Read the post further up regarding gun ownership in NZ (disregard the Swiss bit, my friends have lied!!!!;-)) The rules for gun ownership in NZ are strict, and assault rifles and automatic weapons are illegal. To own a handgun you have to abide by extremely strict rules and MUST belong to a gun club.
That'll teach me not to trust my Swiss friends!! That info was got from some who live in and around Zurich. Perhaps they don't get out much. I am aware there is a lot of misinfo about a lot of Swiss rules etc. so I do try and check with those who should know.....
Still, correct me if I'm wrong again, but the rules on the use of guns is still quite strict ? (i.e. concealing a weapon or openly carrying one down the main street is frowned upon)
Two countries that are often touted by the pro-gun lobby as reasons to keep the free availability of guns in the US: Switzerland and NZ, because both have high gun ownership. However, what they all fail to mention, is that if you carry a gun in a public place (say in the city or suburb) you WILL get arrested and you will be facing down the barrel of a few dozen specialised aremd police. You cannot carry a loaded (or even unloaded really) gun in public (I'm excluding hunting in the forest/bush/farmland).
And just try carrying a pistol/handgun in a public place.....
Both countries may have a lot of guns, but they are HEAVILY controlled. In NZ the gun must be kept locked in an approved gun safe/cabinet. The firing mechanism must be kept separate and have an approved lock, and the ammunition must also be stored separately and locked.
(Note: I am not commenting on the correctness or otherwise of the US gun policies)
Well, we are assuming that this person is in the US. THe law varies from country to country.
I was asked many years ago by a customer to install monitoring software to check the work rate of secretaries. I POLITELY said that I felt uncomfortable about that and requested that if they wished to have that software installed, then they should contact my manager. If necessary someone else could come and install it. As long as you are polite, and reasoned in your arguments, most employers should respect this. If not, then you've got a good reason to find something else.
Note that in some countries this is illegal unless the employees are officially notified. There can be some fairly restrictive rules on how and when this information can subsequently be used.
Why on earth are you trying to develop something in Domino in a pseudo-relational manner ?? If you need a relational DB, use one. Domino is NOT and has NEVER purported to be a relational DB system. Develop the backend on a RDBMS, and if necessary use the numerous Domino methods to use/display/whatever that backend data.
As a good developer, you should use the right tool for the right job. It's like trying to use GIMP to do architectural drawings, or using PERL to write and operating system.
Not every technical problem in this world needs a relational DB.
You can always try WINE and the Win32 client. I've had 4.6x working reasonably well, and it seems that 5.01 can be made to work too. I suppose you could try Bochs/VMWare too.
4.6x had Unix clients - how well things work depends on many factors (I've always had them working well, others have major problems), including whether or not R5 features are being used.
4.6x is a full Notes client for several types of Unix. 5.x does not have a Unix client, although there do seem to be more requests for it.
You can use a browser and/or POP3 or IMAP to access mail, and a browser to access other apps. There is no reason to have to ditch the Solaris workstation.
The french haven't done any atmospheric tests for some time. They did let off a few underground at Mururoa Atoll a few of years ago, ostensibly so they could check their simulators (they didn't want the US ones). Their atmospheric ones used to be done on the nearby Fangataufa (sp?) atoll.
The time from first infection to first detection depends on the tests, but HIV can be detected quite quickly (within 6 weeks). If nothing shows in 3 months (2 tests), your safe, assuming no other exposure.
The time from first infection until the time you develop and AIDS related illness seems to be around 7-12 years, depending on a number of factors. It is very difficult to prove exactly when you were infected.
Once you develop an AIDS related illness, the length of time you have left depends on: - what the illness was (the first could kill you) - how soon you started treatment from the time of first infection - your general health.
A number of people have lived 5 - 10 years or more after having developed an AIDS related illness, are still seem pretty healthy. Others go very quickly.
As a side note, I read some time ago that there appear to be some people who don't get infected due to them lacking some protein or enzyme (something like 1 in 100 white males, also some African women).
Remember, you don't die from AIDS, you die from a related illness, probably something a healthy body wouldn't even notice.
Of course, you can run it on Solaris, AIX, AS/400, S/390, OS/2, HP/UX and soon Linux. Clustering for fail-over and load balancing works well, even if the servers have different operating system.
Latest figures have the S/390 version supporting 45,00 active users on a sinlge server. Or, 27,000 on an AS/400 (which won't crash either).
Again, through experience, I would not go with Exchange. If they want calendar/scheduler/address books and journals, I'd go with Notes 5.
Exchange just causes too much pain, especiallyu when you start trying to interconnect organisations. When it breaks, it's an absolute pig to fix. Upgrades are a nightmare. These are all simple with Notes - even going back a version is easy enough. Notes does have its share of problems, but they are more cosmetic than fundamental flaws).
That was pre version 5. It's now limited by hardware/NT.
It's one of the magic numbers that gets thrown around, like M$ like to throw around Notes (pre v5) 4GB DB limit, conveniently failing to mention that that was per DB or per mail file. FYI, R5's limit is platform limited.
I would definitely NOT consider using Exchange (ever). I, and many other collegues have too many scars from it.
I don't know about veritas, but other solutions that allow single mail box restore force you to do single mail box backups, which for a reasonable size server takes so long even the manufacturers don't encourage you to use it.
And don't think about restoring a single mail-box/file - it must be restored to a separate server. Exchange has some serious limitations, not least of which is how difficult it can be to change certain configuration items. And of course, you are limited to NT, and the NT domain architecture.
If you just want email, go with a pure email solution. You won't want to put all these on a single server, but there are many, many solutions available on numerous (stable) platforms. Try and go for something that has a good directory. Consider some of the many email 'appliance servers'.
Oh dear, you've been reading too much. If you actually had a look around, you'd find you can get SuSe from a number of sources - cheap CDs, multi-distro packages etc.
The thing most of you seem to miss, is that downloading stuff in Europe costs big money, due to the call costs.
It is very clear from the install what stuff is free and what isn't. Oh, I forgot, you've never installed it, you just thought you'd sound cool and repeat something you'd read somewhere.
As for all you "if its not oper-soure/gpl/my favourite license" then why are any of you using Netscape. After all, its proprietary, closed source....
Well you could move across the Tasman, and get free local calls. Not untimed, free. Unlimited ISP connection to one of the big boys is NZ$39.99 per month.
Every time I spent time in Oz, I particularly remember the poor quality service of Telstra.
Where I was living, telecom were offering xDSL for NZ$79 per month, and that included the connection to their ISP. Plus, initially (now dropped) you could have a couple of tv channels too.
From what I remember, Telecom NZ is quite keen to get in there. While their business practices leave something to be desired, they do offer a pretty good service.
The wilidlife in NZ became extremely specialised, due to its long isolation. Until man arrived, the only mamal was a fruit bat - all other creatures were birds or reptiles. The birds especially became very specialised with many losing the ability to fly (Kakapo, weka, kiwi etc.). The role filled by small mamals in most other places was filled by some fairly large insects (Weta for example)
I doubt that re-introducing the Huia will disrupt the ecosystem that much. There may be a problem that some of its food sources are now scarce though, which could make its continued survival difficult.
NZ has some really interesting (many extinct) animals. Some would be 'interesting' to clone - the moa, which was bigger than the emu, and an eagle that could hunt moa - now that had a seriously big wing-span (imagine if that crapped on your windscreen)
BTW, there is some serious searching going on at the moment as there may be evidence that the Huia is not extinct. A similar thing happened with the Takahe, which was believed (until fairly recently) to be extinct. Also, blaming its extinction on whites is being somewhat politically correct - the Maori played quite a large part in decimating this bird too.
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>And at least RH users have the option of >buying $2 CDs, unlike some distributions.
I don't think comments like this from someone at one distributor aimed at another are very helpful, nor professional.
Please, leave it to the kiddies to play the childish name calling games.
If you like RH, use it. If you like SuSE use it. If you like Debian use, but for god's dake let's stop this stupid name calling
>There are rumours of a number other questionable >tactics, but I don't want to propagate potential >misinformation.
I'd hate to spread FUD, but I overheard someone saying that they'd heard a rumour from someone closely connected with a company nearby that says.......
I doubt though that you really intended your post to be humorous
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Read the post further up regarding gun ownership in NZ (disregard the Swiss bit, my friends have lied!!!!;-)) The rules for gun ownership in NZ are strict, and assault rifles and automatic weapons are illegal. To own a handgun you have to abide by extremely strict rules and MUST belong to a gun club.
That'll teach me not to trust my Swiss friends!! That info was got from some who live in and around Zurich. Perhaps they don't get out much. I am aware there is a lot of misinfo about a lot of Swiss rules etc. so I do try and check with those who should know.....
Still, correct me if I'm wrong again, but the rules on the use of guns is still quite strict ? (i.e. concealing a weapon or openly carrying one down the main street is frowned upon)
Two countries that are often touted by the pro-gun lobby as reasons to keep the free availability of guns in the US: Switzerland and NZ, because both have high gun ownership. However, what they all fail to mention, is that if you carry a gun in a public place (say in the city or suburb) you WILL get arrested and you will be facing down the barrel of a few dozen specialised aremd police. You cannot carry a loaded (or even unloaded really) gun in public (I'm excluding hunting in the forest/bush/farmland).
And just try carrying a pistol/handgun in a public place.....
Both countries may have a lot of guns, but they are HEAVILY controlled. In NZ the gun must be kept locked in an approved gun safe/cabinet. The firing mechanism must be kept separate and have an approved lock, and the ammunition must also be stored separately and locked.
(Note: I am not commenting on the correctness or otherwise of the US gun policies)
Actually, just like the Dutch, the all sport very nice golden brown all over tans. It's time you did some travelling.
New Zealand has free local calls (and unlimited net access for NZ$29.95 per month), and Aus has a per call fixed charge (not time based)
Well, we are assuming that this person is in the US. THe law varies from country to country.
I was asked many years ago by a customer to install monitoring software to check the work rate of secretaries. I POLITELY said that I felt uncomfortable about that and requested that if they wished to have that software installed, then they should contact my manager. If necessary someone else could come and install it. As long as you are polite, and reasoned in your arguments, most employers should respect this. If not, then you've got a good reason to find something else.
Note that in some countries this is illegal unless the employees are officially notified. There can be some fairly restrictive rules on how and when this information can subsequently be used.
Why on earth are you trying to develop something in Domino in a pseudo-relational manner ?? If you need a relational DB, use one. Domino is NOT and has NEVER purported to be a relational DB system. Develop the backend on a RDBMS, and if necessary use the numerous Domino methods to use/display/whatever that backend data.
As a good developer, you should use the right tool for the right job. It's like trying to use GIMP to do architectural drawings, or using PERL to write and operating system.
Not every technical problem in this world needs a relational DB.
The OS/2 Domino server runs _way_ better than the Win32 version. The only time I had to restart my OS/2 Domino server was to add more disk space.
You can always try WINE and the Win32 client. I've had 4.6x working reasonably well, and it seems that 5.01 can be made to work too. I suppose you could try Bochs/VMWare too.
4.6x had Unix clients - how well things work depends on many factors (I've always had them working well, others have major problems), including whether or not R5 features are being used.
4.6x is a full Notes client for several types of Unix. 5.x does not have a Unix client, although there do seem to be more requests for it.
You can use a browser and/or POP3 or IMAP to access mail, and a browser to access other apps. There is no reason to have to ditch the Solaris workstation.
The french haven't done any atmospheric tests for some time. They did let off a few underground at Mururoa Atoll a few of years ago, ostensibly so they could check their simulators (they didn't want the US ones). Their atmospheric ones used to be done on the nearby Fangataufa (sp?) atoll.
Just be glad you don't want to live in central London (UK)!!!
Whoops, forgot....
The time from first infection to first detection depends on the tests, but HIV can be detected quite quickly (within 6 weeks). If nothing shows in 3 months (2 tests), your safe, assuming no other exposure.
The time from first infection until the time you develop and AIDS related illness seems to be around 7-12 years, depending on a number of factors. It is very difficult to prove exactly when you were infected.
Once you develop an AIDS related illness, the length of time you have left depends on:
- what the illness was (the first could kill you)
- how soon you started treatment from the time of first infection
- your general health.
A number of people have lived 5 - 10 years or more after having developed an AIDS related illness, are still seem pretty healthy. Others go very quickly.
As a side note, I read some time ago that there appear to be some people who don't get infected due to them lacking some protein or enzyme (something like 1 in 100 white males, also some African women).
Remember, you don't die from AIDS, you die from a related illness, probably something a healthy body wouldn't even notice.
Of course, you can run it on Solaris, AIX, AS/400, S/390, OS/2, HP/UX and soon Linux. Clustering for fail-over and load balancing works well, even if the servers have different operating system.
Latest figures have the S/390 version supporting 45,00 active users on a sinlge server. Or, 27,000 on an AS/400 (which won't crash either).
Again, through experience, I would not go with Exchange. If they want calendar/scheduler/address books and journals, I'd go with Notes 5.
Exchange just causes too much pain, especiallyu when you start trying to interconnect organisations. When it breaks, it's an absolute pig to fix. Upgrades are a nightmare. These are all simple with Notes - even going back a version is easy enough. Notes does have its share of problems, but they are more cosmetic than fundamental flaws).
That was pre version 5. It's now limited by hardware/NT.
It's one of the magic numbers that gets thrown around, like M$ like to throw around Notes (pre v5) 4GB DB limit, conveniently failing to mention that that was per DB or per mail file. FYI, R5's limit is platform limited.
I would definitely NOT consider using Exchange (ever). I, and many other collegues have too many scars from it.
I don't know about veritas, but other solutions that allow single mail box restore force you to do single mail box backups, which for a reasonable size server takes so long even the manufacturers don't encourage you to use it.
And don't think about restoring a single mail-box/file - it must be restored to a separate server. Exchange has some serious limitations, not least of which is how difficult it can be to change certain configuration items. And of course, you are limited to NT, and the NT domain architecture.
If you just want email, go with a pure email solution. You won't want to put all these on a single server, but there are many, many solutions available on numerous (stable) platforms. Try and go for something that has a good directory. Consider some of the many email 'appliance servers'.
Of course you're trolling....
Remind me, what country grants ridiculous software patents again ???
Oh dear, you've been reading too much. If you actually had a look around, you'd find you can get SuSe from a number of sources - cheap CDs, multi-distro packages etc.
The thing most of you seem to miss, is that downloading stuff in Europe costs big money, due to the call costs.
It is very clear from the install what stuff is free and what isn't. Oh, I forgot, you've never installed it, you just thought you'd sound cool and repeat something you'd read somewhere.
As for all you "if its not oper-soure/gpl/my favourite license" then why are any of you using Netscape. After all, its proprietary, closed source....
Well you could move across the Tasman, and get free local calls. Not untimed, free. Unlimited ISP connection to one of the big boys is NZ$39.99 per month.
Every time I spent time in Oz, I particularly remember the poor quality service of Telstra.
Where I was living, telecom were offering xDSL for NZ$79 per month, and that included the connection to their ISP. Plus, initially (now dropped) you could have a couple of tv channels too.
From what I remember, Telecom NZ is quite keen to get in there. While their business practices leave something to be desired, they do offer a pretty good service.
The wilidlife in NZ became extremely specialised, due to its long isolation. Until man arrived, the only mamal was a fruit bat - all other creatures were birds or reptiles. The birds especially became very specialised with many losing the ability to fly (Kakapo, weka, kiwi etc.). The role filled by small mamals in most other places was filled by some fairly large insects (Weta for example)
I doubt that re-introducing the Huia will disrupt the ecosystem that much. There may be a problem that some of its food sources are now scarce though, which could make its continued survival difficult.
NZ has some really interesting (many extinct) animals. Some would be 'interesting' to clone - the moa, which was bigger than the emu, and an eagle that could hunt moa - now that had a seriously big wing-span (imagine if that crapped on your windscreen)
BTW, there is some serious searching going on at the moment as there may be evidence that the Huia is not extinct. A similar thing happened with the Takahe, which was believed (until fairly recently) to be extinct. Also, blaming its extinction on whites is being somewhat politically correct - the Maori played quite a large part in decimating this bird too.
>And at least RH users have the option of
>buying $2 CDs, unlike some distributions.
I don't think comments like this from someone at one distributor aimed at another are very helpful, nor professional.
Please, leave it to the kiddies to play the childish name calling games.
If you like RH, use it. If you like SuSE use it. If you like Debian use, but for god's dake let's stop this stupid name calling
>There are rumours of a number other questionable >tactics, but I don't want to propagate potential >misinformation.
I'd hate to spread FUD, but I overheard someone saying that they'd heard a rumour from someone closely connected with a company nearby that says.......
I doubt though that you really intended your post to be humorous