I love how the same people who quote the bible, saw things like this, uh I don't know where cain could have gone? Humans have always survived in communities! When I saw always, I mean since we have existed. How about no man is an island? What is the point of family given your statement? It is a broken and anti human way of thinking.
was that if he could do anything to help new writers along, he looked at it as fair payback for his own good fortune. He believed in the ideas. This doesn't mean he wouldn't protect his own turf copyright wise, but don't forget the Robot City books which had this exact purpose. He was a good and generous person and so quickly judging this as a money grab isn't fair to his memory.
The only open source apps that have done well have a company supporting them. Unless they are a programmer's tool or application, like Apache, a C lib etc.. It takes a paid team to put up with end users:)
No one who thinks about others perceptions, would ever use that word in an online conversation,email, text, IM. That is the other half of the hard to find IT person, if he thinks that is going to be an ok way to communicate with business people, then maybe that is why he is so upset and out of work. Good people expect respect and reasonable conversation about logical points, not loud calls of BS! He did have some points and that is why I replied at all to his flamebait post.
And I am sure you would be a pleasure to work with!:) Other than your attitude, your ability to go out and read a book and learn, is in fact rare. I work for a company that does 100% telecommute BTW.. The problem as I see it is companies are indeed desperate to get bodies, so they hire people who have certs for the sake of being able to say they hired 40 new IT people and that should cover the load, when in fact it was more like hiring 4 really good people.
It isn't BS, and you should feel good about your abilities that way. I have seen the stacks of resumes and despaired at finding 3 good people to even interview. I can remember one time hiring for a web designer position. We hired a person who actuality had an online presence and portfolio to show us. He was one of about 5 people who had such a thing, out of about 250 applicants! I mean why on earth would anyone apply for a web designer job without at least hacking together one website to show? The reason we hired him, mainly was that, plus the other 4 people already had jobs by the time we contacted them.
Yet where I work, we can't find enough people. Why? So few are able to really learn on their own and most jobs these days are a mixture of tech. So if you are a DBA, you are instantly not qualified at a lot of places, if that is really all you are.
So since we are now in the business of moving information around, what need is there for IT? Is he kidding? Post Industrial also is another stupid term for service economy which is another way of saying the middle class is dieing because the jobs that supported it best are now overseas, but that is "ok" These are the clues I see to say this guy isn't worth listening to seriously.
How much would it cost you to send a text message without using any of their networks? I know that is the point, but the issue is that monopolies are ok now, when we have been told that the U.S. government will protect us from such bad things. I have no idea what the point of the AT&T break up was, maybe someone's wife cheated or didn't fix a race or something. This is the age old story of the rich lining the pockets of the rich and focusing on one related issue like this does little good.
Is that someone is making very major decisions about the software you run on your machine. If you are the normal Linux moron who only cares about Desktop BS(why in god's name dont you people just use Macs?) then you get upset about having to understand what is going on. I get upset when I have to fight over figuring out how to compile out the stupid mistakes people put in binary packages. This is why I greatly respect people who use BSDs or Slackware and always wonder a little about someone using Debian or Umbatu, do they know what they are doing? Or are they just playing at it because they think apt-get makes them UNIX gods. RedHat I think is a little different because at least they have a good business support system. Same goes for Solaris for the same reason. It is time for the Linux hobbist to find a new toy and quit trying to make a beautiful system into god damn Windows!
With everything going on seeing a post here about net neutrality makes me feel like I am a member of the NRA. Like this matters worth a spit at the moment.
Maybe he isn't such an idiot after all? I mean most of the BS going on these days with DNS is related to Linux morons who think they know what they are doing because they can get BIND running. It also accounts for a lot of outages and a lot of job security for said morons.
Hey I have an idea. Just call it a blade server, and say it is better than all of those single machines wasting all of that space and power. The Blade, the same old ideas recycled and done badly. And people who call themselves geeks don't even understand this. Thank you for your post. I came to the conclusion you have outlined myself, as I got excited about virtual computing and then realized it isn't so new. That note about being able to quickly balance or increase capacity is a very big one. The little server people have to keep hardware on hand or somehow find a vendor that actually has stock!
Can we just go ahead and ban this site from posts? Their gradient hurts my eyes and their articles are stupid sudo knowledge. Don't be too much of a geek, but watch Star Trek, give me a fing break.. And while we are at it, can we ban sites that pop an ad straight in your face on connect?!?!
Yeah, it isn't a spectator game at all. And it isn't always easy to just slash you way through either, otherwise no one would ever die. It is the only game besides Unreal Tournament xxxx that kept me going a long time.
The price of SUVs, how fast did that change? Then why act like using what energy resources we have is such a big hurdle? The often mentioned Carbon tax has been talked about as a way of shifting this balance between the traditional energy producers and newer systems. I didn't say those economic factors are trivial, but they are not insurmountable, given the stakes involved. Your reply is a good zinger, but has no worth beyond that.
Sounds like a power company talking. If it isn't a one stop solution, then how can we possibly keep control of it? Rather than, lets look at how we can build up a stronger society with bits and pieces. Just because there is a lack in one method of power generation in one location means it shouldn't be used in others? Centralization is good for everything says Soviet Russia.
That power is already there, however every once in a while it has to be redistributed a little. Would you like some of it? Or would you like it given to your "local" utility? That is exactly what happened during the great depression. The US government had to inject money into the economy by giving money to individuals. In Canada, the depression was quite a bit worse for longer because their government refused to give "charity" and doggedly stuck to maintaining a balanced budget. The spending that started due to WWII in Canada pretty much wiped out the depression in about 6 months. The US didn't completely recover until the war either, but most historians agree the US faired better than Canada which was close to revolution. Look up about the march from the west of 10,000 out of work men to Ottawa.
Making it cheap for backyard, solar panels, wind mills, and heat pumps. The cumulative effect of this widely distributed strategy will not only help solve the problem, but it will help to spread wealth around, not put it in the same place it has been going for decades. It isn't a pipe dream, many people on small bits of land are off the grid entirely. The main problem now is it is just too expensive. That is a factor that can be changed in a moment by a strong and admittedly brave federal government. Saying we need to drill more, or build more nuk plants that need to be torn down and buried after 50 years or less, isn't a brave choice, or a long term one. It sounds good to the same people who are making your energy prices high right now though and you are playing into their hands with your opinion.
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Yeah what a great guy. Interesting that he is pushing for a "solution" that only works with massive amounts of very centralized investment. I mean why would anyone want to encourage a wide range of smaller but much safer and more sustainable solutions? Solar, Wind, Geo, are only held back by the standard economic factors. Government intervention that leads to increased usage and production could solve that problem and reduce those costs almost overnight and the consumer wouldn't then have to be slave to yet another(or the same) energy masters.
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I love how the same people who quote the bible, saw things like this, uh I don't know where cain could have gone? Humans have always survived in communities! When I saw always, I mean since we have existed. How about no man is an island? What is the point of family given your statement? It is a broken and anti human way of thinking.
was that if he could do anything to help new writers along, he looked at it as fair payback for his own good fortune. He believed in the ideas. This doesn't mean he wouldn't protect his own turf copyright wise, but don't forget the Robot City books which had this exact purpose. He was a good and generous person and so quickly judging this as a money grab isn't fair to his memory.
The only open source apps that have done well have a company supporting them. Unless they are a programmer's tool or application, like Apache, a C lib etc.. It takes a paid team to put up with end users :)
Sure thing Wally, I won't say a word...
No one who thinks about others perceptions, would ever use that word in an online conversation,email, text, IM. That is the other half of the hard to find IT person, if he thinks that is going to be an ok way to communicate with business people, then maybe that is why he is so upset and out of work. Good people expect respect and reasonable conversation about logical points, not loud calls of BS! He did have some points and that is why I replied at all to his flamebait post.
And I am sure you would be a pleasure to work with! :) Other than your attitude, your ability to go out and read a book and learn, is in fact rare. I work for a company that does 100% telecommute BTW.. The problem as I see it is companies are indeed desperate to get bodies, so they hire people who have certs for the sake of being able to say they hired 40 new IT people and that should cover the load, when in fact it was more like hiring 4 really good people.
It isn't BS, and you should feel good about your abilities that way. I have seen the stacks of resumes and despaired at finding 3 good people to even interview. I can remember one time hiring for a web designer position. We hired a person who actuality had an online presence and portfolio to show us. He was one of about 5 people who had such a thing, out of about 250 applicants! I mean why on earth would anyone apply for a web designer job without at least hacking together one website to show? The reason we hired him, mainly was that, plus the other 4 people already had jobs by the time we contacted them.
Yet where I work, we can't find enough people. Why? So few are able to really learn on their own and most jobs these days are a mixture of tech. So if you are a DBA, you are instantly not qualified at a lot of places, if that is really all you are.
So since we are now in the business of moving information around, what need is there for IT? Is he kidding? Post Industrial also is another stupid term for service economy which is another way of saying the middle class is dieing because the jobs that supported it best are now overseas, but that is "ok" These are the clues I see to say this guy isn't worth listening to seriously.
ok raise hands, how many people wash, EVERY day. Ok, now how many people read Slashdot every day?
Stating the larger truth != doing nothing. Think on your statement again.
How much would it cost you to send a text message without using any of their networks? I know that is the point, but the issue is that monopolies are ok now, when we have been told that the U.S. government will protect us from such bad things. I have no idea what the point of the AT&T break up was, maybe someone's wife cheated or didn't fix a race or something. This is the age old story of the rich lining the pockets of the rich and focusing on one related issue like this does little good.
Is that someone is making very major decisions about the software you run on your machine. If you are the normal Linux moron who only cares about Desktop BS(why in god's name dont you people just use Macs?) then you get upset about having to understand what is going on. I get upset when I have to fight over figuring out how to compile out the stupid mistakes people put in binary packages. This is why I greatly respect people who use BSDs or Slackware and always wonder a little about someone using Debian or Umbatu, do they know what they are doing? Or are they just playing at it because they think apt-get makes them UNIX gods. RedHat I think is a little different because at least they have a good business support system. Same goes for Solaris for the same reason. It is time for the Linux hobbist to find a new toy and quit trying to make a beautiful system into god damn Windows!
With everything going on seeing a post here about net neutrality makes me feel like I am a member of the NRA. Like this matters worth a spit at the moment.
Maybe he isn't such an idiot after all? I mean most of the BS going on these days with DNS is related to Linux morons who think they know what they are doing because they can get BIND running. It also accounts for a lot of outages and a lot of job security for said morons.
Hey I have an idea. Just call it a blade server, and say it is better than all of those single machines wasting all of that space and power. The Blade, the same old ideas recycled and done badly. And people who call themselves geeks don't even understand this. Thank you for your post. I came to the conclusion you have outlined myself, as I got excited about virtual computing and then realized it isn't so new. That note about being able to quickly balance or increase capacity is a very big one. The little server people have to keep hardware on hand or somehow find a vendor that actually has stock!
of hearing about this crap... We are owned, and we are being more owned. Can't we just post pictures of some nice butterflies?
You can pretend that you are Dorthy if you like. I thought it was pretty good :)
Can we just go ahead and ban this site from posts? Their gradient hurts my eyes and their articles are stupid sudo knowledge. Don't be too much of a geek, but watch Star Trek, give me a fing break.. And while we are at it, can we ban sites that pop an ad straight in your face on connect?!?!
Yeah, it isn't a spectator game at all. And it isn't always easy to just slash you way through either, otherwise no one would ever die. It is the only game besides Unreal Tournament xxxx that kept me going a long time.
The price of SUVs, how fast did that change? Then why act like using what energy resources we have is such a big hurdle? The often mentioned Carbon tax has been talked about as a way of shifting this balance between the traditional energy producers and newer systems. I didn't say those economic factors are trivial, but they are not insurmountable, given the stakes involved. Your reply is a good zinger, but has no worth beyond that.
Sounds like a power company talking. If it isn't a one stop solution, then how can we possibly keep control of it? Rather than, lets look at how we can build up a stronger society with bits and pieces. Just because there is a lack in one method of power generation in one location means it shouldn't be used in others? Centralization is good for everything says Soviet Russia.
That power is already there, however every once in a while it has to be redistributed a little. Would you like some of it? Or would you like it given to your "local" utility? That is exactly what happened during the great depression. The US government had to inject money into the economy by giving money to individuals. In Canada, the depression was quite a bit worse for longer because their government refused to give "charity" and doggedly stuck to maintaining a balanced budget. The spending that started due to WWII in Canada pretty much wiped out the depression in about 6 months. The US didn't completely recover until the war either, but most historians agree the US faired better than Canada which was close to revolution. Look up about the march from the west of 10,000 out of work men to Ottawa.
I wish I could mod you up. That so often is the best solution, BALANCE! And I think in the end, the most healthy for our society and economy.
Making it cheap for backyard, solar panels, wind mills, and heat pumps. The cumulative effect of this widely distributed strategy will not only help solve the problem, but it will help to spread wealth around, not put it in the same place it has been going for decades. It isn't a pipe dream, many people on small bits of land are off the grid entirely. The main problem now is it is just too expensive. That is a factor that can be changed in a moment by a strong and admittedly brave federal government. Saying we need to drill more, or build more nuk plants that need to be torn down and buried after 50 years or less, isn't a brave choice, or a long term one. It sounds good to the same people who are making your energy prices high right now though and you are playing into their hands with your opinion.
Yeah what a great guy. Interesting that he is pushing for a "solution" that only works with massive amounts of very centralized investment. I mean why would anyone want to encourage a wide range of smaller but much safer and more sustainable solutions? Solar, Wind, Geo, are only held back by the standard economic factors. Government intervention that leads to increased usage and production could solve that problem and reduce those costs almost overnight and the consumer wouldn't then have to be slave to yet another(or the same) energy masters.