I/AM/ a Mac user, but why-o-why does the GUI have to consume so many cycles that you need a high-power box and GPU to run it? Why does XP go so much faster when you revert to the Win2000 UI-styles?? I haven't tried Vista (don't want to but suppose I'll eventually be forced to in some context), but it sounds ever worse.
I'm not advocating for 40x24 7-bit ascii, but seriously, do GUI's need SO MUCH eye-candy!?
Had Verizon for 5 years here in Denver area; didn't work at office at all, very poor at home.
Switched to Cingular, works OK both locations, no dropped calls to speak of in any location in Denver so far. With the caveat that all mobile phones/services inherently suck without exception:-), in my narrow experience, Cingular is far superior. And the entry Samsung phone has more features and MUCH better sound quality (even with low signal) that the entry LG phone at Verizon.
Being a UNIX SysAdmin (to specificially differentiate from VMS, NT, Novell or any other OS), is more a STATE OF MIND than a specific set of skills.
You need the skills, and the ONLY practical way to get them is from experience. Some employers want certs (e.g. LPI, Solaris, RHCE), but they won't make you a better SA.
It's a state of mind regarding your approach to technology and tech problems. Aeleen Frisch in Essential System Admin (Oreilly) describes it best. (And if I recall correctly she started out as a History or Art Major...). (then there's Cliff Stoll - he started as an Astronomer if I remember correctly.)
.. anyone remember the original Laptop that set the standard for all others in the early 90's... Apple's 100/140/170 PowerBooks that all had very nice, usable trackballs...
Very definitely one of the best! The FIRST author to win the Hugo and Nebula in the same year.
I see criticism of his style, but I think you could make the some of the same criticism of Asimov and Heinlein. Only because they were foundational to the genera, along with others (Lewis, Dick, Orwell, Zelazny, Sturgeon, Pohl, Ellison), and more modern writers largely follow in their footsteps.
For my money, Niven has some of the very best and most memorable characterizations in the business, and some of the best stories (by-passing dogs like Integral Trees).
Some modern authors focus more on tech or gore or action. But for REAL stories and REAL characters that can provike thought, I'll take Niven.
Then again, maybe in just means I'm getting old and out-of-touch;-)
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/AM/ a Mac user, but why-o-why does the GUI have to consume so many cycles that you need a high-power box and GPU to run it? Why does XP go so much faster when you revert to the Win2000 UI-styles?? I haven't tried Vista (don't want to but suppose I'll eventually be forced to in some context), but it sounds ever worse.
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I'm not advocating for 40x24 7-bit ascii, but seriously, do GUI's need SO MUCH eye-candy!?
Had Verizon for 5 years here in Denver area; didn't work at office at all, very poor at home.
:-), in my narrow experience, Cingular is far superior. And the entry Samsung phone has more features and MUCH better sound quality (even with low signal) that the entry LG phone at Verizon.
Switched to Cingular, works OK both locations, no dropped calls to speak of in any location in Denver so far. With the caveat that all mobile phones/services inherently suck without exception
That's a quite comprehensive one!
>I believe the great unstated truth is that rechargeable batteries just plain have a limited life.
As opposed to what!!!??? Do NON-rechargeable batteries have an infinite (or even indefinite) life span?
Being a UNIX SysAdmin (to specificially differentiate from VMS, NT, Novell or any other OS), is more a STATE OF MIND than a specific set of skills.
...). (then there's Cliff Stoll - he started as an Astronomer if I remember correctly.)
You need the skills, and the ONLY practical way to get them is from experience. Some employers want certs (e.g. LPI, Solaris, RHCE), but they won't make you a better SA.
It's a state of mind regarding your approach to technology and tech problems. Aeleen Frisch in Essential System Admin (Oreilly) describes it best. (And if I recall correctly she started out as a History or Art Major
Not High Art, but fun and readable, and suprisingly literate.
You, are of course correct, and if I'd been paying attention, I wouldn't have made that typo ... duh :-)
.. anyone remember the original Laptop that set the standard for all others in the early 90's ... Apple's 100/140/170 PowerBooks that all had very nice, usable trackballs ...
(Just nostalgia now, I guess)
What about Robert Silverberg - especially his Lord Valentine series is an outstanding blend of SF and Fantasy -- highly recommended.
Another favorite - The Uplift War saga is excellent.
But is it good enought stuff to be read commonly 50 years hence? (Probably not).
Slippery Jim diGriz, The Stainless Steel Rat! Super stuff!
Very definitely one of the best! The FIRST author to win the Hugo and Nebula in the same year.
;-)
I see criticism of his style, but I think you could make the some of the same criticism of Asimov and Heinlein. Only because they were foundational to the genera, along with others (Lewis, Dick, Orwell, Zelazny, Sturgeon, Pohl, Ellison), and more modern writers largely follow in their footsteps.
For my money, Niven has some of the very best and most memorable characterizations in the business, and some of the best stories (by-passing dogs like Integral Trees).
Some modern authors focus more on tech or gore or action. But for REAL stories and REAL characters that can provike thought, I'll take Niven.
Then again, maybe in just means I'm getting old and out-of-touch
Alpha was already dead at Compaq. PA-RISC was withering on the vine at HP. SGI is moving away from MIPS
....
All will move to Itanium, probably.
This leaves IBM Power & PowerPC and SPARC as the only credible alternatives to the Intel and clone market.
Irrespective of the *technical* aspects, those other architectures ship a tiny fragment of the volume that Intel ships
Just one man's opinion.