No, really. I love Linux, and my company uses it on many desktops (about 40%) as well as our main file server, mail server, and ftp server, and I'll unplug each and every one on Friday, November 14th if they'll pay me.
Of course, the sad fine print is that my company is closing on Friday, November 14th, but I'll do it, by gum. Just show me the money!
C'mon mid-day/. crowd, let's be honest. The company might sign off for a PDA purchase req, but there's no way in hell a GBA purchase req is going to go through.
You can't play good old button-mashing action games on a PDA.
Well, AtomSmash is the reason why the buttons on my Palm Vx are toast. Maybe it's more precise to say that you shouldn't play button-mashing games on a PDA.
How would you like this implemented at your workplace? You're there on time and doing what you should be doing every day, right? And your job is posting on slashdot?...
No, I work for someone who has this radical idea of employing me to do work, not employing me to occupy space. I don't work from 9am to 5pm with 60 minute lunch and two 10 minute breaks. My email isn't monitored, my web activity isn't logged, and my hard drive isn't searched for non-work items.
I accomplish goals, and I help the company to accomplish goals. When, where and how I do that work is up to me. If I continue to do so with quality, then I continue to have a job. If I don't do so, then it doesn't matter if I was in my chair on time or not -- I lose a job.
But then again, I'm not a child. My employer doesn't employ children. Perhaps if we did, then RFID tracking in my workplace would be a good anology.
How exactly does this take away from the child's freedom again?
They are still free to choose attendance or ditching. They are still free to choose to return library books on time or keep them past the due date.
Their choices have consequences, and this technology will make sure those consequences are dealt as impersonally as a photo-radar speed trap, but I can't really see where anyone's civil rights are being violated.
I'm pretty far left-of-center, and I think this illustrates a much bigger problem of breakdown in trusting relationships between parents, teachers and kids, but could someone explain this one to me please?
Has anyone else noticed that this guy has had over 4 thousand hits as of now, and not even ONE purchase?
Followup -- the next morning, the counter is at 16k (don't know if it's rolled or not) and the guy has 151 sales.
If you figure around $3 ebay listing fees and paypal fees, that's 151* 13 = $1,963.
Not bad for one evening.
And it gives Sun the chance to more[sic: move ] resources to extend their Linux and x86 business.
You're either very cynical and this sarcastic, or your're just naive.
Merging does free up resources, it's true. Those resources are then promptly kicked out the door to reduce payroll, not shifted to extend the x86 business that they've already cut.
Sometimes I worry that no matter how cynical I become, it will never be enough to keep up. -- Lily Tomlin
My cell phone get covered in gunk from pockets, backpack, car seats, etc. My PDA is a palm V in the "armor" style case, and it still gets dust on it.
I wouldn't buy a digital camera that doesn't cover the lens, and I'm at least careful with the digi-cam. If this thing is supposed to withstand the abuse of going with me everywhere, why can't it come with a lens cover?
Interesting how companies with close ties to the DOD came up with advanced integrated circuits so soon afterwards. When was Intel founded?
Don't forget microwave ovens. Oh, and ethernet, cell phones, cruise control and a bunch of other stuff that's hard to understand.
Simple rule of thumb: If I can't understand it, it must have come from aliens.
I'm not so sure about non-dairy creamer. Does that mean it's really aliens that have been dehydrated and ground to dust?
Of course they said they believe that they're compliant. What would you expect? A Microsoft spokesperson was quoted as saying "Hell, I dunno. Sounds pretty bad to me, what do you guys think?"
Slashdot Mirror
When you see leetspeak in the summary, you know to keep your distance from the actual article.
But go ahead and post a comment, 'cause this is slashdot after all.
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I like you, you're my kind of smartass.
ps: are you hiring?
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No, really. I love Linux, and my company uses it on many desktops (about 40%) as well as our main file server, mail server, and ftp server, and I'll unplug each and every one on Friday, November 14th if they'll pay me.
Of course, the sad fine print is that my company is closing on Friday, November 14th, but I'll do it, by gum. Just show me the money!
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Now how can you say that CPUs are based off of alien technology when Intel is making changes like this?
The same way we've always been saying it -- emphatically
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Why am I having flashbacks to Buckaroo Bonzai?
I'll tell you later....
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Secretly, isn't that part of why you go to an airshow?
Then how about we just say "NASCAR(tm)-type format" and be up-front about it?
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Ummm, yeah. Let's increase interest in the field by following in the footsteps of airshows
What could possibly go wrong with such a plan?
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Regular slashdot use is shown to completely halt maturity!
IS NOT!!!
Oops, gotta go. Mom needs the phone.
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C'mon mid-day /. crowd, let's be honest. The company might sign off for a PDA purchase req, but there's no way in hell a GBA purchase req is going to go through.
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You can't play good old button-mashing action games on a PDA.
Well, AtomSmash is the reason why the buttons on my Palm Vx are toast.
Maybe it's more precise to say that you shouldn't play button-mashing games on a PDA.
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bash-2.05$ ssh admin@bigmac
admin@bigmac's password:
Welcome to Jaguar
bash-2.05$ eject cdroms
Now you just need 1100 copies of the CD.
echo "127.0.0.1 www.goatse.cx goatse.cx" >> /etc/hosts
Or, for the windows crew,
echo 127.0.0.1 www.goatse.cx goatse.cx >> c:\winnt\system32\drivers\hosts
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In case you're saying "Eolas? Wasn't he in Lord of the Rings or something?"
Here's a little background reading.
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I patented this idea already, give me money!
My patent states:
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It's all there in black and white.
Sorry, they use colors in the light, and your patent only covers black and white.
Cool use of blacklights, though
How would you like this implemented at your workplace? You're there on time and doing what you should be doing every day, right? And your job is posting on slashdot?...
No, I work for someone who has this radical idea of employing me to do work, not employing me to occupy space.
I don't work from 9am to 5pm with 60 minute lunch and two 10 minute breaks. My email isn't monitored, my web activity isn't logged, and my hard drive isn't searched for non-work items.
I accomplish goals, and I help the company to accomplish goals. When, where and how I do that work is up to me. If I continue to do so with quality, then I continue to have a job. If I don't do so, then it doesn't matter if I was in my chair on time or not -- I lose a job.
But then again, I'm not a child. My employer doesn't employ children. Perhaps if we did, then RFID tracking in my workplace would be a good anology.
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How exactly does this take away from the child's freedom again?
They are still free to choose attendance or ditching. They are still free to choose to return library books on time or keep them past the due date.
Their choices have consequences, and this technology will make sure those consequences are dealt as impersonally as a photo-radar speed trap, but I can't really see where anyone's civil rights are being violated.
I'm pretty far left-of-center, and I think this illustrates a much bigger problem of breakdown in trusting relationships between parents, teachers and kids, but could someone explain this one to me please?
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WOW! That's faster than my first 486 computer, impressive!
I feel so old... so very very old.....
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Has anyone else noticed that this guy has had over 4 thousand hits as of now, and not even ONE purchase?
Followup -- the next morning, the counter is at 16k (don't know if it's rolled or not) and the guy has 151 sales.
If you figure around $3 ebay listing fees and paypal fees, that's 151* 13 = $1,963.
Not bad for one evening.
And it gives Sun the chance to more[sic: move ] resources to extend their Linux and x86 business.
You're either very cynical and this sarcastic, or your're just naive.
Merging does free up resources, it's true. Those resources are then promptly kicked out the door to reduce payroll, not shifted to extend the x86 business that they've already cut.
Sometimes I worry that no matter how cynical I become, it will never be enough to keep up. -- Lily Tomlin
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Way to go /. -- updated the logo from G4 to G5 just in time.
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Dang. I was hoping to find that this SCO consultant was going to owe $699 himself, but netcraft sez he's running FreeBSD.
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My cell phone get covered in gunk from pockets, backpack, car seats, etc. My PDA is a palm V in the "armor" style case, and it still gets dust on it.
I wouldn't buy a digital camera that doesn't cover the lens, and I'm at least careful with the digi-cam.
If this thing is supposed to withstand the abuse of going with me everywhere, why can't it come with a lens cover?
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Simple rule of thumb: If I can't understand it, it must have come from aliens.
I'm not so sure about non-dairy creamer. Does that mean it's really aliens that have been dehydrated and ground to dust?
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Of course they said they believe that they're compliant. What would you expect?
A Microsoft spokesperson was quoted as saying "Hell, I dunno. Sounds pretty bad to me, what do you guys think?"
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