IRC certainly is a powerful communications medium. I first talked to a woman, who i later lived with for 3 years as my girlfriend, on IRC. She is the most important person in my life, though we are not currently together.
This weekend, I am leaving to visit the Netherlands for a job opportunity. How did this happen? By mentioning I was looking for a job, while I was on IRC. Someone I had talked to for years knew his employer was looking for someone like me, and the rest is history.
No doubt about it, IRC has changed my life in major ways.
I began using the internet pretty early. This meant dial-up. The ads were static then, but increased my page loads so much, I often viewed pages without any graphics at all. If I could not use a page effectively without graphics, I didn't bother any further with that page.
Still on dial up, then these blasted animated gifs showed up. This was the last straw for me with ads. I continued to view without graphics.
Moving forward to broadband, i could load a page fast now. Even if it had lots of animated ads. The problem is that I am the type of person who is distracted VERY easily from what I would like to focus on by minor annoyances. This meant that I would read a few words, my eyes would flick over to that stupid animation that just changed. Then I lose where I am in the article. Repeat this a few times, and I'd just get pissed and go back to using pages without graphics -- on broadband!
Now today we have the wonderful adblock. Then I ran into the extension for adblock called Filterset.G. I *STRONGLY* reccommend this. In short, it is a large list of entries for adblock which is maintained and automatically updated on your side. You can also force updates.
I haven't seen it block something it should not have, ever.
How good is it? I can blow out my adblock list, force Filterset.G to update, immediately go to wunderground.com or some other spam-infested site is otherwise useful, and it is COMPLETELY FREE of that BS.
To sum up, I block advertising because it is FUCKING ANNOYING. Even if I am interested in your product, IF YOU ANNOY ME, I WILL DILIBERATELY *AVOID YOUR PRODUCT*. You guys get that through your THICK HEAD? Rephrase: You are pushing ANTI-ADVERTISING to me. Your irritating ad says "avoid this product".
Oh, and another note. Flash ads are the worst. I *NEVER* install any flash plugins SPECIFICALLY because of them. I also am against the concept of flash, so don't bother spewing to me the reasons why it's good. I'm not going to use it. If you can't present it in html, piss off.
The harder you work to get around tools I use to avoid you, the more I will be AGAINST your product.
So fuck off already.
I am not anti-business. I am against being irritated.
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That is really good to hear. I am currently in the later stages of a possible such move. I live in the US.
What I do not like about living in the US is how everything "seems" to be centered around materialism; You are what you make. You are your reputation. You are the car you drive. You are the suit you wear. In short. You are not "you".
The stress level is also extremely high. At least, generally, those around me have that problem. Which is puzzling to me. These folks seem to think it was PUT on them by others, when the truth is they PUT it on themselves. People have far more control than they think.
So, here I am working a dead-end job. My creativity is not challenged. My knowledge is not pushed. I am not encouraged to learn more.
Now there is this company in the Netherlands, and all signs point towards this working. I'd be doing IT security stuff. Basically, play a cracker from the outside then teach them how to secure it, and translate that into a plan the business can accept.
Your post got me for many reasons. It sounds like the attitude in Europe is SO much different. It sounds like they still understand that life is about EXPERIENCES, and it is NOT about your stuff, or putting too much time in at work.
This does not mean they don't care about work, it just sounds like they have a better balance.
If my passport clears in the next few weeks (there is no reason I can think of that it would not), I should be over there in November for a visit. If I like it, I will go live there.
Thanks for your post, made me feel a lot better in this slightly "scary" situation i'm in. But it's also thrilling.
p.s. Help me learn dutch:) I want to speak en het Nederlands:)
Also interesting, this is supposed to take effect on October 1, 2005! It has only been introduced, so this is unlikely at this point. But still the timing is creepy.
Can anyone else who has been using Linux for a significant amount of time attest to this?
Been going on 8 years now, and I tend to stay right on the edge of stable. I have not seen these issues, except in a system with a shitty power supply.
Raid is not for backups. Raid is intended to keep the machine running in the event of a hardware failure.
Indeed. I learned this in an important, almost "hard" way.
I had my home system on a 2x120GB raid1 setup, with no spare. I made daily full backups to another stand alone disk.
Imagine my surprise when they both started acting up, in the same way, at the same time. Eventually, they both completely died on the same day.
What had happened was my power supply had gone bad, though not died. It was outputting dirty power, and slowly damaged both drives. It also smoked the on board IDE controller, requiring an add on replacement.
Why it did not damage the disk i had backups on, I am not sure. The only thing I can think of is that I always spun the drive down after backups.
I assume we mean players of the video game? Don't buy it.
This reminds me of how EA has made an NHL game for a LONG time. Me and my cousin played it since 93 or so, or maybe that year is wrong. But a long time.
We were sorely disappointed with ea's 2003 and 2004. Then we heard about ESPN sports first NHL game, tried it (for one THIRD the price mind you), and it was a fantastic game!
It had some problems, but for a first year game, it was REALLY impressive.
Of course in this case it's different, thanks to the NFL allowing their fans to be cock blocked like this. Good job.
That said, I have struggled in recent days getting everything I've wanted to install working correctly. Largely this has been due to GCC4.0 incompatibilities (many apps just don't compile at all from source without patches), but also because lots of exotic RPMs (Myth being a prime example) have not yet been built for FC4.
This type of situation is a major problem I have with binary based distros.
You'd be surprised perhaps, that gentoo, since you don't have to wait for binaries, can probably do all of those things with the latest versions. No waiting for binaries.
Linux is *not* user friendly, and until it is linux will stay with >1% marketshare.
Since when is this competition? You're one of the folks assuming that we're competing with anyone. You're wrong. Linux just Is.
Yes there are commercial companies, but they don't really represent what Linux is, only commercial whoring attempts.
"oh installing is so easy, just do apt-get install package or emerge package": Yes, because typing in "apt-get" or "emerge" makes so much more sense to new users than double-clicking an icon that says "setup".
Oh no, you have to follow instructions and *gasp* TYPE! Oh no. This is a complaint? Some of us prefer text interfaces. A GUI is limiting.
User: "How do I get Quake 3 to run in Linux?"
Binary and closed source, go ask ID. Linux users and devs did not create this and definately should not be bothered about it.
So, I guess the point I'm trying to make is that what seems easy and natural to Linux geeks is definitely not what regular people consider easy and natural. Hence, the preference towards Windows.
I think you are taking away a lot of credit and potential from these users. Surely the fact their systems come with it means a lot. I guarantee they'd give something else a shot, but hey we're talking corporate globalistic commercial whoring, so you know who wins there.
I should have stopped replying after reading your first point...
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IRC certainly is a powerful communications medium. I first talked to a woman, who i later lived with for 3 years as my girlfriend, on IRC. She is the most important person in my life, though we are not currently together.
This weekend, I am leaving to visit the Netherlands for a job opportunity. How did this happen? By mentioning I was looking for a job, while I was on IRC. Someone I had talked to for years knew his employer was looking for someone like me, and the rest is history.
No doubt about it, IRC has changed my life in major ways.
I'm not sure about reporting specifically, but phpMyAdmin is the way to go for a generic MySQL front end.
Not if you have a clue about security.
I began using the internet pretty early. This meant dial-up. The ads were static then, but increased my page loads so much, I often viewed pages without any graphics at all. If I could not use a page effectively without graphics, I didn't bother any further with that page.
Still on dial up, then these blasted animated gifs showed up. This was the last straw for me with ads. I continued to view without graphics.
Moving forward to broadband, i could load a page fast now. Even if it had lots of animated ads. The problem is that I am the type of person who is distracted VERY easily from what I would like to focus on by minor annoyances. This meant that I would read a few words, my eyes would flick over to that stupid animation that just changed. Then I lose where I am in the article. Repeat this a few times, and I'd just get pissed and go back to using pages without graphics -- on broadband!
Now today we have the wonderful adblock. Then I ran into the extension for adblock called Filterset.G. I *STRONGLY* reccommend this. In short, it is a large list of entries for adblock which is maintained and automatically updated on your side. You can also force updates.
I haven't seen it block something it should not have, ever.
How good is it? I can blow out my adblock list, force Filterset.G to update, immediately go to wunderground.com or some other spam-infested site is otherwise useful, and it is COMPLETELY FREE of that BS.
To sum up, I block advertising because it is FUCKING ANNOYING. Even if I am interested in your product, IF YOU ANNOY ME, I WILL DILIBERATELY *AVOID YOUR PRODUCT*. You guys get that through your THICK HEAD? Rephrase: You are pushing ANTI-ADVERTISING to me. Your irritating ad says "avoid this product".
Oh, and another note. Flash ads are the worst. I *NEVER* install any flash plugins SPECIFICALLY because of them. I also am against the concept of flash, so don't bother spewing to me the reasons why it's good. I'm not going to use it. If you can't present it in html, piss off.
The harder you work to get around tools I use to avoid you, the more I will be AGAINST your product.
So fuck off already.
I am not anti-business. I am against being irritated.
That is really good to hear. I am currently in the later stages of a possible such move. I live in the US.
:) I want to speak en het Nederlands :)
What I do not like about living in the US is how everything "seems" to be centered around materialism; You are what you make. You are your reputation. You are the car you drive. You are the suit you wear. In short. You are not "you".
The stress level is also extremely high. At least, generally, those around me have that problem. Which is puzzling to me. These folks seem to think it was PUT on them by others, when the truth is they PUT it on themselves. People have far more control than they think.
So, here I am working a dead-end job. My creativity is not challenged. My knowledge is not pushed. I am not encouraged to learn more.
Now there is this company in the Netherlands, and all signs point towards this working. I'd be doing IT security stuff. Basically, play a cracker from the outside then teach them how to secure it, and translate that into a plan the business can accept.
Your post got me for many reasons. It sounds like the attitude in Europe is SO much different. It sounds like they still understand that life is about EXPERIENCES, and it is NOT about your stuff, or putting too much time in at work.
This does not mean they don't care about work, it just sounds like they have a better balance.
If my passport clears in the next few weeks (there is no reason I can think of that it would not), I should be over there in November for a visit. If I like it, I will go live there.
Thanks for your post, made me feel a lot better in this slightly "scary" situation i'm in. But it's also thrilling.
p.s. Help me learn dutch
Okay even for a Saturday Night slashdot story, that was weak as hell. I learned this shit YEARS ago, this is BASIC information gathering!
This might be news to my mom and dad. Well maybe not my dad, he has a clue.
Senate Bill S. 517, introduced by Senator Kay Hutchinson (R-TX), on March 3, 2005 is pretty interesting:
S. 517: A Bill to Establish a Weather Modifications Operations and Research Board, and for other purposes.
Huh? Can this be for real? You bet: Clicky.
Also interesting, this is supposed to take effect on October 1, 2005! It has only been introduced, so this is unlikely at this point. But still the timing is creepy.
Thanks to Richard C Hoagland's Enterprise Mission web site for the information. Richard is way out there sometimes, but he definately has great credentials.
This is one of those "Duh. Hey, the sky is blue" ask slashdots. Hell it's almost a troll.
:)
The only reason it got submitted is because Cliff thinks the asker is female
-1 troll / -1 flamebait
Can anyone else who has been using Linux for a significant amount of time attest to this?
Been going on 8 years now, and I tend to stay right on the edge of stable. I have not seen these issues, except in a system with a shitty power supply.
Replacing it took care of the issues.
What advice do those of you in the IT field have for this issue?
You aren't going to change the situation, change jobs. You will be happier in the long run.
Raid is not for backups. Raid is intended to keep the machine running in the event of a hardware failure.
Indeed. I learned this in an important, almost "hard" way.
I had my home system on a 2x120GB raid1 setup, with no spare. I made daily full backups to another stand alone disk.
Imagine my surprise when they both started acting up, in the same way, at the same time. Eventually, they both completely died on the same day.
What had happened was my power supply had gone bad, though not died. It was outputting dirty power, and slowly damaged both drives. It also smoked the on board IDE controller, requiring an add on replacement.
Why it did not damage the disk i had backups on, I am not sure. The only thing I can think of is that I always spun the drive down after backups.
So, excellent point you have there.
Hello Mr. Enemy Pilot, may I Audit you?
Enemy Pilot: Only if I get to go into Sea Org!
So, what are the players to do?
I assume we mean players of the video game? Don't buy it.
This reminds me of how EA has made an NHL game for a LONG time. Me and my cousin played it since 93 or so, or maybe that year is wrong. But a long time.
We were sorely disappointed with ea's 2003 and 2004. Then we heard about ESPN sports first NHL game, tried it (for one THIRD the price mind you), and it was a fantastic game!
It had some problems, but for a first year game, it was REALLY impressive.
Of course in this case it's different, thanks to the NFL allowing their fans to be cock blocked like this. Good job.
Do NOT shell out the money for the game, then!
If you do, you have no right to bitch.
Hrm... when the article said "Windows administrator" I stopped reading. Complete oxymoron.
Rather like their users.
Right, but this is confined to the distro, in this case Debian.
They're often over-agressive in what they don't include.
It'd be great if us firefox users could, you know, *see it*?
Glad i'm not actually thinking of buying it, since I can't see it.
C'mon Ebay.
Use a non-default port on any service whenever possible. This simple change goes a long way. Obviously it is not all you should do.
I would have read the story, but as I tried, it kept shifting a few lines down, and then a few lines back up. Pause, repeat.
Turns out there is some aggrivating ticker on the top of the story that kept doing this, asshole.
And people get paid for this... I quit reading the article.
That said, I have struggled in recent days getting everything I've wanted to install working correctly. Largely this has been due to GCC4.0 incompatibilities (many apps just don't compile at all from source without patches), but also because lots of exotic RPMs (Myth being a prime example) have not yet been built for FC4.
This type of situation is a major problem I have with binary based distros.
You'd be surprised perhaps, that gentoo, since you don't have to wait for binaries, can probably do all of those things with the latest versions. No waiting for binaries.
Linux is *not* user friendly, and until it is linux will stay with >1% marketshare.
Since when is this competition? You're one of the folks assuming that we're competing with anyone. You're wrong. Linux just Is.
Yes there are commercial companies, but they don't really represent what Linux is, only commercial whoring attempts.
"oh installing is so easy, just do apt-get install package or emerge package": Yes, because typing in "apt-get" or "emerge" makes so much more sense to new users than double-clicking an icon that says "setup".
Oh no, you have to follow instructions and *gasp* TYPE! Oh no. This is a complaint? Some of us prefer text interfaces. A GUI is limiting.
User: "How do I get Quake 3 to run in Linux?"
Binary and closed source, go ask ID. Linux users and devs did not create this and definately should not be bothered about it.
So, I guess the point I'm trying to make is that what seems easy and natural to Linux geeks is definitely not what regular people consider easy and natural. Hence, the preference towards Windows.
I think you are taking away a lot of credit and potential from these users. Surely the fact their systems come with it means a lot. I guarantee they'd give something else a shot, but hey we're talking corporate globalistic commercial whoring, so you know who wins there.
I should have stopped replying after reading your first point...
As I've always thought, running PHP is the same as hanging a "Root Me" sign outside your server.
Your fault for having flash.
Ham/Amateur radio is not just a hobby. We just enjoy the quiet periods where our emergency communications and skills are not needed.
http://www.arrl.org/hamradio.html
Amateur radio started out as a critical emergency communication system. Next time you hear about a hurricane or earthquake, you will hear about us.
They obviously haven't used tor, which is generally painfully slow.
Also the minimum packet size is 512 bytes, irritating.
Tor is not for speed it is for enhanced (not perfect) anonymimootty. Yeah I can't spell that.
This sure seems like a troll.
If you don't like it, don't use it. Linux is not for the lack of clue.
that certainly wasn't created for the purpose of increasing impressions or generating clicks to advertisers on the site.
Rather like your sig.