Step 5. Old time Linux users have gone on to some other OS because if it ain't CLI it's not for them. Besides the thought the unwashed was using Linux would destroy it's exclusivity.
You got to be kidding! To assume the average computer jockey on/. are more scientific flies in the face of evidence from their postings. Most posters here think science is like C.S.I or some Sci-fi film that they saw over Bit-torrent (Matrix ex all).
Dude in all honesty you need counseling. Your post indicates an ambivalence to why we as adults protect children. Do you honestly believe child porn is freely commited on the childs part? Ultimatly these acts are caused by Socialpaths who have problems with understanding that other people exsist outside themselves. There are many places that will provide help. Find one before you act on an impulse that can't be undone.
Any Department when asked to cut costs needs to handle it thusly; "Do to the companies need to save money, our department will reduce by 50 percent its proposed budget increase for the next Fiscal cycle." Then simply increase the amount you used in the previous budget by 10 percent (To allow for all the ever increasing work done.) Now your actual Budget only rises by 5 percent and you can tell everyone how you saved big Bucks and the bottom line.
I live in North west Arkansas. The nearest town is 19 miles away. I live 5 miles from the paved highway. And Guess what? I can get DSL from my local phone company. Though presently I only use dial-up at 56K, I could pay the $50 a month for high speed. You might be suprised that not all of Arkansas is living in the 19th century.
I have a suggestion to solve your problem. Why don't you have all applicants pay a fee of $100.00 to be allowed to fill out the job application. This way you can screen out the Riff-Raff and other Undesirables. Just think of the extra money your company can raise with repeated job adds! And as an added bonus the job searcher will feel that your company is serious about examining his/hers background. I think it is only a matter of time before all companies will do this (Sadly enough).
I have had my 15C since 1985. I bought it when I attended Naval Nuclear Power School. The batteries have never been replaced and they still work fine. Pretty amazing considering 20 Years has gone bye. I also still have the original Owner's Handbook after all this time. Its too bad that more electronics aren't design so well. RPN Rulez
Some of us use what you just wrote about because it works just fine for us! As for being uneducated I suspect many slashdotters suffer from a less than classical education
I have tried to learn Programing (DIY) but find that I just don't get it. Every "Learn Code in 5 Easy Lessons" book I have bought starts out with a simple "Hello World" program and then progresses to functonal Databasing without explaining the gap. To often Computer people assume the language is understood when it is not. And I am no Dummy, but can not fathom why "if goto=1,thenrefibrilate$ thae nano%#@ has anything to do with a command to send my report to the printer. Its too bad a program language could not use straight forward commands rather than shorthand and cryptic typeface conventions. By the way I graduated in the top 10% in Naval Nuclear Power and I am self taught in computer use since Dos 5.0
All I Want from a OS is to provide for stable use of Hardware and then have Applications provide there own look and feel. Really is it too much to ask for that the operating system be seperate from all the problems with secondary programs? Just like any other product, weather a car or tape player, you don't expect to have to rebuild them just because the brand of Fuzzy Dice(tm), copy of Michel Bolton is used on them. If consumers could rely on the computer to always work than programers could expand out to offer Cool Apps. and other nifty embellishments. Most People don't give a Damn about who makes a product if it works. But they will never forget one that doesn't.
Actually being a Rocket Scientist does not help in understanding Linux. The biggest problem non computer users have with all Operating Systems is the Idiots that write the Manuals. Almost always Manuals explain the simple terms but leave out definitions that the Author feels is common Knowledge. Lets take the what should be simple act of getting your hardware to work. Most OS'es have an installation program therefore the Manual assumes the operator does not have to do anything to make his computer work. When the computer does'nt work, the manual does not step by step spell out what to do, but rather immediatly assumes that operator can find and program a solution. Which pisses off the Person who is trying to learn how to use the Dam-Blasted Gadget. I wish that computer people would learn to hire non technical people to write Manuals and Help files. I swere the next time I go to the Help section and it contains a stupid statement such as "a modem is used to connect you to the Internet." rather than how to fix a modem related problem, I will hunt down the Author and dis-enbowel Him/her/whatever.
It is readily apparent that most of the posters on this subject were in school decades after myself. In my high school my math class was taught to use a slide rule, the first TI Calc had just been marketed and all it could do was add,sutract,divide and multiply. In latter years in Naval Nuclear Power School we were allowed to use scientific calculators so long as they could not store data (move up to HP-15C). Having just recently been through a certification course from my state, one fact became apparent. Those younger guys in the class were unable to do simple math even with calculators. It seems schools no longer teach fundamentals, that is anything more than plug and chug. Most of them couldn't understand Algebraic manipulation of a standard equation. Certainly there are bright individuals today that can do math, but what is truly sad is most people under the age of 30 can not.
I still have the HP and it still runs on the original batteries from 1985
You are a complete Boob! Obviously you have no clue about the facts of the Election. Bush won in Florida the numbers prove it. Just because crooked Democrats have tried to "cook the books", does not mean that facts are facts. Go back to your U.F.O. sightings and crop circles and leave the real world to the rest of us.
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If only We could have been so lucky! If you want to watch good TV catch Forensics Science on the Learning Channel. CSI is for brain dead Network Viewers. Its the type of show for fake science buffs and UFO whackos. By the way, when has popularity determined that something is worthwhile? Most of the popular kids in school are not the sort to write to \.
What a bunch of spoiled children! Where do you think these so called rights come from? Most of you dont believe in a Diety, just natural selection. Well if your beliefs are true no rights exist other than what the strong will allow. Dont hide behind this stupid selfishness of thinking that your personal comfort matters at all. If you are not willing to fight prepare to be enslaved by those who have non of your whimpering cries for peace at all cost. I am ashamed any American would go around demeaning our system that gives him the Freedom to do so. I hope all you fuzzy Peace-Niks get just what you deserve!
About the only reason most people/companies bought new computers was the Y2K scare. It may come as a shock to the disc/propellor/beenie heads but most people and companies are happy with there boxes as long as they work. I have been getting along just fine with my Cyrix 200 from 1995 it runs IE5.5 without a hitch and I am able to run most games on it. However I have not upgraded beyond '95B because I dont need all the Garbage newer OS's have on them to supposedly surf the Net....
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Equipment fails! Even horribly expensive Equipment fails. Dont assume that a few failures means the thought or design was wrong. "The best laid plans of Mice and Man oft go Awry."
Sorry to disagree but the vast majority of people being arrested with child pornography have been found to have images of their own devising. A man in Arkansas was arrested reacently for receiving and distributing over the net pictures of reacent porn. The Police have found evidence in his home of possibly 20 local kids that this man may have assaulted and molested. Far from being harmless this sort of stuff encourages people to act out there own depravity.
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Step 5. Old time Linux users have gone on to some other OS because if it ain't CLI it's not for them.
Besides the thought the unwashed was using Linux would destroy it's exclusivity.
You got to be kidding! To assume the average computer jockey on /.
are more scientific flies in the face of evidence from their postings.
Most posters here think science is like C.S.I or some Sci-fi film that they saw over Bit-torrent (Matrix ex all).
Dude in all honesty you need counseling. Your post indicates an ambivalence to why we as adults protect children. Do you honestly believe child porn is freely commited on the childs part? Ultimatly these acts are caused by Socialpaths who have problems with understanding that other people exsist outside themselves.
There are many places that will provide help. Find one before you act on an impulse that can't be undone.
A Keith Laumer Fan! The Corps Diplomatic Terestrial forever!
Feed the cat dont post on slashdot ggoodnite. matt
Dont reply to slashdot,when yiour drnk beasuse the abilitymto fashion coherent logical statemennts t is missinf.
Any Department when asked to cut costs needs to handle it thusly; "Do to the companies need to save money, our department will reduce by 50 percent its proposed budget increase for the next Fiscal cycle." Then simply increase the amount you used in the previous budget by 10 percent (To allow for all the ever increasing work done.) Now your actual Budget only rises by 5 percent and you can tell everyone how you saved big Bucks and the bottom line.
I live in North west Arkansas. The nearest town is 19 miles away. I live 5 miles from the paved highway. And Guess what? I can get DSL from my local phone company. Though presently I only use dial-up at 56K, I could pay the $50 a month for high speed. You might be suprised that not all of Arkansas is living in the 19th century.
I have a suggestion to solve your problem. Why don't you have all applicants pay a fee of $100.00 to be allowed to fill out the job application. This way you can screen out the Riff-Raff and other Undesirables. Just think of the extra money your company can raise with repeated job adds! And as an added bonus the job searcher will feel that your company is serious about examining his/hers background. I think it is only a matter of time before all companies will do this (Sadly enough).
I have had my 15C since 1985. I bought it when I attended Naval Nuclear Power School. The batteries have never been replaced and they still work fine. Pretty amazing considering 20 Years has gone bye. I also still have the original Owner's Handbook after all this time. Its too bad that more electronics aren't design so well. RPN Rulez
Some of us use what you just wrote about because it works just fine for us! As for being uneducated I suspect many slashdotters suffer from a less than classical education
Did you think to open the hood and look for spark plugs???
I have tried to learn Programing (DIY) but find that I just don't get it. Every "Learn Code in 5 Easy Lessons" book I have bought starts out with a simple "Hello World" program and then progresses to functonal Databasing without explaining the gap. To often Computer people assume the language is understood when it is not. And I am no Dummy, but can not fathom why "if goto=1,thenrefibrilate$ thae nano%#@ has anything to do with a command to send my report to the printer. Its too bad a program language could not use straight forward commands rather than shorthand and cryptic typeface conventions. By the way I graduated in the top 10% in Naval Nuclear Power and I am self taught in computer use since Dos 5.0
All I Want from a OS is to provide for stable use of Hardware and then have Applications provide there own look and feel. Really is it too much to ask for that the operating system be seperate from all the problems with secondary programs? Just like any other product, weather a car or tape player, you don't expect to have to rebuild them just because the brand of Fuzzy Dice(tm), copy of Michel Bolton is used on them. If consumers could rely on the computer to always work than programers could expand out to offer Cool Apps. and other nifty embellishments. Most People don't give a Damn about who makes a product if it works. But they will never forget one that doesn't.
Actually being a Rocket Scientist does not help in understanding Linux. The biggest problem non computer users have with all Operating Systems is the Idiots that write the Manuals. Almost always Manuals explain the simple terms but leave out definitions that the Author feels is common Knowledge. Lets take the what should be simple act of getting your hardware to work. Most OS'es have an installation program therefore the Manual assumes the operator does not have to do anything to make his computer work. When the computer does'nt work, the manual does not step by step spell out what to do, but rather immediatly assumes that operator can find and program a solution. Which pisses off the Person who is trying to learn how to use the Dam-Blasted Gadget. I wish that computer people would learn to hire non technical people to write Manuals and Help files. I swere the next time I go to the Help section and it contains a stupid statement such as "a modem is used to connect you to the Internet." rather than how to fix a modem related problem, I will hunt down the Author and dis-enbowel Him/her/whatever.
I keep telling you, you ignoramus, the Earth is flat! The Flat Earth Society.
It is readily apparent that most of the posters on this subject were in school decades after myself. In my high school my math class was taught to use a slide rule, the first TI Calc had just been marketed and all it could do was add,sutract,divide and multiply.
In latter years in Naval Nuclear Power School we were allowed to use scientific calculators so long as they could not store data (move up to HP-15C).
Having just recently been through a certification course from my state, one fact became apparent. Those younger guys in the class were unable to do simple math even with calculators. It seems schools no longer teach fundamentals, that is anything more than plug and chug. Most of them couldn't understand Algebraic manipulation of a standard equation. Certainly there are bright individuals today that can do math, but what is truly sad is most people under the age of 30 can not.
I still have the HP and it still runs on the original batteries from 1985
You are a complete Boob! Obviously you have no clue about the facts of the Election. Bush won in Florida the numbers prove it. Just because crooked Democrats have tried to "cook the books", does not mean that facts are facts. Go back to your U.F.O. sightings and crop circles and leave the real world to the rest of us.
If only We could have been so lucky! If you want to watch good TV catch Forensics Science on the Learning Channel. CSI is for brain dead Network Viewers. Its the type of show for fake science buffs and UFO whackos. By the way, when has popularity determined that something is worthwhile? Most of the popular kids in school are not the sort to write to \.
What a bunch of spoiled children! Where do you think these so called rights come from? Most of you dont believe in a Diety, just natural selection. Well if your beliefs are true no rights exist other than what the strong will allow. Dont hide behind this stupid selfishness of thinking that your personal comfort matters at all. If you are not willing to fight prepare to be enslaved by those who have non of your whimpering cries for peace at all cost. I am ashamed any American would go around demeaning our system that gives him the Freedom to do so. I hope all you fuzzy Peace-Niks get just what you deserve!
About the only reason most people/companies bought new computers was the Y2K scare. It may come as a shock to the disc/propellor/beenie heads but most people and companies are happy with there boxes as long as they work. I have been getting along just fine with my Cyrix 200 from 1995 it runs IE5.5 without a hitch and I am able to run most games on it. However I have not upgraded beyond '95B because I dont need all the Garbage newer OS's have on them to supposedly surf the Net. ...
Equipment fails! Even horribly expensive Equipment fails. Dont assume that a few failures means the thought or design was wrong. "The best laid plans of Mice and Man oft go Awry."
Sorry to disagree but the vast majority of people being arrested with child pornography have been found to have images of their own devising. A man in Arkansas was arrested reacently for receiving and distributing over the net pictures of reacent porn. The Police have found evidence in his home of possibly 20 local kids that this man may have assaulted and molested. Far from being harmless this sort of stuff encourages people to act out there own depravity.
I say Amen and again AAAmmmen!