"Red Hat now has 90 percent of its 630 employees working to lure corporations looking to move their computing platform from expensive systems running on the rival Unix operating system to Linux, widely considered to be the more cost-effective choice."
Eventually, this was going to happen. Sure, using 90% of the employees is kinda harsh, but IMHO RedHat's going to have to push at the big iron if they plan on making any sort of success. MS and everyone else is banging on the doors of big server farms already.
Maybe they could hire Brian Valentine to give their sales staff a boost and some spin-doctoring. Just imagine him being a Linux advocate.:)
They worked for 10 years to beat Novell. They won't quit on this due to one setback.
That makes me wonder if MS is gonna start getting heavy-handed with game programming companies in the same manner that they are with PC manufacturers. (i.e. Making contracts saying that they can make a game for X-box, but not make the game available for PS2, GC, etc.or MS will get pissy in some way with the game company.) MS does have the cash to make some sweet contracts to entice game makers to do that.
Under the law, signed last month, prosecutors would, after obtaining a court order, give ISPs a list of Web sites and other items to block.
Whilst it's well intended and it's not that much of a bother blocking out websites from a list (which will most likely be out of date), but I think they're pointing in the wrong direction. Shouldn't they be going after the places where these sites are hosted instead of just ISPs? It's a lot easier checking someone's webpage content than it is going through tons of a luser websurfing logs. I can understand blocking for places where there's no jurisdiction, but there's gotta be something done about the places that host child porn as well because that's the place that holds the content.
I guess that would be handy for relaying messages from different parts of the house where you couldn't be heard, but I can't imagine the conversation depth getting much further than Dr. Sbaitso with a better frequency range.
OTOH, It does have a photographic memory and some command of communication. If Sony would add a cash recognition device, beefed up the SDR-4X's carrying capacity, and pepped up it's mobility in some way, this thing would be great for doing beer runs!
Compaq does send a real restore-CD if you call their expensive support-line. The CD took four weeks to arrive and when it did, using it erased the entire harddisk again. There was no way to install XP from these CD's alongside linux. Absolutely no way. I spent an entire day trying many tricks. Even Partition Magic 7 could not shrinkt the NTFS partition on this machine.
I had something similar with my Vaio laptop. Try setting up 2 (C: and D:) ntfs partitions (along with your linux partitions), then install. If that doesn't work, set them up as 2 FAT partitions then change them to ntfs later if the recover CD allows. Best o'luck, YMMV, HTH, HAND.
DISCLAIMER: I'm being sarcastic and just imagining what MS will do with a new standard:)
"Search will become much easier, and this should make it cheaper to build new systems because customers only have to learn one database."
Ladies & Gentlemen, MS would like to introduce a new and easy to use database that will become the only one you'll need: MS SuQL! No more weird SQL even if it is the standard. Why even a lawyer could figure out how to work with this.
Let's compare. Here's that old SQL..
>SELECT * FROM tblCustomer
WHERE money_owed > 0
ORDER BY co_name
Uggghhh! That's pretty ugly, huh? Let's see that in MS SuQL.
>get everything from everybody who owes us money in alphabetical order please.
Companies should consider the basic fact that if a product doesn't work, is difficult to make work, or requires upgrades to exisiting equipment, Joe Consumer will simply ask for their money back and spend it elsewhere. If the RIAA thinks that CD sales suck now, wait till they try protection schemes. Even then, those in the know will be disabling the copy protection, whilst Joe Consumer will be trying to figure out how to get his Britney Spears CD to play on his computer.
If it gets to the point where a music CD is going to ask me for a password every time I want to play it, I think I'll go back to tape or vinyl.
"shaw, LAMEST Hack in history" jess, im surprised it took these guys that long to make this piece a poo software, ALL IT DOES IS MAKE MP3's with "organizer" data in their ID3 tags. im SOOOOOOOOO NOT impressed. Is this even a hack?
Maybe it's not a new or original hack. But it is an interesting course that ventures into doing more with MP3, which I'm certain that Microsoft is just thrilled with. :)
Pan-handling could become a thing of the past if no one has any cash to hand out and the homeless cannot get a device to have money transferred into.
Rest assured, if this Speedpass does come to pass, there will most likey be some sort of "Give Speedpasses to the homeless" charity. Much to the delight of the Speedpass company.
I wasn't able to write C in Windows because at the time, the only option would have been to buy the MS compiler for like $500 ($200 for students though). Now, I had a hard enough time explaining to my parents why I was spending so much time on a computer without trying to explain why I needed $200 dollars for a 'compiler'.
I had a similar experience in college. I was taking a C++ class that was using Borland's Tubo C++ IDE on DOS machines. The compiler and IDE cost Joe Public around US$1,000 back then, but a student version was available for US$75. Of course, I got the student version.
I had some trouble compiling this one program that I did for school. It compiled fine on a machine at school, but didn't work on my home computer with the student version of Turbo C++. I called their tech-support line. I was asked for the serial number. The tech said, "Oh. That's the student version. There's less functionality in that one. Would you like to upgrade to the full version?" I told him I couldn't afford it and that it was a crappy thing for a company to do to a cash-strapped student.
Old-Timer Mode: ON $DEITY, I wish that I had gcc back then. You kids don't know how lucky you have it.:)
For that matter, do you even want dead-tree books, or are eBooks and/or online documentation sufficient?"
YES!!! I do want dead-tree books!
A couple of reasons.
I get sick of constantly staring at a monitor.
It's a PITA to flip back and forth from a window that has documentation and the IDE you're working with. I lose my "rhythm" and it buggers up concentration.
Portability. (TMI Alert) It's too much of a hassle setting up a computer near a toilet.
Most non-deadtree documentation requires a GUI that you may or may not have on a box that you're tweaking.
Something to do on the train, whilst queueing, sitting alone in a cafe, etc.
On-line documentation may be handy for cutting and pasting, but that doesn't really help in a person's quest to truly grok something.
Well..... I just like books.
As far as subject matter, just find the subjects not really covered or find a better way to cover those subjects.
I want to see.50 caliber machine guns, napalm and mines. I mean come on a metal ball on a spike spinning at 3000rpm? How about a 1/2" slug of steel traveling at 1500fps?
Fun? Yes. But would you want to volunteer for that camera-man job? Even if you had remote controlled cameras, chances are they get blown to pieces Real Quick.:)
Slashdot Mirror
"Red Hat now has 90 percent of its 630 employees working to lure corporations looking to move their computing platform from expensive systems running on the rival Unix operating system to Linux, widely considered to be the more cost-effective choice."
:)
Eventually, this was going to happen. Sure, using 90% of the employees is kinda harsh, but IMHO RedHat's going to have to push at the big iron if they plan on making any sort of success. MS and everyone else is banging on the doors of big server farms already.
Maybe they could hire Brian Valentine to give their sales staff a boost and some spin-doctoring. Just imagine him being a Linux advocate.
They worked for 10 years to beat Novell. They won't quit on this due to one setback.
That makes me wonder if MS is gonna start getting heavy-handed with game programming companies in the same manner that they are with PC manufacturers. (i.e. Making contracts saying that they can make a game for X-box, but not make the game available for PS2, GC, etc.or MS will get pissy in some way with the game company.) MS does have the cash to make some sweet contracts to entice game makers to do that.
You just know that someone will be wrongfully placed on that list, suffer some loses, get a landshark^WLawyer, then sue the pants outta PA.
Under the law, signed last month, prosecutors would, after obtaining a court order, give ISPs a list of Web sites and other items to block.
Whilst it's well intended and it's not that much of a bother blocking out websites from a list (which will most likely be out of date), but I think they're pointing in the wrong direction. Shouldn't they be going after the places where these sites are hosted instead of just ISPs? It's a lot easier checking someone's webpage content than it is going through tons of a luser websurfing logs. I can understand blocking for places where there's no jurisdiction, but there's gotta be something done about the places that host child porn as well because that's the place that holds the content.
Just my 2 scents.
I guess that would be handy for relaying messages from different parts of the house where you couldn't be heard, but I can't imagine the conversation depth getting much further than Dr. Sbaitso with a better frequency range.
OTOH, It does have a photographic memory and some command of communication. If Sony would add a cash recognition device, beefed up the SDR-4X's carrying capacity, and pepped up it's mobility in some way, this thing would be great for doing beer runs!
Yeah, "lalala", you'll be griping like Kasparov when it beats you at games on your Playstation 2 and then regales you with a victory dance.
:)
If that's the case, then adjust the clock speed to your skill level.
Compaq does send a real restore-CD if you call their expensive support-line. The CD took four weeks to arrive and when it did, using it erased the entire harddisk again. There was no way to install XP from these CD's alongside linux. Absolutely no way. I spent an entire day trying many tricks. Even Partition Magic 7 could not shrinkt the NTFS partition on this machine.
I had something similar with my Vaio laptop. Try setting up 2 (C: and D:) ntfs partitions (along with your linux partitions), then install. If that doesn't work, set them up as 2 FAT partitions then change them to ntfs later if the recover CD allows. Best o'luck, YMMV, HTH, HAND.
DISCLAIMER: I'm being sarcastic and just imagining what MS will do with a new standard :)
"Search will become much easier, and this should make it cheaper to build new systems because customers only have to learn one database."
Ladies & Gentlemen, MS would like to introduce a new and easy to use database that will become the only one you'll need: MS SuQL! No more weird SQL even if it is the standard. Why even a lawyer could figure out how to work with this.
Let's compare. Here's that old SQL..
>SELECT * FROM tblCustomer
WHERE money_owed > 0
ORDER BY co_name
Uggghhh! That's pretty ugly, huh? Let's see that in MS SuQL.
>get everything from everybody who owes us money in alphabetical order please.
Companies should consider the basic fact that if a product doesn't work, is difficult to make work, or requires upgrades to exisiting equipment, Joe Consumer will simply ask for their money back and spend it elsewhere. If the RIAA thinks that CD sales suck now, wait till they try protection schemes. Even then, those in the know will be disabling the copy protection, whilst Joe Consumer will be trying to figure out how to get his Britney Spears CD to play on his computer.
If it gets to the point where a music CD is going to ask me for a password every time I want to play it, I think I'll go back to tape or vinyl.
"shaw, LAMEST Hack in history" jess, im surprised it took these guys that long to make this piece a poo software, ALL IT DOES IS MAKE MP3's with "organizer" data in their ID3 tags. im SOOOOOOOOO NOT impressed. Is this even a hack?
Maybe it's not a new or original hack. But it is an interesting course that ventures into doing more with MP3, which I'm certain that Microsoft is just thrilled with.
:)
Pan-handling could become a thing of the past if no one has any cash to hand out and the homeless cannot get a device to have money transferred into.
Rest assured, if this Speedpass does come to pass, there will most likey be some sort of "Give Speedpasses to the homeless" charity. Much to the delight of the Speedpass company.
Anyone have good reasons why taxpayer funded projects should be GPL'd?
Uhhh...Because my tax dollars went towards it and since I paid for it, I should be able to have the source and do what ever I want with it.
This is MHO. There are thousands more, but this one is mine. (*_*)
I wasn't able to write C in Windows because at the time, the only option would have been to buy the MS compiler for like $500 ($200 for students though). Now, I had a hard enough time explaining to my parents why I was spending so much time on a computer without trying to explain why I needed $200 dollars for a 'compiler'.
:)
I had a similar experience in college. I was taking a C++ class that was using Borland's Tubo C++ IDE on DOS machines. The compiler and IDE cost Joe Public around US$1,000 back then, but a student version was available for US$75. Of course, I got the student version.
I had some trouble compiling this one program that I did for school. It compiled fine on a machine at school, but didn't work on my home computer with the student version of Turbo C++. I called their tech-support line. I was asked for the serial number. The tech said, "Oh. That's the student version. There's less functionality in that one. Would you like to upgrade to the full version?" I told him I couldn't afford it and that it was a crappy thing for a company to do to a cash-strapped student.
Old-Timer Mode: ON
$DEITY, I wish that I had gcc back then. You kids don't know how lucky you have it.
What Kind of Books do You Want?
Has someone done the "pr0n books" joke yet?
?8^)
YES!!! I do want dead-tree books!
A couple of reasons.
I get sick of constantly staring at a monitor.
It's a PITA to flip back and forth from a window that has documentation and the IDE you're working with. I lose my "rhythm" and it buggers up concentration.
Portability. (TMI Alert) It's too much of a hassle setting up a computer near a toilet.
Most non-deadtree documentation requires a GUI that you may or may not have on a box that you're tweaking.
Something to do on the train, whilst queueing, sitting alone in a cafe, etc.
On-line documentation may be handy for cutting and pasting, but that doesn't really help in a person's quest to truly grok something.
Well..... I just like books.
As far as subject matter, just find the subjects not really covered or find a better way to cover those subjects.
Step 3: Put a mirror so that the camera can see around the wall
ITYM mirrors. Y'know that some of them are going to get tagged.
I want to see .50 caliber machine guns, napalm and mines. I mean come on a metal ball on a spike spinning at 3000rpm? How about a 1/2" slug of steel traveling at 1500fps?
:)
Fun? Yes. But would you want to volunteer for that camera-man job? Even if you had remote controlled cameras, chances are they get blown to pieces Real Quick.
I parsed that as ....
And if you think XP phones
...and just got a real scary visual.
I think that he'd rather make a Segway jammer. :)
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
And my SO thought that all that time spent on Quake was wasted.
:)
Darth RadaR
SysAdmin & Mercenary.
Yeah, but a lot of spammers will use free yahoo and hotmail accounts. Those are the ones that are hard to filtre out.
Yeah, but what I want to see are some pictures after it's been egged by some militant Chicago anti-spammers. :)
Actually, it's got a 15" display.
I guess they had to do something with those spare "Cube" parts. :)