The more stories I see like this the more I realize hacking into the alien technology with the little laptop in the movie Independence Day really wasn't so silly after all...:)
Actually not a troll. The area I live in (middle Georgia) still has many untapped areas for software development (including a huge Air Force logistics base). $125 is a reasonable rate around here for the product provided. Of course, everything else about living here does completely suck (weather, people, social activities, etc.). At least Atlanta is close by.
I just hate it when people point at a dward and scream TROLL!!!!
This I don't understand. The only aid I qualified for were student loans. As far as student loans the financial aid office should be able to get those for almost any student.
Couldn't afford college? Hell, anybody can get student loans and cover everything with them (room, board, tuition, books, etc.). Thats how I did it. Took me my first five years out to pay it off, but I could have even extended it out further. My software development rate is $125/hr and have enough work to require taking on additional help.
Damn...that would make an interesting wall poster/conversation piece. I can see refering to it in a business planning meeting..."See this shit, this is what I have to deal with"
There are many examples of this available. My group (at a medical school) has collaborated on a number of grant projects (government and private granting agencies) where money was awarded for the development of open source software. In fact, the grants we have worked on require that the software be made publicly available (although most of what we do is of little interest outside of clinical/educational medicine).
If you want another great example, contact the IT group at the University of Delaware. They developed (under a grant and collaboration with a few other schools) uPortal. This is an open source portal system which is packaged and serviced by several different vendors (RedHat style) like SCT and Campus Pipeline. Since the development they have found they get a better response from other granting organizations as well as vendors (like Blackboard and WebCT to develop modules for it). So not only do you get the immediate benefit of money to assist in the development (to pay salaries, buy computers, buy software, etc.) but you get many continuing benefits from it as well.
X-fucking-xactly asshole--who do I bill for that? I happen to hold my MCSE (3.5, 4.0, and 2K) and am quite fucking adept at administering them. Enforcing group policies within an academic research area is not like playing in the corporate world. This was not a specific OS complaint (dickhead) it was a reliability complaint.
Alright, the OS patches are one thing--I can automatically have our machines update if I wish. The office updates, however, require access to the installation media. As we have a volume license agreement and our individual users to not have copies of the media, I will have to have a tech personally visit each of our 500 or so machines to put in the CD and load the patches--or ignore this "critical" fix and hope for the best. I wish I had the option of forcing an different office application solution but in an academic environment it is difficult at best. Something like this really lays the foundations for class-action.
Alright fine, I'll handle it. Just need everyone in the word to donate their time, money, and energy to making ME live forever. From there I'll be able to answer any format questions for future generations. I promise to make sure I remember everything...
No mod points but I wish I could mod this question up. I was at a talk this weekend with Carl Jacobson (U Delaware / uPortal) spoke about cooperative open source development between various universities (resulting in products like uPortal, OKI, OSPI, CHEF, etc.). Very interesting to become aware of some of the places/names involved in these various projects.
Yes, times change. He was accessible when only a (relative) handful of people were around him. Do you really expect the same accessibility of a single individual when billions of people have instant electronic access to him as well as much easier physical access? (by easier physical access I mean it is much easier today to travel to DC and physically visit).
I have to very fond memories from my youth--Battlestar Galactica and Commodore computers (PET, Vic20, etc.)--with the C64 holding a very special place. They have raped Galactica and now they are doing the same to the C64. The original 2" high, brown box should never be tampered with.
I think this is the perfect answer to the original question. This combination (available out of the box) provides the same learning capability as my C64/Basic setup did.
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But only when under observation
I remember this movie...Sandra Bullock played in it right?
The more stories I see like this the more I realize hacking into the alien technology with the little laptop in the movie Independence Day really wasn't so silly after all... :)
Why can't we just blame the whole thing on the RIAA/MPAA? It was just a nasty friend/foe tactic they employed...
Of course I also hate it when middle Georgia residents can't seem to spell dwarf
Actually not a troll. The area I live in (middle Georgia) still has many untapped areas for software development (including a huge Air Force logistics base). $125 is a reasonable rate around here for the product provided. Of course, everything else about living here does completely suck (weather, people, social activities, etc.). At least Atlanta is close by.
I just hate it when people point at a dward and scream TROLL!!!!
This I don't understand. The only aid I qualified for were student loans. As far as student loans the financial aid office should be able to get those for almost any student.
Couldn't afford college? Hell, anybody can get student loans and cover everything with them (room, board, tuition, books, etc.). Thats how I did it. Took me my first five years out to pay it off, but I could have even extended it out further. My software development rate is $125/hr and have enough work to require taking on additional help.
So, we have an entire article and many responses just to celebrate a first post?
He should have posted it as an AC....
Damn...that would make an interesting wall poster/conversation piece. I can see refering to it in a business planning meeting..."See this shit, this is what I have to deal with"
...yeah, astronomers lead such active social lives--all the extra attention was really weighing them down.
it was the bugs, they found a way to send the flare here
There are many examples of this available. My group (at a medical school) has collaborated on a number of grant projects (government and private granting agencies) where money was awarded for the development of open source software. In fact, the grants we have worked on require that the software be made publicly available (although most of what we do is of little interest outside of clinical/educational medicine).
If you want another great example, contact the IT group at the University of Delaware. They developed (under a grant and collaboration with a few other schools) uPortal. This is an open source portal system which is packaged and serviced by several different vendors (RedHat style) like SCT and Campus Pipeline. Since the development they have found they get a better response from other granting organizations as well as vendors (like Blackboard and WebCT to develop modules for it). So not only do you get the immediate benefit of money to assist in the development (to pay salaries, buy computers, buy software, etc.) but you get many continuing benefits from it as well.
X-fucking-xactly asshole--who do I bill for that? I happen to hold my MCSE (3.5, 4.0, and 2K) and am quite fucking adept at administering them. Enforcing group policies within an academic research area is not like playing in the corporate world. This was not a specific OS complaint (dickhead) it was a reliability complaint.
Alright, the OS patches are one thing--I can automatically have our machines update if I wish. The office updates, however, require access to the installation media. As we have a volume license agreement and our individual users to not have copies of the media, I will have to have a tech personally visit each of our 500 or so machines to put in the CD and load the patches--or ignore this "critical" fix and hope for the best. I wish I had the option of forcing an different office application solution but in an academic environment it is difficult at best. Something like this really lays the foundations for class-action.
ummmm...that would be an indirect connection to the Internet. A system such as this should not allow for that.
Hmmm...keep the animals or keep the games... ...in most areas it is illegal to "play" with the animals so I say we keep the games.
Alright fine, I'll handle it. Just need everyone in the word to donate their time, money, and energy to making ME live forever. From there I'll be able to answer any format questions for future generations. I promise to make sure I remember everything...
No mod points but I wish I could mod this question up. I was at a talk this weekend with Carl Jacobson (U Delaware / uPortal) spoke about cooperative open source development between various universities (resulting in products like uPortal, OKI, OSPI, CHEF, etc.). Very interesting to become aware of some of the places/names involved in these various projects.
It would make a helluva porno...
...will be a lot more difficult to obtain in the furture (but on the plus side, it will be a lot easier to prove)
Yes, times change. He was accessible when only a (relative) handful of people were around him. Do you really expect the same accessibility of a single individual when billions of people have instant electronic access to him as well as much easier physical access? (by easier physical access I mean it is much easier today to travel to DC and physically visit).
No, I think the point is "average slashdotter" and "anyone with a sense of decency" are mutually exclusive groups.
I have to very fond memories from my youth--Battlestar Galactica and Commodore computers (PET, Vic20, etc.)--with the C64 holding a very special place. They have raped Galactica and now they are doing the same to the C64. The original 2" high, brown box should never be tampered with.
I think this is the perfect answer to the original question. This combination (available out of the box) provides the same learning capability as my C64/Basic setup did.