Well, no shit! What else would he say? "Umm, Linux is really great, and we hope to work with it more". For fuck's sake, this is stupid.
The title of this story reads like a goddamn tattletale: "Mommy, Steve Ballmer called Linux a Cancer!". Slashdot used to be a place, and still is, on occasion, where one could visit and dig into some really interesting stuff. Over the past few years, Slashdot has taken a serious dive, picking and jawing at some of the most useless, "Linux-Ego" driven material anyone ever wasted time over. This story is a prime example. This is the best thing you can post, some m$ft jackhole spouting epitaphs about an initiative you already know he hates! Christ (or whoever is on the job for you) help us if this the shape of things to come.
This was about two years ago. We were sitting in the service lounge at a Honda dealership, and I was sporting my Espanol.com T-shirt. A guaranteed attention-getter back then, he started asking me all about the company, and I explained that we were an international e-commerce company, catering to Spanish speakers worldwide, etc, etc, etc. The company later bombed (reeeealy?), but that's obvious and unrelated.
The guy starts in on this philosophical pitch about the portability of currencies, and how the internet is going to pose serious challenges to consumers wishing to make transactions on a global stage, and how gold, of all things, is the world's best bet to unify the online shopping experience. As such, he entered into the E-Gold pitch, and I started hoping that the work on my Prelude would hurry itself up.
My initial verbal reaction to the E-Gold plan was "oh, yeah, that is an interesting idea", but in the back of my head, I was thinking "Yaaar MatEy, wE be KeeLhAuLin yEr GoLd" and I conjured up images of eyepatches and pirate ships. I wasn't even sure he was making any sense whatsoever, but then again, selling dog shit online would get you VC money back in '99...
By the time I can actually successfully follow a link about "new 1/2U servers" or "cmdrtaco shows weiner on live tv", eight hours go by, my interest wanes, i've become redundant before even posting, and I don't feel like a good Slashdot contributor anymore. It really wouldn't take much to mirror content.
The worst part about the "Flash" revolution, which I use to blanket this rather mindless artistic surge, is that it infects marketers like the herp (not that I've ever had the herp, but so I hear). Once they see someone's flashaholic website, it's practically impossible to interject with a rebuttal based upon functionality.
I guess the real problem is that technology is killing us - innovation is almost suicidal to an extent.
Those of us who learned to write real code, consider exception handling, and contemplate the portability of a solution are the same people empowering those who really shouldn't be leading an enterprise web presence. We empower by writing code like PageMill, Frontpage, and Dreamweaver. These tools, combined with the pure euphoria of the internet, make for....well, the dotcom revolution. And I think we know how that panned out.
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I think we'll see that Linux will recieve the similar amount of hype here that it did during the surrection of Tivo: absolutely nothing. Remember Linux scares the masses like Nightmare on Elm Street wished it ever could.
I saw the Discovery Channel (or MSNBC, or something) show too. I would highly recommend it to everyone who has posted to this story. I'm not sure I'd ever seen anything quite like it. It was well done, fascinating, frightening, and disgusting.
For me, it renewed a burning hatred of bureaucracy. It brought out a lot of emotions from an event which rocked our school and our state like nothing I'd ever seen. New Hampshire was particularly sensitive due to the involvement of Christa McAuliffe, and PR motives aside, it was a nasty, preventable tragedy.
Y'all should catch a rerun the Discovery Gulf War spot that aired over the weekend. That was equally fascinating and frightening. I never really gave two bits about the gulf war, mostly because I was in middle school when it happened, but it really opened my eyes.
I see you've never heard of Microsoft's hotfixes. We used to have to install SP3 (for NT3), the intel
adminpack up to a certain level and then 4 individual hotfixes in order to have our NT Workstations function
properly (ie, Java that works). Microsoft has more hotfixes than any Linux distribution I've ever seen; that
you haven't heard about them/don't use them says a lot about your Windows experience...
Hello, but this has to been the most pathetic anti-m$ft argument in this entire thread. NT3? Jesus christ. It'd hardly compare whatever flavor of Linux you have in mind to the arcane bowels of NT3. I couldn't give a crap either way about "who's better, linux or windows", but at least base your argument on something a little more substantial than "My Linux Honda Accord" whips your "M$FT Flintstones Cruiser" ass. Yeah. Or something like that.
And later...
"Thank you for letting us know whether or not you would like to have sex.
Your preference has been recorded. Please note that it may take 14 days for us to decide whether or not we heard you. In the meantime, let's screw."
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Come on! This is a choice find! It's only worth 2 f*****g points?
I've been an anti-M$ certification guy for a while; it's interesting to see the life and times of the *nix community in contrast.
I really think that examples like these (the sample questions posted earlier), whether you think they're good or bad, still continue to baffle me in the grand scheme of certifications. While I agree that everything on earth is subject to interpretation, what should a certification really prove?
It should allow the student to demonstrate an aptitude for a particular discipline. It should not be a grammatical proving ground, nor should it teach individuals to solve problems with limited information. Real problem solvers do not attempt to arrive at conclusions using "only the information given". They seek out resources, do their homework, and employ the expertise of others in the absense of immediate detail. This is a process taught over and over throughout higher learning, and it confuses me why these gloried examinations continue on such a divergent path.
And what ever happened to practical (hands-on)examinations? This is a real application of knowledge. If these exams, and their representative certifications, truly serve to mean something in the future, maybe the proving grounds need to get a little more realistic.
I'll say that the biggest issue I've had thusfar with a laptop server is the fact that it has a battery...period. A few weeks ago, I accidentally turned off the juice feeding the laptop, and I never knew it, because good 'ol Viggen was happily serving along, silently chugging on battery power. And of course, it all came to light later rather than sooner...
I thought psychology taught that six digits was the optimal number for human memory; anything beyond was asking for trouble. This makes sense since I can remember Six, as in Six from Blossom, and I can remember most of The Sixth Sense, which had that Haley Joe kid in it, but I'm hard pressed to remember much of Seven, which was some kind of scary Brad Pitt movie, or Seven, as in the number of times you'll probably have wanted to punch me in the face for writing this.
Hoboy I love NetApp. As a systems architect, I've met with them twice over the past year or so, and it was only $$ which prevented the purchase and implementation on both occasions. (Not that the stuff wasn't competitively priced, but I was working for a.com that was going under and could barely afford blah blah blah.)
NetApp has a very extensive and well documented knowledge base, which made me feel very comfortable when looking for IIS integration solutions. Specifically, I wanted to use a NetApp filer to centrally house website content, pulled by redundant IIS installations.
My experience with many other vendors has been "aw sure, you can do that", and most of them are talking out of their sales-ass. This usually comes after scouring usenet and the like for examples of products as deployed by others. In my case, NetApp had a full, extremely well documented white paper on NetApp integration with IIS, which was the ultimate selling point. It nicely complemented the fact that the hardware is bulletproof, works on anything, and completely replaces the need for serious future investment in individual server storage.
How does MP3.joke plan to "verify" the CD? By scanning my hardware? Yeah right.
Aside from all of the monetary issues which make this whole fiasco a "fiasco", I believe we are looking at an entirely larger issue here: a security issue. I'm not familiar with any online service which I would allow to scan my drives, or other hardware for that matter. Given the short amount of time needed to implement such a crazy solution, security problems are inevitable. Not only that, but how long (and seriously, how long) would it take to crack the process...no time at all. Jesus christ I hate technology.
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You guys are funny.
As if he showed you something that meant anything.
The system is classified. You saw nothing. Nothing except what they decided they would show you for the purposes of making a TV show.
Until something better presents itself.
Well, no shit! What else would he say? "Umm, Linux is really great, and we hope to work with it more". For fuck's sake, this is stupid.
The title of this story reads like a goddamn tattletale: "Mommy, Steve Ballmer called Linux a Cancer!". Slashdot used to be a place, and still is, on occasion, where one could visit and dig into some really interesting stuff. Over the past few years, Slashdot has taken a serious dive, picking and jawing at some of the most useless, "Linux-Ego" driven material anyone ever wasted time over. This story is a prime example. This is the best thing you can post, some m$ft jackhole spouting epitaphs about an initiative you already know he hates! Christ (or whoever is on the job for you) help us if this the shape of things to come.
What's this, the fifteenth time we've talked about extreme programming over the last six months? GET ENOUGH!
If they really were in a raid, I hope it was raid 5.
The guy starts in on this philosophical pitch about the portability of currencies, and how the internet is going to pose serious challenges to consumers wishing to make transactions on a global stage, and how gold, of all things, is the world's best bet to unify the online shopping experience. As such, he entered into the E-Gold pitch, and I started hoping that the work on my Prelude would hurry itself up.
My initial verbal reaction to the E-Gold plan was "oh, yeah, that is an interesting idea", but in the back of my head, I was thinking "Yaaar MatEy, wE be KeeLhAuLin yEr GoLd" and I conjured up images of eyepatches and pirate ships. I wasn't even sure he was making any sense whatsoever, but then again, selling dog shit online would get you VC money back in '99...
That thing was pretty awesome! Somebody pop that link back up.
Blame Canada!
When my pipe is runnin' dry
I'll look up North and now know why!
I'd like to second that.
By the time I can actually successfully follow a link about "new 1/2U servers" or "cmdrtaco shows weiner on live tv", eight hours go by, my interest wanes, i've become redundant before even posting, and I don't feel like a good Slashdot contributor anymore. It really wouldn't take much to mirror content.
cmdrtaco_bids_a_million
Hail Slashdot!
The worst part about the "Flash" revolution, which I use to blanket this rather mindless artistic surge, is that it infects marketers like the herp (not that I've ever had the herp, but so I hear). Once they see someone's flashaholic website, it's practically impossible to interject with a rebuttal based upon functionality.
I guess the real problem is that technology is killing us - innovation is almost suicidal to an extent.
Those of us who learned to write real code, consider exception handling, and contemplate the portability of a solution are the same people empowering those who really shouldn't be leading an enterprise web presence. We empower by writing code like PageMill, Frontpage, and Dreamweaver. These tools, combined with the pure euphoria of the internet, make for....well, the dotcom revolution. And I think we know how that panned out.
this really is pretty damn funny!
I think we'll see that Linux will recieve the similar amount of hype here that it did during the surrection of Tivo: absolutely nothing. Remember Linux scares the masses like Nightmare on Elm Street wished it ever could.
For me, it renewed a burning hatred of bureaucracy. It brought out a lot of emotions from an event which rocked our school and our state like nothing I'd ever seen. New Hampshire was particularly sensitive due to the involvement of Christa McAuliffe, and PR motives aside, it was a nasty, preventable tragedy.
Y'all should catch a rerun the Discovery Gulf War spot that aired over the weekend. That was equally fascinating and frightening. I never really gave two bits about the gulf war, mostly because I was in middle school when it happened, but it really opened my eyes.
Hello, but this has to been the most pathetic anti-m$ft argument in this entire thread. NT3? Jesus christ. It'd hardly compare whatever flavor of Linux you have in mind to the arcane bowels of NT3. I couldn't give a crap either way about "who's better, linux or windows", but at least base your argument on something a little more substantial than "My Linux Honda Accord" whips your "M$FT Flintstones Cruiser" ass. Yeah. Or something like that.
And later... "Thank you for letting us know whether or not you would like to have sex. Your preference has been recorded. Please note that it may take 14 days for us to decide whether or not we heard you. In the meantime, let's screw."
Come on! This is a choice find! It's only worth 2 f*****g points?
This answer is right on.
I really think that examples like these (the sample questions posted earlier), whether you think they're good or bad, still continue to baffle me in the grand scheme of certifications. While I agree that everything on earth is subject to interpretation, what should a certification really prove?
It should allow the student to demonstrate an aptitude for a particular discipline. It should not be a grammatical proving ground, nor should it teach individuals to solve problems with limited information. Real problem solvers do not attempt to arrive at conclusions using "only the information given". They seek out resources, do their homework, and employ the expertise of others in the absense of immediate detail. This is a process taught over and over throughout higher learning, and it confuses me why these gloried examinations continue on such a divergent path.
And what ever happened to practical (hands-on)examinations? This is a real application of knowledge. If these exams, and their representative certifications, truly serve to mean something in the future, maybe the proving grounds need to get a little more realistic.
Okay, so Sadaam couldn't get a Pentium, so he bought a Playstation. Sounds about as smart as most of the people I work for actually.
Just happened to stumble uponthis. Maybe I'll not be denied after all!
I'll say that the biggest issue I've had thusfar with a laptop server is the fact that it has a battery...period. A few weeks ago, I accidentally turned off the juice feeding the laptop, and I never knew it, because good 'ol Viggen was happily serving along, silently chugging on battery power. And of course, it all came to light later rather than sooner...
I thought psychology taught that six digits was the optimal number for human memory; anything beyond was asking for trouble. This makes sense since I can remember Six, as in Six from Blossom, and I can remember most of The Sixth Sense, which had that Haley Joe kid in it, but I'm hard pressed to remember much of Seven, which was some kind of scary Brad Pitt movie, or Seven, as in the number of times you'll probably have wanted to punch me in the face for writing this.
NetApp has a very extensive and well documented knowledge base, which made me feel very comfortable when looking for IIS integration solutions. Specifically, I wanted to use a NetApp filer to centrally house website content, pulled by redundant IIS installations.
My experience with many other vendors has been "aw sure, you can do that", and most of them are talking out of their sales-ass. This usually comes after scouring usenet and the like for examples of products as deployed by others. In my case, NetApp had a full, extremely well documented white paper on NetApp integration with IIS, which was the ultimate selling point. It nicely complemented the fact that the hardware is bulletproof, works on anything, and completely replaces the need for serious future investment in individual server storage.
Aside from all of the monetary issues which make this whole fiasco a "fiasco", I believe we are looking at an entirely larger issue here: a security issue. I'm not familiar with any online service which I would allow to scan my drives, or other hardware for that matter. Given the short amount of time needed to implement such a crazy solution, security problems are inevitable. Not only that, but how long (and seriously, how long) would it take to crack the process...no time at all. Jesus christ I hate technology.