I'm afraid that iPlanet is already taken. And as the other responder -- the one who posts on so many phpBB boards that he's forgotten HTML -- pointed out, the my- prefix is pretty passe. It's almost as bad as "cyberplanet."
Anyhow, shouldn't the new planet be named after a Roman god or goddess? I mean, let's choose a naming scheme and stick with it, people.
I can't believe I'm publicly disagreeing with no less than Andrew Tanenbaum, but I *do* have a lower/. ID, so here goes...
Maybe Debian is brittle -- I highly doubt it -- but when I want to add something to my SuSE box that isn't pre-packaged, it's perhaps more difficult than popping open YaST and clicking around, but I haven't had the experiences you have. I rather prefer to roll my own copies of a lot of big software -- Apache, MySQL, PHP, Samba, and others come readily to mind. Usually, I find that it goes very well. I honestly can't recall the last time it took me anywhere near an hour to compile and install anything on Linux.
Ironically -- although this might be what Taylor is talking about -- I *do* find that I have difficulty installing proprietary software on Linux. Although it tries to hold your hand more, it frequently fails to Do The Right Thing, IMHO.
Furthermore, even if Andrew's experience is more typical than mine, it doesn't mean that Taylor was right. Taylor's claiming that installing non-prepackaged software breaks *other* stuff; that's patently false. A difficult system (what Andrew is claiming Linux can be) is very very different from a brittle system (what Taylor is claiming it is). Solaris is, IMHO, a very difficult system to install stuff on -- at least, stuff that's not prepackaged from Sun or SunFreware. Some of the other Unixes, like AIX and Tru64, are even more so. That doesn't make them brittle.
A brittle system is one where, say, installing a service pack breaks compatibility with many network services and programs. But, as many other posters have pointed out, that is much more descriptive of certain OS's whose names begin with a "w" and end with an "indows."
Weighted grades suck. While they encourage people to take more difficult classes, they also encourage people to eschew electives and anything that doesn't have a AP/IB equivalent, such as foreign language at most schools. In order to get the highest grade under the traditional system, you take the classes you need to graduate, plus those you want to take, and work to get all A's. You take AP classes for the reward of college credit. Under the weighted system, though, to get the highest grade you should take the minimum number of classes possible to graduate, which means two years (or less) of foreign language, no band, no CS classes, and, if you can get away with it, no PE. Grade weighting encourages single-minded pursuit of the magic A, not well-rounded citizens.
I also learned sentence diagramming in 8th grade, although that was 1994 for me. I moved across the country shortly after that, and my 11th grade English teacher nearly loaded her pants when, in a discussion about which form was correct, I whipped out a pencil and diagrammed the sentence. (I was right, for the record.)
What makes diagramming useful, contrary to the detractions of other respondants to this post, is that it's not a drill; you have to think, in a structured way, about the form of the sentence. Language is immaculately structured, yet most students today don't even learn a subject from an object or a verb from an article until they're forced to in foreign language classes.
"Please, no grammatical errors," he prayed as he clicked the "Submit" button.
Build yourself a couple of Thermal Cubes ($3.50 - $5.00 each), and connect them to a box running Nagios (which you should be running anyway). Hey presto, temperature monitoring. And you get to play with soldering irons at work, which can be great fun if you act secretive and mutter about overclocking.
I wonder which way this will effect the MS reputation?
Here, I'll write the first line of their press release for them: "Microsoft (MSFT) has spent over half a billion dollars this year fighting spyware,...."
When implementing SPF, you have to make sure that all systems authorized to send mail from your domain are listed. In other words, if it doesn't come from "mail.earthlink.net," SPF will reject it.
In Finnish (and probably a few other languages), there are two words for "or": one that expects a yes/no answer, and one that expects a choice. So that joke, much to my chagrin, doesn't work in Finnish.
Slow down there, Mr. User Friendly! You think that Opera would *win* if it broke more websites for its users? Your key element of design is, "It Doesn't Work, so complain"? Here's some advice: don't apply for a job at Apple any time soon.
In case you didn't notice, it's not a problem for Opera users. (Or much of a problem for Firefox or Safari users who know how to change how their browsers self-identify.)
Absolutely! If the figures are wrong, I mean, why bother to correct them? Accounting for all variables is just academic bullshit, right? Flaws in research are like flaws in the Bible -- they don't exist, and should never be pointed out, either.
Ugh. Not a single goddamn duck in sight. What, do you think I'm some queer pervert who likes looking at the giant, throbbing, pendulous members of sailors? That's sick!
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Anyhow, shouldn't the new planet be named after a Roman god or goddess? I mean, let's choose a naming scheme and stick with it, people.
Mine don't tend to look terribly different. But, as nasty as that is, it's not brittle.
Maybe Debian is brittle -- I highly doubt it -- but when I want to add something to my SuSE box that isn't pre-packaged, it's perhaps more difficult than popping open YaST and clicking around, but I haven't had the experiences you have. I rather prefer to roll my own copies of a lot of big software -- Apache, MySQL, PHP, Samba, and others come readily to mind. Usually, I find that it goes very well. I honestly can't recall the last time it took me anywhere near an hour to compile and install anything on Linux.
Ironically -- although this might be what Taylor is talking about -- I *do* find that I have difficulty installing proprietary software on Linux. Although it tries to hold your hand more, it frequently fails to Do The Right Thing, IMHO.
Furthermore, even if Andrew's experience is more typical than mine, it doesn't mean that Taylor was right. Taylor's claiming that installing non-prepackaged software breaks *other* stuff; that's patently false. A difficult system (what Andrew is claiming Linux can be) is very very different from a brittle system (what Taylor is claiming it is). Solaris is, IMHO, a very difficult system to install stuff on -- at least, stuff that's not prepackaged from Sun or SunFreware. Some of the other Unixes, like AIX and Tru64, are even more so. That doesn't make them brittle.
A brittle system is one where, say, installing a service pack breaks compatibility with many network services and programs. But, as many other posters have pointed out, that is much more descriptive of certain OS's whose names begin with a "w" and end with an "indows."
AIDE rocks! It's easy to configure and has great payoff.
From the stop-listening-to-this-dumb-fuck-department. Seriously, does anyone think Dvorak is anything but a troll? Anyone? Buehler? Buehler?
Weighted grades suck. While they encourage people to take more difficult classes, they also encourage people to eschew electives and anything that doesn't have a AP/IB equivalent, such as foreign language at most schools. In order to get the highest grade under the traditional system, you take the classes you need to graduate, plus those you want to take, and work to get all A's. You take AP classes for the reward of college credit. Under the weighted system, though, to get the highest grade you should take the minimum number of classes possible to graduate, which means two years (or less) of foreign language, no band, no CS classes, and, if you can get away with it, no PE. Grade weighting encourages single-minded pursuit of the magic A, not well-rounded citizens.
What makes diagramming useful, contrary to the detractions of other respondants to this post, is that it's not a drill; you have to think, in a structured way, about the form of the sentence. Language is immaculately structured, yet most students today don't even learn a subject from an object or a verb from an article until they're forced to in foreign language classes.
"Please, no grammatical errors," he prayed as he clicked the "Submit" button.
There's porn on the intertron? Holy crap! Why didn't anyone tell me?
Build yourself a couple of Thermal Cubes ($3.50 - $5.00 each), and connect them to a box running Nagios (which you should be running anyway). Hey presto, temperature monitoring. And you get to play with soldering irons at work, which can be great fun if you act secretive and mutter about overclocking.
The forecast for today: Fiery hot.
When implementing SPF, you have to make sure that all systems authorized to send mail from your domain are listed. In other words, if it doesn't come from "mail.earthlink.net," SPF will reject it.
Special features to interact with Exchange and/or Outlook.
There's a guy in my neighborhood with the simple licence plate: "ROOT". I have to wonder if he's a geek, or maybe a botanist or something.
In Finnish (and probably a few other languages), there are two words for "or": one that expects a yes/no answer, and one that expects a choice. So that joke, much to my chagrin, doesn't work in Finnish.
A: "What's new?"
B: "Frequency."
Sounds like a bitchin' game -- when can I buy it?!?
That didn't come out as funny as I planned it. In fact, now that I've written it down, it's awfully frightening.
That's the best Soviet Russia joke I've read in a long time. Wish I had mod points.
In case you didn't notice, it's not a problem for Opera users. (Or much of a problem for Firefox or Safari users who know how to change how their browsers self-identify.)
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why Opera self-identifies as IE: Fully 3% of the sites they tested turned away non-IE users without even trying.
Retard.
Hah, at first I thought it was a search engine for Latina women.
Ugh. Not a single goddamn duck in sight. What, do you think I'm some queer pervert who likes looking at the giant, throbbing, pendulous members of sailors? That's sick!