About the only thing i can think of that is more rude, is a SUV driver
Then you must not be in an area with BMWs and "look at me I just watched the Fast and the Furious" Hondas.
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I wish every theater jammed cell phones. The last few movies I've gone to, people around me have not only had their cell phones ring, but actually answered them and had a conversation during the movie.
Good question. And even adding to this, I find it interesting that IBM is talking about porting Office to Linux, when their own Lotus Notes email client doesn't run on Linux (at least not version 6, version 5 works under Wine). Hmmm... What's good for the goose...
So what you are basically saying is that you risk your job by violating corporate policy, because you have a huge boner for Linux and are completly anti-Microsoft? Christ, dude, I won't feel sorry for you when you get in trouble for running Linux.
I probably shouldn't feed this troll, but here I go anyway.
You are looking at it from the wrong perspective. I don't care that it's linux, windows, freeBSD, macOS, or whatever that's on my desktop. Although windows is what is 'officially' supposed to be on my system, I found it not to be the most productive and stable development environment for what I do.
You probably can't understand this because you either aren't a developer, or have not done 15 years of *nix-based development like I have. The environment and tools available in *nix systems for developers are impossible to beat for those that know them. Cygwin and such helps, but it isn't the same thing and you spend more time fighting to get the tools to work right than you do using them, although the gap is closing.
There is really no risk to my job. The management chain up to my VP knows I run linux, and a few other people around here run it too. A good boss supports an environment where developers can use whatever tools and such that are the most productive for them, regardless of the corporate standards. And since my work revolves around Java development, there's a good chance that the official tools will even run fine.
Overall, since we target and run everything on big-iron *nix systems anyway, those of us that develop on Linux find it easier to deploy and work in an environment that more closely matches that of production.
I think you'll find this has nothing to do with bigotry. In fact, I used to run nothing but FreeBSD, however found it to be lacking in terms of Java tool support, while everyone supports Linux these days.
Yep, we've pointed that out to them, but to them it's not relevant since even though indeminification is in the license, there is a company behind it that can be sued.
Their belief is that the only reason anybody would give software away for free is because they stole it from somebody else. Despite some discussion on this, they cannot conceive of why anybody would give software away for free. I suppose this comes from being a lawyer where they bill for every staple and paperclip.
You are fortunate to work in a company that is open to open source. I work for a large software company (10000+ employees in several states), and the official policy is that nobody uses any open source software, because if somebody sues us there isn't a company we can turn around and sue. This is seriously the primary reason - I've had one-on-one discussions with our lawyers on this issue.
Personally, I violate that corporate directive on a daily basis - I run linux, I use mozi^h^h^h^hphoe^h^h^h^hfirebird^h^h^h^hfox, etc. I do have to rdeskop to a windows box for corporate email and to use word+excel, as many people in my same position have to do. But 100% of my development (java) is done on linux.
Honestly? Don't do it! I've been doing software for 15 years, and the industry has changed alot, and not for the better. Jobs are going overseas, and software just isn't the cool niche thing it used to be. I can't wait to get out of the industry, I just haven't found another gig that pays as well.
Definately.... My group is in California, and we have another group in North Carolina. The cultural differences between these two organizations of the same company are huge, and just as bad as what's discussed here between countries.
Well, it's not -50 here, but the 4-wheeling group I'm with go on snow runs, which often include some all night wheelin, cuz it's crazy and fun. Well, fun until somebody gets stuck or breaks. Ever swap out a Birfield at 2am in 3ft of snow?
That's really just due to budget cuts. If we can't afford to send people to mars, NASA can just print out a big picture and people can camp on top of it.
Maybe their plot is inaccurate, because they only list access points directly beneath their aircraft, but I'd guess the signals would have a pretty big radius that far up in the air.
The map was derived from their GPS tracklog, so it shows the plane's location when the AP was detected, NOT the physical location of the AP.
Now that any illegal can now get a driver's license here in California, thereby rendering it essentially useless as a form of identification, this may not be a bad idea.
Once again, full electric vehicles are shown to be just not practical. I realize this is not a normal daily driver electric vehicle, but for $220000 you'd be better off buying a normal performance car. With 20 years of gas you'd still spend much less money.
Personally, I'm waiting to see how Hybrid vehicles evolve. What I really want to see is a Diesel/Electric hybrid. Small Diesel powered cars need to make a comeback in the US.
Good question. This is one of several reasons I switched from FreeBSD to Linux. I had serious performance issues using a green-thread JDK for J2EE development. May seem a petty reason, but after being a big FreeBSD support since 2.0, I haven't looked back after switching to Gentoo Linux.
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About the only thing i can think of that is more rude, is a SUV driver
Then you must not be in an area with BMWs and "look at me I just watched the Fast and the Furious" Hondas.
I wish every theater jammed cell phones. The last few movies I've gone to, people around me have not only had their cell phones ring, but actually answered them and had a conversation during the movie.
Good question. And even adding to this, I find it interesting that IBM is talking about porting Office to Linux, when their own Lotus Notes email client doesn't run on Linux (at least not version 6, version 5 works under Wine). Hmmm... What's good for the goose...
So what you are basically saying is that you risk your job by violating corporate policy, because you have a huge boner for Linux and are completly anti-Microsoft? Christ, dude, I won't feel sorry for you when you get in trouble for running Linux.
I probably shouldn't feed this troll, but here I go anyway.
You are looking at it from the wrong perspective. I don't care that it's linux, windows, freeBSD, macOS, or whatever that's on my desktop. Although windows is what is 'officially' supposed to be on my system, I found it not to be the most productive and stable development environment for what I do.
You probably can't understand this because you either aren't a developer, or have not done 15 years of *nix-based development like I have. The environment and tools available in *nix systems for developers are impossible to beat for those that know them. Cygwin and such helps, but it isn't the same thing and you spend more time fighting to get the tools to work right than you do using them, although the gap is closing.
There is really no risk to my job. The management chain up to my VP knows I run linux, and a few other people around here run it too. A good boss supports an environment where developers can use whatever tools and such that are the most productive for them, regardless of the corporate standards. And since my work revolves around Java development, there's a good chance that the official tools will even run fine.
Overall, since we target and run everything on big-iron *nix systems anyway, those of us that develop on Linux find it easier to deploy and work in an environment that more closely matches that of production.
I think you'll find this has nothing to do with bigotry. In fact, I used to run nothing but FreeBSD, however found it to be lacking in terms of Java tool support, while everyone supports Linux these days.
Yep, we've pointed that out to them, but to them it's not relevant since even though indeminification is in the license, there is a company behind it that can be sued.
Their belief is that the only reason anybody would give software away for free is because they stole it from somebody else. Despite some discussion on this, they cannot conceive of why anybody would give software away for free. I suppose this comes from being a lawyer where they bill for every staple and paperclip.
You are fortunate to work in a company that is open to open source. I work for a large software company (10000+ employees in several states), and the official policy is that nobody uses any open source software, because if somebody sues us there isn't a company we can turn around and sue. This is seriously the primary reason - I've had one-on-one discussions with our lawyers on this issue.
Personally, I violate that corporate directive on a daily basis - I run linux, I use mozi^h^h^h^hphoe^h^h^h^hfirebird^h^h^h^hfox, etc. I do have to rdeskop to a windows box for corporate email and to use word+excel, as many people in my same position have to do. But 100% of my development (java) is done on linux.
Gee thanks... That helps alot :-)
Honestly? Don't do it! I've been doing software for 15 years, and the industry has changed alot, and not for the better. Jobs are going overseas, and software just isn't the cool niche thing it used to be. I can't wait to get out of the industry, I just haven't found another gig that pays as well.
Just my opinion, YMMV.
Definately.... My group is in California, and we have another group in North Carolina. The cultural differences between these two organizations of the same company are huge, and just as bad as what's discussed here between countries.
Ummm... Law and Order is a TV show... It's not real.
Well, it's not -50 here, but the 4-wheeling group I'm with go on snow runs, which often include some all night wheelin, cuz it's crazy and fun. Well, fun until somebody gets stuck or breaks. Ever swap out a Birfield at 2am in 3ft of snow?
That's really just due to budget cuts. If we can't afford to send people to mars, NASA can just print out a big picture and people can camp on top of it.
Mine is "GOAWAY".
The map was derived from their GPS tracklog, so it shows the plane's location when the AP was detected, NOT the physical location of the AP.
Not really. You either got it or you didn't...
And this illustrates EXACTLY why M$ doesn't get the whole point of a CLI...
Which is an interesting point, and true.
Parent was not flamebait, you stupid sap.
Now that any illegal can now get a driver's license here in California, thereby rendering it essentially useless as a form of identification, this may not be a bad idea.
Once again, full electric vehicles are shown to be just not practical. I realize this is not a normal daily driver electric vehicle, but for $220000 you'd be better off buying a normal performance car. With 20 years of gas you'd still spend much less money.
Personally, I'm waiting to see how Hybrid vehicles evolve. What I really want to see is a Diesel/Electric hybrid. Small Diesel powered cars need to make a comeback in the US.
No credit. You didn't show your math.
At least that's where my mind was this! Let's go wheelin'...
Good question. This is one of several reasons I switched from FreeBSD to Linux. I had serious performance issues using a green-thread JDK for J2EE development. May seem a petty reason, but after being a big FreeBSD support since 2.0, I haven't looked back after switching to Gentoo Linux.
Aw cmon.. If you can't handle the bandwidth, stay off the net! :-)
...Because that's about all the cash that will be left!