What ever happened to SmartSuite, anyway? I used to have a roommate that swore up and down that it was the best office suite in the industry. Do they still make that?
And by the way, after watching college IT bail out way too many clueless professors who didn't understand technology half as well as they pretended, I have a huge respect for you guys!
Oh, no need to thank me -- those fat Catholic school paychecks are thanks enough. Heh.
Speaking as someone who works in college IT, I've heard from more than one colleague that the same faculty clamoring for wireless and technology in every classroom are the ones now clamoring for killswitches so that the students can't use it during their classes.
Awesome.
It's sort of like when we put projectors with laptop hookups in all of the classrooms in nice, integrated bunkers and then they decided that the laptops were too heavy to carry, and they wanted desktops permanently installed in there are well. Whee! I'll never understand why a professor can carry three different NPR tote bags chock full of paper, and the four pound iBook they've been issued is the breaking point.
...and the commentators, rather than call the game, spend all their time talking about how Tedy Bruschi is a True American Hero and an inspiration to us all. And Joe Theismann spends the whole game writing "Joseph Bruschi" on his notebook in his very best cursive handwriting.
Plenty of NYS residents' federal tax dollars are sent places where NYS residents don't enjoy services; hell plenty of NYS residents' state tax dollars are sent to places where those residents don't enjoy services.
As an example, my university has regular used computer sales. For the prices they are offering their compters I could buy a brand new computer with an LCD monitor.
The college probably doesn't want people actually buying the stuff. I work for the IT department at a college, and the one time that we sold off old gear we were getting support requests on it for YEARS. And this stuff was end-of-life crap when we sold it.
It's easier to just set the prices ridiculously high, and then send the gear to the scrapyard when nobody buys it.
One important thing to do is to not insult your users/clients/customers. While it is fairly rare, thankfully, every now and then a rogue open source developer will make comments [slashdot.org] that tarnish the reputation of an open source project.
You got owned for acting like an asshole. Get over it.
I have a dedicated Nessus scanning station at work, running on Debian/PPC on a G4 Cube.
Why do I have an odd feeling that this platform isn't going to be supported any more. Hell, I suppose I'll count myself lucky if there's anything but RPMs for installation, let along "oddball" architectures like mine.
I guess everything good comes to an end. Figures that this would happen right after I talk the boss into ponying up the cash for a plugin subscription. Pffft.
Your comment is sadly predictable, given the Subject of my post was "Why Post to Slashdot?", and your.sig is 'there is a difference between "thinking outside the box" and "talking out the ass"'.
I honestly have no idea what this sentence means. I understand each of the individual words, but the order in which you've placed them in unsettling and foreign to me.
Ah, well. I'll just assume it was some sort of clever rejoinder that I'm too thick to understand and move on with my day.
I must be over the hill, but who wants to chatter endlessly with kids who've got nothing better to do?
Interesting comment for someone coming up on ten thousand Slashdot posts. Who the hell did you think you were talking to, if not kids with nothing better to do?
However, my *biggest* beef with OS X (this is an unrelated plea for help from anyone who knows) is that I cannot find a way to set up remote "raw" printers on OS X.
Hold down "Option" when you click the Add Printers button to get an Advanced screen that will allow you to do this.
I swear, OS X must have a 30 life code hidden in it somewhere.
Ah, ignore my post. Now that TFA finally loaded, I see that this was not what it was about. The headline and summary here are remarkably easy to misinterpret. Another fine day for Slashdot Editing.
The question, for me anyway, would be whether or not this will allow users to use a different interface than the Microsoft-standard one.
The main reason I don't use Windows is that the GUI for it is incredibly annoying and unintuitive to me. If I could run something like Windowmaker on top of the Vista kernel, that would get me to buy my first Windows machine in years.
(Not that anyone gives a shit what I think, but hell, I just woke up and I'm feeling chatty.)
"The Gross National Product includes air pollution and advertising for cigarettes, and ambulance to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our doors, and jails for the people who break them. GNP includes the destruction of the redwoods and the death of Lake Superior. It grows with the production of napalm and missiles and nuclear warheads... And if GNP includes all this, there is much that it does not comprehend. It does not allow for the health of our families, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play. It is indifferent to the decency of our factories and the safety of our streets alike. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, or the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials... GNP measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country. It measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile; and it can tell us everything about America - except whether we are proud to be Americans"
Why is it that naive, idealistic comments get modded up, but harsh realistic comments get modded down?
Because most people who view themselves as harsh and realistic are actually just being rude and irksome.
I can't remember where I read it, but I saw something once about how young people tend to think that a certain weary cynicism is a sign of sophistication, while in reality, it's often the exact opposite.
And the real closer on this is Windows Media Center is bound to have a higher overall WAF (Wife Approval Factor), luckily the other half is a geek so this wasn't an issue for me.
1) Put the computer inside of the entertainment center, where the wife can't see the case or hear the fans.
2) Buy an ATI Remote Wonder. Program an appropriate xmodmap for Myth. I can send you mine, if you like.
3) Run the cord for the ATI receiver up the back of the unit and put it near the TV.
What advice do those of you in the IT field have for this issue?
Is he a good manager?
Does he handle budgets well? Planning? Meetings? Does he keep the rest of the company off of your back?
The reason I ask is that I've found there is a pretty inverted relationship between technical expertise and managerial prowess. The worst boss I ever had was a field tech for DEC who specialized in component-by-component hardware repair. He was a technical wizard, but a lousy manager.
It's certainly possible that this guy is just the opposite.
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What ever happened to SmartSuite, anyway? I used to have a roommate that swore up and down that it was the best office suite in the industry. Do they still make that?
--saint
And by the way, after watching college IT bail out way too many clueless professors who didn't understand technology half as well as they pretended, I have a huge respect for you guys!
Oh, no need to thank me -- those fat Catholic school paychecks are thanks enough. Heh.
Seriously, thanks for the kind words.
--saint
Speaking as someone who works in college IT, I've heard from more than one colleague that the same faculty clamoring for wireless and technology in every classroom are the ones now clamoring for killswitches so that the students can't use it during their classes.
Awesome.
It's sort of like when we put projectors with laptop hookups in all of the classrooms in nice, integrated bunkers and then they decided that the laptops were too heavy to carry, and they wanted desktops permanently installed in there are well. Whee! I'll never understand why a professor can carry three different NPR tote bags chock full of paper, and the four pound iBook they've been issued is the breaking point.
--saint
...and the commentators, rather than call the game, spend all their time talking about how Tedy Bruschi is a True American Hero and an inspiration to us all. And Joe Theismann spends the whole game writing "Joseph Bruschi" on his notebook in his very best cursive handwriting.
[/Angry Bills Fan]
--saint
Plenty of NYS residents' federal tax dollars are sent places where NYS residents don't enjoy services; hell plenty of NYS residents' state tax dollars are sent to places where those residents don't enjoy services.
Amen to that. You live in Buffalo too, eh?
--saint
A Blue and White G3 does have firewire.
His machine's firewire is not responding now that this update has been installed.
--saint
Because Mac OS 9 sucks, and OS X runs like ass on a six year old Powerbook, or my equally ancient G3/400 B&W.
I don't like Tru64 or WinNT 4.0 on my Alpha.
Windows is a poor fit for my Athlon-based PVR box.
But Debian kicks ass on all three. And gives me that same environment no matter what hardware is sitting underneath.
--saint
Personally, I just assume anyone wearing a leather jacket in the summer is an insecure dork who watched "The Crow" too much as a kid.
Not that I'm directing that at Osty or anything, but it does seem to be the norm.
--saint
As an example, my university has regular used computer sales. For the prices they are offering their compters I could buy a brand new computer with an LCD monitor.
The college probably doesn't want people actually buying the stuff. I work for the IT department at a college, and the one time that we sold off old gear we were getting support requests on it for YEARS. And this stuff was end-of-life crap when we sold it.
It's easier to just set the prices ridiculously high, and then send the gear to the scrapyard when nobody buys it.
--saint
I've noticed that cooking is also a big hobby for us computer nerd types.
Home brewing, too.
--saint
useless sig advice - Read Nabokov.
I want to be Pnin when I grow up.
--saint
blah, blah, blah, I type too fast, blah blah
One important thing to do is to not insult your users/clients/customers. While it is fairly rare, thankfully, every now and then a rogue open source developer will make comments [slashdot.org] that tarnish the reputation of an open source project.
You got owned for acting like an asshole. Get over it.
--saint
I have a dedicated Nessus scanning station at work, running on Debian/PPC on a G4 Cube.
Why do I have an odd feeling that this platform isn't going to be supported any more. Hell, I suppose I'll count myself lucky if there's anything but RPMs for installation, let along "oddball" architectures like mine.
I guess everything good comes to an end. Figures that this would happen right after I talk the boss into ponying up the cash for a plugin subscription. Pffft.
--saint
Unless you live in snow country. I used to think SUVs were a waste of materials until I moved to Colorado.
There's a reason so many people in Buffalo drive Subarus -- I hadn't really noticed until a friend of mine from out of town pointed it out.
--saint
I use WindowMaker on my Myth box -- nice and lightweight, and plenty of key bindings for changing stuff from the couch.
--saint
Your comment is sadly predictable, given the Subject of my post was "Why Post to Slashdot?", and your .sig is 'there is a difference between "thinking outside the box" and "talking out the ass"'.
I honestly have no idea what this sentence means. I understand each of the individual words, but the order in which you've placed them in unsettling and foreign to me.
Ah, well. I'll just assume it was some sort of clever rejoinder that I'm too thick to understand and move on with my day.
--saint
I must be over the hill, but who wants to chatter endlessly with kids who've got nothing better to do?
Interesting comment for someone coming up on ten thousand Slashdot posts. Who the hell did you think you were talking to, if not kids with nothing better to do?
--saint
However, my *biggest* beef with OS X (this is an unrelated plea for help from anyone who knows) is that I cannot find a way to set up remote "raw" printers on OS X.
Hold down "Option" when you click the Add Printers button to get an Advanced screen that will allow you to do this.
I swear, OS X must have a 30 life code hidden in it somewhere.
--saint
Ah, ignore my post. Now that TFA finally loaded, I see that this was not what it was about. The headline and summary here are remarkably easy to misinterpret. Another fine day for Slashdot Editing.
--saint
The question, for me anyway, would be whether or not this will allow users to use a different interface than the Microsoft-standard one.
The main reason I don't use Windows is that the GUI for it is incredibly annoying and unintuitive to me. If I could run something like Windowmaker on top of the Vista kernel, that would get me to buy my first Windows machine in years.
(Not that anyone gives a shit what I think, but hell, I just woke up and I'm feeling chatty.)
--saint
Well, I've got to ask, then -- if that's the base price, what're the options and accessories available? How about the trim packages? ;)
Dock feelers and a Continental Kit for the extra propeller.
--saint
"The Gross National Product includes air pollution and advertising for cigarettes, and ambulance to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our doors, and jails for the people who break them. GNP includes the destruction of the redwoods and the death of Lake Superior. It grows with the production of napalm and missiles and nuclear warheads... And if GNP includes all this, there is much that it does not comprehend. It does not allow for the health of our families, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play. It is indifferent to the decency of our factories and the safety of our streets alike. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, or the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials... GNP measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country. It measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile; and it can tell us everything about America - except whether we are proud to be Americans"
--Bobby Kennedy
Why is it that naive, idealistic comments get modded up, but harsh realistic comments get modded down?
Because most people who view themselves as harsh and realistic are actually just being rude and irksome.
I can't remember where I read it, but I saw something once about how young people tend to think that a certain weary cynicism is a sign of sophistication, while in reality, it's often the exact opposite.
--saint
And the real closer on this is Windows Media Center is bound to have a higher overall WAF (Wife Approval Factor), luckily the other half is a geek so this wasn't an issue for me.
1) Put the computer inside of the entertainment center, where the wife can't see the case or hear the fans.
2) Buy an ATI Remote Wonder. Program an appropriate xmodmap for Myth. I can send you mine, if you like.
3) Run the cord for the ATI receiver up the back of the unit and put it near the TV.
WAF. Solved.
Well, it worked for me, anyway.
--saint
What advice do those of you in the IT field have for this issue?
Is he a good manager?
Does he handle budgets well? Planning? Meetings? Does he keep the rest of the company off of your back?
The reason I ask is that I've found there is a pretty inverted relationship between technical expertise and managerial prowess. The worst boss I ever had was a field tech for DEC who specialized in component-by-component hardware repair. He was a technical wizard, but a lousy manager.
It's certainly possible that this guy is just the opposite.
--saint