So if Linux and open source "rule the day" at universities then why (when the students graduate) don't they apply that to their careers? One would think that if Linux and open source truely ruled universities for the last 5-7 years that there would be a lot more of it in today's business.
I know there is the server side of the story. But I rarely see a linux or open source OS running the servers of a company. It's usually a non-free Unix or NT/2000.
I know that people here preach the goodness of Linux (of which I mostly believe) but why can't the graduates convince that Linux is a very good alternative?
"Red Hat Chief Technology Officer Michael Tiemann said Microsoft adds 'extensions' to critical communications methods that computers use to transmit security information, print, and perform other tasks. Those extensions are proprietary to Microsoft, he said, and despite recent actions Microsoft has not been forthcoming in releasing details of those changes."
So? What is wrong with using proprietary software? IBM has token standards (proprietary), Cisco has routing protocols (IGRP+EIGRP: proprietary). Do I need to go on?
Just because something is proprietary doesn't mean its bad. Also, we don't need everything to be open. Some people actually like to make money off of ideas.
AOL is #1 in number of customers. They have the largest email system in the world.
Time and AOL merge. No problem.
AOL says: "Time, you gotta use our email system because we're the best. It will look good too!"
Time: "Sounds great!"
AOL: "We'll just take our existing consumer client and tweak it for business use. See, it is so easy, no wonder we're #1!"
Time: "Uh, we can't send our large attachments which are vital to our company."
AOL: "Oh, well that's because..."
Time: "Our "tweaked" clients keep crashing too!"
AOL: "Well, it wasn't..."
Time: "2% of our emails aren't getting through"
AOL: "Well, our system wasn't designed for this"
Time: "How did you become #1 again?"
I am pretty sure that this is going to tarnish AOL's image for being reliable. Especially since they've just gotten over the "busy-signal fiasco" of a couple years ago.
If Time can't trust AOL with important emails, then how can AOL expect consumers to trust them with important emails as well?
I like to think that my local ISP (or any local ISP) has better service than AOL any day.
To speak strictly of the relation between money and quality, the best means to increase the quality of teachers would be to eliminate the teachers union and allow teachers to be paid according to merit.
I'm a teacher. How do you pay a teacher according to merit? The number of As that I give? How much fun the students have? Tell me!
There is no possible way to pay a teacher according to merit. Also, raising teacher salaries won't help the problem either.
People who truely want to teach will teach. Money has very little to do with it.
I agree that most teahers are "microsoft teachers", but that's not a bad thing or their fault.
Think about it. A community college decides to start teaching computer or networking classes/programs. So which software do we want to start with? Microsoft. That's a no brainer. But where do we go from there?
Start teaching Novel? Cisco? Unix? C?
At my school the program is very well organized. It has been around for awhile and many other schools try to replicate our program.
Here is a list of what the students do in our program:
Cisco NetAcademy (Net Basics, Routers, Switches, LANs & WANs)
A+
Novell Netware 5.0
Windows NT/2000 Pro/Server (+ active directory)
C and Visual Basic (C++ is an option)
Fiber optics
Network Security
Documentation
and this year we've added the new Cisco UNIX course. (Solaris)
After graduation most students get jobs, others get certifications.
Our main objective is to make a very well-round Network Technician\administrator.
We hope to get more UNIX training in as well.
what if I wanted an email attached to an MP3? Nope. Can't.
Why the hell would someone want to attach an email to a MP3? Is there some magic transfer system that I don't know about? Most people would attach an MP3 to an email, but that must be too easy.
Besides, there is already an area in the ID3v2 Tag that lets you write comments in. What the hell are you going to do with an email attached to a MP3, write home to tell mom about it?
So who really cares when slashdot goes to subscription? not a big deal right?
maybe not...
First (or close to first) is Slashdot. Then what?
CNet? zdnet? freshmeat? tomshardware? Linux. com? RedHat? chicagotheband.com (ok, I just threw this one in)
But seriously. How many sites are we gonna pay for? Especially at ~$5/month. That alone is $60 a year for ONE SITE. I don't want to have to pay for information (other than the cost of actually getting online).
If we give in now, what's going to stop all of the other news sites from doing the same?
I know that this is off topic, but it is important.
Why are we getting education cuts? What did we hear from the politicians the last election year? MORE MONEY FOR EDUCATION!!!! So, where is it?
The politicians must have forgotten about the people that voted for them. I know that there has been a recession. So what? It only lasts a year or so.
In the future, they will probably give more money, but that will only get us back to where we were before the recession. As a college instructor I can't help but feel betrayed.
I'm not talking about pay raises either. I'm talking about money for programs, buildings, technology...
I hope people wake up soon and realize that our schools are being robbed blind of money they desperately need.
I know that its not a big deal with those small amounts. But, also, those demo files are pretty small. What will be difference when using larger files or streaming?
Nobody, but you obviously didn't read the article. This format is meant to be used for wireless-realtime communication (which are voice applications). There is no need (right now at least) for voice to use 128kbps.
This format is trying to get a good sound with fewer bits per second. Anybody can make a codec that sounds good over 128kbps.
$500 isn't that expensive considering when you walk into a store and see the same price on an unheated Tommy H. coat. I've seen many coats over a $1,000.
$500 seems like a reasonable price for a new product like that and I'm sure price will come down after a while.
that he says he "works for a mid-sized mid-western university" when his handle has a link to a Ball State University email address.
Just come out and say it.
Jon, you are wrong (no spoilage)
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I don't think this movie "bashes" the HMOs.
First off the father in the movie had insurance (or so he thought). The insurance that he thought he had was supposed to cover this type of surgery. Come to find out that since his working hours at the factory had been cut from Full time to part time his insurance policy had changed as well (although he was not notified of this).
He was also not notified that his company decided to change insurance carriers.
So, it looks to me like his company is partly to blame for not informing about his insurance coverage.
The ticket prices exist solely to avoid losing their shirts. They break even or make money off of concessions. The movie studios, however, get very, very, very rich off the ticket prices
Actually, the concession area is where the theatres make most of their money for payroll, operations, and so on. Very little of the box office money goes to the theatre, but it differs depending on the movie and how long the movie has been released.
Having worked in the theatre business I can tell you that money is the main problem. Right now there are many companies having finacial problems and some are filing for bankrupcy.
Why are they going broke when they charge so much for tickets you ask?
Because almost ALL of the box money goes to the movie studio. You can thank George Lucas for that one. For Episode 1 he wanted 80% of the box for himself and on top of that he wanted some of the consession sales, which is unheard of.
Consession sales are where the theatres make their money for operations, payroll, and so on...
So with the snack bar being the only real source of income for the theatre, they're not exactly swimming in the money once you figure in the cost of keeping all of the current equipment working.
Projectors aren't cheap either. You'll be lucky to find a USED one in okay shape for $20,000.
So, George, it looks like you have shot yourself in the foot on this one. You are the only person to request 80% of the box revenue. Want to know where the digital projectors are? LOOK IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNTS MORON!
No where in the actual article does it say that it uses "1GB flash" cards. However, the IBM microdrive does store that much data (340 MB, 512 MB or 1GB).
As far as I know the "SanDisk-compatible CompactFlash(TM) Cards" max out at 128 MB.
They might want to update the article seeing how it may get some people's hopes up.
The only problem there is that a write-protected floppy provides you with a false sense of security.
When the data is read off of a floppy it is stored in the RAM while its functioning. A hacker doesn't have to be able to access the floppy to corrupt the system. He only has to change any of the processes that are running in the RAM.
The idea of write protecting the floppy does add more protection, but doesn't solve all problems.
...around $600 a month for a T1 line? Because that is essentialy the the download speeds that you are getting. You people just don't get it, do you?
BANDWIDTH ISN'T CHEAP!
The companies don't want you online all of the time because it costs them more money for the extra bandwidth. They don't expect you to be using the service constantly.
Its kind of like the 56k ISPs. You can have unlimited hours of use, but they don't want you connected if you're not using it. They don't want an idle connection wasting a phone line. Don't get me wrong though. I'm not on their side. There needs to be a compromise somewhere.
6/10 of a mile is plenty for neighborhood boxes. How large do you think neighborhoods are here in Iowa? (That's where I'm from). Clear Lake is by no means a large town.
Slashdot Mirror
This is not meant to be a flame.
So if Linux and open source "rule the day" at universities then why (when the students graduate) don't they apply that to their careers? One would think that if Linux and open source truely ruled universities for the last 5-7 years that there would be a lot more of it in today's business.
I know there is the server side of the story. But I rarely see a linux or open source OS running the servers of a company. It's usually a non-free Unix or NT/2000.
I know that people here preach the goodness of Linux (of which I mostly believe) but why can't the graduates convince that Linux is a very good alternative?
I already spent 3 hours of my life watching it in the theatre. (2.5 hours of it I'm trying to get back)
Now I'm supposed to watch a 4 hour version?
I think I'll just wait for Shrek 2 in 2004 and watch it twice!
So? What is wrong with using proprietary software? IBM has token standards (proprietary), Cisco has routing protocols (IGRP+EIGRP: proprietary). Do I need to go on?
Just because something is proprietary doesn't mean its bad. Also, we don't need everything to be open. Some people actually like to make money off of ideas.
Is it just me or is this situation a bit strange?
AOL is #1 in number of customers. They have the largest email system in the world.
Time and AOL merge. No problem.
AOL says: "Time, you gotta use our email system because we're the best. It will look good too!"
Time: "Sounds great!"
AOL: "We'll just take our existing consumer client and tweak it for business use. See, it is so easy, no wonder we're #1!"
Time: "Uh, we can't send our large attachments which are vital to our company."
AOL: "Oh, well that's because..."
Time: "Our "tweaked" clients keep crashing too!"
AOL: "Well, it wasn't..."
Time: "2% of our emails aren't getting through"
AOL: "Well, our system wasn't designed for this"
Time: "How did you become #1 again?"
I am pretty sure that this is going to tarnish AOL's image for being reliable. Especially since they've just gotten over the "busy-signal fiasco" of a couple years ago.
If Time can't trust AOL with important emails, then how can AOL expect consumers to trust them with important emails as well?
I like to think that my local ISP (or any local ISP) has better service than AOL any day.
I'm a teacher.
How do you pay a teacher according to merit? The number of As that I give? How much fun the students have? Tell me!
There is no possible way to pay a teacher according to merit. Also, raising teacher salaries won't help the problem either.
People who truely want to teach will teach. Money has very little to do with it.
Think about it. A community college decides to start teaching computer or networking classes/programs. So which software do we want to start with? Microsoft. That's a no brainer. But where do we go from there?
Start teaching Novel? Cisco? Unix? C?
At my school the program is very well organized. It has been around for awhile and many other schools try to replicate our program.
Here is a list of what the students do in our program:
Cisco NetAcademy (Net Basics, Routers, Switches, LANs & WANs) A+ Novell Netware 5.0 Windows NT/2000 Pro/Server (+ active directory) C and Visual Basic (C++ is an option) Fiber optics Network Security Documentation and this year we've added the new Cisco UNIX course. (Solaris)
After graduation most students get jobs, others get certifications.
Our main objective is to make a very well-round Network Technician\administrator. We hope to get more UNIX training in as well.
Iowa Central Community College: CNT
I use the names of Chicago (the band) members for my home network of 8 machines. I know it sounds stupid but it gives my network some uniqueness.
Names:
Pankow, Lamm, Lee, Walt, Kath, Tris, Scheff, Champlin
What happens when I run out of member names you ask? Then I'll start with using the album names! (CTA, II, III, Live, V, VI...)
I know. I'm hopeless
Why the hell would someone want to attach an email to a MP3? Is there some magic transfer system that I don't know about? Most people would attach an MP3 to an email, but that must be too easy.
Besides, there is already an area in the ID3v2 Tag that lets you write comments in. What the hell are you going to do with an email attached to a MP3, write home to tell mom about it?
So who really cares when slashdot goes to subscription? not a big deal right?
. com?
maybe not...
First (or close to first) is Slashdot.
Then what?
CNet?
zdnet?
freshmeat?
tomshardware?
Linux
RedHat?
chicagotheband.com (ok, I just threw this one in)
But seriously. How many sites are we gonna pay for? Especially at ~$5/month. That alone is $60 a year for ONE SITE. I don't want to have to pay for information (other than the cost of actually getting online).
If we give in now, what's going to stop all of the other news sites from doing the same?
I know that this is off topic, but it is important.
Why are we getting education cuts? What did we hear from the politicians the last election year? MORE MONEY FOR EDUCATION!!!! So, where is it?
The politicians must have forgotten about the people that voted for them. I know that there has been a recession. So what? It only lasts a year or so.
In the future, they will probably give more money, but that will only get us back to where we were before the recession. As a college instructor I can't help but feel betrayed.
I'm not talking about pay raises either. I'm talking about money for programs, buildings, technology...
I hope people wake up soon and realize that our schools are being robbed blind of money they desperately need.
Has anybody else noticed that all of the .kts files are larger than the mp3 files?
.6KB larger
8kbps =
32kbps = 3.3KB larger
64kbps = 4KB larger
I know that its not a big deal with those small amounts. But, also, those demo files are pretty small. What will be difference when using larger files or streaming?
Nobody, but you obviously didn't read the article. This format is meant to be used for wireless-realtime communication (which are voice applications). There is no need (right now at least) for voice to use 128kbps.
This format is trying to get a good sound with fewer bits per second. Anybody can make a codec that sounds good over 128kbps.
$500 isn't that expensive considering when you walk into a store and see the same price on an unheated Tommy H. coat. I've seen many coats over a $1,000.
$500 seems like a reasonable price for a new product like that and I'm sure price will come down after a while.
that he says he "works for a mid-sized mid-western university" when his handle has a link to a Ball State University email address.
Just come out and say it.
I don't think this movie "bashes" the HMOs.
First off the father in the movie had insurance (or so he thought). The insurance that he thought he had was supposed to cover this type of surgery. Come to find out that since his working hours at the factory had been cut from Full time to part time his insurance policy had changed as well (although he was not notified of this).
He was also not notified that his company decided to change insurance carriers.
So, it looks to me like his company is partly to blame for not informing about his insurance coverage.
Actually, the concession area is where the theatres make most of their money for payroll, operations, and so on. Very little of the box office money goes to the theatre, but it differs depending on the movie and how long the movie has been released.
Having worked in the theatre business I can tell you that money is the main problem. Right now there are many companies having finacial problems and some are filing for bankrupcy.
Why are they going broke when they charge so much for tickets you ask?
Because almost ALL of the box money goes to the movie studio. You can thank George Lucas for that one. For Episode 1 he wanted 80% of the box for himself and on top of that he wanted some of the consession sales, which is unheard of.
Consession sales are where the theatres make their money for operations, payroll, and so on...
So with the snack bar being the only real source of income for the theatre, they're not exactly swimming in the money once you figure in the cost of keeping all of the current equipment working.
Projectors aren't cheap either. You'll be lucky to find a USED one in okay shape for $20,000.
So, George, it looks like you have shot yourself in the foot on this one. You are the only person to request 80% of the box revenue. Want to know where the digital projectors are? LOOK IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNTS MORON!
There, I feel better now.
there has to be a good amount of traffic today.
Oh well, I just wanted to post to make the numbers go up.
Congrats, Taco.
You're a good man, Charlie Brown.
No where in the actual article does it say that it uses "1GB flash" cards. However, the IBM microdrive does store that much data (340 MB, 512 MB or 1GB).
As far as I know the "SanDisk-compatible CompactFlash(TM) Cards" max out at 128 MB.
They might want to update the article seeing how it may get some people's hopes up.
The only problem there is that a write-protected floppy provides you with a false sense of security.
When the data is read off of a floppy it is stored in the RAM while its functioning. A hacker doesn't have to be able to access the floppy to corrupt the system. He only has to change any of the processes that are running in the RAM.
The idea of write protecting the floppy does add more protection, but doesn't solve all problems.
I agree completely!
His comment should be rated "+7" (if it were possible).
...around $600 a month for a T1 line? Because that is essentialy the the download speeds that you are getting. You people just don't get it, do you?
BANDWIDTH ISN'T CHEAP!
The companies don't want you online all of the time because it costs them more money for the extra bandwidth. They don't expect you to be using the service constantly.
Its kind of like the 56k ISPs. You can have unlimited hours of use, but they don't want you connected if you're not using it. They don't want an idle connection wasting a phone line. Don't get me wrong though. I'm not on their side. There needs to be a compromise somewhere.
6/10 of a mile is plenty for neighborhood boxes. How large do you think neighborhoods are here in Iowa? (That's where I'm from). Clear Lake is by no means a large town.
I'm surprised that there is even 1 page!
Most Mac users I know have never looked at a computer manual before.
Since they consider themselves a LAN, I was wondering what addressing scheme they're using.
Are they using "real" IP addresses? If so, what class?
Or are they using public address (10.0.0.0) with a NAT box to access the internet?
Just wondering.