> Then what do you suggest the US did wrong before that > Tuesday in September?
Uh.. nothing of course:
* Training and supporting Usama Bin Laden in his guerilla against the Russians in Afghanistan * Blocking all Pro-Palestine resolutions in the UN Security Council * Supporting Saddam Hussein in the Iran-Iraq war (selling weapons) * First supporting, then dropping Shi'ite and Kurdish groups during/after the Gulf War, allowing Saddam Hussein to prosecute and massacre Shi'ites
> Qimonda, oh yes! [...] like those other guys that also used to be > Siemens and whose stupid new artificial name I forgot, even if my dad > worked for them for 30 years before they became [stupid artificial > name]. Something with e, I think.
BenQ?
Btw: In the good old Sinix days, SIEMENS was the acronym for "SIe Erhalten Monatlich Ein Neues System":-)
It is by having a satelite system, like the GPS system, constantly broadcast synchronized truly random data. That way, any two recipients can communicate as much data as they want by simply synchronizing their communication to a certain time, and using the one time pad that's being broadcast by the satelites at that point in time.
As long as both listen to the same satellite(s) at the same time. -> Sender and recipient can't be more than a couple of hundred miles away.
On the other hand, the VIN problem will affect a larger number of computers than the Y2K problem.
That's a very interesting statement, but
I don't get it:
What do atomic power plant computers or airplane cockpit equipment have to do with automotive VINs?
There's another kind of "Configuration Management" in the context of the ITIL framework (IT Infrastructure Library, a very interesting collection of books about best practice in and around IT operations): There, configuration management is more related to infrastructure items (client PCs, servers, printers...) than to software development. You may want to google for "ITIL" or look at OGC (http://www.ogc.gov.uk/index.asp) and itSMF (http://www.itil-itsm-world.com).
Take a look at ITIL - especially if you're an admin: It's worth it!
Could somebody please send a copy of this Wharton article to Mark Heise and the other guys at SCO?
By the way: does somebody have more information about this Anti-Ford and Anti-Ford-Customers lawsuits?
I'm just wondering how many of the companies involved in that lawsuit are still in business...
Few years ago, Santa Cruz Operation (aka SCO, a long-time producer and seller of Unix for i386) bought the AT&T Unix sources (and the name) from Novell. Few months ago, Caldera acquired SCO. So Caldera now owns Unix.
By the way: Ray Noorda, one of Caldera's founders (or financees) and former Novell CEO, was the guy who BOUGHT the Unix sources during his time at Novell. VERY bright guy he is!
Folks,
the propaganda on the Linux Myth page is not only inaccurate and blurred, but also has some VERY FUNNY aspects: Did somebody check the mentioned companies on Netcraft? I just did, and I found out, that the both Chicago Stock Exchange and Boeing DON'T use Windows NT as the platform for their main website! Why do they use Netscape or Apache servers on Unix derivates, when Windows NT is such a stable, fast, versatile, affordable, simply just KEWL platform?
Apparently, M$ has to hide itself and it's products behind the propaganda in the Linux Myths paper. Come on, M$, can't you really do better?
ix
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> Italy - the Red Brigades.
Don't forget the italian right-wing terror by P2 (Bologna main station bombing).
> Then what do you suggest the US did wrong before that
> Tuesday in September?
Uh.. nothing of course:
* Training and supporting Usama Bin Laden in his guerilla against the Russians in Afghanistan
* Blocking all Pro-Palestine resolutions in the UN Security Council
* Supporting Saddam Hussein in the Iran-Iraq war (selling weapons)
* First supporting, then dropping Shi'ite and Kurdish groups during/after the Gulf War, allowing Saddam Hussein to prosecute and massacre Shi'ites
Want more?
Get a decent history text book.
I knew you meant Epcos (my soon-to-be-ex-father-in-law works for them... or worked?), but I couldn't resist the BenQ joke :-)
:-)
SIEMENS: Sicher Ist Eines. Man Erhält Nur Schrott
> Qimonda, oh yes! [...] like those other guys that also used to be
:-)
> Siemens and whose stupid new artificial name I forgot, even if my dad
> worked for them for 30 years before they became [stupid artificial
> name]. Something with e, I think.
BenQ?
Btw: In the good old Sinix days, SIEMENS was the acronym for "SIe Erhalten Monatlich Ein Neues System"
-> Sender and recipient can't be more than a couple of hundred miles away.
ix
Thank you for posting to this thread without any first hand knowledge.
Your comment is very helpful.
ix
PS: You just failed to comply with Exodus 20,16
That's a very interesting statement, but I don't get it:
What do atomic power plant computers or airplane cockpit equipment have to do with automotive VINs?
ix
There's another kind of "Configuration Management" in the context of the ITIL framework (IT Infrastructure Library, a very interesting collection of books about best practice in and around IT operations): There, configuration management is more related to infrastructure items (client PCs, servers, printers...) than to software development. You may want to google for "ITIL" or look at OGC (http://www.ogc.gov.uk/index.asp) and itSMF (http://www.itil-itsm-world.com).
Take a look at ITIL - especially if you're an admin: It's worth it!
Enjoy,
ix
Could somebody please send a copy of this Wharton article to Mark Heise and the other guys at SCO?
By the way: does somebody have more information about this Anti-Ford and Anti-Ford-Customers lawsuits?
I'm just wondering how many of the companies involved in that lawsuit are still in business...
Enjoy,
ix
No need to do without that nasty white powder:
They can attach the latest Outlook virus to their mails as the binary equivalent of anthrax powder.
Enjoy,
ix
Few years ago, Santa Cruz Operation (aka SCO, a long-time producer and seller of Unix for i386) bought the AT&T Unix sources (and the name) from Novell. Few months ago, Caldera acquired SCO. So Caldera now owns Unix.
By the way: Ray Noorda, one of Caldera's founders (or financees) and former Novell CEO, was the guy who BOUGHT the Unix sources during his time at Novell. VERY bright guy he is!
ix
Folks, the propaganda on the Linux Myth page is not only inaccurate and blurred, but also has some VERY FUNNY aspects: Did somebody check the mentioned companies on Netcraft? I just did, and I found out, that the both Chicago Stock Exchange and Boeing DON'T use Windows NT as the platform for their main website! Why do they use Netscape or Apache servers on Unix derivates, when Windows NT is such a stable, fast, versatile, affordable, simply just KEWL platform? Apparently, M$ has to hide itself and it's products behind the propaganda in the Linux Myths paper. Come on, M$, can't you really do better? ix