I spent a while learning linux, pulling hair out, and eventually was running it on the desktop and on my a server on my cable modem. Very unprofessional, of course.
I then, by the grace of God, got a nice job as tech support for a privately owned phone company (!) with an internet division. Yep, just me, the sysadmin, and an AS/400 programmer back here in the room.
Well, the sysadmin quit.
That's how I got my job:D
In truth, they decided to extend the position upon finding a rehire, and those extensions are beyond my current capabilities, so my gig is only temporary, but it's still nice.
(I DO know my stuff, mind you, but I'm horribly under-experienced. Doesn't mean it won't look good on a resume.)
...but speaking from my own experience, yeah, I'd say that a junior admin position is the way to go, as long as you're also practicing with your own projects on the side. You'll have an opportunity to learn from those with greater experience than yourself, and even if your *job* didn't qualify you for the next position you apply for, it can still help you get hired if you have the skills from elsewhere.
My first thought in seeing this article was as follows:
"Oh, no. This is too serious for Jon Katz to be writing on." (Although I respect Mr. Katz's work, suffice to say I'm not a fan)
I then had a change of mind. Although my primary income is from other endeavors, I am also, like Mr. Katz, a journalist.
I'm sure that many journalists descended onto the issue as vultures, using the tragedy of the dead for their own gain (or ego), but I'm relatively sure that this is not Mr. Katz's intent.
After the majority of my shock had left, the first thing that came to my mind was to write on the issue. My own writing won't be read by anyone--I felt it to be too pessimistic. However, my motivation is, I believe, the same that Mr. Katz had in writing this article: He felt, in his heart, the call to write, to communicate.
Whether or not one is a fan, Mr. Katz writes from his heart, and for that he has my respect. I would ask that anyone at least consider this before judging him. As he said, he wanted to post his thoughts. He did so, an I commend him for it.
As well, Mr. Katz has shown us one of the greater, if little discussed points of this incident:
"Standing over the harbor, I did something I haven't done in 20 years. I dropped to my knees -- following the lead of a bunch of strangers -- and prayed. "
That is truly the point. Folks, a lot of us have known this was coming for a long time. Pick up your Bible; it's all in there. There have been plenty of people who were sure that they were in the end times, and we continue to be. They weren't wrong then, we're just more right now.
Whether or not you believe in God, He's working in this. God did not cause this incident. God did, however, tell us that this was coming. He will also use this as a sign to millions. Not because those people need some belief to turn to, but because their hearts are stricken not only with grief, but with realization.
May God bless all of you.
J. T. MacLeod
jtmacleod@hotmail.com
"If I've managed to tick off the Southern Baptist convention, the Vatican, and the Jehovah's Witnesses, then my work here is done."
Actually, I did know that, I just wanted to be silly 8)
Thanks for the link, though! This is exactly what I've been looking for to people to prevent me from having to explain the paradoxes I frequently discuss.
You could theoretically rotate this at infinite angular speed in vacuum without deformation.
:
Hold on, wait... think about that for a minute... if you can spin that thing at infinite speed who cares about deformation?
What I'm saying is this: if the inside of this disc is moving at infinite speed, that would mean that the outside is moving at faster than infinite speed...
Woah, what if only the outside moves at infinite speed? Just how fast would the inside be moving??
As has been pointed out, between bandwidth charges, the clever use of ipchains and it just being nearly impossible to pull off, this really isn't going to happen.
So here's what will ACTUALLY happen:
Cantametrix will announce to the RIAA, etc. that they have a working system in place.
Cantametrix asks those evil record companies for samples of every song they have.
Cantametrix hires a bunch of web surfers to goof around online and occasionally report the odd http/ftp server distributing copyrighted mp3s in hopes of keeping the RIAA's lawyers satisfied.
Cantametrix distributes all the music given to them over Napster for the people!
Alternate: Cantametrix distributes all the music given to them over their own network to compete with Napster--hey, the RIAA is happy again.
I'll go ahead and say that I'm too dad-gum lazy to do my research here, but I'd just like to comment on real-world performance...
All comments on the other power-sucking components aside(as they are irrelevant by my example, which is true), if the Intel mobiles (sounds like the toy! ^_^) are so easy on the power, then why don't we see battery life of Intel notebooks rivaling that of pre-production Crusoe notebooks?
And remember: By the time Intel can fab a smaller die, Transmeta can, too.
If anyone has any good info, I'd be glad to hear it.
Personally, I used to prefer monster laptops to thin notebooks, as I just wanted more power. But these new Crusoes have more than enough power for the average mobile use, and they're just so *cute*! They've also set new records in simultanious thinness and power.
Crusoe. Cute. (Same reason I use Linux--Cuter mascot! Kidding.)
Remember, moderators, check those links before you moderate. I'm a perfect example of why you should. I actually clicked, but moderated before the page loaded in my enthusiasm.
*sigh* Why, oh WHY can't their be an option to revoke moderation, whether or not you get the post back. At least let us use another point to moderate the post in the OPPOSITE direction.
Maybe my memory is going spotty early, but I recall it being "Plop, plop, fizz, fizz..." instead of "Pop, pop, fizz, fizz..." Am I incorrect?
Maybe I should say my is going spotty because I can't remember what the recommended dosage was/is. Then again, I've only used it once in my entire life.
I'm currently using an old school Logitech Mouseman.
This thing is great. It's movement is smooth, it's ergonomically shaped, has three buttons, and is the largest mouse I've held, with the exception of some Microsoft mice (though none of these is quite large enough for my mitts).
The only thing that could get me to switch might be the Intellimouse Explorer, but I haven't had a chance to use one yet, so I can't even say that much for sure.
I am wondering why no one has mentioned the old-style Mouseman so far, especially considering how popular it was. Oh, yeah! It's because Logitech stopped making their best-selling retail line! Smooth move, Logitech!
It's all about odds. Pascal's Wager boils down to saying that it's merely not a safe bet. I have a friend who is constantly irritated by people basing their belief in God on the idea that it is unlikely that the world came into existance on its own. He points out that someone in a world that was created by chance couldn't know if, unlikely as it may be, he *was* created in astronomical chance, as he sees identical odds as if he had not been. That argues itself, though. While it may be true, and even if there is no evidence otherwise, I wouldn't bet horses on those odds. J. T. MacLeod, faith nut
I guess I was the only one who was too poor to afford Legos... I often wonder how I would have turned out if I had had the chance to bend my brain around those ugly little blocks while I was a kid.
Now I'm grown and have the money(those Legos are still dang expensive, though), but between the clothes strewn across the floor and the computer parts and ramen wrappers strewn across the tables, I don't have room for them.
LegoCAD seems like the perfect chance to live the childhood I never had, but since it lacks the tactile portion, I don't think it will be same. Oh, well. Maybe in another 20 years.
While ATI had some problems getting its products to market in enough time to compete with the likes of NVIDIA and 3DFX, you cannot judge them based on the fact that their cards are not as fast as the cards in a completely different market segment. I have never seen an ATI card that failed to excel at the job it was intended to do.
Aside from a few past driver issues, ATI has, in my opinion, done a fine job (I am biased, though, as I own and work with ATI cards these days).
On another note, if I hear one more person talk about the rage 128 being slow I'm going to scream. Why don't we all just throw those TNT2 cards out, too?
I have found the All in Wonder 128 to be an excellent card, and the drivers under XFree86 and Windows 98 (though not 95) top-notch (but, then again, my last card was a 2 meg Diamond Trio).
I don't know about BeOS, though.
You might want to know that the AiW128 can do real time MPEG2 compression, though not in hardware, and now has 3d support in Linux. Also, the V3500 cannot do 640x480 capture.
Ah, why have me tell you when Tom can tell you? There is a comparison of these cards and others in their on TomsHardware...
I feel a bit foolish for following up such a well thought out, pleasantly long post (even if the subject sentence ended with a prepositon ^_^) with such a tiny one, but here goes:
You are correct, as far as I can see, on all of your points, but that doesn't mean that these won't be useful. We look at how far Linux has come, but people were using it long before it resembled anything near its present state.
Also, how many of us are still using 386s at home, if only for firewalls? ^_^
The fact is that we don't need to keep up with the rest of the market to suit needs. Even if that means that John Q. Public isn't interested because the product doesn't have new WHIZ-BANG(tm) feature, the product still might suit someone else's needs, whether it be the end user or a manufacturer.
I hope that the Open Source community can take this at least as far as we have taken Linux.
Let my people go, and all that jazz.
Oh, some one moderate please this post up because I mentioned Linux:) (I need Karma!)
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I spent a while learning linux, pulling hair out, and eventually was running it on the desktop and on my a server on my cable modem. Very unprofessional, of course.
:D
I then, by the grace of God, got a nice job as tech support for a privately owned phone company (!) with an internet division. Yep, just me, the sysadmin, and an AS/400 programmer back here in the room.
Well, the sysadmin quit.
That's how I got my job
In truth, they decided to extend the position upon finding a rehire, and those extensions are beyond my current capabilities, so my gig is only temporary, but it's still nice.
(I DO know my stuff, mind you, but I'm horribly under-experienced. Doesn't mean it won't look good on a resume.)
...but speaking from my own experience, yeah, I'd say that a junior admin position is the way to go, as long as you're also practicing with your own projects on the side. You'll have an opportunity to learn from those with greater experience than yourself, and even if your *job* didn't qualify you for the next position you apply for, it can still help you get hired if you have the skills from elsewhere.
Mac
UBERGEEK the Comic. Umlauts be danged.
http://ubergeekthecomic.com
It's neato!
...now someone tells me.
For years I have ripped hair out in frustration and wished that someone would add this feature, and it's been there all this time.
Geez, you ignore *one* README file in your entire career...
My first thought in seeing this article was as follows:
"Oh, no. This is too serious for Jon Katz to be writing on." (Although I respect Mr. Katz's work, suffice to say I'm not a fan)
I then had a change of mind. Although my primary income is from other endeavors, I am also, like Mr. Katz, a journalist.
I'm sure that many journalists descended onto the issue as vultures, using the tragedy of the dead for their own gain (or ego), but I'm relatively sure that this is not Mr. Katz's intent.
After the majority of my shock had left, the first thing that came to my mind was to write on the issue. My own writing won't be read by anyone--I felt it to be too pessimistic. However, my motivation is, I believe, the same that Mr. Katz had in writing this article: He felt, in his heart, the call to write, to communicate.
Whether or not one is a fan, Mr. Katz writes from his heart, and for that he has my respect. I would ask that anyone at least consider this before judging him. As he said, he wanted to post his thoughts. He did so, an I commend him for it.
As well, Mr. Katz has shown us one of the greater, if little discussed points of this incident:
"Standing over the harbor, I did something I haven't done in 20 years. I dropped to my knees -- following the lead of a bunch of strangers -- and prayed. "
That is truly the point. Folks, a lot of us have known this was coming for a long time. Pick up your Bible; it's all in there. There have been plenty of people who were sure that they were in the end times, and we continue to be. They weren't wrong then, we're just more right now.
Whether or not you believe in God, He's working in this. God did not cause this incident. God did, however, tell us that this was coming. He will also use this as a sign to millions. Not because those people need some belief to turn to, but because their hearts are stricken not only with grief, but with realization.
May God bless all of you.
J. T. MacLeod
jtmacleod@hotmail.com
"If I've managed to tick off the Southern Baptist convention, the Vatican, and the Jehovah's Witnesses, then my work here is done."
Actually, I did know that, I just wanted to be silly 8)
Thanks for the link, though! This is exactly what I've been looking for to people to prevent me from having to explain the paradoxes I frequently discuss.
Thanks!
J. T. "Mac" MacLeod
Sir (or Madame), you've made my day. I haven't laughed so hard in a long, long time.
Thanks for brightening my day.
(No, that's not sarcasm. I'm serious)
J. T. "Mac" MacLeod
:
You could theoretically rotate this at infinite angular speed in vacuum without deformation.
:
Hold on, wait... think about that for a minute... if you can spin that thing at infinite speed who cares about deformation?
What I'm saying is this: if the inside of this disc is moving at infinite speed, that would mean that the outside is moving at faster than infinite speed...
Woah, what if only the outside moves at infinite speed? Just how fast would the inside be moving??
OK, I think I need to sit down...
J. T. "Mac" MacLeod
As has been pointed out, between bandwidth charges, the clever use of ipchains and it just being nearly impossible to pull off, this really isn't going to happen.
So here's what will ACTUALLY happen:
You laugh, but it could happen 8)
J. T. MacLeod
I'll go ahead and say that I'm too dad-gum lazy to do my research here, but I'd just like to comment on real-world performance...
All comments on the other power-sucking components aside(as they are irrelevant by my example, which is true), if the Intel mobiles (sounds like the toy! ^_^) are so easy on the power, then why don't we see battery life of Intel notebooks rivaling that of pre-production Crusoe notebooks?
And remember: By the time Intel can fab a smaller die, Transmeta can, too.
If anyone has any good info, I'd be glad to hear it.
Personally, I used to prefer monster laptops to thin notebooks, as I just wanted more power. But these new Crusoes have more than enough power for the average mobile use, and they're just so *cute*! They've also set new records in simultanious thinness and power.
Crusoe. Cute. (Same reason I use Linux--Cuter mascot! Kidding.)
J. T. MacLeod
I'll fess up to it. It's my fault. I screwed up.
Remember, moderators, check those links before you moderate. I'm a perfect example of why you should. I actually clicked, but moderated before the page loaded in my enthusiasm.
*sigh* Why, oh WHY can't their be an option to revoke moderation, whether or not you get the post back. At least let us use another point to moderate the post in the OPPOSITE direction.
You can all hurt me now.
J. T. MacLeod
It was my understanding that C had no sharps or flats.
I'm almost positive about this (I hate to admit I don't know music--although I'm about to. People keep mistaking me for a bando anyway ^_^)
But, then again, I first learned it from an episode of Batman, the Animated Series, where it was one of the Riddler's "riddles".
Anyone else remember that episode? =D
J. T. MacLeod
Maybe my memory is going spotty early, but I recall it being "Plop, plop, fizz, fizz..." instead of "Pop, pop, fizz, fizz..." Am I incorrect?
Maybe I should say my is going spotty because I can't remember what the recommended dosage was/is. Then again, I've only used it once in my entire life.
Medication is for wusses. :)
J. T. "Mac" MacLeod
I'm currently using an old school Logitech Mouseman.
This thing is great. It's movement is smooth, it's ergonomically shaped, has three buttons, and is the largest mouse I've held, with the exception of some Microsoft mice (though none of these is quite large enough for my mitts).
The only thing that could get me to switch might be the Intellimouse Explorer, but I haven't had a chance to use one yet, so I can't even say that much for sure.
I am wondering why no one has mentioned the old-style Mouseman so far, especially considering how popular it was. Oh, yeah! It's because Logitech stopped making their best-selling retail line! Smooth move, Logitech!
Logitech!! Why have you forsaken me??
J. T. MacLeod
Just to note...
The Playstation has a 2x CD-ROM drive. What makes it so (relatively) fast is the fact that it normally keeps the disc at a constant spin.
J. T. MacLeod
You can't reject a theory because it doesn't answer all of your questions.
If it were a matter of it not covering all possible options, that would be one thing. But it does, the options being x and !x.
How it applies is left up to the individual, but it's lack of specific application is not enough to invalidate the argument.
J. T. MacLeod
It's all about odds. Pascal's Wager boils down to saying that it's merely not a safe bet. I have a friend who is constantly irritated by people basing their belief in God on the idea that it is unlikely that the world came into existance on its own. He points out that someone in a world that was created by chance couldn't know if, unlikely as it may be, he *was* created in astronomical chance, as he sees identical odds as if he had not been. That argues itself, though. While it may be true, and even if there is no evidence otherwise, I wouldn't bet horses on those odds. J. T. MacLeod, faith nut
I guess I was the only one who was too poor to afford Legos... I often wonder how I would have turned out if I had had the chance to bend my brain around those ugly little blocks while I was a kid.
Now I'm grown and have the money(those Legos are still dang expensive, though), but between the clothes strewn across the floor and the computer parts and ramen wrappers strewn across the tables, I don't have room for them.
LegoCAD seems like the perfect chance to live the childhood I never had, but since it lacks the tactile portion, I don't think it will be same. Oh, well. Maybe in another 20 years.
J. T. MacLeod, weirdo at large
I believe that these are one in the same.
I am not aware, however, of how it went from Westinghouse to Intel.
Great. I just took time to show my ignorance :)
J. T. MacLeod
Surely that was flame.
While ATI had some problems getting its products to market in enough time to compete with the likes of NVIDIA and 3DFX, you cannot judge them based on the fact that their cards are not as fast as the cards in a completely different market segment. I have never seen an ATI card that failed to excel at the job it was intended to do.
Aside from a few past driver issues, ATI has, in my opinion, done a fine job (I am biased, though, as I own and work with ATI cards these days).
On another note, if I hear one more person talk about the rage 128 being slow I'm going to scream. Why don't we all just throw those TNT2 cards out, too?
J. T. MacLeod
I have found the All in Wonder 128 to be an excellent card, and the drivers under XFree86 and Windows 98 (though not 95) top-notch (but, then again, my last card was a 2 meg Diamond Trio).
I don't know about BeOS, though.
You might want to know that the AiW128 can do real time MPEG2 compression, though not in hardware, and now has 3d support in Linux. Also, the V3500 cannot do 640x480 capture.
Ah, why have me tell you when Tom can tell you? There is a comparison of these cards and others in their on TomsHardware...
Multitalented All in One Graphic Boards on tomshardware.com
Shop wisely, and don't forget that ATI has amazing DVD playback :)
I feel a bit foolish for following up such a well thought out, pleasantly long post (even if the subject sentence ended with a prepositon ^_^) with such a tiny one, but here goes:
You are correct, as far as I can see, on all of your points, but that doesn't mean that these won't be useful. We look at how far Linux has come, but people were using it long before it resembled anything near its present state.
Also, how many of us are still using 386s at home, if only for firewalls? ^_^
The fact is that we don't need to keep up with the rest of the market to suit needs. Even if that means that John Q. Public isn't interested because the product doesn't have new WHIZ-BANG(tm) feature, the product still might suit someone else's needs, whether it be the end user or a manufacturer.
I hope that the Open Source community can take this at least as far as we have taken Linux.
Let my people go, and all that jazz.
Oh, some one moderate please this post up because I mentioned Linux :) (I need Karma!)
J. T. MacLeod