Personally, i'd love to see them drop the whole episodic series concept for a while and go to miniseries with large budgets. Give us a rest from these "second-hand" treks for a little while.
I would have also loved to see an Excelsior series - The ship seems to have a lot of history with it, and it's right in there in perhaps the most interesting (imho) era of trek. and maybe they could have gotten George Tekei to sign on.
However.. I'd like to know, of the trek fans out there, how would you prefer to see the series live on?
1: A new series.. if so, with what plotline?
2: Forget voyager ever existed?
3: Star trek miniseries?
4: Just movies?
5: Something else?
Its been said that they will use phase pistols, a precuror to phasers, and the flip-out communicators. its ironic, my cell phone is approximately the same size as one of those.. AND i've seen one about 1/3rd said size.. hmm.
1: Of course Jon didn't watch the discovery channel last night... He would have missed his appearance "So you wanna be an opinonated loudmouth" on PBS.
2: 5 degrees C isnt too bad.. personally, i'm one of those people who would rather be too cold than too warm. Anyway, say the average temp is 38 degrees C (100 F). 33 degrees C = 91 F.
Thats why theres a license in the front of most books:
All rights reserved. No part of this book shall be reproduced, stored in a retreival system, or transmitted by any means....without written permission from the publisher.
You've never had the rights to do this with most books.
This poses as much danger to that law as, say, a photocopier. Maybe a little more. I don't forsee a bookster in anyone's future. Some of you heathens dare not read dissenting opinions anyway. =) Slashdot something useful. Management is not a tunable parameter.
XP recently hit RC1. Microsoft, of course, still has time to change the hashing mechanism before release, if they so choose.
If you don't like the idea of smart tags: Don't upgrade.
If you don't like the idea of WPA: Don't upgrade.
If you don't like the idea of being held accountable for licensed software, stay in your little OSS world and stop telling everyone what we should think. Slashdot something useful. Management is not a tunable parameter.
The files the upgrade process looks for aren't unique to the full version of the product. I don't belive it goes through extreme tests to see which edition of the release it is.
40 years ago, we had a goal, or three. We were in a race with the russians, one that defined america's character, to a point. Space was the newest and niftyist thing out - everything in US culture there for a while somewhat focused around space, and what space could do for them.
Now that group of children have grown up, and as adults, have come to accept space travel as the norm. Nothing special about it, why spend money on it? There arent any more hyped-up goals. There really hasn't been. Closest thing in recent times was the hubble, and most people were too short-sighted to see the benefits of such a device. The IIS isnt generating the kinds of emotions from the public NASA should be looking for.
IMHO, what i think would be nice, to rekindle the "spirt" of the space program - go back to the moon. Go to mars. Send a human bean somewhere beyond the van allen belts, once again. The world has no more great adventures.
Maybe when the children and teenagers of the computer age reach their 30's and 40's, some of their knowledge and wonder generated by their youths will inspire them to create new adventures, and NOT be concerned with the financial aspects of every little thing.
I do agree though with those that say nasa is absorbing a lot of tax dollars - but so is the military (arguably). So are government employee overhead. I bet they all put premium unleaded in their lawnmowers, golf carts, and 400HP marital aids. Space is just one of several budget concerns, but it seems to be the one that always gets the most heat from the public, perhaps since its probably one of the newest broad-categorys of expense, and still considered "newfangled" by 50-something year old people who use GPS mapping, cell phones, satellite television, etc, etc, etc.
According to spam laws of various states, including California, Colorado, Tennessee, and to some extent Pennsylvania, all spam covered under their jurisdiction must contain the letters "ADV" in the subject line. I've seen quite a few "ADV" tags, and it makes it a lot easier to filter e-mail.
First, banner ads - bad. OK, maybe. But they're okay by me. Look at the top of the screen, for crying out loud! (Those not using virgin, image enabled browsers need not reply.)
Next, Java Popups. Okay, now you're starting to get on my nerves.
Next, in-browser java windows. These are also acceptable, to me.
Next, Java popups of death (Hereafter referred to as JPOD's.). These bother me to no end, ya know, when i go do l33t stuff like w4ar3z hunting, or pr0n surfing. (Fer god sakes, newsgroups people. Most of them *are* ads, but they're free and you get to see what you're looking for.)
Next, pop-unders. Not nearly as bothersome as some of the others. I really don't mind.
Heres the reason i don't mind:
In a capitalist society, you need money. therefore, these websites - need money. Without money these websites may go away. Some of these websites have insufficent revenue stream to provide services on the web without some form of advertising.
My question:
What form of advertising would you people, as slashdot dro..err users accept? Banner ads irk some of you. Bigger banner ads piss off the rest of you to no end. How would you suggest non-retail companies get revenue off the web? Slavery is illegal (Well, usually.. try explaining that to my boss). Im sure none of you would work for free, but some of you would love to work for, say, slashdot. Somehow, I don't think hemos could get by showing leg on 3rd avenue and bringing Taco's cut back to him both.
I agree that having a chip implanted in your arm that flashes up 10 second ads in your brain every few minutes, or gives you one lucid dream a night about Tammy the Tampax superhero with leaky the wonder-pad might be a little much, but i don't quite think we're there yet.
(On a side note, personally, i would rather see ads targeted towards me than ones not. I'd rather see a ad advertising TLC's special on ramses the great than a condom advertisement about ramses.)
if [ "$SHELL" = "/usr/bin/bash" ]
then
PS1="[\u] \h:\w\\$ "
fi
Something simple, clean, to the point.. i dont need my prompt to tell me the time, date, system load, users logged in, DIJA, uptime, and attention span of the average 2nd grader where i can type commands. And i DONT need it in color:)
Personally, i think it takes too much time to build up adequate pressure to modify the behavior of my cat. Then again, they dont make supersoakers with reinforced steel pressure chambers hooked up to air compressors.
Why should I freely work for them for a product that they will turn around and charge me for, you ask.
If you're even a halfway productive beta tester, you don't have to pay for the OS. At least, i've never had to.
Plus, its knowing you have access to a pre-release OS in its formative stages, watching it grow and having more input than the average joe into the development of a platform destined to go on thousands of PC's. It also has benefits when it comes to one's career - When one of my previous employers moved to 2000, I already had extensive experience in 2000 and knew it intimately - moreso than any of the other NT admins. This provided a distinct advantage for me within the company which is beyond the scope of this post.
So that explains the power shortage in California.
In related news, in an attempt to build the worlds fastest supercomputer, Saddam hussein's SysAdmins today built a "Beowulf cluster" of mass-produced UNIVAC's, "Superior Computers" who's specifications were just released to Iraq.
The mid-east is now a huge, glowing pool of glass.
Blinking lights are good! As a matter of fact, the server room where i work has a glass wall where our sales staff can look at the machines, and one of IT's internal things is we make the server room look as nice and technical as we can. That means - show the masses the das blinkinlites!
Seriously, though - Sexy machines still use a good number of blinking thingies to tell you if everything is okay. Sexy machines also require grey and purple matte:)
Disclaimer: Yes, this post is off-topic. No, i don't give a smurfs tail.:)
By acknowledging the Birthday of UNIVAC 1, we acknowledge the effort and acheivement of those who put their skill and persistence into it. We give a nod to our computing origins and those who brought it about in one fell swoop.
They finally post a/. article that isnt directly attacking windows - and seemingly people crawl out of the woodwork to provide a kneejerk reaction to the words "Windows" and "Secure".
Heres a small dose of insight, from someone who's beta tested MS operating systems for 5 years (or so.)
Microsoft listens to users suggestions. They may not respond to you, they may not integrate them into the OS. But they do listen. MS does not make an insecure operating system on purpose - Beta testers have a whole newsgroup to focus on security and how to improve it before the final build is released. Its part of their role and responsability to test for exploitable security holes - if you don't think they're doing a good enough job, how about you send a request to betareq@microsoft.com and ask to be on the next beta team for windows. Keep in mind though, they usually only want experienced users and there are checks and balances to make sure you're a functional beta tester - not just someone who enjoys bragging about having teh leet XP build #x.
The beta process is not perfect, IMHO - Bugs do get knocked down (i've thought for a long time they should let the beta testers moderate bugs) and i have an extreme distaste for setting a release date before the beta testers agree that testing is complete. XP is remarkable right now, but not perfect. This part is MS's fault.
If you have an intelligent, well-thought-out, non-kneejerk "windows sucks *chortle*" suggestion/comment regarding windows - you may go to http://www.microsoft.com/mswish/
(p.s. - When you list your beta testing experience, the following line is a bad, bad idea: "I tested (unofficially) Windows XP, 2000, ME, 98SE, 98.... you get the idea. har har har *snort*":)
If you are able to exercise your 'right' to skip commercials, and the companies providing said commercials finds out about this if this becomes a big industry - Where will the funding for your favorite television programs come from?
I'll happily watch 5-10 minutes of commercials per hour if that means $FAVTVSHOW can continue to be on the air.
Has anyone noticed the backlash of the world against america? We got kicked off of two UN commissions. There was a huge kneejerk reaction from Europe regarding our execution of McVeigh. The same european nations are fond of calling Gee Dubya Shrubya a "Mass executioner". America is slowly becoming more and more a laughing stock - the world's comedy relief - because some of the stuff that goes on within our borders. Except most countries are too scared to publically laugh, because our collecive military phallus is so much larger than anyone elses.
Only in America could someone sue a tobacco company and win $3 billion while we sentence a 14 year old to life imprisonment for a crime he committed when he was 12 years old.
A friend of mine has pointed out that many of his overseas friends say that nobody in the US is responsible for their actions. Arguably someones mother didnt hold them enough or daddy liked to get the switch after his son a little too often, but in the end we make the decision to go ahead and do something. In other nations i've picked up, someone is more and more responsible for their actions every day, while in the US the equation for your responsibility varies on so many factors its hard to describe (Among them is your fame, riches, color, upbringing, number of warnings, if you were on springer, age (often inversely), sex (both gender and who you choose to mate with), sexuality, the music you listen to, the color or type of clothing you wear, religion and area of the country you live in).
Posting something like this won't matter./.ians are too excited over the POSSIBILITY of something new to bash microsoft about that they don't care about the truth, or even any dissenting opinions. There have been a couple posts to this effect, in both this article and the previous one. I'm surprised they arent being marked as flamebait - because articles who's basic gist is "Windows sucks! Linux is the tool of the gods!" are getting modded up to +5, Insightful.
Perhaps as a microplatform
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This would be excellent as a microplatform, for families who cant afford/dont want a full fledged PC.
When the HDD for the PS/2 comes out, and a modem/netcard and keyboard (if they're not out already - im not a gamer) this would make a good alternitive to WebTV.
However - I seriously doubt this has the potential to replace computers. I'm sure there will be many more posts with brilliant descriptions of why this will be the case - PC vs PS/2 $Cost/AppCompat/Performance ratio being one of them i can think of.
I know extremely brilliant MCSE's. Yes, the NT4 certification has been dumbed down. Yes, they're fixing that in the 2000/XP exams. No, that doesnt mean all MCSE's are idiots.
I know extremely ignorant UNIX admins. Most are blinded by their hatred of anything not open source to be an excellent sysadmin. Others just follow the crowd. Some use linux and then come to a true unix platform... then claim to know everything there is.
I know extremely talented UNIX guys, too. I also know a fair share of dumb-as-a-brick NT guys. In the world there is all types.
My personal philosophy is utilize the best of both worlds. Unix is arguably best suited for some applications (Web service, Database Services). Windows is arguably best suited for others (Domain Management, E-Mail and Collabaration Tools).
This is why I have a SCSA and MCP, and i'm working on getting my MCSE. I believe knowing the subtleties of both a popular and strong unix and a widely-accepted NT make me just that much better as a sysadmin.
This philosophy has earned me my last two positions - both with fairly large companies. IME, the big companies are sick of the egotistical banter of the stereotypical overzealous Unix Admin and the General ignorance of Stereotypical Paper MCSE's - and they have implemented filters to prevent such attitudes bringing their attached wetware into the company. IT Workforce managers, like the stock market, have come to realize the gross orgasm of the previous few years is over. Now things normalize.
I'm sorry.. "Fair Use" means "Since i bought it, i can let anyone i want listen to it?". This is the basis of the argument. Can you copy music and distribute it - make it available to anyone who might want to listen to it - wether they have the CD, or not.
Courtney Love is what is commonly referred to as "made it". She likely doesn't have to worry about money for quite some time. Most people in the music industry aren't so lucky.
I, myself, don't understand 100% how the music industry works. However, i'm willing to venture having a family member who works for a record label and a friend who has written songs for the last 15 years gives me a little more insight than the average person into the operations of the music industry.
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Personally, i'd love to see them drop the whole episodic series concept for a while and go to miniseries with large budgets. Give us a rest from these "second-hand" treks for a little while.
I would have also loved to see an Excelsior series - The ship seems to have a lot of history with it, and it's right in there in perhaps the most interesting (imho) era of trek. and maybe they could have gotten George Tekei to sign on.
However.. I'd like to know, of the trek fans out there, how would you prefer to see the series live on?
1: A new series.. if so, with what plotline?
2: Forget voyager ever existed?
3: Star trek miniseries?
4: Just movies?
5: Something else?
Slashdot something useful.
Management is not a tunable parameter.
Its been said that they will use phase pistols, a precuror to phasers, and the flip-out communicators. its ironic, my cell phone is approximately the same size as one of those.. AND i've seen one about 1/3rd said size.. hmm.
Slashdot something useful.
Management is not a tunable parameter.
1: Of course Jon didn't watch the discovery channel last night... He would have missed his appearance "So you wanna be an opinonated loudmouth" on PBS.
2: 5 degrees C isnt too bad.. personally, i'm one of those people who would rather be too cold than too warm. Anyway, say the average temp is 38 degrees C (100 F). 33 degrees C = 91 F.
Slashdot something useful.
Management is not a tunable parameter.
Thats why theres a license in the front of most books:
All rights reserved. No part of this book shall be reproduced, stored in a retreival system, or transmitted by any means....without written permission from the publisher.
You've never had the rights to do this with most books.
This poses as much danger to that law as, say, a photocopier. Maybe a little more. I don't forsee a bookster in anyone's future. Some of you heathens dare not read dissenting opinions anyway. =)
Slashdot something useful.
Management is not a tunable parameter.
XP recently hit RC1. Microsoft, of course, still has time to change the hashing mechanism before release, if they so choose.
If you don't like the idea of smart tags: Don't upgrade.
If you don't like the idea of WPA: Don't upgrade.
If you don't like the idea of being held accountable for licensed software, stay in your little OSS world and stop telling everyone what we should think.
Slashdot something useful.
Management is not a tunable parameter.
Just FYI -
The files the upgrade process looks for aren't unique to the full version of the product. I don't belive it goes through extreme tests to see which edition of the release it is.
Slashdot something useful.
Management is not a tunable parameter.
40 years ago, we had a goal, or three. We were in a race with the russians, one that defined america's character, to a point. Space was the newest and niftyist thing out - everything in US culture there for a while somewhat focused around space, and what space could do for them.
Now that group of children have grown up, and as adults, have come to accept space travel as the norm. Nothing special about it, why spend money on it? There arent any more hyped-up goals. There really hasn't been. Closest thing in recent times was the hubble, and most people were too short-sighted to see the benefits of such a device. The IIS isnt generating the kinds of emotions from the public NASA should be looking for.
IMHO, what i think would be nice, to rekindle the "spirt" of the space program - go back to the moon. Go to mars. Send a human bean somewhere beyond the van allen belts, once again. The world has no more great adventures.
Maybe when the children and teenagers of the computer age reach their 30's and 40's, some of their knowledge and wonder generated by their youths will inspire them to create new adventures, and NOT be concerned with the financial aspects of every little thing.
I do agree though with those that say nasa is absorbing a lot of tax dollars - but so is the military (arguably). So are government employee overhead. I bet they all put premium unleaded in their lawnmowers, golf carts, and 400HP marital aids. Space is just one of several budget concerns, but it seems to be the one that always gets the most heat from the public, perhaps since its probably one of the newest broad-categorys of expense, and still considered "newfangled" by 50-something year old people who use GPS mapping, cell phones, satellite television, etc, etc, etc.
Slashdot something useful.
Management is not a tunable parameter.
According to spam laws of various states, including California, Colorado, Tennessee, and to some extent Pennsylvania, all spam covered under their jurisdiction must contain the letters "ADV" in the subject line. I've seen quite a few "ADV" tags, and it makes it a lot easier to filter e-mail.
Slashdot something useful.
Management is not a tunable parameter.
I have to wonder.
First, banner ads - bad. OK, maybe. But they're okay by me. Look at the top of the screen, for crying out loud! (Those not using virgin, image enabled browsers need not reply.)
Next, Java Popups. Okay, now you're starting to get on my nerves.
Next, in-browser java windows. These are also acceptable, to me.
Next, Java popups of death (Hereafter referred to as JPOD's.). These bother me to no end, ya know, when i go do l33t stuff like w4ar3z hunting, or pr0n surfing. (Fer god sakes, newsgroups people. Most of them *are* ads, but they're free and you get to see what you're looking for.)
Next, pop-unders. Not nearly as bothersome as some of the others. I really don't mind.
Heres the reason i don't mind:
In a capitalist society, you need money. therefore, these websites - need money. Without money these websites may go away. Some of these websites have insufficent revenue stream to provide services on the web without some form of advertising.
My question:
What form of advertising would you people, as slashdot dro..err users accept? Banner ads irk some of you. Bigger banner ads piss off the rest of you to no end. How would you suggest non-retail companies get revenue off the web? Slavery is illegal (Well, usually.. try explaining that to my boss). Im sure none of you would work for free, but some of you would love to work for, say, slashdot. Somehow, I don't think hemos could get by showing leg on 3rd avenue and bringing Taco's cut back to him both.
I agree that having a chip implanted in your arm that flashes up 10 second ads in your brain every few minutes, or gives you one lucid dream a night about Tammy the Tampax superhero with leaky the wonder-pad might be a little much, but i don't quite think we're there yet.
(On a side note, personally, i would rather see ads targeted towards me than ones not. I'd rather see a ad advertising TLC's special on ramses the great than a condom advertisement about ramses.)
Just my $0.000000002
Slashdot something useful.
Management is not a tunable parameter.
if [ "$SHELL" = "/usr/bin/bash" ]
:)
then
PS1="[\u] \h:\w\\$ "
fi
Something simple, clean, to the point.. i dont need my prompt to tell me the time, date, system load, users logged in, DIJA, uptime, and attention span of the average 2nd grader where i can type commands. And i DONT need it in color
Slashdot something useful.
Management is not a tunable parameter.
Personally, i think it takes too much time to build up adequate pressure to modify the behavior of my cat. Then again, they dont make supersoakers with reinforced steel pressure chambers hooked up to air compressors.
STOP CLIMBING ON THE DAMN CURTAINS !@!@()$*
Deceptively cute. Holstien Cat.
Slashdot something useful.
Management is not a tunable parameter.
slashdrone:
U X,BeOS,MacOS,\*BSD\* } ; do echo "Linux is superior to $each" ; done
for each in {Windows,Solaris,SunOS,Multics,Unicos,HPUX,God,HP
:)
AnalogBoy | http://www.sunhowto.org/
This is the reason one of the best ways to get into the beta team is you have a security background and a positive attitude.
Why should I freely work for them for a product that they will turn around and charge me for, you ask.
If you're even a halfway productive beta tester, you don't have to pay for the OS. At least, i've never had to.
Plus, its knowing you have access to a pre-release OS in its formative stages, watching it grow and having more input than the average joe into the development of a platform destined to go on thousands of PC's. It also has benefits when it comes to one's career - When one of my previous employers moved to 2000, I already had extensive experience in 2000 and knew it intimately - moreso than any of the other NT admins. This provided a distinct advantage for me within the company which is beyond the scope of this post.
So that explains the power shortage in California.
In related news, in an attempt to build the worlds fastest supercomputer, Saddam hussein's SysAdmins today built a "Beowulf cluster" of mass-produced UNIVAC's, "Superior Computers" who's specifications were just released to Iraq.
The mid-east is now a huge, glowing pool of glass.
Blinking lights are good! As a matter of fact, the server room where i work has a glass wall where our sales staff can look at the machines, and one of IT's internal things is we make the server room look as nice and technical as we can. That means - show the masses the das blinkinlites!
:)
:)
Seriously, though - Sexy machines still use a good number of blinking thingies to tell you if everything is okay. Sexy machines also require grey and purple matte
Disclaimer: Yes, this post is off-topic. No, i don't give a smurfs tail.
By acknowledging the Birthday of UNIVAC 1, we acknowledge the effort and acheivement of those who put their skill and persistence into it. We give a nod to our computing origins and those who brought it about in one fell swoop.
They finally post a /. article that isnt directly attacking windows - and seemingly people crawl out of the woodwork to provide a kneejerk reaction to the words "Windows" and "Secure".
:)
Heres a small dose of insight, from someone who's beta tested MS operating systems for 5 years (or so.)
Microsoft listens to users suggestions. They may not respond to you, they may not integrate them into the OS. But they do listen. MS does not make an insecure operating system on purpose - Beta testers have a whole newsgroup to focus on security and how to improve it before the final build is released. Its part of their role and responsability to test for exploitable security holes - if you don't think they're doing a good enough job, how about you send a request to betareq@microsoft.com and ask to be on the next beta team for windows. Keep in mind though, they usually only want experienced users and there are checks and balances to make sure you're a functional beta tester - not just someone who enjoys bragging about having teh leet XP build #x.
The beta process is not perfect, IMHO - Bugs do get knocked down (i've thought for a long time they should let the beta testers moderate bugs) and i have an extreme distaste for setting a release date before the beta testers agree that testing is complete. XP is remarkable right now, but not perfect. This part is MS's fault.
If you have an intelligent, well-thought-out, non-kneejerk "windows sucks *chortle*" suggestion/comment regarding windows - you may go to http://www.microsoft.com/mswish/
(p.s. - When you list your beta testing experience, the following line is a bad, bad idea: "I tested (unofficially) Windows XP, 2000, ME, 98SE, 98.... you get the idea. har har har *snort*"
If you are able to exercise your 'right' to skip commercials, and the companies providing said commercials finds out about this if this becomes a big industry - Where will the funding for your favorite television programs come from?
I'll happily watch 5-10 minutes of commercials per hour if that means $FAVTVSHOW can continue to be on the air.
Now of course, they have to deal with the DDoS from the /. effect..
Could the anonymous reader be another covad employee?
Has anyone noticed the backlash of the world against america? We got kicked off of two UN commissions. There was a huge kneejerk reaction from Europe regarding our execution of McVeigh. The same european nations are fond of calling Gee Dubya Shrubya a "Mass executioner". America is slowly becoming more and more a laughing stock - the world's comedy relief - because some of the stuff that goes on within our borders. Except most countries are too scared to publically laugh, because our collecive military phallus is so much larger than anyone elses.
Only in America could someone sue a tobacco company and win $3 billion while we sentence a 14 year old to life imprisonment for a crime he committed when he was 12 years old.
A friend of mine has pointed out that many of his overseas friends say that nobody in the US is responsible for their actions. Arguably someones mother didnt hold them enough or daddy liked to get the switch after his son a little too often, but in the end we make the decision to go ahead and do something. In other nations i've picked up, someone is more and more responsible for their actions every day, while in the US the equation for your responsibility varies on so many factors its hard to describe (Among them is your fame, riches, color, upbringing, number of warnings, if you were on springer, age (often inversely), sex (both gender and who you choose to mate with), sexuality, the music you listen to, the color or type of clothing you wear, religion and area of the country you live in).
Posting something like this won't matter. /.ians are too excited over the POSSIBILITY of something new to bash microsoft about that they don't care about the truth, or even any dissenting opinions. There have been a couple posts to this effect, in both this article and the previous one. I'm surprised they arent being marked as flamebait - because articles who's basic gist is "Windows sucks! Linux is the tool of the gods!" are getting modded up to +5, Insightful.
This would be excellent as a microplatform, for families who cant afford/dont want a full fledged PC.
When the HDD for the PS/2 comes out, and a modem/netcard and keyboard (if they're not out already - im not a gamer) this would make a good alternitive to WebTV.
However - I seriously doubt this has the potential to replace computers. I'm sure there will be many more posts with brilliant descriptions of why this will be the case - PC vs PS/2 $Cost/AppCompat/Performance ratio being one of them i can think of.
Thats a gross generalization.
I know extremely brilliant MCSE's. Yes, the NT4 certification has been dumbed down. Yes, they're fixing that in the 2000/XP exams. No, that doesnt mean all MCSE's are idiots.
I know extremely ignorant UNIX admins. Most are blinded by their hatred of anything not open source to be an excellent sysadmin. Others just follow the crowd. Some use linux and then come to a true unix platform... then claim to know everything there is.
I know extremely talented UNIX guys, too. I also know a fair share of dumb-as-a-brick NT guys. In the world there is all types.
My personal philosophy is utilize the best of both worlds. Unix is arguably best suited for some applications (Web service, Database Services). Windows is arguably best suited for others (Domain Management, E-Mail and Collabaration Tools).
This is why I have a SCSA and MCP, and i'm working on getting my MCSE. I believe knowing the subtleties of both a popular and strong unix and a widely-accepted NT make me just that much better as a sysadmin.
This philosophy has earned me my last two positions - both with fairly large companies. IME, the big companies are sick of the egotistical banter of the stereotypical overzealous Unix Admin and the General ignorance of Stereotypical Paper MCSE's - and they have implemented filters to prevent such attitudes bringing their attached wetware into the company. IT Workforce managers, like the stock market, have come to realize the gross orgasm of the previous few years is over. Now things normalize.
Just my $0.02 1/2
I'm sorry.. "Fair Use" means "Since i bought it, i can let anyone i want listen to it?". This is the basis of the argument. Can you copy music and distribute it - make it available to anyone who might want to listen to it - wether they have the CD, or not.
Courtney Love is what is commonly referred to as "made it". She likely doesn't have to worry about money for quite some time. Most people in the music industry aren't so lucky.
I, myself, don't understand 100% how the music industry works. However, i'm willing to venture having a family member who works for a record label and a friend who has written songs for the last 15 years gives me a little more insight than the average person into the operations of the music industry.