I understand your point about reducing animal suffering, but the picture you paint in regards to "horrific factory farms" is not quite on the money. Well at least from my experience.
I live on acreage and have a small farm - we have our own chooks (chickens for those not used to Australian slang) and grow goats for meat. Our neighbors (larger properties in the range of 5000 - 20000 acres) are growing beef, lamb and running dairies. Basically It is not in the farmers interest to have his animals suffer as this leads to reduced productivity eg weight gain per day, reduced milk output or reduced or weakened wool clip. Abusing your stock directly effects your businesses bottom line and the quality of your produce and therefore most farmers i know want their animals to be as happy and healthy in the paddock as possible and not have to pump them full of antibiotics or growth accelerators.
Just my two cents.
Have a small goat farm myself, goats are better browsers than grazers and tend to excel at clearning properties of weeds - Blackberry and that.
Wouldnt use them for mowing though - always eat the stuff you dont want them to eat.
To be honest goats are bastards with the fences either jumping over or pushing under - sheep in my experience are a easier.
Tried compiling this on a HP DL360 G5 - Debian Etch today, seems to be an issue with the make modules not actually making the modules. Have found a web reference for the same issue with v2.6.22. Ended up backtracking kernel versions to something a little more stable.
Sounds like a human resources department trying to justify their existence by putting in place a warm and fuzzy voting scheme. You dont get what you voted for but you still feel loved cos you got some cute named currency type thing
It may not happen in the short term, but.. I do know that i used to use Red Hat for various purposes and when they changed to a corporate focus felt more than a little "ditched" as a customer. I did use to purchase Boxed sets and have been on a few of their training courses in the past.
Subsequently i have changed most the servers i take care of to Debian, and on the desktop I use Ubuntu.
That being said I have no reason to look from Debian to ubuntu in the server space but newer Linux admins may find it appropriate.
I dont know if any one else feels the same way - but to me my main concern is government database consolodation. These id cards are supposed to be the be all and end all in identification. The way things currently stand is various government departments have their own record keeping - which is spread across various different platforms. There is already a certain amount of government department sharing of information which currently takes place. But essentially each department has its own records.
Now think of identity theft, the way things currently stand to open a bank account, take out a home loan etc etc you must provide what they call 100 points of identification. These can take the form of drivers license, credit cards, bank statements, phone bills, etc etc.
Each form of identification is worth so many points, for example drivers license is 50 points, credit card 20 points bank statement 10 points etc etc. So you have to total up the forms of ID to 100 points.
Now to "steal someones identity" you currently have to have records from a number of different "institutions" each with their own record keeping system (read database) and whilst it is still possible to do it is significantly harder to do simply due to the number of "institutions" that you need to obtain those records from.
If we use an ID card/smart card, i would envisage that this would be like a drivers license and worth around 50, if not 100 points. This in my view significantly lowers the barrier for identity theft. As only one or two forms of identification are required. And the RTA (nsw road transit authority) has been known to stuff up in giving licenses in the past doesnt inspire a lot of confidence.
The next thing is where the smart card databases are kept, who has access to them, and what sort of recourse do you have in the case that the database holds the incorrect information or your identity has been "stolen".
Dont think that it wont happen, there has never been an ID system in Australia - and i would doubt anywhere in the world that cant be abused or compromised in some way. My main concern now is that they are saying that this is going to help in the fight on Terrorism and for the life of me i cant see how it will.
My final point is that if these cards do have RFID - wont this be a boon to advsertisers. Can you imagine going through the checkout at Coles or Woollies and having a RFID scanner read your card (while it is in your wallet or purse) possibly reading any medical conditions you may or may not have, financial information such as tax bracket or whatever and targetting advertising at you accordingly ?
The technology might not be there now but think about it - if you were walking round a shopping centre, LCD displays advertising could read peoples RFID tags as they are walking by and play targetted commercials for those people who's card it has read.
Sorry this may seem all a bit "big brotherish" but just some ideas that i have had about this card system.
I use thunderbird exclusively and get around 200 emails a day, as an imap client it suits my needs down to the ground. What functionality of Outlook 2003 do you miss ?
Think the "almost certainly the case" is going a bit far. You can never be 100 % certain that your machine has not been compromised, no matter what the OS, and just because there are no "published to the masses" exploits does not mean that there are no exploits.
The company i sysadmin for is quite open to linux ( most of our servers are linux servers) and we are looking for a linux/opensource replacement for an aging exchange server. Have seen openexchange which has an outlook connector ( people just wont live without Outlook)
Guess my question is have you seen others ? And if so what suggestions do you have for those?
Have been using Debian 3 + Ubuntu warty and hedgehog , mdk 9.2 through to 10.1 in duel boot situations and never had them hose an xp installation. I remember that a fedora core 2 i believe release did do that, but it is by no means a general linux problem.
Im sorry - where was it in the Debian project guidelines that it wanted to be the latest and greatest desktop OS ?
User the right distro for the right job, Debian is an awesome server OS. When you have a distro that changes every six months and only provides updates for 18 months "IT DOES NOT CUT IT AS A SERVER OS"
As i said, right distro for the right job - if you want a flashy new desktop and cutting edge stuff - go run Fedora or Mandrake or something like that.
Myself, I use Mandrake on my laptop here at work because the gui interface is sometimes necessary. But in the server room desktops are irrelevant!
Your right there - have looked at the American version of democracy over the last few years and have come to the conclusion myself that they are far from the free'est nation in the world. Its more like you can only have freedom if you have the money to buy it!
Hmmm tried that last night validating the files - but i must admit that i did it through the menu options and not as the url. Still dont work now so am slightly pissed. Will try the url method tonight.
I mean really guys - this is just so obviously wrong
Balmer must be sitting up there in his office today laughing - lets see just how much we can wind up the geek community. See them frothing at the mouth over at slashdot!
The article suggests pre rego - SMH are introducing it but at this stage you can still get to the article by clicking on the link at the bottom of the page!
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I understand your point about reducing animal suffering, but the picture you paint in regards to "horrific factory farms" is not quite on the money. Well at least from my experience. I live on acreage and have a small farm - we have our own chooks (chickens for those not used to Australian slang) and grow goats for meat. Our neighbors (larger properties in the range of 5000 - 20000 acres) are growing beef, lamb and running dairies. Basically It is not in the farmers interest to have his animals suffer as this leads to reduced productivity eg weight gain per day, reduced milk output or reduced or weakened wool clip. Abusing your stock directly effects your businesses bottom line and the quality of your produce and therefore most farmers i know want their animals to be as happy and healthy in the paddock as possible and not have to pump them full of antibiotics or growth accelerators. Just my two cents.
Have a small goat farm myself, goats are better browsers than grazers and tend to excel at clearning properties of weeds - Blackberry and that. Wouldnt use them for mowing though - always eat the stuff you dont want them to eat. To be honest goats are bastards with the fences either jumping over or pushing under - sheep in my experience are a easier.
Tried compiling this on a HP DL360 G5 - Debian Etch today, seems to be an issue with the make modules not actually making the modules. Have found a web reference for the same issue with v2.6.22. Ended up backtracking kernel versions to something a little more stable.
Sounds like a human resources department trying to justify their existence by putting in place a warm and fuzzy voting scheme. You dont get what you voted for but you still feel loved cos you got some cute named currency type thing
It may not happen in the short term, but .. I do know that i used to use Red Hat for various purposes and when they changed to a corporate focus felt more than a little "ditched" as a customer. I did use to purchase Boxed sets and have been on a few of their training courses in the past.
Subsequently i have changed most the servers i take care of to Debian, and on the desktop I use Ubuntu.
That being said I have no reason to look from Debian to ubuntu in the server space but newer Linux admins may find it appropriate.
Hehehehehe Your right though!!
I dont know if any one else feels the same way - but to me my main concern is government database consolodation. These id cards are supposed to be the be all and end all in identification. The way things currently stand is various government departments have their own record keeping - which is spread across various different platforms. There is already a certain amount of government department sharing of information which currently takes place.
But essentially each department has its own records.
Now think of identity theft, the way things currently stand to open a bank account, take out a home loan etc etc you must provide what they call 100 points of identification. These can take the form of drivers license, credit cards, bank statements, phone bills, etc etc.
Each form of identification is worth so many points, for example drivers license is 50 points, credit card 20 points bank statement 10 points etc etc. So you have to total up the forms of ID to 100 points.
Now to "steal someones identity" you currently have to have records from a number of different "institutions" each with their own record keeping system (read database) and whilst it is still possible to do it is significantly harder to do simply due to the number of "institutions" that you need to obtain those records from.
If we use an ID card/smart card, i would envisage that this would be like a drivers license and worth around 50, if not 100 points. This in my view significantly lowers the barrier for identity theft. As only one or two forms of identification are required. And the RTA (nsw road transit authority) has been known to stuff up in giving licenses in the past doesnt inspire a lot of confidence.
The next thing is where the smart card databases are kept, who has access to them, and what sort of recourse do you have in the case that the database holds the incorrect information or your identity has been "stolen".
Dont think that it wont happen, there has never been an ID system in Australia - and i would doubt anywhere in the world that cant be abused or compromised in some way. My main concern now is that they are saying that this is going to help in the fight on Terrorism and for the life of me i cant see how it will.
My final point is that if these cards do have RFID - wont this be a boon to advsertisers. Can you imagine going through the checkout at Coles or Woollies and having a RFID scanner read your card (while it is in your wallet or purse) possibly reading any medical conditions you may or may not have, financial information such as tax bracket or whatever and targetting advertising at you accordingly ?
The technology might not be there now but think about it - if you were walking round a shopping centre, LCD displays advertising could read peoples RFID tags as they are walking by and play targetted commercials for those people who's card it has read.
Sorry this may seem all a bit "big brotherish" but just some ideas that i have had about this card system.
They even got that wrong!
... it walked !
XP didnt run
hehehe
To me he sounds like someone who is doing his job as a system administrator
Hmmmm - did anyone else think when they looked at the screen shots that it looked remarkedly like some linux desktops?
what about those who dont use windows or have excel .....insensitive clod!!!
Tell me, what do you miss from Thunderbird ?
I use thunderbird exclusively and get around 200 emails a day, as an imap client it suits my needs down to the ground. What functionality of Outlook 2003 do you miss ?
Think the "almost certainly the case" is going a bit far. You can never be 100 % certain that your machine has not been compromised, no matter what the OS, and just because there are no "published to the masses" exploits does not mean that there are no exploits.
People are relatively happy with 2k
At the product EOL offer continued 2k support for a monthly fee - but not priced like their previous subscription attempts.
This would provde the stability that business requires and using the OS they desire.
The company i sysadmin for is quite open to linux ( most of our servers are linux servers) and we are looking for a linux/opensource replacement for an aging exchange server. Have seen openexchange which has an outlook connector ( people just wont live without Outlook)
Guess my question is have you seen others ? And if so what suggestions do you have for those?
Have been using Debian 3 + Ubuntu warty and hedgehog , mdk 9.2 through to 10.1 in duel boot situations and never had them hose an xp installation. I remember that a fedora core 2 i believe release did do that, but it is by no means a general linux problem.
Im sorry - where was it in the Debian project guidelines that it wanted to be the latest and greatest desktop OS ?
User the right distro for the right job, Debian is an awesome server OS. When you have a distro that changes every six months and only provides updates for 18 months "IT DOES NOT CUT IT AS A SERVER OS"
As i said, right distro for the right job - if you want a flashy new desktop and cutting edge stuff - go run Fedora or Mandrake or something like that.
Myself, I use Mandrake on my laptop here at work because the gui interface is sometimes necessary. But in the server room desktops are irrelevant!
Nah its not that its just all their draktools will now be changed to driva tools - sounds too much like Drivel to me :)
"Yes i am about to repartition my disk with this drivel tool" just doesnt sound right
Your right there - have looked at the American version of democracy over the last few years and have come to the conclusion myself that they are far from the free'est nation in the world. Its more like you can only have freedom if you have the money to buy it!
I was thinking more - would you like fries with that ?
Hmmm tried that last night validating the files - but i must admit that i did it through the menu options and not as the url. Still dont work now so am slightly pissed. Will try the url method tonight.
I mean really guys - this is just so obviously wrong
Balmer must be sitting up there in his office today laughing - lets see just how much we can wind up the geek community. See them frothing at the mouth over at slashdot!
oooh i just realised how sad i am!
i remember that episode and was thinking of it myself!!!!!
The article suggests pre rego - SMH are introducing it but at this stage you can still get to the article by clicking on the link at the bottom of the page!
For us its the stability!
and having the source. Pure and simple
The actualy licensing cost of MS software is pretty flexible when you have a bit of buying power.
But even though they may reduce the cost they dont come close on stability.