I'd mod this up if I had mod points. I think RedHat is the one as well. They seem to understand the need for uniformity in the desktop area with their latest Bluecurve work. RedHat 8.0 is very polished.
But in the meantime, while the distro wars rage on, I'm having a lot of fun with LFS: Linux from scratch
Someone please mod Mr. "I work for AOL, so you better listen to my massive years of experience" down, he didn't even read the story.
The lady did pay her bill in this case. It was the ISP who made the accounting mistake and wrongfully turned off her account.
If my internet service was wrongfully disconnected, I would immedietly call and get it straightened out over the phone with the ISP directly. I can't imagine the amount of time required to make that call being enough time to actually lose any email. Mail usually gets queued up somewhere when it can't be sent immedietly, and internet service accounts usually get suspended first, not shutoff. Someone was obviously being over-zealous in this case.
I also would add that people who rely on their ISP for 100% flawless email delivery are kidding themselves. Anything important should be sent to a domain name you registered and have hosted by an actual hosting company or co-lo service. There and only there will you find accountability for services.
I am destiney and I'm an IT Manager for a profitable dot-com who didn't die in the bust..:)
I started using FreeBSD a few days ago myself. I've used Linux for several years previously.
The thing that amazed me most about FreeBSD was the speed and response time of the networking. FTP and Samba are near instantaneous in response time on my local network. I have all my mp3s and oggs on there and I play them in Winamp across the network. Previously it would take 5-7 seconds to start an mp3 up, but now since I switched to FreeBSD the startup time is 1-2 seconds.
I don't know about other OS's but I installed my FreeBSD satrting off with just two floppies, now that is cool! Two hours later I had a complete system and never burned the first CD.
The best bug finding mechanism around is to release the software as open source software. Many, many eyes will then be looking at the code and using it.. Other coders will email you improvements, patches, and all kinds of good helpful stuff..
It's the darn'dest thing ever, open source software, you should try it!
And I find the fact that this is on CNN even more so;)
No more surprising than some of the bullshit that appears on this site..
What about Ruby and PHP?
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So Larry, it's pretty clear to me and all my collegues that Ruby and PHP are gradually taking over everything that is currently written in Perl. What are your thoughts on the inevitable short lifespan Perl now has?
..and from what I understand most all the current reg-ex stuff will have to be relearned in Perl6, who do you think has time for that?
These are serious issues Larry. Just the other day I saw an IBM job listing for "Perl/Ruby Programmer needed."
The NWN linux server craves memory, always has, before and after v1.0. It has serious memory leakage and is closed source on top of that. I say fix it or open the source so it can be fixed. Not trying to troll, it's an awesome game, but a game programmer a server programmer does not nescessarily make.
..no idea why something as minor as a new NWN Linux page is news on/.. The NWN Linux server itself is not news, it's been 'available' for several months now.
It's very doubtful these new laws will have anything but a minimal effect if that. Just because a law exists doesn't mean the law won't be broken. Laws do not prohibit crime or wrong doing. If they did no one would ever purchase illegal drugs or drive drunk.
An excellent solution to the problem is white-listed only procmail rule:
Red Carpet makes all other package management systems look silly, including rpm, and up2date.
In a world like ours with Joe and Bob trying to unify/standardize their linux (United Linux, LSB), and Fred and Sam trying to stabalize theirs (Debian GNU/Linux), users are left to figure out what might be best, safest, easiest to use.
If your a newbie, do yourself a faver and use Ximian Gnome, red-carpet in particular. I use KDE, but still use red-carpet to keep my system up to date when a new security hole needs patching, or to do cool stuff like install ruby.
well that's assuming you even care about crappy rap music... needless to say i don't.. i did however buy the latest slayer album a while back.. and the one before that and the one before that too..
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I love to read these kind of articles.
Smart open-minded folks "just saying no" to M$. Tickles my fancy to no end..
I'd mod this up if I had mod points. I think RedHat is the one as well. They seem to understand the need for uniformity in the desktop area with their latest Bluecurve work. RedHat 8.0 is very polished.
But in the meantime, while the distro wars rage on, I'm having a lot of fun with LFS: Linux from scratch
Someone please mod Mr. "I work for AOL, so you better listen to my massive years of experience" down, he didn't even read the story.
The lady did pay her bill in this case. It was the ISP who made the accounting mistake and wrongfully turned off her account.
If my internet service was wrongfully disconnected, I would immedietly call and get it straightened out over the phone with the ISP directly. I can't imagine the amount of time required to make that call being enough time to actually lose any email. Mail usually gets queued up somewhere when it can't be sent immedietly, and internet service accounts usually get suspended first, not shutoff. Someone was obviously being over-zealous in this case.
I also would add that people who rely on their ISP for 100% flawless email delivery are kidding themselves. Anything important should be sent to a domain name you registered and have hosted by an actual hosting company or co-lo service. There and only there will you find accountability for services.
I am destiney and I'm an IT Manager for a profitable dot-com who didn't die in the bust..
Don't you mean slow-laris?
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I started using FreeBSD a few days ago myself. I've used Linux for several years previously.
The thing that amazed me most about FreeBSD was the speed and response time of the networking. FTP and Samba are near instantaneous in response time on my local network. I have all my mp3s and oggs on there and I play them in Winamp across the network. Previously it would take 5-7 seconds to start an mp3 up, but now since I switched to FreeBSD the startup time is 1-2 seconds.
I don't know about other OS's but I installed my FreeBSD satrting off with just two floppies, now that is cool! Two hours later I had a complete system and never burned the first CD.
I use windowmaker..
Not management, for damn sure..
mod_perl is so slow, I heard the U.S. Postal Service wants to use it.
The best bug finding mechanism around is to release the software as open source software. Many, many eyes will then be looking at the code and using it.. Other coders will email you improvements, patches, and all kinds of good helpful stuff..
It's the darn'dest thing ever, open source software, you should try it!
I have an HP Deskjet 692C, works great under GNU/Linux. I got it for $25 used three years ago, been going strong ever since.
And I find the fact that this is on CNN even more so
No more surprising than some of the bullshit that appears on this site..
So Larry, it's pretty clear to me and all my collegues that Ruby and PHP are gradually taking over everything that is currently written in Perl. What are your thoughts on the inevitable short lifespan Perl now has?
These are serious issues Larry. Just the other day I saw an IBM job listing for "Perl/Ruby Programmer needed."
The NWN linux server craves memory, always has, before and after v1.0. It has serious memory leakage and is closed source on top of that. I say fix it or open the source so it can be fixed. Not trying to troll, it's an awesome game, but a game programmer a server programmer does not nescessarily make.
It's very doubtful these new laws will have anything but a minimal effect if that. Just because a law exists doesn't mean the law won't be broken. Laws do not prohibit crime or wrong doing. If they did no one would ever purchase illegal drugs or drive drunk.
An excellent solution to the problem is white-listed only procmail rule:
* ? (echo "$FROM" | $FGREP -i -f $HOME/whitelist.txt)
mail
wish i had mod points... thanks for source
People who rely on free email for anything important are dumbasses.
I'd rather pay for it, then when someone botched my service I would have a leg to stand on.
What do you say to yahoo in a case like? Nothing you can say... You got what you paid for.
Red Carpet makes all other package management systems look silly, including rpm, and up2date.
In a world like ours with Joe and Bob trying to unify/standardize their linux (United Linux, LSB), and Fred and Sam trying to stabalize theirs (Debian GNU/Linux), users are left to figure out what might be best, safest, easiest to use.
If your a newbie, do yourself a faver and use Ximian Gnome, red-carpet in particular. I use KDE, but still use red-carpet to keep my system up to date when a new security hole needs patching, or to do cool stuff like install ruby.
There is life beyond apt.
Doesn't my hometown have beatiful girls?
Cheap "Hot or Not" PHP script: http://destiney.com/prated/
are we putting our favorite bands in a bind?
well that's assuming you even care about crappy rap music... needless to say i don't.. i did however buy the latest slayer album a while back.. and the one before that and the one before that too..
Slayer Rulez!
moby who?
mod_perl is probably the single most useful creation for developers dabbling in web design
Ever heard of PHP?
http://pricewatch.com/
To think of the legions of rednecks...
Fuck you bitch! I shop at Wal-Mart and I'm no redneck!
Since when do two wrongs make a right? The fact that Linux is simply better should resolve all validation issues, with misguided individulas or not.
I know three rights equals a left but that's about it...
What a bunch of dumbasses..
That sort of thinking proves they have more dollars than sense..