However keep support in mind. Everytime something breaks on IBM xseries servers, we call tech support. In 4 hours of calling the replacement part arrives, and the techie arrives the same or next day and replaces the part no questions asked. Sure we've had lots of trouble on our tape drives etc, but it gets replaced painlessly, no driver changes, and no financial hits.
I'll second that tought. IBM's hardware service is second to none. Whenever one of our IBM servers (x or p or whatever) fails, we switch to a spare and call IBM. Usually the solution will be applied by next morning. This brings a special peace of mind when you have to deal with stuff like SAN storage servers and the like.
On the other hand, software support tends to have you running in circles for a while. For software such as DB2 and the Tivoli suite, you are better off joining a mailing list.
Dell also have a good next day replacement warranty. But I've seen their techs struggle with servers, some times replacing every replaceable part before finding a cause or solution to a problem.
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They may be. Corporations may shelve Microsoft because it keeps evidence against them.
Or this might be the ammo that MS needs to combat Open Document format. (It's funny. Laugh)
I dunno if you were replying to my post, but that wasn't the kind of "overcompensation" I had in mind. Think "muscle cars" and "big caliber guns".;-P
But on a more serious note, you are right regarding the reason for the male phisique on games. I can't think of a game that had a main char that was an "average Joe". They are either super-heroes type or slapstick joke type (Larry Laffer, Abe from Oddworld). Not that I'm dying to play a char with a beer gut, mind you.
Exactly the people I had in mind. Those guys are begining to get more annoying than AOL on their floppy sending days.
Come to think of it, I haven't gotten anything from AOL recently. Did they stop sending disks thru the mail?
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Well... Star Wars did come out in the 70's, and the Godfather parts I and II, and Jaws...
There were a lot of crappy movies, to be sure but so there are now. For every Lord of the Rings you get tens (or more) Dooms.
Now, TV shows, I can't comment much, except the cartoons that I see on that cartoon network retro channel. They suck, mostly. Cartoon "violence" was being eliminated, so you get Tom and Jerry working together to save fluffy puppies and the like.
IANAL, but as I understand it, the BSA have power of attorney for the software company that they represent. They don't "order" the audit directly, but they can request one with the authorities on behalf of their customers for copyright violations.
The fines are also imposed by said authority. I'm uncertain as to how much power the BSA has over the authorities, but their customers command a pretty penny and can afford the best/most vocal lawyers and lobbyist.
What amazes me the most, is the fact that people still use Kazaa.
The last time I checked Kazaa out, it was a couple of years ago, shortly after Morpheus was kicked off their network and moved into Gnutella.
I didn't do much search for music (but it was a hell of a place to find porn/tv episodes) but I remember that there was a lot of corrupted files over there (later found out that it was due to infiltration by the RIAA).
Surely there are better places to look for music, nowadays. How does Kazaa survives? One would think that Gnutella would be a better choice, since they are not centralized. Plus, Kazaa was always riddled with spyware (and, irony of ironies, went after K-Lite for infringement). Is the situation any better today? Is Bunzy Buddy still alive?
I don't much care about Gentoo, but I'm dying to try portage (being a fan of FreeBSD ports).
The only thing that's stopping me is the installation. I'm not interested in manually partitioning, formatting, editting config files by hand from scratch, installing/configuring bootloaders, etc.
As soon as Gentoo come up with an installer that will leave me with a bootable bare bones system, I'll give it another try.
I think he would have made a better statement if he simply refused to attend the summit upon finding out that the tags had RFID.
Having a covered up badge could be a breach of security, since not only did he cover the RFID (and not even that) but he covered the "visual part" of the badge.
Of course, being a famous personality, that wouldn't be much of an issue, but what about the "crashers" that got a wad of aluminum and simply say that they were following RMS' advice?
I admire RMS in this aspect. I wish I could do more to preserve our right to privacy. Nowadays, all I do is refuse the services of people who insist in gathering all kind of information in exchange of unrelated good/services (I just want to rent a movie, you don't need to know my yearly income of wether I have life insurance). But it's a losing battle.
Boy, do I feel nostalgic. But should it be called an Atari 800 system? There was an Atari 400 before an Atari 800. And a 600XL, 800XL, 65XE and 130XE afterwards.
Now, where did I left my "backup copy" of Spelunker...
By the time you successfully download the index, the people with the file you want will probably have gone offline. Freenet is just too damn slow
I believe it's too damn slow because there are not enough people in it. If more people join freenet, you might get a significant speed increase. Of course, chicken and egg: not enough people will join because it's too slow, and it will not speed up until more people join.
Install windows 2000 + IIS 5, no service pack, on one machine.
Install solaris 2.6 or 2.7, default install (full + OEM). Don't patch anything. Don't close any service.
Ditch the firewall.
Wait 10 minutes.
Presto.
But seriously, with a network that simple, the only problems you are likely to encouter are mis-configuration on the firewall and physical (wiring) trouble.
As far as I know, the free MSSQL has a 2 GB database limitaton. That would be adequate for most developing purposes (I guess you are expected to buy the full fledged SQL for production).
Not being a database admin, I can't comment on the advantages of MSSQL over other SQL servers, but I've heard people say that MSSQL is very resistant to data corruption caused by external factors (I guess they mean, hardware failure or filesystem corruption or the like). Can anybody confirm this?
So let us work from 1p-9p and we'll be happy and productive. But if you start cracking down on the 8:30am policy and even so much as mention penalties for coming in late, guess what? Yep, we'll be on the phone with our headhunter at lunchtime
I always wonder, if this is such a big deal, why is it not discussed during the initial interview? If the company has a 8:30am policy and you don't feel it should apply to you, then request to be exempt from it, but do it up front, before signing the contract.
We might disagree about "bling" in general, but at the moment I use daily both Linux machines and a Windows laptop*, strictly for "desktop use" (word-processing, simple games, web, email, etc). When I get home and switch from laptop to desktop, I am always glad to be in the nicer, cleaner, *less* blingy environments
Actually, we agree on this point. In fact, I use media player classic because of the cleaner interface. But the point of "bling", in this case, is to attract the bulk of people who chose their email client because it has 400 different background patterns (they must be the same people who download all those smiley packs whose ads you see everywhere). Today they are a bunch of 14 year olds with too much time on their hands (14 years old, please forgive the stereotype) but tomorrow they will be part of the workforce. If we manage to at least get them acquinted with Linux, tomorrow they won't be so shy if they become decision makers who might influence the adoption in a corporate environment.
And if Linux does get the backing of an entertainment giant (Apple or Blizzard, as stated in my example), then the battle for the desktop would become far easier on the linux side.
I've never heard of that MApple Story until now. From the looks of it, it seems to be an even more saccharine version of Mario combined with Animal Crossing, eg, the kind of games that everyone over 21 (or with a Y chromosome) makes fun of, while secretly playing it (provided no one is looking).
I bought Animal Crossing for my niece and ended up buying one for myself. That's the reason why I don't wanna go within 100 feet of Nintendogs.
And the only reason I admit to playing Puzzle Pirates is... well... Pirates! Arr!
450$ per student? Is the DOD still using 5000$ hammers as well? This is just as simple as putting in a DSL line for the FBI and a VPN box.
You remind me of the folks who probably stay up all night wondering how come all those engineers at NASA never tought about installing wipers on the rovers' solar panels.
That does sound like a pain, but to cope with it, you could setup a cron strip to check if it was wrongly changed and replace the file with the config-settings you want. Simple fix to deal with a problem.
Talk about a "ductape solution". In this case, yast should be able to identify changes not made by it and either leave them alone or warn the user.
Yes, but what about apps that are not apt's repos? Or yum's or whatever.
What about downloading an installer from a web page, double click on it and have it install? (and let's find a solution for dependency hell).
But in my opinion, what Linux needs to become mainstream are games and (for lack of a better term) "bling".
Sure, VLC does everything winamp and media player does, but what an ugly, but fuctional, interface (I'm only using vlc as an example).
A lot of us look down on "skins" as unnecesary bloat. But they exists because people like them.
Also needed, a way to speed up the boot process. Fedora Core 4 takes longer to boot into runlevel 3 than Windows Server 2003 (on identical machines).
Aslo, let's get rid of any holier than thou attitude derived from our choice of OS. Let's not lecture people on free/GPL/BSD philosophy. For the most part, they don't care.
And more important: we need a leap of faith by someone big. Say, Apple porting iTunes to Linux. Or Blizzard releasing games for Linux. Running things on Wine or Winex should not be needed (and whoever offers that as a solution might be doing someone a disservice).
damn right i am! they have a very quick flash heal/regen spell and also can turn into beast form which will rival a warriors tanking. not to mention the very annoying "root" spell. i dont even think you can blink out of root anymore. savages...
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However keep support in mind. Everytime something breaks on IBM xseries servers, we call tech support. In 4 hours of calling the replacement part arrives, and the techie arrives the same or next day and replaces the part no questions asked. Sure we've had lots of trouble on our tape drives etc, but it gets replaced painlessly, no driver changes, and no financial hits.
I'll second that tought. IBM's hardware service is second to none. Whenever one of our IBM servers (x or p or whatever) fails, we switch to a spare and call IBM. Usually the solution will be applied by next morning. This brings a special peace of mind when you have to deal with stuff like SAN storage servers and the like.
On the other hand, software support tends to have you running in circles for a while. For software such as DB2 and the Tivoli suite, you are better off joining a mailing list.
Dell also have a good next day replacement warranty. But I've seen their techs struggle with servers, some times replacing every replaceable part before finding a cause or solution to a problem.
They may be. Corporations may shelve Microsoft because it keeps evidence against them.
Or this might be the ammo that MS needs to combat Open Document format. (It's funny. Laugh)
I dunno if you were replying to my post, but that wasn't the kind of "overcompensation" I had in mind. Think "muscle cars" and "big caliber guns". ;-P
But on a more serious note, you are right regarding the reason for the male phisique on games. I can't think of a game that had a main char that was an "average Joe". They are either super-heroes type or slapstick joke type (Larry Laffer, Abe from Oddworld). Not that I'm dying to play a char with a beer gut, mind you.
So how do we explain the overly gigantic MALES typical to video games?
Overcompensation.
You mean you never got letters from these guys?
Exactly the people I had in mind. Those guys are begining to get more annoying than AOL on their floppy sending days.
Come to think of it, I haven't gotten anything from AOL recently. Did they stop sending disks thru the mail?
Well... Star Wars did come out in the 70's, and the Godfather parts I and II, and Jaws...
There were a lot of crappy movies, to be sure but so there are now. For every Lord of the Rings you get tens (or more) Dooms.
Now, TV shows, I can't comment much, except the cartoons that I see on that cartoon network retro channel. They suck, mostly. Cartoon "violence" was being eliminated, so you get Tom and Jerry working together to save fluffy puppies and the like.
And Citizen Kane is an overrated movie.
IANAL, but as I understand it, the BSA have power of attorney for the software company that they represent. They don't "order" the audit directly, but they can request one with the authorities on behalf of their customers for copyright violations.
The fines are also imposed by said authority. I'm uncertain as to how much power the BSA has over the authorities, but their customers command a pretty penny and can afford the best/most vocal lawyers and lobbyist.
Care to provide more info about the plugs? Did you buy them online or went to a doctor to have them prescribed?
For some reason, the older I get the more sensitive my ears seem to be (or maybe my patience is not what it used to be)
From the post: "World of Warcraft (WoW) was not released in China until May 2005"
So? Lots of players from several countries (including Asian coutries) play on the US servers. Several from Europe did too.
WoW does not do geolocation to filter connections.
Likewise, almost all "chinese farmers" in WoW play in the US servers. That's where their customers are.
What amazes me the most, is the fact that people still use Kazaa.
The last time I checked Kazaa out, it was a couple of years ago, shortly after Morpheus was kicked off their network and moved into Gnutella.
I didn't do much search for music (but it was a hell of a place to find porn/tv episodes) but I remember that there was a lot of corrupted files over there (later found out that it was due to infiltration by the RIAA).
Surely there are better places to look for music, nowadays. How does Kazaa survives? One would think that Gnutella would be a better choice, since they are not centralized. Plus, Kazaa was always riddled with spyware (and, irony of ironies, went after K-Lite for infringement). Is the situation any better today? Is Bunzy Buddy still alive?
Gentoo is awesome
I don't much care about Gentoo, but I'm dying to try portage (being a fan of FreeBSD ports).
The only thing that's stopping me is the installation. I'm not interested in manually partitioning, formatting, editting config files by hand from scratch, installing/configuring bootloaders, etc.
As soon as Gentoo come up with an installer that will leave me with a bootable bare bones system, I'll give it another try.
I think he would have made a better statement if he simply refused to attend the summit upon finding out that the tags had RFID.
Having a covered up badge could be a breach of security, since not only did he cover the RFID (and not even that) but he covered the "visual part" of the badge.
Of course, being a famous personality, that wouldn't be much of an issue, but what about the "crashers" that got a wad of aluminum and simply say that they were following RMS' advice?
I admire RMS in this aspect. I wish I could do more to preserve our right to privacy. Nowadays, all I do is refuse the services of people who insist in gathering all kind of information in exchange of unrelated good/services (I just want to rent a movie, you don't need to know my yearly income of wether I have life insurance). But it's a losing battle.
I tried to access the site and all I got was:
Boot Error
Boot Error
Boot Error
Boot Error
Boot Error
Boot Error
Boy, do I feel nostalgic. But should it be called an Atari 800 system? There was an Atari 400 before an Atari 800. And a 600XL, 800XL, 65XE and 130XE afterwards.
Now, where did I left my "backup copy" of Spelunker...
By the time you successfully download the index, the people with the file you want will probably have gone offline. Freenet is just too damn slow
I believe it's too damn slow because there are not enough people in it. If more people join freenet, you might get a significant speed increase. Of course, chicken and egg: not enough people will join because it's too slow, and it will not speed up until more people join.
Install windows 2000 + IIS 5, no service pack, on one machine.
Install solaris 2.6 or 2.7, default install (full + OEM). Don't patch anything. Don't close any service.
Ditch the firewall.
Wait 10 minutes.
Presto.
But seriously, with a network that simple, the only problems you are likely to encouter are mis-configuration on the firewall and physical (wiring) trouble.
As far as I know, the free MSSQL has a 2 GB database limitaton. That would be adequate for most developing purposes (I guess you are expected to buy the full fledged SQL for production).
Not being a database admin, I can't comment on the advantages of MSSQL over other SQL servers, but I've heard people say that MSSQL is very resistant to data corruption caused by external factors (I guess they mean, hardware failure or filesystem corruption or the like). Can anybody confirm this?
So let us work from 1p-9p and we'll be happy and productive. But if you start cracking down on the 8:30am policy and even so much as mention penalties for coming in late, guess what? Yep, we'll be on the phone with our headhunter at lunchtime
I always wonder, if this is such a big deal, why is it not discussed during the initial interview? If the company has a 8:30am policy and you don't feel it should apply to you, then request to be exempt from it, but do it up front, before signing the contract.
We might disagree about "bling" in general, but at the moment I use daily both Linux machines and a Windows laptop*, strictly for "desktop use" (word-processing, simple games, web, email, etc). When I get home and switch from laptop to desktop, I am always glad to be in the nicer, cleaner, *less* blingy environments
Actually, we agree on this point. In fact, I use media player classic because of the cleaner interface. But the point of "bling", in this case, is to attract the bulk of people who chose their email client because it has 400 different background patterns (they must be the same people who download all those smiley packs whose ads you see everywhere). Today they are a bunch of 14 year olds with too much time on their hands (14 years old, please forgive the stereotype) but tomorrow they will be part of the workforce. If we manage to at least get them acquinted with Linux, tomorrow they won't be so shy if they become decision makers who might influence the adoption in a corporate environment.
And if Linux does get the backing of an entertainment giant (Apple or Blizzard, as stated in my example), then the battle for the desktop would become far easier on the linux side.
I've never heard of that MApple Story until now. From the looks of it, it seems to be an even more saccharine version of Mario combined with Animal Crossing, eg, the kind of games that everyone over 21 (or with a Y chromosome) makes fun of, while secretly playing it (provided no one is looking).
I bought Animal Crossing for my niece and ended up buying one for myself. That's the reason why I don't wanna go within 100 feet of Nintendogs.
And the only reason I admit to playing Puzzle Pirates is... well... Pirates! Arr!
450$ per student? Is the DOD still using 5000$ hammers as well? This is just as simple as putting in a DSL line for the FBI and a VPN box.
You remind me of the folks who probably stay up all night wondering how come all those engineers at NASA never tought about installing wipers on the rovers' solar panels.
"Sugar, Caramel & Battery Acid"?
Holy crap! Don't spew the secret formula like that or you'll get sued for revealing trade secrets!
That does sound like a pain, but to cope with it, you could setup a cron strip to check if it was wrongly changed and replace the file with the config-settings you want. Simple fix to deal with a problem.
Talk about a "ductape solution". In this case, yast should be able to identify changes not made by it and either leave them alone or warn the user.
Yes, but what about apps that are not apt's repos? Or yum's or whatever.
What about downloading an installer from a web page, double click on it and have it install? (and let's find a solution for dependency hell).
But in my opinion, what Linux needs to become mainstream are games and (for lack of a better term) "bling".
Sure, VLC does everything winamp and media player does, but what an ugly, but fuctional, interface (I'm only using vlc as an example).
A lot of us look down on "skins" as unnecesary bloat. But they exists because people like them.
Also needed, a way to speed up the boot process. Fedora Core 4 takes longer to boot into runlevel 3 than Windows Server 2003 (on identical machines).
Aslo, let's get rid of any holier than thou attitude derived from our choice of OS. Let's not lecture people on free/GPL/BSD philosophy. For the most part, they don't care.
And more important: we need a leap of faith by someone big. Say, Apple porting iTunes to Linux. Or Blizzard releasing games for Linux. Running things on Wine or Winex should not be needed (and whoever offers that as a solution might be doing someone a disservice).
damn right i am! they have a very quick flash heal/regen spell and also can turn into beast form which will rival a warriors tanking. not to mention the very annoying "root" spell. i dont even think you can blink out of root anymore. savages...
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