OK, I hadn't realized that. Good thing I read this post before opening my trap to the other people saying SGI doesn't own it.
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2. Maya for Linux is still closed source and expensive.
Oh, please. This is the kind of thing that gets me a bit hot under the collar. OK, it's not cheap by any means, nor is it "Open Source". So? Why is something instantly "bad" just because it's not Open Source? I personally don't care. If the app/package/whatever is a great tool for the job, my ass is inline buying it. As for cost, well... Free is the right number, but that doesn't mean I won't pay for software. Hell, I gave Mr. Lucas a good few bucks over this past weekend buying a couple games... (P.S. Save your money on Jedi Academy. It's a great and fun game, but it's so buggy it's just not worth the money...).
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3. SGI's machines are more expensive that a home built PC of similar specs.
Sorry, but if you allow people to VPN from untrusted networks without at least clearing up IP address conflicts first you deserve problems.
Well, I don't really have a choice. The way my company is, I do have to allow "un-trusted" machines to VPN in. I'm not terribly happy about it, but that's just the way it is. But I totally get what you're saying, though.
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Picking a different server subnet might not be a bad solution though.
We did end up changing everything. We're in the 10.10 subnet now. After all the support calls about not being able to resolve names and such because my WINS server was the same IP as the one(s) that the client's "routers" hand out, we just decided "screw it" rather than continually walking people through re-configuring their end of things...
These folks have a great little utility (WIndows only, but...) that sits down in your system tray and will update itself as often as you like. I've been using it for 5 or 6 years now. There's a couple for *NIX as well (for the various GUI's, I don't know about the console or OS-X).
192.168.1.x seems to me to be a perfectly logical default setting.
It isn't if your network at work that near 100 people are trying to use are in the same subnet. (I didn't set this up...) MS's WINS crap only looks in it's current subnet for name resolution. Trust me on this one. People with these "routers" can't see my Exchange server because of the name resolution crap when they are "VPN'ed" in.
OK, fine. They're not really doing what they should be doing (from a legal sense I mean). They are, however, using our favorite "OS" to get out to the masses (OK, I really hate the default to 192.168.1.x for the DHCP daemon, but that's a personal thing, I guess...).
OK, so there's a kinda big name company handing out "Linux"... and people are complaining about that...
Why the hell are you running a WM at all on a Server? Your workstation, OK I can see that (I wouldn't live without my WM of choice on my workstation), but on a Server?
I used to work as consultant for NTT back in the mid-80s
Dude! Neat! I worked on a Commadore 64 in the mid eighties as well! My Dad bought one when they were damn near brand new (early eighties). It was really cool. It kinda sucked that most of my friends had Apple ][ or ][+, but it was still cool. I kicked ass at Bruce Lee. I have a Gentoo box now. Well, I'm slapping together a Win '98 box so I can play some games. AOK, AOK:TC, things like that. I play RTCW and Q3A and Tribes2 and thing like that on my *NIX box, but, I dunno, Working for NTT is like using one of my old friend's VIC-20's, ummm... IT MEANS NOTHING!
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Even better! I get to spend a few hours downloading things AND configuration on ach machine, just to make basic Networking Things (tm) up-to-date and possible. This is so cool!
I love being an NT admin...
I love being an NT admin...
I love being an NT admin...
I love being an NT admin...
I love being an NT admin...
I love being an NT admin...
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It's accessable from the MMC on each client machine
Cool, I actually have to visit each and everyone of my clients, personally?
make sure the website address, or email address of the annoying company is posted too
That's actually a really good idea. We could use Web Crawlers (or pigeons...:-) ) to our advantage. They follow HREF's to find other pages on our sites. Perhaps we should start putting some of these assholes somewhere on our index.html pages. Hidden, of course (text color the same as the background).
I'm not confusing anything. I'm only pointing out that we let almost anyone in this country for almost any reason (remember them Cubans that came over here in a raft?...). Perhaps we should be a bit more discriminate on who we let into this country just like everyother country on this planet (not that I agree with it, but...). Look at the folks that flew into the WTC. They came here on *.VISAs...
talented foreign students are being denied visas (approximately 20%, according to one source in the article)
GOOD!
Why is it that the US gets flogged for denying someone a VISA, when other countries do it all the time and is considered "common place"?
Yes, I'm a "Yank" (I live about an hour west of Philly), but I just flat-out don't understand why it's a big deal when the US of A does it, but it's OK for anyone else.
Excellent on gas, better than 90% of cars out there. [...] If you buy a jap cruiser, you can spend as little as $5,000, up to $30,000+ for high-end bikes or Harleys.
Well, my Impreza Outback that I bought for $14,600 over 4 years ago ('97 model, I bought it used) has cost me a grand total of ZERO dollars to maintain (minus one brake pad replacement and two front tires; that's routine maintenance and doesn't really count). Hell, the original head lights still haven't burned out. The original battery is still going strong (but I'll probably change it out before thw winter, though).
Also, once you get out of high school or your parent's basement, how well is your bike going to suit you? I'd love to see you try and figure out how to strap a 4 year old (like I have) to a bike to take him/her over to Chuck E. Cheese's...
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We are forbidden to look at any GPL'ed code. BSD code is a grey area, and we need to consult with legal.
/. if that all truly be the case??
Shouldn't you be fixing some bugs and not browsing
1. SGI owns Alias Wavefront (read the fine print)
:-)
OK, I hadn't realized that. Good thing I read this post before opening my trap to the other people saying SGI doesn't own it.
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2. Maya for Linux is still closed source and expensive.
Oh, please. This is the kind of thing that gets me a bit hot under the collar. OK, it's not cheap by any means, nor is it "Open Source". So? Why is something instantly "bad" just because it's not Open Source? I personally don't care. If the app/package/whatever is a great tool for the job, my ass is inline buying it. As for cost, well... Free is the right number, but that doesn't mean I won't pay for software. Hell, I gave Mr. Lucas a good few bucks over this past weekend buying a couple games... (P.S. Save your money on Jedi Academy. It's a great and fun game, but it's so buggy it's just not worth the money...).
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3. SGI's machines are more expensive that a home built PC of similar specs.
Well, yea, but they look really cool!
What hipocrits
That's the suits up in the Ivory Towers heating up the air. OBVIOUSLY not the artists down in the trenches.
Sorry, but if you allow people to VPN from untrusted networks without at least clearing up IP address conflicts first you deserve problems.
Well, I don't really have a choice. The way my company is, I do have to allow "un-trusted" machines to VPN in. I'm not terribly happy about it, but that's just the way it is. But I totally get what you're saying, though.
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Picking a different server subnet might not be a bad solution though.
We did end up changing everything. We're in the 10.10 subnet now. After all the support calls about not being able to resolve names and such because my WINS server was the same IP as the one(s) that the client's "routers" hand out, we just decided "screw it" rather than continually walking people through re-configuring their end of things...
These folks have a great little utility (WIndows only, but...) that sits down in your system tray and will update itself as often as you like. I've been using it for 5 or 6 years now. There's a couple for *NIX as well (for the various GUI's, I don't know about the console or OS-X).
Just thought I'd throw this out there.
192.168.1.x seems to me to be a perfectly logical default setting.
It isn't if your network at work that near 100 people are trying to use are in the same subnet. (I didn't set this up...) MS's WINS crap only looks in it's current subnet for name resolution. Trust me on this one. People with these "routers" can't see my Exchange server because of the name resolution crap when they are "VPN'ed" in.
OK, fine. They're not really doing what they should be doing (from a legal sense I mean). They are, however, using our favorite "OS" to get out to the masses (OK, I really hate the default to 192.168.1.x for the DHCP daemon, but that's a personal thing, I guess...).
/me shakes his head.
OK, so there's a kinda big name company handing out "Linux"... and people are complaining about that...
Because the US didn't convict him, and they don't care about what the rest of the world thinks, no?
You're right. "NO"
You're welcome.
I run TWM on my server
This begs the question:
Why the hell are you running a WM at all on a Server? Your workstation, OK I can see that (I wouldn't live without my WM of choice on my workstation), but on a Server?
I used to work as consultant for NTT back in the mid-80s
Dude! Neat! I worked on a Commadore 64 in the mid eighties as well! My Dad bought one when they were damn near brand new (early eighties). It was really cool. It kinda sucked that most of my friends had Apple ][ or ][+, but it was still cool. I kicked ass at Bruce Lee. I have a Gentoo box now. Well, I'm slapping together a Win '98 box so I can play some games. AOK, AOK:TC, things like that. I play RTCW and Q3A and Tribes2 and thing like that on my *NIX box, but, I dunno, Working for NTT is like using one of my old friend's VIC-20's, ummm... IT MEANS NOTHING!
Why can't they pass an anti-spam bill as quickly?
Ummm... because the US doesn't control the entire planet (no matter how much we think we do).
FREQUENT spelling errors, BLATANT pro-Linux/anti-Microsoft attitudes
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You must be new here.
Even better! I get to spend a few hours downloading things AND configuration on ach machine, just to make basic Networking Things (tm) up-to-date and possible. This is so cool!
I love being an NT admin...
I love being an NT admin...
I love being an NT admin...
I love being an NT admin...
I love being an NT admin...
I love being an NT admin...
It's accessable from the MMC on each client machine
Cool, I actually have to visit each and everyone of my clients, personally?
Where should I post my address so that it attracts spam?
/me shakes his head.
How about the front page of Slashdot?!? That ought to help you out a bit.
Because when you're working at a desk (and not on your lap), it's nice when the keyboard isn't 2 inches away from the screen.
That's what a docking station is for, isn't it?
make sure the website address, or email address of the annoying company is posted too
:-) ) to our advantage. They follow HREF's to find other pages on our sites. Perhaps we should start putting some of these assholes somewhere on our index.html pages. Hidden, of course (text color the same as the background).
That's actually a really good idea. We could use Web Crawlers (or pigeons...
I honestly have no idea how to respond to your message. All I can really think is:
/me shakes your hand.
There's quite a difference you stupid fuck.
(You seem quite intelligent...)
I'm not confusing anything. I'm only pointing out that we let almost anyone in this country for almost any reason (remember them Cubans that came over here in a raft?...). Perhaps we should be a bit more discriminate on who we let into this country just like everyother country on this planet (not that I agree with it, but...). Look at the folks that flew into the WTC. They came here on *.VISAs...
talented foreign students are being denied visas (approximately 20%, according to one source in the article)
GOOD!
Why is it that the US gets flogged for denying someone a VISA, when other countries do it all the time and is considered "common place"?
Yes, I'm a "Yank" (I live about an hour west of Philly), but I just flat-out don't understand why it's a big deal when the US of A does it, but it's OK for anyone else.
Can someone please enlighten me?
while it seems obvious that the next step is going to be a fully 3d-enabled desktop
What, kinda like 3dwm?
You have obviously never been to Asia.
OK, you got me there. Yes, you're right. I'm your average Yank Geek...
Excellent on gas, better than 90% of cars out there. [...] If you buy a jap cruiser, you can spend as little as $5,000, up to $30,000+ for high-end bikes or Harleys.
Well, my Impreza Outback that I bought for $14,600 over 4 years ago ('97 model, I bought it used) has cost me a grand total of ZERO dollars to maintain (minus one brake pad replacement and two front tires; that's routine maintenance and doesn't really count). Hell, the original head lights still haven't burned out. The original battery is still going strong (but I'll probably change it out before thw winter, though).
Also, once you get out of high school or your parent's basement, how well is your bike going to suit you? I'd love to see you try and figure out how to strap a 4 year old (like I have) to a bike to take him/her over to Chuck E. Cheese's...
How often do you get to watch pr0n legitimately at work, anyway?
:-)
I guess that would depend on if your name is something like Ron Jeremy or not...