Whilst it's probably a good timeline of events, I don't really agree with it entirely. Predictions like AI is whacky If you take the last date 2040 and make it 2140, then extrapolate all the events out. That's more like it.
I doubt whether we'd see 'brain add-ons" by 2033, or "AI entity gains PhD" by 2016, or "holodecks" by 2018. More likely 2133, 3000, and 2200.
I thoroughly agree. Like many people I hold a fair bit of respect for Linus. However, Linux is starting to get to the stage where one man cannot possibly keep up with what's going on.
With this proposed system he could still maintain control, yet pass on the mundane task of merging. Seems like a great idea.
This is generally the case, however I've seen several circumstances where apartments have been fitted out with cable. Two in Chatswood, (if you're in Sydney), one in Redfern. One of them in Chatswood had Optus *and* Telstra.
If you can attend the fascist ^H^H^H^H^H^H body corporate meetings and convince people what a good thing it would be to have cable. Then the body corporate can go to the ISP and make a deal.
The problem isn't the ducting or the hassle of laying cable. The problem is that the ISPs *know* what a load of fascist layabouts body corporates can be. Committees can discuss the issues of cable for years if given the chance. ISPs don't have to time for that crap.
Yep, I have been on Optus for over a year now. All the other people I know of who joined Telstra have had terrible problems with reliability, download speeds, and funky bandwidth forming.
On Optus it's open slather pretty much. During the early period there was even no download limit at all. People had Rx rates in the 200G a week.
SysAdmins more than generally evolve into a position. That's how I did it. I was a programmer for 4 years and got lumped with the job of looking after 'just a few' systems.
I'm now one of the Senior Admins in a team of 8 people, looking after 100 UNIX systems, (Sun, HP).
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Whilst it's probably a good timeline of events, I don't really agree with it entirely. Predictions like AI is whacky If you take the last date 2040 and make it 2140, then extrapolate all the events out. That's more like it.
I doubt whether we'd see 'brain add-ons" by 2033, or "AI entity gains PhD" by 2016, or "holodecks" by 2018. More likely 2133, 3000, and 2200.
Actually, they're not _that_ wet. Besides, the fans are very strong and I doubt there is any humidity leaking into the casing. :-)
I thoroughly agree. Like many people I hold a fair bit of respect for Linus. However, Linux is starting to get to the stage where one man cannot possibly keep up with what's going on.
With this proposed system he could still maintain control, yet pass on the mundane task of merging. Seems like a great idea.
This is generally the case, however I've seen several circumstances where apartments have been fitted out with cable. Two in Chatswood, (if you're in Sydney), one in Redfern. One of them in Chatswood had Optus *and* Telstra.
If you can attend the fascist ^H^H^H^H^H^H body corporate meetings and convince people what a good thing it would be to have cable. Then the body corporate can go to the ISP and make a deal.
The problem isn't the ducting or the hassle of laying cable. The problem is that the ISPs *know* what a load of fascist layabouts body corporates can be. Committees can discuss the issues of cable for years if given the chance. ISPs don't have to time for that crap.
So try it out - you never know!
Yep, I have been on Optus for over a year now. All the other people I know of who joined Telstra have had terrible problems with reliability, download speeds, and funky bandwidth forming.
On Optus it's open slather pretty much. During the early period there was even no download limit at all. People had Rx rates in the 200G a week.
SysAdmins more than generally evolve into a position. That's how I did it. I was a programmer for 4 years and got lumped with the job of looking after 'just a few' systems.
I'm now one of the Senior Admins in a team of 8 people, looking after 100 UNIX systems, (Sun, HP).
I have no qualifications.
Unless of course that is exactly what you want! :-)
Microsoft haven't set ANY standards! They just rip them off other companies/people.