I used Slackware in the distant past (~1994), RedHat several years ago, Fedora a couple years ago, and recently SuSE and Gentoo.
I found that with the RPM-based systems, I frequently got into RPM hell[*]. Although I have run into conflicts with Gentoo (mainly X and KDE), this has happened much, much less frequently than the RPM issues I had.
On the computer I bought around 2002 (A 1.1GHz Athlon), emerging is often time-consuming. However, on my newer, 64-bit AMD box, it's quite fast for all but the biggest emerges.
So overall, I'm much happier with Gentoo, but YMMV. Void where prohibited. For external use only.
[*] For the few people who are reading this far into this thread and don't know what that is: installing new software or updating existing software conflicts with existing software and/or requires 2 more things to be updated, which then requires 2 more things to be updated,...
It's not an inversion, it's a focus on a different part of the security process, one that isn't talked about so much: Recovery.
People talk a lot about Detection and Prevention, which is good since a lot of times Recovery isn't feasible (for example, if a virus wipes someone's home PC, it's likely not recoverable since they probably didn't have a backup).
However, sometimes it's better to allow a potentially bad thing to happen and recover from it later if it turns out to actually be bad, than to prevent it in the first place. It seems like Wikipedia may have found one of those times.
I'd suggest looking at Alice, which was specifically designed for education. It helps new programmers avoid getting stuck on syntax, and provides a 3D environment that is both fun and teaches OO principles. (And Electronic Arts has agreed to let them use some Sims artwork.)
We bought a Samsung ML-1210 2-3 years ago for home use and have been really happy with it. It works great with both Windows and Linux (using CUPS & foomatic). I'd definitely buy a Samsung printer again.
The character theme is one that is in Stephen Covey's "7 Habits" books. In Principle Centered Leadership, for example, he emphasizes that you cannot be a good leader without good communication, which requires trust, which requires that you be trustworthy. I'd recommend the book for anyone in a leadership role.
For pretty-printing Java, I like jGRASP. It draws outlining-type lines to the left of the code to show nesting and control structures. I always use it to print code for code reviews. It can generate class diagrams, too, but I haven't used that feature.
I'm not saying people should not get advanced degrees, I'm merely stating that they shouldn't do it for the money because it just doesn't pay. It's misleading to hang a 100k carrot in front of students like that.
This is right on. If your goal is the biggest stack of dollars, certainly don't get a PhD. Even if you graduate with no student loans, the income you could have made during those years of grad school is substantial. And since money now is worth more than money later, even if a BS starting salary is only $40k and a starting PhD salary is $100k, if you have a BS and invest in a 401k or other good investment, the person with a PhD will have a really hard time catching up on your head start.
Since a MS program is much shorter than a PhD program, and since you get a decent jump in salary with a MS, I think it may make sense (from a purely financial perspective) to get a MS.
Although money is not a good reason to get a PhD, there are good ones, for example:
You want to teach at university
You want to do research (possible for really talented people with a MS, but rare)
You really like the subject, and want more time in school
You want people to call you "Doctor"
I'm sure there are others, but in my experience those are some common ones.
Another vote for PS:Torment. Definitely the best CRPG ever, both overall and in terms of:
* Plot * Interaction with NPCs * Interaction among NPCs * Best sidekick/party member (Mort, a lecherous floating skull who gets a *lot* of great lines.)
I also loved the part where you can play with a toy adventurer. Short, but priceless.
My runners up are Fallout 1, Balder's Gate 2, and Fallout 2.
Well, the GP didn't say what kind of undergraduate degree program he was in, so maybe it was on something very applied like "Database Administration" and you're right.
But if he's getting a Computer Science degree (which seems to be the plurality of students on/.), then his courses should *not* be emphasizing how the syntax for database A is different from the syntax for database B. The courses should be about higher level concepts (maybe replication, or normalization).
If you've never read it, I recommend The Right to Read, written by RMS in 1997. I read it when it was published and thought he was being his usual extremist self, and that stuff like he describes would never happen. Unfortunately, it looks like he was being prophetic.
The only problem
with Microsoft is they just have no taste. I don't mean that in a small way. I mean that in a big way, in
the sense that they don't think of original ideas and they don't bring much
culture into their products. I have no problem with their success --
they've earned their success for the most part. I have a problem with the
fact that they just make really third-rate products.
Emacs also has really good support for LaTeX, including outlining, collapse/expand, spell check, and click-on-output-in-previewer-to-go-to-source (sorry, I know there's a name for this feature, but I can't remember it).
Or if you're an Eclipse fan, there are also plugins for it for editing and building LaTeX.
I remember using the new beta of IRIX in 1990 (verion 5, I think) when I was an intern at SGI (then Silicon Graphics). Update anything live, including the kernel.
Shouldn't the headline read "Diebold *promises* to pull out of NC"? As in, when someone says, "I'm leaving, but I'll be back" and you reply, "Is that a promise or a threat?"
The very first prototype of a UI should be on paper. You draw the interface, menus, dialog boxes, etc. You can even user test a paper interface, ideally with one person "playing computer" (i.e., bringing up dialog boxes when the user "clicks" on the buttons), one person providing directions to the participant, and one person making notes.
Some types of interfaces require more finesse than others when using paper, but even if the interface includes animated elements, you can still learn a lot from the paper version. And it's *so* much faster to build with paper than even with the easiest software prototyping/RAD/whatever tool.
I agree that Vinge should be represented, but I'd favor A Deepenss in the Sky over A Fire Upon the Deep. I thought the pacing in Fire was a bit slow at times, but Deepness was better in that respect. I also thought Focus was really interesting and the society around it really well done.
If you don't want to do that, here's my own summary from what I read of the above materials: A) Evidence about its use for law enforcement/criminal investigation shows that it is better than chance but "far from perfect", B) There is nearly no scientific evidence about its efficacy for screening or pre-screening employees, and C) there are good reasons for thinking that it would be even less effective for (pre-)screening than it is for law enforcement.
For those unfamiliar with the NAS, there's a Wikipedia article.
Your proposal is a little bit like how Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) works. You tell your web browser what your privacy preferences are and when you go to a site it compares your prefs with the P3P spec at the site. If they match, cool; if not (or if the site doesn't have a P3P spec), it warns you. Netscape 7 and IE 6 both have some P3P support. See the P3P implementations page for details and other implementations.
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I used Slackware in the distant past (~1994), RedHat several years ago, Fedora a couple years ago, and recently SuSE and Gentoo.
...
I found that with the RPM-based systems, I frequently got into RPM hell[*]. Although I have run into conflicts with Gentoo (mainly X and KDE), this has happened much, much less frequently than the RPM issues I had.
On the computer I bought around 2002 (A 1.1GHz Athlon), emerging is often time-consuming. However, on my newer, 64-bit AMD box, it's quite fast for all but the biggest emerges.
So overall, I'm much happier with Gentoo, but YMMV. Void where prohibited. For external use only.
[*] For the few people who are reading this far into this thread and don't know what that is: installing new software or updating existing software conflicts with existing software and/or requires 2 more things to be updated, which then requires 2 more things to be updated,
It's not an inversion, it's a focus on a different part of the security process, one that isn't talked about so much: Recovery.
People talk a lot about Detection and Prevention, which is good since a lot of times Recovery isn't feasible (for example, if a virus wipes someone's home PC, it's likely not recoverable since they probably didn't have a backup).
However, sometimes it's better to allow a potentially bad thing to happen and recover from it later if it turns out to actually be bad, than to prevent it in the first place. It seems like Wikipedia may have found one of those times.
I'd suggest looking at Alice, which was specifically designed for education. It helps new programmers avoid getting stuck on syntax, and provides a 3D environment that is both fun and teaches OO principles. (And Electronic Arts has agreed to let them use some Sims artwork.)
We bought a Samsung ML-1210 2-3 years ago for home use and have been really happy with it. It works great with both Windows and Linux (using CUPS & foomatic). I'd definitely buy a Samsung printer again.
The character theme is one that is in Stephen Covey's "7 Habits" books. In Principle Centered Leadership, for example, he emphasizes that you cannot be a good leader without good communication, which requires trust, which requires that you be trustworthy. I'd recommend the book for anyone in a leadership role.
For pretty-printing Java, I like jGRASP. It draws outlining-type lines to the left of the code to show nesting and control structures. I always use it to print code for code reviews. It can generate class diagrams, too, but I haven't used that feature.
Intercal is another interesting language, thanks to statements such as COME FROM.
No, no, the correct label is:
Warning: Do not look into laser with remaining eye.
This is right on. If your goal is the biggest stack of dollars, certainly don't get a PhD. Even if you graduate with no student loans, the income you could have made during those years of grad school is substantial. And since money now is worth more than money later, even if a BS starting salary is only $40k and a starting PhD salary is $100k, if you have a BS and invest in a 401k or other good investment, the person with a PhD will have a really hard time catching up on your head start.
Since a MS program is much shorter than a PhD program, and since you get a decent jump in salary with a MS, I think it may make sense (from a purely financial perspective) to get a MS.
Although money is not a good reason to get a PhD, there are good ones, for example:
I'm sure there are others, but in my experience those are some common ones.
Another vote for PS:Torment. Definitely the best CRPG ever, both overall and in terms of:
* Plot
* Interaction with NPCs
* Interaction among NPCs
* Best sidekick/party member (Mort, a lecherous floating skull who gets a *lot* of great lines.)
I also loved the part where you can play with a toy adventurer. Short, but priceless.
My runners up are Fallout 1, Balder's Gate 2, and Fallout 2.
All your base are... oh, nevermind.
Well, the GP didn't say what kind of undergraduate degree program he was in, so maybe it was on something very applied like "Database Administration" and you're right.
/.), then his courses should *not* be emphasizing how the syntax for database A is different from the syntax for database B. The courses should be about higher level concepts (maybe replication, or normalization).
But if he's getting a Computer Science degree (which seems to be the plurality of students on
WARNING: Information you read on the Net may be untrustworthy. Film at 11.
Like the saying goes, "I read it on usenet, so it must be true." Just s/usenet/the world wide web/ and we're done.
How is this sort of thing news?
If you've never read it, I recommend The Right to Read, written by RMS in 1997. I read it when it was published and thought he was being his usual extremist self, and that stuff like he describes would never happen. Unfortunately, it looks like he was being prophetic.
[Quoted from FoRK Archive.]
Once again, another poor, innocent server melted down by a slashdotting...
t ableapps.com/+&hl=en&client=firefox-a
Google cache of home page is here: http://google.com/search?q=cache:4xtQ3HrcVacJ:por
Emacs also has really good support for LaTeX, including outlining, collapse/expand, spell check, and click-on-output-in-previewer-to-go-to-source (sorry, I know there's a name for this feature, but I can't remember it).
Or if you're an Eclipse fan, there are also plugins for it for editing and building LaTeX.
I remember using the new beta of IRIX in 1990 (verion 5, I think) when I was an intern at SGI (then Silicon Graphics). Update anything live, including the kernel.
Shouldn't the headline read "Diebold *promises* to pull out of NC"? As in, when someone says, "I'm leaving, but I'll be back" and you reply, "Is that a promise or a threat?"
The very first prototype of a UI should be on paper. You draw the interface, menus, dialog boxes, etc. You can even user test a paper interface, ideally with one person "playing computer" (i.e., bringing up dialog boxes when the user "clicks" on the buttons), one person providing directions to the participant, and one person making notes.
Some types of interfaces require more finesse than others when using paper, but even if the interface includes animated elements, you can still learn a lot from the paper version. And it's *so* much faster to build with paper than even with the easiest software prototyping/RAD/whatever tool.
I agree that Vinge should be represented, but I'd favor A Deepenss in the Sky over A Fire Upon the Deep. I thought the pacing in Fire was a bit slow at times, but Deepness was better in that respect. I also thought Focus was really interesting and the society around it really well done.
If you don't want to do that, here's my own summary from what I read of the above materials: A) Evidence about its use for law enforcement/criminal investigation shows that it is better than chance but "far from perfect", B) There is nearly no scientific evidence about its efficacy for screening or pre-screening employees, and C) there are good reasons for thinking that it would be even less effective for (pre-)screening than it is for law enforcement.
For those unfamiliar with the NAS, there's a Wikipedia article.
Your proposal is a little bit like how Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) works. You tell your web browser what your privacy preferences are and when you go to a site it compares your prefs with the P3P spec at the site. If they match, cool; if not (or if the site doesn't have a P3P spec), it warns you. Netscape 7 and IE 6 both have some P3P support. See the P3P implementations page for details and other implementations.
The problem with sweeping generalizations is that they're all wrong.