There's a difference between "free" and "open." The internet was built on open standards. This is why when you get e-mail or access a web page, you can use any e-mail client and any web browser. (We'll ignore the html restrictions certain browsers have imposed and focus instead on the http protocol)
Open standards actually encourage innovation because no one has to write their own e-mail protocol or web protocol. It also does not hinder the adoption of new products because if I can just replace my current e-mail client with a new one seamlessly, I'm more likely to try it out.
This is why MS Word is the defacto standard. Because it's the best product? No, because anytime someone else tried to come out with a different product there was a high barrier to entry because the new word processor would not be able to use the current word processor files.
I think Open Standards help innovation because they allow anyone to create new software that can be easily adopted. The only person they don't help is any current monopoly. And as others have mentioned, if a newer, better way of doing things come up, there's no reason you couldn't adopt the new standard while retaining backwards compatibility with the old open format.
The problem is, when you mention bacteria to the average person, they think bad things because we've learned that bad bacteria can make us sick. That's why I hate most studies that proclaim the bacteria count is such and such.
Unfortunately, these "studies" are usually trying to convince us to buy an anti-bacterial soap, or as in this case a self cleaning mouse so they play on people's fears and doubts to make them want to buy it, ie... it's just FUD.
Also people who have stronger password probably would recognize it as a phishing site so the data is pretty much worthless. Also how many people went to the phising site, it's probably a small percentage of users.
While the data is interesting, it really can't be used to determine anything other than the fact that some users have lame passwords.
But why teach a kid a language and then tell them, oh by the way, no one really uses this, it's just for education purposes. I know what I would have told my teacher if he said that to me.
Kids aren't as stupid as we treat them, why not teach them say Python? It's easier to learn than C because you don't have to bother with a lot of the low-level stuff and they could use it to do something useful. The thing I would have loved in school would have been a robotics class using mindstorms. Kids get a kick out of making things. I used to get so frustrated with LOGO because it was pointless, yay, I drew a circle.
Scientifically is in quotes because they essentially ran one test, watched soda splatter all over the place, and left it at that. Actual experimentation would involve multiple runs to confirm results, actual measurements (versus "I think that was about twice as high"), and, oh, I don't know, science. So because you only saw them do one test means they couldn't possibly have done more? Remember, this is an editied show, it's not live... they don't just turn on the cameras and they have an hour to do whatever... I'd be willing to bet that they probably did run multiple tests and measured them. I mean, did you notice when they said things like "I think that was about twice as high" there was a scale on the wall? So maybe, I dunno, Adam remarked (while doing the experiment) that it went about twice as high and then they went back and look at the data before declaring a myth busted/not busted/plausable or whatever.
They didn't bother checking to see if they were matching the amount of the ingredients they were testing to actual Diet Coke. They didn't bother measuring the actual result. They didn't bother combining ingredients to see if there was a combined effect. They didn't bother doing just about anything that might be considered scientfic. What because they didn't show a few hundred tests of Adam doing experiments they didn't do it? That would be an incredibly boring show...
Plus they repeatedly claim to be doing actual science on the show. They run clip shows showing "cut footage" to try and prove that they're doing "actual science". But they're not. Their science is barely grade school level. You might be able to pass your 8th grade science class running "experiments" of the quality they do, but that's about it. Have you been to the studio and seen the process they go through for each show? (Disclaimer: neither have I) Just because you see the results and not the entire process doesn't mean they didn't do it. Of course maybe I'm wrong, maybe they do just fly by the seat of their pants. They have stated that a lot more work goes on behind the scene's (Like running a lot more tests than just what you see on tv) but instead of just trusting them we should make wild accusations about their findings and their process.
The thing I really like is that they are not above admiting they were wrong, they routinely revisit myths based on feedback from the viewers. Some people say oh, you should have tested it this way so they go back and do it. The primary thing you have to remember though is that it's a TV SHOW... it's entertainment. Most of the myths you could probably bust before they even start with a few formula's and show on paper that it's impossible... but that wouldn't make good TV, neither would showing them analyze all of their data and record all of the tests.
For me, the first time around the most difficult thing was getting the tv capture card working. It seems at the time, even though I had a PVR 250, I had a newer chip which wasn't fully supported. So I eventually found out that I had to download a patch for my kernel and recompile that then recompile the ivtv drivers and then it could work.
Just recently I decided to reinstall to get 0.19 up and running because I was having issues getting my nvidia drivers compiled right and a few other problems. Now the ivtv drivers work with my tuner card and the stock 2.6 kernel so the whole install process took less than a day. I did have some issues at first getting my data over because the package in ubuntu is 0.18 and I had already upgraded my DB to 0.19 but I didn't realize ubuntu was 0.18 until I went to investigate why I couldn't restore my database.
Most of my issues were upgrade related and even then, they weren't directly related to mythtv, mostly nvidia and outdated packages in ubuntu.
Suspend and sleep are also "features" in Windows, in case you didn't know. I believe Linux has decent support for those "features" as well.
Yes, but not like Mac's. When you put the machine to sleep, it consumes next to no battery power and goes to sleep and wakes up very quickly. (ie. usually by the time I get the laptop lid all the way open, it's already up) I know when I had my old toshiba, when I put it to sleep I was lucky if it lasted through the day on the battery. (ie. sleeping most of the time, not using it obviously)
In fact, the one downside to apple switching to the intel chips is the new MBP's can't swap the battery out while sleeping. I don't know why this is but this was an awesome feature of the old powerbooks. Close the lid (which puts the computer to sleep), flip it over, swap the battery, open it up... no reboot required.
At any rate, it's pretty dumb to implement this now. Who's implementing it now? Apple's had it for quite some time now and as you said, linux and windows also have this feature. I'm confused.
If you bothered to read past that you would have seen: I know some people who have and I've seen them use it. So I do have a frame of reference, just not an in-depth one. The parent just said it was the most configurable editor he's ever used without giving anything to support his case. You can change anything in emacs, I don't see how you can get more configurable than that, hence my comment that the Parent must not get out much.
You don't get out much do you? First a disclaimer, I've never really used SlickEdit. I know some people who have and I've seen them use it. However, despite your preference of editor (mine is vim), emacs has got to be the most configurable IDE I've ever used.
I mean come on, you can read your email, surf the web, talk on aim, read newsgroups, play games... Really, I can't think of something you can't do with emacs. If something's not already included, you can code up a module to do it. (Ok, you do need to know lisp)
I'd also argue that vim is more configurable than SlickEdit but again, I've never really used SlickEdit. However Emacs really does take the crown as most configurable.
Or maybe, just maybe, a company said hey, these are dangerous and we should recall them. Companies do it all the time even when there's not a chance of things catching on fire. Perhaps it's to avoid a class action lawsuit, perhaps it's ethics, perhaps it's because if they don't, people won't buy their product anymore.
I could post doctored photos posing as various different people and cause an "uproar." Does this mean a company like Dell is going to recall their product with no investigation into my claims? I'd hope not.
I find apple is better than Linux on the desktop and for average users but in my opinion, Linux is better than OS X on the server end. That's why my laptop has OS X on it and my servers all have linux on them.
The greatest thing about "apple's UNIX" (to quote the article) is that it plays nicely with linux. Now I can have OS X and Linux boxen on the same network and it's fairly easy to jump back and forth.
I think apple and Linux can both exist and give the end user <gasp> choices. </gasp>
Actually I think you are missing the point. My point is this: 1. Traffic fatalities are up in NJ. (note, this is number of accidents... no one knows why, just that they are up) 2. Of the increased fatalities in NJ, speeding was listed as the cause for 1 of them. - note, that's 1 out of however many we've had so far. 3. 20% has been attributed to inattentive driving
So out of all the accidents in NJ, excessive speed has been blamed for 1, count them 1 fatality. The rest were due to something else. (The article cites 20% as inattentive driving). These statistics have nothing to do with the number of accidents.
If you are claiming that higher speeds means people get hurt in an accident well duh... of course I'd say this goes for anything over 30 mph. Maybe we should change all the speed limits to 30mph.
Or maybe we could look at other countries like Germany who has no speed limits on certain sections of the the Autobahn yet is the safest highway system in the world. Of course I believe that it is safer because it is much harder to get your license and driving is treated much more seriously than it is here.We should stop handing out licenses like they were candy and make it harder (not easier like most places are doing) to get your license.
Interestingly enough, I just read an article on NJ's increase in traffic fatalities. Here's the most interesting quote from that article: Inattentive driving was blamed for 20 percent of the fatal accidents that occurred on interstate highways in 2004. Excessive speed was named in only one. (from this story)
Also I think this device is kindof pointless, the parents that would want to monitor their child's speed, probably don't care about their privacy in the first place so they would probably rather choose something that would constantly monitory their speed. (and location)
And I mean come on, like kids aren't going to be able to figure out how to block the reception.
So we're supposed to believe that two guys who made a video (ie. it wasn't a live demo) using a 3rd party driver/wireless card but refuse to disclose how it was done. We're then supposed to take their word that it also happens with airport cards as well. Well why didn't they just use an airport card in the demo (ie. the configuration that probably 99% of macs out there have)? They claim it was because Apple put pressure on them....
Ok, so they told Apple they were going to demo this? Even if they did (or apple found out somehow) what can apple do? Nothing, so what's the point of the 3rd party driver and card? Perhaps it was the only way they could get it to work?
So all those flaws vs. the fact that it took apple a while to deny it? Maybe apple took a second look through their code to make sure there wasn't a flaw.
Personally I'm not going to believe them until they publish how it was done or offer up some other proof. Am I convinced that OS X is completely secure and will never have virii? No, but two guys with a video using a computer with a 3rd party card and drivers isn't going make me believe it's insecure either.
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While it has been my experience that a degree is helpful, it doesn't matter much what that degree is in. What you've done is sometimes more important. First, figure out what you want to do, system admin, web programming, application development, etc... Once you narrow that down, pick a specialty. If you go the system admin route choose Windows, Linux, OS X, etc... if you go the web programming route, choose php, perl, python, etc... see where I'm going with this? Choose something that interests you and get a few books on the topic. Learn as much as you can and code as much as you can. Not suprisingly, I've found the best way to learn to code is to code. You'll make mistakes but hopefully you'll learn from them. There are also a lot of good web forums out there with a lot of helpful people.
Read other peoples code. It may sound boring but I've picked up a lot of neat little tricks going through other people's code. This is one area that makes open source invaluable, just pick an open source project, download the source and see how it works. Even if you don't start something yourself, contributing to an open source project is a great way to both give back to the community and gain some experience. Let the project maintainers know you're a noobie looking for experience and hopefully they'll help you out. If not, look for another project that is willing to help you.
Yes, I understand there's a thing called mod_rewrite but why would you want to make it look like you were running PHP when you are trying to promote rails? It would be like Microsoft changing their server responses to indicate that they were running Linux.
If you really want a general-purpose CMS then write one. I mean if all the hype of Rails is true, anyone should be able to whip one up in a few hours.
Wireless still isn't as fast as wired. Sure we have some "fast enough" for most purposes wireless technology but for pure blazing speed, you still need a wire. Wired technology also helps reduce attacks. Wifi, bluetooth, they are all vulnerable just by being in the vicinity, with a wired technology, you need physical access to the wires.
I'm not completely against wireless though, I do have a wifi network mixed with my wired network at home, it's great for web surfing wherever. I also have a bluetooth headset with is a million times better than it's wired equivalent. I also think that things like bluetooth mice, keyboards, printers and such are a great idea. Reducing the mess of wires and cleaning up my desk is a good thing, however I don't see the elimination of wires anytime soon.
Someone who realises the truth, that the loved CEO of said company is only loved because of the success of his company, and his company is only showing successful because of dodgy accounting.
Wow, you don't get out much do you? I don't really understand the financial stuff that much. I really don't understand what happened at Enron other than employees lost their benefits. (which really sucks) I also don't really understand what is going on in this case but, to say that the success of Apple is only due to dodgy accountin is just mind boggling. I think even someone who hate's apple would say they were successful in selling the iPod. That's why everyone talks about an "iPod killer." But they still haven't been displaced. With the switch to intel processors, the number of computers they are selling has increased. I for one know quite a few people who now have MBP's who would have never before considered getting a mac.
But whatever, go outside and start counting the number of iPods you see. Then start taking a look at the number of Mac laptops you see. Steve Jobs, like him or not, saved apple by bringing the technology from NeXT to apple. I admire him for what he's done to both Apple and Pixar. Also this is Apple who is doing their own internal investigation, not someone else who caught them in the act. This is them saying "wait, I think we made a mistake." From other comments I've read, this seems to not be a big deal (certainly not on the scale of Enron) and if Apple makes ammends and says basically, "we screwed up but now we've fixed it," I give them a lot of credit.
Just because people loose their jobs, I'm supposed to feel sorry for them? So if it was someone's job to beat me over the head with a stick and they lost their job am I still supposed to feel sorry for them?
I have certain ethics and those ethics prevent me from taking certain jobs. Sure, if times were really bad and I had no choice I would probably take them. However it's not as hard as you think it is to find a job right now. I just recently found a new job so I do know what I'm talking about.
Of course if you were just a grunt who answered the phone and have no real skills other than reading a card, maybe you should learn something or pick up a trade. I know at least in my area, people are really hurting for tradesmen. (plumbers, carpenters, HVAC, etc...) Yeah, it's actual work and you don't get to sit at a desk in an air conditioned room and not let people unsubscribe from AOL, but it puts food on the table.
So no, I wouldn't feel sorry if AOL closed up shop and all of their employees were out of business.
If this happened to a "good company" (ie one who didn't engage in deceptive business practices) I would say it's a shame that the company is gone and all those people have to find new work. But again, finding new work isn't that hard, it just may not be what you really want to do.
People keep saying, ubuntu is cool, but I really don't see why it is? I think it's because it's easy to install and upgrade, making the switch for new users easier. I always liked Debian but the only real disadvantage was package selection, Ubuntu took care of the package selection part. I look at Ubuntu as Debian with more up to date packages.
It's way easier to find rpm of a release than.deb version. After just trying to get DBD::Sybase up and running on my linux system I would have to disagree with you. I use FC4 at work (along with some RH servers) and Debian/Ubuntu at home. To get DBD::Sybase I needed to get freetds running and the compile and install DBD::Sybase. freetds.org has src files, no rpms or debs. A search through yum yields no results for a freetds package, searching the web I did however find an older version of freetds along with an already compiled (older) version of DBD::Sybase as an RPM. Ok I though, I'll just compile and install. Unfortunately either I'm missing something to compile it or they are missing steps in their documentation but I couldn't get it working (The DBD::Sybase compile would fail miserably) I eventually just install the older versions and live without some of the features in the new version.
Just for fun, I looked on my Ubuntu and Debian systems. Guess what, they both have freetds and already compiled DBD::Sybase packages. While I think package selection used to be a reason to choose red hat over most other distros, lately I've found most places have at least source code available and a lot of users typically translate that into packages. Ubuntu has one of the nicest selections of packages I've seen in a while.
For me, Ubuntu is Debian with more packages. Because of that, I typically use Ubuntu as a destop and Debian as a server. I can see Ubuntu having more marketshare than Fedora Core but no way will it overtake Red Hat because of the "Enterprise" credibility Red Hat currently has.
Also what's the point of having something installed and waiting hours for internet download time, instead of downloading a DVD while you were sleeping, and get everything at once Ummm... Ubuntu is available as a DVD iso as well. http://www.ubuntu.com/download Just go to the bottom where it says: Ubuntu DVD Releases. Oh, and you can kick off the internet downloads while you are sleeping too... and if you don't need all the packages, you download less than downloading all the packages.
Yeah, I think the biggest problem is not being able to understand people in India. Fortunately there are other options such as liveops (I don't work for them but I know someone who does) who does a distributed call center using voip and they hire american employees. It also allows the people they hire to work from home thus reducing the costs.
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There's a difference between "free" and "open." The internet was built on open standards. This is why when you get e-mail or access a web page, you can use any e-mail client and any web browser. (We'll ignore the html restrictions certain browsers have imposed and focus instead on the http protocol)
Open standards actually encourage innovation because no one has to write their own e-mail protocol or web protocol. It also does not hinder the adoption of new products because if I can just replace my current e-mail client with a new one seamlessly, I'm more likely to try it out.
This is why MS Word is the defacto standard. Because it's the best product? No, because anytime someone else tried to come out with a different product there was a high barrier to entry because the new word processor would not be able to use the current word processor files.
I think Open Standards help innovation because they allow anyone to create new software that can be easily adopted. The only person they don't help is any current monopoly. And as others have mentioned, if a newer, better way of doing things come up, there's no reason you couldn't adopt the new standard while retaining backwards compatibility with the old open format.
The problem is, when you mention bacteria to the average person, they think bad things because we've learned that bad bacteria can make us sick. That's why I hate most studies that proclaim the bacteria count is such and such.
Unfortunately, these "studies" are usually trying to convince us to buy an anti-bacterial soap, or as in this case a self cleaning mouse so they play on people's fears and doubts to make them want to buy it, ie... it's just FUD.
Also people who have stronger password probably would recognize it as a phishing site so the data is pretty much worthless. Also how many people went to the phising site, it's probably a small percentage of users.
While the data is interesting, it really can't be used to determine anything other than the fact that some users have lame passwords.
But why teach a kid a language and then tell them, oh by the way, no one really uses this, it's just for education purposes. I know what I would have told my teacher if he said that to me.
Kids aren't as stupid as we treat them, why not teach them say Python? It's easier to learn than C because you don't have to bother with a lot of the low-level stuff and they could use it to do something useful. The thing I would have loved in school would have been a robotics class using mindstorms. Kids get a kick out of making things. I used to get so frustrated with LOGO because it was pointless, yay, I drew a circle.
Scientifically is in quotes because they essentially ran one test, watched soda splatter all over the place, and left it at that. Actual experimentation would involve multiple runs to confirm results, actual measurements (versus "I think that was about twice as high"), and, oh, I don't know, science.
So because you only saw them do one test means they couldn't possibly have done more? Remember, this is an editied show, it's not live... they don't just turn on the cameras and they have an hour to do whatever... I'd be willing to bet that they probably did run multiple tests and measured them. I mean, did you notice when they said things like "I think that was about twice as high" there was a scale on the wall? So maybe, I dunno, Adam remarked (while doing the experiment) that it went about twice as high and then they went back and look at the data before declaring a myth busted/not busted/plausable or whatever.
They didn't bother checking to see if they were matching the amount of the ingredients they were testing to actual Diet Coke. They didn't bother measuring the actual result. They didn't bother combining ingredients to see if there was a combined effect. They didn't bother doing just about anything that might be considered scientfic.
What because they didn't show a few hundred tests of Adam doing experiments they didn't do it? That would be an incredibly boring show...
Plus they repeatedly claim to be doing actual science on the show. They run clip shows showing "cut footage" to try and prove that they're doing "actual science". But they're not. Their science is barely grade school level. You might be able to pass your 8th grade science class running "experiments" of the quality they do, but that's about it.
Have you been to the studio and seen the process they go through for each show? (Disclaimer: neither have I) Just because you see the results and not the entire process doesn't mean they didn't do it. Of course maybe I'm wrong, maybe they do just fly by the seat of their pants. They have stated that a lot more work goes on behind the scene's (Like running a lot more tests than just what you see on tv) but instead of just trusting them we should make wild accusations about their findings and their process.
The thing I really like is that they are not above admiting they were wrong, they routinely revisit myths based on feedback from the viewers. Some people say oh, you should have tested it this way so they go back and do it. The primary thing you have to remember though is that it's a TV SHOW... it's entertainment. Most of the myths you could probably bust before they even start with a few formula's and show on paper that it's impossible... but that wouldn't make good TV, neither would showing them analyze all of their data and record all of the tests.
For me, the first time around the most difficult thing was getting the tv capture card working. It seems at the time, even though I had a PVR 250, I had a newer chip which wasn't fully supported. So I eventually found out that I had to download a patch for my kernel and recompile that then recompile the ivtv drivers and then it could work.
Just recently I decided to reinstall to get 0.19 up and running because I was having issues getting my nvidia drivers compiled right and a few other problems. Now the ivtv drivers work with my tuner card and the stock 2.6 kernel so the whole install process took less than a day. I did have some issues at first getting my data over because the package in ubuntu is 0.18 and I had already upgraded my DB to 0.19 but I didn't realize ubuntu was 0.18 until I went to investigate why I couldn't restore my database.
Most of my issues were upgrade related and even then, they weren't directly related to mythtv, mostly nvidia and outdated packages in ubuntu.
Suspend and sleep are also "features" in Windows, in case you didn't know. I believe Linux has decent support for those "features" as well.
Yes, but not like Mac's. When you put the machine to sleep, it consumes next to no battery power and goes to sleep and wakes up very quickly. (ie. usually by the time I get the laptop lid all the way open, it's already up) I know when I had my old toshiba, when I put it to sleep I was lucky if it lasted through the day on the battery. (ie. sleeping most of the time, not using it obviously)
In fact, the one downside to apple switching to the intel chips is the new MBP's can't swap the battery out while sleeping. I don't know why this is but this was an awesome feature of the old powerbooks. Close the lid (which puts the computer to sleep), flip it over, swap the battery, open it up... no reboot required.
At any rate, it's pretty dumb to implement this now.
Who's implementing it now? Apple's had it for quite some time now and as you said, linux and windows also have this feature. I'm confused.
If you bothered to read past that you would have seen:
I know some people who have and I've seen them use it.
So I do have a frame of reference, just not an in-depth one. The parent just said it was the most configurable editor he's ever used without giving anything to support his case. You can change anything in emacs, I don't see how you can get more configurable than that, hence my comment that the Parent must not get out much.
So learn to read and comprehend.
the most configurable IDE I've ever used
You don't get out much do you? First a disclaimer, I've never really used SlickEdit. I know some people who have and I've seen them use it. However, despite your preference of editor (mine is vim), emacs has got to be the most configurable IDE I've ever used.
I mean come on, you can read your email, surf the web, talk on aim, read newsgroups, play games... Really, I can't think of something you can't do with emacs. If something's not already included, you can code up a module to do it. (Ok, you do need to know lisp)
I'd also argue that vim is more configurable than SlickEdit but again, I've never really used SlickEdit. However Emacs really does take the crown as most configurable.
Or maybe, just maybe, a company said hey, these are dangerous and we should recall them. Companies do it all the time even when there's not a chance of things catching on fire. Perhaps it's to avoid a class action lawsuit, perhaps it's ethics, perhaps it's because if they don't, people won't buy their product anymore.
I could post doctored photos posing as various different people and cause an "uproar." Does this mean a company like Dell is going to recall their product with no investigation into my claims? I'd hope not.
I find apple is better than Linux on the desktop and for average users but in my opinion, Linux is better than OS X on the server end. That's why my laptop has OS X on it and my servers all have linux on them.
The greatest thing about "apple's UNIX" (to quote the article) is that it plays nicely with linux. Now I can have OS X and Linux boxen on the same network and it's fairly easy to jump back and forth.
I think apple and Linux can both exist and give the end user <gasp> choices. </gasp>
d'oh... I need more sleep.
If you want a < sign, use & lt ; (without the spaces) and for > use & gt ; (without the spaces).
Actually I think you are missing the point. My point is this:
1. Traffic fatalities are up in NJ. (note, this is number of accidents... no one knows why, just that they are up)
2. Of the increased fatalities in NJ, speeding was listed as the cause for 1 of them. - note, that's 1 out of however many we've had so far.
3. 20% has been attributed to inattentive driving
So out of all the accidents in NJ, excessive speed has been blamed for 1, count them 1 fatality. The rest were due to something else. (The article cites 20% as inattentive driving). These statistics have nothing to do with the number of accidents.
If you are claiming that higher speeds means people get hurt in an accident well duh... of course I'd say this goes for anything over 30 mph. Maybe we should change all the speed limits to 30mph.
Or maybe we could look at other countries like Germany who has no speed limits on certain sections of the the Autobahn yet is the safest highway system in the world. Of course I believe that it is safer because it is much harder to get your license and driving is treated much more seriously than it is here.We should stop handing out licenses like they were candy and make it harder (not easier like most places are doing) to get your license.
Interestingly enough, I just read an article on NJ's increase in traffic fatalities. Here's the most interesting quote from that article:
Inattentive driving was blamed for 20 percent of the fatal accidents that occurred on interstate highways in 2004. Excessive speed was named in only one.
(from this story)
Also I think this device is kindof pointless, the parents that would want to monitor their child's speed, probably don't care about their privacy in the first place so they would probably rather choose something that would constantly monitory their speed. (and location)
And I mean come on, like kids aren't going to be able to figure out how to block the reception.
So we're supposed to believe that two guys who made a video (ie. it wasn't a live demo) using a 3rd party driver/wireless card but refuse to disclose how it was done. We're then supposed to take their word that it also happens with airport cards as well. Well why didn't they just use an airport card in the demo (ie. the configuration that probably 99% of macs out there have)? They claim it was because Apple put pressure on them....
Ok, so they told Apple they were going to demo this? Even if they did (or apple found out somehow) what can apple do? Nothing, so what's the point of the 3rd party driver and card? Perhaps it was the only way they could get it to work?
So all those flaws vs. the fact that it took apple a while to deny it? Maybe apple took a second look through their code to make sure there wasn't a flaw.
Personally I'm not going to believe them until they publish how it was done or offer up some other proof. Am I convinced that OS X is completely secure and will never have virii? No, but two guys with a video using a computer with a 3rd party card and drivers isn't going make me believe it's insecure either.
While it has been my experience that a degree is helpful, it doesn't matter much what that degree is in. What you've done is sometimes more important. First, figure out what you want to do, system admin, web programming, application development, etc... Once you narrow that down, pick a specialty. If you go the system admin route choose Windows, Linux, OS X, etc... if you go the web programming route, choose php, perl, python, etc... see where I'm going with this? Choose something that interests you and get a few books on the topic. Learn as much as you can and code as much as you can. Not suprisingly, I've found the best way to learn to code is to code. You'll make mistakes but hopefully you'll learn from them. There are also a lot of good web forums out there with a lot of helpful people.
Read other peoples code. It may sound boring but I've picked up a lot of neat little tricks going through other people's code. This is one area that makes open source invaluable, just pick an open source project, download the source and see how it works. Even if you don't start something yourself, contributing to an open source project is a great way to both give back to the community and gain some experience. Let the project maintainers know you're a noobie looking for experience and hopefully they'll help you out. If not, look for another project that is willing to help you.
Yes, I understand there's a thing called mod_rewrite but why would you want to make it look like you were running PHP when you are trying to promote rails? It would be like Microsoft changing their server responses to indicate that they were running Linux.
If you really want a general-purpose CMS then write one. I mean if all the hype of Rails is true, anyone should be able to whip one up in a few hours.
Including:
http://www.rubyonrails.org/index.php
I still get a kick out of that.
Yes, because it's not like google has anything like this available.
Wireless still isn't as fast as wired. Sure we have some "fast enough" for most purposes wireless technology but for pure blazing speed, you still need a wire. Wired technology also helps reduce attacks. Wifi, bluetooth, they are all vulnerable just by being in the vicinity, with a wired technology, you need physical access to the wires.
I'm not completely against wireless though, I do have a wifi network mixed with my wired network at home, it's great for web surfing wherever. I also have a bluetooth headset with is a million times better than it's wired equivalent. I also think that things like bluetooth mice, keyboards, printers and such are a great idea. Reducing the mess of wires and cleaning up my desk is a good thing, however I don't see the elimination of wires anytime soon.
Someone who realises the truth, that the loved CEO of said company is only loved because of the success of his company, and his company is only showing successful because of dodgy accounting.
Wow, you don't get out much do you? I don't really understand the financial stuff that much. I really don't understand what happened at Enron other than employees lost their benefits. (which really sucks) I also don't really understand what is going on in this case but, to say that the success of Apple is only due to dodgy accountin is just mind boggling. I think even someone who hate's apple would say they were successful in selling the iPod. That's why everyone talks about an "iPod killer." But they still haven't been displaced. With the switch to intel processors, the number of computers they are selling has increased. I for one know quite a few people who now have MBP's who would have never before considered getting a mac.
But whatever, go outside and start counting the number of iPods you see. Then start taking a look at the number of Mac laptops you see. Steve Jobs, like him or not, saved apple by bringing the technology from NeXT to apple. I admire him for what he's done to both Apple and Pixar. Also this is Apple who is doing their own internal investigation, not someone else who caught them in the act. This is them saying "wait, I think we made a mistake." From other comments I've read, this seems to not be a big deal (certainly not on the scale of Enron) and if Apple makes ammends and says basically, "we screwed up but now we've fixed it," I give them a lot of credit.
Just because people loose their jobs, I'm supposed to feel sorry for them? So if it was someone's job to beat me over the head with a stick and they lost their job am I still supposed to feel sorry for them?
I have certain ethics and those ethics prevent me from taking certain jobs. Sure, if times were really bad and I had no choice I would probably take them. However it's not as hard as you think it is to find a job right now. I just recently found a new job so I do know what I'm talking about.
Of course if you were just a grunt who answered the phone and have no real skills other than reading a card, maybe you should learn something or pick up a trade. I know at least in my area, people are really hurting for tradesmen. (plumbers, carpenters, HVAC, etc...) Yeah, it's actual work and you don't get to sit at a desk in an air conditioned room and not let people unsubscribe from AOL, but it puts food on the table.
So no, I wouldn't feel sorry if AOL closed up shop and all of their employees were out of business.
If this happened to a "good company" (ie one who didn't engage in deceptive business practices) I would say it's a shame that the company is gone and all those people have to find new work. But again, finding new work isn't that hard, it just may not be what you really want to do.
People keep saying, ubuntu is cool, but I really don't see why it is?
.deb version.
I think it's because it's easy to install and upgrade, making the switch for new users easier. I always liked Debian but the only real disadvantage was package selection, Ubuntu took care of the package selection part. I look at Ubuntu as Debian with more up to date packages.
It's way easier to find rpm of a release than
After just trying to get DBD::Sybase up and running on my linux system I would have to disagree with you. I use FC4 at work (along with some RH servers) and Debian/Ubuntu at home. To get DBD::Sybase I needed to get freetds running and the compile and install DBD::Sybase. freetds.org has src files, no rpms or debs. A search through yum yields no results for a freetds package, searching the web I did however find an older version of freetds along with an already compiled (older) version of DBD::Sybase as an RPM. Ok I though, I'll just compile and install. Unfortunately either I'm missing something to compile it or they are missing steps in their documentation but I couldn't get it working (The DBD::Sybase compile would fail miserably) I eventually just install the older versions and live without some of the features in the new version.
Just for fun, I looked on my Ubuntu and Debian systems. Guess what, they both have freetds and already compiled DBD::Sybase packages. While I think package selection used to be a reason to choose red hat over most other distros, lately I've found most places have at least source code available and a lot of users typically translate that into packages. Ubuntu has one of the nicest selections of packages I've seen in a while.
For me, Ubuntu is Debian with more packages. Because of that, I typically use Ubuntu as a destop and Debian as a server. I can see Ubuntu having more marketshare than Fedora Core but no way will it overtake Red Hat because of the "Enterprise" credibility Red Hat currently has.
Also what's the point of having something installed and waiting hours for internet download time, instead of downloading a DVD while you were sleeping, and get everything at once
Ummm... Ubuntu is available as a DVD iso as well. http://www.ubuntu.com/download Just go to the bottom where it says: Ubuntu DVD Releases. Oh, and you can kick off the internet downloads while you are sleeping too... and if you don't need all the packages, you download less than downloading all the packages.
Yeah, I think the biggest problem is not being able to understand people in India. Fortunately there are other options such as liveops (I don't work for them but I know someone who does) who does a distributed call center using voip and they hire american employees. It also allows the people they hire to work from home thus reducing the costs.