The very idea of conserving space as if it's some limited resource is so ludicrous...
Disk pace _is_ a limited resource.
We can always bring in more disks, more shelves, sure, but can't just make it happen at the drop of a hat. Expansion is constrained by finances, physical room, power consumption, administrator time...
I've never worked at an org that charges for disk space, so perhaps I'm missing something.
I can't believe people still are religious in public.
Not only do I worship in public, I did so today with 200 other like-minded souls. We've even got (hold on to your hat) an entire building dedicated to it. With a sign telling _everyone_ what's going on inside.
I am from Sweden.
Well I'm sorry for that but do you think you should admit that in public?
A Vet teacher had a sign on a door that pretty much summed up the Marine Corps feelings on Technology. A computer with a bullet hole in it is a paperweight. A map with a bullet hole is still a map.
Don't that too seriously. In 1992 the Marines had one of the largest Banyan VINES networks in the world. Single sign-on, directory services, printing, email, file storage. We could take all that to the field, and did on a regular basis. VINES went to war in Desert Storm/Shield.
They've only improved on that legacy since I EASd.
Technology, used correctly, is force multiplier. We know this.
All this was quickly dismantled in the Reagan years, and in 1990 the mothballed cars were all destroyed, though two prototypes survived in private hands.
The government did something right, then it came back and did something wrong to cover up the fact that they'd done something right.
Typical.
If there is anyone who still trusts the government to do the right thing, got some ocean front property in Arizona for you.
* I like the development philosophy behind the BSD family.
* Going with the herd is a great way to make a mediocre salary and never rising above the fray.
It's the law of supply and demand. Consider fire fighters. Now this is not the place for an essay so this is rather simplified...
Anyone can aspire to be a fire-fighter for the city. Initial training is a few months and you're in. There are a lot of these guy, they're a dime a dozen, the pay is meh to average, depending on your location.
Above that you have specialized fire-fighters. Smoke jumpers, maybe the guys at the airport. Guys who put out oil well fires. More training, more experience. You don't have a lot of these, not everyone is qualified. Better pay.
At the top of the heap you had Red Adair. There was only one Red Adair, his expertise was priceless. You paid him what he asked for because he was worth it.
I can't be Red Adair, but I can specialize in stuff you don't see everyday. It's worked out well, so far. When the herd said 'Novell' I did Banyan Vines. When they said 'NT' is where you go, I got into Solaris.
Now the herd is chanting Linux (you ain't the only one) and... it's a lot like what I read about NetWare and NT and so on.
Not turning my nose up at Linux - I've used it and I'll use it again. I just don't feel like it's all that and a bag of chips.
Like Mr. AC said, it's yet another sign that Solaris is a doomed operating system. I don't work at a Swiss Bank, just a middlin' sized company. I owe it to my employer to consider alternatives.
One of the big reasons - not mentioned by AC - is that I already deal with Oracle for app, db and more apps. We spend a lot of money _on_ Oracle but from Oracle's POV we're nobody special and their level of customer support shows it. I never got that feeling from Sun.
So. Time to consider alternatives. On my short list is FreeBSD. The big reason for FreeBSD is a) I've used it before and b) ZFS.
SUN's not pinin'! 'SUN's passed on! This company is no more! SUN has ceased to be! 'SUN's expired and gone to meet 'its maker! SUN's a stiff! Bereft of life, SUN rests in peace!
If Oracle hadn't bought it SUN'd be pushing up the daisies!
Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! SUN's off the twig! SUN's kicked the bucket, SUNs shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!!
The container ship would have to have a really good excuse for being anywhere near the group in the first place
Like being within a few kilometers of the group as they transit a choke point? Happens all the time.
A carrier battle group can devastate any target within a 600km radius. But they gotta be a target first. The concealed carry merchant ship won't be a target until _after she has launched missiles and blown up the carrier.
So when viewed from an angle of 45 degrees, an object 0.2 units high is shifted to one side by a distance of 0.15 units, says the team. That's a serious limitation for carpet cloaks.
Maybe. But it would be a great way for soldiers to conceal themselves from aimed rifle fire.
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Every single thing you know about home schooling is wrong.
The 'food on the buttons' thing has been around since before I started working at my first job in fast food - so before 1983.
'Food on Buttons' wasn't rolled out because people running the registers were illiterate but because it reduced costs.
when I think this generation is stupid.
This generation is as stupid as yours was at that age.
After, certainly, to remove the foul taste.
Why not both?
Please come back and play Mr. Self Righteous after your own government stops violating human rights at the drop of a hat, eh?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Greece
The very idea of conserving space as if it's some limited resource is so ludicrous ...
Disk pace _is_ a limited resource.
We can always bring in more disks, more shelves, sure, but can't just make it happen at the drop of a hat. Expansion is constrained by finances, physical room, power consumption, administrator time ...
I've never worked at an org that charges for disk space, so perhaps I'm missing something.
I can't believe people still are religious in public.
Not only do I worship in public, I did so today with 200 other like-minded souls. We've even got (hold on to your hat) an entire building dedicated to it. With a sign telling _everyone_ what's going on inside.
I am from Sweden.
Well I'm sorry for that but do you think you should admit that in public?
A Vet teacher had a sign on a door that pretty much summed up the Marine Corps feelings on Technology.
A computer with a bullet hole in it is a paperweight. A map with a bullet hole is still a map.
Don't that too seriously. In 1992 the Marines had one of the largest Banyan VINES networks in the world. Single sign-on, directory services, printing, email, file storage. We could take all that to the field, and did on a regular basis. VINES went to war in Desert Storm/Shield.
They've only improved on that legacy since I EASd.
Technology, used correctly, is force multiplier. We know this.
the evil of land mines in general.
Shenanigans. Mines are a tool - evil is imparted by people mis-using them.
How many people worked on the Manhattan Project?
Not the best example.
Karl Fuchs
Theodor Hall
David Greenglass
Allan Nunn May
Bruno Pontecorv
And some others, some who have never been identified. All spied for the Soviets in or around the project.
There will always be people who can't or won't keep a secret.
If what was developed gets distroyed, or hidden for no apparent reason, other than lobby or corporate pressure than that is TREASON.
Oh lets not get all-caps and hysterical. It's not treason, it's government as usual.
All this was quickly dismantled in the Reagan years, and in 1990 the mothballed cars were all destroyed, though two prototypes survived in private hands.
The government did something right, then it came back and did something wrong to cover up the fact that they'd done something right.
Typical.
If there is anyone who still trusts the government to do the right thing, got some ocean front property in Arizona for you.
If you've been running Sun systems for that long, you know what a pain it is to navigate Sun's absolute mess of customer web sites
It's not great, but it's not bad, in my opinion. I've been doing 'Sun' for a decade and change and I can't say I can recall any problems.
Hey, now.
That's rather harsh on McDonald's, don't you think?
Then why in the devil would they run BSD?
* ZFS.
* I like the development philosophy behind the BSD family.
* Going with the herd is a great way to make a mediocre salary and never rising above the fray.
It's the law of supply and demand. Consider fire fighters. Now this is not the place for an essay so this is rather simplified ...
Anyone can aspire to be a fire-fighter for the city. Initial training is a few months and you're in. There are a lot of these guy, they're a dime a dozen, the pay is meh to average, depending on your location.
Above that you have specialized fire-fighters. Smoke jumpers, maybe the guys at the airport. Guys who put out oil well fires. More training, more experience. You don't have a lot of these, not everyone is qualified. Better pay.
At the top of the heap you had Red Adair. There was only one Red Adair, his expertise was priceless. You paid him what he asked for because he was worth it.
I can't be Red Adair, but I can specialize in stuff you don't see everyday. It's worked out well, so far. When the herd said 'Novell' I did Banyan Vines. When they said 'NT' is where you go, I got into Solaris.
Now the herd is chanting Linux (you ain't the only one) and ... it's a lot like what I read about NetWare and NT and so on.
Not turning my nose up at Linux - I've used it and I'll use it again. I just don't feel like it's all that and a bag of chips.
Like Mr. AC said, it's yet another sign that Solaris is a doomed operating system. I don't work at a Swiss Bank, just a middlin' sized company. I owe it to my employer to consider alternatives.
One of the big reasons - not mentioned by AC - is that I already deal with Oracle for app, db and more apps. We spend a lot of money _on_ Oracle but from Oracle's POV we're nobody special and their level of customer support shows it. I never got that feeling from Sun.
So. Time to consider alternatives. On my short list is FreeBSD. The big reason for FreeBSD is a) I've used it before and b) ZFS.
I wonder if the FreeBSD guys saw a jump in downloads? Need an OS to lay on that non-Snoracle hardware.
SUN's not pinin'! 'SUN's passed on! This company is no more! SUN has ceased to be! 'SUN's expired and gone to meet 'its maker! SUN's a stiff! Bereft of life, SUN rests in peace!
If Oracle hadn't bought it SUN'd be pushing up the daisies!
Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! SUN's off the twig! SUN's kicked the bucket, SUNs shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!!
THIS IS AN EX-COMPANY!!
No nuclear armed nation has ever been invaded
Except Israel.
The container ship would have to have a really good excuse for being anywhere near the group in the first place
Like being within a few kilometers of the group as they transit a choke point? Happens all the time.
A carrier battle group can devastate any target within a 600km radius. But they gotta be a target first. The concealed carry merchant ship won't be a target until _after she has launched missiles and blown up the carrier.
You're right. But, um, you're also wrong.
I am not forbade from looking at Slashdot on company time and equipment.
I'm forbade by company policy from looking at naughty stuff on company equipment and time. Those guys were too.
Can I condemn them? Public employees were surfing the net for naughty thrills on my dime. Darn skippy I can.
It seems that watching other people's money is less interesting than watching other people's bodies.
If it's optically tracked, sure. You might be out of luck if the operator is using IR.
So when viewed from an angle of 45 degrees, an object 0.2 units high is shifted to one side by a distance of 0.15 units, says the team. That's a serious limitation for carpet cloaks.
Maybe. But it would be a great way for soldiers to conceal themselves from aimed rifle fire.