Hmmm... I'm running dual 1Ghz P3's on an Abit VP6 board, 2 gigs of ram, dual 20 gig 7200 rpm raid 0 drives with redhat 7.3. No problems... Maybe the difference is the ram, but it sounds like you have plenty. This machine may have been overkill when I bought it, but I'd hate to see linux get bloated enough that I need to upgrade in the near future... Maybe I'll just turn down the KDE eye candy if that happens:)
1: Start a porn site.
2: Find some strippers.
3: Profit!!!
Whatever works:) But seriously, it would seem like you would would want to outsource the credit card stuff more than anything else... or were you just trying to keep "non-paying customers" out?
Ok, the clipboard needs some work, but four seconds? What kind of hardware are you using? Or for that matter, what distro? I've had some problems with KDE, but haven't had those kind of performance issues.... that would make me want to switch back to a 486 running DOS.
They do this with normal broadcasts too... let's say you go to a university that is considering starting a radio station. Now assume that your university gets donations from the local stations/Streamcast or whoever. Do they want the competition? Will they make their views known? Did the radio station ever materialize? It happened where I live at least once in the last couple years. Result: no student station. Its not just webcasts, guys.
It's a sad state of affairs when even SOME american consumers are going to base their opinions on what they saw on Donahue. The media is playing the blame game, and some people (hopefully not most, but I'm not keeping my fingers crossed here) are dumb enough to fall for this shit.
Get a T1 line and share it, then charge your neighbors to connect. I've considered it, but many of my neighbors are college students and move every 6 months. If I lived in a more stable neighborhood, I'd actually consider it.
Yeah, I have one next to my bed (my personal workspace tends to stay cluttered, and my roomate was complaining). Girls... anyway, the server got moved out of the living room and into my bedroom a week ago, along with a few other boxes. The fan noise you can tune out, but you really do notice the heat. Of course, this is the same girl that ran up $400 in calls to France and Ireland last month, which has me shopping for VOIP service... maybe she should be more tolerant of the overflowing ashtray and CDs everywhere since I'm trying to save HER money... nah, never happen.
Yes, that's true. Many of my coworkers think that the big white box is their hard drive. Explaining this issue to them would be difficult at best... "but it works" is kind of hard to get around if they don't have a personal stake in the politics.
The EFF is taking a hard line on this. Do you blame them? Do you consider their views extreme? In this case, I sure as hell don't. Saying "this law isn't really THAT bad" is the same as saying "the camel only has its head in the tent".
Yeah, the "engineering magazines" that are really just 20 pages of ads and one arcticle seem convinced that I'm going to read their crap too. Not only that, but one of the companies that contracts out to physically mail this crap e-mailed me a list of 5000 e-mail addresses. Maybe I should just go into the spam business:)
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An international pissing contest with the Chinese, if it took the form of a new space race, might actually be productive. Much more useful in terms of advancing our technology (if we could avoid giving it to them for free/letting them steal it) than squabbling with them over a plane that one of their hotdog pilots crashed into. China has big plans and their military talks like they have big balls... let them take a shot at space. If they try to militarize it, and they say that they want to develop anti-sat technology and deploy it, that would force the U.S. to follow suit. NASA with a military scale budget? New arms race in space? I bet that would give the space program a big boost. And no, I'm not saying that militarizing space is a good thing, but I personally think that's what is going to happen. If you think that the only reason the Chinese are interested in space is research and prestige you should read some of their military's views on unconventional warfare, space, and the United States.
No, I don't feel the risk yet. I'll just give some lawyers a retainer, and donate to my congress critter. I feel much better now... something changed, right?
Maybe working for a smaller company would help. Think small business, then think several of those that can pay their bills. Then hire your friends:) It's worked for me, more or less.
I'm trying to hire people... contract work, not long term. The money guy wants to be able to sit down and talk with whoever's coming in. Finding good people is hard... especially when it's your ass on the line if something doesn't work right.
Yeah, they should, but they don't. In most cases, security is in at least third place.... somewhere behind "does it work" and "can my secretary figure it out". Companies like to buy things, not do things. They buy a firewall, then leave it. Hotfixes? Have to hire someone, so it never happens. Oh yeah, and who's busy checking the logs from that software? After the first week, nobody. Oh well, they can always whine to the feds when they get rooted by a teenager in Pakistan.
No big deal... just post guys in the windows with binoculars and tell them to call if they see guys with chalk or crayons. Maybe there should be a "fake" sign... That could be fun. Of course, no one pays any attention to security guys, whether they're from the government or private industry. Which makes it even more fun... if they're ignorant, they don't know if they plugged all the holes or not, do they?
On his site, he says that he's making $8.50 an hour as a Linux support tech... Am I the only one that thinks that that is BS? Either "linux support tech" means sweeping the floor, or he lives in "name a thirld world country". Sorry, it just doesn't add up.
Yeah they have to wait for all those virgins... or the razor that you ride down into the pit while all of your enemies laugh at you. Either way, I'd be stressed.
You're right, this will really help. Now, not only can they search her (at all three airports on the way here this year) but they can tell if SHE'S THINIKING EVIL THINGS! This should prevent 67 year old women from commandeering aircraft, and NASA should be applauded for thier fine work. Now they just need a machine that works on lawyers... you know, the guys that sue the airlines when the middle eastern bomber guy gets searched.
Exactly. Having roomates use your machines suck. One of mine got a virus in her email, she was annoyed that nothing happened when she double-clicked on the.exe ( I run linux ). I found a previous roomate staring at the Matrix screensaver... I asked her if she was OK and the answer was that she was "trying to figure it out". She thinks linux is from outer space and assumed that I was connected to the "real" matrix. Yes, I do some weird things with my computer but not that weird. A disposable comp for the roommates to use sounds great to me.
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Yep. Try voting a Libertarian into office next time around, then send THEM a letter. Or any non-lawyer. You'll be much happier with the results.
Damn! I saw that too! Now I feel really guilty, so I won't regurgitate what I saw here on /. I love being a law abiding citizen :)
Hmmm... I'm running dual 1Ghz P3's on an Abit VP6 board, 2 gigs of ram, dual 20 gig 7200 rpm raid 0 drives with redhat 7.3. No problems... Maybe the difference is the ram, but it sounds like you have plenty. This machine may have been overkill when I bought it, but I'd hate to see linux get bloated enough that I need to upgrade in the near future... Maybe I'll just turn down the KDE eye candy if that happens :)
1: Start a porn site. 2: Find some strippers. 3: Profit!!! Whatever works :) But seriously, it would seem like you would would want to outsource the credit card stuff more than anything else... or were you just trying to keep "non-paying customers" out?
Ok, the clipboard needs some work, but four seconds? What kind of hardware are you using? Or for that matter, what distro? I've had some problems with KDE, but haven't had those kind of performance issues.... that would make me want to switch back to a 486 running DOS.
$8.50 is still really low. That's not much over minimum wage... could you support a family on that?
They do this with normal broadcasts too... let's say you go to a university that is considering starting a radio station. Now assume that your university gets donations from the local stations/Streamcast or whoever. Do they want the competition? Will they make their views known? Did the radio station ever materialize? It happened where I live at least once in the last couple years. Result: no student station. Its not just webcasts, guys.
It's a sad state of affairs when even SOME american consumers are going to base their opinions on what they saw on Donahue. The media is playing the blame game, and some people (hopefully not most, but I'm not keeping my fingers crossed here) are dumb enough to fall for this shit.
Get a T1 line and share it, then charge your neighbors to connect. I've considered it, but many of my neighbors are college students and move every 6 months. If I lived in a more stable neighborhood, I'd actually consider it.
Yeah, I have one next to my bed (my personal workspace tends to stay cluttered, and my roomate was complaining). Girls... anyway, the server got moved out of the living room and into my bedroom a week ago, along with a few other boxes. The fan noise you can tune out, but you really do notice the heat. Of course, this is the same girl that ran up $400 in calls to France and Ireland last month, which has me shopping for VOIP service... maybe she should be more tolerant of the overflowing ashtray and CDs everywhere since I'm trying to save HER money... nah, never happen.
Yes, that's true. Many of my coworkers think that the big white box is their hard drive. Explaining this issue to them would be difficult at best... "but it works" is kind of hard to get around if they don't have a personal stake in the politics.
Plus, when they're done, they're going to have one mammoth inbred :) Might actually be a freak show.
The EFF is taking a hard line on this. Do you blame them? Do you consider their views extreme? In this case, I sure as hell don't. Saying "this law isn't really THAT bad" is the same as saying "the camel only has its head in the tent".
Yeah, the "engineering magazines" that are really just 20 pages of ads and one arcticle seem convinced that I'm going to read their crap too. Not only that, but one of the companies that contracts out to physically mail this crap e-mailed me a list of 5000 e-mail addresses. Maybe I should just go into the spam business :)
An international pissing contest with the Chinese, if it took the form of a new space race, might actually be productive. Much more useful in terms of advancing our technology (if we could avoid giving it to them for free/letting them steal it) than squabbling with them over a plane that one of their hotdog pilots crashed into. China has big plans and their military talks like they have big balls... let them take a shot at space. If they try to militarize it, and they say that they want to develop anti-sat technology and deploy it, that would force the U.S. to follow suit. NASA with a military scale budget? New arms race in space? I bet that would give the space program a big boost. And no, I'm not saying that militarizing space is a good thing, but I personally think that's what is going to happen. If you think that the only reason the Chinese are interested in space is research and prestige you should read some of their military's views on unconventional warfare, space, and the United States.
No, I don't feel the risk yet. I'll just give some lawyers a retainer, and donate to my congress critter. I feel much better now... something changed, right?
No chance. None. And you'll stay late one Friday to clean up the mess.
Maybe working for a smaller company would help. Think small business, then think several of those that can pay their bills. Then hire your friends :) It's worked for me, more or less.
I'm trying to hire people... contract work, not long term. The money guy wants to be able to sit down and talk with whoever's coming in. Finding good people is hard... especially when it's your ass on the line if something doesn't work right.
Yeah, they should, but they don't. In most cases, security is in at least third place.... somewhere behind "does it work" and "can my secretary figure it out". Companies like to buy things, not do things. They buy a firewall, then leave it. Hotfixes? Have to hire someone, so it never happens. Oh yeah, and who's busy checking the logs from that software? After the first week, nobody. Oh well, they can always whine to the feds when they get rooted by a teenager in Pakistan.
No big deal... just post guys in the windows with binoculars and tell them to call if they see guys with chalk or crayons. Maybe there should be a "fake" sign... That could be fun. Of course, no one pays any attention to security guys, whether they're from the government or private industry. Which makes it even more fun... if they're ignorant, they don't know if they plugged all the holes or not, do they?
On his site, he says that he's making $8.50 an hour as a Linux support tech... Am I the only one that thinks that that is BS? Either "linux support tech" means sweeping the floor, or he lives in "name a thirld world country". Sorry, it just doesn't add up.
Yeah they have to wait for all those virgins... or the razor that you ride down into the pit while all of your enemies laugh at you. Either way, I'd be stressed.
You're right, this will really help. Now, not only can they search her (at all three airports on the way here this year) but they can tell if SHE'S THINIKING EVIL THINGS! This should prevent 67 year old women from commandeering aircraft, and NASA should be applauded for thier fine work. Now they just need a machine that works on lawyers... you know, the guys that sue the airlines when the middle eastern bomber guy gets searched.
Exactly. Having roomates use your machines suck. One of mine got a virus in her email, she was annoyed that nothing happened when she double-clicked on the .exe ( I run linux ). I found a previous roomate staring at the Matrix screensaver... I asked her if she was OK and the answer was that she was "trying to figure it out". She thinks linux is from outer space and assumed that I was connected to the "real" matrix. Yes, I do some weird things with my computer but not that weird. A disposable comp for the roommates to use sounds great to me.