I was in the Air Force when this came out; I remember getting access to a MicroVAX and a Mac at a meeting in Colorado Springs (ever see a Tempest-Certified Mac - u-u-u-ugly box) and getting to see a demo of 1.0 about the same time. We all thought the Mac and Vax were the future - and that Windows seriously sucked. The Microsoft guy spent the whole time in the demo apologizing. When we were done, I remember another attendee opine that Microsoft would win the desktop battle. "Why" we all wanted to know. "Ever hear an Apple rep apologize for anything? Ever hear a DEC employee apologize for anything. These guys are tossing their stuff down from Mount Olympus. Microsoft actually seems to know they need to improve."
And you have to manually connect if you're wireless connection is hidden yuck.
sudo iwlist wlan0 scan essid 'hidden SSID' - then uncheck and recheck the network management widget.
Oh - Firefox is REALLY running slow, java apps seem slower, and I had to reload Opera (because Firefox is really slow).
On several occasions I've seen posting for IT and Web positions here in Austin that use the terms "youthful attitude." I've been asked blatantly how old I was. But its not "ageism" per se. It was more the baggage than the mileage. During one interview, the interviewer/biz owner commented on how "older people" have a lot more external commitments. For example, people 'my age' (4x) had to be home at night to take of kids or 'old parents.'
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I was in the Air Force when this came out; I remember getting access to a MicroVAX and a Mac at a meeting in Colorado Springs (ever see a Tempest-Certified Mac - u-u-u-ugly box) and getting to see a demo of 1.0 about the same time. We all thought the Mac and Vax were the future - and that Windows seriously sucked. The Microsoft guy spent the whole time in the demo apologizing. When we were done, I remember another attendee opine that Microsoft would win the desktop battle. "Why" we all wanted to know. "Ever hear an Apple rep apologize for anything? Ever hear a DEC employee apologize for anything. These guys are tossing their stuff down from Mount Olympus. Microsoft actually seems to know they need to improve."
And you have to manually connect if you're wireless connection is hidden yuck. sudo iwlist wlan0 scan essid 'hidden SSID' - then uncheck and recheck the network management widget. Oh - Firefox is REALLY running slow, java apps seem slower, and I had to reload Opera (because Firefox is really slow).
Reminds me of a project I ran into a long time ago - glad to see it still up - http://www.theuser.org/dotmatrix/en/intro.html
On several occasions I've seen posting for IT and Web positions here in Austin that use the terms "youthful attitude." I've been asked blatantly how old I was. But its not "ageism" per se. It was more the baggage than the mileage. During one interview, the interviewer/biz owner commented on how "older people" have a lot more external commitments. For example, people 'my age' (4x) had to be home at night to take of kids or 'old parents.'
There is a simple download on http://www.downadup.com/remove-downadup.php that you can use to run the reg update.
They already though of gin.su, but no cheesy knife ads . . .