I've had this too, but that was due to a bad network card where a bit stuck. It completely froze the input system and the network, couldn't get in via ppp either.
People also think they know more than the expert, and try to tell the mechanic how to do their job.
Think about this one.... Doctors probably have it easier, since they only have one make and two models to work on. Not so for mechanics.:-)
Well, by mentioning it, I remember something about the history of medicine.
In the old days, doctors just had the same problems with their clients. One of the things that happened in the creation of the medical profession was that doctors realised that they had to have authority over their patients, and that they where the ones who should do the diagnosis and the prescription, and not the patients.
And you could end up using it for ten years. Last month I replaced my fathers old PC (1995) with a new cheap one (256 Meg, 40 Gig, 2 GHz). I suppose the only thing I will need to do is add another 256 Mb in a couple of years.
I was waiting for a question like this. I have been browsing some lawsites, specific for my country (Belgium).
It seems that in all countries which signed the Geneva convention, everybodies workings are automatically copyrighted, this means also yours and mine.
I think that somewhere in there lies an opportunity to hollow out current copyright legislation, because the Geneva convention is besed upon the premise of industries and old, expensive IT systems.
Everybody is now capable of delivering original content. Can this be used to cause IP inflation, creating more IP which is less worth ?
If every 18 months the ram capacity increases for the same price, then I should be able to buy a computer with 1 Gb RAM for 235 EUR within 36 months.
I bought my father a barebones system with 256 Mb RAM, 40 Gb HDD and 2 GHz processor, so this means that when Longhorn hits the streets, a barebones PC should come with 1Gb RAM, 160 Gb HDD and 8 GHz processor.
Not only that. With all the goings on in patenting and so, I find it very disturbing that manufacturers of beauty products alwys must advertise with 'patented this' and 'patented that' to give an issue of credibility to their stuff.
With the way it is going now, patents don't give credibility to anything.
I have tried to setup two websites and maintain them. It takes time and perseverance. The main reason is that most of the time there are more pressing needs, and after working a couple of weeks on the content of a website tiredness sets in.
If I had more hours on a day it would be possible, but I need time to prepare courses, to cook food, to be busy with my wife and family, to investigate Linux matters, all things that have more immediate return than setting up a web site, certainly if you do not get any feedback (even to say that things are wrong or missing).
Anyone needing more than 8 CPU's ? Seriously, go to IBM/HP/Dell and then try to configure a system that has the same capacity as something from Sun. When you reach the same specs, you will most probably have the same price.
The only place where Sun is really threatened is in the real low-end, and for that space they also have now x86 based systems.
Is the Unisys/W2000 a contender with Sun in the 8-32 CPU space ? Not really, because all W2000 processes run in their own small protected space, whereas one application on Sun can take advantage of all CPU's on the system if necessary.
A happy Linux user, which happens to work with Solaris on his job.
Nobody seems to have thought far enough that user installed software is dangerous. You have two solutions here.
a) Use standard installers like yum, apt-get, urpmi, whatever, which only install software as root from trusted repositories.
b) Give the user the possibility to install software, but only in their own directories as themselves, and make sure through the installer that none of this software is installed setuid root.
The alternative, to make it possible for them to install whatever software as root is probably the biggest gaping hole waiting to get exploited on Linux, if it becomes mainstream desktop software.
Well, my first language was 8080 assembler, and I did not have a computer back then. For exercising, I created really small programs, which I converted into hex.
I bought my first computer when I was 18, a ZX Spectrum, which had a Z80. I think that was for me the main reason to buy it.
I have always had the feeling (still) that I knew more about computers and good programming, because I have insight into the processor. I studied electronics, not CS, and for most part I write better code than people who learned only high level languages.
Free trade can be good, but there need to be strict laws to protect its freedom.
Investors use their money to influence law makers to make the free trade less free.
This is a problem that time and again pops up. In James Michener's Caribbean the English sugar barons impose restrictions on free trade, because otherwise they would not be as rich as they where.
Or perhaps you don't believe successful businessmen when they give you advice?
Of course not. If you want his advice on running a business, there is a big chance that he will lead you astray, so that you do not become competition.
His advice on technical stuff will suck too, becuase having a good product has nothing to do with having a good business (ie. they are orthogonal to each other).
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Seems they forgot compressed...
I've had this too, but that was due to a bad network card where a bit stuck. It completely froze the input system and the network, couldn't get in via ppp either.
Check this out
"California Uber Alles"
Yep, and for business purposes COBOL still rules.
People also think they know more than the expert, and try to tell the mechanic how to do their job.
Think about this one.... Doctors probably have it easier, since they only have one make and two models to work on. Not so for mechanics. :-)
Well, by mentioning it, I remember something about the history of medicine.
In the old days, doctors just had the same problems with their clients. One of the things that happened in the creation of the medical profession was that doctors realised that they had to have authority over their patients, and that they where the ones who should do the diagnosis and the prescription, and not the patients.
And you could end up using it for ten years. Last month I replaced my fathers old PC (1995) with a new cheap one (256 Meg, 40 Gig, 2 GHz). I suppose the only thing I will need to do is add another 256 Mb in a couple of years.
Hey, I run OOo on a 233 Mhz PII w/ 96 Mb. No problem here!
I was waiting for a question like this. I have been browsing some lawsites, specific for my country (Belgium).
It seems that in all countries which signed the Geneva convention, everybodies workings are automatically copyrighted, this means also yours and mine.
I think that somewhere in there lies an opportunity to hollow out current copyright legislation, because the Geneva convention is besed upon the premise of industries and old, expensive IT systems.
Everybody is now capable of delivering original content. Can this be used to cause IP inflation, creating more IP which is less worth ?
I think that was Piltdown man!
"Peking Man", Homo erectus (was Sinanthropus pekinensis)
Look here
One word : memtest86
If every 18 months the ram capacity increases for the same price, then I should be able to buy a computer with 1 Gb RAM for 235 EUR within 36 months.
I bought my father a barebones system with 256 Mb RAM, 40 Gb HDD and 2 GHz processor, so this means that when Longhorn hits the streets, a barebones PC should come with 1Gb RAM, 160 Gb HDD and 8 GHz processor.
Not only that. With all the goings on in patenting and so, I find it very disturbing that manufacturers of beauty products alwys must advertise with 'patented this' and 'patented that' to give an issue of credibility to their stuff. With the way it is going now, patents don't give credibility to anything.
It's true.
I have tried to setup two websites and maintain them. It takes time and perseverance. The main reason is that most of the time there are more pressing needs, and after working a couple of weeks on the content of a website tiredness sets in.
If I had more hours on a day it would be possible, but I need time to prepare courses, to cook food, to be busy with my wife and family, to investigate Linux matters, all things that have more immediate return than setting up a web site, certainly if you do not get any feedback (even to say that things are wrong or missing).
Jurgen
That's just the MS way. In MS make (nmake) variables are also called macro's.
Jurgen
Anyone needing more than 8 CPU's ? Seriously, go to IBM/HP/Dell and then try to configure a system that has the same capacity as something from Sun. When you reach the same specs, you will most probably have the same price.
The only place where Sun is really threatened is in the real low-end, and for that space they also have now x86 based systems.
Is the Unisys/W2000 a contender with Sun in the 8-32 CPU space ? Not really, because all W2000 processes run in their own small protected space, whereas one application on Sun can take advantage of all CPU's on the system if necessary.
A happy Linux user, which happens to work with Solaris on his job.
I think those are lentils.
Nobody seems to have thought far enough that user installed software is dangerous. You have two solutions here.
a) Use standard installers like yum, apt-get, urpmi, whatever, which only install software as root from trusted repositories.
b) Give the user the possibility to install software, but only in their own directories as themselves, and make sure through the installer that none of this software is installed setuid root.
The alternative, to make it possible for them to install whatever software as root is probably the biggest gaping hole waiting to get exploited on Linux, if it becomes mainstream desktop software.
Well, my first language was 8080 assembler, and I did not have a computer back then. For exercising, I created really small programs, which I converted into hex.
I bought my first computer when I was 18, a ZX Spectrum, which had a Z80. I think that was for me the main reason to buy it.
I have always had the feeling (still) that I knew more about computers and good programming, because I have insight into the processor. I studied electronics, not CS, and for most part I write better code than people who learned only high level languages.
You can also build anything out of NOR's : !(A+B) = !A . !B
- Powerful white box server : $2500
- 4 White box workstations : $1000
- Course Red Hat Linux : $500 (?)
- Monitors : $500
- LAN infrastructure : $500
You could probably save $1000 on the the server, because that is the price for my config (Dual Athlon, 2G RAM, 250 G ATA RAID).
Buy StarOffice 7.0, you get 5 licenses for $99.
Setup the workstations to startup Linux, then query using XDMCP for running your applications remotely.
Several weeks ? If you find a good introductory course on Red Hat 9, you can setup your 5 systems in less than a day.
There are also plenty of nice Z80 emulators. That way you don't need to reboot a machine every time and you have easier code stepping capabilities.
Free trade can be good, but there need to be strict laws to protect its freedom.
Investors use their money to influence law makers to make the free trade less free.
This is a problem that time and again pops up. In James Michener's Caribbean the English sugar barons impose restrictions on free trade, because otherwise they would not be as rich as they where.
That is the worst thing now happening in America.
Or perhaps you don't believe successful businessmen when they give you advice?
Of course not. If you want his advice on running a business, there is a big chance that he will lead you astray, so that you do not become competition.
His advice on technical stuff will suck too, becuase having a good product has nothing to do with having a good business (ie. they are orthogonal to each other).
I can't click in my email : I use mutt.