Re:I have 4 kids, nothing violent is . . .
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Well, if it makes you feel any better, when I have kids, I'm going to teach them as much about violence as I can. Extensive martial arts training, stuff like that.
Hey, maybe my kids and your kids can get together and play, and my kids can beat up your kids! Wouldnt that be fun!?
Ok, just kidding. I do fully plan on teaching any/all kids I have as much about self-defense as I possibly can, and that will include extensive training with guns, knives, and "common items" which can be used as weapons in a pinch. I also will be teaching them, from the beginning, the seriousness of what they are learning. There is nothing wrong with letting your kids know how to handle themselves when push comes to shove, just make sure they understand the responsibility that goes with their knowledge.
But maybe that's just me. I always resented my parents for being overly protective in that regard, and not giving me the opportunity to learn how to defend myself - a problem I took upon myself to rectify.
I have to disagree with you partially here. There are some things that SHOULD be warnings.
For example, say you have an if-else statement and a variable that you did not assign a value to. You give it a value in the if statement. You give it a different value in the else statement.
Java wont compile because you MIGHT NOT have ever given it a value, when you did, just within the if-else.
That should be a warning, not an error.
I dont like a programing language that assumes I dont know what I'm doing.
Umm, I hate to break it to you, but there are many secured areas in the military that dont have people watching them. Sure, there are people on the very ouside areas, but the more you get in, the fewer people around watching you.
You could get out of paying if they thought you were special. Heck, I recieved invitations every single year to attend, and was never expected to pay for it.
I assumed on slashdot it would be obvious that I was talking about an all windows environment (for example) as opposed to an environment of windows, OSX, and FreeBSD(linux, whatever), which would be much more resiliant to an attack than one of all windows (or all osx, or all freebsd, etc..).
You dont think death and starvation for hundred/thousands/millions of people would qualify as "catacylsmic" ?
What exactly do you think would be going on during this "adjustment period" anyway? A major staple of food could suddenly disappear. There are regions where the loss of a single food source like this would mean certain death for the inhabitants. Do you really think we could just switch to something else at the drop of a hat?
Its a bigger problem than you're giving it credit for.
Re:no less safe than "natural"
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Mutations.
Wheat is not all identical, it changes. The wheat in different areas, even, is different.
But what happens when all the worlds wheat becomes identical?
Its basically the same school of thought that goes into computers. A homogenous computing environment is more susceptible to viruses/etc than a heterogenous one.
I was in a very similar boat. I found the solution to be kinda sneaking in the backdoor. I went into a non-sysadmin related position. I became a VTC engineer. Well guess what? VTC groups have servers. Lots of em.
And hey, they dont have any tech guys. What in the world were they planning on doing? So guess what? Now I'm a systems administrator. Its on my resume, and I'm IN!
Let me start out saying that I love Linux. I use it only nearly all of my boxes at home, and reccomend it whenever it is reasonable to do so.
Having said that, is it just me, or are we coming frighteningly close to deifying Linus? I mean, he did a great, amazing, generally wonderful thing... but come on people. Does he deserve to get in to the hall of fame? Absolutely. Does he deserve his own religion? Probably not.
Suprnova is more policed than you think. Why just lack week I had my net connection terminated by Cox thanks to an MPAA letter about a movie being shared through suprnova.
Well, I dont know about your worm part.. I'm in charge of about 8 servers, and I get harassed about every day to install the newest AV updates.. They're staying pretty on the ball with that.
Disk space is cheap. In my apartment alone, I've got over 1TB of disk space. I could easily download more music than I could ever hope to listen to without putting a noticeable dent in that.
Dude, get a Leatherman. It is probably the single most useful tool a geek could ever own. Seriously, they have like every kind of knife/screwdriver you're gonna want, and they're very rugged and durable, and even look nice. They can be a bit pricey, but every bit worth it!
I take it you're on the user side of the spectrum then;)
Let's face it, some people are too stupid to breathe, and these people insist on using computers.
Now, maybe I'm arrogant, and an elitist... heck, I know I am, and I'm proud of it, but I seriously think that people should be required to take IQ tests before we let them touch anything more complicated than a coloring book... Matter of fact, scratch that, they could give themselves paper-cuts, and stick the crayons up their noses.
Face it, people ARE stupid. People ARE dumbasses, as a whole.
Now, I can understand your point. These are the consumers, we should build the software to suit their needs...
No. Let's not do that.
Why should we? Let's let MicroSoft KEEP that market. Why does linux need to become an OS for the masses? Do we really want that? I know I dread the day my little sister starts telling me about how much she loves the latest FreeBSD. That's about the time when I go searching for a new, harder to use OS./end rant
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Excellent Boondock Saints reference.
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Makes me proud to be Irish
Well, if it makes you feel any better, when I have kids, I'm going to teach them as much about violence as I can. Extensive martial arts training, stuff like that.
Hey, maybe my kids and your kids can get together and play, and my kids can beat up your kids! Wouldnt that be fun!?
Ok, just kidding. I do fully plan on teaching any/all kids I have as much about self-defense as I possibly can, and that will include extensive training with guns, knives, and "common items" which can be used as weapons in a pinch. I also will be teaching them, from the beginning, the seriousness of what they are learning. There is nothing wrong with letting your kids know how to handle themselves when push comes to shove, just make sure they understand the responsibility that goes with their knowledge.
But maybe that's just me. I always resented my parents for being overly protective in that regard, and not giving me the opportunity to learn how to defend myself - a problem I took upon myself to rectify.
I have to disagree with you partially here. There are some things that SHOULD be warnings.
For example, say you have an if-else statement and a variable that you did not assign a value to. You give it a value in the if statement. You give it a different value in the else statement.
Java wont compile because you MIGHT NOT have ever given it a value, when you did, just within the if-else.
That should be a warning, not an error.
I dont like a programing language that assumes I dont know what I'm doing.
Umm, I hate to break it to you, but there are many secured areas in the military that dont have people watching them. Sure, there are people on the very ouside areas, but the more you get in, the fewer people around watching you.
You could get out of paying if they thought you were special. Heck, I recieved invitations every single year to attend, and was never expected to pay for it.
I assumed on slashdot it would be obvious that I was talking about an all windows environment (for example) as opposed to an environment of windows, OSX, and FreeBSD(linux, whatever), which would be much more resiliant to an attack than one of all windows (or all osx, or all freebsd, etc..).
You dont think death and starvation for hundred/thousands/millions of people would qualify as "catacylsmic" ?
What exactly do you think would be going on during this "adjustment period" anyway? A major staple of food could suddenly disappear. There are regions where the loss of a single food source like this would mean certain death for the inhabitants. Do you really think we could just switch to something else at the drop of a hat?
Its a bigger problem than you're giving it credit for.
Mutations.
Wheat is not all identical, it changes. The wheat in different areas, even, is different.
But what happens when all the worlds wheat becomes identical?
Its basically the same school of thought that goes into computers. A homogenous computing environment is more susceptible to viruses/etc than a heterogenous one.
yea, I mean, how depressing is that? he never gets to go home! Thats just awful.
The entire series is him wanting to get home, and how does it end? with him NOT going home.
that is precisely the reason I cant watch Enterprise.
I keep expecting Al to show up with his little tricorder dealie.
Also, WTF was up with the last episode of Quantum Leap? Worst series-ending EVER!
That is a GREAT idea. I'm going to devote my whole weekend (apologies in advance to my SO for ditching her) to developing this "Type R" Desktop.
The real trick will be figuring out how to attach a big wing to it....
I love AMD man, but honda? I think you need to find a SLIGHTLY better car to compare it to ;)
How about Mazda?
(yea, ok, fine, I'm one of those people that wont touch a honda - except a prelude SH or an S2000 - with a 10ft pole)
I was in a very similar boat. I found the solution to be kinda sneaking in the backdoor. I went into a non-sysadmin related position. I became a VTC engineer. Well guess what? VTC groups have servers. Lots of em.
And hey, they dont have any tech guys. What in the world were they planning on doing? So guess what? Now I'm a systems administrator. Its on my resume, and I'm IN!
www.mini-itx.com
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Has all the mini-itx related stuff you could ever want, and has a handy store too
any true geek will tell you that strip poker isnt the way to go. Strip UNO is where its really at!*
*yes, I have actually played Strip Uno.
I'm sorry, noone is going to get the reference to the movie The Tuxedo, as you and I were the only people to see it.
I thought it was important.. I dont know, maybe he's done something really really impressive (besides Linux) that I'm not aware of. ;)
I learned a long time ago not to make definitive statements if I can avoid it.
Let me start out saying that I love Linux. I use it only nearly all of my boxes at home, and reccomend it whenever it is reasonable to do so.
Having said that, is it just me, or are we coming frighteningly close to deifying Linus? I mean, he did a great, amazing, generally wonderful thing... but come on people. Does he deserve to get in to the hall of fame? Absolutely. Does he deserve his own religion? Probably not.
Suprnova is more policed than you think. Why just lack week I had my net connection terminated by Cox thanks to an MPAA letter about a movie being shared through suprnova.
My memory of the movie may be a bit sketchy, but I believe the name of the software was Synapse, not Janus.
Of course, I could be mistaken.
Well, I dont know about your worm part.. I'm in charge of about 8 servers, and I get harassed about every day to install the newest AV updates.. They're staying pretty on the ball with that.
For the most part, the army uses Windows boxes... Mostly Win2k and Windows XP. At least, they do in the command I work at.
I am aware that there ARE various UNIX boxes scattered around, but Windows makes up the vast majority, for reasons that continue to elude me.
-Damen
Disk space is cheap. In my apartment alone, I've got over 1TB of disk space. I could easily download more music than I could ever hope to listen to without putting a noticeable dent in that.
Dude, get a Leatherman. It is probably the single most useful tool a geek could ever own. Seriously, they have like every kind of knife/screwdriver you're gonna want, and they're very rugged and durable, and even look nice. They can be a bit pricey, but every bit worth it!
I take it you're on the user side of the spectrum then ;)
/end rant
Let's face it, some people are too stupid to breathe, and these people insist on using computers.
Now, maybe I'm arrogant, and an elitist... heck, I know I am, and I'm proud of it, but I seriously think that people should be required to take IQ tests before we let them touch anything more complicated than a coloring book... Matter of fact, scratch that, they could give themselves paper-cuts, and stick the crayons up their noses.
Face it, people ARE stupid. People ARE dumbasses, as a whole.
Now, I can understand your point. These are the consumers, we should build the software to suit their needs...
No.
Let's not do that.
Why should we? Let's let MicroSoft KEEP that market. Why does linux need to become an OS for the masses? Do we really want that? I know I dread the day my little sister starts telling me about how much she loves the latest FreeBSD. That's about the time when I go searching for a new, harder to use OS.