Over at LinuxWorld (the infamous sys-con.com) is a history of Mr. Graham's writings on the SCO Monkey Trial, beginning with his assessment that a SCO win is a slam dunk -- in May 2003. His conclusion in May 2003 was:
I'm sure IBM will either settle, enter into serious negotiations and thus get SCO to lift the deadline, ask a court for a temporary injunction, or come up with a better overall answer.
He was right about one thing, IBM did "come up with a better answer" -- they stood their ground and fought.
I'm not calling Mr. Graham a troll or shill. Just wrong. Consistently wrong on this issue.
I bet the reason you think "ls" == "ls -l" is that you have an alias set to give you full listings when you type "ls" alone. The actual default of "ls" is
ls -C
, which lists the current directory by columns.
Usually this alias is used to help DOS users migrate to Linux/Unix more gracefully.
MySQL replication is inherently asynchronous (pre-5, I mean; I haven't examined 5.0 yet but use MySQL 4 daily) and this is not what serious people (say, banks) want. This fact, alone -- forget the problems with replicating actions involving temporary tables that may not exist on the slave, temporary variable replication (fixed late in the 4.1 series, I believe), etc. -- could cause many to say MySQL replication sucks. Compared to Pg's, though, MySQL's replication at least works!
It is nice of Slashdot to be so involved with MySQL. Slashdot made MySQL grow up in a hurry -- infact, I believe replication was a commissioned item by Slashdot. As for the loss of Krow...thanks CmdrTaco for parting with such a resource.
She's just trying to get more votes in the Red States as her husband did by slamming (at least figuratively) Sista Souljah. She'll return to her real values ASAP.
I've left every company I've ever worked for -- so far.
I left my last position once I realized that, with the equity in my home, I didn't need to work 70-80 hours weeks __if__ I moved to a place with a lower cost of living.
Thus, I am not employed. I sold my California house and moved my family to Texas. We own our own home out-right.
The biggest problem I face with being jobless is medical insurance. That is the biggest threat on the horizon (once COBRA runs out; but COBRA is expensive -- about $1000/mo for a good PPO plan for the whole family).
But, unless you can live for a long time without regular, dependable income DON'T QUIT until you have something else lined up.
You're value as a potential employee is greater if you're employed -- just like a married man is more alluring to women than a bachelor. So, don't divorce your wife until you have a mistress. Or something like that.
C# and.NET are easier because of VisualStudio.NET.
Sun's Java books still recommend TextPad, which is a great editor, but MS has the Visual programmers by the precious parts. Yes, there are IDEs for Java, but they're optional. I don't know any C# developers using something other than VisualStudio.
Of course, then there's the minority of Mono programmers...but they aren't put off by Java's "complexity" of package naming convention as some C# promoters claim. They're seasoned developers and can work with whatever they so choose. They are choosing Mono. Good on 'em, I say.
Visual tools... that's what enables the common programmer.
I knew what he meant. And I also know how (un)profitable unintentially viewed, unexpected advertising can be. There's nothing like pissing on people's porches to sell them a vacuum cleaner.
Apple's break-the-bank revenues came from the iPod, a consumer electronic device not a computer in the pre-2000 era. IBM sold (save regulatory considerations) it's PC division to China.
Rather than proving Malone wrong, I think it shows Apple and IBM as adaptive to market realities.
It is a solicitation -- a solicitation to have you call their number.
But, who cares. It's called the "DO NOT CALL" list. Opt-out.
Instead, there should be "OK TO CALL" list. Only those numbers can be used by list callers. This is Opt-in.
Major side benefit: the "OK TO CALL" registry can be moved from the heavy-duty load-balancing database-crunching infrastructure to a simple lightweight PHP script like those "Comment" pages on simple blogs. Should be able to host the site at FreeHost4Ever.what or similar site. This would free up budget dollars pretty quickly.
I know why I use my iBook G4 (12" screen) instead of the Dell 5150 (15" 1600x1200 screen; 3.06 GHz proc) running Debian testing, and it's not just the OS/GUI: it's the whole package Mac offers.
Hardware / OS integration: nigh perfect.
Battery life: amazing.
Mobile networking support: awesome -- switch between RJ45, 802.11b/g with ease and no fiddling with supplicants, ifconfig, ifup, ifdown, etc.
CLI: open source iTerm is my favorite Terminal.app replacement; feels like home (BASH as default shell nice nod GNU users)
Default apps: very good and improving; the only place I don't use Thunderbird as mail client (in a GUI) is OSX, where I use Apple's Mail.app. Great support for multiple accounts, lists, GPG, etc.
Open source apps: use the Fink, Luke.
Closed source apps: instead of Wine there may be native versions of Windows apps (or VirtualPC, but I've not used that recently)
Clipboard sanity: Linux/X clipboard functionality is so much better than 2 years ago but is not as consistent and useful as Mac OS X's. Sounds tiny, but I copy/paste between terminal sessions all day long.
I got tired of thinking about the computer when I just need to use it. That's the main reason my Dell sits idle. It's not that Linux can't do enough, it's just not fully fleshed out for a Desktop OS nor especially as a Laptop OS. Linux remains my absolute preference for a server OS.
Did someone say, "What about Windows?" Yeah, that's the OS my kids use on their non-networked machine for edu-tainment. Otherwise, I have no use for it.
Full disclosure: I switched temporarily in 2002 to a TiBook G4, but switched back to Windows/Linux as my Laptop OSes due to work requirements and the immaturity of Mac OS X in a Windows environment at that time. With OS X 1.3, I have none of the problems with printers, really networked resources in general, that I had previously. I wrote about "Switched Back" at that time. Things have improved so much I *know* I won't be switching away again. Not unless something insanely great comes along...
Lazy writes allow for faster system operation and have only one detrimental downside: in a poweroff or unexpected reset the data waiting to be written won't be. As bad as that sounds, the performance gains during normal system operations usually overcome fears of this data loss potential.
It boils down to this: if every bit of data is crucial, disable write cache. If performance is paramount and some tolerance exists for infrequent data loss due to catastrophic failures, enable it. LiveJournal evidently wanted your normal experience to be pleasantly quick rather than painfully accurate.
He addresses includes in the article. In fact the article could be entitled "Macromedia inverts the traditional include processing". You obviously didn't read the article.
Since the advent of this thing called the Internet I've not much understood the need for big events (Comdex, anyone?) and the like. Sure, if you've got business to do with a particular company it might make a convenient time to get together, but the general audience for these events aren't doing that.
I'll wait for Apple to unveil the new stuff on their web site.
Oh yeah, I forgot: these things present a big excuse to party. Dadnabbit, who needs an excuse?
I booked my family for a flight on Christmas Day on SouthWest Airlines from Orange County, CA to San Antonio, TX. (Xmas day is a great day to fly, BTW). At the airport a woman strung her Dell power cord from the flight attendents' booth across an aisle to her seat. The distance was roughly equal to the length of the cord, which meant the cord was suspended in mid-air as travellers with baggage and children struggled to find a place to wait for the plane.
If only airports didn't ban weapons!
That said, I myself am a heavy user of TMobile HotSpots and frequently will choose my lunch location based on proximity to a Starbucks. The second criteria is a place to plug in for power. Of course, I always ask first, but if power is not provided I, without raising so much as an eyebrow, go elsewhere. They don't want me, that's ok. I can deal with it.
Speaking of leeching: anyone have the reg-free link?
Green lasers show the "line" not just the "dot". According to Slashdot-shop ThinkGeek, where I just bought a green laser before they're all banned, anyway.
On the homepage there is an option to vote for how long you think the State of Texas should plan out -- I suggest reigning in the dreamers and narrowing their attention span to current problems on the abysmal Tx roads (I-35, for example, is a joke; as are all the major thoroughfares in San Antonio [what a mess!]). So, I'm asking for your help.
Please vote for "5 years" and give the Zip Code of the Texas Dept of Transportation as the requested Zip Code: 78761.
Same thought, initially. Then, granting the supposition that a planet-wide catastrophe could wipe out all human life, another thought occurred: if we're here and only here, why would we think it good or proper if we survived elsewhere? Seems the arrogance of species to me. Besides, the human species may survive on Mars should Earth fail but how does that benefit me, exactly? And, will I have brodband?
So easy I'm wondering if this story had been queued in 1996 but only now is hitting the front page due to some latent y2k bug... BEWARE LATENT Y2K BUGS, PEOPLE!!
Slashdot Mirror
Got Graham on my mind for some reason.
I'm not calling Mr. Graham a troll or shill. Just wrong. Consistently wrong on this issue.
Usually this alias is used to help DOS users migrate to Linux/Unix more gracefully.
Well, it sounds like in this case the co-worker of the perp was watching the watcher. Doesn't it? (Assuming the blurb is correct I mean.)
It's not like a Disney Internet exec was seducing underage girls or anything... (*cough*)
It is nice of Slashdot to be so involved with MySQL. Slashdot made MySQL grow up in a hurry -- infact, I believe replication was a commissioned item by Slashdot. As for the loss of Krow...thanks CmdrTaco for parting with such a resource.
Oh, BTW, Have a look at DefeatClinton2008.com.
I've left every company I've ever worked for -- so far.
I left my last position once I realized that, with the equity in my home, I didn't need to work 70-80 hours weeks __if__ I moved to a place with a lower cost of living.
Thus, I am not employed. I sold my California house and moved my family to Texas. We own our own home out-right.
The biggest problem I face with being jobless is medical insurance. That is the biggest threat on the horizon (once COBRA runs out; but COBRA is expensive -- about $1000/mo for a good PPO plan for the whole family).
But, unless you can live for a long time without regular, dependable income DON'T QUIT until you have something else lined up.
You're value as a potential employee is greater if you're employed -- just like a married man is more alluring to women than a bachelor. So, don't divorce your wife until you have a mistress. Or something like that.
A comedian as a replacement for a serious news anchor?
Oh yeah... Dan Rather. Sorry. I must have mis-read that.
Good for you!
I don't think anyone was promoting C# 'cause of the tool VS.NET -- at leadt I wasn't -- but rather explaining the reason C# is touted as "easier."
But, thanks for offering your opinion!
kinda...
Sun's Java books still recommend TextPad, which is a great editor, but MS has the Visual programmers by the precious parts. Yes, there are IDEs for Java, but they're optional. I don't know any C# developers using something other than VisualStudio.
Of course, then there's the minority of Mono programmers...but they aren't put off by Java's "complexity" of package naming convention as some C# promoters claim. They're seasoned developers and can work with whatever they so choose. They are choosing Mono. Good on 'em, I say.
Visual tools... that's what enables the common programmer.
I stand by my comment.
Go4it. But remember, you're paying a fee each time someone dials. If you're successful you'll be broke.
Apple's break-the-bank revenues came from the iPod, a consumer electronic device not a computer in the pre-2000 era. IBM sold (save regulatory considerations) it's PC division to China.
Rather than proving Malone wrong, I think it shows Apple and IBM as adaptive to market realities.
But, who cares. It's called the "DO NOT CALL" list. Opt-out.
Instead, there should be "OK TO CALL" list. Only those numbers can be used by list callers. This is Opt-in.
Major side benefit: the "OK TO CALL" registry can be moved from the heavy-duty load-balancing database-crunching infrastructure to a simple lightweight PHP script like those "Comment" pages on simple blogs. Should be able to host the site at FreeHost4Ever.what or similar site. This would free up budget dollars pretty quickly.
Sigh.
I got tired of thinking about the computer when I just need to use it. That's the main reason my Dell sits idle. It's not that Linux can't do enough, it's just not fully fleshed out for a Desktop OS nor especially as a Laptop OS. Linux remains my absolute preference for a server OS.
Did someone say, "What about Windows?" Yeah, that's the OS my kids use on their non-networked machine for edu-tainment. Otherwise, I have no use for it.
Full disclosure: I switched temporarily in 2002 to a TiBook G4, but switched back to Windows/Linux as my Laptop OSes due to work requirements and the immaturity of Mac OS X in a Windows environment at that time. With OS X 1.3, I have none of the problems with printers, really networked resources in general, that I had previously. I wrote about "Switched Back" at that time. Things have improved so much I *know* I won't be switching away again. Not unless something insanely great comes along...
Lazy writes allow for faster system operation and have only one detrimental downside: in a poweroff or unexpected reset the data waiting to be written won't be. As bad as that sounds, the performance gains during normal system operations usually overcome fears of this data loss potential.
It boils down to this: if every bit of data is crucial, disable write cache. If performance is paramount and some tolerance exists for infrequent data loss due to catastrophic failures, enable it. LiveJournal evidently wanted your normal experience to be pleasantly quick rather than painfully accurate.
was in reference to Hemos' dept. string, to wit:
He addresses includes in the article. In fact the article could be entitled "Macromedia inverts the traditional include processing". You obviously didn't read the article.
Since the advent of this thing called the Internet I've not much understood the need for big events (Comdex, anyone?) and the like. Sure, if you've got business to do with a particular company it might make a convenient time to get together, but the general audience for these events aren't doing that.
I'll wait for Apple to unveil the new stuff on their web site.
Oh yeah, I forgot: these things present a big excuse to party. Dadnabbit, who needs an excuse?
I booked my family for a flight on Christmas Day on SouthWest Airlines from Orange County, CA to San Antonio, TX. (Xmas day is a great day to fly, BTW). At the airport a woman strung her Dell power cord from the flight attendents' booth across an aisle to her seat. The distance was roughly equal to the length of the cord, which meant the cord was suspended in mid-air as travellers with baggage and children struggled to find a place to wait for the plane.
If only airports didn't ban weapons!
That said, I myself am a heavy user of TMobile HotSpots and frequently will choose my lunch location based on proximity to a Starbucks. The second criteria is a place to plug in for power. Of course, I always ask first, but if power is not provided I, without raising so much as an eyebrow, go elsewhere. They don't want me, that's ok. I can deal with it.
Speaking of leeching: anyone have the reg-free link?
Green lasers show the "line" not just the "dot". According to Slashdot-shop ThinkGeek, where I just bought a green laser before they're all banned, anyway.
On the homepage there is an option to vote for how long you think the State of Texas should plan out -- I suggest reigning in the dreamers and narrowing their attention span to current problems on the abysmal Tx roads (I-35, for example, is a joke; as are all the major thoroughfares in San Antonio [what a mess!]). So, I'm asking for your help.
Please vote for "5 years" and give the Zip Code of the Texas Dept of Transportation as the requested Zip Code: 78761.
5 years and 78761.
Do it for Texas. Do it for America.
Thank you.
Same thought, initially. Then, granting the supposition that a planet-wide catastrophe could wipe out all human life, another thought occurred: if we're here and only here, why would we think it good or proper if we survived elsewhere? Seems the arrogance of species to me. Besides, the human species may survive on Mars should Earth fail but how does that benefit me, exactly? And, will I have brodband?
So easy I'm wondering if this story had been queued in 1996 but only now is hitting the front page due to some latent y2k bug... BEWARE LATENT Y2K BUGS, PEOPLE!!
- And.. KFG posts a +3 comment about once a day.
So that PROVES he's not a troll! Yikes.