The person who attempted to view your resume should alert the idiots who decided Cyber Patrol was a a good idea and let them know that their decision is hindering their business. Don't be so quick to kneel down to censorship, the more you pacify, the worse it gets.
They have relinquished control over what they can access, and they have to come to terms with the consequences. If we aren't vigilant now, then we can kiss any semblance of freedom goodbye.
The company I work for has a filter on the proxy, so far I haven't had any problems... I understand why a corporation uses them. But, if I EVER have trouble accessing legitimate info due to the use of a system as messed up a Cyber Patrol, I'm not gonna try to get the victims of the censorship to make unnecessary changes.
Dagnabit! I'm sick and tired of everybody jumping on the Industry Rag bandwagon, "An OS is only good if IT CAN CONQUER THE WORLD!". Different OS/architecture combos have different strengths and weaknesses. If you don't wanna muck about with the complexity of a UNIX box, get a Mac and go forth as a happy user.
I like the idea of a heterogenous computing environment. If everybody plays by the rules (ie. Open Standards), you don't have to spend so much effort worrying as to whether your OS meets everybodies' needs. Everybody is arguing over what the "killer OS" is. Didn't we learn our lessons with our quest for the "killer app"? That degenerated into web browsers that are 50 ton swiss-army knives, only thing they're killing is your fscking resource utilization.
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
I see this at work on a grand scale, IT wants to make the whole environment homogenous, so they spend a lot of time and effort forcing people to use products that just don't fit the job correctly. If you want to get stuff done, use the right tool. And it's not just what is technically the best for the job, it's also what you find the most comfortable to use. I like Linux for it's flexibility, but I don't expect EVERYBODY ELSE to feel the same.
If/Linux|Windows|WinNT|MacOS|BeOS|.*BSD|Solaris|VMS( ouch!)/ suits your needs best, use it. Do you need some industy viewgraph to tell you what you like?
Why not just do what I do... write your documentation in Perl's POD (Plain Old Documentation) format and use the/pod2....?/ utilities to convert them to whatever format you want?
How long do you think it will be before they start selling priority for links? Pay X amount of money, and you're guaranteed to be returned as the Yth link on a search for "football".
His comments about windowing systems lockstep with Macro$loth's blurring of reality. Ever notice how Win-pods always ask about GUIs when you talk to them about operating systems. *knock* *knock*... there's a difference between an operating system and an operating environment. So, Billy-Boy thinks the Windows is the shining path because nobody has to choose what environment they like. Well, I can't argue that most win-pods will cling to the familiar (maybe even progressing to that little paperclip... the cruel reminder that I have no working paperclips, since I had to bend them all at some point in time to reset my Tecra when Windows locked it up) because it has mercifully had all the sharp edges and pointy bits removed. Well, as the userbase evolves (which is inevitable... watch a first-grader sitting at a Mac) the cork-on-the-fork OS will become a niche filler. Implying that all users want prefab OS's is like saying that (major apologies to Bob Heinlein) grown men all want skim milk because the baby can't handle steak.
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The person who attempted to view your resume should alert the idiots who decided Cyber Patrol was a a good idea and let them know that their decision is hindering their business. Don't be so quick to kneel down to censorship, the more you pacify, the worse it gets.
... I understand why a corporation uses them. But, if I EVER have trouble accessing legitimate info due to the use of a system as messed up a Cyber Patrol, I'm not gonna try to get the victims of the censorship to make unnecessary changes.
They have relinquished control over what they can access, and they have to come to terms with the consequences. If we aren't vigilant now, then we can kiss any semblance of freedom goodbye.
The company I work for has a filter on the proxy, so far I haven't had any problems
--Mark
Some Linux users hate that Penguin, too. I figured a much better animal to associate with the OS (based upon it's lineage) would be the platypus.
Dagnabit! I'm sick and tired of everybody jumping on the Industry Rag bandwagon, "An OS is only good if IT CAN CONQUER THE WORLD!". Different OS/architecture combos have different strengths and weaknesses. If you don't wanna muck about with the complexity of a UNIX box, get a Mac and go forth as a happy user.
/Linux|Windows|WinNT|MacOS|BeOS|.*BSD|Solaris|VMS( ouch!)/ suits your needs best, use it. Do you need some industy viewgraph to tell you what you like?
I like the idea of a heterogenous computing environment. If everybody plays by the rules (ie. Open Standards), you don't have to spend so much effort worrying as to whether your OS meets everybodies' needs. Everybody is arguing over what the "killer OS" is. Didn't we learn our lessons with our quest for the "killer app"? That degenerated into web browsers that are 50 ton swiss-army knives, only thing they're killing is your fscking resource utilization.
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
I see this at work on a grand scale, IT wants to make the whole environment homogenous, so they spend a lot of time and effort forcing people to use products that just don't fit the job correctly. If you want to get stuff done, use the right tool. And it's not just what is technically the best for the job, it's also what you find the most comfortable to use. I like Linux for it's flexibility, but I don't expect EVERYBODY ELSE to feel the same.
If
Why not just do what I do ... write your documentation in Perl's POD (Plain Old Documentation) format and use the /pod2....?/ utilities to convert them to whatever format you want?
How long do you think it will be before they start selling priority for links? Pay X amount of money, and you're guaranteed to be returned as the Yth link on a search for "football".
His comments about windowing systems lockstep with ... ... the cruel reminder that I have no working paperclips, since I had to bend them all at some point in time to reset my Tecra when Windows locked it up) because it has mercifully had all the sharp edges and pointy bits removed. Well, as the userbase evolves (which is inevitable ... watch a first-grader sitting at a Mac) the cork-on-the-fork OS will become a niche filler. Implying that all users want prefab OS's is like saying that (major apologies to Bob Heinlein) grown men all want skim milk because the baby can't handle steak.
... what was the question?
Macro$loth's blurring of reality. Ever notice how
Win-pods always ask about GUIs when you talk to them about operating systems. *knock* *knock*
there's a difference between an operating system and an operating environment. So, Billy-Boy thinks the Windows is the shining path because
nobody has to choose what environment they like. Well, I can't argue that most win-pods will cling to the familiar (maybe even progressing to that little paperclip
Feh!
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