i use Logitech stuff at home, and a dell keyboard which is based off the IBM/Logitech/Whoever owns it this week design of the enclosed spring keyboard that came with the IBM PC's. Aside from the fact that they dont feel bad, i love the nice, satisfying click given upon each keypress. In my workplace, where there is no acoustic tiles, everyone can hear me type! (Unfortunately this also means everyone can hear me NOT type).
The worst, by far, are laptop keyboards. I'd gladly accept a laptop that's a tad bigger for a keyboard that doesn't suck donkey butt. On a tangent, by "b" key came off of my laptop. It wont go back on. I dislike dell. grr.
I had a PS/2 interface installed in my head. Unfortunately, when i had my neural implant done in 1996, i didn't forsee USB or firewire. No neuralpr0n.:(
Actually, i use a different technique Than the one which is taught to be proper - i learned on my own. Almost failed typing class even though I typed faster than the techer (90WPM against her 75) After a good 14 years of typing at least 8 hours a day (with very few exceptions), i can honestly say the only pain i feel is in my *fingers* (go figure).
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In some organizations open source is considered taboo in some applications. Namely, those applications where there is a "Big name", albiet closed-source alternative with professional support, documented in an SLA or support agreement. Samba is not a product of RedHat, nor of HP. It is bundled software.
And 3rd parties digging through code.. Im not sure I really like that idea in my environment. No thanks, but i'll stick with companies who's stock prices are well into the double-digits. This isn't an HP Shop, nor is linux allowed in our production environment. Therefore, as i elaborate on below, I'm unconcerned with the principle.
[BEGIN Diatribe]
This discussion boils down to Administration Philosophies, Open Source Zealotism and professionalism on both sides. It trancends into the metaphysical layers of the OSI Model. Financial and Political for me, Religious for most of slashdot. To my contemporaries and myself, open source software simply isnt worth the "risk". Our investors don't like it, we're past the buzzword stage, and you know, in the end, our purpose is to make money, not to stand on philosophy. The one Linux application we ran was a unmitigated disaster. While I know it doesnt speak for all OpenSource applications, it certainly puts forth the idea that when you put something into production, you want to make sure it is completely, totally, and undeniably supported for its entire lifepsan. Unix/OSS is not a way of life for me. It isn't the godhead of my existence - its not my calling. Its my job. I do my job, I take appropriate steps to ensure I'm the best I can be at what I do, and then I go home and attempt to improve myself in other ways. I like Windows. I like Unix. I accept the benefits of both. My employers like that. This is the reason i've gotten the jobs i've gotten. [Well, it obviously wasn't my charming personality]
I love this analogy. Love it, love it, love it. Can I steal it? Is it an open source quote?:) GPL'ed even?
I can't wait to see the first person clam they made a production SQL server from their Dreamcast, PS2, or watch. From there its just a short step to "We replaced all our Ultra Enterprise 4500, 5500's with Dreamcasts in a Beowulf cluster to serve our Production financial database at [insert large financial corp here]."
Quite established and well known, though. Recommended heavily by vendors, sun, oracle..
I'm talking things such as Coda, etc.
Personally, it was a godsend when i found out about WSFU.. eliminate samba in the environment - We're heavily reliant on cross-platform FS, heavily enough that we don't want to use an unsupported product. Services for Unix's Gateway for NFS is going to make me a happy man this year.
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This is the first true news for nerds i've seen on this page. Seeing as Wendys, McDonalds, Arbys and the occasional Hardees provides the staple of my diet (And my goal to have my own little dimple in the fabric of space-time), we've lost a figurehead for the movement.
NFS has its problems, but securing NFS is something that many people are working on. Sun includes support for the sec= option on their NFS mounts; NFSv4 specs include various security protocols such as TLS, Kerb, SKPM..
I don't know how fast a "Aftermarket" FS would take off in the IT market right now. Most people are locking into "static" mode - Nobody i know in TN is going to Windows XP in their enterprise, and people are just now beginning to move to Solaris 8 (Where they had systems at 2.6 previously.) I know some enterprise, especially those serious about maintaining the assured quality of their networks, are not going to install a 3rd party filesystem.. as part of the "holy trinity", a filesystem is something that most system engineers/admins, at least those I know, aren't going to take any risks on.
I stand by my opinion that a Open Systems Consortium should be in charge of ensuring interoperability of operating systems.
What about the possibility of being fried by the sun, in its current state?
I remember watching on TLC, and reading subsequently, that the earth's magnetic field is degrading by half every 1600 years. Geophysics isn't my strong suit - Can anyone lend any supporting/debunking information?
That is 4 years, real-world unix experience. My first year was spent in 16 hour days. I loved my job immensely. I love learning, always have. I've just become discontent. I am, however, young, and at my last company, the angst that comes along with being (20 at the time) got tbe best of me, and I lost my job. Now, as if the world operates on some sort of karma system, I'm paying for that sin. I learned a very valuable lesson - I took a 6K paycut, and i now work for someone who's clue level is 5 on a scale of 10 (to be fair). The job market in TN is -dead-. I can't move - my entire life is here (though im more tempted to give it up now than ever before).
I plan to go back to school soon, and take general sciences. Just for the respect of my peers, and more importantly, myself.
The russians N-1 Rockets were.. disasters. They'd of course have to start over - but they DO have the expertise. We just have to ignore that they stole the designs for the Buran. Its now in mothballs (hmm.. we could buy it.).
We no longer have the wonder and adventure spirit required to go anywhere. There isn't a great frontier spirit. Its dying with the last generation.:(
My manager at one of my previous employers was an MSCE. Its apparently a very, very rare and highly prized certification, especially in management ranks. Its up there with the CCIE.
This manager of mine mysteriously got let go from his position. I can't imagine why. According to HR, he had the required BS Degree.. But he recently took a position as a PC Technician just because he wanted something "Less challanging".
Sign me up for the MSCE next - I wanna be a systems manager, too. They make money, even if they dont know the fundimentals of system security.
Unfortunately your post is situated between two notable posts of the scholar and poet "Klerck", at least in the view im in, and you're using the Anonymous Coward ID, therefore im afraid very few will notice your post, as they would be distracted by the awesome and stunning magnitude of his thought process.
The space shuttle can only reach a maximum altitude of 600 miles. This is with no additional weight and isnt even close to the clarke/GEO orbit, at 22,500 FT. Anything higher that the shuttle carries has to be launched by the Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) mechanism you often see satellites spinning out of. The external tank and SRB's, at 154 FT and 116 FT respectively, are dwarfed by the 373 FT tall SaturnV stack that was used to get the spacecraft far enough out that the S4-B could begin its translunar injection. The space shuttle's current EFT cannot be refueled.
In short, you'd have to dust off the Saturn-V diagrams. Since the government would be paying more than likely, this step alone could cost millions.
Of course, we would want/need to revise a little. Computer weight, increased efficency in fuel, etc.. Chalk up a couple extra hundred mill..
Providing you successfully launch materials into space and onto the surface of the moon. You still need to get assembly teams up - and staff. You could use the same launch system.. But you'd need a completely different capsule design.
Apollo designs just wouldnt cut it. For one, you need seating for more than 3. Granted the space savings of the computer (which was only 1 SQ FT in the original apollo.. dont ask me about that one.) could assist marginally.. a soft cockpit also.. but this theoretical new launch system would likely have the power to launch human weight simply, if its hauling tons and tons of building materials to the moon.
You can see where this is going, and i would love to continue this discussion, unfortunately, my computer is cursed and won't stay up for more than a few minutes at a time. I've had to write this post in notepad.
Don't get me wrong. I'm 150% for space exploration. I think the visions of humanity have become severly limited - the age of wonder has gone the way of Camelot. I'd be on the first moonshot, if i could. I guess they need sysadmins on the moon. I just don't think the US, especially under the republicans, is going to do the space thing much. Remember - Republican translates into "Warmonger, rich oil tycoon" in politiceese - Very little room in dubya's brain for science. Its not christian, anyway. The world still rests atop a stack of giant tortoises. err, wait.. thats hindu.:P
And before anyone decides to begin a diatribe on the instability of windows, its not windows - its my computer itself. 1)
Linux locks, too, 2) The computer HANGS, the OS doesn't crash.
Thats a very interesting idea. I used to run a BBS, and that system worked very well in the message boards, which were pretty active locally. I never was big in Usenet - Just the local BBS net and occasionally the fidonet. I tried to get involved in conversations in usenet, but my favorite debate areas were the Religion, Psychology and Human Sexuality groups - Places where debates rage on and on, constantly. Mostly secularists vs. fundimentalists in all groups. Without getting too political, those discussions have been raging since the beginning of time, and i don't know if ANY progress has been made.
Now I occasionally hang out on comp.unix.solaris, helping where I can. There's just too much chaff and not enough wheat nowadays, for my taste. I've been wanting to give up on/. recently - I agree with most of the points on the "Quit slashdot today" site.. but, its like an addiction.. can't.. quit.. Slashdotics Anonymous, anyone?
I need to get back into usenet. Unfortunately, being the introvert I am, I don't want to get accustomed to a new group of people. In my opinion the time has come for slashdot to adopt a general forum. Just toss it over there --- with the ask slashdot, etc. That way we can discuss things we want to discuss, without being moderated down. Just rotate the boards once a day, and archive after 2 or 3 weeks like normal. That would stop flame..
Jeez, im ranting on and on and on and on about nothing inparticular. my apologies.
Anyways....Users such as myself who value the intelligent posts, instead of the opinions of 14 year olds caught up in the heat of the open source counterculture would benefit from such a system. If there were a way besides karma to measure the overall "Worth" of a user, my slashdot experience would be much better.
Too bad/. doesn't have an AI (I mean, besides Hemos). They could program it to detect those of us with brains and give some credit. For the sake of argument, lets call them "Kudos". Lets say the scale would be 1-10. A normal user would start off with "0". Before getting any "Kudos", you would need to be an active poster for a predefined period of time, have no more than "x" negatively moderated posts, and already be at your maximum karma.
These theoretical "Kudos" would be calculated based on many factors. Activity of UID proportional to age, Sustained number of posts moderated highly, years of formal education (For no other reason than efficency of thought process). These "Kudos" points would then be plugged into an equation which, like the Karma system thoretically was supposed to do, would enable you to be hailed as "Enlightened".
There are a number of reasons which I will not get into that lead me to believe the moderation system is flawed. One reason I will mention, however, is taken directly off of Quit Slashdot Today!, which is: Technical opinions refereed by popular vote means lousy technical opinions.
For Instance - Since you've posted ~1600 comments, Have a UID you could sell on e-bay for lots of money, and are an established member of academia, you would get, say 6 karma points. Users such as myself who value the intelligent posts, instead of the opinions of 14 year olds caught up in the heat of the open source counterculture.
(These opinions are not neccecarily those of me. Being human, I am prone to sudden attacks of multiple personality disorder. One of these personalities has a particularly quixotic nature. He tends to post rants on slashdot all day.)
Remember - in 2001 - A space yawdezze (book, not movie), Clarke predicted (or at least for literary purposes), that by 1999 we would be using Magnetic Launching. Remember - Floyd was impressed that they were using the power of an entire nuclear bomb's energy output simply to launch him into space. I forget how long clarke speculated the track would have to be, but he was only going to the space station.
What we need now are some nice scifi devices such as Inertial Dampeners, Transporters, and bigass klingon battle cruisers.
In response to my own post below.. Leibniz's identity of indiscernibles. Its a quantum mathematical theory, but i can see how clarke may hae equivicated it to human life.
Good point. Great point, actually. Seeing as what my company is doing to me now (I sit less than 30 ft away from two satellite transmitters [the trees surrounding said transmitters are all dead]. I sit directly in front of 3 21" monitors. Behind me are another 2. Would you like your sysadmin crispy or extra crispy? Personally, I think its all a ploy. Im sure my company will sell these, and "give them to employees" as a "gift", while its actually part of their great plan! If we grow two heads and another pair of hands, the company gets twice as much work (or would it be 4 times?) out of each of us.
Especially for seconday market equipment. You want support for that 4500 you got on the cheap? Get ready to pay for it.
Sun VAR's excluded, of course. But I buy all my stuff from GCW.com. They typically have great deals, but we end up paying for it down the road in maintenance fees.
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i use Logitech stuff at home, and a dell keyboard which is based off the IBM/Logitech/Whoever owns it this week design of the enclosed spring keyboard that came with the IBM PC's. Aside from the fact that they dont feel bad, i love the nice, satisfying click given upon each keypress. In my workplace, where there is no acoustic tiles, everyone can hear me type! (Unfortunately this also means everyone can hear me NOT type).
The worst, by far, are laptop keyboards. I'd gladly accept a laptop that's a tad bigger for a keyboard that doesn't suck donkey butt. On a tangent, by "b" key came off of my laptop. It wont go back on. I dislike dell. grr.
I had a PS/2 interface installed in my head. Unfortunately, when i had my neural implant done in 1996, i didn't forsee USB or firewire. No neuralpr0n. :(
Actually, i use a different technique Than the one which is taught to be proper - i learned on my own. Almost failed typing class even though I typed faster than the techer (90WPM against her 75) After a good 14 years of typing at least 8 hours a day (with very few exceptions), i can honestly say the only pain i feel is in my *fingers* (go figure).
In some organizations open source is considered taboo in some applications. Namely, those applications where there is a "Big name", albiet closed-source alternative with professional support, documented in an SLA or support agreement. Samba is not a product of RedHat, nor of HP. It is bundled software.
And 3rd parties digging through code.. Im not sure I really like that idea in my environment. No thanks, but i'll stick with companies who's stock prices are well into the double-digits. This isn't an HP Shop, nor is linux allowed in our production environment. Therefore, as i elaborate on below, I'm unconcerned with the principle.
[BEGIN Diatribe]
This discussion boils down to Administration Philosophies, Open Source Zealotism and professionalism on both sides. It trancends into the metaphysical layers of the OSI Model. Financial and Political for me, Religious for most of slashdot. To my contemporaries and myself, open source software simply isnt worth the "risk". Our investors don't like it, we're past the buzzword stage, and you know, in the end, our purpose is to make money, not to stand on philosophy. The one Linux application we ran was a unmitigated disaster. While I know it doesnt speak for all OpenSource applications, it certainly puts forth the idea that when you put something into production, you want to make sure it is completely, totally, and undeniably supported for its entire lifepsan. Unix/OSS is not a way of life for me. It isn't the godhead of my existence - its not my calling. Its my job. I do my job, I take appropriate steps to ensure I'm the best I can be at what I do, and then I go home and attempt to improve myself in other ways. I like Windows. I like Unix. I accept the benefits of both. My employers like that. This is the reason i've gotten the jobs i've gotten. [Well, it obviously wasn't my charming personality]
[END diatribe]
I love this analogy. Love it, love it, love it. Can I steal it? Is it an open source quote? :) GPL'ed even?
I can't wait to see the first person clam they made a production SQL server from their Dreamcast, PS2, or watch. From there its just a short step to "We replaced all our Ultra Enterprise 4500, 5500's with Dreamcasts in a Beowulf cluster to serve our Production financial database at [insert large financial corp here]."
Quite established and well known, though. Recommended heavily by vendors, sun, oracle..
I'm talking things such as Coda, etc.
Personally, it was a godsend when i found out about WSFU.. eliminate samba in the environment - We're heavily reliant on cross-platform FS, heavily enough that we don't want to use an unsupported product. Services for Unix's Gateway for NFS is going to make me a happy man this year.
This is the first true news for nerds i've seen on this page. Seeing as Wendys, McDonalds, Arbys and the occasional Hardees provides the staple of my diet (And my goal to have my own little dimple in the fabric of space-time), we've lost a figurehead for the movement.
:(
NFS has its problems, but securing NFS is something that many people are working on. Sun includes support for the sec= option on their NFS mounts; NFSv4 specs include various security protocols such as TLS, Kerb, SKPM..
I don't know how fast a "Aftermarket" FS would take off in the IT market right now. Most people are locking into "static" mode - Nobody i know in TN is going to Windows XP in their enterprise, and people are just now beginning to move to Solaris 8 (Where they had systems at 2.6 previously.) I know some enterprise, especially those serious about maintaining the assured quality of their networks, are not going to install a 3rd party filesystem.. as part of the "holy trinity", a filesystem is something that most system engineers/admins, at least those I know, aren't going to take any risks on.
I stand by my opinion that a Open Systems Consortium should be in charge of ensuring interoperability of operating systems.
Just my $0.02 on Samba: *Pulls hair out*
What about the possibility of being fried by the sun, in its current state?
I remember watching on TLC, and reading subsequently, that the earth's magnetic field is degrading by half every 1600 years. Geophysics isn't my strong suit - Can anyone lend any supporting/debunking information?
That is 4 years, real-world unix experience. My first year was spent in 16 hour days. I loved my job immensely. I love learning, always have. I've just become discontent. I am, however, young, and at my last company, the angst that comes along with being (20 at the time) got tbe best of me, and I lost my job. Now, as if the world operates on some sort of karma system, I'm paying for that sin. I learned a very valuable lesson - I took a 6K paycut, and i now work for someone who's clue level is 5 on a scale of 10 (to be fair). The job market in TN is -dead-. I can't move - my entire life is here (though im more tempted to give it up now than ever before).
I plan to go back to school soon, and take general sciences. Just for the respect of my peers, and more importantly, myself.
The russians N-1 Rockets were.. disasters. They'd of course have to start over - but they DO have the expertise. We just have to ignore that they stole the designs for the Buran. Its now in mothballs (hmm.. we could buy it.).
:(
We no longer have the wonder and adventure spirit required to go anywhere. There isn't a great frontier spirit. Its dying with the last generation.
My manager at one of my previous employers was an MSCE. Its apparently a very, very rare and highly prized certification, especially in management ranks. Its up there with the CCIE.
This manager of mine mysteriously got let go from his position. I can't imagine why. According to HR, he had the required BS Degree.. But he recently took a position as a PC Technician just because he wanted something "Less challanging".
Sign me up for the MSCE next - I wanna be a systems manager, too. They make money, even if they dont know the fundimentals of system security.
[begin bitch]
Systems Administrator (21yo, 4YR exp, Clue, MCP, SCNA, SCSA) = $39,500 + Shitty bene's.
Systems Manager (54yo, 5YR exp, No clue, no certs, no previous management exp.) = $60,000 + the same shitty bene's.
[end bitch]
I was half-asleep when writing that - I corrected the post as soon as i had seen the error.
Ammendment to above comment: The shuttle's highest launch to date was the HST launch to my opinion, which was in the 300-400 MI LEO.
Correction: I'm stupidtired.
Change:
22,500 FT
to
22,500 MI in reference to the clarke orbit.
Unfortunately your post is situated between two notable posts of the scholar and poet "Klerck", at least in the view im in, and you're using the Anonymous Coward ID, therefore im afraid very few will notice your post, as they would be distracted by the awesome and stunning magnitude of his thought process.
:P
The space shuttle can only reach a maximum altitude of 600 miles. This is with no additional weight and isnt even close to the clarke/GEO orbit, at 22,500 FT. Anything higher that the shuttle carries has to be launched by the Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) mechanism you often see satellites spinning out of. The external tank and SRB's, at 154 FT and 116 FT respectively, are dwarfed by the 373 FT tall SaturnV stack that was used to get the spacecraft far enough out that the S4-B could begin its translunar injection. The space shuttle's current EFT cannot be refueled.
In short, you'd have to dust off the Saturn-V diagrams. Since the government would be paying more than likely, this step alone could cost millions.
Of course, we would want/need to revise a little. Computer weight, increased efficency in fuel, etc.. Chalk up a couple extra hundred mill..
Providing you successfully launch materials into space and onto the surface of the moon. You still need to get assembly teams up - and staff. You could use the same launch system.. But you'd need a completely different capsule design.
Apollo designs just wouldnt cut it. For one, you need seating for more than 3. Granted the space savings of the computer (which was only 1 SQ FT in the original apollo.. dont ask me about that one.) could assist marginally.. a soft cockpit also.. but this theoretical new launch system would likely have the power to launch human weight simply, if its hauling tons and tons of building materials to the moon.
You can see where this is going, and i would love to continue this discussion, unfortunately, my computer is cursed and won't stay up for more than a few minutes at a time. I've had to write this post in notepad.
Don't get me wrong. I'm 150% for space exploration. I think the visions of humanity have become severly limited - the age of wonder has gone the way of Camelot. I'd be on the first moonshot, if i could. I guess they need sysadmins on the moon. I just don't think the US, especially under the republicans, is going to do the space thing much. Remember - Republican translates into "Warmonger, rich oil tycoon" in politiceese - Very little room in dubya's brain for science. Its not christian, anyway. The world still rests atop a stack of giant tortoises. err, wait.. thats hindu.
And before anyone decides to begin a diatribe on the instability of windows, its not windows - its my computer itself. 1)
Linux locks, too, 2) The computer HANGS, the OS doesn't crash.
Thats a very interesting idea. I used to run a BBS, and that system worked very well in the message boards, which were pretty active locally. I never was big in Usenet - Just the local BBS net and occasionally the fidonet. I tried to get involved in conversations in usenet, but my favorite debate areas were the Religion, Psychology and Human Sexuality groups - Places where debates rage on and on, constantly. Mostly secularists vs. fundimentalists in all groups. Without getting too political, those discussions have been raging since the beginning of time, and i don't know if ANY progress has been made.
/. recently - I agree with most of the points on the "Quit slashdot today" site.. but, its like an addiction.. can't.. quit.. Slashdotics Anonymous, anyone?
Now I occasionally hang out on comp.unix.solaris, helping where I can. There's just too much chaff and not enough wheat nowadays, for my taste. I've been wanting to give up on
I need to get back into usenet. Unfortunately, being the introvert I am, I don't want to get accustomed to a new group of people. In my opinion the time has come for slashdot to adopt a general forum. Just toss it over there --- with the ask slashdot, etc. That way we can discuss things we want to discuss, without being moderated down. Just rotate the boards once a day, and archive after 2 or 3 weeks like normal. That would stop flame..
Jeez, im ranting on and on and on and on about nothing inparticular. my apologies.
Incomplete thought. frontal lobe malfunction. Rebooting.. ./finish_thought --personality=slashdot --thought=/lost+found/slashrant520102
...Users such as myself who value the intelligent posts, instead of the opinions of 14 year olds caught up in the heat of the open source counterculture would benefit from such a system. If there were a way besides karma to measure the overall "Worth" of a user, my slashdot experience would be much better.
OK.
OpenBrainOS v0.1.1-SMP 2 lobes + FoldedCortex
Warm boot - Medulla Oblongata already initialized
Disabling math.o, Enabling sciences.o, Enabling opinionated_bastard.o
Entering runlevel 3
[root] brain:~#
Anyways.
[root] j00ve been 0wned:~# echo "DOH!"
Too bad /. doesn't have an AI (I mean, besides Hemos). They could program it to detect those of us with brains and give some credit. For the sake of argument, lets call them "Kudos". Lets say the scale would be 1-10. A normal user would start off with "0". Before getting any "Kudos", you would need to be an active poster for a predefined period of time, have no more than "x" negatively moderated posts, and already be at your maximum karma.
These theoretical "Kudos" would be calculated based on many factors. Activity of UID proportional to age, Sustained number of posts moderated highly, years of formal education (For no other reason than efficency of thought process). These "Kudos" points would then be plugged into an equation which, like the Karma system thoretically was supposed to do, would enable you to be hailed as "Enlightened".
There are a number of reasons which I will not get into that lead me to believe the moderation system is flawed. One reason I will mention, however, is taken directly off of Quit Slashdot Today!, which is: Technical opinions refereed by popular vote means lousy technical opinions.
For Instance - Since you've posted ~1600 comments, Have a UID you could sell on e-bay for lots of money, and are an established member of academia, you would get, say 6 karma points. Users such as myself who value the intelligent posts, instead of the opinions of 14 year olds caught up in the heat of the open source counterculture.
(These opinions are not neccecarily those of me. Being human, I am prone to sudden attacks of multiple personality disorder. One of these personalities has a particularly quixotic nature. He tends to post rants on slashdot all day.)
Remember - in 2001 - A space yawdezze (book, not movie), Clarke predicted (or at least for literary purposes), that by 1999 we would be using Magnetic Launching. Remember - Floyd was impressed that they were using the power of an entire nuclear bomb's energy output simply to launch him into space. I forget how long clarke speculated the track would have to be, but he was only going to the space station.
What we need now are some nice scifi devices such as Inertial Dampeners, Transporters, and bigass klingon battle cruisers.
you may get a win, but the person setting in front of (or next to/behind, in this case) you gets to see what you ate for lunch.
http://slashdot.org/~Klerck/fans/
:P
You may want to just go ahead and foe-ize these guys.
Too bad that in this day and age of more static IP's there isnt a way to identify troll AC's by their hostmasks and allow us to block them.. :(
As much as we all love Klerck, he does get annoying occasionally
In response to my own post below.. Leibniz's identity of indiscernibles. Its a quantum mathematical theory, but i can see how clarke may hae equivicated it to human life.
Good point. Great point, actually. Seeing as what my company is doing to me now (I sit less than 30 ft away from two satellite transmitters [the trees surrounding said transmitters are all dead]. I sit directly in front of 3 21" monitors. Behind me are another 2. Would you like your sysadmin crispy or extra crispy? Personally, I think its all a ploy. Im sure my company will sell these, and "give them to employees" as a "gift", while its actually part of their great plan! If we grow two heads and another pair of hands, the company gets twice as much work (or would it be 4 times?) out of each of us.
Especially for seconday market equipment. You want support for that 4500 you got on the cheap? Get ready to pay for it.
Sun VAR's excluded, of course. But I buy all my stuff from GCW.com. They typically have great deals, but we end up paying for it down the road in maintenance fees.
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease... this is slashdot. The ONLY True Unix[tm] is Linux.
(For the humor impared: yes, i know.)