...to make sure that at any job I ever have, I conciously and visciously go out of my way to remove every trace of your company's software from my workplace.
I find your attack on the linux community appaling and sickening, and hope that those in charge of this horrible plot to damage the opensource community do not get golden parachutes as they drive SCO into the ground.
I am not a fan of IBM, Redhat or SUSE- however I hope these lawsuits backfire and cripple your company. This is just lame.
I think it was a combination of both. there was very little documentation on the specific version of foxpro that it used(can't remember which version) plus the database connectivity was crappy. it took forever to guess what type it was.
It wasn't completely foxpro's fault, however it left a bad taste in my mouth:/
WHY THE HELL would you want to use foxpro, on linux or otherwise? the last job I had needed me to interface some web applications to a foxpro database from some program that the HR department used. It might have been that the company that created this particular foxpro database didn't know how to make a database, but that was the most poorly documented, ugly and generally foul database I've ever used. It might be more stable than access, but I'd even prefer working with an access database to that steaming pile of monkey feces.
I still give the guy +2 balls for publishing it. Howto's are made by people with an iron gut, and you sir, must have one for stomaching foxpro:)
There was an article a while back about a political group for geeks, right? something similar to the labor party or the populist party? perhaps we should have them mailing stuff out. I'd actually like to see slashdot get behind them a little more, keep it to ONLY geek related issues(no war protest/mongering).
Wouldn't it be great if they mailed a message to your congressman saying "yeah, we have the slashdot population of 300,000 behind us. do something about _______ or you'll force us to vote, and you really don't want that."
hell, if the farmers of the 1900's can do that with the populist party, why can't we? We count as a special interest group too.
(please, if you have anything thoughts about it, reply. don't be rude or cynical.)
A friend of mine was playing with After Effects (I think) and spliced in 2 frames worth of tubgirl(DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK!) into a movie he had just made a divx of, and brought it to a friends house to watch.
Since he knew it was coming up in a certain scene, he looked at his friend for a reaction and watched as the grin melted off of his face. I only wish I coulda been there to see his expression.
he knows people get pissed off when normal stories are duped, so this is his way of saying "yeah, I know that's goin on- normally it's not intentional."
did you se the department for the igrill? it was from the "slashvertisements" dept- a commonly used slang that people use because slashdot posts a lot of articles about cool stuff they find.
you'll find as you listen to higher quality music(aka, not pre-pressed pop-rock) that the filler songs are actually better than the hits...
Filler songs isn't the problem, it's the fact that there ARE "hits"... I understand that some songs will be more liked than others, but to push singles is a damn shame. either put out a sing or put out an entire record... don't half ass it.:)
I totally agree-the tools make the programmer in some cases. for example, I'm comfortable with c/java/perl/php/ruby syntax, and the only real tool I need is vim. If you throw me into a situation like COBOL where you need to work on a mainframe, or a logical language like prolog where the syntax is different, I crawl under the desk and weep.
ok, perhaps I should clarify- I'm running a gateway solo2150 as previously mentioned. 600mhz... as I said, it works fine even with the eyecandy of openoffice and kde3.1. the only think I wish it had was more ram- it's currently got 128 megs, which is fine, but you can NEVER have enough ram:)
Now, my laptop wouldn't qualify for what he wants due to the weight(it's a brick), but my point was to look into used laptops. Toshiba's make nice light laptops.
Someone else mentioned battery life- if you're getting a laptop for $700(the price of mine) instead of $1000 buy a new battery and quit your bitching. my battery has a life of around 2-3 hours, and I was too broke to buy a new one.
when I said my laptop was good enough, I meant it. This was the best hardware purchase I've ever made. Now I do all of my development on it, and it comes with me wherever I go- to class, the in-laws, or any other place I don't want to be.
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Subject: I will go out of my way....
...to make sure that at any job I ever have, I conciously and visciously go out of my way to remove every trace of your company's software from my workplace.
I find your attack on the linux community appaling and sickening, and hope that those in charge of this horrible plot to damage the opensource community do not get golden parachutes as they drive SCO into the ground.
I am not a fan of IBM, Redhat or SUSE- however I hope these lawsuits backfire and cripple your company. This is just lame.
I think it was a combination of both.
there was very little documentation on the specific version of foxpro that it used(can't remember which version) plus the database connectivity was crappy. it took forever to guess what type it was.
It wasn't completely foxpro's fault, however it left a bad taste in my mouth:/
ok, I gotta ask...
:)
WHY THE HELL would you want to use foxpro, on linux or otherwise?
the last job I had needed me to interface some web applications to a foxpro database from some program that the HR department used. It might have been that the company that created this particular foxpro database didn't know how to make a database, but that was the most poorly documented, ugly and generally foul database I've ever used.
It might be more stable than access, but I'd even prefer working with an access database to that steaming pile of monkey feces.
I still give the guy +2 balls for publishing it. Howto's are made by people with an iron gut, and you sir, must have one for stomaching foxpro
and the question that's on most of slashdot's reader's minds is....
:)
"so, uh... is she single?"
There was an article a while back about a political group for geeks, right? something similar to the labor party or the populist party?
perhaps we should have them mailing stuff out. I'd actually like to see slashdot get behind them a little more, keep it to ONLY geek related issues(no war protest/mongering).
Wouldn't it be great if they mailed a message to your congressman saying "yeah, we have the slashdot population of 300,000 behind us. do something about _______ or you'll force us to vote, and you really don't want that."
hell, if the farmers of the 1900's can do that with the populist party, why can't we? We count as a special interest group too.
(please, if you have anything thoughts about it, reply. don't be rude or cynical.)
so it'll help the hardware market too? :)
SWEET!
I don't know but I'm all for bringing prehensile tails back into fashion!
do the sharks have laser beams on their foreheads?
I dare to disagree.
A friend of mine was playing with After Effects (I think) and spliced in 2 frames worth of tubgirl(DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK!) into a movie he had just made a divx of, and brought it to a friends house to watch.
Since he knew it was coming up in a certain scene, he looked at his friend for a reaction and watched as the grin melted off of his face. I only wish I coulda been there to see his expression.
It will still be possible, just not as likely.
the same can be said for "carbon" based life forms.
but last time I checked, a diamond was still not alive.
in other words
flour != cake
I think taco is taking a poke at himself.
he knows people get pissed off when normal stories are duped, so this is his way of saying "yeah, I know that's goin on- normally it's not intentional."
did you se the department for the igrill?
it was from the "slashvertisements" dept- a commonly used slang that people use because slashdot posts a lot of articles about cool stuff they find.
enjoy it- they are.
WHAT?! no!
SNOWFLAKES AREN'T ALIVE?!?!
*sniff* say it ain't so...
My dad works at EDS and said that he hoped this new guy was better than the last one....
I really hate to send him this, but better he know now... time to unload those stocks.
thursday is
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
day:)
Welcome to slashdot.
please watch your step for dupes and please don't feed the trolls.
Thank you and enjoy your stay:)
on a more serious note- this guys is just like the bsd is dying troll.
...wood isn't exactly "designed" for chairs either:)
Actually I didn't include it because I planned on doing a map of the 50 states, but I've been too busy with trying to graduate to work on it.
now we just gorra remember to bring the following with us:
thanks for the info, I'll get back to ya:)
my poor webserver.
I actually started mapping out which countries were implementing linux in their government, but it became too much of a hassle.
please go easy on my server....
How would you cool something like that?
Beer.
don't go here, worse than goatse.
you'll find as you listen to higher quality music(aka, not pre-pressed pop-rock) that the filler songs are actually better than the hits...
:)
Filler songs isn't the problem, it's the fact that there ARE "hits"... I understand that some songs will be more liked than others, but to push singles is a damn shame. either put out a sing or put out an entire record... don't half ass it.
Another good example- this guy's portable computer.
I totally agree-the tools make the programmer in some cases.
for example, I'm comfortable with c/java/perl/php/ruby syntax, and the only real tool I need is vim.
If you throw me into a situation like COBOL where you need to work on a mainframe, or a logical language like prolog where the syntax is different, I crawl under the desk and weep.
does that make me a bad programmer?
probably.
ok, perhaps I should clarify-
I'm running a gateway solo2150 as previously mentioned.
600mhz... as I said, it works fine even with the eyecandy of openoffice and kde3.1.
the only think I wish it had was more ram- it's currently got 128 megs, which is fine, but you can NEVER have enough ram:)
Now, my laptop wouldn't qualify for what he wants due to the weight(it's a brick), but my point was to look into used laptops. Toshiba's make nice light laptops.
Someone else mentioned battery life- if you're getting a laptop for $700(the price of mine) instead of $1000 buy a new battery and quit your bitching.
my battery has a life of around 2-3 hours, and I was too broke to buy a new one.
when I said my laptop was good enough, I meant it. This was the best hardware purchase I've ever made. Now I do all of my development on it, and it comes with me wherever I go- to class, the in-laws, or any other place I don't want to be.