Unfortunately "does it run linux?" is a question that has lost its meaning. Other day one of my friends saw my xbox and asked me this very question. I said yes...and after a couple of seconds I asked him "why? does it matter?". His reply - "its just cool". He even doesn't have a freakin clue what to do with it? Sad, but Linux just like video games is fast losing its "nerdy" qualities.
One thing that surprises me is that people are so worried about copyright abuses here in states and europe. But the way I look at it, it seems more than double of those abuses happen in Asia - particularly China. Its not a US website or Eurpean webiste that puts up a link for a new movie or soundtrack first on the internet. Its always chinese.
I am not trolling, I fail to see how these laws in Europe or US are going to stop people from downloading stuff from Chinese websites. As long as China is not under these "rights regime" I don't see the value in these laws. My $0.02.
Agree that money is tight for pay. Even if they had, they'll have to jump through lots of hoops and file a lot of paper work to get you that raise. But on the other hand they always have tons of money for all the toys and certification you want. I recently got two 20'' wide flat panels from dell and a cisco load balancer just to play around. Also I have ordered a sun server to learn solaris as I am not fluent in it.
Thus my suggestion go ahead and make use of all those facilities and "extras". If I don't get paid a lot so what at least I don't hate my job and I am not getting laid off any time soon.
Actually, I have had a completely different experience so far. I had been working professionaly for 3 year when I decided to join the sys admin group at my university. Guess what the professors I have dealt with in the couple of months are all very "Linux savvy". At couple of professors, I directly deal with know what I am talking about and do respond accordingly.
But that doesn't change the fact that things move along at a slow pace. Which is not bad at least for now for me. I usually get response to my emails in a day or two sometimes even weeks is possible. The key is to push them to do or sign off things. You have to be very proactive and I guess the private sector gave me a good training in that aspect.
But heck a separate room, fat oc-12 line and chicks having problems, it is nice;)
Sad but true, days of us nerds and geeks being harassed in society are gone. Nowadays any idiot who plays a computer game is a nerd or a geek. Godammit, I hate to admit this but I kinds feel betrayed. When will people realize that a sober person is not a nerd.
You have to be more like a Mathlete than Athlete to be nerd
Yes, and if not it should be. There is so much fuss made by the goverment about the "security" that "Homeland Security" is going to provide this country and we even had to sacrifice a lot for that elusive "security". If that department is itself going to be a network like my home then I should be surprised.
If general public especially computer nerds say "eh whats new" then no one else is going to bother, coz the general public doesn't even realize they have to bother.
I know I am going in to a ramble mode but for gods sake their only job is security and they fuck it up royally and blame terrorists.
Patents are here to stay, whether we like 'em or not. They are required to protect the IP of both a startup or an (evil) corporation. So since we cannot get rid of it what can be done to make it "reasonable"?
First of all how about you cannot patent an idea. You have to have a working prototype. You cannot just draw something and say this could work. Show us that it works. We need to see that you have actually used some "intellect" of your own that needs protected. Just because you dreamed of something shouldn't stop someone else from contributing something real.
Second, make it mandatory for patents to be "usable" for humanitarian needs. Lets say your corp has invented a drug that cures AIDS. Thus you have two options:
Your patent is valid for a short period where you make maximum profit (and let people die as they cannot afford it). Then every other company can copy it and help save lives.
Keep your patent valid for the current time allowed but you are forced to provide cheap (or free) alternatives to help humankind.
I don't think people should worry about silly patents like say "one-click" etc. Granted they are gonna create problems, but in the grander scheme, if we can get them to agree to some thing more "reasonable" heck go ahead and patent every fucking idea or dream!
So is Sony going to go crazy over this and start suing every one or is it the plan of sony to let people do cool stuff like this? I don't own a PSP yet but I am sure they have some where in the EULA that states "You are screwed if you mess with it" (or something like it).
I take it that you didn't even bother to RTFA. It says it has roots in windows 2000 but it is NOT windows 2000, a derivative may be but NOT windows 2000.
If Google is scanning and making the books, that are already available in the library, I don't see why that should be a problem. They are just saving me a trip to the library. I don't buy books from library.
For the sake of argument lets just say that you cannot have the book from library for ever (well may be by paying a fortune in fines), so just add that DMCA crap or something and give me the text for a week. I don't see how Google is stopping people from buying books. Its not like average joe says - "Oh jeez I gotta go to library, I might as well head to mall and buy the book from BN"
Do you work for HP? And even if you did, do you think if HP profited from laying your ass off, they wouldn't do it? I have seen so many comments here saying "who cares". As an individual and fellow IT person I do. Granted I am in US but hey that could be my ass on the line tomorrow if my company decides to lay me off.
There is a reason we have unions is that to stop corporations from exploiting hard working individuals not complain about losing jobs to Indians and Chinese. I sincerely hope and wish those Europeans succeed in their protest.
Good point. But is Apple a software company or a hardware company? If OS X-86 come out then they have to dedicate an entire department for that. Not that Apple cannot afford it, but if they are really a hardware company, it really is not lucrative enough and not to mention inheriting all the troubles of x86 world.
I think that is the case with all information related products and services. There is a saying - "content is the king" and for very good reason. A good example could be Xbox vs Playstation earlier on. Most people were not eager to jump on Xbox bandwagon util they saw games like Halo, Doom start rolling out. So I think it is safe to say that content will determine market penetration.
Hmmm...I view it this way - progamming is nothing but you telling a machine what to do and how to do it. Concept is very similar to natural language. You were not born with an inate ability to speak English or French, you learned it. Similarly you learn to program. Of course you have to have a logical frame of mind to think like a machine. That is probably an inate ability.
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Unfortunately "does it run linux?" is a question that has lost its meaning. Other day one of my friends saw my xbox and asked me this very question. I said yes...and after a couple of seconds I asked him "why? does it matter?". His reply - "its just cool". He even doesn't have a freakin clue what to do with it? Sad, but Linux just like video games is fast losing its "nerdy" qualities.
Heck I am in America and I am a liberal, I was a terrorist long time ago!
I am not trolling, I fail to see how these laws in Europe or US are going to stop people from downloading stuff from Chinese websites. As long as China is not under these "rights regime" I don't see the value in these laws. My $0.02.
want a better alternative? Shoot them down!
Thus my suggestion go ahead and make use of all those facilities and "extras". If I don't get paid a lot so what at least I don't hate my job and I am not getting laid off any time soon.
But that doesn't change the fact that things move along at a slow pace. Which is not bad at least for now for me. I usually get response to my emails in a day or two sometimes even weeks is possible. The key is to push them to do or sign off things. You have to be very proactive and I guess the private sector gave me a good training in that aspect.
But heck a separate room, fat oc-12 line and chicks having problems, it is nice ;)
You have to be more like a Mathlete than Athlete to be nerd
Now leave me alone...while you are at it why don't you provide us with some usable SSN too? You know I don't wanna be registered ;)
If general public especially computer nerds say "eh whats new" then no one else is going to bother, coz the general public doesn't even realize they have to bother.
I know I am going in to a ramble mode but for gods sake their only job is security and they fuck it up royally and blame terrorists.
May be windows is kicking its butt
First of all how about you cannot patent an idea. You have to have a working prototype. You cannot just draw something and say this could work. Show us that it works. We need to see that you have actually used some "intellect" of your own that needs protected. Just because you dreamed of something shouldn't stop someone else from contributing something real.
Second, make it mandatory for patents to be "usable" for humanitarian needs. Lets say your corp has invented a drug that cures AIDS. Thus you have two options:
- Your patent is valid for a short period where you make maximum profit (and let people die as they cannot afford it). Then every other company can copy it and help save lives.
- Keep your patent valid for the current time allowed but you are forced to provide cheap (or free) alternatives to help humankind.
I don't think people should worry about silly patents like say "one-click" etc. Granted they are gonna create problems, but in the grander scheme, if we can get them to agree to some thing more "reasonable" heck go ahead and patent every fucking idea or dream!So is Sony going to go crazy over this and start suing every one or is it the plan of sony to let people do cool stuff like this? I don't own a PSP yet but I am sure they have some where in the EULA that states "You are screwed if you mess with it" (or something like it).
Yeah those damn rats were satisfied. For further releases check the Hitchhiker's guide.
Hmmm... Anynomous coward posting about compromised SSNs. Hey do you have any spare I can use? Man my credit history is fucked up ;)
Amen!
I take it that you didn't even bother to RTFA. It says it has roots in windows 2000 but it is NOT windows 2000, a derivative may be but NOT windows 2000.
For the sake of argument lets just say that you cannot have the book from library for ever (well may be by paying a fortune in fines), so just add that DMCA crap or something and give me the text for a week. I don't see how Google is stopping people from buying books. Its not like average joe says - "Oh jeez I gotta go to library, I might as well head to mall and buy the book from BN"
Do you work for HP? And even if you did, do you think if HP profited from laying your ass off, they wouldn't do it? I have seen so many comments here saying "who cares". As an individual and fellow IT person I do. Granted I am in US but hey that could be my ass on the line tomorrow if my company decides to lay me off.
There is a reason we have unions is that to stop corporations from exploiting hard working individuals not complain about losing jobs to Indians and Chinese. I sincerely hope and wish those Europeans succeed in their protest.
Good point. But is Apple a software company or a hardware company? If OS X-86 come out then they have to dedicate an entire department for that. Not that Apple cannot afford it, but if they are really a hardware company, it really is not lucrative enough and not to mention inheriting all the troubles of x86 world.
Hmmm...I wonder how a censored pr0n movie will be like
You are assuming that the average Joe Internet user is smart enough to decide what is good for him and what is not. I like your idealism though...
Good idea, but still something has to wake him up when the servers are down.
Right, and by changing browser they lessen the dependence, woohoo!
I think that is the case with all information related products and services. There is a saying - "content is the king" and for very good reason. A good example could be Xbox vs Playstation earlier on. Most people were not eager to jump on Xbox bandwagon util they saw games like Halo, Doom start rolling out. So I think it is safe to say that content will determine market penetration.
Hmmm...I view it this way - progamming is nothing but you telling a machine what to do and how to do it. Concept is very similar to natural language. You were not born with an inate ability to speak English or French, you learned it. Similarly you learn to program. Of course you have to have a logical frame of mind to think like a machine. That is probably an inate ability.