Sun continues to exist as a wholly-owned subsidiary of IBM, existing as-s with some marketing help from IBM, while IBM fixes its shit with good Sun software.
Not exactly. I'm an MIS student with a CS minor, which means I'm more educationally focused on a role as project manager, systems administrator, or systems analyst. This doesn't mean I don't know how to write good algorithms or programs. Since this guy has a BSCS, he's in an even better position.
I think the point is this: The only consideration an employer should have in hiring a job seeker is their credentials. I hate blacks, but I can't NOT hire someone just because of that.
But a black can't help being black, so you're not allowed to discriminate. What if I hate Christians? What if they don't fit in with the values I want in my company? Am I allowed to NOT hire them because of that? No, I cannot discriminate based on religion. Hell, it's legally questionable if you can discriminate on the basis that someone SMOKES! So how can employers LEGALLY give pass/fail judgments on my job application based on web searches?
An employer has no business looking at my personal information, even if it is public, since most is not ALL personal activity is irrelevant to my capability to fulfill my job description (sans the "make our company look good" bullshit), and the legality of using personal information for job hiring should be taken into question.
"We're going to give you more shit to think about by making you use C. if you can't deal with all the stupid shit C throws at you, you suck."
Which is a shit argument. Just use a better language that gives people less to worry about, and develop from there. Having to debug the shit out of a program for obscure memory management issues shouldn't be a test of your competence. You should be able to focus on the task at hand, nothing else.
I got your point. I am saying that having cameras automatically, guaranteed, without exception or any fix available, enables the government to abuse its power. This will not change, ever. Therefore, do not give them the opportunity; do not give them the cameras. They are a direct tool for government's encroachment on freedom.
A cop watching video screens cannot shoot first and ask questions later.
Exactly. Cops can't respond quickly if they are a few miles away from a crime. Crime is deterred by knowing that punishment is LIKELY and SWIFT. Not being swift is why the death penalty doesn't work. If you killed someone as soon as their guilt was proven, it would be a more effective deterrent. The cameras suffer from both. Cameras can't react to a crime being committed, and aren't utilized properly by law enforcement.
The point is that you can never trust a government (people) to do what's right. I have no faith in our government to be respectful of my rights and not to misuse data. Therefore, I will bitch about the cameras and its invasion of privacy. The probability that government will abuse its power over time (in this case, information) is 1/1.
It's funny, the fonts are one thing I think Linux visually handles better than Windows. I do believe the appearance of apps themselves look bland, and that the supposed fragmentation that allows anyone to make their own version of something is part of the reason why we have so many shitty kinda-good applications.
Package naming conventions aren't bad in Ubuntu, and apt-get isn't a TERRIBLE package manager, though transaction handling could be better.
In other words, you're partially right. Srsly tho, you're with a fucking Linux loving userbase, and you talk about how it's a piece of shit? Intentional trolling.
People go to four year college to learn how to be successful at a task. If you want to do pure research or be uber-awesome at something, you go further.
Bill dropped out because he saw no further use for the system. If he felt further education were beneficial, he would have stayed. He didn't.
Or maybe he didn't want to type out a few pages on Linux bad points. In any case, basic administration and navigation are all the same across the nixes, as long as you're using Bash.
No one has mentioned Opensolaris in this fight!
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A free, open source operating system with a huge amount of the code maintained by a single company which can provide official, professional support.
Sun has come out with two of the big things BSD is trying to import: DTrace and ZFS. I predict Crossbow will be next.
The drivers aren't quite there, nor is the massive package repository. But assuming Sun will not abandon its OS dept. or get sold off and thus fold the project, I believe Opensolaris has a bright future.
That said, as a person who has gotten into sysadmin only in the past two years, the OS that got me interested in Unix was FreeBSD 6. I still like its filesystem organization design better than the Linuxes, as well as its reputation for stability.
If only Ubuntu had based itself of FreeBSD instead of Linux... Sigh. It could be so much more powerful, and unrestricted by RMS to what software and code to use to improve itself.
Good luck getting the laziness out of that. It seems the people born into those situations have no work ethic. There are few examples of role models, and if there are, the role models are more likely to be shunned as 'bitches for the man' or some equally stupid thing.
Many of those people are bred expecting things to be given to them. They don't even comprehend the idea that they should work for what they get instead of sucking the government's tit.
Good luck on your endeavors. College students do care a bit more than others. If you teach CS at a college level, use ACM's breadth first method for intro courses. PLEASE.
is meant for people who beat pregnant women to death, or who torture animals and laugh about it, who rapes children before killing them, etc.
Shinra? Very unlikeable. Evil? Ehh...
Microsoft isn't evil. Google isn't evil. Bad-intentioned? Unlikeable? Greedy? They can be all these things and not be evil (unless you're Catholic).
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Sun continues to exist as a wholly-owned subsidiary of IBM, existing as-s with some marketing help from IBM, while IBM fixes its shit with good Sun software.
Except the Federal government mandates under threat of killing highway budgets that every state must have their drinking age set at 21.
Thanks, Congress!
Not exactly. I'm an MIS student with a CS minor, which means I'm more educationally focused on a role as project manager, systems administrator, or systems analyst. This doesn't mean I don't know how to write good algorithms or programs. Since this guy has a BSCS, he's in an even better position.
I'm sure they do, and I would, too.
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I think the point is this: The only consideration an employer should have in hiring a job seeker is their credentials. I hate blacks, but I can't NOT hire someone just because of that.
But a black can't help being black, so you're not allowed to discriminate. What if I hate Christians? What if they don't fit in with the values I want in my company? Am I allowed to NOT hire them because of that? No, I cannot discriminate based on religion. Hell, it's legally questionable if you can discriminate on the basis that someone SMOKES! So how can employers LEGALLY give pass/fail judgments on my job application based on web searches?
An employer has no business looking at my personal information, even if it is public, since most is not ALL personal activity is irrelevant to my capability to fulfill my job description (sans the "make our company look good" bullshit), and the legality of using personal information for job hiring should be taken into question.
What I get out of this:
"We're going to give you more shit to think about by making you use C. if you can't deal with all the stupid shit C throws at you, you suck."
Which is a shit argument. Just use a better language that gives people less to worry about, and develop from there. Having to debug the shit out of a program for obscure memory management issues shouldn't be a test of your competence. You should be able to focus on the task at hand, nothing else.
I got your point. I am saying that having cameras automatically, guaranteed, without exception or any fix available, enables the government to abuse its power. This will not change, ever. Therefore, do not give them the opportunity; do not give them the cameras. They are a direct tool for government's encroachment on freedom.
A cop watching video screens cannot shoot first and ask questions later.
Exactly. Cops can't respond quickly if they are a few miles away from a crime. Crime is deterred by knowing that punishment is LIKELY and SWIFT. Not being swift is why the death penalty doesn't work. If you killed someone as soon as their guilt was proven, it would be a more effective deterrent. The cameras suffer from both. Cameras can't react to a crime being committed, and aren't utilized properly by law enforcement.
The point is that you can never trust a government (people) to do what's right. I have no faith in our government to be respectful of my rights and not to misuse data. Therefore, I will bitch about the cameras and its invasion of privacy. The probability that government will abuse its power over time (in this case, information) is 1/1.
Whoa, slow down there buddy, that's practical thinking!
SMOKER! *dramatic music* Oh, you don't play 'Left 4 Dead'?
It's funny, the fonts are one thing I think Linux visually handles better than Windows. I do believe the appearance of apps themselves look bland, and that the supposed fragmentation that allows anyone to make their own version of something is part of the reason why we have so many shitty kinda-good applications.
Package naming conventions aren't bad in Ubuntu, and apt-get isn't a TERRIBLE package manager, though transaction handling could be better.
In other words, you're partially right. Srsly tho, you're with a fucking Linux loving userbase, and you talk about how it's a piece of shit? Intentional trolling.
Why was this not modded 'funny'? Some people might think he's actually posting a criticism of Ubuntu, instead of making fun of their naming choice.
It works!
Congratulations inserting a troll into your post, do you feel clever? Don't answer that, I don't care.
People go to four year college to learn how to be successful at a task. If you want to do pure research or be uber-awesome at something, you go further.
Bill dropped out because he saw no further use for the system. If he felt further education were beneficial, he would have stayed. He didn't.
Maybe that's what he's trying to fix.
Don't feed the troll. Seriously. For all that is Holy, don't feed this fucking troll. /thread
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Now you're catching on.
Or maybe he didn't want to type out a few pages on Linux bad points. In any case, basic administration and navigation are all the same across the nixes, as long as you're using Bash.
A free, open source operating system with a huge amount of the code maintained by a single company which can provide official, professional support.
Sun has come out with two of the big things BSD is trying to import: DTrace and ZFS. I predict Crossbow will be next.
The drivers aren't quite there, nor is the massive package repository. But assuming Sun will not abandon its OS dept. or get sold off and thus fold the project, I believe Opensolaris has a bright future.
That said, as a person who has gotten into sysadmin only in the past two years, the OS that got me interested in Unix was FreeBSD 6. I still like its filesystem organization design better than the Linuxes, as well as its reputation for stability.
If only Ubuntu had based itself of FreeBSD instead of Linux... Sigh. It could be so much more powerful, and unrestricted by RMS to what software and code to use to improve itself.
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Good luck getting the laziness out of that. It seems the people born into those situations have no work ethic. There are few examples of role models, and if there are, the role models are more likely to be shunned as 'bitches for the man' or some equally stupid thing.
Many of those people are bred expecting things to be given to them. They don't even comprehend the idea that they should work for what they get instead of sucking the government's tit.
Good luck on your endeavors. College students do care a bit more than others. If you teach CS at a college level, use ACM's breadth first method for intro courses. PLEASE.
Why is this guy modded down?
is meant for people who beat pregnant women to death, or who torture animals and laugh about it, who rapes children before killing them, etc.
Shinra? Very unlikeable. Evil? Ehh...
Microsoft isn't evil. Google isn't evil. Bad-intentioned? Unlikeable? Greedy? They can be all these things and not be evil (unless you're Catholic).