You know what, first I was going to say "you're part of the problem", but I'm not.
You know why? Because you're right.... I've been in IT for the last 10 years and I would love to get out of it. I tried teaching, but it was nothing for me. The problem is that many people think that "do what you love" is the right way. That's how my dad presented it: "If you do something you enjoy, you won't have to work a single day in your life". That isn't true. I did exactly what he said and became a computer scientist because of my passion for computers. I didn't gain an activity that "wasn't working" for me. I lost a hobby.
Anyone truly loving something, should keep it aside to distract themselves from the boring mindlessness of work. Oh, I loved my job 2 years after University, but it doesn't last. Everything eventually becomes boring when you have to do it.
That's really just what you think.... They can use any dirty tick on the book. One mistake and you're busted. (Even if innocent, you can make mistake incriminating you when innocent)
Try saying "I do not want to answer any questions without a lawyer here," after being detained for 48 hours with a light in your face, the bad cop/good cop scenario and only coffee/tea to survive? Torture has different faces... It doesn't have to be waterboarding, or thumbscrews.
Completely agree.... But you ignore one thing: human psyche. They WILL break you. It might officially not be torture, but it's close enough to break anyone who is untrained.
I added something meaningful to the conversation: I disproved the fact that "everyone wants a new TV". That was his assertion, I said "Hey, no way, there are people that do not want a new TV". If you say "All sheep are white" and the I show you a black one, what does that say you? Yeah, I know, hard to grasp.
It was a meaningless generalization and a 2003 old TV isn't old. That we're on slashdot and most want a HDTV@1080P, doesn't mean that every slashdotter "wants a new TV".
So if we have the most dangerous government in the world, it's because of the people behind that government.
While I agree with the other poster that the US people aren't master of their own government anymore.... I just want to say that indeed, a population that is apathetic to the world, want to be ignorant (see creationism), think that violence is an option and I'm skipping things, is quite indeed dangerous. So, yes, you're right.... Your government represents you and it's plain scary.
Okay, I'm owned because I equate military, navy and airforce. "Military" for me are any armed forces, but indeed if you make the difference... I'm wrong.
Ehm, no, I think he meant 100% what he said. Personally, I consider the US dangerous too these days. I'm from Europe and I'm not alone in thinking that. The problem in itself isn't the military force, but the government behind it.
12 feet? European sattelites don't do Imperial;-). But the freebie version will be <4 m horizontally and <8 m vertically. Whatever that means, I only looked it up on wikipedia.
May I know what makes you think that? I have one TV, it's from 2003 and does its function just fine. I have no need for a new TV nor do I want a new TV. Why in hell would anyone replace a perfectly fine and functioning TV. I'm just curious....
I was referring mainly to the idea of every user running as an administrator which was used by most home users.
I know you did, but even then you'd be wrong. I'm a XP user and all the XP machines (I manage, for friends & family) have one Administrator account, and an account for every user we need. I'm not a system administrator. At least not professionally. It has been like this since my late NT4 days and early 2000 day. In all that time, I found exactly one program (a game, no surprise there) that I didn't manage to run as limited user. The rest was done with minor tweaking, mainly file permissions & registry permissions.
So, you can say that "generally XP users run as Administrator", but you can't say "every XP user runs as Administrator".
I've literally had MS Word documents saved by Word 2003 that wouldn't open with the same version of Word 2003. To this day, I don't understand how that is possible. I opened it with OpenOffice.org, and while it didn't keep the formatting, it was enough to recover the document.
Oh, I'm sure that the X1100 runs fine on XP. The thing is, we're talking here about the "Vista Capable" sticker, which was on my laptop and it most certainly wasn't very capable of running Vista before the RAM upgrade.
As for the fact that the X1100 may be better than an Intel chip. It *may* bem but the Intel has at least open source drivers for Linux. NVidia has good closed source drivers for Linux. ATI can claim neither.
The 24th is indeed the next Ubuntu release. I hope for better drivers, but I know I'll be disappointed. I already installed the latest from ATI and they're crap.
It is indeed mainly the ATI drivers. When I bought the laptop, I upgraded it to 2Gig for peanuts. Even on XP MCE, the ATI drivers sucked. On Ubuntu even more. I hope that the 24th of April will end my suffering. A X1100 Chipset, I do not wish on my worst enemy.
Because big == trustworthy...
If you believe that, I've got a government to sell you. JFYI.... I was not talking about myself. I'm talking about John Q. Public.
Well, you do what you want.... But at home (where I'm typing) I migrated to Ubuntu 7.10. At work, I run Debian Etch. Sure, I'm technically not allowed to because it's not my machine, but nobody noticed yet....
You don't need Windows if you're not locked into Microsoft technologies.
Does this mean, I can get a refund on the Turion X2/ATI X1100/1Gig RAM/120Gig HD laptop I got with the Vista Capable sticker? It was on sale (before Vista got out, for a good reason, I think), and I installed Ubuntu on it. I could use a little cash...
(For anyone not getting the joke: No I know I'm not getting cash from a class action suite)
*blink*
I know that ethanol has some solvent properties, but corrosion? Yeah, it will dissolve the paint of your car.... Not nice, but don't spill. I have an ethanol powered oven. It's for decoration only, even though it puts out a substantial amount of heat. The ethanol I filled in the stainless steel furnace is still there. I can turn it on anytime I want. No rust (=corrosion) whatsoever.
So, frankly, the typical concrete gas bunker won't corrode. It also won't corrode any of our modern car tanks because they're plastic and ethanol and plastic get along quite nicely.
Yes, in pure gasoline cars it will attack the rubber in the engine. No, this has nothing to do with what you mention.
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No, but I never thought he made the comment up.... It still remains wrong.
You know what, first I was going to say "you're part of the problem", but I'm not.
You know why? Because you're right.... I've been in IT for the last 10 years and I would love to get out of it. I tried teaching, but it was nothing for me. The problem is that many people think that "do what you love" is the right way. That's how my dad presented it: "If you do something you enjoy, you won't have to work a single day in your life". That isn't true. I did exactly what he said and became a computer scientist because of my passion for computers. I didn't gain an activity that "wasn't working" for me. I lost a hobby.
Anyone truly loving something, should keep it aside to distract themselves from the boring mindlessness of work. Oh, I loved my job 2 years after University, but it doesn't last. Everything eventually becomes boring when you have to do it.
That's really just what you think.... They can use any dirty tick on the book. One mistake and you're busted. (Even if innocent, you can make mistake incriminating you when innocent)
Try saying "I do not want to answer any questions without a lawyer here," after being detained for 48 hours with a light in your face, the bad cop/good cop scenario and only coffee/tea to survive? Torture has different faces... It doesn't have to be waterboarding, or thumbscrews.
Completely agree.... But you ignore one thing: human psyche. They WILL break you. It might officially not be torture, but it's close enough to break anyone who is untrained.
I added something meaningful to the conversation: I disproved the fact that "everyone wants a new TV". That was his assertion, I said "Hey, no way, there are people that do not want a new TV". If you say "All sheep are white" and the I show you a black one, what does that say you? Yeah, I know, hard to grasp.
It was a meaningless generalization and a 2003 old TV isn't old. That we're on slashdot and most want a HDTV@1080P, doesn't mean that every slashdotter "wants a new TV".
While I agree with the other poster that the US people aren't master of their own government anymore.... I just want to say that indeed, a population that is apathetic to the world, want to be ignorant (see creationism), think that violence is an option and I'm skipping things, is quite indeed dangerous. So, yes, you're right.... Your government represents you and it's plain scary.
Okay, I'm owned because I equate military, navy and airforce. "Military" for me are any armed forces, but indeed if you make the difference... I'm wrong.
Ehm, no, I think he meant 100% what he said. Personally, I consider the US dangerous too these days. I'm from Europe and I'm not alone in thinking that. The problem in itself isn't the military force, but the government behind it.
12 feet? European sattelites don't do Imperial ;-). But the freebie version will be <4 m horizontally and <8 m vertically. Whatever that means, I only looked it up on wikipedia.
May I know what makes you think that? I have one TV, it's from 2003 and does its function just fine. I have no need for a new TV nor do I want a new TV. Why in hell would anyone replace a perfectly fine and functioning TV. I'm just curious....
I know you did, but even then you'd be wrong. I'm a XP user and all the XP machines (I manage, for friends & family) have one Administrator account, and an account for every user we need. I'm not a system administrator. At least not professionally. It has been like this since my late NT4 days and early 2000 day. In all that time, I found exactly one program (a game, no surprise there) that I didn't manage to run as limited user. The rest was done with minor tweaking, mainly file permissions & registry permissions.
So, you can say that "generally XP users run as Administrator", but you can't say "every XP user runs as Administrator".
I've literally had MS Word documents saved by Word 2003 that wouldn't open with the same version of Word 2003. To this day, I don't understand how that is possible. I opened it with OpenOffice.org, and while it didn't keep the formatting, it was enough to recover the document.
Meaning, he was in reality not a science teacher but a religion teacher....
Oh, I'm sure that the X1100 runs fine on XP. The thing is, we're talking here about the "Vista Capable" sticker, which was on my laptop and it most certainly wasn't very capable of running Vista before the RAM upgrade.
As for the fact that the X1100 may be better than an Intel chip. It *may* bem but the Intel has at least open source drivers for Linux. NVidia has good closed source drivers for Linux. ATI can claim neither.
The 24th is indeed the next Ubuntu release. I hope for better drivers, but I know I'll be disappointed. I already installed the latest from ATI and they're crap.
It is indeed mainly the ATI drivers. When I bought the laptop, I upgraded it to 2Gig for peanuts. Even on XP MCE, the ATI drivers sucked. On Ubuntu even more. I hope that the 24th of April will end my suffering. A X1100 Chipset, I do not wish on my worst enemy.
Actually, it's a pretty crappy laptop. I only bought it because it was on sale and I needed a new laptop.
Anyone not from slashdot? *sigh*
John Q Majority doesn't know.... He's buying a computer.... Microsoft is a pretty big and thus trustworthy brand...
Well, you do what you want.... But at home (where I'm typing) I migrated to Ubuntu 7.10. At work, I run Debian Etch. Sure, I'm technically not allowed to because it's not my machine, but nobody noticed yet....
You don't need Windows if you're not locked into Microsoft technologies.
Does this mean, I can get a refund on the Turion X2/ATI X1100/1Gig RAM/120Gig HD laptop I got with the Vista Capable sticker? It was on sale (before Vista got out, for a good reason, I think), and I installed Ubuntu on it. I could use a little cash...
(For anyone not getting the joke: No I know I'm not getting cash from a class action suite)
How many cars are made of aluminium? The Audi A2 and the Audi A8. Engines? I don't know.
Damnit! I bow to your nerdiness... You're right, or course! I completely forgot!
I know that ethanol has some solvent properties, but corrosion? Yeah, it will dissolve the paint of your car.... Not nice, but don't spill. I have an ethanol powered oven. It's for decoration only, even though it puts out a substantial amount of heat. The ethanol I filled in the stainless steel furnace is still there. I can turn it on anytime I want. No rust (=corrosion) whatsoever.
So, frankly, the typical concrete gas bunker won't corrode. It also won't corrode any of our modern car tanks because they're plastic and ethanol and plastic get along quite nicely.
Yes, in pure gasoline cars it will attack the rubber in the engine. No, this has nothing to do with what you mention.
I really must be missing something.