Actually. I have been working with gas stations systems for some time at a point. I don't know how the "old stuff" works, but modern cash-regognition units can be trained for new money relatively easy.
I'm having a hangover and thought this article might be entertaining. Nope... Fucking dull examination of some US local test of which most population on earth has never heard of.
Everyone knows how Giga and Mensa rank their applications. What the fuck was that drivel doing there? The article wasn't anything like advertised in the header. Definately! I'm going to sue slashdot now for providing me with Annoyance for Misfits, Stuff that no-one cares.
(Yeah, I'm just slightly cranky after downing litre of vodka, being beaten up by a gigantic doorman and being refused an abulance and a policeman from emenergy number. No wait, i'm fucking pissed because I just paid almost 900 euros as taxes so I think I should get a fucking personal body guard with that money. (This is my normal monthly tax. Welcome to Finland))
Remember, McDonalds doesn't count as we are talking about IT.
CodeMonkey job at video game firm might be boring. Don't know. Don't know anyone personally working in that field. Database app codemonkeying was interesting for as long as I had problems. It got extremely tiresome when I got stuck in the "support" phase.
If you like to trace raw HD dumps and cracking crypto to reveal originator of an instrusion, then the security sector might be just for you. Done that twice. Once with my own box that gor rooted, once with companys server. Both just of sheer curiosity on my own time because I find the above mentioned things interesting and intellectually challenging. Ofcourse, once I would get good at it, I'd prolly get bored of that too.
You don't state what you do for a living. Or even what you'd like to do and what you might find interesting. I have found out that I get bored to one labour pretty quickly.
If you are like me, go work for a contracting firm. I like this. Once I get bored with one job, I just tell that to my superior and we will negotiate another place to work for me.
This far I have had just short contracts varying from 3 months (Porting Symbian code from device to another) to 2 years (my current job as a software integrator.).
I haven't actually used the graphical Linux desktops much at all. This is because I found them unuseably laggish even on my (now puny) 800mhz/256. I mean... What is it? Windows XP looks great, feels great and acts quickly to my actions. I assume the graphical teams should concentrate on the speed _I_ see. You know. Delay the actual operations where possible for after I seem to be doing nothing. Smooth out the backward compatibility shit from engines and so on. Also, the X programs were mostly also crap and ugly. Yes! Certainly they did their tasks, but to be honest, they crashed more than my average WinApp on W2K. They were mostly also butt-ugly.
The configurability of the desktops was astounding thou. This is probably also one of the reasons for slowness. I mean, if every widget has to decide on every draw what it's supposed to look like, there has to be some unnecessary overhead. I have tried both Gnome and KDE. I can't remember exact applications I am whining about. Oh yes. One more thing. I want every app to draw their fonts antialiased by default, without me hacking n^7 config files by hand and compiling stuff. No! I just want to use my computer. I have another for weird experiments.
(Just a bit of background, trying to prove i'm not complete newbie.) I started toying with Linux at -97. It was redhat distro. Can't remember what number thou. 5.x I think. I have configured tens of boxes (yes, just tens) for business use in companies. None of them has been rooted AFAIK. These serve for multiple purposes. From NAT's to SMB shares. Personally I now have one headless old pentium 166 box for when I want the power of Bash. I believe I can identify most of the weird files in/etc and might even know what to do with them. I never likes Linux' config utilities because they were shit too like X.
And now after ranting, raving and ego boosting, I ask you. (Honest, I really wan't to know) How do I configure X to perform decently on 800mhz/256M/Geforce2 MX. I don't want to recompile XFree86 because it's a pain in the ass and takes veeeeeery long. Which desktop you recommand and why? What is a light-weight window manager that still has basic features? (So not twm please;P) Or maybe... *gasp* someone could make a distro which has good X out-of-the-box and knows how to configure itself properly. *fondly remembers the frustation with first attempts with X's config files*
I hope I don't get modded troll because stating my opinions and raising honest questions.
Actually. Was there just a need to also include 'lowlights' as I, for instance, would be interested of such chapter if I was someone pointed to manage a new IT team. Well ok. I haven't read the book but I can imagine what "painstaking details" means:) This could however be very usefull for a _manager_ who hasn't got all that much hands-on for a while. (say few years)
I just walked through my girl friend in phone on how to format your HD and reinstall Windows.
Wasn't as bad as I had anticipated.
Took bit over a hour to check over phone that she had proper back-ups and all installation media was at hand.
It was quite odd to instruct someone to use the command line, when she had never ever touched command line interface ever before. The concept of typing commands was unfamiliar to her.
Me: Ok, now type 'd-i-r space slash A - D' and tell me what it says
Her: Invalid command or file name.
*grinds teeth*
Me: Honey, could you double check you typed it right?
And so on... Miraculously enough, I think we got the machine sorted
What's wrong with Voodoo 3? I remember it was a very good card. Sped up my Half Life so much. I remember loathing NVidia at the time because of their crappy image quality. What was the-other-card-by-nvidia then?
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.asciitable.com
*shakes head in vanity* Tsk Tsk... What kind of people call themselves geek these days.
*g*
Actually. I have been working with gas stations systems for some time at a point.
I don't know how the "old stuff" works, but modern cash-regognition units can be trained for new money relatively easy.
I hate them for making Gimli a commic side-kick in the second movie :(
I'm having a hangover and thought this article might be entertaining. Nope...
Fucking dull examination of some US local test of which most population on earth has never heard of.
Everyone knows how Giga and Mensa rank their applications. What the fuck was that drivel doing there? The article wasn't anything like advertised in the header. Definately! I'm going to sue slashdot now for providing me with Annoyance for Misfits, Stuff that no-one cares.
(Yeah, I'm just slightly cranky after downing litre of vodka, being beaten up by a gigantic doorman and being refused an abulance and a policeman from emenergy number. No wait, i'm fucking pissed because I just paid almost 900 euros as taxes so I think I should get a fucking personal body guard with that money. (This is my normal monthly tax. Welcome to Finland))
Do you actually work in the real world?
;)
Remember, McDonalds doesn't count as we are talking about IT.
CodeMonkey job at video game firm might be boring. Don't know. Don't know anyone personally working in that field. Database app codemonkeying was interesting for as long as I had problems. It got extremely tiresome when I got stuck in the "support" phase.
If you like to trace raw HD dumps and cracking crypto to reveal originator of an instrusion, then the security sector might be just for you. Done that twice. Once with my own box that gor rooted, once with companys server. Both just of sheer curiosity on my own time because I find the above mentioned things interesting and intellectually challenging. Ofcourse, once I would get good at it, I'd prolly get bored of that too.
You don't state what you do for a living. Or even what you'd like to do and what you might find interesting. I have found out that I get bored to one labour pretty quickly.
If you are like me, go work for a contracting firm. I like this. Once I get bored with one job, I just tell that to my superior and we will negotiate another place to work for me.
This far I have had just short contracts varying from 3 months (Porting Symbian code from device to another) to 2 years (my current job as a software integrator.).
You also get an impressive resume quickly
I haven't actually used the graphical Linux desktops much at all. This is because I found them unuseably laggish even on my (now puny) 800mhz/256. I mean... What is it?
/etc and might even know what to do with them. I never likes Linux' config utilities because they were shit too like X.
;P)
Windows XP looks great, feels great and acts quickly to my actions.
I assume the graphical teams should concentrate on the speed _I_ see. You know. Delay the actual operations where possible for after I seem to be doing nothing. Smooth out the backward compatibility shit from engines and so on.
Also, the X programs were mostly also crap and ugly. Yes! Certainly they did their tasks, but to be honest, they crashed more than my average WinApp on W2K. They were mostly also butt-ugly.
The configurability of the desktops was astounding thou. This is probably also one of the reasons for slowness. I mean, if every widget has to decide on every draw what it's supposed to look like, there has to be some unnecessary overhead.
I have tried both Gnome and KDE. I can't remember exact applications I am whining about.
Oh yes. One more thing. I want every app to draw their fonts antialiased by default, without me hacking n^7 config files by hand and compiling stuff. No! I just want to use my computer. I have another for weird experiments.
(Just a bit of background, trying to prove i'm not complete newbie.)
I started toying with Linux at -97. It was redhat distro. Can't remember what number thou. 5.x I think. I have configured tens of boxes (yes, just tens) for business use in companies. None of them has been rooted AFAIK. These serve for multiple purposes. From NAT's to SMB shares. Personally I now have one headless old pentium 166 box for when I want the power of Bash.
I believe I can identify most of the weird files in
And now after ranting, raving and ego boosting, I ask you. (Honest, I really wan't to know)
How do I configure X to perform decently on 800mhz/256M/Geforce2 MX. I don't want to recompile XFree86 because it's a pain in the ass and takes veeeeeery long. Which desktop you recommand and why? What is a light-weight window manager that still has basic features? (So not twm please
Or maybe... *gasp* someone could make a distro which has good X out-of-the-box and knows how to configure itself properly. *fondly remembers the frustation with first attempts with X's config files*
I hope I don't get modded troll because stating my opinions and raising honest questions.
http://dictionary.reference.
</dictionary_police>
*ducks*
Damn Macisists...
:) :D =) :P :b :D:D:D:D
Flamebait?
I should always sprincle dem stupid smilies everywhere to make it obvious to the most clueless of you that something is a joke?
(
Here, have some:
)
Because I always thought the Mac mouse was desinged for lemmings.
*shifts eyes in a suspicious manner*
Sorry, but it's your firewall.
I have never had any problems with Linux NAT. Neither even with *gasp* "Windows 2000 Internet Connection Sharing" (Man what a term...)
The guy should do something worthwhile with his bucks, ... Or donate a few hundred mil to Seti.
*chuckles*
Surely, you are joking?
How is Seti worthwhile? How about you too donating your spare cycles to Folding@Home or some other wothwhile activity.
In 'redneck'?
Which reminds me.
Does RH still have redneck as choice of installation language? I just installed two RH9 boxes the other day, but forgot to check.
Actually. :)
Was there just a need to also include 'lowlights' as I, for instance, would be interested of such chapter if I was someone pointed to manage a new IT team.
Well ok. I haven't read the book but I can imagine what "painstaking details" means
This could however be very usefull for a _manager_ who hasn't got all that much hands-on for a while. (say few years)
Btw. Never say anything in alt.folklore.urban unless you have read through the whole snopes archive.
The AFU people are notoriously aggressive.
(No? You think _I_ might have burned myself there?-))
...What i'm going to hack this evening.
Had a jolly good fun with Wolfenstein when they GPL'd it.
Oh wait. Was it actually GPL's or what was the lisence?
Wait! Is there somekind of EULA in Slashdot that forbids me running windows?
Crap, you got me there.
(Just talking shit here. Leave my barely positive __Karma__ alone!)
The 1st of appril is here =)
:)
Damn. I took is seriously for the first 5 lines
I just downloaded a C64 emu and the M.U.L.E. image.
It seemed to have too slow tempo now to keep my interest. I'll give it another go tomorrow when I have better time. (And am well rested)
I recall this being my very favourite game back in the 64 days.
I wish I still enjoy it. If I don't, I must have the much touted attention span disorder too.
You iivil Xiit0R!
:(
I bet you have played quake 1 throught only with god mode too!
I just walked through my girl friend in phone on how to format your HD and reinstall Windows.
Wasn't as bad as I had anticipated.
Took bit over a hour to check over phone that she had proper back-ups and all installation media was at hand.
It was quite odd to instruct someone to use the command line, when she had never ever touched command line interface ever before. The concept of typing commands was unfamiliar to her.
Me: Ok, now type 'd-i-r space slash A - D' and tell me what it says
Her: Invalid command or file name.
*grinds teeth*
Me: Honey, could you double check you typed it right?
And so on... Miraculously enough, I think we got the machine sorted
..Nuff said.
(sorry if i misspelled it, i have only read the Finnish version)
Hackers, protecting the US Global Thermonuclear Thingymawingy stash.
*raises an eyebrow* I think...
What's wrong with Voodoo 3?
I remember it was a very good card. Sped up my Half Life so much.
I remember loathing NVidia at the time because of their crappy image quality. What was the-other-card-by-nvidia then?
Always keep everything in modules. This way you most likely only need to compile them and reload :)
(Okay, so I don't know if something changed this time that is not in modules)