The Recipe Detective made the same offer on the show that she did in her newspaper column: "Send me a
self-addressed, stamped envelope, and I'll send you whichever recipe you want." This turned out to be the biggest mistake of her life. She got over a million replies. Just sending the envelopes back with an apology would have bankrupted her.
I don't think it would have bankrupted her since the envelopes were supposed to be pre-stamped. However, it would have taken her the rest of her life to send that many replies.
The founding fathers did not say that our rights are granted by Society.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." -- Declaration of Independence
Your rights come from God. Also, notice that freedom to say anything that you want without repercussion is not listed.
Perhaps the question of when would be more relevant if Linux had better SMP support. We might see Linux on those boxes after the 2.4 kernel is released.
The article yesterday was intentionally worded to spark a fire and it worked. Those that read the article only and not the actual letter from MS are the ones that are the most angry. I was angry when I read the article. THEN I READ THE LETTER.
MS is not asking that you remove reader's comments, it is asking that you remove copyrighted material. It is not an issue about freedom of speech or trade secrets, it is about copyright.
It does not matter that they allowed people to download it. Millions of people purchase books, but that doesn't change the copyright.
There is a lot of emotional ranting going on about this topic, but there seems to be little logical thinking. It is a simple solution, just remove the copyrighted material and leave the comments. The comments are protected by free speech, but verbatim copying of a copyrighted document is infringement.
It is sad to see that/. is resorting to the same tactics that mainstream media uses to get readership...twist the truth enough to make it an emotional issue and let's forget all the facts.
The DS10 is not the smallest Alpha you can get. There is also a DS10L which is a 1U machine. You can also get this preloaded with Linux.
The Alpha is not limited to 2-way SMP. The Alpha can also be put into much larger SMP configurations. The AlphaServer ES40 is 4-way, the GS60 is 8-way, and the GS140 can have up to 14 Alpha processors in it. There is even a new SC that can have 64-512 processors! These are SMP machines, not Beowulf clusters. The Athlon is not even 2-way capable yet.
There are numerous supercomputer Beowulf clusters running Alphas. There are many graphics rendering companies running clusters of Alphas to render the graphics for movies.
The Alpha is far from dead. The comparison was a past-generation 21264 EV6 466MHz vs a new Athlon. The newest Alphas are the 21264 EV67 which perform about 50% better than the EV6. They also have higher speeds up to 733MHz. The Alpha is also slated to replace the old MIPS processors in the Tandem systems. Tandem systems run about 90%+ of the world's financial systems.
BTW, the Athlon has features that were licensed from the Alpha, such as the 200MHz frontside bus.
The Alpha is expensive, but it is worth it on the high end. It is not designed to be a home system, although I would like to have one!
This is similar to some versions of Linux that install on an existing Windows partition instead of forcing someone to repartition their drives. Phat Linux and ZipSlack are two examples. It allows someone to try out the new OS without changing the drive configuration.
The UltraSPARCs are 64-bit processors. Is this port of Linux a full 64-bit implementation? I know that the versions of Linux that are made for Compaq Alpha processors are fully 64-bit and really scream on those systems. Hopefully the UltraSPARC versions are also fully 64-bit so they can take advantage of the processor architecture.
Some people argue that we don't need certifications, just experience. I think that we need BOTH!
Experience is a good teacher. However, it does not always teach you everything you need to know. Lets look at two administrators from two companies with the same number of years of 'experience'. Company A is a small business with one administrator. He is in charge of the firewall, router, email, database, user support, printers, remote access...everything. Company B is a large company with mutiple admins. The admins have divided up the work and the admin we are looking at has been running the database server full time. Both admins have the same number of years of experience. Does this mean that both have the same level of expertise? NO! Admin A has a wider range of knowledge, BUT lower expertise on the database server than Admin B. Experience does not guarantee a specific set of skills.
Certification is a way to quantify what knowledge you have. That knowledge could be learned from any number of sources including experience. Some people argue against certification training classes saying that people should just pick up a book. These people obviously do not understand how adults learn. There are three types of learners: visual, audible and kinetic. The visual learners learn by reading, audible learners learn by listening to an instructor and kinetic learners learn by doing. Actually everyone is a combination of the above three types, but one is usually much more dominant than the other. Someone that is a strong kinetic or audible learner will not learn very well from reading a book. Therefore they need classes to go to. The best classes and instructors will take into account the three learning types and accomodate all of them. You can give a student a book, explain details or answer questions they may have and assist them in doing a hands-on lab.
Another reason for having classes is that companies will send their people to classes. This gives the overworked admin TIME to try to learn something new.
Prerequisites for the classes are also necessary. Prereqs help to quantify that the student has at least a certain amount of knowledge so that the class can stay on topic and not be spent going over material that should already be known. Students coming to class without meeting the prereqs slow down the class with all of their questions and take up more of the instructors time during labs. Someone asked if Alan Cox could come to class. Yes, he could. Most of the prerequisites for certification classes are not enforced rather they become 'suggested' prereqs. However, does the fact that Alan Cox is an excellent kernel hacker automatically mean that he is also an excellent systems adminsitrator? No. He may very well be, but the skills involved in programming are different than the skills involved in administration. The two jobs are not interchangeable. There may be people that have the skills to do both, but excellence in one area is not a guarantee of excellence in another.
Technical Certifications are like college degrees. They both demonstrate that a person can learn and can finish a long term commitment. They also both quantify that a person has mastered (at that time) certain knowledge points. How good they are after the degree or certification is up to the individual. The best mix is certification WITH experience.
The Compaq training is not distro specific. Linux is Linux. It currently covers Red Hat and SuSE only. This is because Compaq has relationships built with those companies already. You should expect to see TurboLinux and Caldera supported in the future as Compaq develops relationships with them.
The SAIR certification is non-distro specific as well. The courseware actually comes with 8 different distros.
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I don't think it would have bankrupted her since the envelopes were supposed to be pre-stamped. However, it would have taken her the rest of her life to send that many replies.
Actually 10^3 = 1000 is incorrect.
It should be 10^3 == 1000.
In addition, I think that the steam from the new pot brewing is going to cause problems with his drives that are located above it.
The founding fathers did not say that our rights are granted by Society.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." -- Declaration of Independence
Your rights come from God. Also, notice that freedom to say anything that you want without repercussion is not listed.
Perhaps the question of when would be more relevant if Linux had better SMP support. We might see Linux on those boxes after the 2.4 kernel is released.
The article yesterday was intentionally worded to spark a fire and it worked. Those that read the article only and not the actual letter from MS are the ones that are the most angry. I was angry when I read the article. THEN I READ THE LETTER.
MS is not asking that you remove reader's comments, it is asking that you remove copyrighted material. It is not an issue about freedom of speech or trade secrets, it is about copyright.
It does not matter that they allowed people to download it. Millions of people purchase books, but that doesn't change the copyright.
There is a lot of emotional ranting going on about this topic, but there seems to be little logical thinking. It is a simple solution, just remove the copyrighted material and leave the comments. The comments are protected by free speech, but verbatim copying of a copyrighted document is infringement.
It is sad to see that /. is resorting to the same tactics that mainstream media uses to get readership...twist the truth enough to make it an emotional issue and let's forget all the facts.
--LT
The DS10 is not the smallest Alpha you can get. There is also a DS10L which is a 1U machine. You can also get this preloaded with Linux.
The Alpha is not limited to 2-way SMP. The Alpha can also be put into much larger SMP configurations. The AlphaServer ES40 is 4-way, the GS60 is 8-way, and the GS140 can have up to 14 Alpha processors in it. There is even a new SC that can have 64-512 processors! These are SMP machines, not Beowulf clusters. The Athlon is not even 2-way capable yet.
There are numerous supercomputer Beowulf clusters running Alphas. There are many graphics rendering companies running clusters of Alphas to render the graphics for movies.
The Alpha is far from dead. The comparison was a past-generation 21264 EV6 466MHz vs a new Athlon. The newest Alphas are the 21264 EV67 which perform about 50% better than the EV6. They also have higher speeds up to 733MHz. The Alpha is also slated to replace the old MIPS processors in the Tandem systems. Tandem systems run about 90%+ of the world's financial systems.
BTW, the Athlon has features that were licensed from the Alpha, such as the 200MHz frontside bus.
The Alpha is expensive, but it is worth it on the high end. It is not designed to be a home system, although I would like to have one!
This is similar to some versions of Linux that install on an existing Windows partition instead of forcing someone to repartition their drives. Phat Linux and ZipSlack are two examples. It allows someone to try out the new OS without changing the drive configuration.
The UltraSPARCs are 64-bit processors. Is this port of Linux a full 64-bit implementation? I know that the versions of Linux that are made for Compaq Alpha processors are fully 64-bit and really scream on those systems. Hopefully the UltraSPARC versions are also fully 64-bit so they can take advantage of the processor architecture.
Some people argue that we don't need certifications, just experience. I think that we need BOTH!
Experience is a good teacher. However, it does not always teach you everything you need to know. Lets look at two administrators from two companies with the same number of years of 'experience'. Company A is a small business with one administrator. He is in charge of the firewall, router, email, database, user support, printers, remote access...everything. Company B is a large company with mutiple admins. The admins have divided up the work and the admin we are looking at has been running the database server full time. Both admins have the same number of years of experience. Does this mean that both have the same level of expertise? NO! Admin A has a wider range of knowledge, BUT lower expertise on the database server than Admin B. Experience does not guarantee a specific set of skills.
Certification is a way to quantify what knowledge you have. That knowledge could be learned from any number of sources including experience. Some people argue against certification training classes saying that people should just pick up a book. These people obviously do not understand how adults learn. There are three types of learners: visual, audible and kinetic. The visual learners learn by reading, audible learners learn by listening to an instructor and kinetic learners learn by doing. Actually everyone is a combination of the above three types, but one is usually much more dominant than the other. Someone that is a strong kinetic or audible learner will not learn very well from reading a book. Therefore they need classes to go to. The best classes and instructors will take into account the three learning types and accomodate all of them. You can give a student a book, explain details or answer questions they may have and assist them in doing a hands-on lab.
Another reason for having classes is that companies will send their people to classes. This gives the overworked admin TIME to try to learn something new.
Prerequisites for the classes are also necessary. Prereqs help to quantify that the student has at least a certain amount of knowledge so that the class can stay on topic and not be spent going over material that should already be known. Students coming to class without meeting the prereqs slow down the class with all of their questions and take up more of the instructors time during labs. Someone asked if Alan Cox could come to class. Yes, he could. Most of the prerequisites for certification classes are not enforced rather they become 'suggested' prereqs. However, does the fact that Alan Cox is an excellent kernel hacker automatically mean that he is also an excellent systems adminsitrator? No. He may very well be, but the skills involved in programming are different than the skills involved in administration. The two jobs are not interchangeable. There may be people that have the skills to do both, but excellence in one area is not a guarantee of excellence in another.
Technical Certifications are like college degrees. They both demonstrate that a person can learn and can finish a long term commitment. They also both quantify that a person has mastered (at that time) certain knowledge points. How good they are after the degree or certification is up to the individual. The best mix is certification WITH experience.
The Compaq training is not distro specific. Linux is Linux. It currently covers Red Hat and SuSE only. This is because Compaq has relationships built with those companies already. You should expect to see TurboLinux and Caldera supported in the future as Compaq develops relationships with them.
The SAIR certification is non-distro specific as well. The courseware actually comes with 8 different distros.