While I was in junior high and high school, my family connected to Prodigy with a 2400 baud modem, but not the variety with a phone craddle.
My first real treat and taste of the internet was in college where I used Archie, Lynx, Gopher, newsgroups and Mosaic on Sparc workstations running Xwindows Motiff.
A VM is your answer. If not, then dual boot. In the worst case, buy two computers.
If all you are short of is videoconferencing software, try Google Voice. I've heard the linux version works well.
I Skype my folks from linux...It works well for that because I'm using only 2-way video and voice. You can't video conference with more than two and there are other issues as well, compliments of Microsoft, who has not updated the linux software in a long time.
You can get rid of the TV service but you still have to rely on Comcast, Time Warner, etc for your broadband internet access...and if they see internet streaming video as a competing threat to their services, they could potentially limit bandwidth or charge you extra to use these services over their network. They could even block the competing services altogether.
Java is alive and well in enterprise server environments and mobile devices. Any tablet or smartphone that runs Android is using java for the majority of its apps.
Also, as some other posters pointed out, Java is continually maturing.
"It would be odd to think of a fantasy world having a New Jersey accent"
There's already a fantasy world based on that but its not one most people would want to visit or live in...Its called "Jersey Shore".
What we REALLY need to investigate is;
How the Hell did Big Oil get social/religious Conservatives to tie Big Oil interests to their religion?
Why is it the person screaming about "life at ejaculation" is also the same person ranting; "LOL, it was a cool day today" as a proof of some trend?
I remember a phone screen I had 5 months ago for a software developer position at a mobile app co. The whole time, the recruiter listened in on the conversation. One of the interviewers was the software architect and he kept grilling me about my age. First, he flat-out asked me what my age was. I hesitated but told him. Thereafter, he continuously mentioned he was expecting to interview and hire someone in their 20's. He then asked me why I thought he should hire me instead of someone in their twenties. I felt like mentioning that what he was doing is age discrimination. Afterwards, I sent the recruiter an email raising the subject about the architect but the recruiter never replied, nor could I reach him by phone again. A week later, I mentioned the entire experience to a retired lawyer who is supposedly a friend to my folks. The lawyer said its only age discrimination if you are over 50 (which I am not)...What a crock! I ended up not sueing, as it's probably not worth the effort.
Discrimination by potential employers is alive and well in the United States.
Religious/Social Conservatives will likely not believe anything they are told that is contrary to what the bible tells them. Conservatives who are big proponents of big oil are likely to not believe or will discredit what climatologists say, if it hurts THEIR (big oil) interests. Then their are conservatives with the ignorant, biased view that scientists are all a bunch liberal elites who think they are better than everyone else because they have PhDs and grad degrees.
"put off by all of the security exploits posted on Slashdot over the last few months, particularly for Android"
Funny you should single out Android because IOS has also had plenty of exploits and security holes despite (or maybe because of) Apple's walled-garden approach to software development, vetting, etc. I know this for a fact...I wrote a research paper on it.
I don't understand it. They are pretty small as is. What's the point of making them smaller?...so they're easier to lose the few times people have to handle them...like when they get a new phone or transfer there SIM for whatever reason?
Wouldn't it make more sense for him to change his name rather than put up with the supposed cause of his employment woes for seven years? It sounds suspicious to me. It seems more likely there are other underlying reasons why he gets fired.
Anyone here ever read "The Forever War" by Joe Haldeman? I think the ability to regrow limbs is a longtime coming, if ever...certainly longer than 50 years. Without that, I don't think we can do away with disabilities. Sure, prosthesis potentially can improve quality of life but its not the same as having a real limb.
I agree with you there, but females tend to a little less of a pain and more willing to talk things over with the person, less of do this or your fired. I have talked my way of of doing something stupid with a female boss but never a male boss.
That may be the rule...maybe but, I've seen a few exceptions. At my last job, I had a few female bosses over the coarse of 8 years. Some were just as you described. One was just the opposite...queen b*tch and she was totally above talking things through with her pears or underlings. She was also prone to not accept responsibility for her negative actions.
So how do you pay the bills while devoting sufficient time to "the fun of it" including promotion and user support? What's an ideal split between a day job and a hobby of developing Free or freeware applications?
What's the ideal split?...It varies. I work a full-time job but right now I'm also taking an evening class so, I have little time for new features. All I have time for is basic fixes, atm. At other times, I can devote up to 8-16 hours a week.
Photoshop => The Gimp (does 90-95% of what Photoshop does) and its free.
Acrobat => Are you talking about Acrobat Reader? Linux has it. No Writer but who cares...Other programs produce PDF output.
Sharepoint => ??? Isn't Sharepoint a hosting site? What's that got to do with it?
Call of Duty => Play on Wine. Also FPS are so prolific, there are others with native linux support.
Quicken => GnuCash does everything I need and its free.
Turbotax => Do Turbotax online.
Support for their lousy $50 printer/copier => Okay, you've got me there. Linux still lags behind on support for hardware but I personally haven't had many issues.
There are certain demographics for users of Linux on the desktop. If you have to ask the question "Why would anyone want to use Linux as their everyday desktop (or laptop) operating system?", then you are probably not part of those demographics. Most desktop linux users are academics, hobbyists and people who are just motivated to tinker and learn about computers and operating systems. I imagine there is also a smaller portion of people who use linux purely out of financial concern (its free, as in beer). Anyway, I'm quite happy with the level of desktop penetration linux has now. Its enough that there is a worldwide community of support and plenty of competing projects to some of the best commercial software available (ex: LibreOffice). I don't think linux needs the hype (or reputation) that Microsoft Windows or IOS has.
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While I was in junior high and high school, my family connected to Prodigy with a 2400 baud modem, but not the variety with a phone craddle. My first real treat and taste of the internet was in college where I used Archie, Lynx, Gopher, newsgroups and Mosaic on Sparc workstations running Xwindows Motiff.
A VM is your answer. If not, then dual boot. In the worst case, buy two computers. If all you are short of is videoconferencing software, try Google Voice. I've heard the linux version works well. I Skype my folks from linux...It works well for that because I'm using only 2-way video and voice. You can't video conference with more than two and there are other issues as well, compliments of Microsoft, who has not updated the linux software in a long time.
Google Voice?
You can get rid of the TV service but you still have to rely on Comcast, Time Warner, etc for your broadband internet access...and if they see internet streaming video as a competing threat to their services, they could potentially limit bandwidth or charge you extra to use these services over their network. They could even block the competing services altogether.
Sounds like it would taste gamy...Maybe it should be marinated in some prehistoric plumb sauce.
And yet, they haven't updated the linux version of Skype since they acquired the company. I have to wonder what their motivations are.
Java is alive and well in enterprise server environments and mobile devices. Any tablet or smartphone that runs Android is using java for the majority of its apps. Also, as some other posters pointed out, Java is continually maturing.
A MORPG based on Grand Theft Auto would be interesting...if not controversial.
"It would be odd to think of a fantasy world having a New Jersey accent" There's already a fantasy world based on that but its not one most people would want to visit or live in...Its called "Jersey Shore".
What we REALLY need to investigate is; How the Hell did Big Oil get social/religious Conservatives to tie Big Oil interests to their religion? Why is it the person screaming about "life at ejaculation" is also the same person ranting; "LOL, it was a cool day today" as a proof of some trend?
I think the answer is Fox (Faux) News Channel
I remember a phone screen I had 5 months ago for a software developer position at a mobile app co. The whole time, the recruiter listened in on the conversation. One of the interviewers was the software architect and he kept grilling me about my age. First, he flat-out asked me what my age was. I hesitated but told him. Thereafter, he continuously mentioned he was expecting to interview and hire someone in their 20's. He then asked me why I thought he should hire me instead of someone in their twenties. I felt like mentioning that what he was doing is age discrimination. Afterwards, I sent the recruiter an email raising the subject about the architect but the recruiter never replied, nor could I reach him by phone again. A week later, I mentioned the entire experience to a retired lawyer who is supposedly a friend to my folks. The lawyer said its only age discrimination if you are over 50 (which I am not)...What a crock! I ended up not sueing, as it's probably not worth the effort. Discrimination by potential employers is alive and well in the United States.
I think all senators and members of congress should be required to publicly post passwords to THEIR Facebook accounts.
Religious/Social Conservatives will likely not believe anything they are told that is contrary to what the bible tells them. Conservatives who are big proponents of big oil are likely to not believe or will discredit what climatologists say, if it hurts THEIR (big oil) interests. Then their are conservatives with the ignorant, biased view that scientists are all a bunch liberal elites who think they are better than everyone else because they have PhDs and grad degrees.
Android already uses the linux kernel and OS. To be more secure, you'd need SELinux plus you'd need something like AppArmor running.
And just to show once again that there's no reason to single out Android among the other mobile platforms for security vulnerabilities, this slashdot article about an IPhone crack was released just one day later. http://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/03/27/212254/cops-can-crack-an-iphone-in-under-two-minutes
"put off by all of the security exploits posted on Slashdot over the last few months, particularly for Android" Funny you should single out Android because IOS has also had plenty of exploits and security holes despite (or maybe because of) Apple's walled-garden approach to software development, vetting, etc. I know this for a fact...I wrote a research paper on it.
I don't understand it. They are pretty small as is. What's the point of making them smaller?...so they're easier to lose the few times people have to handle them...like when they get a new phone or transfer there SIM for whatever reason?
Wouldn't it make more sense for him to change his name rather than put up with the supposed cause of his employment woes for seven years? It sounds suspicious to me. It seems more likely there are other underlying reasons why he gets fired.
maybe that's why they serve salted peanuts.
Anyone here ever read "The Forever War" by Joe Haldeman? I think the ability to regrow limbs is a longtime coming, if ever...certainly longer than 50 years. Without that, I don't think we can do away with disabilities. Sure, prosthesis potentially can improve quality of life but its not the same as having a real limb.
I agree with you there, but females tend to a little less of a pain and more willing to talk things over with the person, less of do this or your fired. I have talked my way of of doing something stupid with a female boss but never a male boss.
That may be the rule...maybe but, I've seen a few exceptions. At my last job, I had a few female bosses over the coarse of 8 years. Some were just as you described. One was just the opposite...queen b*tch and she was totally above talking things through with her pears or underlings. She was also prone to not accept responsibility for her negative actions.
So how do you pay the bills while devoting sufficient time to "the fun of it" including promotion and user support? What's an ideal split between a day job and a hobby of developing Free or freeware applications?
What's the ideal split?...It varies. I work a full-time job but right now I'm also taking an evening class so, I have little time for new features. All I have time for is basic fixes, atm. At other times, I can devote up to 8-16 hours a week.
Photoshop => The Gimp (does 90-95% of what Photoshop does) and its free. Acrobat => Are you talking about Acrobat Reader? Linux has it. No Writer but who cares...Other programs produce PDF output. Sharepoint => ??? Isn't Sharepoint a hosting site? What's that got to do with it? Call of Duty => Play on Wine. Also FPS are so prolific, there are others with native linux support. Quicken => GnuCash does everything I need and its free. Turbotax => Do Turbotax online. Support for their lousy $50 printer/copier => Okay, you've got me there. Linux still lags behind on support for hardware but I personally haven't had many issues.
I'm so glad I no longer work for them (Nokia).
There are certain demographics for users of Linux on the desktop. If you have to ask the question "Why would anyone want to use Linux as their everyday desktop (or laptop) operating system?", then you are probably not part of those demographics. Most desktop linux users are academics, hobbyists and people who are just motivated to tinker and learn about computers and operating systems. I imagine there is also a smaller portion of people who use linux purely out of financial concern (its free, as in beer). Anyway, I'm quite happy with the level of desktop penetration linux has now. Its enough that there is a worldwide community of support and plenty of competing projects to some of the best commercial software available (ex: LibreOffice). I don't think linux needs the hype (or reputation) that Microsoft Windows or IOS has.