I've been ignoring Nautilus up to now for a couple reasons:
I assumed that it was "linux file manipulation for newbies" (ie, cp, rm, ls etc)
I use and like the command line for all file manipulation.
But curiosity got the better of me, so I downloaed it. Here are my impressions:
I doesn't get any better looking than this - georgous comes to mind.
Downlaod and install was smooth as silk.
Eazal is offering 25mb of online storage for free??? - sign me up!
Browser, file manager, file preview, network access, etc. all in one! Damn, that's cool! I bet it evan does ftp???
Did I mention how pretty it is?
I always felt that the Eazal folks were doing good work - I just assumed I wouldn't want to use it. I WAS WRONG! This puppy just got added to my "gota have it" list. In fact, instead of replacing Netscape 4.x with Mozilla (which I was gong to do when the remove all the debugging code from mozilla), I'm thinking of using Nautilus as a full time browser instead. So far it works better than either of the others do (IMHO).
If you haven't checked it out, I'd recommend it 100%.
First off, I've been in Tech Support for 4 years now (with a university and now a start up). I'm a little burned out on it, but I've been lucky in that my bosses have always been suportive and the Help Desks I've worked at have been successful.
I've also used PacBell DSL for a year. Last month I moved to a new city and had PacBell come out to install the DSL. THe guy who came was great (as was the guy who installed the 1st time). He installed the hardware and software and checked to make sure everything worked and then left.
1 hour later, the lights on the DSL modem go out and I've lost connection. I do all the right things to try and reconnect, but no dice - this modem is dead. What starts from there is 5.5 hours of telephone hell. I don't blame the dsl techs themselves, rather, I blame PacBell. I talked to 7 different people, non of whom knew how to get someone out to replace the box.
Finally, after asking to speak with a supervisor and being on hold with him for over an hour (while he is on hold with someone else who eventually helped him), he gives what I want - the number of person who schedules visits.
I call this person, and the same guy come back to my house, confirms the box is dead, replaces it and is gone is 10 minutes.
The moral of this is that the people of Pac Bell tech support are, for the most part, very nice and helpful, but they don't have the tools to do their job. But the company itself has no clue. No way should I have to talk to 7 people and wait over 5 hours to get this service.
The supervisor I talked to was actually the 2nd that day. The first one hung up on me casue I didn't return his hello" fast enough. I would have killed that guy at the moment if I could have. Hell, I still want to. I spent (at that time) 4 hours of hold, this guy gives me 5 seconds to say "hello", and then hangs up (I had my cell phone to my other ear trying to explain to my boss why the dsl was taking longer than expected).
My feeling is that Pac Bell DSL rocks when it works, but that it's not worth they hassle the few times it doesn't. It's too bad, cause I've always felt their telephone support was top notch.
Oh, and the last time the install guy comes to my house, he gives me his pager number. I hope he stays with PacBell for a *long* time.
George Winston. A friend turned me on to him while I was in college and spending many hours studying math. I found his music helped me to pound out the equations for hours at a time. Since then, I've found the same when I'm coding.
Basically, I agree that the solution is no lyrics.
I really can't comment on how successful telecommuting can be since I'm only on my 3rd day (and those days have been on-site as part of a week-long training). But, as far as employers hiring telecommuters, I can attest to that fact. In seeking a telecommuting perl programming position, I had probably 40 contacts total in 3 weeks (it would have been more I'm sure if I was a perl guru, but I'm not). Most were for on-site, but about half a dozen were not. I had 8 interviews with 5 organizations (all for telecommuting positions) and had 1 offer (I'm sure more would have come but I was very happy with the one I got and who it came from). We have other telecommuters working here, and via email I have heard that they are very happy with the situation.
I wish you luck. I think the era of telecommuting is starting to open up.
What past behavior are you speaking of? The only thing I have read is that he paid $35 to clear up a domain problem for Hotmail. Does this in some way make his actions now suspicious? Or is there something else...
I emailed them the day it came out, and asked them about a linux port. I got an email back from an engineer saying they are working on it as fast as they can. Then I got an email from some suit saying "thanks for the email, blah, blah, blah" that didn't even address my question. A good friend of mine wqorks for mp3.com, and he says that almost everyone there sues linux, and a linux version is definatly coming. Another question, off topic, how come I submitted this story last week and it was rejected? Sure, it's not a great slasjdot story, but now the news is 1 week late making it even less interesting. Just my 2 cents.
First of all, a stock split does not change anything. It is an accounting change.
Not quite. A stock split halve's the price of new stock, making it more attractive to first time buyers of their stock. Psychologically, people are more likely to buy stock at 150 than at 300.
I've gotta think this is no problem. As I hear it, dreamcast isn't doing that great, nintendo 64 sales have basically stopped, and the playstation 2 has some very nice features. It uses DVD disks, but can play older playstation 1 cd's, is internet ready, and can play DVD movies too. All this, plus a huge number of games for playstation 1 that will almost certainly be improved for playstation 2, and I think you've got a hit on your hands. What I want to know is why will the Japanese get their version in March and the US won't until September or so?
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One was late, a small lego toy, which was okay because I had ordered three for that person, and amazon gave me a $10 gift certificate since the gift was late. I have no complaints. Next year I will do 100% of my shopping on-line, rather than the 80% this year.
Admittedly, I'm an aircraft buff, so they weigh pretty heavy in my list: 1) Apollo 13. Can't add much info to what has already been said. 2) Linux. Nuff said. 3) Perl. Nuff said (again). 4) Voyager. Burt Rutan's round the world un-refueled aircraft. First drawings were on a napkin (typical for Rutan) in a diner in the desert. Aircraft flew all the the way around the world (after damaging it's wingtips on takeoff and being brutally slammed 90 degrees on it's side in a thunderstorm over Africa) and still landed with something like 20 gallons of fuel. 5) SR-71. See previous posts. Damn near anything Kelly Johnson worked on kicked ass. Starting with the p-38, up to the stealth fighter (although the stealth fighter is the ugliest thing he ever created). 6) Unix. Gotta love the shear simplicity behind unix. Truly the reason for it's strength and beauty. Can't think of any more at the moment
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I assumed that it was "linux file manipulation for newbies" (ie, cp, rm, ls etc)
I use and like the command line for all file manipulation. But curiosity got the better of me, so I downloaed it. Here are my impressions:
I doesn't get any better looking than this - georgous comes to mind.
Downlaod and install was smooth as silk. Eazal is offering 25mb of online storage for free??? - sign me up!
Browser, file manager, file preview, network access, etc. all in one! Damn, that's cool! I bet it evan does ftp???
Did I mention how pretty it is?
I always felt that the Eazal folks were doing good work - I just assumed I wouldn't want to use it. I WAS WRONG! This puppy just got added to my "gota have it" list. In fact, instead of replacing Netscape 4.x with Mozilla (which I was gong to do when the remove all the debugging code from mozilla), I'm thinking of using Nautilus as a full time browser instead. So far it works better than either of the others do (IMHO).
If you haven't checked it out, I'd recommend it 100%.
Keep up the good work Eazel!
I've also used PacBell DSL for a year. Last month I moved to a new city and had PacBell come out to install the DSL. THe guy who came was great (as was the guy who installed the 1st time). He installed the hardware and software and checked to make sure everything worked and then left.
1 hour later, the lights on the DSL modem go out and I've lost connection. I do all the right things to try and reconnect, but no dice - this modem is dead. What starts from there is 5.5 hours of telephone hell. I don't blame the dsl techs themselves, rather, I blame PacBell. I talked to 7 different people, non of whom knew how to get someone out to replace the box.
Finally, after asking to speak with a supervisor and being on hold with him for over an hour (while he is on hold with someone else who eventually helped him), he gives what I want - the number of person who schedules visits.
I call this person, and the same guy come back to my house, confirms the box is dead, replaces it and is gone is 10 minutes.
The moral of this is that the people of Pac Bell tech support are, for the most part, very nice and helpful, but they don't have the tools to do their job. But the company itself has no clue. No way should I have to talk to 7 people and wait over 5 hours to get this service.
The supervisor I talked to was actually the 2nd that day. The first one hung up on me casue I didn't return his hello" fast enough. I would have killed that guy at the moment if I could have. Hell, I still want to. I spent (at that time) 4 hours of hold, this guy gives me 5 seconds to say "hello", and then hangs up (I had my cell phone to my other ear trying to explain to my boss why the dsl was taking longer than expected).
My feeling is that Pac Bell DSL rocks when it works, but that it's not worth they hassle the few times it doesn't. It's too bad, cause I've always felt their telephone support was top notch.
Oh, and the last time the install guy comes to my house, he gives me his pager number. I hope he stays with PacBell for a *long* time.
Basically, I agree that the solution is no lyrics.
Hope this helps,
I wish you luck. I think the era of telecommuting is starting to open up.
What past behavior are you speaking of? The only thing I have read is that he paid $35 to clear up a domain problem for Hotmail. Does this in some way make his actions now suspicious? Or is there something else...
I emailed them the day it came out, and asked them about a linux port. I got an email back from an engineer saying they are working on it as fast as they can. Then I got an email from some suit saying "thanks for the email, blah, blah, blah" that didn't even address my question. A good friend of mine wqorks for mp3.com, and he says that almost everyone there sues linux, and a linux version is definatly coming. Another question, off topic, how come I submitted this story last week and it was rejected? Sure, it's not a great slasjdot story, but now the news is 1 week late making it even less interesting. Just my 2 cents.
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I've gotta think this is no problem. As I hear it, dreamcast isn't doing that great, nintendo 64 sales have basically stopped, and the playstation 2 has some very nice features. It uses DVD disks, but can play older playstation 1 cd's, is internet ready, and can play DVD movies too. All this, plus a huge number of games for playstation 1 that will almost certainly be improved for playstation 2, and I think you've got a hit on your hands. What I want to know is why will the Japanese get their version in March and the US won't until September or so?
One was late, a small lego toy, which was okay because I had ordered three for that person, and amazon gave me a $10 gift certificate since the gift was late. I have no complaints. Next year I will do 100% of my shopping on-line, rather than the 80% this year.
Admittedly, I'm an aircraft buff, so they weigh pretty heavy in my list: 1) Apollo 13. Can't add much info to what has already been said. 2) Linux. Nuff said. 3) Perl. Nuff said (again). 4) Voyager. Burt Rutan's round the world un-refueled aircraft. First drawings were on a napkin (typical for Rutan) in a diner in the desert. Aircraft flew all the the way around the world (after damaging it's wingtips on takeoff and being brutally slammed 90 degrees on it's side in a thunderstorm over Africa) and still landed with something like 20 gallons of fuel. 5) SR-71. See previous posts. Damn near anything Kelly Johnson worked on kicked ass. Starting with the p-38, up to the stealth fighter (although the stealth fighter is the ugliest thing he ever created). 6) Unix. Gotta love the shear simplicity behind unix. Truly the reason for it's strength and beauty. Can't think of any more at the moment