The x86 thing is a bad idea and won't happen; Apple isn't stupid. Of all the people who would love to run OSX on an x86 box, how many of them would actually be willing to PAY for it? Nobody I know. I think the only people I know who use Windows legally do so because it came pre-installed on their PC.
On top of that, an x86 port would suck; there are no drivers for ANYTHING. Have you seen the requirements for Darwin/x86? Will that run on your hardware? If not, then OSX won't run on it either. This will change with time, but that time hasn't come yet.
I wondered that myself. What the hell version of OSX did he install?
On the other hand, there are occasional reasons for recompiling Apache. You can't get suEXEC working with a pre-compiled binary, and for a server with multiple users running CGI scripts, that's critical.
The major kinks will be worked out by September, which is when I plan to switch to it as my primary desktop OS. It would be nice in they'd release incremental patches and bugfixes in the mean time, but the time spent on packaging up each bugfix release would detract from development, so I support their current strategy.
As Jobs said last month and MWNY, while most tech companies are laying people off, Apple's engineers are working overtime right now, putting in long hard hours. I salute them for it, and I look forward to the fruits of their labor.
Not sure what you're smoking. Sure, Mac OS is a nightmare - that's why they scrapped it. Are you under the delusion that OSX is a new version of Mac OS? If so, I suggest you go buy yourself a clue.
...I like these chairs. We had them at Earthlink, where I did tech support for about 9 months. Not everyone liked them, but most did. For those that don't like them, I recommend simply using a different chair - I don't see how anyone could have a problem with that. As many others have said, they do take some adjustment and getting used to.
We also had Microsoft ergonomic split keyboards, which I absolutely hated. After getting used to them I can use them now, but I still don't like them. This is probably because I never learned to type properly.
IANAL but nondiscriminatory does not mean free, it simply means that everyone must be offered the same terms. Microsoft is still able to charge whatever it wants as long as there are no special deals. In Microsofts case this would mean that they couldn't attempt to punish some companies/products while favoring others.
Except that Microsoft doesn't play by the rules.
Jim Crow law: Black people are now legally allowed to vote, as mandated by the federal government. We don't want them to be able to vote. We pass a law saying that in order to legally vote, your grandfather must have been eligible to vote. This new law makes no mention of race, but no black person qualifies, so in effect, it's discriminating against blacks anyway.
Sorry for my butchered summary of that. Anyway, that's how Microsoft would make a non-discriminatory license.
SMB is the protocol used by "Client for Microsoft Networks" and "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks" under Windows. Samba is an open-source SMB-compatible client/server. I don't know what CIFS is, and I'm too lazy to check. As for working around whatever Microsoft does, I'm a little confused myself - I have feeling people are making a huge deal about something that won't even be a problem. Not to defend Microsoft, but I am not seeing the issue here.
Best suggestion I've heard so far. Considering that they've gotten it to run on as many platforms as they have (I got it to run on Mac OS X with no problem), what's one more?
I've always been a large fan of using an army of small, low-powered boxes instead of one big expensive box. For one thing, if something breaks, everything else still works. For another thing, it's generally cheaper this way.
I was speaking in particular about my experience doing DSL tech support - the average customer IQ was considerably higher than dialup tech support. The vast majority of DSL customers know what a browser is, for example. Some of them even know the difference between a single right-click and a double left-click. We certainly got our share of bumbling twits, but that's no excuse for some of the notes I've seen.
You're normal. No one (well, _very_ few) can listen well and do other language processing simultaneously.
I'm worse than most of my peers. Most of them don't have much trouble typing notes while listening to a customer on the phone, and I can't do it. I can type a few words here and there, but cannot type anything coherent. Of course, some of them compensate by leaving incoherent notes (which is very annoying when the customer calls back), and others compensate by copying and pasting pre-written notes (which don't necessarily match the call at all), but it seemed to me that I had more of a problem than most people. *shrug*
It's definitely time to get into system administration.
So, you're thinking about 4 tasks from work (not doing them, just thinking about them), working on coding PHP, and most of the rest of your time is occupied by Code Red?!? That's pretty sad. Code Red is NOT that interesting. Go spend some time with your wife, or work on your PHP project. Forget Code Red for awhile. If your IIS machines are patched and everything else runs Apache, you should be fine.
That basic concept also applies to driving a car. With new drivers, many of the basic decisions are handled consciously - and there are a lot of them. As you gain experience, your subconscious can take over a lot of the work, so you no longer have to concentrate on so many different things.
New driver:
OK, the light in front of us is turning red, so we have to stop. We need to shift into first, so first we step on the clutch, shift, release the clutch. Now we also need to step on the brake, slowly, paying close attention to where the car in front of us is so we get reasonably close without hitting it. OK, there, we're stopped, I can relax now.
Experienced driver:
Damn, I knew we should have taken the freeway.
If you get a lot of IMs from people you don't know or people you don't normally want to chat with, set your privacy settings to only allow IMs from people on your buddy list.
If you get a lot of IMs from people you want to keep on your buddy list but just don't want bugging you all the time, there's an option to only allow IMs from certain people, and block anyone else.
Note that if you do this, you will appear offline to anyone who you aren't allowing to contact you, and they will appear offline to you.
My mom plays orchestral percussion, and used to be quite good at knitting and reading a book while counting 60 measures of rests. I don't knit or anything, and I don't think I'd be able to handle all of that if I did, but I can count rests while reading a book or having a conversation or whatever. It takes practice, and you have to count on your fingers.
Those of you who don't play percussion probably have no idea what I'm talking about...
Hmm, that's interesting. For me, I can't use a form of languages on two tracks simultaneously. I can't talk and listen, or talk and write, or listen and write, or read and listen, or read and talk (unless I'm reading aloud) at the same time. I can jump back and forth between two tracks with no problem, and a little bit of overlap is fine, but I can't maintain two tracks of language usage for more than a few seconds.
Doing tech support, this means I can't listen to a customer while taking notes - I have to wait for a pause in the conversation before I can take my notes (or put them on hold, or whatever). If I try to take notes, I can only get a few seconds before I can no longer hear the customer - needless to say, this is rather embarassing, so I try not to do it. Fortunately my boss was somewhat understanding, so I never got in serious trouble for having a low call volume.
I wonder if I have a milder version of what you describe? I've never talked to a doctor about it; this is all just from my own personal observation of myself.
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The x86 thing is a bad idea and won't happen; Apple isn't stupid. Of all the people who would love to run OSX on an x86 box, how many of them would actually be willing to PAY for it? Nobody I know. I think the only people I know who use Windows legally do so because it came pre-installed on their PC.
On top of that, an x86 port would suck; there are no drivers for ANYTHING. Have you seen the requirements for Darwin/x86? Will that run on your hardware? If not, then OSX won't run on it either. This will change with time, but that time hasn't come yet.
I wondered that myself. What the hell version of OSX did he install?
On the other hand, there are occasional reasons for recompiling Apache. You can't get suEXEC working with a pre-compiled binary, and for a server with multiple users running CGI scripts, that's critical.
I could not get lynx to compile on OSX. I was going to try "links", but I don't think I got around to it.
If you can install a Microsoft OS...
Many people can't. It comes pre-installed, which is the only reason a lot of people can get started without help.
If anyone's interested, a couple months ago I did some price shopping on the Web, and tried to match specs among various laptops. Results are here.
The major kinks will be worked out by September, which is when I plan to switch to it as my primary desktop OS. It would be nice in they'd release incremental patches and bugfixes in the mean time, but the time spent on packaging up each bugfix release would detract from development, so I support their current strategy.
As Jobs said last month and MWNY, while most tech companies are laying people off, Apple's engineers are working overtime right now, putting in long hard hours. I salute them for it, and I look forward to the fruits of their labor.
Not sure what you're smoking. Sure, Mac OS is a nightmare - that's why they scrapped it. Are you under the delusion that OSX is a new version of Mac OS? If so, I suggest you go buy yourself a clue.
...I like these chairs. We had them at Earthlink, where I did tech support for about 9 months. Not everyone liked them, but most did. For those that don't like them, I recommend simply using a different chair - I don't see how anyone could have a problem with that. As many others have said, they do take some adjustment and getting used to.
We also had Microsoft ergonomic split keyboards, which I absolutely hated. After getting used to them I can use them now, but I still don't like them. This is probably because I never learned to type properly.
Please mod down.
And stop complaining about the hardware. Give a Powermac or one of the portables a chance before knocking on it.
;-)
Does this mean knocking on the iMacs without first giving them a chance is perfectly acceptible?
You forgot QNX.
IANAL but nondiscriminatory does not mean free, it simply means that everyone must be offered the same terms. Microsoft is still able to charge whatever it wants as long as there are no special deals. In Microsofts case this would mean that they couldn't attempt to punish some companies/products while favoring others.
Except that Microsoft doesn't play by the rules.
Jim Crow law: Black people are now legally allowed to vote, as mandated by the federal government. We don't want them to be able to vote. We pass a law saying that in order to legally vote, your grandfather must have been eligible to vote. This new law makes no mention of race, but no black person qualifies, so in effect, it's discriminating against blacks anyway.
Sorry for my butchered summary of that. Anyway, that's how Microsoft would make a non-discriminatory license.
This is FUD, a pure and perfect example of FUD. ZDnet is getting worse evey year.
So, it would appear, is Slashdot.
SMB is the protocol used by "Client for Microsoft Networks" and "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks" under Windows. Samba is an open-source SMB-compatible client/server. I don't know what CIFS is, and I'm too lazy to check. As for working around whatever Microsoft does, I'm a little confused myself - I have feeling people are making a huge deal about something that won't even be a problem. Not to defend Microsoft, but I am not seeing the issue here.
Best suggestion I've heard so far. Considering that they've gotten it to run on as many platforms as they have (I got it to run on Mac OS X with no problem), what's one more?
SAMBA is not only linux centric. Many other OSes use samba for windows integration (even there is novell netware 4.x version).
:-)
Yep, I compiled Samba on Mac OS X with no problems. Runs just fine.
Um, since when is Samba based in the US?
I've always been a large fan of using an army of small, low-powered boxes instead of one big expensive box. For one thing, if something breaks, everything else still works. For another thing, it's generally cheaper this way.
I was speaking in particular about my experience doing DSL tech support - the average customer IQ was considerably higher than dialup tech support. The vast majority of DSL customers know what a browser is, for example. Some of them even know the difference between a single right-click and a double left-click. We certainly got our share of bumbling twits, but that's no excuse for some of the notes I've seen.
You're normal. No one (well, _very_ few) can listen well and do other language processing simultaneously.
I'm worse than most of my peers. Most of them don't have much trouble typing notes while listening to a customer on the phone, and I can't do it. I can type a few words here and there, but cannot type anything coherent. Of course, some of them compensate by leaving incoherent notes (which is very annoying when the customer calls back), and others compensate by copying and pasting pre-written notes (which don't necessarily match the call at all), but it seemed to me that I had more of a problem than most people. *shrug*
It's definitely time to get into system administration.
So, you're thinking about 4 tasks from work (not doing them, just thinking about them), working on coding PHP, and most of the rest of your time is occupied by Code Red?!? That's pretty sad. Code Red is NOT that interesting. Go spend some time with your wife, or work on your PHP project. Forget Code Red for awhile. If your IIS machines are patched and everything else runs Apache, you should be fine.
That basic concept also applies to driving a car. With new drivers, many of the basic decisions are handled consciously - and there are a lot of them. As you gain experience, your subconscious can take over a lot of the work, so you no longer have to concentrate on so many different things.
New driver:
OK, the light in front of us is turning red, so we have to stop. We need to shift into first, so first we step on the clutch, shift, release the clutch. Now we also need to step on the brake, slowly, paying close attention to where the car in front of us is so we get reasonably close without hitting it. OK, there, we're stopped, I can relax now.
Experienced driver:
Damn, I knew we should have taken the freeway.
If you get a lot of IMs from people you don't know or people you don't normally want to chat with, set your privacy settings to only allow IMs from people on your buddy list.
If you get a lot of IMs from people you want to keep on your buddy list but just don't want bugging you all the time, there's an option to only allow IMs from certain people, and block anyone else.
Note that if you do this, you will appear offline to anyone who you aren't allowing to contact you, and they will appear offline to you.
My mom plays orchestral percussion, and used to be quite good at knitting and reading a book while counting 60 measures of rests. I don't knit or anything, and I don't think I'd be able to handle all of that if I did, but I can count rests while reading a book or having a conversation or whatever. It takes practice, and you have to count on your fingers.
Those of you who don't play percussion probably have no idea what I'm talking about...
Hmm, that's interesting. For me, I can't use a form of languages on two tracks simultaneously. I can't talk and listen, or talk and write, or listen and write, or read and listen, or read and talk (unless I'm reading aloud) at the same time. I can jump back and forth between two tracks with no problem, and a little bit of overlap is fine, but I can't maintain two tracks of language usage for more than a few seconds.
Doing tech support, this means I can't listen to a customer while taking notes - I have to wait for a pause in the conversation before I can take my notes (or put them on hold, or whatever). If I try to take notes, I can only get a few seconds before I can no longer hear the customer - needless to say, this is rather embarassing, so I try not to do it. Fortunately my boss was somewhat understanding, so I never got in serious trouble for having a low call volume.
I wonder if I have a milder version of what you describe? I've never talked to a doctor about it; this is all just from my own personal observation of myself.