I miss having to startx manually and landing on blackbox/fluxbox for the window manager to conserve memory & CPU. Yes, I'm the old codger who still thinks INIT is better than the newfangled whatchamacallit. Not trying to troll, but I get carried away and feel really old when I feel the need to post a rant like this when I see an aarticle about a GUI that's way overkill. CLI! CLI! CLI!
Hmm... I'm thinking that next he's going to get a miniature clone of himself and label the base on the moon the "Death Star"... Hmm... What do I know? (laughing facetiously & maniacally, simultaneously... Mwaaa! Mwaaa!)
--Sorry if this has already been mentioned! Cheers!
1. Get a second satellite dish. 2. Attach a bar between the two, facing each other like this: (-) 3. Turn this setup onto its side. 4. Then mount the base of one dish, horizontally, so that one is facing up to the other, which is facing down. 5. Using a roll of 1-2' sheet metal (sheet aluminum works for me). 6. Attach one end of the sheet metal to the ground with a pair of small metal tent stakes. 7. Attach the other side of this to the dish that is facing up. 8. Spray paint the dishes & landing ramp the colour of your choice, if desired. 9. Presto!
When complete, you will have yourself a nice flying saucer in the yard, to be the envy of all your neighbors and friends.
At least, that's what I did once with two of three old satellite dishes in my yard...
I never thought it was possible, but for once, I agree with Al Franken. But, sadly, the Internet is consistent of many corporations, governments, etc. How are we to think that "Big Brother" hasn't been filtering our Google & Yahoo searches, emails, etc, for over a decade? That would just be naive.
It doesn't seem like a lot of people care about that part, though. It's the "speed" that we care about? Hmm... Confused priorities much?
I'd say to either hire a consultant (consulting firm) or possibly look at Brainbench.com for certification & placement examinations. (Any testing is to be done on-site, in an allotted time-frame...) There may even be a service (such as Kelly services that would administer the testing, etc, for you). I'm in agreement with jvillain about the certifications, though. Just because someone is certified doesn't mean they're any good.
Look at the guys with an experience-based resume, not a certification/education-based resume. Some certs are good, but most good techs & programmers did something other than take a lame course, etc, in Visual Basic or "Web" programming. The best coders learned it because they had to.
I'd, personally, rather hire someone with no college/technical training that's been doing the work for the past 5-10 years, because he/she did it the hard way. That person learned it better, more thoroughly, and more completely. The benefit is they are more than likely still able to learn and work harder for you and your mission statement (I've seen this in quite a few cases).
Off-topic, yes, but I just hope nobody wants to start calling out the BSD's for this p*ssing contest. I'd hate to see "GNU/FreeBSD" being thrown out there.
EEEK!
I like some of Stallman's work, but his attitude generally sucks! You kinda have to wonder...
It looks like the line that reads: "...hopes that blocking the offending members will help clean up Chatroulette's reputation." should read: "...hopes that blocking the offending members' members will help clean up Chatroulette's reputation."
Keep your AC/DC (or Metallica, for that matter), give me KMFDM, Ministry, or Thrill Kill Kult...
But, really, what does this portion of the conversation have to do with aviation electronics?...Oh, yeah... Iron Man...
--Back to the subject: --
I, personally, feel that, if you are in a small aircraft, maybe you shouldn't be using an ipod/ipad anyway...
Generally, small electronics are more a nuisance than an electrical risk, and should, as such, be banned from any aircraft smaller than 25 passengers, if only for annoyance purposes...
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I miss having to startx manually and landing on blackbox/fluxbox for the window manager to conserve memory & CPU. Yes, I'm the old codger who still thinks INIT is better than the newfangled whatchamacallit. Not trying to troll, but I get carried away and feel really old when I feel the need to post a rant like this when I see an aarticle about a GUI that's way overkill. CLI! CLI! CLI!
(Slinks back into his cave)
Hmm...
I'm thinking that next he's going to get a miniature clone of himself and label the base on the moon the "Death Star"...
Hmm...
What do I know?
(laughing facetiously & maniacally, simultaneously... Mwaaa! Mwaaa!)
--Sorry if this has already been mentioned!
Cheers!
Nah, I kick it old school, Roswell style.
Cheers!
--Stak
1. Get a second satellite dish.
2. Attach a bar between the two, facing each other like this: (-)
3. Turn this setup onto its side.
4. Then mount the base of one dish, horizontally, so that one is facing up to the other, which is facing down.
5. Using a roll of 1-2' sheet metal (sheet aluminum works for me).
6. Attach one end of the sheet metal to the ground with a pair of small metal tent stakes.
7. Attach the other side of this to the dish that is facing up.
8. Spray paint the dishes & landing ramp the colour of your choice, if desired.
9. Presto!
When complete, you will have yourself a nice flying saucer in the yard, to be the envy of all your neighbors and friends.
At least, that's what I did once with two of three old satellite dishes in my yard...
Cheers!
--Stak
Careful, or they may decide Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are all "not planets" anymore, too...
Then, where will we be?
--Stak
Dirty, dirty, dirty...
I never thought it was possible, but for once, I agree with Al Franken. But, sadly, the Internet is consistent of many corporations, governments, etc. How are we to think that "Big Brother" hasn't been filtering our Google & Yahoo searches, emails, etc, for over a decade? That would just be naive.
It doesn't seem like a lot of people care about that part, though. It's the "speed" that we care about? Hmm... Confused priorities much?
To quote "South Park", "Rabble, rabble, rabble!"
--Stak
I'd say to either hire a consultant (consulting firm) or possibly look at Brainbench.com for certification & placement examinations. (Any testing is to be done on-site, in an allotted time-frame...) There may even be a service (such as Kelly services that would administer the testing, etc, for you). I'm in agreement with jvillain about the certifications, though. Just because someone is certified doesn't mean they're any good.
Look at the guys with an experience-based resume, not a certification/education-based resume. Some certs are good, but most good techs & programmers did something other than take a lame course, etc, in Visual Basic or "Web" programming. The best coders learned it because they had to.
I'd, personally, rather hire someone with no college/technical training that's been doing the work for the past 5-10 years, because he/she did it the hard way. That person learned it better, more thoroughly, and more completely. The benefit is they are more than likely still able to learn and work harder for you and your mission statement (I've seen this in quite a few cases).
Regardless, good luck!
--Stak
Feels like kind of a shame, doesn't it? But I'm still glad I never made the "switch" from FreeBSD/OpenBSD to Solaris/OpenSolaris...
--Stak
Got any openings? LOL!
--Stak
Off-topic, yes, but I just hope nobody wants to start calling out the BSD's for this p*ssing contest. I'd hate to see "GNU/FreeBSD" being thrown out there.
EEEK!
I like some of Stallman's work, but his attitude generally sucks! You kinda have to wonder...
I am thinking that maybe a Tor client would be useful, but I do not know if this is allowed in China...
Anyone else know?
--Stak
This is precisely why I've gone back to smoke signals!
I'd try telegraphy if I could be assured that no Viagra ads would come my way or that yon' government agencies would not intercept...
Cheers!
--Stak
It looks like the line that reads:
"...hopes that blocking the offending members will help clean up Chatroulette's reputation."
should read:
"...hopes that blocking the offending members' members will help clean up Chatroulette's reputation."
Just my $0.02...
--Stak
Oh, it's been done: Titan A.E.
Slow day here, too...
--Stak
For that, I think OS/2 would suffice...
--Stak
Even if this is an action by a business, it will not be the first time, nor the last...
Red Hat sued the Swiss government (2009 IT World):
http://tinyurl.com/o6mv2f
And how many times have M$, Apple, Novell, etc done similar things?
I'm just happy to see a law suit that does not revolve around copyright/patent infringement.
--Stak
Sorry Snaller... I should have refreshed the page earlier...
--Stak
Oops, I misread the headline...
I could have sworn the headline for this article read "Google's Chrome OS to Launch in Fail".
Being as I've lost my faith in Google, as of late, I think it is appropriate.
--Stak
Keep your AC/DC (or Metallica, for that matter), give me KMFDM, Ministry, or Thrill Kill Kult...
But, really, what does this portion of the conversation have to do with aviation electronics? ...Oh, yeah... Iron Man...
--Back to the subject: --
I, personally, feel that, if you are in a small aircraft, maybe you shouldn't be using an ipod/ipad anyway...
Generally, small electronics are more a nuisance than an electrical risk, and should, as such, be banned from any aircraft smaller than 25 passengers, if only for annoyance purposes...
Just my $0.02...
--Stak
That's a load of happy hippie crap, if'n you ask me...
Death for a software license?
Give me the BSD License or give me...
No, not death...
What's the other one?
--Stak
"/ESC/ /ESC/ :wq!" was the first thing I ever learned in vi/vim back 11 years or so ago...
I tried using nano, pico, emacs, etc.
I just couldn't get over the lack of real-estate (standard terminal).
A lot of folks swear at VI/VIM...
I, for one, swear by it...
Now, all I have to do is convince the wife that ANOTHER "computer" book is necessary...
Cheers, guys!
--Stak
Boo bad articles/internet postings!
Hooray, Beer!
(This would be the Red Stripe way of looking at it, at least...)
This whole story reeks of bad juju...
--Stak
To get my VR glasses & navigate the 3D virtual file system on my very own Gibson super computer. I'll look for oil and stuff with it... Good times!
To get my VR glasses & navigate the virtual file system on my very own Gibson super computer. I'll look for oil and stuff with it... Good times!