I buy a book, and decide that Chapter 4 stinks. It does nothing for the plot, and contains a view/storyline/profane word that I find offensive, so I rip it out. Now I loan this book to a friend, who turns me in to the publisher, who then sues me for copyright infringement.
If Clean Flicks is buying each copy they edit, then why does it matter what they do with it?
The big problem in getting the cost lowered by replacing Windows w/ Linux, Oracle w/ PostgreSQL, etc. is that most of these benchmark test systems cost huge bucks -- bucks contributed by the hardware & software manufacturers. If you were HP, would you rather foot the entire cost of putting one of these systems together with open source, or split the cost with Oracle and/or MS? Your hardware lands on the list either way.
The real challenge here is finding the money to build competing open source - based machines. MS has lots of monopoly money to dedicate to getting their products on the lists. Linux has no similar war chest.
Geez, what self-righteous putzes
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I'm seeing a really disturbing trend in here. It seems those who have recently lost their jobs are taking a lot of heat for their situation. Some people seem to suggest that unemployment is almost always a result of poor skills, poor performance, poor planning, or a combination of these mistakes.
This pious "I have a job, they're easy to get and keep if you're as good as me" mentality smacks of a selfish immaturity drawn from too little interest in others' situations. These same people that are saying things like:
I believe that doers do, and whiners don't.
A lot of the people I know were "paper techies" who used to brag about how much they made. Well, who has the job now?
All the people interviewed in that article are wimps.
I'd bet if (when?) these people lose their jobs, they won't be blaming themselves, but instead the President, Congress, Alan Greenspan, bad managers, stupid customers, El Nino, anti-technology conspiracies, and anything else that might lessen the impact on their over-inflated egos.
Give these people a break. You may need one yourself one day.
The CNet article begins by discussing Goldman-Sachs' survey on "spending priorities." Later in the article, the report transitions from discussing spending priorities to OS usage. I haven't seen the survey, so I can't know for sure, but it could be that Goldman and/or the CNet reporter are misinterpreting some data.
For example, say you're running a company with 10000 computers an 100 support personnel (arbittrary numbers, don't bother criticising them). Also assume all systems are running a commercially licensed OS and applications. You're going to have a big budget (a high "spending priority") for licensing, etc. Now say one of your regions/departments/whatever decides to transition all of its systems to Linux running free apps. Where does this show up in the budget? What kind of blip will it make on the radar in terms of "spending priorities?" $30 per location for some CDs and some IS staff hours, which tend to be poorly accounted anyways, will not even show up on most middle-management reports, much less so on executive reports. Is Linux going to show up as a significant spending priority? It shouldn't. That's one of the big selling points for Linux.
Maybe the survay did ask questions like "Is you company planning to use Linux on any systems in the coming year?" Or maybe CNet's reporter made a poor assumption: companies aren't spending a lot on Linux, therefore they aren't using it.
There are some really difficult realities to be faced when leaving academia. After I graduated, I took a job as a programmer away from school and family. I was terribly excited, certain that I would be placed in charge of important exciting projects that would let me use all of those valuable skills I'd learned in school. I was also certain the the big city (Nashville, in this case) would have a lot to offer (you know -- chicks).
What I encountered was totally different -- companies don't typically put fresh-outs into big important jobs. I was doing mind-numbing code revisions that nobody else wanted. About my third week there, I realized that there would be no semester break, summer off, or graduation. I wouldn't get to trade bosses and coworkers every few months for new ones, so sour professional relationships would not just go away either. The next definite break in my routine was about 42 years down the road at retirement.
As for the chicks -- no workplace will have as many early 20's coeds as a college campus.
Depressed yet? I was, but things got better.
People at work begin to see your abilities and trust you with larger projects. Most people do change jobs occasionally, and these changes often offer significant jumps in pay, responsibility, and authority. Eventually, you look around and things are prettty good. Without sticking it out through the tough spots, though, you'll never get there.
The moral: Give the work world a chance, don't scuttle your carreer because of a few classes, or 1 or 2 lousy jobs. If you find, after a year or so (and at least 2 jobs), that tech really isn't interesting or exciting, then consider another degree (I went back for a Masters after 2 1/2 years working). If you're lucky, you'll find an employer to pay your way.
Don't get so caught up in where you are that you can't see where you're going.
Eventually, I even found the chicks. One of them even agreed to marry me.:-)
Whether you wish to believe it or not, Atheism is as much a religion as Christianity, Judaism, Islam, etc. You can not prove there is no God, you accept on faith that there isn't. Some accept on faith that there is.
You state: "religion calls for people to give up personal responsibility for their actions, and believe in what they are told"
Atheism also calls for people to give up responsibility to any power/moral code, etc. higher than himself or herself. If there is no God, why should we serve anyone other than ourselves?
As for believing what they're told, That's where evloution fits in to the atheist religion. I find the idea that humankind "evolved" from chaos to be more absurd than the idea of a man turning water into wine.
Point being: You have your beliefs -- I have mine. Stop being superior and condescending.
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So, did this guy just violate the DMCA?
Gee, you only spen $1500 on your car?
Let's see:
1992 Mustang 5.0 -- $3500 including:
Rear gear, shifter & underdrives & exhaust work
New cam and intake -- $1000
$4500 for 250 rwhp.
There is NO replacement for displacement.
I love rice. It's delicious.
Actually, here's an easier way to look at it:
I buy a book, and decide that Chapter 4 stinks. It does nothing for the plot, and contains a view/storyline/profane word that I find offensive, so I rip it out. Now I loan this book to a friend, who turns me in to the publisher, who then sues me for copyright infringement.
If Clean Flicks is buying each copy they edit, then why does it matter what they do with it?
The big problem in getting the cost lowered by replacing Windows w/ Linux, Oracle w/ PostgreSQL, etc. is that most of these benchmark test systems cost huge bucks -- bucks contributed by the hardware & software manufacturers. If you were HP, would you rather foot the entire cost of putting one of these systems together with open source, or split the cost with Oracle and/or MS? Your hardware lands on the list either way.
The real challenge here is finding the money to build competing open source - based machines. MS has lots of monopoly money to dedicate to getting their products on the lists. Linux has no similar war chest.
I'm seeing a really disturbing trend in here. It seems those who have recently lost their jobs are taking a lot of heat for their situation. Some people seem to suggest that unemployment is almost always a result of poor skills, poor performance, poor planning, or a combination of these mistakes.
This pious "I have a job, they're easy to get and keep if you're as good as me" mentality smacks of a selfish immaturity drawn from too little interest in others' situations. These same people that are saying things like:
I believe that doers do, and whiners don't.
A lot of the people I know were "paper techies" who used to brag about how much they made. Well, who has the job now?
All the people interviewed in that article are wimps.
I'd bet if (when?) these people lose their jobs, they won't be blaming themselves, but instead the President, Congress, Alan Greenspan, bad managers, stupid customers, El Nino, anti-technology conspiracies, and anything else that might lessen the impact on their over-inflated egos.
Give these people a break. You may need one yourself one day.
That's the funniest thing I've read all week.
The CNet article begins by discussing Goldman-Sachs' survey on "spending priorities." Later in the article, the report transitions from discussing spending priorities to OS usage. I haven't seen the survey, so I can't know for sure, but it could be that Goldman and/or the CNet reporter are misinterpreting some data.
For example, say you're running a company with 10000 computers an 100 support personnel (arbittrary numbers, don't bother criticising them). Also assume all systems are running a commercially licensed OS and applications. You're going to have a big budget (a high "spending priority") for licensing, etc. Now say one of your regions/departments/whatever decides to transition all of its systems to Linux running free apps. Where does this show up in the budget? What kind of blip will it make on the radar in terms of "spending priorities?" $30 per location for some CDs and some IS staff hours, which tend to be poorly accounted anyways, will not even show up on most middle-management reports, much less so on executive reports. Is Linux going to show up as a significant spending priority? It shouldn't. That's one of the big selling points for Linux.
Maybe the survay did ask questions like "Is you company planning to use Linux on any systems in the coming year?" Or maybe CNet's reporter made a poor assumption: companies aren't spending a lot on Linux, therefore they aren't using it.
There are some really difficult realities to be faced when leaving academia. After I graduated, I took a job as a programmer away from school and family. I was terribly excited, certain that I would be placed in charge of important exciting projects that would let me use all of those valuable skills I'd learned in school. I was also certain the the big city (Nashville, in this case) would have a lot to offer (you know -- chicks).
:-)
What I encountered was totally different -- companies don't typically put fresh-outs into big important jobs. I was doing mind-numbing code revisions that nobody else wanted. About my third week there, I realized that there would be no semester break, summer off, or graduation. I wouldn't get to trade bosses and coworkers every few months for new ones, so sour professional relationships would not just go away either. The next definite break in my routine was about 42 years down the road at retirement.
As for the chicks -- no workplace will have as many early 20's coeds as a college campus.
Depressed yet? I was, but things got better.
People at work begin to see your abilities and trust you with larger projects. Most people do change jobs occasionally, and these changes often offer significant jumps in pay, responsibility, and authority. Eventually, you look around and things are prettty good. Without sticking it out through the tough spots, though, you'll never get there.
The moral: Give the work world a chance, don't scuttle your carreer because of a few classes, or 1 or 2 lousy jobs. If you find, after a year or so (and at least 2 jobs), that tech really isn't interesting or exciting, then consider another degree (I went back for a Masters after 2 1/2 years working). If you're lucky, you'll find an employer to pay your way.
Don't get so caught up in where you are that you can't see where you're going.
Eventually, I even found the chicks. One of them even agreed to marry me.
Whether you wish to believe it or not, Atheism is as much a religion as Christianity, Judaism, Islam, etc. You can not prove there is no God, you accept on faith that there isn't. Some accept on faith that there is.
You state: "religion calls for people to give up personal responsibility for their actions, and believe in what they are told"
Atheism also calls for people to give up responsibility to any power/moral code, etc. higher than himself or herself. If there is no God, why should we serve anyone other than ourselves?
As for believing what they're told, That's where evloution fits in to the atheist religion. I find the idea that humankind "evolved" from chaos to be more absurd than the idea of a man turning water into wine.
Point being: You have your beliefs -- I have mine. Stop being superior and condescending.