95% of the music I listen to you will NEVER hear on the radio. Ever. But that same music has a HUGE fan base.Ever hear of Dimmu Borgir? Iced Earth? I decide what I buy, not the "media".
Well, Slayer was in a couple of movie soundtracks and was also used by the WWF, they are STILL not and NEVER will be mainstream.Don't believe me? Give the new "God hates us all" a listen to.
I bought the latest 2 CDs from a band I love called Iced Earth. They've been around for about a decade and I was downloading their older stuff. I heard some of their new songs, and went down to the local cd store (no big chains for me. I refuse to spend $24 on a cd no matter HOW good it is) and bought 2 of their CDs.
I only bought one "main" brand PC, a Wang in the mid 80's. I've built my own since then (That thing lasted em for years). Although I DO have a Sun box, I don't count that. Besides that, it's white box all the way. I order my parts from http://www.mwave.com
I also own a NIC (thinknic.com) that I use as a thin client, but the installed software has a Netzero Client for Linux.Since it is a Java app, they just had to change the dialing routine since the original Netzero was written using J++ (no cross platform stuff there!)
Actually, I've been using Mandrake as my primary distro for years, ever since 5.1 or so...I prefer it. Although I swtiched to Suse last month. And my other box has NetBSD which I love.The only thing I didnt like about Mandrake was that it wasnt debian! apt-get is what Linux should be.
Trust me..80% of the cassettes I have were indies...I've already made the ones that I could digital..I believe I'm the only one who has or wants the original:)
Vinyl always sounded better than cassettes, I don't know why. Having the original Kiss Records on vinyl is something to behold:) How much do you think Love Gun in the original PLASTIC wrapper(with the label "only $8.99!") is worth?
Cassettes were everywhere too. I still have over 1,000 casettes...I did upgrade alot of them. I no longer BUY cassettes, but I will never toss my collection. (I am a big 80's metal fan:)) Do you have any idea how much it would cost to upgrade my collection? Plus, I don't have the time or the desire to transfer all my cassettes to CD.
Since I don't have a DVD player on my computer (I don't watch movies on my computer, I havea 51" flat screen for that!), a friend recently took the Linux plunge. He was running Mandrake 8.2, so I set up Ogle for him (The included XPlayer wasn't what he was looking for). I never set up a dvd player on Linux before.It worked perfectly and I set it up in abot 15 minutes. Ogle has DVD menus, which is the feature he wanted.
Well, I'm a FreeBSD user, and the ports system lives by that method. portupgrade -raP recompiles every updated port on your system. True, recompiling mAY be slower, but with a cronjob it's done automatically. Stripped binaries and tuned to my exact specifications is a dream
Flip burgers? Not everyone here is 22 and lives at home. Some have a MORTGAGE to pay. Some have a child to feed.And have you tried getting a job flipping burgers? They won't hire an educated 32 year old. Plus, BK wont pay my mortgae..answer that one.
I get test anxiety. For example, I have WRITTEN tests for UNIX, and I've been workign with UNIX for more than a decade. However, I had to take a "test" for a job interview, with a pencil and a timer no less. Something as simple as the lpd port..I went blank. I start to sweat and I panic. That's why I had to take my finals over 4 times in college! I have a friend who is a lawyer..a damn good lawyer..he has to take his 27 times! Because of test anxiety. He can quote the NY State Law books from memory, the minute he's "tested", he turns to Jelly...
I used to own a data center, and when I sold it in 2000, I got a regular job as a senior Network and UNIX implementor. They said they hired because of my experience and what I can bring to the table. Well, I was fscking miserable there. All they wanted was a yes-man. I probably handled it incorrectly, since for 5 years I was running my own company. The execs would have meetings that I was invited to. The CEO would have these "visions" he wanted implemented. They were unreasonable. I vouched for my staff, saying that they were asking for impossible deadlines, while everyone else was saying "That's a GREAT idea, sir!" I was baffled. I'm sitting with a bunch of other professionals, who completely threw whatever logic and trainng they had out the window to suck ass. That is a foreign concept to me. I have never played that game, and was constantly lambasted for "stirring the pot" so to speak.After a couple of months of them switching the infrastructure FOUR times, they laid me off because they said I was not a team player. So I got another job who hired for the SAME reason the last one did. They wanted my experience and input. The only difference was they REALLY meant it! They didn't always take my suggestions (usually not), but they accepted my input as valid. I got paid less, but was respected more. I LOVED that job. I was happy, and I was willing to go the extra mile because I was noticed and appreciated. I had a job offer that paid me more money, but I didn't take it, because I actually loved where I was. They then had massive layoffs (400 people) after 9/11 and the merger with a new company. That's when things started to suck. A Merger only benefits the board and the shareholders. The employees ALWAYS get screwed. I then had to become a YES man, and if I didn't "play nice", I was next in line. I was next in line anyway since I was relatively new. It all depends on the people in charge. If employers VALUE their employees, appreciate them for MAKING them millions, the stupid bullshit games won't happen. Unfortunately, it's a rare occurence
Oh, I agree with you 100%, but when an IT department tells you what IT geeks must use, that's when it becomes ridiculous. I've had a job like that. They thought by installing Linux on MY personal laptop and hooking it into their network would ruin their netowrk. I kid you not. This was what the Sr Network Admin told me. Not a very enlightened response from their "lead" net admin.
Well, why would a person be walking up to a company's terminal and not know how to use it? If they don't know how to use it, they shouldn't be there. They might be AlQaeda.
I was having a double thought as I wrote that....Redhat w/o services running, then switched it to Redhat w/ NO services running. Didn't delete the/o:) It sucks when you think faster than you type
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95% of the music I listen to you will NEVER hear on the radio. Ever. But that same music has a HUGE fan base.Ever hear of Dimmu Borgir? Iced Earth? I decide what I buy, not the "media".
Well, Slayer was in a couple of movie soundtracks and was also used by the WWF, they are STILL not and NEVER will be mainstream.Don't believe me? Give the new "God hates us all" a listen to.
I bought the latest 2 CDs from a band I love called Iced Earth. They've been around for about a decade and I was downloading their older stuff. I heard some of their new songs, and went down to the local cd store (no big chains for me. I refuse to spend $24 on a cd no matter HOW good it is) and bought 2 of their CDs.
Whether I but the CD or not, isnt the band already paid? Isn't that the problem that bands are having? The RIAA is getting all the money.
Not popular? Well, if they made the plugin open source, then the HP-UX user has the FREEDOM to compile his own binary.
I think COldFusion is fantastic. (Even runs on Linux).
I only bought one "main" brand PC, a Wang in the mid 80's. I've built my own since then (That thing lasted em for years). Although I DO have a Sun box, I don't count that. Besides that, it's white box all the way. I order my parts from http://www.mwave.com
I also own a NIC (thinknic.com) that I use as a thin client, but the installed software has a Netzero Client for Linux.Since it is a Java app, they just had to change the dialing routine since the original Netzero was written using J++ (no cross platform stuff there!)
Actually, I've been using Mandrake as my primary distro for years, ever since 5.1 or so...I prefer it. Although I swtiched to Suse last month. And my other box has NetBSD which I love.The only thing I didnt like about Mandrake was that it wasnt debian! apt-get is what Linux should be.
Does Apache Toolkit work on Solaris? I've used it on Linux, but never on Solaris..I don't think it would since it uses RPMS...correct me if I'm wrong
Just updated Apache on my Solaris Box from Source.
Took about about 10 seconds to install. SHutdown apache, make install, start apache.
That was easy!
$28??? A little disheartening :(
It's worth a whole hell of alot more to me.
Trust me..80% of the cassettes I have were indies...I've already made the ones that I could digital..I believe I'm the only one who has or wants the original :)
I just bought a combo DVD/MP3/VCD player at Circuit Shitty for $69! By Apex. Pretty good system
Vinyl always sounded better than cassettes, I don't know why. Having the original Kiss Records on vinyl is something to behold :) How much do you think Love Gun in the original PLASTIC wrapper(with the label "only $8.99!") is worth?
Cassettes were everywhere too. I still have over 1,000 casettes...I did upgrade alot of them. I no longer BUY cassettes, but I will never toss my collection. (I am a big 80's metal fan :)) Do you have any idea how much it would cost to upgrade my collection? Plus, I don't have the time or the desire to transfer all my cassettes to CD.
Since I don't have a DVD player on my computer (I don't watch movies on my computer, I havea 51" flat screen for that!), a friend recently took the Linux plunge. He was running Mandrake 8.2, so I set up Ogle for him (The included XPlayer wasn't what he was looking for). I never set up a dvd player on Linux before.It worked perfectly and I set it up in abot 15 minutes. Ogle has DVD menus, which is the feature he wanted.
Well, I'm a FreeBSD user, and the ports system lives by that method. portupgrade -raP recompiles every updated port on your system. True, recompiling mAY be slower, but with a cronjob it's done automatically. Stripped binaries and tuned to my exact specifications is a dream
Flip burgers? Not everyone here is 22 and lives at home. Some have a MORTGAGE to pay. Some have a child to feed.And have you tried getting a job flipping burgers? They won't hire an educated 32 year old. Plus, BK wont pay my mortgae..answer that one.
I get test anxiety. For example, I have WRITTEN tests for UNIX, and I've been workign with UNIX for more than a decade. However, I had to take a "test" for a job interview, with a pencil and a timer no less. Something as simple as the lpd port..I went blank. I start to sweat and I panic. That's why I had to take my finals over 4 times in college! I have a friend who is a lawyer..a damn good lawyer..he has to take his 27 times! Because of test anxiety. He can quote the NY State Law books from memory, the minute he's "tested", he turns to Jelly...
Then you have met the wrong women.....
I used to own a data center, and when I sold it in 2000, I got a regular job as a senior Network and UNIX implementor. They said they hired because of my experience and what I can bring to the table. Well, I was fscking miserable there. All they wanted was a yes-man. I probably handled it incorrectly, since for 5 years I was running my own company. The execs would have meetings that I was invited to. The CEO would have these "visions" he wanted implemented. They were unreasonable. I vouched for my staff, saying that they were asking for impossible deadlines, while everyone else was saying "That's a GREAT idea, sir!" I was baffled. I'm sitting with a bunch of other professionals, who completely threw whatever logic and trainng they had out the window to suck ass. That is a foreign concept to me. I have never played that game, and was constantly lambasted for "stirring the pot" so to speak.After a couple of months of them switching the infrastructure FOUR times, they laid me off because they said I was not a team player. So I got another job who hired for the SAME reason the last one did. They wanted my experience and input. The only difference was they REALLY meant it! They didn't always take my suggestions (usually not), but they accepted my input as valid. I got paid less, but was respected more. I LOVED that job. I was happy, and I was willing to go the extra mile because I was noticed and appreciated. I had a job offer that paid me more money, but I didn't take it, because I actually loved where I was. They then had massive layoffs (400 people) after 9/11 and the merger with a new company. That's when things started to suck. A Merger only benefits the board and the shareholders. The employees ALWAYS get screwed. I then had to become a YES man, and if I didn't "play nice", I was next in line. I was next in line anyway since I was relatively new. It all depends on the people in charge. If employers VALUE their employees, appreciate them for MAKING them millions, the stupid bullshit games won't happen. Unfortunately, it's a rare occurence
Oh, I agree with you 100%, but when an IT department tells you what IT geeks must use, that's when it becomes ridiculous.
I've had a job like that. They thought by installing Linux on MY personal laptop and hooking it into their network would ruin their netowrk. I kid you not. This was what the Sr Network Admin told me. Not a very enlightened response from their "lead" net admin.
Well, why would a person be walking up to a company's terminal and not know how to use it? If they don't know how to use it, they shouldn't be there. They might be AlQaeda.
I was having a double thought as I wrote that....Redhat w/o services running, then switched it to Redhat w/ NO services running. Didn't delete the /o :) It sucks when you think faster than you type