For those considering a career at UPS: please first consider dealing smack or pimping out underaged runaways. It's a good deal more fulfilling.
I also worked for UPS. However, I worked as a programmer for them and I never touched a package.
I agree, you do not want to work for UPS.
In my last performance appraisal before I quit, my Project Leader wanted to give me a 5.4 (out of 6) but our Project Manager forced her to lower it to 4.8 because I did not work enough unpaid overtime.
Upper management does not understand that thinking about how to solve a problem is work. In their mind, if you are not typing, you are not working. Also, many do not value your job if it does not involve touching a package.
While I was working in Mahwah, NJ and Paramus, NJ, The nearby hubs would the IT department for volunteers to help delivering packages during the Christmas rush. If you did not volunteer they looked at you funny.
Actually I had a few more problems working there but the above is just a small example of the problems working for UPS.
What type of linux servers does it teach you to tune? From TFA: "The book is largely, though not completely, distribution neutral." That is, it should be generic enough to apply to nearly all Linux distros.
That's nice but it does't answer the question. If I wanted a book on Linux Operating System Tuning I would ask which distribution. However, I want to know what "type of server" it tunes... (db, www, file, etc...)
I wonder if ONSALE.com ever traded stock, because they sure flopped, then turned into newegg.com...
Yes, OnSale.com did trade publicly. I think the ticker was ONSL. It later merged with Egghead.com (which was the former brick & mortar Egghead Software chain) and changed the ticker symbol to EGGS and used the name Egghead.com. I know this because I lost a few thousand on this stock.
To the best of my knowledge, there is not a relationship between Onsale/Egghead and Newegg.
I don't think today's typical applications would run too well on 8-year-old hardware.
does the fact that you can remain compatible with today's applications and data on hardware that is almost a decade old, impede PC sales?
A Toshiba 233mHz Laptop is not almost a decade old. I bought a Pentium 90mhz in November of 2004 and the whopping 100mHz edition came out a few months later. A computer that is truly a decade old isn't going to have anything faster than a 133 or 166mHz first gen pentium.
Even using the articles's 233mHz computer look at some of the things you need to do to run at a semi-acceptable speed: DONT install an extra service pack Make sure your Windows installation CD isn't already "slipstreamed" with a service pack Keep the FAT file system during installation as opposed to the heavier and more secure NTFS filesystem disabling sound card makes sense because the drivers take up resources Remove LPT/printer port and the list at the article goes on & on...
Let's be realistic, instead of performing surgery and massive liposuction to windows exposing yourself to vulnerabilities that are patched but you don't have the memory to use, either stick with the older OS that came with the computer or do a basic linux install with a lightweight(in RAM) window manager.
Listen, you don't buy the entire collection to read. You buy it to impress others if you are vain. You put the books on your bookshelf so that guests to your house think you are cultured and well educated. I'll bet that Amazon already has people interested in it.
I don't mean to be heartless, but this is slashdot. Why are you posting this news here?
Slashdot is "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters."
This article has no nerd factor.
While it may matter to a few people in CA, It doesn't matter to me. Slashdot is a global community, not just California.
Reporting on Tsunamis is nothing more than sensationalism for a site like this. This article should definately be moderated as off-topic.
Which brings up a point. We moderate posts, we even moderate how other people moderate. Let's get the ability to moderate articles. This way we will stop getting "News for non-nerds. Stuff that doesn't matter."
People don't usually program in assembler anymore. The plumbing, bricklaying etc is done automagically.
That is part of the problem. With assembler, if you did not know how to program you were not going anywhere. Your programs had no chance of working.
Now, thanks to ide's and easier to understand languages, someone that does not know programing can slap something together and it may work occassionally. They then call themselves a programmer even though they are idiots. A good progammer still uses logic and good design in his/her programs.
While the tools let idiots think they understand programming; the end results proove that they don't.
He's previously said that the film will feature a whole new cast and ship
What this really means is that they do not have to pay the cast as much money. All of the established Star Trek cast members have certain salary expectations now. By hiring unknowns for the cast Breman can pay them squat because of the instant name recognition that they will get in the scifi world after the movie even if it sucks.
If I try someone's product out (competitor or otherwise) and I think it sucks, what am I supposed to do? Give them a good old pat on the back, say "good job", and give them a thumbs up?
Personally I would not call Netscape a competitor. Netscape is more like a partner. Criticising their product is also criticising your own product.
It was the old netscape code that started the Mozilla foundation. Even if Netscape is no longer funding the Mozilla foundation it is still helping out by promoting their derivative work. By getting more Mozilla/Firefox based browsers out to the public more and more websites and web developers will be forced used more standards compliant coding. This will cause IE to lose its stranglehold and allow open-source browsers to level the playing field.
Also - a minor point, the $47 billion that MS apparently has, is not cash under the pillow. What it does have is a share value (not sure of terminology) of $47 billion.
Actually you are wrong. I do not know the exact figure but Microsoft does have $40-$50 Billion in cash.
The term you are looking for is Market Capitalization which is the value of outstanding shares of Microsoft multiplied by the current stock value. Current MSFT has a MarketCap of $278.5 Billion. Change in the Market cap is caused by change in M$ stock price. Investors cause the change, not the other way around. i.e. If investors are pleased with MSFT they bid the stock price up which raises the MarketCap; if investors are unhappy with MSFT the stock price goes down lowering the MarketCap.
I'd give them a couple of weeks paying that sort of fine before they implode under the weight of shareholders.
I doubt it. Microsoft has the option of playing by the rulles or paying a $5 Million fine/day. Retaining monopoly power and keeping competitors out of the marketplace is probably worth more to M$ than $5 million/day. Also, Microsoft will probably go to the courts and call the fine unreasonable. (even though I have no idea how successful this effort might be)
I use FireFox. I will not use IE. If a site does not work with Firefox(not too many sites are still like this) I will not use that site. That means no advertising revenue and no retail sales from me.
I admit I have to use IE for 3 webapps at work. One of these is developed and maintained by my group and we are currently in the process of making it browser neutral. Everything else I will use with Firefox. The difference is I am paying for using other sites (either by sales or ads). At work I am being paid to do what is necessary; I do not always have a choice in how I do it if I want to get paid.
Buy a Mac. Not cheaper, but it doesn't come with Windoze and lots of non-geeks know about it.
I agree, buying a Mac is another option; but you are still paying for an OS when you get a Mac. Using Macs and/or Linux will not increase M$'s sales, but neither contribute to piracy.
"We failed to meet our sales quota. It must be because of piracy" --- Quote by chicken little who was interviewed for this story.
Seriously, businesses think piracy is to blame for soft product sales, they fail to think of free and cheaper alternatives, lack of interest, or people that are fed up with their buggy crap that they pass off as software.
And then there is Micro$oft. In the US, almost every PC comes with their software. I doubt anyone other than a geek knows how to get a computer without the latest edition of WinBloat.
Microsoft has had so little piracy due to its exclusive deals with hardware vendors that it had to invent new methods of piracy. M$ has said that if you donate your old hardware to a school that you can't donate your software. Then M$ audits the schools for compliance. ($40 billion in cash and they still want to rape the educational system)
These regulations would ban non-Chinese firms from selling software to the Chinese government
I would think that this would hurt Microsoft. That fact alone make me support it.:) However; Everything over in China seems to be pirated so I fail to see how this makes a difference.
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You obviously don't know about the size of my p0rn collection.
If I get 2, I should have enough for backing up my entire p0rn collection and the 0.5MB of important documents I have.
I also worked for UPS. However, I worked as a programmer for them and I never touched a package.
I agree, you do not want to work for UPS.
Actually I had a few more problems working there but the above is just a small example of the problems working for UPS.
From TFA:
"The book is largely, though not completely, distribution neutral."
That is, it should be generic enough to apply to nearly all Linux distros.
That's nice but it does't answer the question. If I wanted a book on Linux Operating System Tuning I would ask which distribution. However, I want to know what "type of server" it tunes... (db, www, file, etc...)
Does the book go into details with database servers, file servers, web servers, and/or specific application servers.
What type of linux servers does it teach you to tune?
Yes, OnSale.com did trade publicly. I think the ticker was ONSL. It later merged with Egghead.com (which was the former brick & mortar Egghead Software chain) and changed the ticker symbol to EGGS and used the name Egghead.com. I know this because I lost a few thousand on this stock.
To the best of my knowledge, there is not a relationship between Onsale/Egghead and Newegg.
What? Do you think we are playing Civilization or something?
Also, the truth is, no capatilistic company wants to "cure" cancer. After all, they make a lot more money "treating" cancer.
Sorry, can't you read my mind over the net?
I meant to say Nov 1994 when it was top of the line...
does the fact that you can remain compatible with today's applications and data on hardware that is almost a decade old, impede PC sales?
A Toshiba 233mHz Laptop is not almost a decade old. I bought a Pentium 90mhz in November of 2004 and the whopping 100mHz edition came out a few months later. A computer that is truly a decade old isn't going to have anything faster than a 133 or 166mHz first gen pentium.
Even using the articles's 233mHz computer look at some of the things you need to do to run at a semi-acceptable speed:
DONT install an extra service pack
Make sure your Windows installation CD isn't already "slipstreamed" with a service pack
Keep the FAT file system during installation as opposed to the heavier and more secure NTFS filesystem
disabling sound card makes sense because the drivers take up resources
Remove LPT/printer port
and the list at the article goes on & on...
Let's be realistic, instead of performing surgery and massive liposuction to windows exposing yourself to vulnerabilities that are patched but you don't have the memory to use, either stick with the older OS that came with the computer or do a basic linux install with a lightweight(in RAM) window manager.
However, now I can't get the Ramones song out of my mind from the Stephen King Movie Pet Cemetary.
Full Lyrics here.
Listen, you don't buy the entire collection to read. You buy it to impress others if you are vain. You put the books on your bookshelf so that guests to your house think you are cultured and well educated. I'll bet that Amazon already has people interested in it.
Slashdot is "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters."
Reporting on Tsunamis is nothing more than sensationalism for a site like this. This article should definately be moderated as off-topic.
Which brings up a point. We moderate posts, we even moderate how other people moderate. Let's get the ability to moderate articles. This way we will stop getting "News for non-nerds. Stuff that doesn't matter."
How about that's about as likely as Dell buying AMD chips.
That is part of the problem. With assembler, if you did not know how to program you were not going anywhere. Your programs had no chance of working.
Now, thanks to ide's and easier to understand languages, someone that does not know programing can slap something together and it may work occassionally. They then call themselves a programmer even though they are idiots. A good progammer still uses logic and good design in his/her programs.
While the tools let idiots think they understand programming; the end results proove that they don't.
What this really means is that they do not have to pay the cast as much money. All of the established Star Trek cast members have certain salary expectations now. By hiring unknowns for the cast Breman can pay them squat because of the instant name recognition that they will get in the scifi world after the movie even if it sucks.
A flaw in Windows condemned 90% of the internet.
Personally I would not call Netscape a competitor. Netscape is more like a partner. Criticising their product is also criticising your own product.
It was the old netscape code that started the Mozilla foundation. Even if Netscape is no longer funding the Mozilla foundation it is still helping out by promoting their derivative work. By getting more Mozilla/Firefox based browsers out to the public more and more websites and web developers will be forced used more standards compliant coding. This will cause IE to lose its stranglehold and allow open-source browsers to level the playing field.
I would have hoped that these In soviet russia... jokes would have stopped.
Actually you are wrong. I do not know the exact figure but Microsoft does have $40-$50 Billion in cash.
The term you are looking for is Market Capitalization which is the value of outstanding shares of Microsoft multiplied by the current stock value. Current MSFT has a MarketCap of $278.5 Billion. Change in the Market cap is caused by change in M$ stock price. Investors cause the change, not the other way around. i.e. If investors are pleased with MSFT they bid the stock price up which raises the MarketCap; if investors are unhappy with MSFT the stock price goes down lowering the MarketCap.
I doubt it. Microsoft has the option of playing by the rulles or paying a $5 Million fine/day. Retaining monopoly power and keeping competitors out of the marketplace is probably worth more to M$ than $5 million/day. Also, Microsoft will probably go to the courts and call the fine unreasonable. (even though I have no idea how successful this effort might be)
I use FireFox. I will not use IE. If a site does not work with Firefox(not too many sites are still like this) I will not use that site. That means no advertising revenue and no retail sales from me.
I admit I have to use IE for 3 webapps at work. One of these is developed and maintained by my group and we are currently in the process of making it browser neutral. Everything else I will use with Firefox. The difference is I am paying for using other sites (either by sales or ads). At work I am being paid to do what is necessary; I do not always have a choice in how I do it if I want to get paid.
I agree, buying a Mac is another option; but you are still paying for an OS when you get a Mac. Using Macs and/or Linux will not increase M$'s sales, but neither contribute to piracy.
"We failed to meet our sales quota. It must be because of piracy" --- Quote by chicken little who was interviewed for this story.
Seriously, businesses think piracy is to blame for soft product sales, they fail to think of free and cheaper alternatives, lack of interest, or people that are fed up with their buggy crap that they pass off as software.
And then there is Micro$oft. In the US, almost every PC comes with their software. I doubt anyone other than a geek knows how to get a computer without the latest edition of WinBloat.
Microsoft has had so little piracy due to its exclusive deals with hardware vendors that it had to invent new methods of piracy. M$ has said that if you donate your old hardware to a school that you can't donate your software. Then M$ audits the schools for compliance. ($40 billion in cash and they still want to rape the educational system)
C'mon people, how can you argue when someone like Laura DiDio(t) is quoted. She has such high personal standards.
I would think that this would hurt Microsoft. That fact alone make me support it. :) However; Everything over in China seems to be pirated so I fail to see how this makes a difference.
But it was written on the internet; it has to be true...