Be comforted that in the face of all aridity and disillusionment, and despite the changing fortunes of time, There is always a big future in computer maintenance.
If you went into a book store with your ebook, you could turn it on and download the first couple chapters of a book. Then if you liked what you read, you could hit a button and it would download the rest of book and charge your credit card.
That would change literature as we know it. The whole first few chapters of a book would essentially be the "lead"... they would have to draw the reader in enough to get him to shell out his money. Some current books and formats won't appeal to the same person in the first few chapters as it does halfway through the book. The beginning of the first Harry Potter book just drags...
I could see giving the reader ten free pages from anywhere the reader chooses, though.
I've got SMART enable, and I've run numerous online and offline tests on both drives. And none of the internally tracked stats are PRE-FAIL or OLD-AGE, either. In fact, they're all at optimum values, as near as I can tell. (No swapped sectors, etc.)
The only odd thing I've seen is I recently discovered that DMA is no longer enabled, and I can't enable it using hdparm.
The Appendecies are great. You should also get the books on tape...the performance is amazing. And you'll get Tom Bombadil's song stuck in your head, as the reader sings all the songs.
Familiarity with the way Linux systems work in general will help.
Don't know where LDAP configration files are? Use a manpage, or "locate ldap". Don't know where apps are installed? Use locate again. The nature of the difficulty of XFree to X.org migration is something I'm unfamiliar with, though.
If an app has been "reinvented" since the version he was trained on, he can look it up on the Internet. He'll be competent to know what sites to look at, etc. A Google search for "Samba upgrade caveats" might be all he'll need.
There is a point to be made, and it's that it's nearly impossible to have the best of both worlds. It's either simple and painless to use (desktops), or super-hardcore secure (servers). Both OS's can function in both roles.
The only point I'm trying to make is, any PC out there is no more secure as it's user/owner/admin and the apps they run. Most normal people dont enjoy spending 8 hours a day doing nothing but configuring their systems.
I agree, mostly. That said, how long it takes an admin to tighten down a box depends on how much experience he has with it. Don't ask an RHCE to tighten down Windows Server 2003, and definitely don't ask an MCSE to tighten down a Red Hat server.
However, just about any user with a somewhat thorough understanding of the protocols and technologies involved can tighten either system, if given a book that explains where the configuration options are.
I've got MechCommander at home, and I could have sworn it wasn't a Microsoft game. I'll have to look again, but I suspect a rather large repetitive typo on their part.
I doubt any author would want to risk releasing a book exclusively as an eBook. Unless, of course, hardcover and paperback editions were sure to come out later.
When I was in high school, a guy did something similar with his TI-83. He plugged in headphones to an adapter which was plugged into the link port. He played sound effects from Duke Nukem 3D, as a demonstration.
Every now and then my computer beeps, I hear the hard drive click (the same sound as when it powers off), then it beeps again. There are no other symptoms that I've noticed. It's been doing this for months...
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The interesting bit is Microsoft can no longer tout "Open Source kills jobs," because they're outsourcing them themselves.
Be comforted that in the face of all aridity and disillusionment,
and despite the changing fortunes of time,
There is always a big future in computer maintenance.
--Deteriorata
Not if you're Phantom really flies. Then it'd be susceptible to air-based attacks.
If you went into a book store with your ebook, you could turn it on and download the first couple chapters of a book. Then if you liked what you read, you could hit a button and it would download the rest of book and charge your credit card.
... they would have to draw the reader in enough to get him to shell out his money. Some current books and formats won't appeal to the same person in the first few chapters as it does halfway through the book. The beginning of the first Harry Potter book just drags...
That would change literature as we know it. The whole first few chapters of a book would essentially be the "lead"
I could see giving the reader ten free pages from anywhere the reader chooses, though.
There are Christians here, they just don't preach about it. (Which, incidentally, is the way I like it.)
I've got SMART enable, and I've run numerous online and offline tests on both drives. And none of the internally tracked stats are PRE-FAIL or OLD-AGE, either. In fact, they're all at optimum values, as near as I can tell. (No swapped sectors, etc.)
The only odd thing I've seen is I recently discovered that DMA is no longer enabled, and I can't enable it using hdparm.
He probably felt that "juvenile" was a subset of "trash" ... so he was specifying both the set and subset that the book belonged to.
People are often redundant when they're angry.
Try the books on tape. You still get the story, while you can (largely) concentrate on other things, if you want to.
The Appendecies are great. You should also get the books on tape...the performance is amazing. And you'll get Tom Bombadil's song stuck in your head, as the reader sings all the songs.
I'm sure there are plenty of people here who will change it for you if you give them your IP address and root access. :)
Familiarity with the way Linux systems work in general will help.
Don't know where LDAP configration files are? Use a manpage, or "locate ldap". Don't know where apps are installed? Use locate again. The nature of the difficulty of XFree to X.org migration is something I'm unfamiliar with, though.
If an app has been "reinvented" since the version he was trained on, he can look it up on the Internet. He'll be competent to know what sites to look at, etc. A Google search for "Samba upgrade caveats" might be all he'll need.
There is a point to be made, and it's that it's nearly impossible to have the best of both worlds. It's either simple and painless to use (desktops), or super-hardcore secure (servers). Both OS's can function in both roles.
I'm not disagreeing with you.
I couldn't find the Original MechCommander on their site. Plenty of stuff about MechCommander 2, though. But thanks for the link.
The only point I'm trying to make is, any PC out there is no more secure as it's user/owner/admin and the apps they run. Most normal people dont enjoy spending 8 hours a day doing nothing but configuring their systems.
I agree, mostly. That said, how long it takes an admin to tighten down a box depends on how much experience he has with it. Don't ask an RHCE to tighten down Windows Server 2003, and definitely don't ask an MCSE to tighten down a Red Hat server.
However, just about any user with a somewhat thorough understanding of the protocols and technologies involved can tighten either system, if given a book that explains where the configuration options are.
Because "Bill" brings to mind a redneck driving a truck with a gun rack. At least, it does for me. :)
I've got MechCommander at home, and I could have sworn it wasn't a Microsoft game. I'll have to look again, but I suspect a rather large repetitive typo on their part.
Tech books seem more likely
O'Reilley's Safari service is great. I don't think you can download the books, though...just read them online.
E-books fail for me because I would rather read somewhere else than infront of my computer screen.
So what are you doing on Slashdot?
I doubt any author would want to risk releasing a book exclusively as an eBook. Unless, of course, hardcover and paperback editions were sure to come out later.
black powder and pornography don't go hand-in-hand.
When I was in high school, a guy did something similar with his TI-83. He plugged in headphones to an adapter which was plugged into the link port. He played sound effects from Duke Nukem 3D, as a demonstration.
We've still got an Epson printer at home. Now to find some greenbar paper...
Sounds like the problem was with your motherboard, then. Not the CPU. Unless there was something about the CPU you didn't like...
Every now and then my computer beeps, I hear the hard drive click (the same sound as when it powers off), then it beeps again. There are no other symptoms that I've noticed. It's been doing this for months...
A car battery will kill you. 'nuff said.
IT's colour schemes are giving me a seizure...
I don't like it...but I'll probably get used to it. Kinda like the color scheme for games.slashdot.org