... since there have been enough paypal bashing for one day, how about folks kicking in a buck or two to raise some more funds for abiword?
Heck, if some nimwit in NYC can raise 20k to help pay off their credit card bill from donations, surely at least $600 can be raised to help abiword? Hell, maybe we can get some of that infamous Slashdot effect directed towards kicking a buck to their back account.
I've never understood the need for super-cold machine rooms
Part of the problem often is hot spots. As humans, we often are in the well circulated portions of the server room. These get good air flow are often very chilly.
Other parts of the room, perhaps inside a server cabinet, perhaps inside the CPU case can get warmer than when you're standing. This is why good air flow is key in a building a solid server room.
I think in most cases it's low risk to raise it a few notches, but the consequences of being wrong are pretty high. (I.e. someone high up gets fired.) Hence, it's unlikely to change.
You have to learn to pick your battles. Picking one that can solved just as easily with a sweater or fingerless gloves probably isn't the one to fight.
-Bill
Get Rid of Michael
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Blogger Hacked
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· Score: 0, Troll
and, heh-heh, they don't have anywhere else to talk about it
Taking glee in another site being hacked is pretty f'ing low.
The behaviour he described is normal. As part of a DNS entry you specify the expire time, telling a client how long for which it's okay to a cache an entry.
I have to agree but why was this even a ask slashdot when there was one definite answer if he had looked on google, 5th one down (6th if you count the sub one) is the answer?
Also newsworthy: There is alpha-level Ogg Vorbis support
Isn't it only news if someone cares?
MP3 isn't dead. It's too entrenched already. I'm happy with MP3 quality *now*. I don't care about any 'official' enhancements. I can buy a portal MP3 player. *Lots* of them. I can buy an MP3 player for my car. I've already ripped all my CDs to MP3.
Why the heck should I go through all that hassle again? For some sound difference I don't care about? Why should I pay to get a music deck for my car again? For some sound difference I don't care about? And why my friends ask me what the heck Ogg Vorbis is and why it has such a stupid name, do you really think I'm going to respond?
But go ahead and waste your time on your silly like klingon sound thing. The rest of the world is happy, actually quite pleased, with MP3.
So continue with your condecending little MP3 is dead thing. In fact, why don't you make an.ogg file of it? It'll reach just as wide an audience that way.
It sounds like you don't have a full understanding of why they are upset with the system. It could be misperception or that you're causing a problem without realizing.
I would try to work (in person) with whomever contacted you, and try to understand why this makes their life difficult, and try to address though concerns.
Without knowing why they are upset, there is little anyone on Slashdot can do to help you.
Clearly you didn't do your homework before going to whatever party school you ended up choosing.
Don't listen to this guy. It's not the truth. Far from it. Of course, there are party schools out there. I'm not denying that. But to go to a party school and be surprised you're really not learning anything & it's basically a club med... well, let's just say perhaps it's best you didn't go to a higher caliber school after all.
There are quite a few schools, however, that challenge you. Raise your critical thinking skills. Teach you how to learn. Interact with experts. Help you grow. Looking back, while some of the most valuable lessons I learned where from books, a significant portion came from reading something like the Apology with a peer group at the same time and discuss it's ideas. To work all night in group trying to write an AI simulator for the brain of ant on a beach shore.
Yes, you can learn from books. I love books. But a lot of the books you seem to be referring to can teach you nothing more than facts. In fact, a lot of good schools don't even waste time teaching you what you can get from a book. Go read & come back is usually the attitude. Oddly enough, despite being a CS major, I never took an introduction to Lisp, C, etc course. First day of my data structures class our processor announced all our homework would be in C. He understood none of us probably knew it, this was an intro course, gave us a few books titles, and told us to get cracking. The first homework assignment, in C, was due in a week.
When I look to hire people, I don't really care what facts they know, how well they know C, etc. You can teach a monkey C. It's a lot harder to teach people how to think, analyze, adapt, and overcome.
Then again, maybe I'm biased. After all, my school was chosen last, at 300, in terms of party schools.;-)
Get a Leatherman. I love mine --all 4 (a micra (on the keychain, only one I actually purchased myself), the regular (wedding gift), super tool (xmas gift), and the juice (bday gift)).
For IT, I'd recommend the Super Tool. With one little device you get:
Okay, so I never really found a use for the awl. But having the pliers, both kinds of screwdrivers, the stripper and crimper all together was really handy. And having the bottle opener for when the day is over is not bad either.;)
Stand up and tell the slashdot editors that you're not just another demographic! Participate in the next Great Slashdot Blackout! Moderate everything as "overrated"! Post goatse.cx links!
Err, I don't agree with the last two, but I do think the first Great Slashdot Blackout was a Good Thing. Are there any plans for the second?
I know this is all off-topic, but I do think it's a shame this is really the only way people who care about Slashdot can express their voice in a non-troll manner.:-/
Slashdot Mirror
You have users??
You have two?
Timothy and his fan club aside, does anyone actually USE ogg?
-Bill
One-word: Troll.
-Bill
... since there have been enough paypal bashing for one day, how about folks kicking in a buck or two to raise some more funds for abiword?
Heck, if some nimwit in NYC can raise 20k to help pay off their credit card bill from donations, surely at least $600 can be raised to help abiword? Hell, maybe we can get some of that infamous Slashdot effect directed towards kicking a buck to their back account.
-Bill
I've never understood the need for super-cold machine rooms
Part of the problem often is hot spots. As humans, we often are in the well circulated portions of the server room. These get good air flow are often very chilly.
Other parts of the room, perhaps inside a server cabinet, perhaps inside the CPU case can get warmer than when you're standing. This is why good air flow is key in a building a solid server room.
I think in most cases it's low risk to raise it a few notches, but the consequences of being wrong are pretty high. (I.e. someone high up gets fired.) Hence, it's unlikely to change.
You have to learn to pick your battles. Picking one that can solved just as easily with a sweater or fingerless gloves probably isn't the one to fight.
-Bill
and, heh-heh, they don't have anywhere else to talk about it
Taking glee in another site being hacked is pretty f'ing low.
-Bill
The behaviour he described is normal. As part of a DNS entry you specify the expire time, telling a client how long for which it's okay to a cache an entry.
-Bill
I declare jihad.
-Bill
I have to agree but why was this even a ask slashdot when there was one definite answer if he had looked on google, 5th one down (6th if you count the sub one) is the answer?
Cliff has to make his quota or he loses his job.
Why do people hate Muslims?
What people? That's pretty vauge.
-Bill
I'm not the rest of the world. I just speak for it. ;)
-Bill
Also newsworthy: There is alpha-level Ogg Vorbis support
.ogg file of it? It'll reach just as wide an audience that way.
Isn't it only news if someone cares?
MP3 isn't dead. It's too entrenched already. I'm happy with MP3 quality *now*. I don't care about any 'official' enhancements. I can buy a portal MP3 player. *Lots* of them. I can buy an MP3 player for my car. I've already ripped all my CDs to MP3.
Why the heck should I go through all that hassle again? For some sound difference I don't care about? Why should I pay to get a music deck for my car again? For some sound difference I don't care about? And why my friends ask me what the heck Ogg Vorbis is and why it has such a stupid name, do you really think I'm going to respond?
But go ahead and waste your time on your silly like klingon sound thing. The rest of the world is happy, actually quite pleased, with MP3.
So continue with your condecending little MP3 is dead thing. In fact, why don't you make an
My two cents,
-Bill
My most common problem these days is *not* compile time, but *link* time. Would be nice if there was a way to speed that up somehow.
-Bill
Are even technical users ignorant on how UNIX handles time, time zones, and time conversion?
Yes, so share your report with us, at least summerize it.
Will simply avoiding scheduled jobs between 2 and 3am solve most of our problems?
-Bill
When I say "don't do that again", I mean it.
-Bill
It sounds like you don't have a full understanding of why they are upset with the system. It could be misperception or that you're causing a problem without realizing.
I would try to work (in person) with whomever contacted you, and try to understand why this makes their life difficult, and try to address though concerns.
Without knowing why they are upset, there is little anyone on Slashdot can do to help you.
-Bill
Clearly you didn't do your homework before going to whatever party school you ended up choosing.
;-)
Don't listen to this guy. It's not the truth. Far from it. Of course, there are party schools out there. I'm not denying that. But to go to a party school and be surprised you're really not learning anything & it's basically a club med... well, let's just say perhaps it's best you didn't go to a higher caliber school after all.
There are quite a few schools, however, that challenge you. Raise your critical thinking skills. Teach you how to learn. Interact with experts. Help you grow. Looking back, while some of the most valuable lessons I learned where from books, a significant portion came from reading something like the Apology with a peer group at the same time and discuss it's ideas. To work all night in group trying to write an AI simulator for the brain of ant on a beach shore.
Yes, you can learn from books. I love books. But a lot of the books you seem to be referring to can teach you nothing more than facts. In fact, a lot of good schools don't even waste time teaching you what you can get from a book. Go read & come back is usually the attitude. Oddly enough, despite being a CS major, I never took an introduction to Lisp, C, etc course. First day of my data structures class our processor announced all our homework would be in C. He understood none of us probably knew it, this was an intro course, gave us a few books titles, and told us to get cracking. The first homework assignment, in C, was due in a week.
When I look to hire people, I don't really care what facts they know, how well they know C, etc. You can teach a monkey C. It's a lot harder to teach people how to think, analyze, adapt, and overcome.
Then again, maybe I'm biased. After all, my school was chosen last, at 300, in terms of party schools.
My two cents,
-Bill
Get a Leatherman. I love mine --all 4 (a micra (on the keychain, only one I actually purchased myself), the regular (wedding gift), super tool (xmas gift), and the juice (bday gift)).
;)
For IT, I'd recommend the Super Tool. With one little device you get:
-- needlenose pliers
-- regular pliers
-- wire cutters
-- hard-wirte cutters
-- clip-point knife
-- serrated knife
-- wood/bone saw
-- metal/wood file
-- ruler
-- can/boottle opener
-- screwdriver
-- philps screwdriver
-- electric crimper
-- write stripper
-- awl punch
Okay, so I never really found a use for the awl. But having the pliers, both kinds of screwdrivers, the stripper and crimper all together was really handy. And having the bottle opener for when the day is over is not bad either.
-Bill
But he's far from the only one selling metorites on E-bay. Hmm... maybe I'll get a jump start on my Christmas shopping. =)
-Bill
Unlikely. This 25+ lb metor is currently going for less than a thousand on Ebay.
-Bill
You'd have to have a heck of a lot of clients to do a ping DDOS wouldn't you?
And what does the -t do in windows land?
-Bill
How is a pop-up a big fuss? Also most browsers allow you to permentantly accept the certificate as valid, don't they?
-Bill
Stand up and tell the slashdot editors that you're not just another demographic! Participate in the next Great Slashdot Blackout! Moderate everything as "overrated"! Post goatse.cx links!
:-/
Err, I don't agree with the last two, but I do think the first Great Slashdot Blackout was a Good Thing. Are there any plans for the second?
I know this is all off-topic, but I do think it's a shame this is really the only way people who care about Slashdot can express their voice in a non-troll manner.
-Bill
This is true only if you disregard all of human history.
"Let him who desires peace prepare for war" --Vegetius
"To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace." -- General George Washington
-Bill
Ah but now it is down with no projected uptime, costing us $$$$$ and I have no one to blame!
So the only motivation to have a sys admin is to have someone to blame!? Sheesh... that's a pretty cynical view!
-Bill
CEO: Cindy, get me Fred, this N1 software is crashing.
Cindy: You fired Fred last week.
CEO: Ah! So that's why the system stayed up a whole week!