Linux will grow quickly as a desktop OS because it can deliver equal productivity at significantly lower costs than Windows in very large enterprise environments -- installations of 4,000 to 40,000 desktops.
Why does it have to be installed in large scale environnments for productivity gains? The article states that the training required is the same. If that is the case then it should be good for any size business???
With this new emphasis on singles I wonder if artists will be motivated to put together whole albums. Many of my favorite songs are the the ones that did not get much air play but were found on albums that had a hit or two on them. I hope that artists do not become driven to work on "hits" and ignore the practice of making the songs that they themselves enjoy. The practice of producing collections may become rare which would be bad for music.
I agree with you if restricted to the first season, when it was wonderful, but after that it got stale. I still like the Simpsons better. Even Homer has (d)evolved and is still funny. The characters on Futurama haven't changed since the first season, and they haven't found their niche.
I do not go out of my way to see it. When I do see it, I chuckle and enjoy it, but I'm not going to go out of my way (i.e. go upstairs away from the terminal) to see it. It isn't worth wrestling the remote out of the death grip of anybody else in the family, and I probaly won't shell out the bucks for the DVD.
I didn't realize that I have a right to send anonymous mail. The practical aspects are the killer for me. If I can't just drop a letter in a mail bin then the US postal service is too restrictive for me to use. I'm not going to go to the post office, stand in line, get ID'ed just to send a letter. I can pay my bills on-line. This seems like a great way to put the USPS out of business.
Probaly not as long as book publishers don't mind broadcasting things like:
This is the book you need to help understand the frequent front-page headlines heralding dramatic cosmological discoveries. It makes cutting-edge science both crystal clear and wonderfully exciting.
Here in the US, I would hardly call news stories about science as "frequent front-page headlines." It usually takes some debate over creationism vs. evolution to make it into the media now-a-days.
Caller ID works as welL. The thing that I find amazing is that with caller ID the industry still seems to thrive. The article stated that a significant portion of your telemarketing calls will be eliminated if you sign up for the do not call list. Since we got call waiting ALL of it has been eliminated!
Kidding aside, if you go to Utah, then go to the musuem at Hill Air Force Base. It is a smaller version of the museum at Write-Patterson in Dayton OH. The good thing is that they have a great selection, and you can get *real* close. They also have an SR-71, and you can put your mangy paws on it!
I would also highly reccommend the musuems in Chicago. The Musuem of science and industry is good and the Field musuem is good. These musuems compare well with the ones in NYC which are also very good. It is kind of sad, but I think that the musuems in Chicago and NYC are better than then Smithsonian's on the mall in DC.
Having poopooed DC, it is still worthwhile to visit the mall in DC just to see and meet the people. Some of our best whacko's hang out there! To see the senate us united statesians have to first write our senators, so I have no idea what is involved for an aussie.
Finally, if you like things that go fast, visit the Indy 500 museum in Indianapolis. They used to have one of those rocket cars there for the land speed records, but I think that it is gone.
Just click on their link to microsoft's ie website. Click on the download link and choose linux (or BSD) for your choice of operating systems. What's the big deal?
One of the issues stated in the article is that it is possible that the aircraft body could act like a "resonance tube." If this happens then a detector can only indicate that there is a problem, but it could not tell where the problem is. If a device hits the resonant frequency then getting a direction would be highly unlikely.
It did not go into detail on this in the article so I wonder how consistant the resonant frequency might be. For example, would this change with different baggage configurations in the hold?
With this in place I just have to set up my laptop so that the network card turns on and off at the right times, and my boss can just sit in his office with that smug look thinking that I'm working my tail off while I'm sitting in the star bucks with my laptop working away.... Oh kr4p. Does Kensington sell an 802.11b emitter?
For god's sake! SOMEONE in the wordprocessing world (Textmaker, Gobe, OO/SO, etc) add the ability to manage references!
You should try using bibtex.
For real writing, Lyx/latex...because it is the only thing in the linux world up to the task.
It is one of the very few text processing systems that is up to the task in any environment! Given that you made sure to tell the world that you are a world famous bio-mechanist or whatever it was... You surely must be familiar with latex since nobody that smart would even *try* to do something as long as a thesis using word.
If anybody wants to see an edumacated person pull all their hair out and completely wig out then watch someone trying to do their thesis in word. This is especially true if they are in a field in which they have to include a lot of observational data in their work. By the time they hit page 150 or so their computer has been reduced to the status of a very advanced and brightly lit brick. This is the best way to get people to switch to a real text processing system like \tex.
It would be much more realistic to establish real industries first and then create an environment that would support an information infrastructure. If an high tech infrasture is put in place before industrial, educational, and commercial infrastructures are put in place then it would essential just go to waste. For example, there is no reason to have IT in Africa when they don't even have a textile industry in place that could benefit from more efficient practices.
Two thoughts. First, this is unfortunate, but it is what happens when you push the boundaries. It isn't safe on the cutting edge.
Second, if we want more funding for an agency then a strong case for it must be made. We shouldn't fund NASA just because it is NASA. NASA has done a poor job of creating a vision for what can and should do. It isn't clear to me why they should continue at current budget levels. I wonder if part of the reason is that it has become a government agency that is more focused on sustaining itself then offering a service to the people it serves.
You could bite back. Instead of trying to track them how about including the email address of the postmaster at the machine calling the page. That way when a harvester at j3rk.ugh.com calls your page it sees an address postmaster@j3rk.ugh.com. The harvester then sells his own address to the spammers. Then sit back and hope that the harvester decides to try to grow his organ enough that he doesn't need to do this stuff....
I too was impressed, and it seems that the company understands it at some level as well. When you go the page referenced in the author's blurb and click on the "price" link, the resulting page has a picture of one of the devices. It has the cover page of a book titled "Enough Rope."
I wish! This means that we get a double whammy. Not only do we have to put up with AIX but we also can get sued by SCO for using it. Isn't there something in the consitution about "double jeopardy?" The really bad news here is that all my complaining to my boss about replacing our AIX systems with Linux gets shot down for the same reason we might lose the AIX machines!!?!!? Ugh.
Just remember, there is a reason why it is called "aches."
What does religion have to do with it? This was the first time that I checked out the "Christian" Coalition's website, and the christian message was not as strong as I thought it would be. I always thought of the organization as being very partisan, but it is surprising that they do not seem to even try to hide it in any way.
In an unrelated note, I was surprised to see that their site was not/.ed. Should we be impressed that their site has been constructed to handle the load or have/.er's avoided looking?
There is a huge problem with using this system in the US. The US system relies on volunteers, and it is currently very difficult to get enough people to handle it the way we currently do elections. The german system would be impossible here.
Exactly! Why is this news? The whole point of giving stock options is for the company to compensate their people without paying for it directly. Folks like Balmer have to sell some time, and there is no reason why he should wait until he dies.
Also, there is an old saying when it comes to exec's selling and buying shares. There is only one reason to buy but a multitude of reasons to sell. Perhaps he justs wants some extra pocket money?
Not only that, but for your kitchen you could also get a
"Zurn Industries - Grease Trap - Never Used" also from Radio Shack. This is one stop shopping for your whole house complex! I never thought that Radio Shack would be *this* useful.
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With this new emphasis on singles I wonder if artists will be motivated to put together whole albums. Many of my favorite songs are the the ones that did not get much air play but were found on albums that had a hit or two on them. I hope that artists do not become driven to work on "hits" and ignore the practice of making the songs that they themselves enjoy. The practice of producing collections may become rare which would be bad for music.
I agree with you if restricted to the first season, when it was wonderful, but after that it got stale. I still like the Simpsons better. Even Homer has (d)evolved and is still funny. The characters on Futurama haven't changed since the first season, and they haven't found their niche.
I do not go out of my way to see it. When I do see it, I chuckle and enjoy it, but I'm not going to go out of my way (i.e. go upstairs away from the terminal) to see it. It isn't worth wrestling the remote out of the death grip of anybody else in the family, and I probaly won't shell out the bucks for the DVD.
I didn't realize that I have a right to send anonymous mail. The practical aspects are the killer for me. If I can't just drop a letter in a mail bin then the US postal service is too restrictive for me to use. I'm not going to go to the post office, stand in line, get ID'ed just to send a letter. I can pay my bills on-line. This seems like a great way to put the USPS out of business.
Probaly not as long as book publishers don't mind broadcasting things like:
Here in the US, I would hardly call news stories about science as "frequent front-page headlines." It usually takes some debate over creationism vs. evolution to make it into the media now-a-days.
Caller ID works as welL. The thing that I find amazing is that with caller ID the industry still seems to thrive. The article stated that a significant portion of your telemarketing calls will be eliminated if you sign up for the do not call list. Since we got call waiting ALL of it has been eliminated!
They've got good artists, good directors, and amazing writers.
How come nobody ever says that about pr0n? That industry seems to be doing okay. Then again they rely on a different kind of hardware.
Kidding aside, if you go to Utah, then go to the musuem at Hill Air Force Base. It is a smaller version of the museum at Write-Patterson in Dayton OH. The good thing is that they have a great selection, and you can get *real* close. They also have an SR-71, and you can put your mangy paws on it!
I would also highly reccommend the musuems in Chicago. The Musuem of science and industry is good and the Field musuem is good. These musuems compare well with the ones in NYC which are also very good. It is kind of sad, but I think that the musuems in Chicago and NYC are better than then Smithsonian's on the mall in DC.
Having poopooed DC, it is still worthwhile to visit the mall in DC just to see and meet the people. Some of our best whacko's hang out there! To see the senate us united statesians have to first write our senators, so I have no idea what is involved for an aussie.
Finally, if you like things that go fast, visit the Indy 500 museum in Indianapolis. They used to have one of those rocket cars there for the land speed records, but I think that it is gone.
oops, sorry about that. I forgot to add the tags.
Just click on their link to microsoft's ie website. Click on the download link and choose linux (or BSD) for your choice of operating systems. What's the big deal?
In fact, yes I have seen him here!
One of the issues stated in the article is that it is possible that the aircraft body could act like a "resonance tube." If this happens then a detector can only indicate that there is a problem, but it could not tell where the problem is. If a device hits the resonant frequency then getting a direction would be highly unlikely.
It did not go into detail on this in the article so I wonder how consistant the resonant frequency might be. For example, would this change with different baggage configurations in the hold?
With this in place I just have to set up my laptop so that the network card turns on and off at the right times, and my boss can just sit in his office with that smug look thinking that I'm working my tail off while I'm sitting in the star bucks with my laptop working away.... Oh kr4p. Does Kensington sell an 802.11b emitter?
For god's sake! SOMEONE in the wordprocessing world (Textmaker, Gobe, OO/SO, etc) add the ability to manage references!
You should try using bibtex.
For real writing, Lyx/latex...because it is the only thing in the linux world up to the task.
It is one of the very few text processing systems that is up to the task in any environment! Given that you made sure to tell the world that you are a world famous bio-mechanist or whatever it was... You surely must be familiar with latex since nobody that smart would even *try* to do something as long as a thesis using word.
If anybody wants to see an edumacated person pull all their hair out and completely wig out then watch someone trying to do their thesis in word. This is especially true if they are in a field in which they have to include a lot of observational data in their work. By the time they hit page 150 or so their computer has been reduced to the status of a very advanced and brightly lit brick. This is the best way to get people to switch to a real text processing system like \tex.
It would be much more realistic to establish real industries first and then create an environment that would support an information infrastructure. If an high tech infrasture is put in place before industrial, educational, and commercial infrastructures are put in place then it would essential just go to waste. For example, there is no reason to have IT in Africa when they don't even have a textile industry in place that could benefit from more efficient practices.
Two thoughts. First, this is unfortunate, but it is what happens when you push the boundaries. It isn't safe on the cutting edge.
Second, if we want more funding for an agency then a strong case for it must be made. We shouldn't fund NASA just because it is NASA. NASA has done a poor job of creating a vision for what can and should do. It isn't clear to me why they should continue at current budget levels. I wonder if part of the reason is that it has become a government agency that is more focused on sustaining itself then offering a service to the people it serves.
You could bite back. Instead of trying to track them how about including the email address of the postmaster at the machine calling the page. That way when a harvester at j3rk.ugh.com calls your page it sees an address postmaster@j3rk.ugh.com. The harvester then sells his own address to the spammers. Then sit back and hope that the harvester decides to try to grow his organ enough that he doesn't need to do this stuff....
I too was impressed, and it seems that the company understands it at some level as well. When you go the page referenced in the author's blurb and click on the "price" link, the resulting page has a picture of one of the devices. It has the cover page of a book titled "Enough Rope."
Too true, especially when you look down at the bottom of his email:
Trond Myklebust:
o Fix rpc dentry list usage
o Copy comments from System V file system routines to make it more "unix like."
I wish! This means that we get a double whammy. Not only do we have to put up with AIX but we also can get sued by SCO for using it. Isn't there something in the consitution about "double jeopardy?" The really bad news here is that all my complaining to my boss about replacing our AIX systems with Linux gets shot down for the same reason we might lose the AIX machines!!?!!? Ugh.
Just remember, there is a reason why it is called "aches."
What does religion have to do with it? This was the first time that I checked out the "Christian" Coalition's website, and the christian message was not as strong as I thought it would be. I always thought of the organization as being very partisan, but it is surprising that they do not seem to even try to hide it in any way.
In an unrelated note, I was surprised to see that their site was not /.ed. Should we be impressed that their site has been constructed to handle the load or have /.er's avoided looking?
There is a huge problem with using this system in the US. The US system relies on volunteers, and it is currently very difficult to get enough people to handle it the way we currently do elections. The german system would be impossible here.
Exactly! Why is this news? The whole point of giving stock options is for the company to compensate their people without paying for it directly. Folks like Balmer have to sell some time, and there is no reason why he should wait until he dies.
Also, there is an old saying when it comes to exec's selling and buying shares. There is only one reason to buy but a multitude of reasons to sell. Perhaps he justs wants some extra pocket money?
Not only that, but for your kitchen you could also get a "Zurn Industries - Grease Trap - Never Used" also from Radio Shack. This is one stop shopping for your whole house complex! I never thought that Radio Shack would be *this* useful.