Better yet, why not write a dos application to read the files and convert them to a new format. If you're unable to do that yourself, why not hire someone that can. (There are more than enough programmers out there looking for work:) )
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I try to explain what open source is to these folks every time I go to a conference and address attendees but I always feel like I fall short explaining what open source actually is. These folks like most normal non geek people can't grasp that it's free and superior!
Keep in mind most of these people come from the background that "nothing in life is free" (and if it is, it's usually a sham)
1. Tell everyone that Unix/Linux is bad.
2. Create a web site to explain the way out of the Unix trap.
3. Host web site on BSD.
4. Remove foot from mouth.
5. Go back to drawing board.
I'm a senior graduating this year from college and I faced the same problem as you. From what I've found from doing some research and talking to people (and actually working out in the field) that it's better to go get a job now since a lot of places don't hire people with advanced degrees because they think they'll expect too high of a salary. I've worked with people with Ph.D.'s and also with people who were self taught. Some of the people that were self taught were better programmers than the ones with advanced degrees. I'm not saying this applies to all cases, but it is possible:) So go get a job and get some experience!
Instead of bitching about how bad the code is, why not DO SOMETHING about it and help out?? Complaining will get you no where, so stop yapping and start coding.
at an ISP i used to work for a programmer got fired for writing such horrible code that was very difficult to understand (he had no formal coding training) i.e. if his program core dumped, he just wrote a wrapper to delete the core so it would keep running. eventually when we tried to update all of our machines we couldnt because his code was so limiting and no upgradable.
lesson learned: do not promote your own job security through obscurity. you'll get burnt in the end.
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I would suggest putting floppy drives in all of these if you are short on cash. this way you can save some money on expensive nic ROMs. If you do have the money look at getting nic cards with ROM chips on them so you can boot them all using bootp. (from what i last say, each ROM is ~40)
the first cluster i set up didn't have harddrives and i nfs mounted the filesystems across the network. worked pretty well but it was a pain to get working.
My Question is would it be possible to build a General Purpose Beowoulf computer. That runs apps like Netscape,Word Perfect and Gimp really fast beowulf would not increase the speed of any of these apps since they are not coded with a multi-processor platform in mind. -xyster
...is that I wonder *how* they found out these companies have pirated software on there computers??? Im sure no one 'reports' they do (except maybe for that guy who had one of the first posts who admitted he had a pirated copy of OSS) but anyways, how does this company find out what is being pirated?
I always have that small inkling that maybe someday, somebody will get a clue.
guess ill have to keep hoping.
any Similar IDE's to Cafe for linux?
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I totally agree...I've been looking for a good IDE for a long long time (syntax highlighting, build/compile options, debugging features)similar to Cafe. Anyone know of a good IDE for linux?
I would say write a script that commented out the services in inetd.conf that you dont wish to run. I would also have a script (or in the same one) that adds lines to the hosts.allow and hosts.deny (tcp wrappers) files so that unintended security breaches don't occur.
How You Can Help: give luqin head. smurf slashdot.org. kill jesse camp. send PLuToNiuM naked pictures of Katie Holmes. send brian warez. send [m1] porno. send alive stolen computer parts. buy sdr a girlfriend. or maybe start a petition to free hell`fuqr or something.
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If I recall correctly, most ATM machines run OS/2
for example: OS/2
...I'm going as Ralph Wiggum.
Better yet, why not write a dos application to read the files and convert them to a new format. If you're unable to do that yourself, why not hire someone that can. (There are more than enough programmers out there looking for work :) )
I try to explain what open source is to these folks every time I go to a conference and address attendees but I always feel like I fall short explaining what open source actually is. These folks like most normal non geek people can't grasp that it's free and superior!
Keep in mind most of these people come from the background that "nothing in life is free" (and if it is, it's usually a sham)
1. Tell everyone that Unix/Linux is bad.
2. Create a web site to explain the way out of the Unix trap.
3. Host web site on BSD.
4. Remove foot from mouth.
5. Go back to drawing board.
6. ?????????????
7. Profit!!!
I like how your website is running IIS for BYOLinux :)
They're paying that much money in cash? why would they do such a foolish thing?
I'm a senior graduating this year from college and I faced the same problem as you. From what I've found from doing some research and talking to people (and actually working out in the field) that it's better to go get a job now since a lot of places don't hire people with advanced degrees because they think they'll expect too high of a salary. I've worked with people with Ph.D.'s and also with people who were self taught. Some of the people that were self taught were better programmers than the ones with advanced degrees. I'm not saying this applies to all cases, but it is possible :) So go get a job and get some experience!
do you think microsoft just doesnt care about designing a secure OS and just waits for the public to do the security analysis for them?
this wouldnt surprise me at all..since i believe ms is all about pushing an os out the door than doing years of code reviews on it
Instead of bitching about how bad the code is, why not DO SOMETHING about it and help out?? Complaining will get you no where, so stop yapping and start coding.
jump on another pc and telnet to your box and kill X that way
at an ISP i used to work for a programmer got fired for writing such horrible code that was very difficult to understand (he had no formal coding training) i.e. if his program core dumped, he just wrote a wrapper to delete the core so it would keep running. eventually when we tried to update all of our machines we couldnt because his code was so limiting and no upgradable.
lesson learned: do not promote your own job security through obscurity. you'll get burnt in the end.
its 'lee-nooks'
with a short i
wasnt this a poll a while back?
Do they exist? If so, where can I find an mp3 player that uses cds as its medium?
-xyster
I would suggest putting floppy drives in all of these if you are short on cash. this way you can save some money on expensive nic ROMs. If you do have the money look at getting nic cards with ROM chips on them so you can boot them all using bootp. (from what i last say, each ROM is ~40)
the first cluster i set up didn't have harddrives and i nfs mounted the filesystems across the network. worked pretty well but it was a pain to get working.
My Question is would it be possible to build a General Purpose Beowoulf computer. That runs apps like Netscape,Word Perfect and Gimp really fast
beowulf would not increase the speed of any of these apps since they are not coded with a multi-processor platform in mind.
-xyster
...is that I wonder *how* they found out these companies have pirated software on there computers??? Im sure no one 'reports' they do (except maybe for that guy who had one of the first posts who admitted he had a pirated copy of OSS) but anyways, how does this company find out what is being pirated?
What's to say that 2.3.0 isnt just 2.2.8 but set aside to play with new things in the kernel?
anyone know how close 2.2.8 and 2.3.0 are?
-xyster
this is an awesome site for linux tips
check it out
http://portico.org
-xyster
I despise reading articles like that.
I always have that small inkling that maybe someday, somebody will get a clue.
guess ill have to keep hoping.
I totally agree...I've been looking for a good IDE for a long long time (syntax highlighting, build/compile options, debugging features)similar to Cafe. Anyone know of a good IDE for linux?
-xyster
I would say write a script that commented out the services in inetd.conf that you dont wish to run. I would also have a script (or in the same one) that adds lines to the hosts.allow and hosts.deny (tcp wrappers) files so that unintended security breaches don't occur.
it shouldnt be hard at all to do this.
-xyster
why would you 'buy' linux?! its free
How You Can Help:
give luqin head.
smurf slashdot.org.
kill jesse camp.
send PLuToNiuM naked pictures of Katie Holmes.
send brian warez.
send [m1] porno.
send alive stolen computer parts.
buy sdr a girlfriend.
or maybe start a petition to free hell`fuqr or something.
if cmdr taco wont be there..no one will show up