Then I overheard a conversation about them being clipped at both ends of the stick by stiff competition; Juniper on the high end and some Chinese company whose name I forgot on the low end
And now this
Perhaps Netflix, whose price hikes were the subject of another Slashdot story; about three stories ago; could be in a position to buy Cisco out and then use them as their in-house infrastructure provider?
I have not been to a first run movie theatre for about 3 1/2 to 4 years; I've lost count.
I find plenty to do without going to first run movies or event renting movies.
To be brutally frank with you, much of what comes out of 'the industry' these days have very little to keep me engaged.
So, I take the money I save by not subscribing to movies and tv and engage in hobbies that keep me engaged and creative, such as these at http://www.allyn.com/
TIG welding equipment (stuff like the Miller Dynasty 200cx solid state welding power supply); can do stuff like weld locks to data center closed permanently
Screwdrivers, pliers, wrenches (can take servers apart and remove disk drives)
Drills, saws, punches (can cut holes in locked server cabinets to remove individual machines
Water jet equipment (such as those from Flow Industries; can cut holes in data center walls to get into server rooms)
Jack hammers; air hammers; diamond rock cuttings saws (can be used to cut holes in the walls of data center buildings
Bulldozers; front end loaders; heavy trucks with snowplows attached (can be used to tear off the corner of a data center building and expose sensitive servers
Trucks, trailers, trains, boats, barges, airplanes, blimps, bicycles, backpacks (can be used to carry stolen servers from broken in data centers
Your human body and mind (can be used to initiate hacks)
God (who invented all of us and gave us the ability to hack)
I commute by bicycle about 6 miles minimum each way to and from work. Sometimes 10 to 15, depending how I feel.
I get around everywhere by bicycle and walking
I eat raw vegan about 60 percent of the time; the rest is vegitarian.
I take no high fructose corn syrup. That stuff is poison.
If I am not out exercising, I am engaged in my hobbies of sewing, welding, glass engraving, and lapidary. I make stuff for the fun of it. If you want to see what I make, go to www.allyn.com for my art journal.
I have not had a couch or tv for about 30 something years.
College stifling innovation? Is that the feeling here? There are schools that do encourage innovation and project type education. Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass. is one of them.
My commute (10 miles each way) is my 'gym class'. If I did not have that, I would have to join a gym and pay $$$ to wait in line to use the machines which are not properly wiped off by the previous user.
On the days that I do telecommute (because of a package delivery, doctors appointment etc), I find myself not as energetic as those days that I do the bicycle commute into the office.
I am single; no children. Therefore I cannot comment about day care. I don't know how much it costs.
I do have hobbies at home. They can be distracting. I sew, weld, and do light art. Those can be quite distracting from work.
I do about 90 percent of my food shopping at a local member owned co-op.
They have my information because I am a member-owner (we all purchase shares and get a end-of-year dividend).
At the checkout, we give them our membership number. There is no price difference between members and non-members. The dividend we get is based on how much you spend.
This is a member owned co-op. The member owners elect a board of directors each year from our own ranks.
There is no outside ownership. Our member list is kept confidential within the co-op itself.
The only 'spam' I get is announcements of membership meetings and other major events at the co-op. By major, I don't mean every little group that uses our community room.
The bible we have now is the result of an app developed by a startup in Rome in about 300 AD.
That startup got venture funding from Emperor Constantine's capital funds firm
Constantine funding of the Bible app was a strategic investment. It was not for profit, but for consolidation of power.
You see, religion at this time was like a bunch of little computers that were not interconnected. They each had their own autonimous power and rule.
Constantine knew that if he created a single mainframe religion, he can exert power over the people because their bunch of little computers would no longer be relevant.
Of course, slashdot was not invented at that time, therefore there was no story
Now, with our internet and bunch of interconnected little computers, the mainframe is no longer relevant. It's pieces are now found on Ebay and many ham radio flea markets.
Sometimes I cannot avoid the broken glass because it takes up the entire width of the bicycle path or bicycle lane (the bicycle lane is sometimes only three or four feet wide)
In some cases, if I see it in time, I will get off the bike and walk it through a broken glass zone.
There are some parts of town (Portland, Oregon), where it's worse than others
In fact, perhaps I should collect the glass and start making art work out of it using my kiln; now if only it is done in more colors than green and brown.
Lets consider using tempered glass if we really want glass. At least with tempered glass, it breaks into chunks that are not sharp enough to puncture tires.
For you glass-beer folks, you should see nothing wrong with this.
Lets all lobby the beer/soda/wine folks to start using tempered glass.
I make my own clothing here/ has lasted longer than some of these computers and phones.
I have at least two or three shirts that I made about 15 years ago. They have outlasted much stuff that I bought.
I have talked with someone who has one of the first clear raincoats that I made about 10 years ago. He uses it very heavily and it still looks like new.
I have a home made tote bag that I use *very* heavily (inluding carrying my laptop to and from work on my bike) and it shows no sign of wear.
Tools are the opposite.
My father's jigsaw, which is about 20 years old now, still goes strong in my shop.
My old childhood hand tools (going on about 40 years now) are still quite useable in my shop.
My first sewing machine, which I bought 15 years ago still works and looks like new.
I have a tektronix oscilloscope that is about 20 years old. It is still going strong.
I have a friend who has a table saw that is about 50 years old. It is still humming and cutting wood quite well.
My electric drill and skill saw are about 15 years old and they look and act like brand new.
Slashdot Mirror
First, I heard about the layoffs
Then I overheard a conversation about them being clipped at both ends of the stick by stiff competition; Juniper on the high end and some Chinese company whose name I forgot on the low end
And now this
Perhaps Netflix, whose price hikes were the subject of another Slashdot story; about three stories ago; could be in a position to buy Cisco out and then use them as their in-house infrastructure provider?
I find plenty to do without going to first run movies or event renting movies.
To be brutally frank with you, much of what comes out of 'the industry' these days have very little to keep me engaged.
So, I take the money I save by not subscribing to movies and tv and engage in hobbies that keep me engaged and creative, such as these at http://www.allyn.com/
Rent a system at rackspace or a similar place; run linux on it?
Screwdrivers, pliers, wrenches (can take servers apart and remove disk drives)
Drills, saws, punches (can cut holes in locked server cabinets to remove individual machines
Water jet equipment (such as those from Flow Industries; can cut holes in data center walls to get into server rooms)
Jack hammers; air hammers; diamond rock cuttings saws (can be used to cut holes in the walls of data center buildings
Bulldozers; front end loaders; heavy trucks with snowplows attached (can be used to tear off the corner of a data center building and expose sensitive servers
Trucks, trailers, trains, boats, barges, airplanes, blimps, bicycles, backpacks (can be used to carry stolen servers from broken in data centers
Your human body and mind (can be used to initiate hacks)
God (who invented all of us and gave us the ability to hack)
I use it about 5 minutes per month.
I commute by bicycle about 6 miles minimum each way to and from work. Sometimes 10 to 15, depending how I feel.
I get around everywhere by bicycle and walking
I eat raw vegan about 60 percent of the time; the rest is vegitarian.
I take no high fructose corn syrup. That stuff is poison.
If I am not out exercising, I am engaged in my hobbies of sewing, welding, glass engraving, and lapidary. I make stuff for the fun of it. If you want to see what I make, go to www.allyn.com for my art journal.
I have not had a couch or tv for about 30 something years.
College stifling innovation? Is that the feeling here? There are schools that do encourage innovation and project type education. Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass. is one of them.
Lets get tax credits for every mile that we ride on a bicycle. That should help solve these problems. Mark
My commute (10 miles each way) is my 'gym class'. If I did not have that, I would have to join a gym and pay $$$ to wait in line to use the machines which are not properly wiped off by the previous user.
On the days that I do telecommute (because of a package delivery, doctors appointment etc), I find myself not as energetic as those days that I do the bicycle commute into the office.
I am single; no children. Therefore I cannot comment about day care. I don't know how much it costs.
I do have hobbies at home. They can be distracting. I sew, weld, and do light art. Those can be quite distracting from work.
Last I remembered, I paid cash for some brownies from Mrs. Fields and blank CD's from Staples.
I don't have a car, so I never dealt with Fender.
My apartment is too small for a garden, so I never dealt with America's Gardening.
I never use Key's cash machines. My credit union's are free.
I do about 90 percent of my food shopping at a local member owned co-op.
They have my information because I am a member-owner (we all purchase shares and get a end-of-year dividend).
At the checkout, we give them our membership number. There is no price difference between members and non-members. The dividend we get is based on how much you spend.
This is a member owned co-op. The member owners elect a board of directors each year from our own ranks.
There is no outside ownership. Our member list is kept confidential within the co-op itself.
The only 'spam' I get is announcements of membership meetings and other major events at the co-op. By major, I don't mean every little group that uses our community room.
Outsourced?
And go out and play! Do hobbies!
I've been 'free' for 32 years.
Now I have fun making things.
I look at google news for a few minutes and shut it off and had for the sewing/welding/workbench.
They could do the same for the Japanese Nuclear Power Community.
The bible we have now is the result of an app developed by a startup in Rome in about 300 AD.
That startup got venture funding from Emperor Constantine's capital funds firm
Constantine funding of the Bible app was a strategic investment. It was not for profit, but for consolidation of power.
You see, religion at this time was like a bunch of little computers that were not interconnected. They each had their own autonimous power and rule.
Constantine knew that if he created a single mainframe religion, he can exert power over the people because their bunch of little computers would no longer be relevant.
Of course, slashdot was not invented at that time, therefore there was no story
Now, with our internet and bunch of interconnected little computers, the mainframe is no longer relevant. It's pieces are now found on Ebay and many ham radio flea markets.
Luv and Peace
We are at about $3.70 per gallon here in Oregon; what is the projected price up there?
In some cases, if I see it in time, I will get off the bike and walk it through a broken glass zone.
There are some parts of town (Portland, Oregon), where it's worse than others
In fact, perhaps I should collect the glass and start making art work out of it using my kiln; now if only it is done in more colors than green and brown.
Luv & Peace
For you glass-beer folks, you should see nothing wrong with this.
Lets all lobby the beer/soda/wine folks to start using tempered glass.
Luv & Peace
Organic bottles such as these are better; there is less danger to bicycles!!
If I had my way, all glass bottles would be replaced; especially beer and wine bottles.
Whenever I get a flat on my bicycle, it's almost always caused by broken glass from bottles.
Folks; please; don't suggest going back to glass!!!!!
I don't want more flat tires!!!!
I need to get that motion activated security camera for my jewelry so that when people like this steal it, the police can make a solid identification.
Are you sure?I thought it was the other large church that had the pedophiles. Not the one in Utah.
Hope those scene will be back :)
Thank you
I have at least two or three shirts that I made about 15 years ago. They have outlasted much stuff that I bought.
I have talked with someone who has one of the first clear raincoats that I made about 10 years ago. He uses it very heavily and it still looks like new.
I have a home made tote bag that I use *very* heavily (inluding carrying my laptop to and from work on my bike) and it shows no sign of wear.
Tools are the opposite. My father's jigsaw, which is about 20 years old now, still goes strong in my shop. My old childhood hand tools (going on about 40 years now) are still quite useable in my shop. My first sewing machine, which I bought 15 years ago still works and looks like new. I have a tektronix oscilloscope that is about 20 years old. It is still going strong. I have a friend who has a table saw that is about 50 years old. It is still humming and cutting wood quite well. My electric drill and skill saw are about 15 years old and they look and act like brand new.