sorry, finding a bunch of MSuck viruses w/ commercial tools in not the definition of being a network admin. I agree this is more desktop support level 1 -- Network admin is $50k+ while a level one Desktop Support is more like $18K a year. HUGE difference in salary and competence.
In comparison you could say gasoline cars are based on technology from 100 years ago. My grandfather collects cars, he has a model T --- it's engine is VERY similar to current cars. Sure the ignition has some wood pieces but the principles are all the same. Gas fires, piston moves -- energy is transfered to the wheels.
How much has that changed?! In a hybrid we buffer the energy in batteries, on 150 year old farm equipment we buffer energy in flywheels. I guess hybrid technology is 150 years old to.
you're being too pedantic, the styling of Moore's law can be applied to progress of most anything, (from the Ford model A to the Ford Mustang for example, not just transisters)... I don't agree here at ALL. In the past 20 years cars haven't GAINED power(see 60's HOTRODS) or DECREASED in price.
A key COMPONENT of Moore's law is that progress/speed DOUBLES every 18 months.
If cars followed Moores law they'd cost $500, go for 300 miles per gallon, and have 100,000HP.
Still, I can see plenty of use for a $200 machine for email and web browsing. In the end I might change my buying habits if the market keeps going this way. Go with a powerful desktop and a cheep laptop instead of trying to get it all in one machine. Great point. I use SSH/VNC and SSH/RDP to use my PCs at home for email or getting files/documents. Sure I browse the web on my laptop but is basically a mobile terminal. With everything online now why would I want to carry all of my critical data when I could use a LOW RISK $200 dollar mobile terminal. The terminal will do the trick and expose me to little risk in the event of loss or theft?
Same here. How come these geniuses can't figure out something we learned YEARS ago. What, they didn't think our sun would follow the lifecycle defined for all stars?
You need to press F4 on boot and select you NATIVE LCD resolution. On a laptop the ubuntu installer will use the default of 640x480 and a LOT of new laptops can't display this resolution -- they just go dark so it looks like the install was hosed.
With all of our technology and our superior intelligence community, why would we be so naiive as to think that cutting cables wouldn't be an obvious ploy to disrupt communications among Middle Eastern countries, and so that tactic would only backfire on us? Exactly! We WANT their people to have access to the net. Recently Iran has been in the news for recent atrocities against the jews and women. Don't read the news http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/05/wiran205.xml ? 2 woman are being stones to death for adultery. Obviously this is not POSITIVE press for Iran and obviously we don't have anyone on the ground in Iran, so how is this information getting out?
The OPPRESSED people as posting online and relaying information to people in other countries. The best way to control a mass of people is to control the information they see -- you can't do that with a connection to the internet.
I never see mosquitos -- you know why? Since the county pest controls them all by spraying poison.
Argue this, and argue that, but if we can control the mosquitoes without spraying 1000's of gallons of chemicals I think everyone wins(green morons, conservative death mongers).. well everyone except the mosquitoes:-)
I don't expect a gas station to accept less than whats on the pump because I don't feel like paying it. I think the real issue is that more information is available to employee's now and they KNOW when they're getting screwed and the abusers don't like it.
Well get a clue Mr.Bitch because you don't want to pay more than 30g's to anyone to start. Look at payscale.com, if I can make 38g's anywhere else doing the SAME thing why would I stay with an asshole like you who is underpaying me?
If someone leaves your company for another job paying more money consistently. Your probably not paying at the market rate. How else could someone steal your employee?
I'm a young guy that jumped ship 2x in 1 year. I came out of college was offered 30gs, then another company offered me 38gs, then another (my current employer) offered me 46gs which is now at 62gs 1.5 years later.
If your worth more than you're being paid it's easy to find a higher paying job. That 30g support job is fine for a few weeks while your looking for something real. You can't complain about turnover and "young people" when your offering is bunk.
I run my life like a company, my labor is worth X. I don't care if your a nice guy and this is a great place to work if I don't get X. The value of a job is a factor of salary / enjoyment of the position. If you can't deliver X don't expect to keep any employees.
I've accidentally order the wrong product from them (some DDR2 ram not regular DDR). 100% my fault, and since they see my record of sales attached to my account they waived the restocking fee since I'm a good customer.
I don't care if NewEgg doesn't have a store near me. I get personal treatment on my account (I'm not a big spender but they get between 2-3k out of me a year for random projects I work on.) This is something that doesn't happen at ANY brick and mortar retailer(probably since their turn over is so incredibly high).
I used wind a metaphore for cosmic interference. But to the point......
From the Wiki:
The solar wind is a stream of charged particles (i.e., a plasma) which are ejected from the upper atmosphere of the sun. It consists mostly of high-energy electrons and protons (about 1 keV) that are able to escape the sun's gravity in part because of the high temperature of the corona and the high kinetic energy particles gain through a process that is not well understood at this time.
Many phenomena are directly related to the solar wind, including geomagnetic storms that can knock out power grids on Earth, aurorae (e.g., Northern Lights) and the plasma tail of a comet always pointing away from the sun. While early models of the solar wind used primarily thermal energy to accelerate the material, by the 1960s it was clear that thermal acceleration alone cannot account for the high speed solar wind. Some additional acceleration mechanism is required, but is not currently known, but most likely relates to magnetic fields in the solar atmosphere. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_wind
Great idea, now try to do the math on all of the floating bodies and the effect of the gravity from neighboring quasars and other space phenomena.
I could see it working but the receiver would have to be huge. It's hard enough to hit someone with a gun at a mile using a laser sight (windage which would be comparable to space effect on the laser light).
Maybe a single shot of data, but maintaining that connection would be very difficult IMHO.
That's a joke but it's a good point. Why not cover the panels with a coat of mobile 1 or some other high end oil. Then whatever hits the panels will be less likely to cause damage. It'll slide on by so to speak.
I would think the chance of dust building up in the oil could be a problem. It might need a windshield wiper and a sprayer to change the oil.
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I agree.
In comparison you could say gasoline cars are based on technology from 100 years ago. My grandfather collects cars, he has a model T --- it's engine is VERY similar to current cars. Sure the ignition has some wood pieces but the principles are all the same. Gas fires, piston moves -- energy is transfered to the wheels.
How much has that changed?! In a hybrid we buffer the energy in batteries, on 150 year old farm equipment we buffer energy in flywheels. I guess hybrid technology is 150 years old to.
Mmmmmmmmm goat.
Extra Extra, read all about -- "Young people are more likely to use and know about new technology".
Huge surprise.
What's next... fat people know more about eating? I for one as a fat person do know a LOT about eating but it isn't headline news.
I smell a scape goat......
A key COMPONENT of Moore's law is that progress/speed DOUBLES every 18 months.
If cars followed Moores law they'd cost $500, go for 300 miles per gallon, and have 100,000HP.
It makes me think..software as a service, RUN!!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_evolution
Same here. How come these geniuses can't figure out something we learned YEARS ago. What, they didn't think our sun would follow the lifecycle defined for all stars?
They must be catholic.
Yeah but does it run Linux? Can do it more LPARS?
You need to press F4 on boot and select you NATIVE LCD resolution. On a laptop the ubuntu installer will use the default of 640x480 and a LOT of new laptops can't display this resolution -- they just go dark so it looks like the install was hosed.
Good luck! I had this issue on my Acer Ferrari.
The OPPRESSED people as posting online and relaying information to people in other countries. The best way to control a mass of people is to control the information they see -- you can't do that with a connection to the internet.
I live in Beverly Hills, Florida....
:-)
I never see mosquitos -- you know why? Since the county pest controls them all by spraying poison.
Argue this, and argue that, but if we can control the mosquitoes without spraying 1000's of gallons of chemicals I think everyone wins(green morons, conservative death mongers).. well everyone except the mosquitoes
No.. in Soviet Russia, post questions YOU!
Apple delivers an Ideology/religion... not a product.
You become a APPLE user. You don't own an Apple.
Seems socialist or BORG? Anyway, Apple Rules... heh
I code data feeds that run from UNIX / LINUX boxes than run to and from an IBM mainframe. It's all shell/PERL/JCL.
:-)
I don't see the IBM mainframe going away, and as the mainframe grows --- so does the TSO command line
Reiser......... I'm not ending up in Jail?!?! You use it.
I don't expect a gas station to accept less than whats on the pump because I don't feel like paying it. I think the real issue is that more information is available to employee's now and they KNOW when they're getting screwed and the abusers don't like it.
Well get a clue Mr.Bitch because you don't want to pay more than 30g's to anyone to start. Look at payscale.com, if I can make 38g's anywhere else doing the SAME thing why would I stay with an asshole like you who is underpaying me?
If someone leaves your company for another job paying more money consistently. Your probably not paying at the market rate. How else could someone steal your employee?
I'm a young guy that jumped ship 2x in 1 year. I came out of college was offered 30gs, then another company offered me 38gs, then another (my current employer) offered me 46gs which is now at 62gs 1.5 years later.
If your worth more than you're being paid it's easy to find a higher paying job. That 30g support job is fine for a few weeks while your looking for something real. You can't complain about turnover and "young people" when your offering is bunk.
I run my life like a company, my labor is worth X. I don't care if your a nice guy and this is a great place to work if I don't get X. The value of a job is a factor of salary / enjoyment of the position. If you can't deliver X don't expect to keep any employees.
NewEgg for life!
I've accidentally order the wrong product from them (some DDR2 ram not regular DDR). 100% my fault, and since they see my record of sales attached to my account they waived the restocking fee since I'm a good customer.
I don't care if NewEgg doesn't have a store near me. I get personal treatment on my account (I'm not a big spender but they get between 2-3k out of me a year for random projects I work on.) This is something that doesn't happen at ANY brick and mortar retailer(probably since their turn over is so incredibly high).
Anyway, long live NewEgg, I hope they never suck.
Will they run linux?!
Re: "No winds in space"
I used wind a metaphore for cosmic interference.
But to the point......
From the Wiki:
The solar wind is a stream of charged particles (i.e., a plasma) which are ejected from the upper atmosphere of the sun. It consists mostly of high-energy electrons and protons (about 1 keV) that are able to escape the sun's gravity in part because of the high temperature of the corona and the high kinetic energy particles gain through a process that is not well understood at this time.
Many phenomena are directly related to the solar wind, including geomagnetic storms that can knock out power grids on Earth, aurorae (e.g., Northern Lights) and the plasma tail of a comet always pointing away from the sun. While early models of the solar wind used primarily thermal energy to accelerate the material, by the 1960s it was clear that thermal acceleration alone cannot account for the high speed solar wind. Some additional acceleration mechanism is required, but is not currently known, but most likely relates to magnetic fields in the solar atmosphere. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_wind
Great idea, now try to do the math on all of the floating bodies and the effect of the gravity from neighboring quasars and other space phenomena.
I could see it working but the receiver would have to be huge. It's hard enough to hit someone with a gun at a mile using a laser sight (windage which would be comparable to space effect on the laser light).
Maybe a single shot of data, but maintaining that connection would be very difficult IMHO.
It's still a cool idea.
That's a joke but it's a good point. Why not cover the panels with a coat of mobile 1 or some other high end oil. Then whatever hits the panels will be less likely to cause damage. It'll slide on by so to speak.
I would think the chance of dust building up in the oil could be a problem. It might need a windshield wiper and a sprayer to change the oil.
It's nice to see them giving back.
If only Microsoft would give back on all the mods it has made to the Unix tools. Example: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/interopmigration/bb380242.aspx