Friend has a Masters in CS, but couldn't find a CS job, so he took an ME job instead. 10 years down the road he's looking for a new job, but no one will take him for ME because they think he's going to leave for a CS job(despite the decade's worth of ME exp) and no one will take him for anything but short term consultant type CS work because he has worked ME for his entire professional career. I'd advise against IT if it's truly IT. Some companies hire IT and then have them work with SQL, VB, etc, and that will bolster your resume to some degree because it's doing essentially what your degree says you're qualified for.
It's not convincing I need, I know I need to learn it. It's more about what's prudent given the timeframe. I'll pick up stuff as I need to, but I also have a timeline to implement things. I want to learn, I will learn, but I can't master it before I implement it
Thank you. Regardless of what I end up doing, knowing the theoretical implementation always helps the first time through. And yes, I will be doing this from the console. Remote administration will come later
It's not uneasy, it's inexperienced. I want to learn, but it will take time. Something that I can configure and work my way in to is much better for how I learn than being dropped at the CLI and given a manual and some forums to search(which is what I had happen to me with PICK, which I'd rather avoid).
I understand the risks, thank you. There is no data on here that will cripple anyone, or even hurt anyone, if someone manages to exploit security holes. That said, I take security very seriously and will obviously be learning new things here. I wouldn't be here asking this question if it was a server for some medical provider hosting all sorts of juicy bits of information. It's hobby related and if I do fuck up no one will be impacted negatively.
I will be serving other applications/services on top of phpbb, but they will be phased in(probably on another server, depending on how load goes). IRC, Jabber, etc. This is why I am looking to do it myself(along with the money issue).
While I wish I could, the DBMS matters. That said, it is an interesting thought for the future when I have time to do it, and I know for damn sure it's(in general) a better solution performance-wise than MySQL(or PostgreSQL)
Cash is the problem, of course. I'm not going to pay for the hosting when I have a decent enough server and a business class pipe already available. I'm not getting any cash in return for this, it is merely hobby
The reasoning for MySQL is based solely on the path of least resistance for some of the database integrated software I'm going to be using. I don't want to spend time converting from one dialect to another. Perhaps in the future if I find MySQL inadequate, but not currently.
My problem is that I don't want to spend any more money on it than I have to, plus I get to expand my knowledge in the process. It's a "production" server, but it's not commercial/business related and there is no cash at risk.
It's not that I want to avoid the CLI, but I'd rather ease my way into it rather than be forced to utilize it for everything from the get-go, and I understand about remote administration, but in this case it's not a server in some rack, it's under my desk next to my main tower. Thank you for the information, nevertheless. The tools do sound like what I am looking for to ease myself in.
Thank you for the indepth information. The computer I will be using as a server does have an ATi card in it, so this is definitely something to look in to.
I never said anything about JS. Web browsers support Java. This is about plugins. Java is a plugin. It is a necessary plugin, moreso than Flash in many cases
But you'll have to switch to it. Added pain in the ass. Shouldn't need it. MS should provide settings to get around this, but it's obvious that they won't given their approach so far with WP7 and what I've seen of W8
Slashdot Mirror
there is a conflict between occupy English and Slashdot, as well.
I like this one better(for FTL): Light year long stick
Friend has a Masters in CS, but couldn't find a CS job, so he took an ME job instead. 10 years down the road he's looking for a new job, but no one will take him for ME because they think he's going to leave for a CS job(despite the decade's worth of ME exp) and no one will take him for anything but short term consultant type CS work because he has worked ME for his entire professional career. I'd advise against IT if it's truly IT. Some companies hire IT and then have them work with SQL, VB, etc, and that will bolster your resume to some degree because it's doing essentially what your degree says you're qualified for.
It's not convincing I need, I know I need to learn it. It's more about what's prudent given the timeframe. I'll pick up stuff as I need to, but I also have a timeline to implement things. I want to learn, I will learn, but I can't master it before I implement it
Thank you. Regardless of what I end up doing, knowing the theoretical implementation always helps the first time through. And yes, I will be doing this from the console. Remote administration will come later
I know I'll get booed for this, but why use Linux at all?
Cost, of course.
It's not uneasy, it's inexperienced. I want to learn, but it will take time. Something that I can configure and work my way in to is much better for how I learn than being dropped at the CLI and given a manual and some forums to search(which is what I had happen to me with PICK, which I'd rather avoid).
I understand the risks, thank you. There is no data on here that will cripple anyone, or even hurt anyone, if someone manages to exploit security holes. That said, I take security very seriously and will obviously be learning new things here. I wouldn't be here asking this question if it was a server for some medical provider hosting all sorts of juicy bits of information. It's hobby related and if I do fuck up no one will be impacted negatively.
That said, thanks for the information.
I will be serving other applications/services on top of phpbb, but they will be phased in(probably on another server, depending on how load goes). IRC, Jabber, etc. This is why I am looking to do it myself(along with the money issue).
While I wish I could, the DBMS matters. That said, it is an interesting thought for the future when I have time to do it, and I know for damn sure it's(in general) a better solution performance-wise than MySQL(or PostgreSQL)
Cash is the problem, of course. I'm not going to pay for the hosting when I have a decent enough server and a business class pipe already available. I'm not getting any cash in return for this, it is merely hobby
This is very interesting information that I have yet to come across. This will be very useful. Thank you
No, it's not philosophy. It's cost. I'm not getting anything back from this other than experience
Interesting, thank you. I'll check it out
Thank you, I'll check it out
The reasoning for MySQL is based solely on the path of least resistance for some of the database integrated software I'm going to be using. I don't want to spend time converting from one dialect to another. Perhaps in the future if I find MySQL inadequate, but not currently.
My problem is that I don't want to spend any more money on it than I have to, plus I get to expand my knowledge in the process. It's a "production" server, but it's not commercial/business related and there is no cash at risk.
It's not that I want to avoid the CLI, but I'd rather ease my way into it rather than be forced to utilize it for everything from the get-go, and I understand about remote administration, but in this case it's not a server in some rack, it's under my desk next to my main tower. Thank you for the information, nevertheless. The tools do sound like what I am looking for to ease myself in.
Thank you for the indepth information. The computer I will be using as a server does have an ATi card in it, so this is definitely something to look in to.
How does this affect USB tethering, if at all?
And a non-free firmware blob is required to operate the motherboard, nic, wireless card, etc on a linux install. Can we really call linux free, then?
My company uses website embedded java in internal and external web services.. Running as an application isn't really an option given the nature of it
I never said anything about JS. Web browsers support Java. This is about plugins. Java is a plugin. It is a necessary plugin, moreso than Flash in many cases
But you'll have to switch to it. Added pain in the ass. Shouldn't need it. MS should provide settings to get around this, but it's obvious that they won't given their approach so far with WP7 and what I've seen of W8
It's not going to do java. Does MS even distribute their JVM anymore? Java is a plugin on IE9 and previous regardless.