To the original poster, I would not do it just for the money. It's just not worth it.
I would however do it if the work itself was exciting. Mind you, I don't have a wife/kids so if something nasty happened to me it would be no great loss except to myself. (Well, my parents too, but they are used to my doing "crazy" things.)
You've spent no time in the area, have you? I personally don't think you have.
Yes, it's more dangerous than a lot of the places in the US/Europe/etc, but, nowhere near as bad as the media tries to make it out.
Last time I was in the area, during the HIGHT of the previous "war", I found one, yes ONE, person who got in my face for being "American". I politely explained to him that I was not, and even if I were I was there as a traveler not as a representant of my government. He refused let it be and soon enough the other people around told him, in Arabic, to shut up and leave us alone - I was there with a friend. Eventually he tried to "get physical" and I chucked him off the ferry (Yes in the water. No the capitan was not amused; but, when the locals explained the situation he had a hard time refraining from laughing.). The rest of locals were VERY apologetic for this a-hole's behaviour and congratulated me on having the guts to stand up to him. Or, maybe I am just a lucky bastard?
I, for example, would like one for the times I have to take the train to work. Yeah I can read instead, and I usualy do, but, sometimes watching the "Daily Show" would feel so much better.
I know what you're saying. Having been around a bit longer though, I learned to say "fuck them". It's not their mugs I have to look at in the morning. As long as _I_ can _honestly_ say that I do my best. (Yes that does mean that sometimes you do two or three times as much work as a "slacker" without any reward othat that being able to look at yourself in the mirror and give yourself a thumbs up.) Mind you, haven't done any stints in any of the US military branches - not being a 'merican and all that - so, I don't know how I would handle not being able to get in my boss' face when needed.
How about you do what they suggest in those "prevent waste, fraud and abuse" ads I always hear on the Armed Forces Radio?:-)
Even if your bit doesn't end up revolutionizing the way the AF does its thing, at least in the morning when you shave you can look in the mirror and say "_I_ did _MY_ part", and, feel good about yourself knowhing that you actually did. No?
Nah, you just got lucky on the install. I have installed 9.1 on a couple _IDENTICAL_ machines, and made the same choices. The installs were different, for example, in one of them the sound was not working. Reinstalling fixed the sound though. Also, I installed the Amd64 version on a Gigabyte board. Had to do it twice - also a fresh install both times - and although I selected all the packages both times the results were different. In addiction the first time sound was not working. Having said all that, it still remains my favourite distribution, and I will continue to use it on my desktop - freeBSD and, sometimes, netBSD on the servers though.
Depends on where you are, I guess. Based on what I see on the days that I have to take the train to work, here in Tokyo I'd say 33/day is nowhere near enough. People are messaging all the time; to see a young lady do five or six messages in the 20 minutes that it takes me to get to Shinjuku is not at all uncommon. I on the other hand have sent about 30, at the most, in the last year.
Must be a relatively small company. For medium/large companies it often makes more financial sense to have some debt. (Too lazy to look up a reasonable explanation, and WAY to lazy to type one.)
Damn, and I was in hog heaven when I managed to snag one of the early 1200 baud modems, connect to the university and get my e-mail "bang routed" through Bitnet and to a gateway to the other nets. The good old days of no spam...
Here in Tokyo they have teams that are pushing 100Mbit contracts at just about every train station and busy corner - VDSL under US$ 40 a month unlimmited up/down.
Thanks for the laugh. Yeah, that would work in some occasions; not too well if your customer is not a buzzword loving tech moron. Anyhow, would _you_ want to put your boss in a position where he has to lie to a customer for a few hundred $$$? Would you still do it if that customer's account is worth a couple million a year? For the 300 odd dollars difference?
For my home, if I had to buy something[1], I'd definitely only spend the $70. For my office, the $400. If something breaks at home I swithch to my dialup wireless while I fix it. At the office I'd have 8 developpers twidling thumbs for the duration. Just not worth my, and, especially, my boss's, peace of mind.[2] Different tools for different jobs.
[1] My freeBSD running EPIA box is doing all I need for now, and the foreseeable future. [2] Imagine your boss trying to explain to a customer that your company can't move ahead on project "x" because "Our router with the hacked firmware is acting up."
Good points, but... 1. You could sell the media. In fact you could add a couple pennies to the price and offset some of other costs. 2. You don't need a new/fast/etc computer for this. I think a you could easily find a geek who will be happy to donate and set up his/her "second machine." 3. Once this is set up properly, it should require little, or no, maintenance. If you really do need to get something done/changed/etc... get in touch geek from "2" or find some other volunteer. If I walked into my local public library and saw such a setup, I would definitely enquire about helping, and I think others would do too.
Of course, not being a librarian, I have no idea as to what kid of laws/rules/etc regulate this kind of thing.
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Now, the beaver is out of the bag.
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To the original poster, I would not do it just for the money. It's just not worth it.
I would however do it if the work itself was exciting. Mind you, I don't have a wife/kids so if something nasty happened to me it would be no great loss except to myself. (Well, my parents too, but they are used to my doing "crazy" things.)
You've spent no time in the area, have you? I personally don't think you have.
Yes, it's more dangerous than a lot of the places in the US/Europe/etc, but, nowhere near as bad as the media tries to make it out.
Last time I was in the area, during the HIGHT of the previous "war", I found one, yes ONE, person who got in my face for being "American". I politely explained to him that I was not, and even if I were I was there as a traveler not as a representant of my government. He refused let it be and soon enough the other people around told him, in Arabic, to shut up and leave us alone - I was there with a friend.
Eventually he tried to "get physical" and I chucked him off the ferry (Yes in the water. No the capitan was not amused; but, when the locals explained the situation he had a hard time refraining from laughing.).
The rest of locals were VERY apologetic for this a-hole's behaviour and congratulated me on having the guts to stand up to him.
Or, maybe I am just a lucky bastard?
I, for example, would like one for the times I have to take the train to work. Yeah I can read instead, and I usualy do, but, sometimes watching the "Daily Show" would feel so much better.
Would it not depend on who/where you are? Look up stats on inner city black[1] pre and adolescent males when you have a chance ...
[1] Yes I know that the current PC designation in the US is "African American," but I am not USian, nor do I live there.
Not to mention WAY cheaper. :-)
I know what you're saying. Having been around a bit longer though, I learned to say "fuck them". It's not their mugs I have to look at in the morning. As long as _I_ can _honestly_ say that I do my best. (Yes that does mean that sometimes you do two or three times as much work as a "slacker" without any reward othat that being able to look at yourself in the mirror and give yourself a thumbs up.)
Mind you, haven't done any stints in any of the US military branches - not being a 'merican and all that - so, I don't know how I would handle not being able to get in my boss' face when needed.
How about you do what they suggest in those "prevent waste, fraud and abuse" ads I always hear on the Armed Forces Radio? :-)
Even if your bit doesn't end up revolutionizing the way the AF does its thing, at least in the morning when you shave you can look in the mirror and say "_I_ did _MY_ part", and, feel good about yourself knowhing that you actually did. No?
Nah, you just got lucky on the install.
I have installed 9.1 on a couple _IDENTICAL_ machines, and made the same choices. The installs were different, for example, in one of them the sound was not working. Reinstalling fixed the sound though.
Also, I installed the Amd64 version on a Gigabyte board. Had to do it twice - also a fresh install both times - and although I selected all the packages both times the results were different. In addiction the first time sound was not working.
Having said all that, it still remains my favourite distribution, and I will continue to use it on my desktop - freeBSD and, sometimes, netBSD on the servers though.
Depends on where you are, I guess.
Based on what I see on the days that I have to take the train to work, here in Tokyo I'd say 33/day is nowhere near enough. People are messaging all the time; to see a young lady do five or six messages in the 20 minutes that it takes me to get to Shinjuku is not at all uncommon.
I on the other hand have sent about 30, at the most, in the last year.
... so I could build a vehicle that looks and seems real, but holds a "little person" in a hidden compartment.
:-)
Yes, in the end it would, of course, be disqualified, but think of the fun you'd have while it lasted. 100% accurate voice control anynone?
Must be a relatively small company.
For medium/large companies it often makes more financial sense to have some debt.
(Too lazy to look up a reasonable explanation, and WAY to lazy to type one.)
All work and no play ... No?
Damn, and I was in hog heaven when I managed to snag one of the early 1200 baud modems, connect to the university and get my e-mail "bang routed" through Bitnet and to a gateway to the other nets. The good old days of no spam...
Here in Tokyo they have teams that are pushing 100Mbit contracts at just about every train station and busy corner - VDSL under US$ 40 a month unlimmited up/down.
Thanks for the laugh. Yeah, that would work in some occasions; not too well if your customer is not a buzzword loving tech moron.
Anyhow, would _you_ want to put your boss in a position where he has to lie to a customer for a few hundred $$$? Would you still do it if that customer's account is worth a couple million a year? For the 300 odd dollars difference?
For my home, if I had to buy something[1], I'd definitely only spend the $70. For my office, the $400.
If something breaks at home I swithch to my dialup wireless while I fix it. At the office I'd have 8 developpers twidling thumbs for the duration. Just not worth my, and, especially, my boss's, peace of mind.[2]
Different tools for different jobs.
[1] My freeBSD running EPIA box is doing all I need for now, and the foreseeable future.
[2] Imagine your boss trying to explain to a customer that your company can't move ahead on project "x" because "Our router with the hacked firmware is acting up."
Think support. How much is it worth having your office "off the net" for a day, while you figure out some obscure OSPF issue?
Have a look here for the tabs: http://www.avantbrowser.com/
I see, you used the browser to set it up. There is a way to do it from the phone. Ahyhow, you are right, it's less than plug and play.
You can actually assign a static IP to the Packet8 box. I used to have to do that when I had a 1/2 brain dead DHCP server.
I believ it was "X" :-)
As I undertand it, it's not OK to make your SUSE CD awailable for download. That being said, I see new releases up on the big P2P sites all the time.
FreeBSD is better anyhow; in _MY_ oppinion.
only way you can do it, as far as I know, is through VNC.
It was a problem for me with SUSE 9.1 as well. :-(
Fixed it by going into the BIOS and changing HD type from "auto" to "LBA". All is well now. I think the same solution will work for Core2.
Good points, but ... ... get in touch geek from "2" or find some other volunteer. If I walked into my local public library and saw such a setup, I would definitely enquire about helping, and I think others would do too.
1. You could sell the media. In fact you could add a couple pennies to the price and offset some of other costs.
2. You don't need a new/fast/etc computer for this. I think a you could easily find a geek who will be happy to donate and set up his/her "second machine."
3. Once this is set up properly, it should require little, or no, maintenance. If you really do need to get something done/changed/etc
Of course, not being a librarian, I have no idea as to what kid of laws/rules/etc regulate this kind of thing.