in what sense do you consider Linux to be a success?
In the sense that it runs twice as many servers as Windows, roughly the same about of desktops as Macs (according to Steve Ballmer), and more mobile devices than any other OS in existence (where, btw, it is outpacing its rivals by a wide margin and now selling more units than desktop devices per year as nearly a million new linux-based (yes, Android is based on linux) mobile devices are activated every day. That sounds pretty successful. And it doesn't even include the embedded market, which you clearly know nothing about. So many embedded devices in use in many industries (the cable industry for instance) run Red Hat Linux and other distros.
By what metric is Linux "world-class"?
As of June 2010 the operating systems used on the world's top 500 supercomputers were: Linux 91.0%, Unix 4.4%, Hybrid Unix/Linux 3.4%, Windows HPC 1.0%, BSD 0.2%
That metric works for me. You apparently prefer ones with pretty pointy-clicky thingies.
I know how hard it is to find experienced IT staff. Especially when I see job postings for people who have "at least 5 years experience" with tech that only became available 3 years ago.
I wear one of these. The strap is wearing out after a couple years so I should get a new one. But otherwise it works as a watch should. I find it clean and clear. And unobtrusively geeky. They run specials all the time and I got mine for $45 a couple years ago.
Voters do want the 4th amendment respected. It's just that they are so zealous about outlawing abortion and gay marriage that they'd cut off their nose to spite their face.
Maybe the telcos should be lobbying the feds then to respect the 4th amendment and have one national standard to adhere to because it's stupid to think individual states won't pass laws like this and they'll end up with a hodgepodge of laws with conflicting requirements all over the country.
People want the 4th amendment respected. It'd be nice to have telcos on our side for once.
Nobody's training users to just click through anything. We're training users to check a box in their mail settings that says "trust invalid certs" or some verbiage along those lines for that specific connection only. In fact, 95% of the time, we're setting that shit up for them.
Besides, if we were the fucking DOD I'd see everybody's point. But the level of security we need for "Hey, wanna do lunch?" and "where's that report I asked for yesterday?" emails is met by a self-signed cert and a simple "hey phone...I know you don't recognize the authority of the CA that signed this cert because it's not one of your pre-isntalled major third-party CAs that keep getting hacked but it's our cert and we're okay with it so just accept the goddamn thing anyway" checkbox that we can set and forget.
To be fair, it's not really *that* difficult to install the trusted root cert on the WP7 device. It's just...why should we have to jump through that hoop? All of those other devices *just work*.
Our company runs almost entirely on Microsoft products. We use Exchange Server and Microsoft Outlook for our e-mail. We use self-signed SSL certs.
This week an employee got a Nokia Lumia 900. He brought it in for us to help him get the e-mail set up. It won't accept self-signed certs. It's a pain in the ass to get set up. He took it back and got an iPhone.
We have people running iPhones, Blackberries, and Android phones all connecting without problems. But you got a WP7 device? Sucks to be you.
Science is a slow play. For fifty years we may believe faked research but just like this article points out: over time science sorts itself out.
The skeptic is always wise to question scientific studies and look for flaws in design, implementation, and interpretation of results.
There are always bad actors, and they may be rewarded in the near term while good scientists are not; but science is inherently self-correcting over time.
I sort of feel sorry for the people running these organizations. They have an addiction. To cake. They love cake. They can't get enough of it. But in a way this addiction compels them into a sort of schizophrenia. You see, they want to eat the cake. But they want to still have the cake.
I dumped Ubuntu a while ago. I don't like the direction they're going in.
Instead...well, I've been a fan of Maemo, then MeeGo, now Tizen for a while now. If I don't want to run Android, I'll wait for a usable Tizen build to put on my tablets, thanks anyway.
I am a long time customer. I love it. Even with the latest mis-steps, I am still a happy customer. Yes, they screwed up. But the service is still totally worth it to me.
But if Verizon buys them, I'm cancelling. I just cannot imagine any way that they wouldn't completely destroy Netflix's value proposition.
Your post is both reasoned and articulated well. Unlike the Forbes article. There's a reason I don't click Forbes URLs. Since I'm fresh outta mod points, I'm replying to basically agree with you.
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In the sense that it runs twice as many servers as Windows, roughly the same about of desktops as Macs (according to Steve Ballmer), and more mobile devices than any other OS in existence (where, btw, it is outpacing its rivals by a wide margin and now selling more units than desktop devices per year as nearly a million new linux-based (yes, Android is based on linux) mobile devices are activated every day. That sounds pretty successful. And it doesn't even include the embedded market, which you clearly know nothing about. So many embedded devices in use in many industries (the cable industry for instance) run Red Hat Linux and other distros.
As of June 2010 the operating systems used on the world's top 500 supercomputers were: Linux 91.0%, Unix 4.4%, Hybrid Unix/Linux 3.4%, Windows HPC 1.0%, BSD 0.2%
That metric works for me. You apparently prefer ones with pretty pointy-clicky thingies.
Sadly, it was sent anonymously. So we'll have to foot the bill and cover the taxes on it...stupid internet freeloader ACs!!!
All one of them?
I realize who wrote it. The daft politicians part comes in where it says "The United Nations is considering a new Internet tax..."
I'm starting to think if I wrote a proposal that everybody kiss my butt, I could get the UN to consider it.
Could politicians be more daft?
There Loki goes again, just messin' with us.
I know how hard it is to find experienced IT staff. Especially when I see job postings for people who have "at least 5 years experience" with tech that only became available 3 years ago.
I wear one of these. The strap is wearing out after a couple years so I should get a new one. But otherwise it works as a watch should. I find it clean and clear. And unobtrusively geeky. They run specials all the time and I got mine for $45 a couple years ago.
Like more lifeboats?
Voters do want the 4th amendment respected. It's just that they are so zealous about outlawing abortion and gay marriage that they'd cut off their nose to spite their face.
Maybe the telcos should be lobbying the feds then to respect the 4th amendment and have one national standard to adhere to because it's stupid to think individual states won't pass laws like this and they'll end up with a hodgepodge of laws with conflicting requirements all over the country.
People want the 4th amendment respected. It'd be nice to have telcos on our side for once.
Nobody's training users to just click through anything. We're training users to check a box in their mail settings that says "trust invalid certs" or some verbiage along those lines for that specific connection only. In fact, 95% of the time, we're setting that shit up for them.
Besides, if we were the fucking DOD I'd see everybody's point. But the level of security we need for "Hey, wanna do lunch?" and "where's that report I asked for yesterday?" emails is met by a self-signed cert and a simple "hey phone...I know you don't recognize the authority of the CA that signed this cert because it's not one of your pre-isntalled major third-party CAs that keep getting hacked but it's our cert and we're okay with it so just accept the goddamn thing anyway" checkbox that we can set and forget.
To be fair, it's not really *that* difficult to install the trusted root cert on the WP7 device. It's just...why should we have to jump through that hoop? All of those other devices *just work*.
Our company runs almost entirely on Microsoft products. We use Exchange Server and Microsoft Outlook for our e-mail. We use self-signed SSL certs.
This week an employee got a Nokia Lumia 900. He brought it in for us to help him get the e-mail set up. It won't accept self-signed certs. It's a pain in the ass to get set up. He took it back and got an iPhone.
We have people running iPhones, Blackberries, and Android phones all connecting without problems. But you got a WP7 device? Sucks to be you.
This is why we can't have nice things.
Science is a slow play. For fifty years we may believe faked research but just like this article points out: over time science sorts itself out.
The skeptic is always wise to question scientific studies and look for flaws in design, implementation, and interpretation of results.
There are always bad actors, and they may be rewarded in the near term while good scientists are not; but science is inherently self-correcting over time.
*cough*Disney*cough*
I sort of feel sorry for the people running these organizations. They have an addiction. To cake. They love cake. They can't get enough of it. But in a way this addiction compels them into a sort of schizophrenia. You see, they want to eat the cake. But they want to still have the cake.
It's sad really.
It's all ball bearings these days.
Pull the battery.
I dumped Ubuntu a while ago. I don't like the direction they're going in.
Instead...well, I've been a fan of Maemo, then MeeGo, now Tizen for a while now. If I don't want to run Android, I'll wait for a usable Tizen build to put on my tablets, thanks anyway.
Same here. I only have one measly domain and next to zero traffic but I moved it from GoDaddy to namecheap several months ago.
GoDaddy keeps thinking advertisements with possibly hot women will cause their audience (nerds) to look past how badly they suck.
Why should a corporation get free work that helps them save money or increase profit, when I would not be getting paid for that?
Because you also get on slashdot from work?
I am a long time customer. I love it. Even with the latest mis-steps, I am still a happy customer. Yes, they screwed up. But the service is still totally worth it to me.
But if Verizon buys them, I'm cancelling. I just cannot imagine any way that they wouldn't completely destroy Netflix's value proposition.
Your post is both reasoned and articulated well. Unlike the Forbes article. There's a reason I don't click Forbes URLs. Since I'm fresh outta mod points, I'm replying to basically agree with you.