Uninstalling your OS is the biggest barrier imho. If something is already working the average joe (including me) will think twice about screwing with it.
I wouldn't say I'm a noob, but I'm not a Linux god either.
Your perception of linux usability is outdated by Ubuntu. It is much easier to install and use than for example WXP. In the end by far the most users want something that just works. Between working and working they will go for the cheap. Linux is for free. I rest my case.
Of course this ode ignores users who have time for playing games or people who still print stuff (yes I've tried to install a linux unfriendly printer and I'm burning down Lexmarks office next tuesday). Other than these minor downsides I'm very happy with my linux box, and even my girlfriend (I told you I was not a geek) can use it without help.
Of course you're right and even if it is obvious there is no harm in reading it and thinking about it for anybody. This is slashdot, you _will_ be stabbed at if you say something;)
This is always bugging me a bit. But I'll give it a shot again:
1. Mining. This is the same as any other kind of mining, just that what you dig up is a bit more dangerous, so you'll have to be carefull. No fundamental problems here.
2. Reaction No fundamental problems here, just handling dangerous materials, have to be careful. The good thing is that you'll actually reduce the amount of radioactive material in the reactor.
3. Waste Well now you just put the material that remains back were it came from. End result: less radioactive stuff in the globe. No fundamental problem here. You could even put it in one of those trenches on the bottom of the ocean. Then it would naturally transported to the earts core, mixed through the magma and only resurface in a few milion years or so...
The story is a little bit more complicated and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spent_nuclear_fuel/ is of course nasty, but in the end there is less plutonium and less uranium 238 and those are by far the most dangerous, right?
I think the 17 year old brat you were speaking about is not a representative sample. I mean, does he even read/.?
There have always been the builders and the buyers. This will remain. The buyers will always have to work in uninteresting and demanding jobs to earn the money to pay us (the builders) to build cool stuff, called gadgets, that they are addicted too. Then they will nag us until we install it for them, after which they will use it to get spammed after which they buy more gadgets or V 1 4 G R 4 (whatever that may be). I think age has little to do with it.
That's a good question. The essence is in the definition of a database. If your definition of a database is the thing were you put your persistent data (i.e. something that people might represent as a cilinder in a UML diagram) then there is no fundamental difference. Otherwise you might say that a database is ACID by definition (not so according to wikipedia) and a filesystem is not.
I'm not about to issue definitions here, but for what it's worth: to me you need an FS to have a database and not the other way around.
For as long as I can remember I've had a subtle effect on machines. I've heard similar things described here many times, in many discussions. When friends and relatives ask me to fix something, and I come over to help them out, the thing just starts working. Mostly it's with computers. Interesting indeed, I've been working closely with people like you for decades. Our special skills have been accepted and admired by both our friends/relatives and by large companies willing to pay rediculous amounts of money to place us close to their machines (mostly computers). We call ourselves engineers, developers, programmers, geeks or nerds. The most intriguing is that in general we cannot explain exactly what we do to the users so that they don't need us anymore. In many cases we don't even know exacly how and why we have this subtle effect on the machines around us.
You see, the point is that you DONT have a subtle effect on machines. You push their buttons. In some rare cases you manipulate them in a non discrete way, maybe. You're probably just not a stupid user. When something starts working when you come near it and you're sure you haven't touched it yet you can bet your ass it's a Windows box that just had a power cycle before they showed it to you.
I sincerely hope your post was originally intended to be funny and got modded interesting by mistake.
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Download a copy of InstantRails and take 60 minutes to create your own full blown webapplication. If you think you can do faster and better in Perl, I bow to you mighty Perl God.
The thing is (as mentioned before <url:http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=216794 &threshold=3&commentsort=0&mode=thread&pid=1760197 8#17602172/>) that if you're really comfortable with any language you should stick to it if you can. If you're beginner to medium in almost every language like me, you should use the language that fits the purpose. Even if it means learning a new one.
To be more specific, I have my fair share of positive experiences with scripts that do nifty things with strings. I wouldn't want to write those without Perl. I also have my share of experience with setting up web applications. I wouldn't want to be there with Perl.
The good thing about Perl is that you can do anything. The good thing about Ruby especially in combination with Rails is that you know what to do.
The bad thing about Perl is that you can do anything.
The 'convention over configuration' is what impressed me most about Ruby on Rails. But on the other hand it is hard to beat the ad hoc availability of Perl. Not to forget the HUGE pile of ready to use modules for all purposes you can dream of.
I would say try it out, and love it. And then keep using Perl for what it's not really covering yet.
He's not hiding in the cave you see, George and Osama are actually Lisa and Polly (two 12 year old girls) playing an elaborate game with their avatars. Just don't trust everything they show you on TV and wear your tinfoil hat at all times and you should be ok.
Is this another attempt of the Saudi-Bush alliance to keep us under control? But wait, I have here a msn history of GeorgeW with OsamaB. Freshly leaked!
GeorgeW: I like what I see, wanna get busy;'#P#? OsamaB: No thanks, I'm watching a movie... GeorgeW: Not that boring Fahrenheit again PHULEASE:p OsamaB::o LOL GeorgeW: (K) OsamaB: (L)
but seriously, we're talking about patents here right? the value of the US constitution might be related, but I think you're overdoing it on the patriotism here.
I know less than anything about higher levels of physics and photon transmissions etc... but what is it exactly that makes this form of transmission secure?
it depends on single photon transmission. if one photon is measured, no transmission occurs.
that way the reciever is always certain that the data he recieves is not viewed before. it's kind of like those messages that selfdestruct shortly after arrival. if you have intercepted them you would have to reproduce them to make yourself a man in the middle
if the reciever finds out there is a delay in the transmission (i.e. photons seeming to go below the speed of light). he will know there is something goin' on.
I am not an expert but i think the mess in the US education system is (as it is in all countries because like IT helpdesks Schools can never do anything right anyway) is less due to the content and more due to the way lessons are structured.
It is in my opinion not even relevant what we learn as long as we learn were to find Google and Wikipedia. As long as the brain is trained and students are challenged.
What is wrong with discussing violence and evolution vs. creation to practice basic argumenting skills?
from the article: Certainly we are not going to start packaging linear accelerators into hard disk drives, so the kinds of speeds achieved in these experiments would never be observed in an actual recording device," Kryder said. "It's not something that's going to impact anything we're contemplating in hard disk drives
and anyways, the top dogs of HD acceleration tech are found here
(was slashdotted yesterday)
excellent! i have been looking for this
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after my first experience with samba (opposed to windows 2k server) i was highly enthousiastic but being one of the lesser linux geeks around i had some difficulty setting it up.
overall my impression is that in total i suppose you would need less time to set up and maintain a nice samba server than a w2k server, even if it is your first time installing linux.
with the help of this book it will become even simpler....
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Uninstalling your OS is the biggest barrier imho. If something is already working the average joe (including me) will think twice about screwing with it.
I wouldn't say I'm a noob, but I'm not a Linux god either.
Your perception of linux usability is outdated by Ubuntu. It is much easier to install and use than for example WXP. In the end by far the most users want something that just works. Between working and working they will go for the cheap. Linux is for free. I rest my case.
Of course this ode ignores users who have time for playing games or people who still print stuff (yes I've tried to install a linux unfriendly printer and I'm burning down Lexmarks office next tuesday). Other than these minor downsides I'm very happy with my linux box, and even my girlfriend (I told you I was not a geek) can use it without help.
I hope nobody said this already: Man! you're not helping the inexperienced programmer keep his job!
;)
http://www.thc.org/root/phun/unmaintain.html/ is the way to go.
Of course you're right and even if it is obvious there is no harm in reading it and thinking about it for anybody. This is slashdot, you _will_ be stabbed at if you say something
I vote for "French physicist that accidentally called himself physician in an interview" i'm pretty sure that Doppler and Ultrasound imaging has less to do with medicine than with physics (erm...http://www.centrus.com.br/DiplomaFMF/Series FMF/doppler/capitulos-html/chapter_01.htm/ not very sure actually...).
I don't think Doppler and Ultrasound imaging is a field that requires one to have patients... anyway, moving along.
This is always bugging me a bit. But I'll give it a shot again:
1. Mining.
This is the same as any other kind of mining, just that what you dig up is a bit more dangerous, so you'll have to be carefull. No fundamental problems here.
2. Reaction
No fundamental problems here, just handling dangerous materials, have to be careful. The good thing is that you'll actually reduce the amount of radioactive material in the reactor.
3. Waste
Well now you just put the material that remains back were it came from. End result: less radioactive stuff in the globe. No fundamental problem here. You could even put it in one of those trenches on the bottom of the ocean. Then it would naturally transported to the earts core, mixed through the magma and only resurface in a few milion years or so...
The story is a little bit more complicated and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spent_nuclear_fuel/ is of course nasty, but in the end there is less plutonium and less uranium 238 and those are by far the most dangerous, right?
I think the 17 year old brat you were speaking about is not a representative sample. I mean, does he even read /.?
There have always been the builders and the buyers. This will remain. The buyers will always have to work in uninteresting and demanding jobs to earn the money to pay us (the builders) to build cool stuff, called gadgets, that they are addicted too. Then they will nag us until we install it for them, after which they will use it to get spammed after which they buy more gadgets or V 1 4 G R 4 (whatever that may be). I think age has little to do with it.
That's a good question. The essence is in the definition of a database. If your definition of a database is the thing were you put your persistent data (i.e. something that people might represent as a cilinder in a UML diagram) then there is no fundamental difference. Otherwise you might say that a database is ACID by definition (not so according to wikipedia) and a filesystem is not.
I'm not about to issue definitions here, but for what it's worth: to me you need an FS to have a database and not the other way around.
You see, the point is that you DONT have a subtle effect on machines. You push their buttons. In some rare cases you manipulate them in a non discrete way, maybe. You're probably just not a stupid user. When something starts working when you come near it and you're sure you haven't touched it yet you can bet your ass it's a Windows box that just had a power cycle before they showed it to you.
I sincerely hope your post was originally intended to be funny and got modded interesting by mistake.
Download a copy of InstantRails and take 60 minutes to create your own full blown webapplication. If you think you can do faster and better in Perl, I bow to you mighty Perl God.
4 &threshold=3&commentsort=0&mode=thread&pid=1760197 8#17602172/>) that if you're really comfortable with any language you should stick to it if you can. If you're beginner to medium in almost every language like me, you should use the language that fits the purpose. Even if it means learning a new one.
The thing is (as mentioned before <url:http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=21679
To be more specific, I have my fair share of positive experiences with scripts that do nifty things with strings. I wouldn't want to write those without Perl. I also have my share of experience with setting up web applications. I wouldn't want to be there with Perl.
The good thing about Perl is that you can do anything. The good thing about Ruby especially in combination with Rails is that you know what to do.
The bad thing about Perl is that you can do anything.
The 'convention over configuration' is what impressed me most about Ruby on Rails. But on the other hand it is hard to beat the ad hoc availability of Perl. Not to forget the HUGE pile of ready to use modules for all purposes you can dream of.
I would say try it out, and love it. And then keep using Perl for what it's not really covering yet.
He's not hiding in the cave you see, George and Osama are actually Lisa and Polly (two 12 year old girls) playing an elaborate game with their avatars. Just don't trust everything they show you on TV and wear your tinfoil hat at all times and you should be ok.
Is this another attempt of the Saudi-Bush alliance to keep us under control? But wait, I have here a msn history of GeorgeW with OsamaB. Freshly leaked!
;'#P#? :p :o LOL
GeorgeW: I like what I see, wanna get busy
OsamaB: No thanks, I'm watching a movie...
GeorgeW: Not that boring Fahrenheit again PHULEASE
OsamaB:
GeorgeW: (K)
OsamaB: (L)
jeezzz, taking the flamebait... again.. ;)
but seriously, we're talking about patents here right? the value of the US constitution might be related, but I think you're overdoing it on the patriotism here.
From your source:
"We reserve the right to halt the consideration or publication of a paper if this condition is broken"
I have the feeling Nature will choose not to use mentioned reserved right in case of a cure for AIDS.
It's not that bad. It's just Bill making a moderately insightfull remark about what Google is doin' and /. confused. No good vs. evil here.
By parent anything else than funny the /. community shows a far more religious behaviour than I expected.... Makes me wonder.
duh...
How else do you think they make diamonds. Wait for them to grow by accident from trees?
"No patents have matched your query"
tip: use http://tinyurl.com/
it is not for you
Penny Arcade has something to say on that matter...
jeeeeeez! didn't he see Godzilla?
<i>it costs considerably less</i>
ehhmmm.. I don't think that's really an issue here.
BRUSH YOUR TEETH (song by KOMPRESSOR)
I know less than anything about higher levels of physics and photon transmissions etc... but what is it exactly that makes this form of transmission secure?
it depends on single photon transmission. if one photon is measured, no transmission occurs.
that way the reciever is always certain that the data he recieves is not viewed before. it's kind of like those messages that selfdestruct shortly after arrival. if you have intercepted them you would have to reproduce them to make yourself a man in the middle
if the reciever finds out there is a delay in the transmission (i.e. photons seeming to go below the speed of light). he will know there is something goin' on.
something like that...
I am not an expert but i think the mess in the US education system is (as it is in all countries because like IT helpdesks Schools can never do anything right anyway) is less due to the content and more due to the way lessons are structured.
It is in my opinion not even relevant what we learn as long as we learn were to find Google and Wikipedia. As long as the brain is trained and students are challenged.
What is wrong with discussing violence and evolution vs. creation to practice basic argumenting skills?
Certainly we are not going to start packaging linear accelerators into hard disk drives, so the kinds of speeds achieved in these experiments would never be observed in an actual recording device," Kryder said. "It's not something that's going to impact anything we're contemplating in hard disk drives
and anyways, the top dogs of HD acceleration tech are found here (was slashdotted yesterday)
after my first experience with samba (opposed to windows 2k server) i was highly enthousiastic but being one of the lesser linux geeks around i had some difficulty setting it up.
overall my impression is that in total i suppose you would need less time to set up and maintain a nice samba server than a w2k server, even if it is your first time installing linux.
with the help of this book it will become even simpler....
yay.