Re:You've yet to see station selling suitable fuel
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239 MPG Car
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Actually thats a wrong conception. I used to work for Ultramar Canada, also known as Valero Energy Corp. in the US. And when I worked there, I had asked the question to a few engineers, and all of them told me Diesel fuel is cleaner for the environment. So I asked why do trucks stink and shoot off so much smoke. I forgot what the answer was, but they did give me an answer which made sense at the time, and one of those engineers was my father.
Unfortunately, I don't have any URL to support my argument, so maybe some chemist or engineer can support me. But from my experience I know diesel produces less polution than regular gasoline. That's one of the reasons why most European cars run on diesel. In Europe, laws on car manufacturer and polution are a lot tougher than in America.
Instead of spending money on one of these, I prefer spending my spare time collecting old components and making use of them by bringing life back into old i386 and i486 computers.
I have a couple of these at home that I just hack around with and constant play around with different OSes (BSD and Linux).
Plus I usually learn something.
Dont... 1: Try and sound interesting in your Hobbies / Interests section, you'll just come across as a twat. Be honest. And DON'T mention Stanley Kubrick. Everyone does that!
I would agree, unless your hobbies/interests include computer related issues.
I disagree, if your hobbies includes sports or music (as in you play an instrument and not just listen) or learning sign language, I would definitely mention it. I mean as the employer, don't you want to get to know the employee. And as the employee don't you want to make sure they appreciate who you are? Otherwise, everyone will be disappointed.
In my interviews, I'm always honest about my hobbies and I never miss an opportunity to talk about other thing then network administration. The same goes for when I hire people, I'm always curious to know what the person I'm trying hire does besides work. This way I KNOW they got a mind and life of their own, and not just a robot that was trained to give the perfect picture.
Why Red Hat won't beat windows on the desktop
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Red Hat 8.0 Reviewed
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I'm kind of surprise no one has mentionned this before, especially with the number of sys admins reading this site.
For awhile now, I've seen lots of people saying they think this distro will make it to the desktop seen, and now RedHat 8.0 is aiming the "Business Desktop". I find it hard to believe that RedHat will accomplish that anytime soon.
I work as the systems administrator for my company, and let me tell you one thing about real companies, "THEY DON'T JUST USE MS OFFICE". Almost all major companies have some sort of ERP solution (Enterprise Resource Planning). Over at my company we use Lotus Notes, but some other companies use SAP, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards... Now you know what all these ERPs have in common? The user applcations are ALL BUILT FOR WINDOWS. Some of these companies, like mine, might run Linux (RH) on their servers, but I would never switch my users to linux just because RH 8.0 has a new cool UI with OpenOffice.
For linux to make it to the desktop seen, companies like Oracle, SAP, Lotus, PeopleSoft and JD Edwards will have to start supporting linux in a serious way. If they can provide apps that run on Linux and that can connect and properly function with the accounting system, the accounts receivable system, the inventory system, the CRM systems and so on, then Linux will be able and probably even beat windows in the desktop market.
But I don't see how that's going to happen. I've done lots of research on my part to try and find an ERP solution for my company that can run on linux. But I haven't found anything. Whether it be an OSS or proprietary solution, client-base or web base soltuion, I wasn't able to find anything with the power of SAP or any of these ERPs to run my company's Information System.
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Actually thats a wrong conception. I used to work for Ultramar Canada, also known as Valero Energy Corp. in the US. And when I worked there, I had asked the question to a few engineers, and all of them told me Diesel fuel is cleaner for the environment. So I asked why do trucks stink and shoot off so much smoke. I forgot what the answer was, but they did give me an answer which made sense at the time, and one of those engineers was my father.
Unfortunately, I don't have any URL to support my argument, so maybe some chemist or engineer can support me. But from my experience I know diesel produces less polution than regular gasoline. That's one of the reasons why most European cars run on diesel. In Europe, laws on car manufacturer and polution are a lot tougher than in America.
Now would M$ add windex to the list?
;-)
I mean it is a windows product
Not windex, windex!
Instead of spending money on one of these, I prefer spending my spare time collecting old components and making use of them by bringing life back into old i386 and i486 computers. I have a couple of these at home that I just hack around with and constant play around with different OSes (BSD and Linux). Plus I usually learn something.
Dont... 1: Try and sound interesting in your Hobbies / Interests section, you'll just come across as a twat. Be honest. And DON'T mention Stanley Kubrick. Everyone does that! I would agree, unless your hobbies/interests include computer related issues. I disagree, if your hobbies includes sports or music (as in you play an instrument and not just listen) or learning sign language, I would definitely mention it. I mean as the employer, don't you want to get to know the employee. And as the employee don't you want to make sure they appreciate who you are? Otherwise, everyone will be disappointed. In my interviews, I'm always honest about my hobbies and I never miss an opportunity to talk about other thing then network administration. The same goes for when I hire people, I'm always curious to know what the person I'm trying hire does besides work. This way I KNOW they got a mind and life of their own, and not just a robot that was trained to give the perfect picture.
I'm kind of surprise no one has mentionned this before, especially with the number of sys admins reading this site.
For awhile now, I've seen lots of people saying they think this distro will make it to the desktop seen, and now RedHat 8.0 is aiming the "Business Desktop". I find it hard to believe that RedHat will accomplish that anytime soon.
I work as the systems administrator for my company, and let me tell you one thing about real companies, "THEY DON'T JUST USE MS OFFICE". Almost all major companies have some sort of ERP solution (Enterprise Resource Planning). Over at my company we use Lotus Notes, but some other companies use SAP, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards... Now you know what all these ERPs have in common? The user applcations are ALL BUILT FOR WINDOWS. Some of these companies, like mine, might run Linux (RH) on their servers, but I would never switch my users to linux just because RH 8.0 has a new cool UI with OpenOffice.
For linux to make it to the desktop seen, companies like Oracle, SAP, Lotus, PeopleSoft and JD Edwards will have to start supporting linux in a serious way. If they can provide apps that run on Linux and that can connect and properly function with the accounting system, the accounts receivable system, the inventory system, the CRM systems and so on, then Linux will be able and probably even beat windows in the desktop market.
But I don't see how that's going to happen. I've done lots of research on my part to try and find an ERP solution for my company that can run on linux. But I haven't found anything. Whether it be an OSS or proprietary solution, client-base or web base soltuion, I wasn't able to find anything with the power of SAP or any of these ERPs to run my company's Information System.
If you do know of an application, let me know!