This has got to be the most hilarious post I've seen in a year. Makes a year of wading thru leftist snotty clueless brats worthwhile.
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I started with z80 Assembly and TRS-80 Basic, then 6502 Assembly and Commodore64 Basic. Then I got a degree in CompSci and chose a job using C on Unix as my first job. From bash/sed/awk/grep stuff I easily learned Perl which I though was totally awesome (programming sed/awk was a pain). I also self-taught C++ in the early 90s.
I got very excited about perl and use it for most of my scripting, but C++ has paid the bills since.
A dabbling in Python and Zope got me initially interested in these but that faded fast - couldnt get over the indentation. I heard about Ruby but thought it was just another interpreted PL and put it off.
When I saw Java I immersed myself into it but never got excited about it or found a regular use for it. I worked at MSFT for a year to learn.Net C#. I liked the language but it had much take off from java and was vendor specific.
Then I played with Ruby and Rails on a whim. I was very excited about Ruby. It seemed to have ALL the best features of Perl and others (smalltalk, Python) without the negatives.
I bumped into a customer with a need for a small internal web page. I started to contract it out but ended up doing it myself. I was able to bill over $15k USD for playing with RoR on the side off and on for 3 months.
I did have to learn SVN, an upgrade of my CVS and update my CSS knowledge. I also upgraded to Apache2.2 (from 1.3) and MySQL 5.x from 3 and 4.
Ruby gems such as capistrano made it VERY simple to deploy. I had to learn a bit about configuring apache2.2 to load balance a pack (cluster) of mongrels but this was fairly easy to do.
I havent been this excited about a language since Perl. Just like Perl superceded bash/sed/awk/grep. C++ improved C (by an enormous factor). Ruby did the same for my Perl, Python and Java knowledge. Ruby does snarf a TON of the best stuff from Python and Perl - leaving the undesireable (IMO) behind.
Add in the Rails framework when developing web sites and there's nothing like it.
Even Java and C# seems old and static as compared to Ruby.
Get into Ruby AND/OR Rails. it's really worth it. If not for the quick money - do it for the fun of it. If an old kumudgen like me can do it - anyone can.
I have been doing this using KeySpan USB server plugged into my wireless access point (using PSK TKIP). I can scan documents over the wireless network using my very old HP 3200 Multifunction Scanner, backup to my 300GB usb drive and many other tasks.
For access to legacy usb devices this Keyspan server really is nice.
I also have a silex 2.0 usb server (and corresponding 2.0 hub) but it just doesnt have the backwards capability with older devices as the keyspan does.
The negatives to the Keyspan USB server are:
- My main linux server (Knoppix 5.02 with a 4MB img file) cannot access this drive (Linux driver anyone?) - Extremely slow for large files (USB 1.x speeds) - Driver development seemed to have completely stopped and it's buggy (occasional BSODs). - Max 4 USB devices (HP930C Printer, HP3200 Multifunction, SanDisk CF reader, ext USB HD)
I have recently moved my external USB drive to my linux box and share via samba for performance reasons, but I regret having to keep a desktop machine up and running 24/7 (power consumption).
Ideally, using a low power LAMP (linux) box would be optimal.
If left to their own devices would plunge the world into another ICE Age if they were remotely correct about the ability of humans to regulate the temperature of the earth...
Some of you have some of the greatest minds when it comes to computers but are complete idiots when it comes to common sense, politics, how governments whittle the rights away from the common fool, etc...
I am really worried about this group. I guess cause I forgot what it was like to be young and dumb....
You misearble liber fok programmers that have a liberal agenga and makes me ashamed to be a part of your miserable group of supposedly "intelligent" people.
Most of you foks got programming skill from chsing the money. I do it because I enjoy it.
Mod this down. Fok you moderator. America prolly rules your world too.
I dont give a shit cause America probably takes care of your American jealous ass too.
Me, I don't care where corporations get their labor, as long as they pay their taxes (which many don't), treat their employees fairly (which many don't), and try not to make money by fucking over other people (most do make money by fucking over other people).
No corporation made a ton off screwing people. Every one of them started by seeing a niche, producing a superior product for the price the market would bear, ie, the price that people would be willing to pay and at a profit.
The US goverment has stayed out of this process more than any other government on the planet and now the US is better off than most (if not ALL countries).
Show me a "thriving" socialistic country, moreso than the US and you can prove me wrong.
"There is a big difference between liberals and conservatives. We're not talking apples and oranges, folks, but apples and orgies. In her latest book, "Treason", Ann Coulter puts it clearly:
"Conservatives believe man was created in God's image, while liberals believe they are gods. All of the behavioral tics of the liberals proceed from their godless belief that they can murder the unborn because they, the liberals, are themselves gods. They try to forcibly create 'equality' through affirmative action and wealth redistribution because they are gods. They flat-out lie, with no higher power to constrain them, because they are gods. They adore pornography and the mechanization of sex because man is just an animal, and they are gods. They revere the U.N. and not the U.S. because they aren't Americans--they are gods."
It-s hard for salt of the earth, hard working, hard playing pro-American types to wrap their minds around why their liberal neighbors hate the U.S. so much. But liberals do, and it's a staple of their worldview's diet. They reflexively root for that which will undo our great land.
As far as the liberals are concerned, the battle is joined... the war is on. We must recognize the primal nature of the contest, the fundamental loathing the left has for virtually everything that conservatives cherish.
Concerned citizens of our amazing country need to be aware of the fear and loathing of the liberals and meet them head on at the polls, through the media and in the public square.
Even as a conservative, I used to enjoy the entertainment and what I believed excellent satire of Michale Moore.
Little did I know that he was just an rabid left wing unit in development.
While I fully support his right to spew left wing vomit, I believe that he derrives his intellect from internal knee-jerk like most leftwingers.
Unfortunately, many people in the software world seem to come from the same ilk and seem to agree with the pointless rantings and votes via personal insult class.
When I buy a computer, I dont want 90% of my resources going to the OS. I dont want to have to buy a box for each service and application I run.
Linux allows me to use every ounce of my CPU and memory for actually doing things i wish.
For example, while copying a large file I can actually run other things. I still have windows boxes that completely lock up the entire GUI while copying large files or loading a MSVC project.
I run mplayer at full screen and use only 14% of my CPU and a few megs of ram. And with 2.6 kernels this situation is an order of magnitude better.
It's amazing how much more you can do simultaneously on linux.
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This has got to be the most hilarious post I've seen in a year. Makes a year of wading thru leftist snotty clueless brats worthwhile.
I started with z80 Assembly and TRS-80 Basic, then 6502 Assembly and Commodore64 Basic. Then I got a degree in CompSci and chose a job using C on Unix as my first job. From bash/sed/awk/grep stuff I easily learned Perl which I though was totally awesome (programming sed/awk was a pain). I also self-taught C++ in the early 90s.
.Net C#. I liked the language but it had much take off from java and was vendor specific.
I got very excited about perl and use it for most of my scripting, but C++ has paid the bills since.
A dabbling in Python and Zope got me initially interested in these but that faded fast - couldnt get over the indentation. I heard about Ruby but thought it was just another interpreted PL and put it off.
When I saw Java I immersed myself into it but never got excited about it or found a regular use for it. I worked at MSFT for a year to learn
Then I played with Ruby and Rails on a whim. I was very excited about Ruby. It seemed to have ALL the best features of Perl and others (smalltalk, Python) without the negatives.
I bumped into a customer with a need for a small internal web page. I started to contract it out but ended up doing it myself. I was able to bill over $15k USD for playing with RoR on the side off and on for 3 months.
I did have to learn SVN, an upgrade of my CVS and update my CSS knowledge. I also upgraded to Apache2.2 (from 1.3) and MySQL 5.x from 3 and 4.
Ruby gems such as capistrano made it VERY simple to deploy. I had to learn a bit about configuring apache2.2 to load balance a pack (cluster) of mongrels but this was fairly easy to do.
I havent been this excited about a language since Perl.
Just like Perl superceded bash/sed/awk/grep. C++ improved C (by an enormous factor). Ruby did the same for my Perl, Python and Java knowledge. Ruby does snarf a TON of the best stuff from Python and Perl - leaving the undesireable (IMO) behind.
Add in the Rails framework when developing web sites and there's nothing like it.
Even Java and C# seems old and static as compared to Ruby.
Get into Ruby AND/OR Rails. it's really worth it. If not for the quick money - do it for the fun of it. If an old kumudgen like me can do it - anyone can.
NAZIs, Stalin, Pol Pot were extreme leftists. Check out their deaths history.
Wasnt the consensus at one point in time that each of these were generally accepted as fact:
- The earth is flat
- Spontaneous Generation (Mud + Water + Lighting == tadpoles)
- Spontaneous Combustion
I have been doing this using KeySpan USB server plugged into my wireless access point (using PSK TKIP). I can scan documents over the wireless network using my very old HP 3200 Multifunction Scanner, backup to my 300GB usb drive and many other tasks.
For access to legacy usb devices this Keyspan server really is nice.
I also have a silex 2.0 usb server (and corresponding 2.0 hub) but it just doesnt have the backwards capability with older devices as the keyspan does.
The negatives to the Keyspan USB server are:
- My main linux server (Knoppix 5.02 with a 4MB img file) cannot access this drive (Linux driver anyone?)
- Extremely slow for large files (USB 1.x speeds)
- Driver development seemed to have completely stopped and it's buggy (occasional BSODs).
- Max 4 USB devices (HP930C Printer, HP3200 Multifunction, SanDisk CF reader, ext USB HD)
I have recently moved my external USB drive to my linux box and share via samba for performance reasons, but I regret having to keep a desktop machine up and running 24/7 (power consumption).
Ideally, using a low power LAMP (linux) box would be optimal.
If left to their own devices would plunge the world into another ICE Age if they were remotely correct about the ability of humans to regulate the temperature of the earth...
DJ Tiesto - Dance4Life search goog or utube for "Dance4Life".
I for one welcome our new conservative overlords.
Needed this post.
LMAO. BBC is so left-biased it's funny. Every person I have met in England believes that the BBC is unbiased.
Bottom line is Fox News is the only broadcast that gives both points of view on their most popular shows.
Most of you been so left leaning for so long that when you see somthing standing straight it looks right leaning.
Sad but trew.
Global Warming. Darwinism and Earth Worship (save the trees, lower the temperature) are as much a religion as Christianity or any other.
It's on faith that each are based.
Except one minor thing. Most Christians are tolerant of other religions. Those who worship the Earth are the ones who are intolerant of others.
Some of you have some of the greatest minds when it comes to computers but are complete idiots when it comes to common sense, politics, how governments whittle the rights away from the common fool, etc...
I am really worried about this group. I guess cause I forgot what it was like to be young and dumb....
*sigh*
Kerry would need a 4/5 provisional to win.
Sorry Charlie Libs are for Kids.
BTW: The power of denial is amazing.
You misearble liber fok programmers that have a liberal agenga and makes me ashamed to be a part of your miserable group of supposedly "intelligent" people.
Most of you foks got programming skill from chsing the money. I do it because I enjoy it.
Mod this down. Fok you moderator. America prolly rules your world too.
I dont give a shit cause America probably takes care of your American jealous ass too.
Polls for kerry, hate america, more polls for kerry, F9/11, more pools for kerry, wrold thinks we dumb.
Result: Bush wins.
PS. Fok U World.
No corporation made a ton off screwing people. Every one of them started by seeing a niche, producing a superior product for the price the market would bear, ie, the price that people would be willing to pay and at a profit.
The US goverment has stayed out of this process more than any other government on the planet and now the US is better off than most (if not ALL countries). Show me a "thriving" socialistic country, moreso than the US and you can prove me wrong.
"There is a big difference between liberals and conservatives. We're not talking apples and oranges, folks, but apples and orgies. In her latest book, "Treason", Ann Coulter puts it clearly:
"Conservatives believe man was created in God's image, while liberals believe they are gods. All of the behavioral tics of the liberals proceed from their godless belief that they can murder the unborn because they, the liberals, are themselves gods. They try to forcibly create 'equality' through affirmative action and wealth redistribution because they are gods. They flat-out lie, with no higher power to constrain them, because they are gods. They adore pornography and the mechanization of sex because man is just an animal, and they are gods. They revere the U.N. and not the U.S. because they aren't Americans--they are gods."
It-s hard for salt of the earth, hard working, hard playing pro-American types to wrap their minds around why their liberal neighbors hate the U.S. so much. But liberals do, and it's a staple of their worldview's diet. They reflexively root for that which will undo our great land.
As far as the liberals are concerned, the battle is joined
Concerned citizens of our amazing country need to be aware of the fear and loathing of the liberals and meet them head on at the polls, through the media and in the public square.
Even as a conservative, I used to enjoy the entertainment and what I believed excellent satire of Michale Moore.
Little did I know that he was just an rabid left wing unit in development.
While I fully support his right to spew left wing vomit, I believe that he derrives his intellect from internal knee-jerk like most leftwingers.
Unfortunately, many people in the software world seem to come from the same ilk and seem to agree with the pointless rantings and votes via personal insult class.
IMO.
When I buy a computer, I dont want 90% of my resources going to the OS. I dont want to have to buy a box for each service and application I run.
Linux allows me to use every ounce of my CPU and memory for actually doing things i wish.
For example, while copying a large file I can actually run other things. I still have windows boxes that completely lock up the entire GUI while copying large files or loading a MSVC project.
I run mplayer at full screen and use only 14% of my CPU and a few megs of ram. And with 2.6 kernels this situation is an order of magnitude better.
It's amazing how much more you can do simultaneously on linux.
Will fill in if the contract fails...
I added this line to my kernel Makefile in the __modinst__: list:
/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386; rpm -Uhv --force *.rpm)
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Oops.
more like 400 * 1.30 = $520.
Correct. I just covered at 17.70.
thats 400 * $1.10 = $840 - $20 commish.