"with the particular hypothesis that the Earth was created exactly 10000 years ago"
Science can't even prove that statement wrong. Let's say that, for argument's sake, the earth was created by a supreme being 10,000 years ago. It would of course have to be created with the dinosaur bones already buried underground, the Grand Canyon already formed in all it's grandness, the mountains already built, etc. Basically, all the evidence that currently points to a multi-billion year old universe was put in place on purpose during the course of 7 days, 10,000 years ago. Okay, fine. There's no way science can disprove that statement.
The question you should ask yourself is, why would your God put all those things in place specifically to fool you?
In the third paragraph, you use the term "install". I'm not clear on what this means. Surely any reputable news source should explain all their "techno jargon" so the layperson can understand it. Sheesh.:p
Toyota Echo Hatchback - $12,995.00 base price L/100KM - 6.7 city Price of gas per 20000km (city driving): $1340
Toyota Prius - $30,530 base price L/100KM - 4.0 city Price of gas per 20000km (city driving): $800
Smart Fortwo - $16,500 base price L/100KM - 4.6 city Price of gas per 20000km (city driving): $920
To make up the price difference between an Echo and the Prius, you'd have to drive the Prius for 32 years (assuming 20k km per year). Even going from the Echo to the Smart, you'd have to drive the smart for 8 years before you'd actually save any money. This doesn't account for the extra taxes on the more expensive cars either.
So, when talking straight money savings, the Echo hatchback is the best buy.
What were you doing passing cars on the right hand side? Just like any other vehicle on the road, it's illegal for bikes to pass cars on the right. If you passed on the left, there wouldn't be a problem.
A direct result of some fantastic industrial espionage. Quoting from an "official" memo I stumbled across in a dumpster in redmond:
"We have established that much of Google's success is based on their corporate culture. The culture is based on their unofficial motto. We were unable to retrieve a full copy of the motto, but hopefully two thirds of it will be enough to get the point. I recommend basing all future business decisions on the idea that this motto puts forth.
The motto as we know it is "{smudged word} BE EVIL"
"I think it has more to do with windows server 2003.... it's sloooooowww."
If Server 2003 is running slow on your machine, you must have a driver or application problem.
I'm running Server 2003 at home on a P3-600MHz with 512MB RAM and it's performing great. It's running as an AD domain controller, DNS/DHCP server, file server, ftp, http, etc. I even have my bittorrent client running on that box 24/7. I haven't had a single performance problem or crash, not even one, in the 18 months it's been running.
At work I've put W2K3 on machines with Quad 2.7GHz Xeons (not Xenons as you put it), with 4GB of RAM, and it SMOKES.
Not always. There was a small tsunami created by one of the aftershocks of the big Indian Ocean earthquake that was measured at just a few inches. Basically, small earthquake = small tsunami, and big earthquake = big tsunami.
However, since the largest tsunami is almost certainly bigger than the largest tidal wave, you probably have a point.:)
In the past few years people had started to replace it with tsunami ("to be more scientifically accurate")
Why would tsunami be more scientifically accurate? Both "tidal wave" and "tsunami" are valid scientific terms. They refer to two very different types of waves, but "tsunami" is no more valid when used as an idiom.
No need to be a weiner about it. Seriously, you click the advanced tab, and right there, it says "secure cache against pollution". There's a little checkbox beside it. There's also a little checkmark in the checkbox by default.
Usage Note: Traditional critics have insisted that nauseous is properly used only to mean "causing nausea" and that it is incorrect to use it to mean "affected with nausea," as in Roller coasters make me nauseous. In this example, nauseated is preferred by 72 percent of the Usage Panel. Curiously, though, 88 percent of the Panelists prefer using nauseating in the sentence The children looked a little green from too many candy apples and nauseating (not nauseous) rides. Since there is a lot of evidence to show that nauseous is widely used to mean "feeling sick," it appears that people use nauseous mainly in the sense in which it is considered incorrect. In its "correct" sense it is being supplanted by nauseating.
Canadians are a little more receptive to smaller cars than Americans, but not by much. When my new Mazda3 5-door arrives (6-8 week wait, damn popular car!) it'll be considered a small car by our standards, but in Europe it would actually seem quite average, if not large.
Canada also gets a fancy version of the Honda Civic called the "Acura 1.7 EL", which I don't think is available anywhere else in the world. I probably wouldn't sell well in the US, but it's fairly popular here. At least it was until the Mazda3 arrived...
"Confusing server room setup. 20 server boxes, 20 monitors, 20 keyboards, 20 mice. Or using extepensive and error prone KVM setups which may only reduce the clutter by a third or so practically. More cable clutter, more power requirements, reduced efficiency."
Geez. How long has it been since you've touched a windows server? Every one of the benefits you listed for Linux is not only possible on windows, it's common practice. It's very easy to run a windows server totally headless. The GUI will be there if you need it, but 99% of the time, you don't.
Even my personal server at home, running W2K3, hasn't had a monitor connected to it for over a year. Everything you would ever want to do can be done remotely. You even have the choice of using Remote Desktop for the nice warm fuzzy GUI, or you can go totally command line if that's what turns your crank.
Yes, every single function that you can perform in the GUI can also be performed from the command line. Remote access security can be had any number of ways, with or without spending money on software. Windows supports IPSec natively, as well as several flavours of VPN, or there are even several free (as in beer and/or speech) SSH products available for it.
Basically, quit knocking MS for the shortcomings of NT4. That's ancient history and they've made giant leaps forward in quality and reliability. If you want to knock them for their business practices, or just general evilness, go right ahead, but the argument that windows is crap just doesn't cut it anymore.
"And how do you download the latest service packs?"
Certainly not by downloading them directly to the server via IE, that's for sure.
In small shops, you would download the patches with your workstation, and then copy them to the server over the network or using a CD-R, and install them manually.
In larger shops, you would set up a Software Update Services (SUS) server or SMS server to deploy the patches to the servers exactly when you're ready to do so (after testing in your lab first, of course).
You should never be using IE on a critical production server. End of story.
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Sorry, I didn't mean for this to be a direct response to Pxtl. The last sentance should have read:
The question the creationists should ask themselves is, "why would your God put all those things in place specifically to fool you?"
"with the particular hypothesis that the Earth was created exactly 10000 years ago"
Science can't even prove that statement wrong. Let's say that, for argument's sake, the earth was created by a supreme being 10,000 years ago. It would of course have to be created with the dinosaur bones already buried underground, the Grand Canyon already formed in all it's grandness, the mountains already built, etc. Basically, all the evidence that currently points to a multi-billion year old universe was put in place on purpose during the course of 7 days, 10,000 years ago. Okay, fine. There's no way science can disprove that statement.
The question you should ask yourself is, why would your God put all those things in place specifically to fool you?
"Hey, the Mountain Dew on my desk in front of me says "Mountain Dew" right on the can. I guess I can't talk about drinking two Mountain Dews, can I?"
No, there's no way to talk about drinking more than one Mountain Dew, because after you drink the first one you'll be brain dead.
From the product page:
"Print at up to 330 linear feet (100.6 m) per minute (1,440 2-up duplex letter impressions or 1,354 2-up A4 duplex impressions)."
Very key info in the first line in my post: In Canada... . Canadian dollars are different from US dollars. No really! :-p
In the third paragraph, you use the term "install". I'm not clear on what this means. Surely any reputable news source should explain all their "techno jargon" so the layperson can understand it. Sheesh. :p
In Canada (assuming $1.00 per litre):
Toyota Echo Hatchback - $12,995.00 base price
L/100KM - 6.7 city
Price of gas per 20000km (city driving): $1340
Toyota Prius - $30,530 base price
L/100KM - 4.0 city
Price of gas per 20000km (city driving): $800
Smart Fortwo - $16,500 base price
L/100KM - 4.6 city
Price of gas per 20000km (city driving): $920
To make up the price difference between an Echo and the Prius, you'd have to drive the Prius for 32 years (assuming 20k km per year). Even going from the Echo to the Smart, you'd have to drive the smart for 8 years before you'd actually save any money. This doesn't account for the extra taxes on the more expensive cars either.
So, when talking straight money savings, the Echo hatchback is the best buy.
What were you doing passing cars on the right hand side? Just like any other vehicle on the road, it's illegal for bikes to pass cars on the right. If you passed on the left, there wouldn't be a problem.
Bluetooth baby, bluetooth.
A direct result of some fantastic industrial espionage. Quoting from an "official" memo I stumbled across in a dumpster in redmond:
"We have established that much of Google's success is based on their corporate culture. The culture is based on their unofficial motto. We were unable to retrieve a full copy of the motto, but hopefully two thirds of it will be enough to get the point. I recommend basing all future business decisions on the idea that this motto puts forth.
The motto as we know it is "{smudged word} BE EVIL"
Hopefully the smudged word isn't too important...
SUSE would run MS Exchange twice as fast? That's something I'd like to see... :p
"I think it has more to do with windows server 2003.... it's sloooooowww."
If Server 2003 is running slow on your machine, you must have a driver or application problem.
I'm running Server 2003 at home on a P3-600MHz with 512MB RAM and it's performing great. It's running as an AD domain controller, DNS/DHCP server, file server, ftp, http, etc. I even have my bittorrent client running on that box 24/7. I haven't had a single performance problem or crash, not even one, in the 18 months it's been running.
At work I've put W2K3 on machines with Quad 2.7GHz Xeons (not Xenons as you put it), with 4GB of RAM, and it SMOKES.
Who the hell is this Noone guy? He must be rich if he pays for slashdot! I wonder if he'll be my friend.
Oh way, you meant "no one" didn't you...
"Tsunamis are bigger than tidal waves"
:)
Not always. There was a small tsunami created by one of the aftershocks of the big Indian Ocean earthquake that was measured at just a few inches. Basically, small earthquake = small tsunami, and big earthquake = big tsunami.
However, since the largest tsunami is almost certainly bigger than the largest tidal wave, you probably have a point.
In the past few years people had started to replace it with tsunami ("to be more scientifically accurate")
Why would tsunami be more scientifically accurate? Both "tidal wave" and "tsunami" are valid scientific terms. They refer to two very different types of waves, but "tsunami" is no more valid when used as an idiom.
No need to be a weiner about it. Seriously, you click the advanced tab, and right there, it says "secure cache against pollution". There's a little checkbox beside it. There's also a little checkmark in the checkbox by default.
"Windows is insecure by default."
In this case, it's not. This setting has been secure by default since the release of SP3 in 2002.
"Also that option isn't obvious at all."
How much more obvious does it need to be? It's plain as day on the advanced tab in the DNS server properties GUI.
Yeah, Windows is all alone too.
From dictionary.com:
Usage Note: Traditional critics have insisted that nauseous is properly used only to mean "causing nausea" and that it is incorrect to use it to mean "affected with nausea," as in Roller coasters make me nauseous. In this example, nauseated is preferred by 72 percent of the Usage Panel. Curiously, though, 88 percent of the Panelists prefer using nauseating in the sentence The children looked a little green from too many candy apples and nauseating (not nauseous) rides. Since there is a lot of evidence to show that nauseous is widely used to mean "feeling sick," it appears that people use nauseous mainly in the sense in which it is considered incorrect. In its "correct" sense it is being supplanted by nauseating.
Interesting. I did not know that.
Not only does google maps support Canada, it has more detail and accuracy than any other online or offline map program I've used, including map24.
You can also add AdAware to bartPE. Very handy.
Canadians are a little more receptive to smaller cars than Americans, but not by much. When my new Mazda3 5-door arrives (6-8 week wait, damn popular car!) it'll be considered a small car by our standards, but in Europe it would actually seem quite average, if not large.
Canada also gets a fancy version of the Honda Civic called the "Acura 1.7 EL", which I don't think is available anywhere else in the world. I probably wouldn't sell well in the US, but it's fairly popular here. At least it was until the Mazda3 arrived...
I prefer "Bible Huggers" myself.
"Confusing server room setup.
20 server boxes, 20 monitors, 20 keyboards, 20 mice. Or using extepensive and error prone KVM setups which may only reduce the clutter by a third or so practically.
More cable clutter, more power requirements, reduced efficiency."
Geez. How long has it been since you've touched a windows server? Every one of the benefits you listed for Linux is not only possible on windows, it's common practice. It's very easy to run a windows server totally headless. The GUI will be there if you need it, but 99% of the time, you don't.
Even my personal server at home, running W2K3, hasn't had a monitor connected to it for over a year. Everything you would ever want to do can be done remotely. You even have the choice of using Remote Desktop for the nice warm fuzzy GUI, or you can go totally command line if that's what turns your crank.
Yes, every single function that you can perform in the GUI can also be performed from the command line. Remote access security can be had any number of ways, with or without spending money on software. Windows supports IPSec natively, as well as several flavours of VPN, or there are even several free (as in beer and/or speech) SSH products available for it.
Basically, quit knocking MS for the shortcomings of NT4. That's ancient history and they've made giant leaps forward in quality and reliability. If you want to knock them for their business practices, or just general evilness, go right ahead, but the argument that windows is crap just doesn't cut it anymore.
"And how do you download the latest service packs?"
Certainly not by downloading them directly to the server via IE, that's for sure.
In small shops, you would download the patches with your workstation, and then copy them to the server over the network or using a CD-R, and install them manually.
In larger shops, you would set up a Software Update Services (SUS) server or SMS server to deploy the patches to the servers exactly when you're ready to do so (after testing in your lab first, of course).
You should never be using IE on a critical production server. End of story.