Not true necessarily. Have you ever read code from a programmer from Asia? All the keywords are the same, just the comments tend to be in the local language (though not always). I'm English, but I still have to use java.awt.Color rather than java.awt.Colour. I see no reason why admin tools should be any different.
Is it just me, or does every non-American hates America?
I'd say that's pretty much the case. But there is an important distinction. Non-Americans hate America itself, not necessarily the citizens of America who actually have no choice in how their country is run (America is NOT a democracy, you buy power at all levels, and both parties are EXACTLY the same).
As for tourism, my birthday is September 10th, and I was on holiday in New York 2001 to celebrate it. I WAS THERE. Yet no-one is going to fingerprint me if I haven't broken any laws. I've been back to the US many times since, but not anymore. Especially since I now have an Egypt stamp in my passport ("You've been to the middle east? Plastic glove time....")
Bob
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Come to work shaved, showered and neatly dressed
I know uber-geeks don't really give a damn what anyone thinks right? Well clearly you care about how Linux and Unix is percieved or wouldn't be posting on this thread would you. You'd be amazed at how much easier it is to listen to someone who looks professional, or at least doesn't smell bad.
This is the biggest load of bollocks ever. The idea of a "professional look" was invented by PHBs for PHBs to show other PHBs how they can afford the expensive Armani suit. It says nothing about how well you do the job. It's window dressing. I work contract and will turn down jobs that have a dress code since I know that I'll have to deal with shitty management if there is one. And the longest I've been out of work in 4 years is a 6 week holiday I took in Egypt.
Some CEOs ARE clueless and stupid about their own products
In which case, what the hell are they doing running the company and earning $X million a year doing it? The more I deal with large companies, the more I realise that most C(x)Os are a waste of skin...
That the cable situation was so bad outside the UK. Here (on Sky Satellite or NTL cable) you sign up for a basic package (digital equivalents of the terrestrial channels plus a few extras), then add any extra channels you want on top of that. Some of them come in packages, like "Music", but the packages are not that expensive on their own so you don't mind the odd MTV Base or some other crap sneaking in there.
Of course, the sports channels are extortionate, but you get gems like Film Four for 6GBP (no pound symbol on Slashdot, grrr...) a month which is just about the best film channel going (no blockbusters or filler crap that the studios force the broadcasters to show if they want to show LOTR).
Did you try running it with the Kaffe JVM? Linux users will.
One of the first things I do after a fresh install of Linux (any flavour) is remove Kaffe and install another JVM (either IBM's or Sun's). It's more hinderence than help to include a broken JVM rather than just tell users outright that they need to download one.
Braveheart was not a PBS documentary. It was an action/drama based on the legends surrounding a historical figure, and an entertaining one at that.
And the great-grandparent said:-
I think exaggeration was still part of his movie. Unlike Braveheart - where William Wallace fights his way to freedom - the Passion is quite exaggerated in the amount of pain endured by Jesus.
Which proves that at least one person believes it to be historiaclly accurate (and I have heard many other people say that as well)
Quoting in full in case it doesn't get modded up...
Braveheart manages to get people's names right and that's about it my favorite inacuracy is his (William Wallace) supposed bedding of the French princess wife of Edward II (He's not king yet in the film as Edward I is the king)She had never even been in the country at that point so unless william wallace was very well endowed he couldn't have if the Passion is less acurate than that then, wow badly made film.
Braveheart was a travesty of history and about as historically accurate as The Flintstones.
I swear. New project every 6 months. Better money than permanent. Plenty of time off between contracts to spend your hard earned cash on holidays. I love it.
The one caveat is that you've got to be good, as in GOOD, 'cos you are going to generally be expected to be up and running and implementing new features on an unfamiliar product within 2 days of arrival.
Also, I realize makefiles and CVS are incredibly useful, but not for me personally
You'd better get used to CVS because when you get out into the big bad world you'll find that it's fairly ubiquitous, even in 100% Windows shops like where I'm currently contracting...
This may sound like flamebait, but I don't allow Windows boxen on my network, period. While I'm not an ISP, I do do some limited hosting, provide e-mail services etc. Quite simply, if you have a Windows box, you're not coming in. No-one's been spamming through my network, and nor are there any "0wnz0red" boxen connected to it.
Bob
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I must admit that having read a lot of DJBs site for various reasons over time, I have come to the conclusion that I really wouldn't like him if I ever met him. Having said that, I do use DJBDNS rather than bind on my network simply beacuse I had a very short timeframe to get DNS up and running and bind seemed to have too steep a learning curve at the time.
Back on topic, I do use Postfix on my mail server and found it relatively easy to configure and setup. I've also got Ilohamail sitting on top of it for webmail services, which I'd recommend as well.
Since VoIP is country agnostic, what would happen to me here in the UK if I dialled 911 (the emergency number here is 999)? Would I get hold of the US emergency services? This number could legitimately be assigned to another perpose here (although it isn't to my knowledge, luckily). Or am I getting the wrong end of the stick here? I know TFA is just about tracking where the 911 call comes from...
I agree there. I seriously never wear a suit, not even to meetings with potential clients (I do contracting and am not looking for a permanent position though). There is so much work in my area at the moment that I can afford to turn down contracts (and have done recently). Anyone who thinks my lack of suit affects my ability to do a job can suck the big one. Anyone who requires a formal dress code at work can do the same.
Additionally, at least with Dreamweaver 4 (which was the last WYSIWYG HTML editor I ever used), it totally obliterated any decent intentation system.
I'm sure the MX in Dreamweaver MX stands for Mangles eXtensions. A few months ago I was working on a contract where part of my job was to work with a web-designer on some JSP pages. I got the initial draft in plain HTML, added my custom tags and Struts logic, then sent them back for amendments. When they came back out of Dreamweaver MX all my nice indentation was fucked up. This happened every time he had to make amendments to the design (often) which made it a PITA for me. I kept telling him to hand edit the files, he said he didn't know how to.
In the end I insisted to the project manager that I dealt with the HTML and he only dealt with the style sheets/graphics or I would walk out of the contract - I had better things to do than keep on editing HTML, I was hired to write J2EE code on the back end. I got my way and got control of those files away from Dreamweaver MX...
jobserve.com is really good. I've got loads of work through them. All the jobs seem to be real, people actually ring back (my record is 30 seconds after I hit the submit button), the search facility is really good, etc. The best bit is that they don't allow your CV/Resume to be read by random agencies, so you don't get cold callers asking if you want to work in Belgium when your CV/Resume clearly states the south-east of England...unlike some other sites...
I used to work for an online sports-betting company, and we eventually had to restrict the use of credit cards for the bets (usually only allowed debit cards unless you became a regular player) because of the number of people who would request a charge-back if they lost a bet. The credit card companies would always grant the charge-back request...no questions asked... In my experience they seemed to require no proof whatsoever.
Dunno about the grandparent, but I'd do (and do) exactly that. Anti-virus auto-responses are spam as far as I'm concerned and they get LARTed. Period. If you don't like it then you can kiss my ass.
I did start a software business (not because I was unemployed, but because I was sick of PHBs) and the key is not to focus on a product when you first start up. Focus on providing services, by which I mean become a contract developer but charge it to your company. Develop your product in your spare time (yes, running a business requires lots of hours).
This is what I'm doing. I do short-term software contracts to support myself (and to build up a war chest to survive on later), and I'm working on my product in-between contracts and in the evenings. As for my product, it's going to be a full-featured shopping cart (not especially original I know, but it's designed for small businesses who want an online retail outlet and want to administer it themselves).
I'm also developing my own backend libraries for database agnoticism, schema config via XML, XML tree searching/improved navigation, command pattern implementation etc etc which aims between raw servlet APIs and full-on EJB app-servers for that ever-elusive middle level. Of course, I'm intending to GPL these libraries when I've got them into a sufficient state.
Hmmm... gone a bit OT towards the end there, but my original point remains, services, not products. At least to start with.
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Not true necessarily. Have you ever read code from a programmer from Asia? All the keywords are the same, just the comments tend to be in the local language (though not always). I'm English, but I still have to use java.awt.Color rather than java.awt.Colour. I see no reason why admin tools should be any different.
Bob
Is it just me, or does every non-American hates America?
I'd say that's pretty much the case. But there is an important distinction. Non-Americans hate America itself, not necessarily the citizens of America who actually have no choice in how their country is run (America is NOT a democracy, you buy power at all levels, and both parties are EXACTLY the same).
As for tourism, my birthday is September 10th, and I was on holiday in New York 2001 to celebrate it. I WAS THERE. Yet no-one is going to fingerprint me if I haven't broken any laws. I've been back to the US many times since, but not anymore. Especially since I now have an Egypt stamp in my passport ("You've been to the middle east? Plastic glove time....")
Bob
Come to work shaved, showered and neatly dressed
I know uber-geeks don't really give a damn what anyone thinks right? Well clearly you care about how Linux and Unix is percieved or wouldn't be posting on this thread would you. You'd be amazed at how much easier it is to listen to someone who looks professional, or at least doesn't smell bad.
This is the biggest load of bollocks ever. The idea of a "professional look" was invented by PHBs for PHBs to show other PHBs how they can afford the expensive Armani suit. It says nothing about how well you do the job. It's window dressing. I work contract and will turn down jobs that have a dress code since I know that I'll have to deal with shitty management if there is one. And the longest I've been out of work in 4 years is a 6 week holiday I took in Egypt.
Bob
Has anyone thought that IBM may have had some influence in this regard?
Bob
Or they drink in the same private club...
Bob
Some CEOs ARE clueless and stupid about their own products
In which case, what the hell are they doing running the company and earning $X million a year doing it? The more I deal with large companies, the more I realise that most C(x)Os are a waste of skin...
Bob
That the cable situation was so bad outside the UK. Here (on Sky Satellite or NTL cable) you sign up for a basic package (digital equivalents of the terrestrial channels plus a few extras), then add any extra channels you want on top of that. Some of them come in packages, like "Music", but the packages are not that expensive on their own so you don't mind the odd MTV Base or some other crap sneaking in there.
Of course, the sports channels are extortionate, but you get gems like Film Four for 6GBP (no pound symbol on Slashdot, grrr...) a month which is just about the best film channel going (no blockbusters or filler crap that the studios force the broadcasters to show if they want to show LOTR).
Bob
Did you try running it with the Kaffe JVM? Linux users will.
One of the first things I do after a fresh install of Linux (any flavour) is remove Kaffe and install another JVM (either IBM's or Sun's). It's more hinderence than help to include a broken JVM rather than just tell users outright that they need to download one.
Bob
You said:-
Braveheart was not a PBS documentary. It was an action/drama based on the legends surrounding a historical figure, and an entertaining one at that.
And the great-grandparent said:-
I think exaggeration was still part of his movie. Unlike Braveheart - where William Wallace fights his way to freedom - the Passion is quite exaggerated in the amount of pain endured by Jesus.
Which proves that at least one person believes it to be historiaclly accurate (and I have heard many other people say that as well)
Bob
Quoting in full in case it doesn't get modded up...
Braveheart manages to get people's names right and that's about it my favorite inacuracy is his (William Wallace) supposed bedding of the French princess wife of Edward II (He's not king yet in the film as Edward I is the king)She had never even been in the country at that point so unless william wallace was very well endowed he couldn't have if the Passion is less acurate than that then, wow badly made film.
Braveheart was a travesty of history and about as historically accurate as The Flintstones.
Bob
I swear. New project every 6 months. Better money than permanent. Plenty of time off between contracts to spend your hard earned cash on holidays. I love it.
The one caveat is that you've got to be good, as in GOOD, 'cos you are going to generally be expected to be up and running and implementing new features on an unfamiliar product within 2 days of arrival.
Bob
Thanks for breaking my web site stats...I appreciate it.
Bob
Also, I realize makefiles and CVS are incredibly useful, but not for me personally
You'd better get used to CVS because when you get out into the big bad world you'll find that it's fairly ubiquitous, even in 100% Windows shops like where I'm currently contracting...
Bob
This may sound like flamebait, but I don't allow Windows boxen on my network, period. While I'm not an ISP, I do do some limited hosting, provide e-mail services etc. Quite simply, if you have a Windows box, you're not coming in. No-one's been spamming through my network, and nor are there any "0wnz0red" boxen connected to it.
Bob
I must admit that having read a lot of DJBs site for various reasons over time, I have come to the conclusion that I really wouldn't like him if I ever met him. Having said that, I do use DJBDNS rather than bind on my network simply beacuse I had a very short timeframe to get DNS up and running and bind seemed to have too steep a learning curve at the time.
Back on topic, I do use Postfix on my mail server and found it relatively easy to configure and setup. I've also got Ilohamail sitting on top of it for webmail services, which I'd recommend as well.
Bob
I'm also running Gimp 1.3.23 and cannot for the life of me work out how you did that. I'm on Linux too BTW.
Bob
Since VoIP is country agnostic, what would happen to me here in the UK if I dialled 911 (the emergency number here is 999)? Would I get hold of the US emergency services? This number could legitimately be assigned to another perpose here (although it isn't to my knowledge, luckily). Or am I getting the wrong end of the stick here? I know TFA is just about tracking where the 911 call comes from...
Bob
I agree there. I seriously never wear a suit, not even to meetings with potential clients (I do contracting and am not looking for a permanent position though). There is so much work in my area at the moment that I can afford to turn down contracts (and have done recently). Anyone who thinks my lack of suit affects my ability to do a job can suck the big one. Anyone who requires a formal dress code at work can do the same.
Bob
Additionally, at least with Dreamweaver 4 (which was the last WYSIWYG HTML editor I ever used), it totally obliterated any decent intentation system.
I'm sure the MX in Dreamweaver MX stands for Mangles eXtensions. A few months ago I was working on a contract where part of my job was to work with a web-designer on some JSP pages. I got the initial draft in plain HTML, added my custom tags and Struts logic, then sent them back for amendments. When they came back out of Dreamweaver MX all my nice indentation was fucked up. This happened every time he had to make amendments to the design (often) which made it a PITA for me. I kept telling him to hand edit the files, he said he didn't know how to.
In the end I insisted to the project manager that I dealt with the HTML and he only dealt with the style sheets/graphics or I would walk out of the contract - I had better things to do than keep on editing HTML, I was hired to write J2EE code on the back end. I got my way and got control of those files away from Dreamweaver MX...
Bob
jobserve.com is really good. I've got loads of work through them. All the jobs seem to be real, people actually ring back (my record is 30 seconds after I hit the submit button), the search facility is really good, etc. The best bit is that they don't allow your CV/Resume to be read by random agencies, so you don't get cold callers asking if you want to work in Belgium when your CV/Resume clearly states the south-east of England...unlike some other sites...
Bob
I used to work for an online sports-betting company, and we eventually had to restrict the use of credit cards for the bets (usually only allowed debit cards unless you became a regular player) because of the number of people who would request a charge-back if they lost a bet. The credit card companies would always grant the charge-back request...no questions asked... In my experience they seemed to require no proof whatsoever.
Bob
Am I the only one who would find it funny if whitehouse.gov ended up on e-mail blacklists?
Bob
A quick check on my P2P app of choice reveals over 50 download sources for each track of this album. I think EMI is a bit late on this one...
Bob
Dunno about the grandparent, but I'd do (and do) exactly that. Anti-virus auto-responses are spam as far as I'm concerned and they get LARTed. Period. If you don't like it then you can kiss my ass.
Bob
I did start a software business (not because I was unemployed, but because I was sick of PHBs) and the key is not to focus on a product when you first start up. Focus on providing services, by which I mean become a contract developer but charge it to your company. Develop your product in your spare time (yes, running a business requires lots of hours).
This is what I'm doing. I do short-term software contracts to support myself (and to build up a war chest to survive on later), and I'm working on my product in-between contracts and in the evenings. As for my product, it's going to be a full-featured shopping cart (not especially original I know, but it's designed for small businesses who want an online retail outlet and want to administer it themselves).
I'm also developing my own backend libraries for database agnoticism, schema config via XML, XML tree searching/improved navigation, command pattern implementation etc etc which aims between raw servlet APIs and full-on EJB app-servers for that ever-elusive middle level. Of course, I'm intending to GPL these libraries when I've got them into a sufficient state.
Hmmm... gone a bit OT towards the end there, but my original point remains, services, not products. At least to start with.
Bob