I've seen a lot of people talking about how Batman can beat Superman and whatnot, but my question is why? Why would they need to fight? I mean, superman is a good guy. Batman is a good guy with questionable ethics...
Can someone who's read the comics explain to me what happened and who started it?
There is no per seat license for UnitedLinux. The restriction is per server and it is the 12-month maintenance fee for that system.
Can someone explain to me the difference between per-seat and per-server? Does that just mean that you can't buy a copy of UnitedLinux without the maintenance agreement?
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It was reviewed on Slashdot a few months back. I haven't had time to get very far in it, but so far it's been an excellent book about concepts rather than a technical howto. I highly recommend it.
It almost didn't happen because of the cloud cover we had over the midwest, but right at the peak of the eclipse it poked out from under a cloud on the horizon. Then I proposed.
You're totally right on a couple points. SuSE makes their distribution available to be installed via FTP, but their download site it so slow that it usually doesn't work. Providing ISOs would likely increase their recognition without hurting sales very much.
There is one key area and partnership where these guys could win. We all know how IBM is pushing Linux more ane more these days. The problem is, there isn't a clear cut winner as to the best distribution to run on their environments.
The only distribution that works on our pSeries (p610 64bit) is SuSE's SLES 7. RedHat quietly released their i/pSeries distribution, but they don't provide ISOs and it's taking forever to mirror the files. (It's been about 3 weeks and it's still not all here, the 7.3 release slowed the site WAY down) The TurboLinux i/pSeries distributions (last I checked) were only for 32bit platforms.
The same goes for s390/zSeries. Your main leader there still seems to be SuSE with Turbolinux offering a distribution as well. RedHat is working on it, but as far as I know it's still pretty beta (well, they all kinda are on s390, but my point is there's no real leader yet).
A collaboration could win these guys the IBM mainframe market. But they have to be able to offer enterprise level support (which is where the money is in this market anyways). If they establish themselves in this market early on, TurboSuSECalConectiva Linux could be known as the enterprise level distribution. Then they can trickle down into the x86 market once they have an established and trusted name.
Don't get me wrong, it's comforting to be well paid, but there are a lot of reasons to go to college that have nothing to do with the degree.
College is a whole different life style. Living in the dorms for a few years forces you to make friends. Friends that you live with once you get an apartment and friends that you stay in contact with after graduation. Friends that have jobs and contacts all over the country which can get you in the door faster than any amount of experience or any number of degrees.
It's not about what you know all the time. Who you know is really important as well.
Regardless.. $20k of debt is very little to pay for the amount of fun I had in those 4.5 years. It was a blast. You can't have that kind of fun if you have to be at a job the next morning.
"However, there is nothing wrong with HTTP per se, as its ubiquity and high dependability means it is the only way to get an a reliable end-to-end connection over the Internet..."
I've got a good friend that's a new librarian. From talking with her it sounds like a lot of the old traditional libraries just don't have the money to make major technological changes. Maybe this isn't true in all cities. Maybe a leading group could create some open-source cataloging software. Then the transition would be cheaper and not as difficult.
It's completely different on a university campus though. Our engineering library was the most amazing library I'd ever seen.
I got my degree in mechanical engineering, all the while taking sys admin jobs for different university departments. I took CS classes as electives whenever possible (ice skating was always full). After graduation I entered the work force doing unix/linux development.
Eventually I'd like to optain a position that uses both of my skills areas. Some of combination working with a design team and the IT department. I don't even know what you would call such a position or if it even exists. Ideas?
A zSeries can be divided up into 15 logical partitions (LPARs). Inside of an LPAR you can run z/VM which is a virtual machine manager. You can create an unlimited(?) amount of VM IDs assigning each one access to different system resources. Each ID can basically do whatever it wants, like run linux, zOS, whatever. So as it turns out you can run thousands of servers if you wanted to (but it's unrealistic).
Isn't measuring this distance to the nearest millimeter a little bit pointless? I'd imagine variations in surface elevation and orbital distance would throw it off.
Most guitar dealers around here (Central IL) carry mostly Fender equipment. They'll have a few Gibson guitars, but even fewer basses. I've been searching for an SG style bass for months just so I can test it out before buying one.
Of course, maybe the new technology will step up demand and force stores to carry more Gibson equipment.
Which brings up a question. Does SlashTeam have an easy way of changing the title of a submission after it's already been entered into the database? Or, even if they did, would they not do it, because then all the posts about the mistake wouldn't make sense?
I was in school for Mechanical Engineering. I loved finding out how things worked and I still enjoy the theory, but the curriculum completely turned me off to the subject. By the end I really couldn't stand it.
Meanwhile I was getting jobs as a sys admin for different university departments. I finished my degree and got a job teaching Unix. With the downturn of the economy, not many companies are training people. So now I'm looking for a Unix job with year old skills and the only thing I have to fall back on I don't like.
What I would do in your situation... stay in school learning different things until the economy gets better. Check out other BS degrees or go for an MBA. It's easy to stay in school, but a lot harder to go back after you've got new debts to pay.
Granted I'm talking about the previous release, but my fonts all still looked like crap (blocky and hard to read) and the text area just wasn't as smooth as Office.
I kinda wish everyone would stop trying to make Unix a desktop machine when windows and mac do it so much better already. That's the one thing they do very well. There's nothing wrong with having unix servers and win/mac clients.
I have yet to see an OS do both (server and client) very well. Maybe it has something to do with the basic design concepts?
I had one course on software development processes. Where the group had to design what they were going to do, write the code, and run tests on the code to make sure it works. The problem with this kind of work is people like me. I hate groups. I knew I was the strongest coder too.
I wrote all of the code one morning before ever having the first group meeting. I didn't want to deal with having them argue about how to do it and having it take several days. Then I told them to do the testing without me.
I realize this doesn't work in a large corporate environment, but when it's a small project for a class when you've got other classes and work, there will be students that do the work on their own faster and don't care if the other students take credit for it or not.. just as long as yours truly gets a decent grade. The rest of the group is likely to go along with it because it's less work for them.
So basically, I think it's very difficult to pretend that people will react the same way in a classroom as they would in a corporation. The fact of the matter is, a lot of students initially show up at college to learn, but in the end they just want to get the hell out of class so they can play on their own.
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I've seen a lot of people talking about how Batman can beat Superman and whatnot, but my question is why? Why would they need to fight? I mean, superman is a good guy. Batman is a good guy with questionable ethics...
Can someone who's read the comics explain to me what happened and who started it?
Can someone explain to me the difference between per-seat and per-server? Does that just mean that you can't buy a copy of UnitedLinux without the maintenance agreement?
It was reviewed on Slashdot a few months back. I haven't had time to get very far in it, but so far it's been an excellent book about concepts rather than a technical howto. I highly recommend it.
It almost didn't happen because of the cloud cover we had over the midwest, but right at the peak of the eclipse it poked out from under a cloud on the horizon. Then I proposed.
You're totally right on a couple points. SuSE makes their distribution available to be installed via FTP, but their download site it so slow that it usually doesn't work. Providing ISOs would likely increase their recognition without hurting sales very much.
There is one key area and partnership where these guys could win. We all know how IBM is pushing Linux more ane more these days. The problem is, there isn't a clear cut winner as to the best distribution to run on their environments.
The only distribution that works on our pSeries (p610 64bit) is SuSE's SLES 7. RedHat quietly released their i/pSeries distribution, but they don't provide ISOs and it's taking forever to mirror the files. (It's been about 3 weeks and it's still not all here, the 7.3 release slowed the site WAY down) The TurboLinux i/pSeries distributions (last I checked) were only for 32bit platforms.
The same goes for s390/zSeries. Your main leader there still seems to be SuSE with Turbolinux offering a distribution as well. RedHat is working on it, but as far as I know it's still pretty beta (well, they all kinda are on s390, but my point is there's no real leader yet).
A collaboration could win these guys the IBM mainframe market. But they have to be able to offer enterprise level support (which is where the money is in this market anyways). If they establish themselves in this market early on, TurboSuSECalConectiva Linux could be known as the enterprise level distribution. Then they can trickle down into the x86 market once they have an established and trusted name.
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It helps that I worked the whole time I was in school and it was in-state.
Don't get me wrong, it's comforting to be well paid, but there are a lot of reasons to go to college that have nothing to do with the degree.
College is a whole different life style. Living in the dorms for a few years forces you to make friends. Friends that you live with once you get an apartment and friends that you stay in contact with after graduation. Friends that have jobs and contacts all over the country which can get you in the door faster than any amount of experience or any number of degrees.
It's not about what you know all the time. Who you know is really important as well.
Regardless.. $20k of debt is very little to pay for the amount of fun I had in those 4.5 years. It was a blast. You can't have that kind of fun if you have to be at a job the next morning.
FTP anyone?
What I'm saying is that you won't get a discount due to saved labor costs. I just don't see a major vender passing that savings on to the consumer.
However, if you get 2 or 3 of the major venders to offer OSless machines, then you get a bidding war and everyone wins.
I don't imagine you'd get a huge discount from the system not coming with an OS. I imagine they just copy an image onto the new drive and ship it.
You might save $100 bucks on a software license.
I've got a good friend that's a new librarian. From talking with her it sounds like a lot of the old traditional libraries just don't have the money to make major technological changes. Maybe this isn't true in all cities. Maybe a leading group could create some open-source cataloging software. Then the transition would be cheaper and not as difficult.
It's completely different on a university campus though. Our engineering library was the most amazing library I'd ever seen.
I got my degree in mechanical engineering, all the while taking sys admin jobs for different university departments. I took CS classes as electives whenever possible (ice skating was always full). After graduation I entered the work force doing unix/linux development.
Eventually I'd like to optain a position that uses both of my skills areas. Some of combination working with a design team and the IT department. I don't even know what you would call such a position or if it even exists. Ideas?
Just to clarify even more...
xSeries = x86
pSeries = RS/6000
iSeries = AS/400
zSeries = S/390 the 64bit version (but can run 31 bit still as well)
The pSeries is also sometimes refered to as PowerPCs.
(I believe this is accurate information)
A zSeries can be divided up into 15 logical partitions (LPARs). Inside of an LPAR you can run z/VM which is a virtual machine manager. You can create an unlimited(?) amount of VM IDs assigning each one access to different system resources. Each ID can basically do whatever it wants, like run linux, zOS, whatever. So as it turns out you can run thousands of servers if you wanted to (but it's unrealistic).
Isn't measuring this distance to the nearest millimeter a little bit pointless? I'd imagine variations in surface elevation and orbital distance would throw it off.
Nevermind... those are water tanks, sorry. Had me scared for a minute there.
Good Idea: Having spare gas tanks on your ultimate SUV.
Bad Idea: Putting the spare gas tanks on top of your front bumper.
Most guitar dealers around here (Central IL) carry mostly Fender equipment. They'll have a few Gibson guitars, but even fewer basses. I've been searching for an SG style bass for months just so I can test it out before buying one.
Of course, maybe the new technology will step up demand and force stores to carry more Gibson equipment.
Which brings up a question. Does SlashTeam have an easy way of changing the title of a submission after it's already been entered into the database? Or, even if they did, would they not do it, because then all the posts about the mistake wouldn't make sense?
I was in school for Mechanical Engineering. I loved finding out how things worked and I still enjoy the theory, but the curriculum completely turned me off to the subject. By the end I really couldn't stand it.
Meanwhile I was getting jobs as a sys admin for different university departments. I finished my degree and got a job teaching Unix. With the downturn of the economy, not many companies are training people. So now I'm looking for a Unix job with year old skills and the only thing I have to fall back on I don't like.
What I would do in your situation... stay in school learning different things until the economy gets better. Check out other BS degrees or go for an MBA. It's easy to stay in school, but a lot harder to go back after you've got new debts to pay.
I also bent the truth a little bit to prove a point. So I guess I'm a liar too. Settle down.
The point is that people do this which makes it very difficult for small group projects to work.
Forcing a group to work together for an entire semester (like many senior design classes do) tends to be a little better of a scenerio.
...but it may be my fault.
Granted I'm talking about the previous release, but my fonts all still looked like crap (blocky and hard to read) and the text area just wasn't as smooth as Office.
I kinda wish everyone would stop trying to make Unix a desktop machine when windows and mac do it so much better already. That's the one thing they do very well. There's nothing wrong with having unix servers and win/mac clients.
I have yet to see an OS do both (server and client) very well. Maybe it has something to do with the basic design concepts?
I had one course on software development processes. Where the group had to design what they were going to do, write the code, and run tests on the code to make sure it works. The problem with this kind of work is people like me. I hate groups. I knew I was the strongest coder too.
I wrote all of the code one morning before ever having the first group meeting. I didn't want to deal with having them argue about how to do it and having it take several days. Then I told them to do the testing without me.
I realize this doesn't work in a large corporate environment, but when it's a small project for a class when you've got other classes and work, there will be students that do the work on their own faster and don't care if the other students take credit for it or not.. just as long as yours truly gets a decent grade. The rest of the group is likely to go along with it because it's less work for them.
So basically, I think it's very difficult to pretend that people will react the same way in a classroom as they would in a corporation. The fact of the matter is, a lot of students initially show up at college to learn, but in the end they just want to get the hell out of class so they can play on their own.
Bush is in Airforce One which I expect is the safest place for him to be and he'll probably stay there for quite some time.