits are a bad thing, depending on your pay and your 'look.' Some people just look really dam good in a suit lol. But, requiring suits for developers and admins and whatnot is kind of like ehhh... not so good.
b. What is with people surviving on 35-40k? Where do you live? Around here (North of Boston) that's "I drive a 97 hatchback civic and live in a shitty one bedroom with no money in the bank" wages. I dropped out of college but at 21 with a few years experience or if you did stick with college at 21 with a degree in CS and some application you are lookin at 50-55k minimum.
Recently I was looking for a job, in the city I was offered 65k by two companies... for mid level Linux stuff. Now I can't comment on Microsoft IT positions, but these people in the city are hard up for knowledgable Linux people, and they were pretty "dot commish." Now I don't know if this is a sign of two dot oh, but that's what it's like here. The company I am at now tells me there is a shortage of qualified Linux people, so maybe that's it.
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I'm not even sure this actually happened. I can make up stories like this about my non existant company.
1. "We consolidated 300 LOC's and 17 Volkswagen Beatles worth of computers by switching from Fridges to Dishwashers, in one of those wacky datacenter trailer majigs. We saved 2^64 million dollars in the process, and bought IBM."
2. ???
3. Profit!!11
Agreed. FUD would be like an ad that shows a plane crashing, with the words "Kernel panic" on the panels, and the print would say "Do you want to be here when your Kernel Panics? Sponsored by Microsoft 2007, Copyright Microsoft(TM)."
You're wrong in the sense that major money is 'lost' enforcing the law. Illegal drugs create a. Tons of jobs, and b. A market where prices for drugs are high because they're illegal. A market where prices are high for goods that have a low manufacturing cost is great for big players to cash in on. Do you recall the Contra bullshit?
The Jumbo feature can pretty much do everything you need to do to a ticket all from one page.
We use RT to track thousands of support calls, and sales uses it for other shit. It might be a pain to install, but if you've got one admin whose job is to know the system well, it can be set up to do all sorts of crazy things. Aa far as the interface, yea it sucks shit. That's why I wrote a dialog frontend to the command-line rt. I can do pretty much everything quickly from a terminal, and I am porting it to C w/ ncurses soon enough so that I can do everything from the terminal.
This is one of the funniest dam threads I have read in a while! The people in the other cubes must think I am high I am laughing so much.
I just laughed so fuckin loud, I wish I had mod points for that. Bravo, MysteriousPreacher, bravo.
In Soviet Russia, Will Linux run this? uh.. uhmm alright I failed.
Flamebait? This AC speaks truth. Sick of seeing all the Ubuntu fanboys talking shit on here.
Battery life is infinite on the Madison VaporTop! Just send us 150$ USD in unmarked bills, actually, mark the bills with your SSN, and send them to our PO Box in China.
Steve doesn't need buttons, he uses his mind.
Just do yourself and the world a favor, STFU about video games and "Invidia". If you want mod points, just say something like "Jesus, Buddha, and the Dalai Lama all use Ubuntu." AP31R0N walks into a huge datacenter and says, "O look that's l33t you're mapping the human genome on a gigantic beowulf cluster running Linux. Now reboot this thing into Vista so I can play WoW and jerk off to that hot elf in my guild."
If you don't want to learn the command-line, don't use Linux. Linux is such a novelty that it's running in datacenters across the world for mission critical apps, and a lot of times with 5 9's of reliability. Linux IS playing big leagues you clown. Check out the top500, how many are running Linux again? Contrary to what you think, your desktop isn't the most important computer in the world.
Sorry I forgot I was on Slashdot. Everyone here's got a hard-on for Ubuntu. I am in the minority for thinking it sucks shit-covered rocks through straws I guess.
Let me guess, they run Internet Explorer with Administrator rights to browse questionable websites, have no firewall or anti-virus software, and never even heard of "Windows Update"? My one and only Windows machine runs flawlessly for months at a time. Let's get real, if you're a Windows user who knows absolutely shit about computing in general, Ubuntu is "like so cool!!111 d00d". To me, and I'm going to go out on a limb and say most seasoned Linux users, and most people who can run Windows without borking it, think Ubuntu sucks rocks. Quit the fanboyism.
Here's a pointer: don't be the analogue of a religious zealot for the Linux community. It's pathetic IMO. "Converting" normal, non-technical people to using Linux is pointless. They want something that "just works," and believe it or not, most people don't give a shit if it's loaded with spyware and viruses, or how well the kernel performs under extreme stress.
I never understood the whole conversion scene. IMO it's a sign of naivety to think that you can "convert" people to this great free OS so they can experience such joys as:
Compiling a kernel for driver suppot
Hacking shell scripts to fix an init problem
The Wonderous Package Management System that is RPM || APT
Get Real! I like this stuff cause I'm a nerd. If you think normal people enjoy this kind of thing, you've never met a normal person before.
"Bizarre character-based windows" should make you feel funny in the pants if you're a Linux advocate. BTW, switching to a separate TTY is done by striking the Ctrl-Alt-FX keys, where X is the number of the tty you want to switch to. I don't use Ubuntu, but you should at least be able to go to tty1, because X normally runs on tty7 or 8.
Ballmer is no Fucking Joke(TM). After he Fucking Kills(TM) Google, he's coming for the fanboys, and you.
Oh, and Does it run Linux?
Yea Macroshaft will 'serve' you alright.
Exactly, but this cockasoreus would respond to exactly what you said with total disregard for the point you're making, still holding his stance that "the graphics suck" he might also include "my computer is way better." I think this kid may have had some form of autism.
In Shop (I was in Electronics) we watched Tron with the class group to basically see what the technology was like back then. Now, at the time Tron was out the FX were pretty dam amazing. This anime-loving spaz kid kept saying how "teh graphics suck, i don't see what the big deal is!!!11" over and over, and everytime someone reminded him of the year it was made, and how computers weren't the same back then, he would wait a minute and repeat himself, about teh graphics. That fucking clown. I wanted to throw a chair. Everytime I hear the word Tron, I picture his head, with his jaw flapping about how the graphics suck, while he struggles to comprehend that when Tron came out people weren't buying Dual Core 64 Bit computer systems for a week's paycheck at Dunkin Donuts.
The current Lenovo T60's are totally Linux compatible. I love mine.
My CPU is a neural net prah-cessah, a learning cump-you-tah.
Wow, that is pure genius.
I've read through the whole thread up to here and have some input:
a. I, for one, don't think Suits are a bad thing, depending on your pay and your 'look.' Some people just look really dam good in a suit lol. But, requiring suits for developers and admins and whatnot is kind of like ehhh... not so good.
b. What is with people surviving on 35-40k? Where do you live? Around here (North of Boston) that's "I drive a 97 hatchback civic and live in a shitty one bedroom with no money in the bank" wages. I dropped out of college but at 21 with a few years experience or if you did stick with college at 21 with a degree in CS and some application you are lookin at 50-55k minimum.
Recently I was looking for a job, in the city I was offered 65k by two companies... for mid level Linux stuff. Now I can't comment on Microsoft IT positions, but these people in the city are hard up for knowledgable Linux people, and they were pretty "dot commish." Now I don't know if this is a sign of two dot oh, but that's what it's like here. The company I am at now tells me there is a shortage of qualified Linux people, so maybe that's it.