No, piracy is when you copy something without paying for it. This actually deprives someone of tangible goods, if in a tiny quantity. Don't fall for the "intellectual property" fallacy; there are analogues but it's not the same.
To become a competent unix sysadmin, do what this guy says
The problem is that there are no certifications for linux that actually mean much of anything, unlike the windows world where you have the MS cert. Sure, there are a few companies that offer certs for linux but anyone who knows anything in HR will sneer at them as the meaningless drivel they are.
I actually don't know how people get involved in being sysadmins on unix systems, since it seems you need experience to get it.
You can also get pinned down by URGENT FIX THIS issues to the point that you can't make substantial upgrades to improve the overall situation. For example, so busy removing viruses you can't deploy more effective means to fight them in general.
It's interesting because lmgtfy is as much about knowing waht to google as to google it. Oftne if I ask a dumb quesiton, all I need are google keywords.
If it's not coaxial then you just make use of the fact that the moving electric current induces a strong magnetic field outside the cable. Forgot my vector calculus but by placing wires/inductors in the correct configuration it would leech power off the power lines through the magnetic field.
JPL employes are not government employees*. They are employees of the California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91125, which is not on government property.
They work a few miles away at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is government property.
* Slight lie. Some of their staff (security officers, few others) are gvmt employees. But the scientists and engineers aren't, as a rule.
Or they'd go to nasa.gov and download those same files without all this effort.
That's the issue you see, and one that a lot of people seem to be missing. the employees being subjected to this crap are specifically the ones who are NOT working on ANYTHING sensitive. The 5% of JPL employees who are involved in 'sensitive' work go through a different process.
The other members of my group were going to have to go through this. They did non-classified work on computer algorithms. You could download all their data, results, etc from the jpl/nasa website or read it in scientific journals.
I seem to recall at the time their propaganda told us that 95% of employees were in "non-sensitive" positions.
It's hard to take them seriously about all this security bs when everything you do is being put online anyway.
Most of what JPL does is completely completely non-sensitive. Keep in mind this crap only applies to employees/not/ working on sensitive material, there is a different system in place for those on sensitive stuff.
At one of hte protests I went to, one guy stood up to speak and basically said he was glad he had a top secret clearance because it meant he didn't have to have his privacy invaded like this. That's saying something.
Disclaimer: I was an intern at JPL two summers ago when this was starting to be a problem.
The real crap was that JPL was going to "resign" employees who did not submit to or pass the new background checks, attempting to circumvent California law with regard to unemployment etc. There was never any question that would be struck down.
Can someone please tell me what things like that damn suitability matrix have to do with suitability to work? Such as sexual orientation, traffic tickets, bad checks, eviction, incest, and bestiality have to do with ability to Science?
What will likely happen is JPL will be forced to follow the law ith regards to termination, and NASA will enact reasonable guidelines to keep our nation safe (most of the research at JPL isn't even that secret. It's not like we built WMDs or bioweapons. We build science satellites and probes.) that do not go above and beyond the President's directive.
Disclaimer: I was an intern at JPL when this shit started to hit the fan two summers ago.
Quite possible, but I know in some countries you are granted an Engineer's Degree instead of a Ph. D. for analogous work in an engineering discipline.
Then again, my US school (Caltech) mentions that some date is the "last day to defend your dissertation [for this year] for the degress of Doctor of Science and Engineer". So maybe it's here as well, I don't actually know.
Different licenses for different purposes. Personally, I don't want my code ending up in a product for which the code isn't available under similar terms (or more accurately the code for which I don't mind I BSD or LGPL). I could sell it, but instead I choose to license it this way.
Since writing code is not how I make my money, I have choice in how I receive compensation for it and I choose to require additional software for the community.
I refuse to attack BSD etc folks because I see them as making a different, valid choice..NET/Win32 compared to linux libs finds LGPL, not GPL. Everything* system is LGPL for precisely this reason: we want you to be able to write software without having to participate.
Of course in my mind pretty much all libraries in that sense would be LGPL as well, but authors choose their own compensation.
* There are exceptions, readline comes to mind. But libc is solidly lgpl.
The GPL is only viral in the sense that microsoft is viral. If I use MS source code, I am required to release my code to Microsoft under their control and copyright, and am almost certainly an employee.
The GPL grants you additional freedoms on top of this. Viral is just a criticism whiny people use because they want something shiny for free.
If authors of free software want to complain about viral GPL, I can see something of their criticism, but companies are just playing smoke, mirrors, and hypocrite.
You want to talk about proliferation of incompatible free software licenses that's fair, but whining that requiring other people to give back what you used is no sillier or more restrictive than charging $10/unit for others to use your code.
* Disable the thing that shocks you with an electric shock every ten minutes (every thirty minutes if your OS validates as genuine) * Remove the requirement to take, PCR, and compare a DNA sample at startup to allow WGA to know it's the same person * Take that thing out of the EULA that allows MS to terminate your license or you at any time for any reason.
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they think they can censor the internet. *headpat*
I guess I just care more about doing the best job I can than job security.
But I'm guessing you have a job, and I'm unemployed, so there you go;)
No, piracy is when you copy something without paying for it. This actually deprives someone of tangible goods, if in a tiny quantity. Don't fall for the "intellectual property" fallacy; there are analogues but it's not the same.
No, don't /get paid/ to help someone in British Columbia. Volunteers are covered.
To become a competent unix sysadmin, do what this guy says
The problem is that there are no certifications for linux that actually mean much of anything, unlike the windows world where you have the MS cert. Sure, there are a few companies that offer certs for linux but anyone who knows anything in HR will sneer at them as the meaningless drivel they are.
I actually don't know how people get involved in being sysadmins on unix systems, since it seems you need experience to get it.
You can also get pinned down by URGENT FIX THIS issues to the point that you can't make substantial upgrades to improve the overall situation. For example, so busy removing viruses you can't deploy more effective means to fight them in general.
It's interesting because lmgtfy is as much about knowing waht to google as to google it. Oftne if I ask a dumb quesiton, all I need are google keywords.
Noniterated game.
Seriously. Reputation is everything. No effect on reputation ==> no morals, at least for many people.
for positive arguments on the consensus reaching page? I need a well-written, convincing opinion advocating in favor of market forces.
Pro-piracy groups unite! We can totally out-show the white supremacists!
There's not a limit of one per world. My guess is multiple devices could use it.
If it's not coaxial then you just make use of the fact that the moving electric current induces a strong magnetic field outside the cable. Forgot my vector calculus but by placing wires/inductors in the correct configuration it would leech power off the power lines through the magnetic field.
JPL employes are not government employees*. They are employees of the California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91125, which is not on government property.
They work a few miles away at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is government property.
* Slight lie. Some of their staff (security officers, few others) are gvmt employees. But the scientists and engineers aren't, as a rule.
Or they'd go to nasa.gov and download those same files without all this effort.
That's the issue you see, and one that a lot of people seem to be missing. the employees being subjected to this crap are specifically the ones who are NOT working on ANYTHING sensitive. The 5% of JPL employees who are involved in 'sensitive' work go through a different process.
The other members of my group were going to have to go through this. They did non-classified work on computer algorithms. You could download all their data, results, etc from the jpl/nasa website or read it in scientific journals.
I seem to recall at the time their propaganda told us that 95% of employees were in "non-sensitive" positions.
It's hard to take them seriously about all this security bs when everything you do is being put online anyway.
Most of what JPL does is completely completely non-sensitive. Keep in mind this crap only applies to employees /not/ working on sensitive material, there is a different system in place for those on sensitive stuff.
There was no rule against being a democrat.
At one of hte protests I went to, one guy stood up to speak and basically said he was glad he had a top secret clearance because it meant he didn't have to have his privacy invaded like this. That's saying something.
Disclaimer: I was an intern at JPL two summers ago when this was starting to be a problem.
The real crap was that JPL was going to "resign" employees who did not submit to or pass the new background checks, attempting to circumvent California law with regard to unemployment etc. There was never any question that would be struck down.
Can someone please tell me what things like that damn suitability matrix have to do with suitability to work? Such as sexual orientation, traffic tickets, bad checks, eviction, incest, and bestiality have to do with ability to Science?
http://hspd12jpl.org/files/Suitability_Matrix.pdf
What will likely happen is JPL will be forced to follow the law ith regards to termination, and NASA will enact reasonable guidelines to keep our nation safe (most of the research at JPL isn't even that secret. It's not like we built WMDs or bioweapons. We build science satellites and probes.) that do not go above and beyond the President's directive.
Disclaimer: I was an intern at JPL when this shit started to hit the fan two summers ago.
Quite possible, but I know in some countries you are granted an Engineer's Degree instead of a Ph. D. for analogous work in an engineering discipline.
Then again, my US school (Caltech) mentions that some date is the "last day to defend your dissertation [for this year] for the degress of Doctor of Science and Engineer". So maybe it's here as well, I don't actually know.
Semantics, semantics
The usage varies by country. In America an engineer or technician refers to a profession, in some parts of Europe it refers to a degree.
But then I'm not an engineer by any definition.
I think apples are much tastier than apple trees.
I thought Haliburton did this awhile back? http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/10/1651236&from=rss
Tooooooooosloooooooooooooooooooooooowwww
Different licenses for different purposes. Personally, I don't want my code ending up in a product for which the code isn't available under similar terms (or more accurately the code for which I don't mind I BSD or LGPL). I could sell it, but instead I choose to license it this way.
Since writing code is not how I make my money, I have choice in how I receive compensation for it and I choose to require additional software for the community.
I refuse to attack BSD etc folks because I see them as making a different, valid choice. .NET/Win32 compared to linux libs finds LGPL, not GPL. Everything* system is LGPL for precisely this reason: we want you to be able to write software without having to participate.
Of course in my mind pretty much all libraries in that sense would be LGPL as well, but authors choose their own compensation.
* There are exceptions, readline comes to mind. But libc is solidly lgpl.
The GPL is only viral in the sense that microsoft is viral. If I use MS source code, I am required to release my code to Microsoft under their control and copyright, and am almost certainly an employee.
The GPL grants you additional freedoms on top of this. Viral is just a criticism whiny people use because they want something shiny for free.
If authors of free software want to complain about viral GPL, I can see something of their criticism, but companies are just playing smoke, mirrors, and hypocrite.
You want to talk about proliferation of incompatible free software licenses that's fair, but whining that requiring other people to give back what you used is no sillier or more restrictive than charging $10/unit for others to use your code.
* Disable the thing that shocks you with an electric shock every ten minutes (every thirty minutes if your OS validates as genuine)
* Remove the requirement to take, PCR, and compare a DNA sample at startup to allow WGA to know it's the same person
* Take that thing out of the EULA that allows MS to terminate your license or you at any time for any reason.