This is another useless statistic. Poor engineering probably cost 20X that in auto repairs last year too. The cost of putting additional time into development, missing deadlines, additional testing, and hiring better/more programmers combined is probably way more than $60 Bil. Besides, if we could code flawless software in the first place we'd already be doing it. I think Microsoft has something like hundreds of years of man hours into windows 2000 for dubugging alone.
As someone that was following the series of articles that securityfocus was publishing on "phone phreakers owning Vegas" this is actually very interesting news. The articles detail about how "hackers" are stealing business by re-routing phone calls. After multiple complaints from the business owners sprint could never seem to find a problem during its investigations and insisted they were crazy. It was concluded that the "hackers" had someone inside working for sprint tipping them off because the phone system always seemed to route just fine while sprint was doing its audits. One of the frustrated business owners hired Kevin Mitnick to come in and help straighten things out, and that was the last I've heard till now. The Security focus has a write up is here
Equipped with Longhorn, your PC will keep track of how you work, whom you talk to, what sites you look at, how you make documents and whom you share them with, which data on the network are yours--making all those things easier
I don't "making them easier" was the point you were aiming at here.
P.S. Did everyone get to download the OpenSSH patch?
Christ was the bastard child of Mary. She became pregnant while away from home, and said she had been faithful. If in fact Joseph decided not to believe her she would have been stoned to death for adultery. Joseph still loved her and didn't want to see that happen. When Christ was born he was told of his unusual conception and played the part.
He states that those that decide not to believe in Jesus (or you say Jesus == God) that you will be forced to suffer for all of eternity. You say he is basing his views of the religion on only a select group of individuals and that "If your preference is to live without God, he grants you that wish". Given that there is one heaven and one hell wouldn't being "granted that wish" also mean being forced to suffer for all of eternity? Your comment is a PR spin on the original statement. I believe that people do what is right because they think it's the most fair should be looked on with greater respect then those who follow only in search of an "afterlife cookie". Not to mention that those following a _book_ in search of an afterlife cookie can often wrongly follow religious leaders without questioning right or wrong, and thus be dangerous to others at times. Morals are important, but so are independent thinkers.
You could if you bought it used, as for a new drive you can pick up a 120GB 7200RPM IBM HDD from neweggg.com for $140. It's not $100 but it's still a decent deal.
The fridge is kind of an odd place for a built in monitor. I think there are some good ideas being thrown around here but it's not yet properly implemented. The monitor and main computer system should be mounted under cabinet near the sink or stove. It should have all the functionality of a PDA plus a few extras. It would be used for things like grocery lists, recipes, decent timer for cooking etc. It should also be networked to the other appliances in the kitchen with 802.11b to the fridge, oven, microwave etc. and be able to start the coffee and toast in the morning. Voice recognition would be a plus. This will make mainstream, it's just a question of when. Once the initial technology is in place it will quickly grow in functionality.
I want to be able to yell questions at my computer form the other side of the room and have it spit me back an answer. "Computer what do I have to do today?" My computer should also have a map of my area and keep a data base of tasks I do frequently, where I have to do them, and how long it usually takes me to do them. That way I can just spit it a list of 15 - 20 things I have to do in a day, and have it find the most efficient order for me to do them in. I should be able to plug in multiple databases so I can ask it questions like: what is the most or least per-capa populated place in the country, what is its average temperature, how far is it from the beach etc. Map the 20 best places to live based on.. What are some popular electives to take with.. There will be huge advancements in the way humans use computers when they become that good of a source of information.
PS. I am currently looking for a good program to keep apointments in. treepad is a good one I found recently to store information and notes.
What if I were not creating a NASCAR, what if an armature like myself would just like to find a handful of the cheapest ways to extend the horsepower of my stock automobile? For instance: how much horse power could you get by adding a cold air intake system to a 2002 Monte Carlo? I like car upgrade menu that comes with the game Grand Turismo 3, why can't software like that come with the car when you buy it? Or even offered by 3rd party for that make/model car?
I didn't own a computer till after school, my parents are mean:) My teachers often gave out assignments that were required to be handed in typed. I didn't own a computer, told my parents I will keep my GPA over 3.5 if they go in half with me on one. They didn't care so I used my money (from drug sales) to pay people to write every paper that had to be handed in typed. Although my math & science habits were still great and I went on in that area, it greatly hindered my ability to write.
Equality of Opportunity?
No, I am not fond of educators teaching at the lowest common denominator. Public educators carry focus on repetition of simple things so that everyone can eventually pick it up and meet "standard". For the few unfortunate students who "got it" the first time, it sucks. In most of the classes I took in high school you could literally miss an entire month of school and come back to catch up in nearly a few days time.
I will second Directron. The prices are decent, RMA policy is good. They have a public message board on the site. The website contains useful information on the products you are buying and is easier to navigate then most. They also have a large inventory. I sometimes use the site when I need a price on a random system configuration.
I didn't mean online, many of the people I work with collect computers, allot of times you see deals like that because people just want to get rid of them to make space. Usually if I need a random computer part I can just ask and someone usually has one lying around that they will just give me. I've given away brand new $140 mother boards before to people just because I don't feel like selling them on eBay and they were just collecting dust. I gave away a 500Mhz/128M/5G Compaq w/ USB CDRW (first computer) to someone a few months ago to make room for a new system. I realize not everyone trades off computers and parts like pirated copies of windows and AutoCAD, but I just can't picture using a 386 for anything. I think it would be worth the extra money just to avoid having to look at it. A 386 on my network would be likes pray painting my car with cans of Wal-Mart spray paint or putting $15 plastic hub caps on a Mercedes CLK
This appears to be done currently with a symbolic link from/usr/doc to/usr/share/doc
Having policies for standard installation directories would be great.
I agree, the FHS(?) standard only covers mostly where to place servers or databases. So, even though mostly all distros are near 99% FHS compliant or better the standard does little to specify where to place things like documentation, apps, or a window manager. It is my opinion there should also be another FHS compliant standard that covers these additional files. Even if it were not followed 100% to spec it would still do a deal for making Linux more user-friendly.
They should package i386 binaries instead of i686 just for the small handful of people who refuse to shell out $35 for a used duron box? If you are using the 386 as a router there are multiple other distros, if you are using it for a server you could probably use the additional disk space, and if you are using it for a desktop you need a job.
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This is another useless statistic. Poor engineering probably cost 20X that in auto repairs last year too. The cost of putting additional time into development, missing deadlines, additional testing, and hiring better/more programmers combined is probably way more than $60 Bil. Besides, if we could code flawless software in the first place we'd already be doing it. I think Microsoft has something like hundreds of years of man hours into windows 2000 for dubugging alone.
"he Security focus has a write up is here" Sorry, I stopped making since hours ago.
As someone that was following the series of articles that securityfocus was publishing on "phone phreakers owning Vegas" this is actually very interesting news. The articles detail about how "hackers" are stealing business by re-routing phone calls. After multiple complaints from the business owners sprint could never seem to find a problem during its investigations and insisted they were crazy. It was concluded that the "hackers" had someone inside working for sprint tipping them off because the phone system always seemed to route just fine while sprint was doing its audits. One of the frustrated business owners hired Kevin Mitnick to come in and help straighten things out, and that was the last I've heard till now. The Security focus has a write up is here
Equipped with Longhorn, your PC will keep track of how you work, whom you talk to, what sites you look at, how you make documents and whom you share them with, which data on the network are yours--making all those things easier
I don't "making them easier" was the point you were aiming at here.
P.S. Did everyone get to download the OpenSSH patch?
Joseph didn't create the story, he chose to believe it. She didn't admit to him that she had been unfaithful.
Christ was the bastard child of Mary. She became pregnant while away from home, and said she had been faithful. If in fact Joseph decided not to believe her she would have been stoned to death for adultery. Joseph still loved her and didn't want to see that happen. When Christ was born he was told of his unusual conception and played the part.
He states that those that decide not to believe in Jesus (or you say Jesus == God) that you will be forced to suffer for all of eternity. You say he is basing his views of the religion on only a select group of individuals and that "If your preference is to live without God, he grants you that wish". Given that there is one heaven and one hell wouldn't being "granted that wish" also mean being forced to suffer for all of eternity? Your comment is a PR spin on the original statement. I believe that people do what is right because they think it's the most fair should be looked on with greater respect then those who follow only in search of an "afterlife cookie". Not to mention that those following a _book_ in search of an afterlife cookie can often wrongly follow religious leaders without questioning right or wrong, and thus be dangerous to others at times. Morals are important, but so are independent thinkers.
What is BSD?
You could if you bought it used, as for a new drive you can pick up a 120GB 7200RPM IBM HDD from neweggg.com for $140. It's not $100 but it's still a decent deal.
You could download it to a PDA from the fridge before leaving.
The fridge is kind of an odd place for a built in monitor. I think there are some good ideas being thrown around here but it's not yet properly implemented. The monitor and main computer system should be mounted under cabinet near the sink or stove. It should have all the functionality of a PDA plus a few extras. It would be used for things like grocery lists, recipes, decent timer for cooking etc. It should also be networked to the other appliances in the kitchen with 802.11b to the fridge, oven, microwave etc. and be able to start the coffee and toast in the morning. Voice recognition would be a plus. This will make mainstream, it's just a question of when. Once the initial technology is in place it will quickly grow in functionality.
Is it just me or did you just pretty much copy and paste random comments from above?
I want to be able to yell questions at my computer form the other side of the room and have it spit me back an answer. "Computer what do I have to do today?" My computer should also have a map of my area and keep a data base of tasks I do frequently, where I have to do them, and how long it usually takes me to do them. That way I can just spit it a list of 15 - 20 things I have to do in a day, and have it find the most efficient order for me to do them in. I should be able to plug in multiple databases so I can ask it questions like: what is the most or least per-capa populated place in the country, what is its average temperature, how far is it from the beach etc. Map the 20 best places to live based on.. What are some popular electives to take with.. There will be huge advancements in the way humans use computers when they become that good of a source of information.
PS. I am currently looking for a good program to keep apointments in. treepad is a good one I found recently to store information and notes.
Universities get government grants for studies and research all the time.
What if I were not creating a NASCAR, what if an armature like myself would just like to find a handful of the cheapest ways to extend the horsepower of my stock automobile? For instance: how much horse power could you get by adding a cold air intake system to a 2002 Monte Carlo? I like car upgrade menu that comes with the game Grand Turismo 3, why can't software like that come with the car when you buy it? Or even offered by 3rd party for that make/model car?
I didn't own a computer till after school, my parents are mean :) My teachers often gave out assignments that were required to be handed in typed. I didn't own a computer, told my parents I will keep my GPA over 3.5 if they go in half with me on one. They didn't care so I used my money (from drug sales) to pay people to write every paper that had to be handed in typed. Although my math & science habits were still great and I went on in that area, it greatly hindered my ability to write.
Equality of Opportunity? No, I am not fond of educators teaching at the lowest common denominator. Public educators carry focus on repetition of simple things so that everyone can eventually pick it up and meet "standard". For the few unfortunate students who "got it" the first time, it sucks. In most of the classes I took in high school you could literally miss an entire month of school and come back to catch up in nearly a few days time.
I will second Directron. The prices are decent, RMA policy is good. They have a public message board on the site. The website contains useful information on the products you are buying and is easier to navigate then most. They also have a large inventory. I sometimes use the site when I need a price on a random system configuration.
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I also read somewhere that microsoft will be adding a new language to .NET called F# with "some kind of XML voodoo scheisse."
I didn't mean online, many of the people I work with collect computers, allot of times you see deals like that because people just want to get rid of them to make space. Usually if I need a random computer part I can just ask and someone usually has one lying around that they will just give me. I've given away brand new $140 mother boards before to people just because I don't feel like selling them on eBay and they were just collecting dust. I gave away a 500Mhz/128M/5G Compaq w/ USB CDRW (first computer) to someone a few months ago to make room for a new system. I realize not everyone trades off computers and parts like pirated copies of windows and AutoCAD, but I just can't picture using a 386 for anything. I think it would be worth the extra money just to avoid having to look at it. A 386 on my network would be likes pray painting my car with cans of Wal-Mart spray paint or putting $15 plastic hub caps on a Mercedes CLK
I think that guy is 35+ and works for NASA now? Or was that someone else?
Having policies for standard installation directories would be great. I agree, the FHS(?) standard only covers mostly where to place servers or databases. So, even though mostly all distros are near 99% FHS compliant or better the standard does little to specify where to place things like documentation, apps, or a window manager. It is my opinion there should also be another FHS compliant standard that covers these additional files. Even if it were not followed 100% to spec it would still do a deal for making Linux more user-friendly.
They should package i386 binaries instead of i686 just for the small handful of people who refuse to shell out $35 for a used duron box? If you are using the 386 as a router there are multiple other distros, if you are using it for a server you could probably use the additional disk space, and if you are using it for a desktop you need a job.
Gentoo is named after a small fast breed of penguin.