I'm interested in this too Malc. I _think_ that it won't be possible and that going for one of the (much more expensive) Soekris solutions might be necessary.
And there are lots of studies which suggest that riding on the sidewalk is damn dangerous! There's an amusing (if slightly inaccurate) quiz online to find out what type of cyclist you are at C.I.C.L.E.
When I took it I was "cyclo-analyzed" as 51% messenger and 49% effective cyclist.
How in the world is this "flamebait"? Whoever modded this as flamebait is using their mod-priveleges to stamp all over a question that is legitimate and interesting. Why doesn't the google search that I write about show the results that I'd expect?
Why is it that when I do a Google-images search for "torture iraq" or "lynndie england" I get no hits at all for the current pictures that are doing the rounds? Yet if I search the regular Google then I can get links to them.
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Trying the mp3 stream I get The file wcpe.pls is of type audio/x-scpls and Mozilla does not know how to handle it. A little not at the bottom tells me to cut and paste an URL into my browser. Why do I have to do this?
The ogg vorbis one works nicely though
I've had similar problems when trying to listen/watch streaming video/audio in the past and have usually downloaded the stream and then watched/listened happily.
Nature is currently promo'ing a digital version available through "Newsstand". I was extremely disappointed to find out that I was supposed to download a Windows only "viewer" to try out this "digital" subscription
If you look at the small print inside eg. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences it says something along the lines of "this paper is an advertisement".
A portion of every scientific grant is reserved to pay the publishing fees. For journals like Science, Nature, PNAS this is about $600 per article and color illustrations up the cost.
So, scientists already pay to publish their work. Similarly in the humanities a large number of PhD theses are published by what are effectively "vanity presses", so that the authors can look better for sabbatical review.
In the not too distant future there will be futile attempts to halt our greenhouse gas emissions as the evidence mounts that we're facing a problem. These will possibly involve the most mechanically efficient short-range vehicle (the bicycle) for all those trips under 2 miles (to the video store etc) that we all take in urban centers.
"When I see an adult on a bicycle I do not despair for the future of the human race." - H.G.Wells
>But which formerly "open source" software has RedHat made proprietary?
Their entire OS! On top of that, although RHAS is GPL, they've made it known they do not want people copying it.
So, what you're saying is that you're totally wrong and have no examples. Thanks.
One of the library staff here at the university I work at achieved his RHCE status, yet he still can't do squat. [...] Fast forward a few years, and he's now an OSS Zealot, attending RHCE training.
So which is it my friend? He's either an RHCE or he's attending RHCE training. It sounds awfully like you're lying when you write the above contradictory statements.
No certs are not the be-all and end-all and most of the older admins that proved their worth and gained experience before the competition heated up don't need a cert to show that they are competent. However we find that that the RHCE is a good indication of a tested, practical level of competence. That doesn't mean the person is going to be as good as someone that doesn't have the cert but is competent, it's just a proof of a certain level of competence.
Our two best employees don't have RHCE but have been admins for 13 and 11 years.
They write kernel patches all the time for Red Hat and don't submit them to kernel.org
OK. Cite some actual examples to back that up please. Alan Cox is one of the lead RedHat developers and submits and curates tons of patches. I'd like to know exactly what kernel patches you're talking about so that I can evaluate what you say.
Their support contracts are outrageous. I've talked with people who work at various Universites and from what they've told me, Red Hat wouldn't give them any sort of discount as far support. The contract was so expensive there was no way they could buy it. Novell is the support contract and certification kings.
Again, specifics please. AFAIK RedHat _enterprise_ support is competitively priced compared to other _enterprise_ offerings. RedHat also has educational discounts available. Show me the money: NovellSuSE vs. RedHat. Specifics or else stop spreading FUD.
RHCE is worthless. OTOH, Novell is recommending LPIC alongside their own linux cert. LPIC attempts to be distribution neutral (except for package managers). RHCE is strictly Red Hat.
RHCE is a _practical_ hands-on certification which shows that the holder can actually do something other than make marks on a bit of paper. LPI-1 and LPI-2 are good as supplements but they are not _practical_ certifications. Currently RHCE is the only certification that shows you're getting someone that can actually set up a box.
Novell is attempting to make Suse more open (with recent moves of open sourcing Yast and a lot of Novell software), while Red Hat is going the other direction.
Yes YaST has been "open sourced". But which formerly "open source" software has RedHat made proprietary? Give an example please.
Red Hat has historically used a lot of software still considered beta and has been the buggiest linux distro out there.
What's your metric for "buggy"? Define it and then show me how all the GNU/Linux distros stack up against each other. Otherwise this has the same informational value as the rest of your fact-devoid post.
Until you can provide further specific information I'll be taking your post as an empty, contentless, unverifiable FUD-spreading exercise.
Yes, they should have hired the marketing geniuses that produced:
* mp3
* avi
* wma
et bloody cetera. "Ogg Vorbis" is a memorable, pronounceable name. Nothing wrong with it. Now off with you to download some of your Eh Eh See files or those Em Pee Threes
What's mainly wrong with the SSL approach is that it's theoretically slower than FreeS/WAN or CIPE. Luckily the SuperFreeS/WAN and OpenFreeS/WAN projects continue to live on.
"As night fall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the air, however slight, lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness."
U. S. Supreme Court Justice William Douglas in 1976
Actually there are two possible types of ad hominem one of them is valid and the other is a fallacy.
A valid ad hominem occurs when a protagonist has made a statement of the type "I am an X and therefore my experience allows me to state Y", to which the valid response is "You are a flawed X in some manner and therefore you can't state Y".
An invalid ad hominem would occur if the respondent were to counter instead with "You are a flawed Z (where Z has no relationship to X at all) and therefore can't state Y".
There is an element of valid ad hominem in the response to ESR when it is said that ESR is "out of touch". The truth of this is arguable, but the form of the argument is a valid ad hominem.
It is completely uncalled for. I hold no great liking for ESR's pushing of Open Source instead of Free Software but he's contributed a lot and continues to do a lot. Right now he's involved in helping out with the Fedora Core releases and issues to do with how developers can package their RPMs for inclusion. He also tried to change the way kernel compilation options were selected etc etc.
In short, let's attack him for being wrong on trying to downplay the Freedom. Personal attacks are worthless and unproductive.
I was actually trying to agree with the post that I replied to (and you) that analog would be better. My point was that you would have to use both hands to set the digital watch. I guess you could hold the wrist with the hand that has the watch on it though.
Another thing I wondered about was whether the patient would feel more stressed by hearing beeping sounds from a digital watch.
A perfect machine that transports humans efficiently, cleanly and quietly. It's been evolving steadily as new materials with improvements in rigidity and weight appear, it's had a few additions in the shape of shock-absorbers, but essentially it's the same beautiful engineered object.
Most digital watches have a "chronograph" or "countdown" feature that would allow her to select 60 seconds, press start and then take her finger off the button, grab the wrist....oh...
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I'm interested in this too Malc. I _think_ that it won't be possible and that going for one of the (much more expensive) Soekris solutions might be necessary.
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And there are lots of studies which suggest that riding on the sidewalk is damn dangerous! There's an amusing (if slightly inaccurate) quiz online to find out what type of cyclist you are at C.I.C.L.E.
When I took it I was "cyclo-analyzed" as 51% messenger and 49% effective cyclist.
How in the world is this "flamebait"? Whoever modded this as flamebait is using their mod-priveleges to stamp all over a question that is legitimate and interesting. Why doesn't the google search that I write about show the results that I'd expect?
Why is it that when I do a Google-images search for "torture iraq" or "lynndie england" I get no hits at all for the current pictures that are doing the rounds? Yet if I search the regular Google then I can get links to them.
The WCPE listen online page produced a problem for me:
I've had similar problems when trying to listen/watch streaming video/audio in the past and have usually downloaded the stream and then watched/listened happily.
Nature is currently promo'ing a digital version available through "Newsstand". I was extremely disappointed to find out that I was supposed to download a Windows only "viewer" to try out this "digital" subscription
If you look at the small print inside eg. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences it says something along the lines of "this paper is an advertisement".
A portion of every scientific grant is reserved to pay the publishing fees. For journals like Science, Nature, PNAS this is about $600 per article and color illustrations up the cost.
So, scientists already pay to publish their work. Similarly in the humanities a large number of PhD theses are published by what are effectively "vanity presses", so that the authors can look better for sabbatical review.
In the not too distant future there will be futile attempts to halt our greenhouse gas emissions as the evidence mounts that we're facing a problem. These will possibly involve the most mechanically efficient short-range vehicle (the bicycle) for all those trips under 2 miles (to the video store etc) that we all take in urban centers.
So, what you're saying is that you're totally wrong and have no examples. Thanks.
So which is it my friend? He's either an RHCE or he's attending RHCE training. It sounds awfully like you're lying when you write the above contradictory statements.
No certs are not the be-all and end-all and most of the older admins that proved their worth and gained experience before the competition heated up don't need a cert to show that they are competent. However we find that that the RHCE is a good indication of a tested, practical level of competence. That doesn't mean the person is going to be as good as someone that doesn't have the cert but is competent, it's just a proof of a certain level of competence.
Our two best employees don't have RHCE but have been admins for 13 and 11 years.
;) Just a guess. Of course the fact that he's refused to reply just shows how polite those Canucks are.
OK. Cite some actual examples to back that up please. Alan Cox is one of the lead RedHat developers and submits and curates tons of patches. I'd like to know exactly what kernel patches you're talking about so that I can evaluate what you say.
Again, specifics please. AFAIK RedHat _enterprise_ support is competitively priced compared to other _enterprise_ offerings. RedHat also has educational discounts available. Show me the money: NovellSuSE vs. RedHat. Specifics or else stop spreading FUD.
RHCE is a _practical_ hands-on certification which shows that the holder can actually do something other than make marks on a bit of paper. LPI-1 and LPI-2 are good as supplements but they are not _practical_ certifications. Currently RHCE is the only certification that shows you're getting someone that can actually set up a box.
Yes YaST has been "open sourced". But which formerly "open source" software has RedHat made proprietary? Give an example please.
What's your metric for "buggy"? Define it and then show me how all the GNU/Linux distros stack up against each other. Otherwise this has the same informational value as the rest of your fact-devoid post.
Until you can provide further specific information I'll be taking your post as an empty, contentless, unverifiable FUD-spreading exercise.
A Debian GNU/Linux-running RHCEYes, they should have hired the marketing geniuses that produced: * mp3 * avi * wma et bloody cetera. "Ogg Vorbis" is a memorable, pronounceable name. Nothing wrong with it. Now off with you to download some of your Eh Eh See files or those Em Pee Threes
What's mainly wrong with the SSL approach is that it's theoretically slower than FreeS/WAN or CIPE. Luckily the SuperFreeS/WAN and OpenFreeS/WAN projects continue to live on.
Fedora Core Test 2 is already using 2.6
Actually there are two possible types of ad hominem one of them is valid and the other is a fallacy.
A valid ad hominem occurs when a protagonist has made a statement of the type "I am an X and therefore my experience allows me to state Y", to which the valid response is "You are a flawed X in some manner and therefore you can't state Y".
An invalid ad hominem would occur if the respondent were to counter instead with "You are a flawed Z (where Z has no relationship to X at all) and therefore can't state Y".
See this link for a better description.
There is an element of valid ad hominem in the response to ESR when it is said that ESR is "out of touch". The truth of this is arguable, but the form of the argument is a valid ad hominem.
It is completely uncalled for. I hold no great liking for ESR's pushing of Open Source instead of Free Software but he's contributed a lot and continues to do a lot. Right now he's involved in helping out with the Fedora Core releases and issues to do with how developers can package their RPMs for inclusion. He also tried to change the way kernel compilation options were selected etc etc.
In short, let's attack him for being wrong on trying to downplay the Freedom. Personal attacks are worthless and unproductive.
more consolidation of communications in the hands of a few small companies backing their horrid non-open standards.
We should get excited about small businesses (well small compared to AOL/Microsoft) like vonage and clients based on open protocols like Jabber
As a final problem won't this mean increased amounts of data being shunted onto the internet? Do we really need videoconferencing?
Oh well, maybe it'll stop people travelling as much.
Yes, I'm a misanthrope. I want people to stay home and watch the TV and shut up.
Ah, OK. Got ya.
Agree with you about virii but what's wrong with postulates? It's a transitive verb meaning "to claim".
I was actually trying to agree with the post that I replied to (and you) that analog would be better. My point was that you would have to use both hands to set the digital watch. I guess you could hold the wrist with the hand that has the watch on it though.
Another thing I wondered about was whether the patient would feel more stressed by hearing beeping sounds from a digital watch.
Anyway, I expressed it badly.
A perfect machine that transports humans efficiently, cleanly and quietly. It's been evolving steadily as new materials with improvements in rigidity and weight appear, it's had a few additions in the shape of shock-absorbers, but essentially it's the same beautiful engineered object.
Most digital watches have a "chronograph" or "countdown" feature that would allow her to select 60 seconds, press start and then take her finger off the button, grab the wrist....oh...