When writing error messages, don't have it spit out something sensible. Have it spit out something completely crazy but memorable, which you can then grep the code for. Something along the lines of "The Cake has hit the Fan" or "The Chickens are eating Pie". This improves the odds the user will remember it and report it correctly, giving you some hope of finding where the bug is in the code.
http://www.clockingit.com/ Might be worth a look. Keeps track of stuff you need to do, and will let you keep track of time spent doing it as well. Definitely a help if you're looking to prove you need help some day. And yes, you can install a copy of it on a local server. Heck, might be a good tool for others in your office, for that matter - this isn't a problem you're alone in having in your company.
Built in UPS, plenty of computing power as you say. Best use I can think of is as a server - web, mail, mysql, whathaveyou. Wear and tear on the hard drive not an issue if you're using something set up correctly - the hard drive will be spun down most of the time.
Maintainable code is code that isn't tricky, doesn't use every piece of the language just cause you can, and isn't written to showcase how clever you are. You don't know the skill of the person following you, so keep it straightforward.
I found myself in a similar situation, and found a place that suits me perfectly. It's a small development shop. I'd definitely recommend trying to find a smaller company; the smaller, the more freedom you have to use all your skills. Seems the larger the company, the more specialized they believe their IT folks need to be. The smaller, the less particular jobs are a specific person's responsibility. Just my two cents.
Most folks would also like some kind of fire extinguishing system in their room full of sometimes fire prone equipment. And don't start with "well use Halon!"
I am using the aircard 5220 with very good success. You have to activate it with a Windows machine, but after that it works great with Linux or a Mac, for that matter. The speed is very good, and coverage in the DC area is decent. All in all, I've been very happy with it. And the best part is most distributions have everything you need built in! A couple disclaimers: work pays for the service, which isn't cheap. Also, it's EVDO only, so limited in it's availability, which should improve over time.
While we're on the topic, the oldest game I still play quite regularly is Stars!. Quite the classic. I keep being afraid Microsoft will destroy my ability to play this classic Windows 3.1 game with some random patch. Not sure when exactly it was created, but I'm willing to bet it's got the largest fanbase of any old game.
My old 486 is currently my firewall machine. Works just fine, and is quite quiet, since the only moving part is the fan in the power supply. IBM built TOUGH machines!
Um, probably because Cujo himself (the guy asking the question!) replied to one of the first responses saying it's going on the mid-deck of the shuttle.
Hey, I'm not saying use them or not. I'm giving fodder for making the argument to use OSS. Point is, executives love stuff published in this type of magazine, and that specific quote, and that specific article might be just what the person needs for their argument.
The March 15th edition of CIO magazine had a front page article about Open Source: http://www.cio.com/archive/031503/opensource.html. My favorite quote, very applicapable to this situation: "We will guarantee the same [service-level agreements] for Linux that we do for proprietary OSs," says Dan Frye, director of IBM's Linux Technology Center. "Response times, fix times, uptime--we'll sign all those same contracts for Linux." That pretty much says it all: 24/7 support with contractual guaruntees for Linux. There are plenty of other places willing to do similar for other open source software. Best point though: if you don't like the vendor you first choose for that support, you can actually pick up and move to someone else WITHOUT changing your software too!
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Actually the point about the jelly fish is that it could pulverize them while keeping the useful bits intact (the collagen, etc.). So far, from what I understand, that's the only way found so far that can extract the useful organic compounds economically.
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I can think of two legitimate uses for that amount of space. toring video clips for editing is one. After all, we got a G4 Mac with DVD burner for a reason! And second: I do a bit of engineering for a band. 24bit WAV files take up quite a bit of room, especially recording 4 at a crack! I've easily recorded 300+ GB in the past year, and it sure would be nice to have it all available without resorting to CD-R and DVD-R. More storage, I say! As for back ups? That's why I bought a motherboard with on board IDE raid!
I am assuming they mean high definition, perhaps even 1080i, which is 1920x1080. I think just about anyone would call that high resolution Keep up if your going to comment.
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Oh noes! What will I use for my lava lamps?
When writing error messages, don't have it spit out something sensible. Have it spit out something completely crazy but memorable, which you can then grep the code for. Something along the lines of "The Cake has hit the Fan" or "The Chickens are eating Pie". This improves the odds the user will remember it and report it correctly, giving you some hope of finding where the bug is in the code.
I'm one of the developers of StartUpHire. We use open source software, and I can tell you that many startups are using nothing but open source software. So, check out StartUpHire. As an example, here are a pile of jobs which need some Linux experience: http://www.startuphire.com/search/index.php?searchId=945ed9ccb0bc3f21fd7b5aad0f6ed1fd
http://mafipulation.org/static/shairport-0.02.tar.gz. c source code and perl script included. Link still working as I post this.
/me reaches for the popcorn
http://www.clockingit.com/ Might be worth a look. Keeps track of stuff you need to do, and will let you keep track of time spent doing it as well. Definitely a help if you're looking to prove you need help some day. And yes, you can install a copy of it on a local server.
Heck, might be a good tool for others in your office, for that matter - this isn't a problem you're alone in having in your company.
Built in UPS, plenty of computing power as you say.
Best use I can think of is as a server - web, mail, mysql, whathaveyou. Wear and tear on the hard drive not an issue if you're using something set up correctly - the hard drive will be spun down most of the time.
Just came out, awesome awesome awesome. And it's released under the creative commons.
Maintainable code is code that isn't tricky, doesn't use every piece of the language just cause you can, and isn't written to showcase how clever you are. You don't know the skill of the person following you, so keep it straightforward.
I found myself in a similar situation, and found a place that suits me perfectly. It's a small development shop. I'd definitely recommend trying to find a smaller company; the smaller, the more freedom you have to use all your skills. Seems the larger the company, the more specialized they believe their IT folks need to be. The smaller, the less particular jobs are a specific person's responsibility. Just my two cents.
Most folks would also like some kind of fire extinguishing system in their room full of sometimes fire prone equipment. And don't start with "well use Halon!"
I am using the aircard 5220 with very good success. You have to activate it with a Windows machine, but after that it works great with Linux or a Mac, for that matter. The speed is very good, and coverage in the DC area is decent. All in all, I've been very happy with it. And the best part is most distributions have everything you need built in!
A couple disclaimers: work pays for the service, which isn't cheap. Also, it's EVDO only, so limited in it's availability, which should improve over time.
While we're on the topic, the oldest game I still play quite regularly is Stars!. Quite the classic. I keep being afraid Microsoft will destroy my ability to play this classic Windows 3.1 game with some random patch. Not sure when exactly it was created, but I'm willing to bet it's got the largest fanbase of any old game.
My old 486 is currently my firewall machine. Works just fine, and is quite quiet, since the only moving part is the fan in the power supply. IBM built TOUGH machines!
Um, probably because Cujo himself (the guy asking the question!) replied to one of the first responses saying it's going on the mid-deck of the shuttle.
Hey, I'm not saying use them or not. I'm giving fodder for making the argument to use OSS. Point is, executives love stuff published in this type of magazine, and that specific quote, and that specific article might be just what the person needs for their argument.
The March 15th edition of CIO magazine had a front page article about Open Source: http://www.cio.com/archive/031503/opensource.html. My favorite quote, very applicapable to this situation:
"We will guarantee the same [service-level agreements] for Linux that we do for proprietary OSs," says Dan Frye, director of IBM's Linux Technology Center. "Response times, fix times, uptime--we'll sign all those same contracts for Linux."
That pretty much says it all: 24/7 support with contractual guaruntees for Linux. There are plenty of other places willing to do similar for other open source software. Best point though: if you don't like the vendor you first choose for that support, you can actually pick up and move to someone else WITHOUT changing your software too!
Actually the point about the jelly fish is that it could pulverize them while keeping the useful bits intact (the collagen, etc.). So far, from what I understand, that's the only way found so far that can extract the useful organic compounds economically.
Read a little more, it can also destroy stone.
Works great with Mozilla, as well. I've used pretty much every aspect of their online banking site, and had no problems at all.
I can think of two legitimate uses for that amount of space.
toring video clips for editing is one. After all, we got a G4 Mac with DVD burner for a reason!
And second: I do a bit of engineering for a band. 24bit WAV files take up quite a bit of room, especially recording 4 at a crack! I've easily recorded 300+ GB in the past year, and it sure would be nice to have it all available without resorting to CD-R and DVD-R.
More storage, I say!
As for back ups? That's why I bought a motherboard with on board IDE raid!
So, don't assume that it will be used for Porn!
http://www.pricewatch.com. Best place to find prices.
Ok, who believes it was really the general manager who came up with this thing?
I am assuming they mean high definition, perhaps even 1080i, which is 1920x1080. I think just about anyone would call that high resolution Keep up if your going to comment.
Read the specs again. It leaves you the option of using an external DAC: it has digital out.
Man I hate people who comment without reading the facts.