This is the main problem with middle management. When the axe DOES swing by, they're usually the first to get cut. Mainly because the job they do is nearly wholly REDUNDANT.
I considered going into management, but I'd much rather have my fingers on the pulse of the company than be the odd hair that gets shaved off.
No, it didn't make much sense...not to someone simply sitting down and reading it. However, if you were to imagine someone standing on a stage, going through slides, making quips or whatnot... Then it makes perfect sense. It reads like a presentation.
As far as source code being useless... Let me ask you - how many times do you actually go through the code itself and change things? I would be willing to bet that most people here simply download, unzip, untar, make, make install and go on with their lives. If this is even 70% true, then actually *having* the source code IS useless. The only reason you have it is so that you can 'make install' to the path of your choosing. That, in and of itself, is not the reason the source code exists.
Having said that, I disagree with his blanket argument. He should have quantified it somewhat, because some people *do* look at the source code. Some people *do* make additions, and some people *do* feel more secure having it available in case something goes awry. I certainly feel more secure knowing that there is a body of peers overlooking every code change that goes into Our Favorite Operating System (tm). Do I use it? Not usually - most of the time I apt-get install [the binary]. But I like having the *option*.
I would suggest the Orinoco RG-1000. It has dialup, ethernet, NAT, is hackable, can be flashed with the latest Airport Firmware, and if you know the right People, can be had for $50 or so.
...between spamming and sending out LOTS of copies of your resume to employers.
If you email every email address on a potential employer's contact page with a form letter, THAT is spamming.
If you email the HR email address, and/or the department head address of a particular department you are interested in, that is 'trying to find a job.'
This Shifman guy farms addresses and sends form letters to every address he can get his hands on. There IS a difference.
Anyone know if Evolution will spread this virus? Since it's supposed to be compatible with Outlook? And if not, does that mean that the Ximian people will have to take the compatibility claim off of the website?;)
I bought a Panasonic DVD-CV51 5-disc carousel DVD player recently. Has MP3 CD playability, for only $249 down at Best Buy. Burned up a 131-song MP3 CD, and piped it out of my 5.1 surround home-theater.
I was actually quite i
mpressed. I was expecting clicks, pops, crappy dynamic range, etc etc. However I ripped most of the tracks on that CD myself, using mid-high (192ish) quality VBR encoding. Some of the songs I did NOT rip myself that were encoded at 128kbps were obviously inferior, but as long as you rip them well, you should have a good bang for your buck audio experience.
Let's forget about the technical and monetary problems to overcome. We will assume that it can be put into place with minimal fuss. Given enough money and technical know-how, we know this is the case anyway.
But...now, Senator Fritz can't get email from his constituents on his brand-spanking new, PentiumV 4GHz, Federal-Government-Issued computer! So, he tells Joe, the inter-department geeky-type, to hook up his new computer to the old network, and to make the new network work as well. Joe, being the good intern that he is, does so dutifully, and soon both networks work on the Senator's computer.
Anyone else see a problem with this? Granted, this is a hypothetical situation, but... Can't you just see it happening? And then where would all that money have gone? Senator Fritz is now an open relay on the new, <quote>SECURE</quote> network. Money down the tubes, taxpayers screwed, because El Presidente doesn't understand how networks work.
Small screen? Are you high? 14.1" is very nearly a 17" CRT! Some high-end laptops are touting a 15" screen even. Max resolution (or should I say 'optimized resolution'?) is somewhere in the 1500x1400 range.
Cramped keyboard? Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't close keys a BOON while gaming? No more having to stretch to reach ctrl-7 - the keys are MUCH closer together.
Uhm...if you game, and are on battery power... Why aren't you using the power block? Laptops aren't *always* about being on battery power.
Mobility does not necessarily mean 'cut off from civilization'. If I had spurious amounts of cash, I'd buy a very high-end laptop. 30+ gig HD, GeForce Video, DVD/CD-RW, 15" screen, 256M at minimum... All in one, small, easy to carry package. The wife has a new Inspiron 8100. Everything, and I do mean *everything* is on board. Why NOT use it for gaming? I'd rather pack a 8-lb laptop over to my friend's house and plug in ONE cord (or two; one for power, one for network, if he doesn't have a WAP) than a 30-lb tower, 40+ lb monitor, a pack full of cables and other assorted hardware...
OMG, if I wasn't at work I'd be bawling my eyes out in laughter-induced hysteria. That has got to be the funniest damned.sig I've seen.
*cough*
Now... Yesterday I went to a site - eqcomics? - using Mozilla 0.93 (or somesuch, I don't track version numbers as religiously as some. Whatever the default for Debian testing is), and it gave me a minimal page with "This page can only be viewed using Internet Explorer 5+"
Bah. Perhaps the multitude of bugs and backdoors and such in nearly ALL of M$'s products (or so it seems - every other day we hear of something new) will convince page designers to forgo all of the Javascript 'browser tests' and simply code a GOOD site.:P
Hell, even with a 56k connection my system is current on at *least* a weekly basis.
apt-get update ; apt-get dist-upgrade
For a system where uptime and security are the #1 concerns, potato suits me just fine. My workstation runs woody/sid. Potato with the 2.4 kernel packages and security sources.list updates is quite a nice little system.
Just keep 'er updated every week or so, and you'll have no problems.
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This is the main problem with middle management. When the axe DOES swing by, they're usually the first to get cut. Mainly because the job they do is nearly wholly REDUNDANT.
I considered going into management, but I'd much rather have my fingers on the pulse of the company than be the odd hair that gets shaved off.
No, it didn't make much sense...not to someone simply sitting down and reading it. However, if you were to imagine someone standing on a stage, going through slides, making quips or whatnot... Then it makes perfect sense. It reads like a presentation.
As far as source code being useless... Let me ask you - how many times do you actually go through the code itself and change things? I would be willing to bet that most people here simply download, unzip, untar, make, make install and go on with their lives. If this is even 70% true, then actually *having* the source code IS useless. The only reason you have it is so that you can 'make install' to the path of your choosing. That, in and of itself, is not the reason the source code exists.
Having said that, I disagree with his blanket argument. He should have quantified it somewhat, because some people *do* look at the source code. Some people *do* make additions, and some people *do* feel more secure having it available in case something goes awry. I certainly feel more secure knowing that there is a body of peers overlooking every code change that goes into Our Favorite Operating System (tm). Do I use it? Not usually - most of the time I apt-get install [the binary]. But I like having the *option*.
I would suggest the Orinoco RG-1000. It has dialup, ethernet, NAT, is hackable, can be flashed with the latest Airport Firmware, and if you know the right People, can be had for $50 or so.
I've got one, and I love it.
Now if only we can get Linux to scale on Big Iron like this. That's where the problem lies, my friends.
...between spamming and sending out LOTS of copies of your resume to employers.
If you email every email address on a potential employer's contact page with a form letter, THAT is spamming.
If you email the HR email address, and/or the department head address of a particular department you are interested in, that is 'trying to find a job.'
This Shifman guy farms addresses and sends form letters to every address he can get his hands on. There IS a difference.
Don't forget the 512M Video Ram requirement.
Anyone know if Evolution will spread this virus? Since it's supposed to be compatible with Outlook? And if not, does that mean that the Ximian people will have to take the compatibility claim off of the website? ;)
I bought a Panasonic DVD-CV51 5-disc carousel DVD player recently. Has MP3 CD playability, for only $249 down at Best Buy. Burned up a 131-song MP3 CD, and piped it out of my 5.1 surround home-theater.
:)
I was actually quite i
mpressed. I was expecting clicks, pops, crappy dynamic range, etc etc. However I ripped most of the tracks on that CD myself, using mid-high (192ish) quality VBR encoding. Some of the songs I did NOT rip myself that were encoded at 128kbps were obviously inferior, but as long as you rip them well, you should have a good bang for your buck audio experience.
Of course, YMMV.
An *isolated* government network, eh? Okay.
Let's forget about the technical and monetary problems to overcome. We will assume that it can be put into place with minimal fuss. Given enough money and technical know-how, we know this is the case anyway.
But...now, Senator Fritz can't get email from his constituents on his brand-spanking new, PentiumV 4GHz, Federal-Government-Issued computer! So, he tells Joe, the inter-department geeky-type, to hook up his new computer to the old network, and to make the new network work as well. Joe, being the good intern that he is, does so dutifully, and soon both networks work on the Senator's computer.
Anyone else see a problem with this? Granted, this is a hypothetical situation, but... Can't you just see it happening? And then where would all that money have gone? Senator Fritz is now an open relay on the new, <quote>SECURE</quote> network. Money down the tubes, taxpayers screwed, because El Presidente doesn't understand how networks work.
Networks WANT to be connected. They will prevail.
I think the challenge of the post-Internet era is to re-implement the better ideas so that they don't suck.
Whoa, hold on! We're already in the 'post-Internet era'? When did this happen? Cripes, nobody tells me NOTHIN'!
mpeg video playback? only good for "geee, that's neat" comments.
Nah, that's for people who need to be able to access the videos with one hand (thus, handheld) while the other hand is otherwise occupied.
Somewhere along the line, somebody, somewhere, will drop some networking code into the kernel config module, and hook up with other 31337 h4x00rz...
You: Damnit, I've been waiting 2500 clock cycles for this damned PCI_BUS to spawn.
n00b: Hi! I'm new here. OooOoo, can I have that?
You: Have what?
n00b: Your uber-leet PACKET_FILTER sword of destruction!
You: *eyes narrowed* I thought you said you were new here?
PCI_BUS spawns, and aggros the n00b.
n00b: Take that, PCI_BUS_00! I'll configure you!
You: Hey, I've been camping that!
n00b: victorious in configuration - it aggroed me first, 10053r. Go camp the EISA_BUS instead. *snicker*
You: *grumbles*
Small screen? Are you high? 14.1" is very nearly a 17" CRT! Some high-end laptops are touting a 15" screen even. Max resolution (or should I say 'optimized resolution'?) is somewhere in the 1500x1400 range.
Cramped keyboard? Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't close keys a BOON while gaming? No more having to stretch to reach ctrl-7 - the keys are MUCH closer together.
Uhm...if you game, and are on battery power... Why aren't you using the power block? Laptops aren't *always* about being on battery power.
Mobility does not necessarily mean 'cut off from civilization'. If I had spurious amounts of cash, I'd buy a very high-end laptop. 30+ gig HD, GeForce Video, DVD/CD-RW, 15" screen, 256M at minimum... All in one, small, easy to carry package. The wife has a new Inspiron 8100. Everything, and I do mean *everything* is on board. Why NOT use it for gaming? I'd rather pack a 8-lb laptop over to my friend's house and plug in ONE cord (or two; one for power, one for network, if he doesn't have a WAP) than a 30-lb tower, 40+ lb monitor, a pack full of cables and other assorted hardware...
I might be able to make more room for the Vodka!
Jesus saves....And takes 1/2 damage.
.sig I've seen.
:P
OMG, if I wasn't at work I'd be bawling my eyes out in laughter-induced hysteria. That has got to be the funniest damned
*cough*
Now... Yesterday I went to a site - eqcomics? - using Mozilla 0.93 (or somesuch, I don't track version numbers as religiously as some. Whatever the default for Debian testing is), and it gave me a minimal page with "This page can only be viewed using Internet Explorer 5+"
Bah. Perhaps the multitude of bugs and backdoors and such in nearly ALL of M$'s products (or so it seems - every other day we hear of something new) will convince page designers to forgo all of the Javascript 'browser tests' and simply code a GOOD site.
Nah, just put a Squid proxy between you and your modem. 3 users on 56k, and not a one has complained about slow web surfing since. :)
Hell, even with a 56k connection my system is current on at *least* a weekly basis.
apt-get update ; apt-get dist-upgrade
For a system where uptime and security are the #1 concerns, potato suits me just fine. My workstation runs woody/sid. Potato with the 2.4 kernel packages and security sources.list updates is quite a nice little system.
Just keep 'er updated every week or so, and you'll have no problems.