Can't you do your own research? I mean, for fuck's sake, is it that hard to find a linux distro to try? Get off your ass and try one. Redhat. Mandrake. Debian. SuSE. Gentoo. Fucking pick one and stop asking stupid questions you already know the answer to.
I recently installed Solaris 9 (Ultra-SPARC), downloading the iso's from Sun's web site, and it came with Netscape 7, which works quite well. I have been using it for browsing and email the last month or so and have not had a crash yet.
I was going to download mozilla, but if netscape7 will do (as they are very similar), there is no reason to.
For now, anyway. Maybe when all the old-timers die (hmm, I wonder if this means me, as well), the CLI will die.
I don't think this will be the case. I, while not an old-timer @ 23 years, love the CLI. I continue to see a need for both. I use both, and use them when they should be used. The CLI is great for scripting and such, and can be indispensable when speed is important. Sure, the CLI has a steeper learning curve, but once you get to know the commands, options, etc., most people favor the command line for certain work (typically computer-savvy people like myself).
I think the command line will be around for a long time, as it is another tool we have in our toolbox that can help us achieve some tasks better. It's about always using the right tool for the job, and sometimes the CLI is that tool.
I don't think he is really ignoring it. While he may appear to say it's just a passing fad, you can bet they are not ignoring it in the MS board room while Linux is slowing chipping away at their server, desktop, and office market. One PC at a time...
Jeezus, I think "bet" is a bad word choice by Bill here... I mean, come one. Lets say you had the Win9x code bas over here, and the WinNT code base over there. Which one would YOU bet the company on? Not really a tough choice. The only person that would "bet" on Win9x, well, shit. I can't think of anyone.
I wouldn't say OS/2 lived to 2002... it certainly was not completely dead, but it was nearly non-existenet in the early to mid nineties except in specialized markets like bank computer.
linux had had about the same lifespan (1988-1994 = 6 years), but is still strongly growing and showing some ballz, and the community is much bigger than the OS/2 community was, at least online (a rought comparison, as OS/2 was largely before the internet wave).
not to mention that MS basically partered with IBM on OS/2, then back-stabbed them while secretly working on a competeting OS (windows).
Those who don't learn history (or choose to ignore it) are bound to repeat it, Bill.
Crikey, if you do ALL that where you work, surely you must work for Dr. Evil? I mean, come on - the variety gave it away. Don't worry, we won't tell...
Yes, I still use carburators. They may be worse in some respects, but they are easier to work and on and much cheaper to fix should something go wrong. I am one of the old fashioned people who likes to work on their own car and is capable of fixing it.
And on a dry road with good traction, a non-ABS braking system can certainly stop faster than ABS can. When conditions vary, such as a wet or slippery road, then ABS truly shines. ABS is also much better "for the masses" as it requires to ability to execute controlled breaking.
That being said, on a dry road with a driver that knows exactly what he is doing, non-ABS can stop faster. Control, however is a different issue.
What I would do if I were you is tell your boss to hire someone new, if you aren't just a troll. You don't seem to have the skills yet to maintain production servers.
please... using RCs on a production server? if you can't answer your own questions I feel very sorry for you and your company.
Uhh... it was a joke dude. Now whether it was funny or not is debateable (I don't think it is funny, and never did). But you don't need to go pull your proverbial 36" dildo and ram it up his ass just for making a cheap joke.
While you can buy caddies and make your IDE removeable, it is nor a true hot swap. You can successfully pull it out and in, and it will probably work, but this is not supported in the IDE interface. I have done it, but it is NOT something I would use for anything business related or semi-important. It simply does not work 100% of the time without failures. I am sure you knew this, but I am just informing those who may not know.
uhh... dude? Come on. You use a 486. Why you are using mandrake is beyond me. Why you are using a 486 is also beyond me. Mandrake has traditionally been caterering to Pentiums, with their 586 instead of i386 builds, etc. I don't think you should expect a company to make a build for the 5 people in the world still using 486, 50MHz machines (and I am not talking about those used in embedded systems - i am talking desktop computers like Mandrake was meant for).
Just a little sexual politics for y'all - pointing hidden cameras at girls (or anyone else for that matter) is not nice. It's offensive. It's rude. It's an invasion of privacy.
Oh, shut up. Take your Zantac and calm down. Don't be so easily offended. Grow some skin, and so forth and so on.
There would be no reason, I guess. IE just doesn't do what I want, so I use Mozilla. I also use Mozilla's email package as it has gotten pretty good. IE can't control popups or use tabbed browsing out of the box like the big Mo can. IE is also not standards complian, and big Mo aims to be.
Here's the main gist of the article, boiled down into a single rock:
"Under the deal, KaZaA's owner, Sharman Networks Ltd., will advertise high-speed Internet access provided by Tiscali, an Italian Internet provider, to its tens of millions of European users. In return Tiscali, which serves around seven million customers in 15 countries, will pay Sharman a "bounty" for each KaZaA user who signs up for its high-speed access service."
Seems like an OK move for both companies, but I think there are so few people that actually look at and consider banner ads that it won't do much good. On the plus side, Kazaa gets another partner.
It does seem a bit funny that a high speed ISP would partner up with a file-sharing company that eats up all their bandwidth. While some ISPs are figuring out how to ban them, others are joining with them. I hope they have a lot of bandwidth to spare.
I don't disagree, but there are still millions of people that abuse our welfare system. I agree that good comes from welfare too, but there are many people who abuse it. I know a couple of them.
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So whats a good distro these days? Anybody?
Can't you do your own research? I mean, for fuck's sake, is it that hard to find a linux distro to try? Get off your ass and try one. Redhat. Mandrake. Debian. SuSE. Gentoo. Fucking pick one and stop asking stupid questions you already know the answer to.
I recently installed Solaris 9 (Ultra-SPARC), downloading the iso's from Sun's web site, and it came with Netscape 7, which works quite well. I have been using it for browsing and email the last month or so and have not had a crash yet.
I was going to download mozilla, but if netscape7 will do (as they are very similar), there is no reason to.
For now, anyway. Maybe when all the old-timers die (hmm, I wonder if this means me, as well), the CLI will die.
I don't think this will be the case. I, while not an old-timer @ 23 years, love the CLI. I continue to see a need for both. I use both, and use them when they should be used. The CLI is great for scripting and such, and can be indispensable when speed is important. Sure, the CLI has a steeper learning curve, but once you get to know the commands, options, etc., most people favor the command line for certain work (typically computer-savvy people like myself).
I think the command line will be around for a long time, as it is another tool we have in our toolbox that can help us achieve some tasks better. It's about always using the right tool for the job, and sometimes the CLI is that tool.
I don't think he is really ignoring it. While he may appear to say it's just a passing fad, you can bet they are not ignoring it in the MS board room while Linux is slowing chipping away at their server, desktop, and office market. One PC at a time...
Jeezus, I think "bet" is a bad word choice by Bill here... I mean, come one. Lets say you had the Win9x code bas over here, and the WinNT code base over there. Which one would YOU bet the company on? Not really a tough choice. The only person that would "bet" on Win9x, well, shit. I can't think of anyone.
I wouldn't say OS/2 lived to 2002... it certainly was not completely dead, but it was nearly non-existenet in the early to mid nineties except in specialized markets like bank computer.
linux had had about the same lifespan (1988-1994 = 6 years), but is still strongly growing and showing some ballz, and the community is much bigger than the OS/2 community was, at least online (a rought comparison, as OS/2 was largely before the internet wave).
not to mention that MS basically partered with IBM on OS/2, then back-stabbed them while secretly working on a competeting OS (windows).
Those who don't learn history (or choose to ignore it) are bound to repeat it, Bill.
Did he really? I was going to buy that book, but never did. Can someone that read it give me the jist of what the "road ahead" consisted of?
Crikey, if you do ALL that where you work, surely you must work for Dr. Evil? I mean, come on - the variety gave it away. Don't worry, we won't tell...
Yes, I still use carburators. They may be worse in some respects, but they are easier to work and on and much cheaper to fix should something go wrong. I am one of the old fashioned people who likes to work on their own car and is capable of fixing it.
And on a dry road with good traction, a non-ABS braking system can certainly stop faster than ABS can. When conditions vary, such as a wet or slippery road, then ABS truly shines. ABS is also much better "for the masses" as it requires to ability to execute controlled breaking.
That being said, on a dry road with a driver that knows exactly what he is doing, non-ABS can stop faster. Control, however is a different issue.
What I would do if I were you is tell your boss to hire someone new, if you aren't just a troll. You don't seem to have the skills yet to maintain production servers.
please... using RCs on a production server? if you can't answer your own questions I feel very sorry for you and your company.
Uhh... it was a joke dude. Now whether it was funny or not is debateable (I don't think it is funny, and never did). But you don't need to go pull your proverbial 36" dildo and ram it up his ass just for making a cheap joke.
While you can buy caddies and make your IDE removeable, it is nor a true hot swap. You can successfully pull it out and in, and it will probably work, but this is not supported in the IDE interface. I have done it, but it is NOT something I would use for anything business related or semi-important. It simply does not work 100% of the time without failures. I am sure you knew this, but I am just informing those who may not know.
Tom's Hardware also did a review of a Serial ATA drive. A link is provided here.
Benchmarks were funny.
uhh... dude? Come on. You use a 486. Why you are using mandrake is beyond me. Why you are using a 486 is also beyond me. Mandrake has traditionally been caterering to Pentiums, with their 586 instead of i386 builds, etc. I don't think you should expect a company to make a build for the 5 people in the world still using 486, 50MHz machines (and I am not talking about those used in embedded systems - i am talking desktop computers like Mandrake was meant for).
In another five years the only full distro will be Debian
Great. Maybe they'll have KDE3 by then.
I laugh to keep from crying...
I won't attack your point #1, #3, or #4 as those are your opinions, but Mandrake offers a similar service to up2date for free.
no, i think you are confusing the dinosaurs with BSD. someone said that it was extinct.
Just a little sexual politics for y'all - pointing hidden cameras at girls (or anyone else for that matter) is not nice. It's offensive. It's rude. It's an invasion of privacy.
Oh, shut up. Take your Zantac and calm down. Don't be so easily offended. Grow some skin, and so forth and so on.
There would be no reason, I guess. IE just doesn't do what I want, so I use Mozilla. I also use Mozilla's email package as it has gotten pretty good. IE can't control popups or use tabbed browsing out of the box like the big Mo can. IE is also not standards complian, and big Mo aims to be.
Here's the main gist of the article, boiled down into a single rock:
"Under the deal, KaZaA's owner, Sharman Networks Ltd., will advertise high-speed Internet access provided by Tiscali, an Italian Internet provider, to its tens of millions of European users. In return Tiscali, which serves around seven million customers in 15 countries, will pay Sharman a "bounty" for each KaZaA user who signs up for its high-speed access service."
Seems like an OK move for both companies, but I think there are so few people that actually look at and consider banner ads that it won't do much good. On the plus side, Kazaa gets another partner.
It does seem a bit funny that a high speed ISP would partner up with a file-sharing company that eats up all their bandwidth. While some ISPs are figuring out how to ban them, others are joining with them. I hope they have a lot of bandwidth to spare.
Then why don't you limeys create your own search engine that rules? Then you can do whatever you want with it!
(that was a joke).
Wholly shit is that funny. Thanks for the link.
You'll be happy to know it was just you.
Yes, try plugging in 75 hard drives (5 JBODs) into a fibre channel HBA (emulex) and watch windows blue screen within about 10 seconds.
I don't disagree, but there are still millions of people that abuse our welfare system. I agree that good comes from welfare too, but there are many people who abuse it. I know a couple of them.