I miss SMIT from AIX... The little running dude is priceless. When something works, he's the champion! when something fails, at least you get the comfort of seeing that little guy fall on his face.
Really though, a comprehensive configuration utility is a good thing.
Google rules. What I'd like to know is how it is *always* up, even in the face of huge demand and complex servers backing it up. I've used Google for a few years, and I've never seen it go down, even though I usually visit the site several times a day.
What are some of the measures that allow Google to achieve this incredible availability?
Canadians really *should* be smug. There are some pretty simple ways to get around this levy:
- If you buy any blank recording media outside Canada and use it yourself they will not be subject to the levy.
- If you are a manufacturer or importer, you can avoid the levy entirely on your products as long as you record some sound on the media before you sell it. The sound recorded on the media can even be erased. Clearly this is not an option for CD-Rs, but for devices that include a hard drive, simply recording a sound on the drive and then erasing it exempts the drive from the levy. This is because (as the legislation states) "blank audio recording medium means a recording medium, regardless of its material form, onto which a sound recording may be reproduced, that is of a kind ordinarily used by individual consumers for that purpose and on which no sounds have ever been fixed..."
Also, if you're Canadian you should check out this link and tell them that iPods and such are not recording devices. Alternatively, tell Apple and friends to record a lame greeting message to avoid the stupid levy.
The last cool thing is this:
"It does not matter whether you own the original sound recording (on any medium), you can legally make a copy for your own private use."
being able to answer the question
"what are you doing to solve the problem?"
If you know, big picture, what your plan is, but you've spent 2 days figuring it out, that's probably better than just jumping in and writing a bunch of crap just for the sake of writing it. You're less likely to have to re-write that way.
In this case, you're probably going to write less code overall, but that's cool. This is a combo of Danny & Ingrid.
The problem is, you can't keep too many Ingrids around, because what if the required feature isn't already available? Then you have a staff of people who just laze around hoping an easier solution will manifest itself. It's all about balance.
Knowing how to proceed in solving the problem is a useful metric in an unfinished software product.
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Who'd a thunk it? Microsoft agrees!
:)
Do a search for Linux on MSN search and take a look at the page title.
I miss SMIT from AIX... The little running dude is priceless. When something works, he's the champion! when something fails, at least you get the comfort of seeing that little guy fall on his face. Really though, a comprehensive configuration utility is a good thing.
Finux?
It's close, as long as you pronounce it the way Linus does...
Google rules. What I'd like to know is how it is *always* up, even in the face of huge demand and complex servers backing it up. I've used Google for a few years, and I've never seen it go down, even though I usually visit the site several times a day.
What are some of the measures that allow Google to achieve this incredible availability?
- If you buy any blank recording media outside Canada and use it yourself they will not be subject to the levy.
- If you are a manufacturer or importer, you can avoid the levy entirely on your products as long as you record some sound on the media before you sell it. The sound recorded on the media can even be erased. Clearly this is not an option for CD-Rs, but for devices that include a hard drive, simply recording a sound on the drive and then erasing it exempts the drive from the levy. This is because (as the legislation states) "blank audio recording medium means a recording medium, regardless of its material form, onto which a sound recording may be reproduced, that is of a kind ordinarily used by individual consumers for that purpose and on which no sounds have ever been fixed..."
Also, if you're Canadian you should check out this link and tell them that iPods and such are not recording devices. Alternatively, tell Apple and friends to record a lame greeting message to avoid the stupid levy.
The last cool thing is this: "It does not matter whether you own the original sound recording (on any medium), you can legally make a copy for your own private use."
Rock on, Canadians.
being able to answer the question
"what are you doing to solve the problem?"
If you know, big picture, what your plan is, but you've spent 2 days figuring it out, that's probably better than just jumping in and writing a bunch of crap just for the sake of writing it. You're less likely to have to re-write that way.
In this case, you're probably going to write less code overall, but that's cool. This is a combo of Danny & Ingrid.
The problem is, you can't keep too many Ingrids around, because what if the required feature isn't already available? Then you have a staff of people who just laze around hoping an easier solution will manifest itself. It's all about balance.
Knowing how to proceed in solving the problem is a useful metric in an unfinished software product.