was in the throws of a paper reduction campaign, one of the poor MIS guys who sits beside me was tasked with determining which paper reports were no longer needed. He ran across a report that had been custom crafted for one of our CFO's 14 years ago. Even though this particular CFO retired 9 years ago, his report was still being printed. Here's the kicker, the report was an item by item sales summary for the company. No problem when we only stocked 8000 items in 50 stores. We've grown to 750 stores stocking 50,000 items, and the report had grown to +/-3000 pages. At least it was being recycled.....
of the "New Apple" is that I have to run Virtual PC running an Apple][ emulator in order to run some of my favorite old games (Wizardry, Ultima, Bards Tale, Etc.)
And just exactly where are people going to attain work experience if everyone does as you, and sends them all to the help desk?
The short answer here is "I don't care".
Yes I'm a heartless bastard, blah, blah, blah.
Try to stay with me here, my job is not to give you an opputnity to learn, my job is to deliver to my customers. Which means I hire people with a solid track record. Please note that this does not mean I don't hire newbies. I hire recent grads all the time. But only the ones who show some initiative, flair, and knowledge theve gained beyond thier textbooks. People that sound just like you, as a matter of fact. It sounds like you've done fine, as do most people like you, so stop whimpering about "getting a chance".
unless you prove to me that you are a professional in your field. MCSE, et all, means nothing to me when hiring you. I've simply seen too many newly minted "systems engineers" from third rate night schools that exist only to "teach the test".
These poor folks have no practical knowledge, no understanding of the way systems actually work, etc, etc.
I know this is harsh, but I have the HR screeners send any resumes highlighting certifications rather than work experience right to the folks who hire for the help desk.
I know this is far out, but I believe IT should be treated as a profession, and having vendors hand out certifications on thier products no more makes an engineer than learning how to operate X-ray equipent makes one a radiologist.
Apple has complete control over their hardware. Microsoft, for all we hate them, should at least have a little.
Um.... I believe Apple produces and sells thier own hardware, so they can do whatever they want.
Of course Microsoft does this too. It's called the Xbox.
I am fully in favor of Microsoft dictating all operating parameters of the XBox, as for PC components, that should be the vendor's choice, which they should be able to make without undue pressure.
just a problem of very little applications for it.
Why were the apps so small?
Did it help to have a bigger monitor?
When you iconify a very little application, does it disappear?
Gimp
I mean, Fink it great, and the the window managers are nice, but Fink is not a port, and the WM's aren't really needed. OTOH, Gimp is a great open source replacement for the as-yet unavailable photoshop for OS X. Since dividing up a single PowerMac between the Gimp port team might be difficult I hereby offer to take the whole thing off thier hands, thus eliminating any ugly infighting.
I've noticed some posts along the line of "Safety first, authenticity later".
I couldn't disagree more. If you're not going to try to duplicate the entire effort, including the not insubstantial risks involved with the dawn of any new era, what is the point? You might as well build an "Almost Scale" RC model and fly it around. It would serve exactly the same purpose with no risk. I'm not saying that all possible safety precautions shouldn't be taken (external to the airplane itself), but build it to origional spec, then decide to fly it or not.
I guess my point here is that I make the concious decision to get on my old BMW motorcycle every morning. I know it's dangerous, but it's also exciting and a throwback to a time, not so long ago, that we took risks in the name of advancement and the simple thrill of being alive. Recreating the Wright Flyer to modern standards is just a symptom of our overly cautious, airbag equipped, warning label on the coffie times.
Of course this will be modded down, my target audiance sits in a cube all day and considers a walk in the park an outing.
For/.'s integrity, please mod this guy down. As others have noted before me, this guy seems to have just made some stuff up that sounded plausible to him.
Explain the new USB / Firewire devices that are Mac compatible
Please don't tell me that you think a device with a standard I/O spec is the same thing as different mothorboard chipset.
There just isn't enough Mac software out there, and what is there costs an arm and a leg.
This is just FUD. Everything except games is available for OS X, including a version of office that kicks it's windows based cousins butt. Also I 'd like to add that if you are fimiliar enough with Linux to run Yellow Dog on your Mac, you'd know that just about all the *nix software written for the last 10 years is easily ported to OS X.
First of all, I'm so tired of the "Overpriced Hardware" statement, but that's a different post. As for porting OS X to intel. let me explain this one more time:
The hardware is half the magic!!
The reason OS X and all the Mac OS's before it work so well, is that there is a finite, documented set of hardware that it has to work with. Unlike Linux and Windows OS developers, Mac OS developers don't have to worry about every pre 1990 ISA soundblaster compatable card, periphial, and motherboard.
Yes, OS X is great, so go support the company who put it together, by buying one of thier computers. You won't be disapointed.
A form of this organizational structure is already being implemented by Lime wire. Here is an excerpt from thier FAQ:
we've created a new Gnutella hierarchy, whereby high performance machines become 'Ultrapeers'. These machines accept connections from many LimeWire clients while also connecting to the rest of the Gnutella network. Moreover, the Ultrapeer shields these 'regular' LimeWire clients from the CPU and bandwidth requirements associated with Gnutella, directing traffic to clients in an efficient manner. The reason you see only one connection in your connections tab is because you are a LimeWire client connected to an Ultrapeer. Unfortunately, not all Ultrapeers are as good as others. If you find that you aren't getting many search results with the Ultrapeer you are connected to, simply disconnect and connect. You'll probably connect to a different Ultrapeer, which is more 'connected'. Also, as time goes on and the network grows, you'll receive more results. Moreover, we are currently working hard to ensure that any Ultrapeer you connect to will be well connected - stay tuned to future versions of LimeWire.
My success with the new structure is mixed. Downloads and searches seem to work almost as well as before, but I'm getting considerably fewer uploads, which must mean that, someone, somewhere, is getting screwed. Limewire itself is not a bad little product, it's main claim to fame, of course, is that it runs well on both Mac OS X and Linux.
I hate to rain on everyones parade (I really do). But this is just a typical IDE raid 5 setup with bigger disks. Not exactly slashdot worthy IMHO. If you're thinking about doing somthing like this, Raid Level 5 is not a bad choice if you don't need redundancy. For more raid info check out:
http://www.acnc.com/04_01_00.html
I thought we were talking REAL marathons...
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but then I remembered where I was.
"Exercise the brain not the body" you say? Well, let's stick your head in a Futurama Jar and donate the rest of your body to the needy.
AIX will still run on clients high-end mission critical servers. Linux will run on small to midrange servers.
If you think that a Fortune 100 company like the one I work for is going to switch >1000 AIX servers to Linux, You Are Nuts. We want IBM reliability, IBM support, and IBM accountability.
Why teach these kids web development? If we want to teach computer skills why not C or Java with some SQL and corresponding RDB theory thrown in? People with these skills are allways in demand, and can always stoop to web development when needed. I can hear all the "Webmasters" whining already about that last statement, but let's face it, a good programmer, and a good designer/artist working together always produce better results than a jack of all trades type HTML/CGI "web-developer". So teach these kids to code or design not just web-development because it sounds cool!
Still no Apple connectivity.
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For better or worse, Palm still the Mac / Unix geeks sewn up. I'd really like to have one of the new iPaqs or somthing similar, but it's kind of useless if it can't be synced.
Seems like a market worth going after, the ROI would be pretty good methinks.....
Sigh...
My extremly rare (sarcasm) Dell C600 notebook that I am looking at right this second has a S-Video out. It's a two second job to plug it into my AV setup.
What we need is some kind of/. natural selection, to kill off the "too stupid to post" crowd.
Althogh this is great news for the fruitfly, it dosen't neccesarly translate into a fountain of youth for humans. With the fruitflys, something about a shorter lifespan was geneticly selected as a GOOD THING, and the gene was passed on successfully through the generations. This gene acts as a sort of "timer" that limits the fruitfly lifecycle. In humans, our 23 chromesomes still play a role in longitivity,but not in the same way. Putting aside the role that our genes play in predisposing us or protecting us from certain diseases, it's the replication of our DNA and the errors that occur during the DNA/RNA transcription procces of creating protiens and enzymes that cause us to age. As we build new cells over the years these transcription errors add up and multiply, our bodys begin to break down or function less efficiently. Controlling this proccess is one of the key's to longer human life.
Of course, environment is prbably more important than genetic predisposition anyway, so get up and go for a walk!
Slashdot Mirror
The official BZFlag website dosen't ist the OS X version, but you can find the port Here (3.2MB)
was in the throws of a paper reduction campaign, one of the poor MIS guys who sits beside me was tasked with determining which paper reports were no longer needed. He ran across a report that had been custom crafted for one of our CFO's 14 years ago. Even though this particular CFO retired 9 years ago, his report was still being printed. Here's the kicker, the report was an item by item sales summary for the company. No problem when we only stocked 8000 items in 50 stores. We've grown to 750 stores stocking 50,000 items, and the report had grown to +/-3000 pages. At least it was being recycled.....
Hmm, yes, emulation.net IS a great resource, but there are no Apple ][ emulators for OS X. This was sort of my point here...
of the "New Apple" is that I have to run Virtual PC running an Apple][ emulator in order to run some of my favorite old games (Wizardry, Ultima, Bards Tale, Etc.)
And just exactly where are people going to attain work experience if everyone does as you, and sends them all to the help desk?
The short answer here is "I don't care".
Yes I'm a heartless bastard, blah, blah, blah.
Try to stay with me here, my job is not to give you an opputnity to learn, my job is to deliver to my customers. Which means I hire people with a solid track record. Please note that this does not mean I don't hire newbies. I hire recent grads all the time. But only the ones who show some initiative, flair, and knowledge theve gained beyond thier textbooks. People that sound just like you, as a matter of fact. It sounds like you've done fine, as do most people like you, so stop whimpering about "getting a chance".
unless you prove to me that you are a professional in your field. MCSE, et all, means nothing to me when hiring you. I've simply seen too many newly minted "systems engineers" from third rate night schools that exist only to "teach the test".
These poor folks have no practical knowledge, no understanding of the way systems actually work, etc, etc.
I know this is harsh, but I have the HR screeners send any resumes highlighting certifications rather than work experience right to the folks who hire for the help desk.
I know this is far out, but I believe IT should be treated as a profession, and having vendors hand out certifications on thier products no more makes an engineer than learning how to operate X-ray equipent makes one a radiologist.
Apple has complete control over their hardware. Microsoft, for all we hate them, should at least have a little.
Um.... I believe Apple produces and sells thier own hardware, so they can do whatever they want.
Of course Microsoft does this too. It's called the Xbox.
I am fully in favor of Microsoft dictating all operating parameters of the XBox, as for PC components, that should be the vendor's choice, which they should be able to make without undue pressure.
Um... I think you missed the point dude.
just a problem of very little applications for it. Why were the apps so small?
Did it help to have a bigger monitor?
When you iconify a very little application, does it disappear?
Jeez, no wonder BeOS failed.
Gimp
I mean, Fink it great, and the the window managers are nice, but Fink is not a port, and the WM's aren't really needed. OTOH, Gimp is a great open source replacement for the as-yet unavailable photoshop for OS X. Since dividing up a single PowerMac between the Gimp port team might be difficult I hereby offer to take the whole thing off thier hands, thus eliminating any ugly infighting.
The Unobtainium
It's release will follow the distribution pattern established by Transmeta.
Believe it or not, the CIA has thier own museum complete with cool old spy gizmos. It's even online at:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/information/artifacts/
I've noticed some posts along the line of "Safety first, authenticity later".
I couldn't disagree more. If you're not going to try to duplicate the entire effort, including the not insubstantial risks involved with the dawn of any new era, what is the point? You might as well build an "Almost Scale" RC model and fly it around. It would serve exactly the same purpose with no risk. I'm not saying that all possible safety precautions shouldn't be taken (external to the airplane itself), but build it to origional spec, then decide to fly it or not.
I guess my point here is that I make the concious decision to get on my old BMW motorcycle every morning. I know it's dangerous, but it's also exciting and a throwback to a time, not so long ago, that we took risks in the name of advancement and the simple thrill of being alive. Recreating the Wright Flyer to modern standards is just a symptom of our overly cautious, airbag equipped, warning label on the coffie times.
Of course this will be modded down, my target audiance sits in a cube all day and considers a walk in the park an outing.
For /.'s integrity, please mod this guy down. As others have noted before me, this guy seems to have just made some stuff up that sounded plausible to him.
Explain the new USB / Firewire devices that are Mac compatible
Please don't tell me that you think a device with a standard I/O spec is the same thing as different mothorboard chipset.
There just isn't enough Mac software out there, and what is there costs an arm and a leg.
This is just FUD. Everything except games is available for OS X, including a version of office that kicks it's windows based cousins butt. Also I 'd like to add that if you are fimiliar enough with Linux to run Yellow Dog on your Mac, you'd know that just about all the *nix software written for the last 10 years is easily ported to OS X.
First of all, I'm so tired of the "Overpriced Hardware" statement, but that's a different post. As for porting OS X to intel. let me explain this one more time:
The hardware is half the magic!!
The reason OS X and all the Mac OS's before it work so well, is that there is a finite, documented set of hardware that it has to work with. Unlike Linux and Windows OS developers, Mac OS developers don't have to worry about every pre 1990 ISA soundblaster compatable card, periphial, and motherboard.
Yes, OS X is great, so go support the company who put it together, by buying one of thier computers. You won't be disapointed.
Please ignore this (I wrote it). I shouldn' t post so early in the morning. The two organizational schemas are completely different.
A form of this organizational structure is already being implemented by Lime wire. Here is an excerpt from thier FAQ:
we've created a new Gnutella hierarchy, whereby high performance machines become 'Ultrapeers'. These machines accept connections from many LimeWire clients while also connecting to the rest of the Gnutella network. Moreover, the Ultrapeer shields these 'regular' LimeWire clients from the CPU and bandwidth requirements associated with Gnutella, directing traffic to clients in an efficient manner. The reason you see only one connection in your connections tab is because you are a LimeWire client connected to an Ultrapeer. Unfortunately, not all Ultrapeers are as good as others. If you find that you aren't getting many search results with the Ultrapeer you are connected to, simply disconnect and connect. You'll probably connect to a different Ultrapeer, which is more 'connected'. Also, as time goes on and the network grows, you'll receive more results. Moreover, we are currently working hard to ensure that any Ultrapeer you connect to will be well connected - stay tuned to future versions of LimeWire.
My success with the new structure is mixed. Downloads and searches seem to work almost as well as before, but I'm getting considerably fewer uploads, which must mean that, someone, somewhere, is getting screwed. Limewire itself is not a bad little product, it's main claim to fame, of course, is that it runs well on both Mac OS X and Linux.
I hate to rain on everyones parade (I really do). But this is just a typical IDE raid 5 setup with bigger disks. Not exactly slashdot worthy IMHO. If you're thinking about doing somthing like this, Raid Level 5 is not a bad choice if you don't need redundancy. For more raid info check out:
http://www.acnc.com/04_01_00.html
but then I remembered where I was.
"Exercise the brain not the body" you say? Well, let's stick your head in a Futurama Jar and donate the rest of your body to the needy.
"Apparently, it's better than AIX"
No.
AIX will still run on clients high-end mission critical servers. Linux will run on small to midrange servers.
If you think that a Fortune 100 company like the one I work for is going to switch >1000 AIX servers to Linux, You Are Nuts. We want IBM reliability, IBM support, and IBM accountability.
Why teach these kids web development? If we want to teach computer skills why not C or Java with some SQL and corresponding RDB theory thrown in? People with these skills are allways in demand, and can always stoop to web development when needed. I can hear all the "Webmasters" whining already about that last statement, but let's face it, a good programmer, and a good designer/artist working together always produce better results than a jack of all trades type HTML/CGI "web-developer". So teach these kids to code or design not just web-development because it sounds cool!
For better or worse, Palm still the Mac / Unix geeks sewn up. I'd really like to have one of the new iPaqs or somthing similar, but it's kind of useless if it can't be synced. Seems like a market worth going after, the ROI would be pretty good methinks.....
Sigh... My extremly rare (sarcasm) Dell C600 notebook that I am looking at right this second has a S-Video out. It's a two second job to plug it into my AV setup. What we need is some kind of /. natural selection, to kill off the "too stupid to post" crowd.
Althogh this is great news for the fruitfly, it dosen't neccesarly translate into a fountain of youth for humans. With the fruitflys, something about a shorter lifespan was geneticly selected as a GOOD THING, and the gene was passed on successfully through the generations. This gene acts as a sort of "timer" that limits the fruitfly lifecycle. In humans, our 23 chromesomes still play a role in longitivity,but not in the same way. Putting aside the role that our genes play in predisposing us or protecting us from certain diseases, it's the replication of our DNA and the errors that occur during the DNA/RNA transcription procces of creating protiens and enzymes that cause us to age. As we build new cells over the years these transcription errors add up and multiply, our bodys begin to break down or function less efficiently. Controlling this proccess is one of the key's to longer human life.
Of course, environment is prbably more important than genetic predisposition anyway, so get up and go for a walk!