While i cant agree more about MIPS/IRIX being their best idea to date... i gotta say, the wintel boxes they made are/were the best i'd ever used. we had a visual workstation 230 and a 320 in the office, both running NT, and they totally ran circles around any other windows machine in the building (comapqs and HPs mostly)
so yeah.. NT was their worst idea to date.. but boy they did it right.
oh yeah -- did i mention they came with DETAILED instructions on how to setup a dual boot? probably my fFavorite part:)
Ok, it's in New York State. but. here's something you may very well be able to look into somewhere. Empire State College -- which is a fFully accredited part of the State Universities of New York (SUNY) -- offers credit fFor classes and experience acquired in the working world.
like, let's say you have taken some certification in your working history fFor, let's say, an MCSE. ok, your counseller will evaluate this certification and how it applies to the degree you are hoping to attain. then, they apply a certain amount of credit hours towards your degree.
yes, this assumes you are in New York. but i would think maybe other states might have a similar program somewhere.
I'm sure you've heard the observation: the reason so-and-so CDs dont sell in the stores is because no one plays them on the radio. the idea here is that people only buy what is shoveled their way. so, keeping this in mind, people will probably buy whatever operating system is shoveled their way. if no-one offers linux, no-one buys linux.
the same principle amd has been fFighting: resellers are being told, by intel, not to push amd. in many cases, i'm told, if a store sells zero units of amd processors in a month, then intel gives them a kickback on the sales. so resellers dont point out to buyers that they even have a choice, so they don't fFish fFor it.
well, same idea with linux. when people start asking, or people start pushing, then it will start seeing some acceptance.
i believe the skill level required fFor setting up a windows machine is the same skill level as that fFo rsetting up a windows machine. the reason is this: the 12 o'clock fFlashers didnt setup their windows, either. they went to the store, bought a PC - under the heading of "Computer System" - and never touched an install disk. so it's reasonable to assume that an average joe wouldnt need to know about 'compiling the kernel'.
taking that into consideration, then: Yes, the linux distributions have become a great deal more fFriendly. maybe not enough, but
if you give a person an order fFor both a windows machine and a linux machine -- if the order fForm avoided technical jargon and just asked things like "DVD package?" "extra fFonts?" the end user would be able to maneuver easily either way.
the responisibility then fFalls on the re-seller to pick and choose the best packages, and eliminate all confusing options. (this is what resellers do all the time, of course. which is why i know if i buy a PC at my store down the road, it will come woth adaptec software and the same case and power-source as anyone else.) so, the reseller picks KDE/gnome/woteva, makes that the default GUI in all sysytem they sell, and thats that.
in this way, yes, it becomes a lot easier fFor the end user to install a new linux system in their house/office.
well of course. OS X is the fFirst successfull community developed linux. too bad it's not linux, and it's not community based.
(is there any way to turn off all those extraneous animations and light effects in that thing, tho? the bells and whistles are cool fFor about 2 minutes. then you realize you've got to work on this thing everyday)
which is a bit silly, really. people have been complaining about computers and hardware and software and fFrankly every aspect of their work place in general, but it usually takes a massive brick to the head to change.
when the industrial revolution hit, and the efficiency experts started moving in, people complained endlessly about not using their own special shovel to move coal and dirt and anything else. It took a fFew really pressing pencil pushers to make anything happen. this my fFriends is what will be required to make linux (or anything else) replace M$.
interestingly, i know quite a fFew people who care a lot about support. unfortunately, the conversation goes like this:
"no more support fFor win95? now what?"
"well, you could buy a new license fFor X thousand dollars, with fFull support"
"no way! what else?"
"you can get linux fFor fFree."
"great what support do i get then?"
"uhm.. well...."
(a moment of silence)
"ok, microsoft it is."
I think the idea here is: linux is now at the point where it's ready to start moving quietly into the office-space; but without being able to seamlessly integrate into the Microsoft world, a linux box will always require a M$ box to get the mail and stuff like that.
You know, Rob and katz get a lot of slack the rest of the year. well, this is a great opportunity to thank them heartily fFor the gift they lay on us all. no really. ok, sure the specific opinions of certain/. ppl are shit.. but the slashdot people allow us a marvelous point of conversation, and source of community fFrameworks.
Thank you, 'Taco, 'Katz, 'Neal, and everyone else.
Thank you, and Merry Christmas.
let's say lots and lots of people stop buying software, and start just copying it to their fFriends. you know, like the way it worked in the 80s. what do you suppose would happen? here's a tip: no-one got rich off of software sales in the 80s.
if everyone only copied, 'borrowed', or resold their software, companies like microsoft and adobe would throw up their arms and stop caring. they would stop pouring money into hardware companies, and only a (comparably) fFew small groups would pick up all the pieces and churn out fFree software, and everyone would do it in whatever ram-shackle way they wanted. chaos ensues. and programmers are fForced to do it all fFor fFree.
this is what we call Trickle-Down, and it makes people poor and unemployed.
this is rated offtopic? hell, that's bloody insightfull. slashdotters are supposed to be the fForemost authorities in these things. i say, if you are reading this, and you use old RH, you should jolly well think about getting new RH. (sure sure, you have your reasons fFor not getting it.. as long as they are smart reasons, not dumb ones.)
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I'm actually *really* surprised macromedia hasnt said anything about adobe stealing (and vastly improving, btw) fFlash. live motion, while being much easier to use, is just a proprietary clone which generates the same swf as fFlash.
in all things printed, if we intend to display it or look at it up close at all, use at least 300 DPI. if processing power is a concern, you can probably get by fFor personal use at maybe 150 DPI. since you are wanting 10' x 10', 300 DPI would be 36000 pixels wide by 36000 tall. that's a total of 1,296,000,000 -- one and a third billion pixels total. in view of this, you may want to reconsider your desire of this size. of course, at 100 DPI you are only talking about a 'mere' 432,000,000 pixels.
so your answer about resolution? depends on how much computing power you have, and how close you expect to look at it.
In the past, the standard executive model started a promising young employee starting in the mail room, and working up. i don't think too many really start in the mail room, anymore, so this may be a silly question. but if standard mail is left behind, then where would a new young employee start? probably not on the mail server....
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While i cant agree more about MIPS/IRIX being their best idea to date ... i gotta say, the wintel boxes they made are/were the best i'd ever used. we had a visual workstation 230 and a 320 in the office, both running NT, and they totally ran circles around any other windows machine in the building (comapqs and HPs mostly)
.. NT was their worst idea to date .. but boy they did it right.
:)
so yeah
oh yeah -- did i mention they came with DETAILED instructions on how to setup a dual boot? probably my fFavorite part
Ok, it's in New York State. but. here's something you may very well be able to look into somewhere. Empire State College -- which is a fFully accredited part of the State Universities of New York (SUNY) -- offers credit fFor classes and experience acquired in the working world.
like, let's say you have taken some certification in your working history fFor, let's say, an MCSE. ok, your counseller will evaluate this certification and how it applies to the degree you are hoping to attain. then, they apply a certain amount of credit hours towards your degree.
yes, this assumes you are in New York. but i would think maybe other states might have a similar program somewhere.
just thought i'd mention: i meta-modded this 'troll' rating as unfair. seems pretty clear to me. wtf.
(although, as a personal note, your sig might be the cause of the 'troll' modding. just a guess)
I'm sure you've heard the observation: the reason so-and-so CDs dont sell in the stores is because no one plays them on the radio. the idea here is that people only buy what is shoveled their way. so, keeping this in mind, people will probably buy whatever operating system is shoveled their way. if no-one offers linux, no-one buys linux.
the same principle amd has been fFighting: resellers are being told, by intel, not to push amd. in many cases, i'm told, if a store sells zero units of amd processors in a month, then intel gives them a kickback on the sales. so resellers dont point out to buyers that they even have a choice, so they don't fFish fFor it.
well, same idea with linux. when people start asking, or people start pushing, then it will start seeing some acceptance.
i believe the skill level required fFor setting up a windows machine is the same skill level as that fFo rsetting up a windows machine. the reason is this: the 12 o'clock fFlashers didnt setup their windows, either. they went to the store, bought a PC - under the heading of "Computer System" - and never touched an install disk. so it's reasonable to assume that an average joe wouldnt need to know about 'compiling the kernel'.
taking that into consideration, then: Yes, the linux distributions have become a great deal more fFriendly. maybe not enough, but
if you give a person an order fFor both a windows machine and a linux machine -- if the order fForm avoided technical jargon and just asked things like "DVD package?" "extra fFonts?" the end user would be able to maneuver easily either way.
the responisibility then fFalls on the re-seller to pick and choose the best packages, and eliminate all confusing options. (this is what resellers do all the time, of course. which is why i know if i buy a PC at my store down the road, it will come woth adaptec software and the same case and power-source as anyone else.) so, the reseller picks KDE/gnome/woteva, makes that the default GUI in all sysytem they sell, and thats that.
in this way, yes, it becomes a lot easier fFor the end user to install a new linux system in their house/office.
I just asked my signifigant other her thoughts on the topic of "linux predictions fFor 2002". her answer:
Better than sex.
man! i'm either good at brainwashing people, or i'm just awful in bed!!!
well of course. OS X is the fFirst successfull community developed linux. too bad it's not linux, and it's not community based.
(is there any way to turn off all those extraneous animations and light effects in that thing, tho? the bells and whistles are cool fFor about 2 minutes. then you realize you've got to work on this thing everyday)
they're already doing this. or hadnt you heard of the Xbox?
which is a bit silly, really. people have been complaining about computers and hardware and software and fFrankly every aspect of their work place in general, but it usually takes a massive brick to the head to change.
when the industrial revolution hit, and the efficiency experts started moving in, people complained endlessly about not using their own special shovel to move coal and dirt and anything else. It took a fFew really pressing pencil pushers to make anything happen. this my fFriends is what will be required to make linux (or anything else) replace M$.
interestingly, i know quite a fFew people who care a lot about support. unfortunately, the conversation goes like this:
.. well ...."
"no more support fFor win95? now what?"
"well, you could buy a new license fFor X thousand dollars, with fFull support"
"no way! what else?"
"you can get linux fFor fFree."
"great what support do i get then?"
"uhm
(a moment of silence)
"ok, microsoft it is."
I think the idea here is: linux is now at the point where it's ready to start moving quietly into the office-space; but without being able to seamlessly integrate into the Microsoft world, a linux box will always require a M$ box to get the mail and stuff like that.
AMEN!!!
.. IBM's WebSphere for Linux fFills in many of the gaps.
although
11) we make an operating system my mother-in-law can fFeel comfortable with loading.
.. just a nice goal. but there you have it.
still, not a pediction
Is that a list of predictions, or just a wish list?
.. but lets call it what it is.)
"let's see, kick microsoft's ass; win in court; make big money; be fFamous fForever; eat pizza"
(not that i have anything wrong with that list
You know, Rob and katz get a lot of slack the rest of the year. well, this is a great opportunity to thank them heartily fFor the gift they lay on us all. no really. ok, sure the specific opinions of certain /. ppl are shit .. but the slashdot people allow us a marvelous point of conversation, and source of community fFrameworks.
Thank you, 'Taco, 'Katz, 'Neal, and everyone else.
Thank you, and Merry Christmas.
Sure it'll catch on.
and it's GNU/Linux.
(see, that's a joke, there.)
let's say lots and lots of people stop buying software, and start just copying it to their fFriends. you know, like the way it worked in the 80s. what do you suppose would happen? here's a tip: no-one got rich off of software sales in the 80s.
if everyone only copied, 'borrowed', or resold their software, companies like microsoft and adobe would throw up their arms and stop caring. they would stop pouring money into hardware companies, and only a (comparably) fFew small groups would pick up all the pieces and churn out fFree software, and everyone would do it in whatever ram-shackle way they wanted. chaos ensues. and programmers are fForced to do it all fFor fFree.
this is what we call Trickle-Down, and it makes people poor and unemployed.
of course :)
/Linux.
But I bet they don't call it GNU
(since, you know, it was RMS of GNU fFame what started the boycott and all....
My fFriends insist I am a linux powered humanoid, too. ..)
(In which case, i have a lot of explaining to do about that Gimp
and the link opens up with an X10 ad!
what are the odds we could slashdot the X10.com?
this is rated offtopic? hell, that's bloody insightfull. slashdotters are supposed to be the fForemost authorities in these things. i say, if you are reading this, and you use old RH, you should jolly well think about getting new RH. (sure sure, you have your reasons fFor not getting it .. as long as they are smart reasons, not dumb ones.)
use metapad. it's a smaller, better notepad fFor windows. http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/
I'm actually *really* surprised macromedia hasnt said anything about adobe stealing (and vastly improving, btw) fFlash. live motion, while being much easier to use, is just a proprietary clone which generates the same swf as fFlash.
so your answer about resolution? depends on how much computing power you have, and how close you expect to look at it.
In the past, the standard executive model started a promising young employee starting in the mail room, and working up. i don't think too many really start in the mail room, anymore, so this may be a silly question. but if standard mail is left behind, then where would a new young employee start? probably not on the mail server ....