I think in 3-D...I think it's a thinking style -- sort of like how some people learn better with visual input and some people learn better with auditory input -- I learn better by doing stuff, and my memory is ridiculously positional. I already 'visualize' the stuff on my computer in 3D. It would be nice to have a GUI that simulated that -- that was 3D in the sense of having information in three dimensions that could be navigated, not in the sense of having pretty graphics that give the illusion of depth.
and heck, you could always get a cave (well, if you have a load of money just lying around:) )
me, I'm waiting for direct hardware-to-brain conne ctions. I'll be the first to be really truly wired.
you bash (no pun intended) bash, C, Posix, etc, but you didn't mention any currently implementable better ideas (and yes, there are some, but that's not my point). No, nothing is perfect. For those of us in the USA, the Constitution, as originally written openly accepted slavery, as well as subjugation of women, etc etc. Even now it's hardly perfect, if the goal is a truly free country (which is roughly the point of the preamble), but it's better than what came before. And that's the point of all of this. Humans are imperfect, and what we create will be imperfect. We can choose (and imnsho should choose) to move towards perfection, but to blindly criticize that which is imperfect (as opposed to bringing more perfect creations to light) is pointless. We know it's not perfect. It's just better than what we had before.
well, if you get in too deep you can always file for bankruptcy -- this is sort of analogous...mind you not that I support it, but the logic behind it, preventing many software companies from going under, makes a certain amount of sense..it would be better if they legislated mandatory free patches/fixes/etc (since many of the problems are hardware and firmware, as well as software)
Well, the Linux Institute site now appears to be /.ed, but that's not going to stop me from commenting on certifications:) --- it's a kind of catch-22 -- Certification is needed. There are people out there who know nothing billing themselves as linux experts. One guy I worked with at one point claimed to know as much as I did, and I gave him the benefit of the doubt right up until the four hour conversation that I spent explaining that he couldn't cd into bash, that it was a shell and he was already there. And 'showstrings' is not a bash command, no matter how you type it, and the fact that it's not there does *not* mean that the server has been compromised. OTOH, certifications of any type (not just technical) have been used for years to shut people (especially people without money or other resources)who would have been otherwise qualified out of jobs, which is totally antithesis to my view of what open source software should be. And yes, being able to pass a written test proves very little about your linux ability and knowledge, but tests using actual hardware and software are more expensive and harder to administer. It's certainly something the linux community needs to think about.
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I think in 3-D...I think it's a thinking style -- sort of like how some people learn better with visual input and some people learn better with auditory input -- I learn better by doing stuff, and my memory is ridiculously positional. I already 'visualize' the stuff on my computer in 3D. It would be nice to have a GUI that simulated that -- that was 3D in the sense of having information in three dimensions that could be navigated, not in the sense of having pretty graphics that give the illusion of depth.
:) )
and heck, you could always get a cave (well, if you have a load of money just lying around
me, I'm waiting for direct hardware-to-brain conne ctions. I'll be the first to be really truly wired.
rark!
you bash (no pun intended) bash, C, Posix, etc, but you didn't mention any currently implementable
better ideas (and yes, there are some, but that's
not my point). No, nothing is perfect. For those
of us in the USA, the Constitution, as originally written openly accepted slavery, as well as subjugation of women, etc etc. Even now it's hardly perfect, if the goal is a truly free country (which is roughly the point of the preamble), but it's better than what came before. And that's the point of all of this. Humans are imperfect, and what we create will be imperfect. We can choose (and imnsho should choose) to move towards perfection, but to blindly criticize that which is imperfect (as opposed to bringing more perfect creations to light) is pointless. We know it's not perfect. It's just better than what we had before.
rark!
well, if you get in too deep you can always file
for bankruptcy -- this is sort of analogous...mind you not that I support it, but the logic behind it, preventing many software
companies from going under, makes a certain amount of sense..it would be better if they legislated
mandatory free patches/fixes/etc (since many of the problems are hardware and firmware, as well
as software)
but yeah, corporate welfare in any form sucks
rark
Well, the Linux Institute site now appears to be :) --- it's a kind of catch-22 -- Certification is needed. There are people out there who know nothing billing themselves as linux experts. One guy I worked with at one point claimed to know as much as I did, and I gave him the benefit of the doubt right up until the four hour conversation that I spent explaining that he couldn't cd into bash, that it was a shell and he was already there. And 'showstrings' is not a bash command, no matter how you type it, and the fact that it's not there does *not* mean that the server has been compromised. OTOH, certifications of any type (not just technical) have been used for years to shut people (especially people without money or other resources)who would have been otherwise qualified out of jobs, which is totally antithesis to my view of what open source software should be. And yes, being able to pass a written test proves very little about your linux ability and knowledge, but tests using actual hardware and software are more expensive and harder to administer. It's certainly something the linux community needs to think about.
/.ed, but that's not going to stop me from commenting on certifications
rark!
Whoohoo..we've hit the big time curious :) We could really use some good programmers, game designers, graphics people, beta testers (well, okay, not yet :) ) etcetc on the project. Come on people :) sign up...yes, this is a shameless plug www.onelist.com rark!