My opinion on the topic. Lets face it, Men & Women *are* different in both physiology & brain structure. So why wouldnt we expect them to be better at different things.
Just like a hammmer is different than a screwdriver, yes you can try to hammer a nail with a screwdriver but its not as good as a hammer. Different tools are better for different jobs.
But as with all discussions on this topic, you must remember the bell curve and preface discussions with "On average..." because that is the only absolute truth on this topic. Because on an individual basis none of this stuff makes sense anyway.
Like most HR issues (think the overtime law changes) people dont understand them and jump to wild conclusions when they hear about them.
The problem with nursing is that in most regions there are significant *shortages*. Staffing at many hospitals is a problem, recruiting nurses is a problem.
This is a way for the nurses to in essence set their own schedules (as opposed to the hospitals mandating certain hours) and to make their own tradeoffs on $$$ vs shift etc.
From what I have heard (Ive got lots of family in the medical field) most nurses *love* this system vs the previous systems.
I tried once to use FreeDos to flash upgrade the bios on a Tyan board. (I also did not have Win98 anywhere in the house).
Big Mistake. It vaporized my bios and I had to resort to unusual methods to recover the board. Fortunately I had 2 of the exact same board, so I was able to remove the bios eproms from both boards and copy from the good one to the corrupted one.
Freedos might be good for a lot of things, but bios flash upgrades isnt one of them...
Over the years I have used rigorous paper planners (migrating todo items every day), to using a variety of PDAs.
I have also over the years used several note-taking approaches, mostly paper, some electronic.
As I look back in time the best PDA I ever had was the HP 200lx. It was simple, effective, and I got wicked fast at typing stuff in, even to the point I could almost take notes with it.
The 200lx wasnt perfect though, it was a bit big and definitely slow. I would have easily gotten another 2 years out of using it if someone had actually maintained the sync software so it would have worked with outlook, but I digress.
However things have changed in the world around us. Back when my 200lx was the weapon of choice I attended a lot of meetings, you know the old fashioned face to face ones in conference rooms, and laptops were very expensive & heavy then.
Flash forward to the present, laptops are plenty cheap (900 for a nice Compaq model in todays paper), most of my meetings are now virtual over the phone & netmeeting/webex (thus Im sitting at my desk in front on my computer), wifi is exploding (thus if you do actually have a meeting in a room you likely are bringing your laptop with wifi with you...)
Presently I carry a PDA with me every day (a palm vx) for stuff like todo lists, phone numbers, orgcharts, etc.
Im looking to upgrade my PDA soon to a Palm Tungsten model as soon as somebody gets a clue and makes a CDMA-1x phone with bluetooth support. I personally really would like the ability to check stock quotes & read slashdot from my palm when Im on the road.
Long term Im holding out a lot of hope for the new clamshell Sharp zaurus recently announced and only available in Japan.
It doesnt look perfect either though, I still wish they would have made the keys smaller and made room for a numeric keypad and just acknowledge that people will be typing with their thumbs (ala 200lx and rim). Sharp also seems to have missed the boat and didnt include bluetooth or wifi built into the unit (Truthfully I would prefer *both*, though I appreciate the price/size issues, but I think I might prefer bluetooth).
Is this then a strategy to make illegal the use of BK to migrate to another tool?? Very interesting. Bait n Switch, then make it soo difficult to migrate you cant.
If Im reading this correctly. It is now against the license to use BK to facilitate moving from BK to another tool (regardless of what it is).
Is this correct??
This is unbelievably arrogant for a tool vendor. Along the lines of you cant use Word if you are working on OpenOffice.
Frankly Im aghast at this situation. Im all for BK making a buck, but this barrier to moving to other tools crosses the line IMNSHO.
I believe Linus needs to speak up on this topic before things get out of hand.
Well you might want to share that with the cellular folks. The plan going forward is that 1X-EVDV & UMTSv4 will have VoIP in the handset. In essence the entire cellular phone network becomes a data network.
Ive used a bunch of systems over the years, clearcase, source-unsafe, rcs, pvcs, sccs, truechange and I must say the two that I have been the most impressed with have been ClearCase and TrueChange. Cvs is ok, but from a power users perspective, its a toy.
Subversion is shaping up nicely... Ive been monitoring it for a while now. It will be what cvs should have been years ago. When people start using subversion they will never want to go back to cvs.
I would suggest you contact someone at TrollTech (www.trolltech.com) and inquire about the status of the Macintosh port.
From what I remember a few months ago they were looking to hire some experienced Macintosh developers. Gee, I guess that means they are working on a port....
Ive sat on the sidelines for every single discussion on FreeQt, QPL, Qt as GPL, Qt vs Gtk, KDE vs Gnome but Ive reached my breaking point.
I for one am sick of all the people whining about the KDE/Qt licensing. Of course the authors implicitly allow linking to their program, duh.. There is no other way for the program to run.
If Debian doesnt want it, fine, so be it. Consumers arent going to be running Debian anyway. Debian will probably just end up as a manical purists version of Linux. The rest of planet will move on to either RedHat, Mandrake or Corel.
Right now, I would kill for an open source database that I could connect MS Project clients to.
I know it might be contrarian to support a MS tool on the client, but hey lets face it. Right now, geeks like me control the data center but not everyones desktop. Breaking the MS Stronghold in the data center / server arena is the first step then we conquer the desktop. [Remember we need to fight using similar tactics to what Microsloth uses]
If PostgreSQL supported MS Project 2k I could get my whole division to move to using it as the backend database server since we would not have to pay licenses for the database. From my current understanding all I need is the sql to create the tables in Postgres. The MS Proj cd ships with the sql to create the tables in MS Sql Server, Oracle & Access but I havent been able to get them created in Postgres. Any ideas???
Is it possible for Inprise to donate the source code and the copyrights etc to a non-profit organization (ie. like GNU or Debian). Would this then make it Tax deductable. Presumably after this open source friendly group held the rights, the source code would be released under GPL or something.
If this were possible, I bet it would open the flood gates of companies dumping abandoned software into the free community provided they got a tax writeoff....
Ok. Here is a follow up. After reading more about people getting in late in the day I called Etrade back wanting to know "What the hell is up".
I was politely informed that I got bad information during the first call. Even though I mentioned I was part of the affinity program during the first call they gave me information that was only meant for generic etrade ipo purchasers *not* affinity members.
The gentleman on the phone handed me over to a broker who accepted my reconfirmation. I just got an alert from Etrade stating that they did process a buy order at $14. Yippie... I guess persistence counts for something.
Now Im just kicking myself for not having put enough extra in my account (I only sent 2500) so I could have purchased 200 shares at the increased price. (I just couldnt transfer money in fast enough)
I like many others opened an account with ETrade just for this IPO. The repricing thing just screwed everyone RHAT was trying help by allowing them in on the deal.
I called Etrade as soon as I found about all the chaos (around 11am PST) and basically was told sorry its too late. Gee, some of us actually work for a living and are in meetings etc and cant immediately respond.
After bitching with the rep, I told them to close my (*#@& account and send me my money. Later I read on slashdot that the message saying I didnt get any shares could be bogus (posted by someone at 1:30pm PDT).
For gods sake, what the hell actually went on. When I signed up for the shares (albeit a measly 200) I selected at "offering price". I didnt care about a $2 fluctation. But because of that, I now have ended up with zero, nada, nothing.
I got sold out for $2. Gee thanks RedHat. Gee thanks Etrade.
If I were a complete jerk, I would be yelling lawsuit. But I guess this message will have to be enough of a venting session for me...
I use HP OpenMail everyday. Basically they provide a MAPI DLL that connects to the OpenMail server behind the scenes.
Yes, it is waay better the old CCMail/Openmail crap that others have mentioned. You get full Outlook functionality Calendering/Scheduling etc.
Plus the backend runs on something other than NT. The HP website mentions that on a kick butt HPUX server you could host 20k email accounts. Id like to see exchange handle more than 2k on a box.
Heck, Ive heard rumors of a large company deploying 100 exchange servers just to support about 50k accounts. What an administrative nightmare!!!!
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My wife thought I was nuts, but I put a hook on some old ram and hung them up on the tree.
--
John C
The correct link is
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http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~emin/source_code/di
With pythonqt i believe we will have a true VB killer available across all platforms.
Wow. This is the best news Ive heard in months...
--
John C
Before everyone gets bent out of shape *or* blindly agreeing I would suggest we all do the analytic thing. Data collection, research, evaluation, etc.
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..." because that is the only absolute truth on this topic. Because on an individual basis none of this stuff makes sense anyway.
I read a couple books on this years ago, John Stossel (sp?) from 60 Minutes did a special on it as well.
Here is the one book I could remember off the top of my head.
Brain Sex : The Real Difference Between Men and Women (Amazon http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/038
My opinion on the topic. Lets face it, Men & Women *are* different in both physiology & brain structure. So why wouldnt we expect them to be better at different things.
Just like a hammmer is different than a screwdriver, yes you can try to hammer a nail with a screwdriver but its not as good as a hammer. Different tools are better for different jobs.
But as with all discussions on this topic, you must remember the bell curve and preface discussions with "On average
--
John Cavanaugh
Like most HR issues (think the overtime law changes) people dont understand them and jump to wild conclusions when they hear about them.
The problem with nursing is that in most regions there are significant *shortages*. Staffing at many hospitals is a problem, recruiting nurses is a problem.
This is a way for the nurses to in essence set their own schedules (as opposed to the hospitals mandating certain hours) and to make their own tradeoffs on $$$ vs shift etc.
From what I have heard (Ive got lots of family in the medical field) most nurses *love* this system vs the previous systems.
I tried once to use FreeDos to flash upgrade the bios on a Tyan board. (I also did not have Win98 anywhere in the house).
Big Mistake. It vaporized my bios and I had to resort to unusual methods to recover the board. Fortunately I had 2 of the exact same board, so I was able to remove the bios eproms from both boards and copy from the good one to the corrupted one.
Freedos might be good for a lot of things, but bios flash upgrades isnt one of them...
Caveat Emptor...
--
John Cavanaugh
Over the years I have used rigorous paper planners (migrating todo items every day), to using a variety of PDAs.
I have also over the years used several note-taking approaches, mostly paper, some electronic.
As I look back in time the best PDA I ever had was the HP 200lx. It was simple, effective, and I got wicked fast at typing stuff in, even to the point I could almost take notes with it.
The 200lx wasnt perfect though, it was a bit big and definitely slow. I would have easily gotten another 2 years out of using it if someone had actually maintained the sync software so it would have worked with outlook, but I digress.
However things have changed in the world around us. Back when my 200lx was the weapon of choice I attended a lot of meetings, you know the old fashioned face to face ones in conference rooms, and laptops were very expensive & heavy then.
Flash forward to the present, laptops are plenty cheap (900 for a nice Compaq model in todays paper), most of my meetings are now virtual over the phone & netmeeting/webex (thus Im sitting at my desk in front on my computer), wifi is exploding (thus if you do actually have a meeting in a room you likely are bringing your laptop with wifi with you...)
Presently I carry a PDA with me every day (a palm vx) for stuff like todo lists, phone numbers, orgcharts, etc.
Im looking to upgrade my PDA soon to a Palm Tungsten model as soon as somebody gets a clue and makes a CDMA-1x phone with bluetooth support. I personally really would like the ability to check stock quotes & read slashdot from my palm when Im on the road.
Long term Im holding out a lot of hope for the new clamshell Sharp zaurus recently announced and only available in Japan.
It doesnt look perfect either though, I still wish they would have made the keys smaller and made room for a numeric keypad and just acknowledge that people will be typing with their thumbs (ala 200lx and rim). Sharp also seems to have missed the boat and didnt include bluetooth or wifi built into the unit (Truthfully I would prefer *both*, though I appreciate the price/size issues, but I think I might prefer bluetooth).
--John Cavanaugh
Is this then a strategy to make illegal the use of BK to migrate to another tool?? Very interesting. Bait n Switch, then make it soo difficult to migrate you cant.
If Im reading this correctly. It is now against the license to use BK to facilitate moving from BK to another tool (regardless of what it is).
Is this correct??
This is unbelievably arrogant for a tool vendor. Along the lines of you cant use Word if you are working on OpenOffice.
Frankly Im aghast at this situation. Im all for BK making a buck, but this barrier to moving to other tools crosses the line IMNSHO.
I believe Linus needs to speak up on this topic before things get out of hand.
--John Cavanaugh
Well you might want to share that with the cellular folks. The plan going forward is that 1X-EVDV & UMTSv4 will have VoIP in the handset. In essence the entire cellular phone network becomes a data network.
--JohnC
Ive used a bunch of systems over the years, clearcase, source-unsafe, rcs, pvcs, sccs, truechange and I must say the two that I have been the most impressed with have been ClearCase and TrueChange. Cvs is ok, but from a power users perspective, its a toy.
Subversion is shaping up nicely... Ive been monitoring it for a while now. It will be what cvs should have been years ago. When people start using subversion they will never want to go back to cvs.
--John Cavanaugh
I would suggest you contact someone at TrollTech (www.trolltech.com) and inquire about the status of the Macintosh port.
From what I remember a few months ago they were looking to hire some experienced Macintosh developers. Gee, I guess that means they are working on a port....
--John Cavanaugh
Ive sat on the sidelines for every single discussion on FreeQt, QPL, Qt as GPL, Qt vs Gtk, KDE vs Gnome but Ive reached my breaking point.
I for one am sick of all the people whining about the KDE/Qt licensing. Of course the authors implicitly allow linking to their program, duh.. There is no other way for the program to run.
If Debian doesnt want it, fine, so be it. Consumers arent going to be running Debian anyway. Debian will probably just end up as a manical purists version of Linux. The rest of planet will move on to either RedHat, Mandrake or Corel.
--John C
Im aware of the ODBC driver, in fact I will depend on it.
But... I need a way to populate the master database with the appropriate tables. That is what I need now.
--John C
Ok. Here is the Oracle code for table creation...
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http://www.cableone.net/cavanaugh/sql/ORATABS.S
Here is the MS SQL Server code for table creation
http://www.cableone.net/cavanaugh/sql/SQLTABS.S
And this is it for MS Access
http://www.cableone.net/cavanaugh/sql/MPDTABS.S
Right now, I would kill for an open source database that I could connect MS Project clients to.
I know it might be contrarian to support a MS tool on the client, but hey lets face it. Right now, geeks like me control the data center but not everyones desktop. Breaking the MS Stronghold in the data center / server arena is the first step then we conquer the desktop. [Remember we need to fight using similar tactics to what Microsloth uses]
If PostgreSQL supported MS Project 2k I could get my whole division to move to using it as the backend database server since we would not have to pay licenses for the database. From my current understanding all I need is the sql to create the tables in Postgres. The MS Proj cd ships with the sql to create the tables in MS Sql Server, Oracle & Access but I havent been able to get them created in Postgres. Any ideas???
--John Cavanaugh
Is it possible for Inprise to donate the source code and the copyrights etc to a non-profit organization (ie. like GNU or Debian). Would this then make it Tax deductable. Presumably after this open source friendly group held the rights, the source code would be released under GPL or something.
If this were possible, I bet it would open the flood gates of companies dumping abandoned software into the free community provided they got a tax writeoff....
--John Cavanaugh
Ok. Here is a follow up. After reading more about people getting in late in the day I called Etrade back wanting to know "What the hell is up".
I was politely informed that I got bad information during the first call. Even though I mentioned I was part of the affinity program during the first call they gave me information that was only meant for generic etrade ipo purchasers *not* affinity members.
The gentleman on the phone handed me over to a broker who accepted my reconfirmation. I just got an alert from Etrade stating that they did process a buy order at $14. Yippie... I guess persistence counts for something.
Now Im just kicking myself for not having put enough extra in my account (I only sent 2500) so I could have purchased 200 shares at the increased price. (I just couldnt transfer money in fast enough)
--John C
I like many others opened an account with ETrade just for this IPO. The repricing thing just screwed everyone RHAT was trying help by allowing them in on the deal.
I called Etrade as soon as I found about all the chaos (around 11am PST) and basically was told sorry its too late. Gee, some of us actually work for a living and are in meetings etc and cant immediately respond.
After bitching with the rep, I told them to close my (*#@& account and send me my money. Later I read on slashdot that the message saying I didnt get any shares could be bogus (posted by someone at 1:30pm PDT).
For gods sake, what the hell actually went on. When I signed up for the shares (albeit a measly 200) I selected at "offering price". I didnt care about a $2 fluctation. But because of that, I now have ended up with zero, nada, nothing.
I got sold out for $2. Gee thanks RedHat. Gee thanks Etrade.
If I were a complete jerk, I would be yelling lawsuit. But I guess this message will have to be enough of a venting session for me...
--John C
Gee a couple of big things come to mind, such as:
ISDN (already mentioned)
DEVfs
Linux-Raid Patches
Uniform-IDE/UDMA Driver
I personally dont see much value to a new kernel until these are in........
--John C
I use HP OpenMail everyday. Basically they provide a MAPI DLL that connects to the OpenMail server behind the scenes.
Yes, it is waay better the old CCMail/Openmail crap that others have mentioned. You get full Outlook functionality Calendering/Scheduling etc.
Plus the backend runs on something other than NT. The HP website mentions that on a kick butt HPUX server you could host 20k email accounts. Id like to see exchange handle more than 2k on a box.
Heck, Ive heard rumors of a large company deploying 100 exchange servers just to support about 50k accounts. What an administrative nightmare!!!!
--John C