"My theory is that this happens because it's harder to read code than to write it."
He couldn't be more right. I've recently been asked to port some code from another group in the company. Upon first reading it, I found global variables being referenced from everywhere, and it looked terrible.
The more I looked at it though, the easier it got to read, and having an existing code base to work from made things much easier.
Plus, when I have problems with it, I can blame it on a "design error" by the previous programmers!
I've got Cox@Home and haven't seen any interruption as a result of this. It looks like Cox has the sam $160M deal for 3 months. See press release at cox.com.
I think you hit the nail squarely on the head. The biggest problem with Windows is the people who run it. I'm a Linux guy myself and could probably never be convinced to run a web server on Windows.
However, at my last job, we used Windows 2000 Server to serve our print jobs and user accounts. You could count the number of times we rebooted it on one hand in the year that I was there.
Since I've gotten digital cable with the onscreen guide this isn't such an issue anymore, but before, I kind of liked the little logos. The ones that were transparent at least. The logos were nice because they enabled you to know what cable channel you are watching.
Ever looked through the tv guide and then wondered, "What channel is network X on?" It's happened to me, and it was nice to be able to find it with those logos.
I must say, though, with the advent of digital cable and onscreen guides, those logos really aren't necessary anymore, at least not for me!
I've met plenty of people who are sysadmins (mostly Windows) who have no idea how to write code. I've also met people who can write code very well but couldn't differentiate between a sound card and a video card.
When did the terms programmer and sysadmin become interchangeable? Granted, the two overlap, but in my opinion, they are far from the same job.
You know most people probably think that it's no big deal running internet over the electric lines because when the power goes out, your internet would be gone anyway. But what about those of us with UPS's that will last 30-60 minutes? If I was getting internet through some other means, I could probably last through a rolling blackout...
did anyone notice that the backspace key is in the position of the space bar on the left hand side of the keyboard? Probably not a problem for some folks, but those that use their left thumb to hit the space bar are going to be in for a nice surprise.
Do you really think that you'd have a computer on your desk for such a small price if it weren't for Bill Gates and Microsoft bringing PC's to the market with Windows? Perhaps he didn't invent Windows, but it was definitely Microsoft who got it out to the people.
It seems everyone here just wants to hate Microsoft purely for the fact that they aren't Linux. Let's not forget how PC's got onto everyone's desktop to begin with.
I don't think that the user's group has a problem with the company calling itself LinuxTECH. The problem is that using that name is the first step toward copyrighting the name "Linux."
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He says:
"My theory is that this happens because it's harder to read code than to write it."
He couldn't be more right. I've recently been asked to port some code from another group in the company. Upon first reading it, I found global variables being referenced from everywhere, and it looked terrible.
The more I looked at it though, the easier it got to read, and having an existing code base to work from made things much easier.
Plus, when I have problems with it, I can blame it on a "design error" by the previous programmers!
I've got Cox@Home and haven't seen any interruption as a result of this. It looks like Cox has the sam $160M deal for 3 months. See press release at cox.com.
> If your Windows Admin knows what he is doing
I think you hit the nail squarely on the head. The biggest problem with Windows is the people who run it. I'm a Linux guy myself and could probably never be convinced to run a web server on Windows.
However, at my last job, we used Windows 2000 Server to serve our print jobs and user accounts. You could count the number of times we rebooted it on one hand in the year that I was there.
Since I've gotten digital cable with the onscreen guide this isn't such an issue anymore, but before, I kind of liked the little logos. The ones that were transparent at least. The logos were nice because they enabled you to know what cable channel you are watching.
Ever looked through the tv guide and then wondered, "What channel is network X on?" It's happened to me, and it was nice to be able to find it with those logos.
I must say, though, with the advent of digital cable and onscreen guides, those logos really aren't necessary anymore, at least not for me!
You know even the comment box tells you to preview your posts...
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C'mon!
did anyone read far enough ahead to notice that documentation of changes can't be sent to him, just the changes themselves?
I've met plenty of people who are sysadmins (mostly Windows) who have no idea how to write code. I've also met people who can write code very well but couldn't differentiate between a sound card and a video card.
When did the terms programmer and sysadmin become interchangeable? Granted, the two overlap, but in my opinion, they are far from the same job.
They should tell the county that as soon as they have the power to bring down the satellites, then maybe they'll consider paying the taxes...
You know most people probably think that it's no big deal running internet over the electric lines because when the power goes out, your internet would be gone anyway. But what about those of us with UPS's that will last 30-60 minutes? If I was getting internet through some other means, I could probably last through a rolling blackout...
did anyone notice that the backspace key is in the position of the space bar on the left hand side of the keyboard? Probably not a problem for some folks, but those that use their left thumb to hit the space bar are going to be in for a nice surprise.
Here is another link to the story at ZDNet.
Do you really think that you'd have a computer on your desk for such a small price if it weren't for Bill Gates and Microsoft bringing PC's to the market with Windows? Perhaps he didn't invent Windows, but it was definitely Microsoft who got it out to the people.
It seems everyone here just wants to hate Microsoft purely for the fact that they aren't Linux. Let's not forget how PC's got onto everyone's desktop to begin with.
If you give a bad command, does it talk back: "I'm sorry Dave..."
I don't think that the user's group has a problem with the company calling itself LinuxTECH. The problem is that using that name is the first step toward copyrighting the name "Linux."