I get the same thing. The last time he called. I flat out listed all the reason that they could expect to never see another dime from me, or any company where I worked.
Hudson
OpenOffice
OpenSolaris
MySQL (I admit I only expect them to kill it.)
Solaris updates no longer free
Figure out how to create a device that can detect common STDs and determine if the person constantly sneezing, has allergies or ebola, and you will be immensely rich. I have no idea if sneezing is a symptom of Ebola, I was trying to make a point.
Wow, wrong on every assumption. First of all not American. Secondly, don't hate wikileaks, or anyone for that matter.
The reason I love this is that I enjoy when self appointed guardians of right and wrong are proven to be less than the paragons of virtue they like to have everyone believe they are. Nothing more.
One last time. Not hate. I get a great laugh from hypocrisy.
The definitive word on Space, is of course, the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
"Space," it says, "is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space, listen..."
No argument from me. But in an environment where a small fixer upper house is $500,000, you have little choice but to commute.
I live in a house WAY out of town for everyone's safety. If I had to live in an apartment in town I expect I would snap and go on a killing spree within a few weeks.
For the record: What I pay for my small house on a small piece of land I could not get a bachelor suite in town.
Why don't you have the packages delivered to your office?
I have done this for some smaller items. But it just is not an option for larger or heavier items. Here is why:
When I get done with work I walk 20 minutes to the train, Ride the train for 40 minutes, walk to my car, then drive 45 more minutes. Or I can drive to work and pay obscene parking, and deal with a bridge that has a lineup to cross it 18 hours a day, on a highway with extensive construction along most of my route. (Vancouver, BC, Canada. Port Mann Bridge in case anyone cares.)
This is not going to change any time soon. My skills mean I will have to work in the downtown core. My lifestyle, and housing prices mean I will live far outside the downtown core.
UPS and FedEx still suck!
Someone needs to start a delivery service that delivers at night. (I would pay extra.)
I hate UPS and FedEx! So much so that I will not buy from anywhere that will not ship postal. Here is why: I am at work all day. UPS and FedEx will knock on my door, and then leave a note. Of course I will not be at home any weekday, so I have no choice but to go to their warehouse and pick up my package. Due to the hours they are open, and the obscene commute I have, I will have to leave work early to pick up my package. Now postal on the other hand, will drop the key to the large mailbox in my box and I get my package without needing to take time off work. Or if it requires a signature, the post office is only 4 blocks away and it is open quite late so I can pick up my package the following day.
Canadian post office, so your mileage may vary.
USPS, why not simply give up the Saturday delivery?
I agree, God help you.
This takes a major adjustment in your thought process'. From now on it is not your job to do things. It is your job to make sure everyone else can do their jobs.
Secondly get a bug tracker, or job tracking software setup as soon as possible. (I use Jira http://www.atlassian.com/ but it is rather expensive.) If the request is not in Jira (Or whatever you chose.) then you do not do the job.
As far as I can tell, Oracle bought Sun to get hold of Java. The reason seems to be not to make money from Java, but to make sure they have control of a critical piece of software. Oracle has a massive investment in Java, and could you imagine how screwed they would have been if someone like Microsoft had bought Sun?
How about they don't regulate it to death. Spaceflight will be a dangerous undertaking for quite some time. If they try to regulate away all the danger they will make it impossible for any advancement to take place.
(car analogy)If the first cars buit were required to have all the safety features we find on modern cars, we would all still be riding horses.(/car analogy)
The only place I will use the self-checkout, is at Canadiantire. (Non-Canadians, imagine auto parts store + big hardware store + sporting goods store.) The checkout people are terrible. Slow, unfriendly, and stupid. Anywhere else I will go to the human checkout person. While being a checkout person is a shit job, I am sure the person doing that job would rather not get laid off.
Slashdot Mirror
Is that thing still around?
You cannot put a price on a good keyboard. I have paid over $100 several times, and would do so again without a second thought.
Lets call them Morlocks, and Eloi.
May I suggest Arthur Dent.
I get the same thing. The last time he called. I flat out listed all the reason that they could expect to never see another dime from me, or any company where I worked.
Hudson
OpenOffice
OpenSolaris
MySQL (I admit I only expect them to kill it.)
Solaris updates no longer free
Security through obscurity. That works well. NOT!
Or you could add some advertizing.
I am going to run out and patent this great idea.
Figure out how to create a device that can detect common STDs and determine if the person constantly sneezing, has allergies or ebola, and you will be immensely rich.
I have no idea if sneezing is a symptom of Ebola, I was trying to make a point.
Wow, wrong on every assumption. First of all not American. Secondly, don't hate wikileaks, or anyone for that matter.
The reason I love this is that I enjoy when self appointed guardians of right and wrong are proven to be less than the paragons of virtue they like to have everyone believe they are. Nothing more.
One last time. Not hate. I get a great laugh from hypocrisy.
I wonder how they like their documents being leaked. It would make my year if they sued over this.
I wonder what would happen if you overclocked it? :)
The second largest nation on earth.
Canada is above the US in every possible way.
Yes, and it is worth more that US currency.
I know you were trying to be funny... Try harder next time.
Let me see if I get this right... If we just keep leaving debris in orbit........... Free Bacon!!!!!!
The definitive word on Space, is of course, the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
"Space," it says, "is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space, listen..."
It is truly an exciting time to be alive.
No argument from me. But in an environment where a small fixer upper house is $500,000, you have little choice but to commute.
I live in a house WAY out of town for everyone's safety. If I had to live in an apartment in town I expect I would snap and go on a killing spree within a few weeks.
For the record: What I pay for my small house on a small piece of land I could not get a bachelor suite in town.
I have done this for some smaller items. But it just is not an option for larger or heavier items. Here is why:
When I get done with work I walk 20 minutes to the train, Ride the train for 40 minutes, walk to my car, then drive 45 more minutes. Or I can drive to work and pay obscene parking, and deal with a bridge that has a lineup to cross it 18 hours a day, on a highway with extensive construction along most of my route.
(Vancouver, BC, Canada. Port Mann Bridge in case anyone cares.)
This is not going to change any time soon. My skills mean I will have to work in the downtown core. My lifestyle, and housing prices mean I will live far outside the downtown core.
UPS and FedEx still suck!
Someone needs to start a delivery service that delivers at night. (I would pay extra.)
I hate UPS and FedEx! So much so that I will not buy from anywhere that will not ship postal. Here is why: I am at work all day. UPS and FedEx will knock on my door, and then leave a note. Of course I will not be at home any weekday, so I have no choice but to go to their warehouse and pick up my package. Due to the hours they are open, and the obscene commute I have, I will have to leave work early to pick up my package.
Now postal on the other hand, will drop the key to the large mailbox in my box and I get my package without needing to take time off work. Or if it requires a signature, the post office is only 4 blocks away and it is open quite late so I can pick up my package the following day.
Canadian post office, so your mileage may vary.
USPS, why not simply give up the Saturday delivery?
Imagine a beowulf cluster of these plugged into a USB hub on your desk. :)
I agree, God help you.
This takes a major adjustment in your thought process'. From now on it is not your job to do things. It is your job to make sure everyone else can do their jobs.
Secondly get a bug tracker, or job tracking software setup as soon as possible. (I use Jira http://www.atlassian.com/ but it is rather expensive.) If the request is not in Jira (Or whatever you chose.) then you do not do the job.
One SA to another: Good luck!
As far as I can tell, Oracle bought Sun to get hold of Java. The reason seems to be not to make money from Java, but to make sure they have control of a critical piece of software. Oracle has a massive investment in Java, and could you imagine how screwed they would have been if someone like Microsoft had bought Sun?
How about they don't regulate it to death. Spaceflight will be a dangerous undertaking for quite some time. If they try to regulate away all the danger they will make it impossible for any advancement to take place.
(car analogy)If the first cars buit were required to have all the safety features we find on modern cars, we would all still be riding horses.(/car analogy)
If you are bored in the hot tub, you are in there with the wrong people.
The only place I will use the self-checkout, is at Canadiantire. (Non-Canadians, imagine auto parts store + big hardware store + sporting goods store.) The checkout people are terrible. Slow, unfriendly, and stupid. Anywhere else I will go to the human checkout person. While being a checkout person is a shit job, I am sure the person doing that job would rather not get laid off.
I doubt very much he is at the bottom of any ocean. Perhaps I am paranoid, but I expect he is sitting in an interrogation room right now.