One of the most visited sites with dynamically generated content, Slashdot, is written in Perl. So, I'd say that shows it's scalable and heavy-duty.
there, fixed that for ya
BTW it has even stood the test of time since this september Slashdot will have existed for 10 years (God I don't want to know how many wasted hours you have cost me CmdrTaco).
Yes, but since the MySQL codebase is Open Source, there is no-one holding the community back for taking that code and extending it. Yes a fork like this can be painful and senseless, but even if MySQL is bought out, it's the company that's bought out, not the code.
I think this is a very important distinction and one that has been evaluated by Mr. Mickos and his team. There is no-one stopping a developer from leaving the company once it goes against his ethics and starting a fork with the existing codebase.
The goal is to establish an environment of fear, such that most users are afraid to anything other than what the media conglomerates say is okay. Better still, what's okay today can be wrong tomorrow. (emphasis mine)
hmmm sounds awfully like what terrorists want to achieve. Only in this case Corporate America is behind it. So why exactly is this tolerated by the courts while some poor guy who just looks "wrong" will be harassed by various agencies?
I'd think the sensible thing would be to say "ship it to us, but back it up first; if we suspect a software problem we reserve the right to return the disk to its original state before returning it, but we'll try not to do that unless it's necessary."
Which is exactly what they will ask you here in Europe. I've worked for HP and there is no requirement of an OS if the problem is hardware related. However, for troubleshooting they will ask - if needed - to reload the original OS, because that's the only thing your are trained in. If the unit is to be picked up we recommend the user to back up his/her data, since the repair line may nuke the install and get a fresh image on the box to do some after-repair testing before sending it back. Most of the time the user is asked to do the repair him/herself (within reason) to speed up the repair process and to make it less expensive. Pickup & return is 5 business days, usually you can have the component in the next day or the day after and you can call back for instructions if you're not able to figure out how to disassemble/reassemble the unit to replace the failing part and they'll walk you through it.
I'd like to add that this is the way we handled it at the business helpdesk, I'm not sure the consumer desk acts the same way.
Commercial OS vendors: where are Sun (commercial *nix), HP (commercial *nix), IBM (AS/xxx & OS/2)? Or was this meant only for desktop services. In which case RHEL should be discounted because it is more geared towards server usage than the desktop.
Trying to monitor every application used on every PC is a modern version of micro-management. Do you look at every tool that is on someone's desk? Do you approve each stapler? If you don't let people visit web sites, can they bring in books and newspapers? Do you blacklist/whitelist the phone numbers they can call and receive calls from?
Well the problem is that licensing of products often mandate the micromanagement of all these applications. Luckily there are a lot of tools that can do this for you, but it's still a pain in the a**, because when the BSA come knocking on your door, you better have that inventory ready.
the problem that is now appearing is the Portable applications that just run, creating a new barrage for possible trouble on the network, and creating a need for even tighter protocol on the desktop
Does anyone seriously believe that there will ever be PDA-like software that can sync the phone to the PC? Stop smoking weed, please.
just buy a smartphone. ActiveSync will do the synchronization for you and you're allowed to do filetransfer so you can up/download sounds/pictures/whatever.
for the record, I've stopped smoking weed a long time ago, and my smartphone has been doing exactly what you want for more than 2 years now.
Well... I've seen a few recently... tried to get a beta copy of Vista running (yes I know it's beta but dammit the hardware has been around for 2 years now) and it couldn't find my RAID harddrive setup. The system is running fine on WinXp/WinXP64/Debian64/Ubuntu64
as for driver support: both linux installs detect all my hardware correctly (even though installing the accellerated Ati driver is a pain in the butt) it works like a charm out of the box. Promise RAID sata driver? works in linux, need to install it twice in Windows (once during install, once after install) 3com/Marvel Gbit LAN? works in linux, need to install it in Windows. 5.1 soundcard? works in linux, need to install it in Windows. A good working Bluetooth driver? hah, try to install the Widcomm driver in Windows... it's a real pain in the butt to get that one working easily. Same for my monitor. I correctly installed the monitor driver. Windows device manager tells me it's a standard monitor after a reboot. Installed it again... same thing happened. While watching a WinXP64 install a week ago I actually laughed out loud when I read something like "and, of course, even better PnP support than you've come to expect" yah right. You know what MS? I've come to expect that *all* my hardware is working out of the box in linux... and yet there is no 64bit windows driver available for my soundcard (yeah I know, I've kicked the vendor already, that's not really MS's fault)
as for installing Windows Media Player... yes I've got a different player already installed. I will upgrade WMP and tell it to NOT touch any file associations. Well what do you know... It takes 'em over anyway.
Maybe he devised a combination of the two. A conical mirror to catch the sunrays and aim them, then a lens to bundle them even more.
I remember a Mythbuster episode where Adam & Jamie try to reproduce this myth/story. They were not able to set a boat hull on fire (they built a replica-piece of boat hull from that age). Stronger still they barely managed to get the temperature higher up... iirc it was only a few degrees higher in the focused center of the beam.
I've worked with this system, and to my knowledge, the only thing going on the card is the room number. The rest is in the system.
If I want to look something up, I can ask the customer his keycard, swipe it and check their name (security: you have to show me something - the card - and identify yourself). If a card is misplaced, I can make a new one after verifying the customer is who he/she claims to be. The old card will not function anymore then, the system controlling the locks will not open the lock unless you have a valid keycard.
So, if I want to look up the customers' info (CC# passport# whatever) I can just as easily look it up in the system. All purchases within the hotel are bound to the keycard so you can put something on your tab. But the keycard itself only has the information of the roomnumber, so all other enquiries will automatically go through the front desk.
well, actually I agree with the grandparent poster... and with the parent poster as well... But why not make the right-click on the top X close your tab, and keep the left-click as default behaviour? Seems to me the best of both worlds
nice to see the distinction between the two Windows Messengers... you almost got it right too! (I'm nitpicking here though)
Windows Messenger is included in Windows XP and can be used for IM-ing through Microsofts servers (they connect to the same servers as MSN Messenger), but can also be used for IM-ing on your own network using an Exchange Server. MS also has an Exchange IM client if you're using win2k or below.
Now for the Windows Messenger #2... this is actually called the Windows Messenger Service and is indeed used for popup messages (intended for networks). You can use WinPopup, but on the command line "net send \\IP.here.x.x "message"" will work too. I can remember doing a txt adventure game with one of my collegues using this before IM-ing was invented. Heh... those were good times... Anyway, I definately agree with you on the naming convention, but the Windows Messenger Service was around way before Instant Messenging was even invented, so what were they supposed to come up with after AOL and Yahoo! both created a product with "Messenger" in the name (yes I am aware that Google uses the name Talk, but I think that's because their future plans with it are in the voice/VOIP arena)?
Slashdot Mirror
there, fixed that for ya
BTW it has even stood the test of time since this september Slashdot will have existed for 10 years (God I don't want to know how many wasted hours you have cost me CmdrTaco).Gandalf shot first
no no no
"Big Blothel is watching Yu" would be most correct. If you make fun of an ethnic group, at least make it ethnically correct...
lookup of Anonymous Coward:
network statistics
IP address: 127.0.0.1
subnet mask: 255.0.0.0
hostname: linuxboxen
MAC address: BE:EF:BA:BE
gender: mostly male
location: parents' basement
surfing profile: looking for free pr0n
He's probably from the MPAA... who else could be so clueless?
Yes, but since the MySQL codebase is Open Source, there is no-one holding the community back for taking that code and extending it. Yes a fork like this can be painful and senseless, but even if MySQL is bought out, it's the company that's bought out, not the code. I think this is a very important distinction and one that has been evaluated by Mr. Mickos and his team. There is no-one stopping a developer from leaving the company once it goes against his ethics and starting a fork with the existing codebase.
Which is exactly what they will ask you here in Europe. I've worked for HP and there is no requirement of an OS if the problem is hardware related. However, for troubleshooting they will ask - if needed - to reload the original OS, because that's the only thing your are trained in. If the unit is to be picked up we recommend the user to back up his/her data, since the repair line may nuke the install and get a fresh image on the box to do some after-repair testing before sending it back. Most of the time the user is asked to do the repair him/herself (within reason) to speed up the repair process and to make it less expensive. Pickup & return is 5 business days, usually you can have the component in the next day or the day after and you can call back for instructions if you're not able to figure out how to disassemble/reassemble the unit to replace the failing part and they'll walk you through it.
I'd like to add that this is the way we handled it at the business helpdesk, I'm not sure the consumer desk acts the same way.Commercial OS vendors: where are Sun (commercial *nix), HP (commercial *nix), IBM (AS/xxx & OS/2)?
Or was this meant only for desktop services. In which case RHEL should be discounted because it is more geared towards server usage than the desktop.
I wonder how they will call access points for this kind of wireless service... hmmm it should start with a G... how about G-spot? ;-)
the problem that is now appearing is the Portable applications that just run, creating a new barrage for possible trouble on the network, and creating a need for even tighter protocol on the desktop
I'm with stupid -->
the lack of choosing a different color in PacMan has always bugged me too
for the record, I've stopped smoking weed a long time ago, and my smartphone has been doing exactly what you want for more than 2 years now.
jeez moderators... think! (and drink your coffee)
it's free and a good contender to the Extensis software, although they still have some polishing to do.
uhuh... we do that here all the time... it's called a call-center here though
then export your calendar to an iCal file, the option is there for a reason
The system is running fine on WinXp/WinXP64/Debian64/Ubuntu64
as for driver support: both linux installs detect all my hardware correctly (even though installing the accellerated Ati driver is a pain in the butt) it works like a charm out of the box. Promise RAID sata driver? works in linux, need to install it twice in Windows (once during install, once after install) 3com/Marvel Gbit LAN? works in linux, need to install it in Windows. 5.1 soundcard? works in linux, need to install it in Windows. A good working Bluetooth driver? hah, try to install the Widcomm driver in Windows... it's a real pain in the butt to get that one working easily. Same for my monitor. I correctly installed the monitor driver. Windows device manager tells me it's a standard monitor after a reboot. Installed it again... same thing happened. While watching a WinXP64 install a week ago I actually laughed out loud when I read something like "and, of course, even better PnP support than you've come to expect" yah right. You know what MS? I've come to expect that *all* my hardware is working out of the box in linux... and yet there is no 64bit windows driver available for my soundcard (yeah I know, I've kicked the vendor already, that's not really MS's fault)
as for installing Windows Media Player... yes I've got a different player already installed. I will upgrade WMP and tell it to NOT touch any file associations. Well what do you know... It takes 'em over anyway.I'll stop my rant now... pffft...
I remember a Mythbuster episode where Adam & Jamie try to reproduce this myth/story. They were not able to set a boat hull on fire (they built a replica-piece of boat hull from that age). Stronger still they barely managed to get the temperature higher up... iirc it was only a few degrees higher in the focused center of the beam.
If I want to look something up, I can ask the customer his keycard, swipe it and check their name (security: you have to show me something - the card - and identify yourself). If a card is misplaced, I can make a new one after verifying the customer is who he/she claims to be. The old card will not function anymore then, the system controlling the locks will not open the lock unless you have a valid keycard.
So, if I want to look up the customers' info (CC# passport# whatever) I can just as easily look it up in the system. All purchases within the hotel are bound to the keycard so you can put something on your tab. But the keycard itself only has the information of the roomnumber, so all other enquiries will automatically go through the front desk.Uhmm... wait... that was wrong
But why not make the right-click on the top X close your tab, and keep the left-click as default behaviour? Seems to me the best of both worlds
PS: firefox devs, are you reading this? ;-)
Windows Messenger is included in Windows XP and can be used for IM-ing through Microsofts servers (they connect to the same servers as MSN Messenger), but can also be used for IM-ing on your own network using an Exchange Server. MS also has an Exchange IM client if you're using win2k or below.
Now for the Windows Messenger #2... this is actually called the Windows Messenger Service and is indeed used for popup messages (intended for networks). You can use WinPopup, but on the command line "net send \\IP.here.x.x "message"" will work too. I can remember doing a txt adventure game with one of my collegues using this before IM-ing was invented.Heh... those were good times... Anyway, I definately agree with you on the naming convention, but the Windows Messenger Service was around way before Instant Messenging was even invented, so what were they supposed to come up with after AOL and Yahoo! both created a product with "Messenger" in the name (yes I am aware that Google uses the name Talk, but I think that's because their future plans with it are in the voice/VOIP arena)?