Would we think of Hitler as a brutal dictator if he had won WWII? Yes, he committed crimes against humanity, but to believe that the allied soldiers were much better is narrowminded, and foolish
I am certainly glad you retracted that statement. To compare a common soldier doing his or her duty to country is certainly nowhere close to the atrocities ordered by Hitler and his ilk.
I don't even view the (former) regular Iraqi army troops as being "evil." This doesn't apply to their corrupt leaders who were simply trying to maintain their power over a repressed people. Now, if a regular has joined up with the insurgents and thinks he is doing his duty by blowing up his own neighbors and countrymen then he has crossed the line. You simply cannot justify these actions. To suppose that driving out the US only to install another tyrannical government is OK depending on perspective is not a justification.
With regards to your retraction, no one is claiming that US soldiers had moral superiority over German, Japanese or Italian troops during WWII. That suggestion has never been made, in this conversation at least.
What I think you have done here is even worse then that though. Do not compare or equate regular soldiers with terrorists. Yes, these rebels in Iraq that want to restore a repressive regieme or install an even worse government are terrorists. If I was a common Iraqi citizen I would most certainly not want that to occur. So, I would think that the perspective from most US and Iraqi points of view would be the same on this issue. Certainly, if I were a common Iraqi citizen I would want the US to leave as soon as possible, but NOT before we were ready to deal with these insurgent thugs ourselves.
...how big is the difference between freedom fighters and terrorists? It only depends on perspective...
Rubbish!
Saddam Hussein, Hitler, and others were brutal dictators, imposing rule by torture and murder. Now you have indiscriminate bombings in Iraq by the guys (and their cronies & lackeys) who got booted out of the high positions they used to have--killing civilians daily. What do you think they are going to do if no one is around to stop them? What do you think they are going to do if the US pulls out of Iraq before the Iraqis themselves are ready to deal with these villains who want to bring back the "good old days?"
How big is the difference? Are you serious?
I'm betting the average Iraqi just wants to live a life without fear of getting blown up because he or she was in the wrong place at the wrong time. And, I'm pretty sure they do NOT want a return of the "good old days" under another repressive group of thugs who at a moments notice might decide your a troublemaker and make you disappear. Gee, I'm even going to wager they would like to enjoy those old fashioned notions of "..life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness..."
It's not the US vs. Iraq. That's just nonsense. It's Iraq and the US vs. those would enslave that nation again, given the chance.
Let me guess, I'm curious, you were born after the Cold War, right?
So how would you go about finding someone that wrote a dialer program and got people to install it? Sounds like a worm, doesn't it - how sucessful have we been in prosecuting people that release viruses and worms?
It's just the anonymous Internet at work. And with a little help of globalization and international banking.
But the billing company isn't anonymous. It's right here in the good ol' USA. That is the frustrating thing about the whole issue. My relative hasn't been the only one who's taken a hit from them. This company is all over the complaint sites. So far it seems they are doing just fine and no one has been able to stop them...
Running Linux is like owning a Lightsaber. It's "a more elegant weapon for a more civilized time."
Shouldn't that be:
"Running Linux is like owning a Lightsaber. It's 'an elegant weapon, for a more civilized age.'"
Other then that, I think you're absolutely right. Linux, prepackaged or build your own, it's certainly not as "clumsy or random as a blaster", err, I mean certain other proprietary OS. Hmm, can you imagine if someone created a monopoly on lightsabers? Can you picture the Jedi lining up at the local saber store to get the latest model? (It was supposed to be out years ago but this new Vista-saber does it all man! It must have been worth the wait. I hear it lets you change the color of your blade. Sweeeeet...)
Jabba's Sabers, Inc.--"We're your source for the Force!"
Unfortunately, Jedi mind tricks don't work on him and if you tried it you get to pay double! Yes, Jabba was pretty secure in his galactic-wide monopoly--until the Jedi learned to build their own lightsabers...
Identity Theft & Cyber-Fraud
A close relative was the recent victim of a stealth dialer. She got a phone bill in the thousands, with calls listed to all over the world. The phone co. took the charges off when it was explained to them. The company perpetrating scam was reported to the FBI but they said there was nothing they could do about it.
How can that be??
You are correct, IMO. Priorities are not being set correctly...
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Speaking of the FreeSBIE LiveCD (I think you meant to say PC-BSD), it does have a HDD install script after all. I didn't try it though, so who knows how well it works...
The only thing that (literally) kept me up last night with PC-BSD was my wireless keyboard & mouse--one would work, the other would not. It took me a little bit of trial and error to get that figured out. In the end, it was my own fault, and such a freakin' simple solution. It's embarrassing!
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Success! I have installed FreeBSD from the latest PC-BSD release and no dropping NIC problem. Everything is working as expected. I am currently typing this on my newly installed OS while it downloads the ports updates. Just a couple of notes for you:
It wants a primary partition to install into. I remember this from my previous trial run with PC-BSD so what I did was boot from Knoppix and ran cfdisk to create a new 11GB primary partition (hda3) from the end of the disk forward. This will let me continue to add logical partitions for more GNU/Linux installs.
Modified my grub.conf with the following:
title FreeBSD
root (hd0,2,a)
kernel/boot/loader
Modified my xorg.conf file with xorgconfig to get the display settings corrected for my E90f monitor (I like 1280x1024 but it was only going up to 1024x768)
The Michael David Install & Configure guide is even better then I thought! He's got a bunch of downloadable scripts that have made updating and working with the offical ports a cakewalk (and the scripts provide an easy template to follow when working with ports in the future).
Thanks to the PC-BSD folks and a nice outline from Mr. David, I am set with FreeBSD and all kinds of options to work with--all virtually pain-free!
There's nothing like doing to actually learn new things. In fact it's about the only learning methodology that really works for me.
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Nice review.
Some problems I found were that the bootloader doesn't play well with existing systems.
I didn't have any difficulty with it conflicting with my existing Windoze & multiple GNU/Linux installs with GRUB. I just added an entry for PC-BSD and it was fine.
My problem with a previous release of PC-BSD was getting my RTL8169 NIC to stay up. It kept dropping. I've never seen this happening under any of my GNU/Linux OS. I didn't have a chance to figure out the problem because I had to nuke the partition the OS was sitting on (I needed the drive space to build some huge image file or something).
I am hoping that this next installation of PC-BSD will solve the interface issue. If not, I will google until it's fixed.;-)
PC-BSD at least lets me get to a point where I have something to learn on, all my other attempts to install FreeBSD were just annoying.
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I really really like FreeBSD, I just don't believe that installing it can be easy, as you say. Am i wrong?
Try it out. You will be pleasantly suprised I think. I know I was. I've given up on so many previous attempts at installing FreeBSD, I've lost count...
PC-BSD got me to a functioning desktop in no time. And the nice thing is, the ports system is there. You can use PC-BSD's packages or you can use the official FreeBSD ports. Very nice.
I've just downloaded the latest version via bittorrent last night and being the responsible type I am still seeding--give it a spin and tell us what you think.
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Joking aside, FreeBSD is a bit hard to install...
I think those days are over...
The PC-BSD project makes it a snap to install a functioning FreeBSD system. DistroWatch mentions a very nice step-by-step guide to installation process but really, you don't even need that if you are already handy at installing various GNU/Linux distros. (Although the guide does go into some custom configuration things that are useful/interesting.)
The torrent for PC-BSD is ready to roll, give it a try. Now there are no more excuses;-)
Slashdot should morph the Billgatus icon into Darth Vader or Emperor Palpatine. Since we will all soon (a relative term) know the power of the Longhorn-side:
As you can see, my young [FOSS Fanatic], your friends have failed. Now witness the firepower of this FULLY ARMED and OPERATIONAL [DRM technology]!--Emperor Palpatine
But there was still hope, after all:
"The more you tighten your grip... the more star systems will slip through your fingers."--Princess Leia
...The current US administration has demonstrated a great willingness to interfere in the affairs of foreign nations economically, legislatively and even militarily, essentially to further its own economic interests. This doesn't exactly engender trust on the part of those nationss' governments....
And precisely how has this affected the internet? The UN engenders more trust amongst the nations of the world in regards to maintaining the internet, how? The rest of the world jumped on our ship (you can try rewriting history but there would be no net today without the US), and we were happy to let them, now they want to take it over? Why? To provide better service? How? To impose restrictions and fees? To gain control and power? That seems much more likely.
Thanks, but I think we'll pass.
And, speaking of the UN, I think most of us in the USA would love to see them relocate say in France. See ya, and good luck ya'll...
This can't go untreated, or the GPL will lose it's merit IMHO.
What??
While I agree that those that infringe on the GPL should be pursued and prosecuted, I don't agree that "untreated" actions have any bearing on the validity of the GPL as a software copyright license.
From my vantage, there are two avenues for pursuing violators--one equals cash (as in lawyers), the other (in this case) equals exposing the truth (as you have indicated). As the article states numerous bloggers and others have pointed out that CherryOS is a blatant rip-off of the PearPC project. If the distributor had abided by the license (GPL) they could have packaged it under any name they wanted (barring trademark infringement) and sold it for whatever they wanted to... (providing they supply you the binary + the SOURCE code).
(If I may be redundant), as it is, they tried to sneak it under the GPL radar and market it as their own devise (device?), which is clearly and blatantly wrong, not to mention illegal.
However, and to the point: NOT challenging them in either of the two manners I have suggested does NOT in any way invalidate the legal strength of the GPL as a software license.
I totally reject the claim that the GPL has not been tested in court. As Eben Moglen says, it hasn't been 'tested' in court because the defendants have always known that they would lose.
To those who like to say there has never been a court test of the GPL, I have one simple thing to say: Don't blame me. I was perfectly happy to roll any time. It was the defendants who didn't want to do it. And when for ten solid years, people have turned down an opportunity to make a legal argument, guess what? It isn't any good.
The GPL has succeeded for the last decade... because it worked, not because it failed or was in doubt.
I agree with part of your statement. CherryOS was exposed by 'countless websites' and this had the appropriate effect. Nevertheless, the GPL is a solid license whether anyone sits on their butts (regarding infringement) or not.
The fact that its impossible to make it uncopyable without making it unlistenable won't stop them from trying.
True, they will never stop trying to control content by stifling technology and/or DRM. The more important issue right now is that this case will set precedent for the issue at hand: whether companies can be held liable for consumers using their products for illegal purposes--MGMs concession indicates that (as in the iPod) with regards to the technologies in question "...there were many perfectly lawful uses for it..."
MGM s iPod example did exactly what their proposed standard expressly doesn t do: it evaluated the legality of the invention based on the knowledge available to the inventor at the time, not from a post hoc perspective that asks how the invention is subsequently marketed or what business models later grow up around it.
With this contradictory position, I think it will make it much more difficult for MGM to make their case against Grokster--how can a company be held liable for a consumer using their product for illegal purposes. That blanket would smother virtually everyone. I mean, what product can't be turned and used in (illegal) ways that the manufacturer never dreamed of or intended?
If MGM were to win, it would crush innovation on all fronts. Any inventor/manufacturer/distributor could be sued.
For a hypothetical, how about a civil suit brought against a company by an individual following an assault: "Some guy whacked me over the head with a flashlight, I am going to sue Magnum-Flashlight Co. for all they're worth..."
MGM v. Grokster is reminiscent of the anti-gun lobby trying to put the put the onus on the gun manufacturers for crimes that people commit with their products.
So, even if one supposes that this contradiction would apply only to MGM, if it breaks their case it will set precedent in favor of technological advancement, and not media mogul control of culture.
Their model seems to be working very well for everyone involved--consumer, artist, distributor. I don't know that an artist would get rich just selling music on the site, but they get a lot more exposure that they probably would not have otherwise. And, getting 50% off of every sell is a far better deal for them then the conventional model, from all that I have ever read.
I've heard it said more then once in my own organization--and (condsidering what they ask of us) it hurts. Being viewed as the 'fat to be trimmed' from the budget is exactly the case every year. 'Are they really working?'... 'How do you know they are working?' [Look at all my tickets and multiply that by two, ye most highly exonerated & most noble PHB!]
So what happens? We have fewer field techs then ever before and we are expected to do more... much, much more. (The company is growing massively, but do we see the IT dept. expanding, uh... NO!)
I'm not just talking about expanding our regular tech duties: we supervise general contractors (and report back to the Real Estate department) on remodels and new developments. We are now 'Asset Protection', in charge of all aspects of the security systems. We're viewed as the 'eyes & ears' of the company [for the home office], whatever that is supposed to mean. The list goes on & on, but I won't bore you...
The simple fact (as it appears to me) is that if all the field techs walked out at the same time the company would probably... survive--but they would hurt very, very badly....
If the network team walked... they would simply die on the vine. No question.
SuSE has a customized LiveCD based on 9.2 with audio as the focus. It worked well on all the boxen I have booted it. You can find it here or on one of the mirrors.
I'm hoping they will release it as an installable distro at some point. The demo scripts worked great for patching different applications through jackd w/ ALSA. Very cool.
I suppose this is all going OT but here is an interesting bit from the article referenced in the next post that pertains somewhat to the topic at hand...
A better-established GCC competitor is Intel, whose compilers are recognized to be the gold standard for software running on x86 chips...
But in a curious twist, the very same compiler engineers at Intel also help with GCC. That's because GCC is a crucial tool to bring software to Intel's processors. For example,
Intel helped adapt GCC so it could produce software for its Itanium processor, Reinders said.
(Emphasis mine.)
Glad to see it all works out for the consumer.;-)
Now, the question for me is, what is the 64-bit processor of choice for todays servers? I know what my employers are implementing, but what about the rest of the world?
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I've been using IPCop w/ Cop+ for content filtering. I don't suppose m0n0wall would have an add-on to do the same?
I am certainly glad you retracted that statement. To compare a common soldier doing his or her duty to country is certainly nowhere close to the atrocities ordered by Hitler and his ilk.
I don't even view the (former) regular Iraqi army troops as being "evil." This doesn't apply to their corrupt leaders who were simply trying to maintain their power over a repressed people. Now, if a regular has joined up with the insurgents and thinks he is doing his duty by blowing up his own neighbors and countrymen then he has crossed the line. You simply cannot justify these actions. To suppose that driving out the US only to install another tyrannical government is OK depending on perspective is not a justification.
With regards to your retraction, no one is claiming that US soldiers had moral superiority over German, Japanese or Italian troops during WWII. That suggestion has never been made, in this conversation at least.
What I think you have done here is even worse then that though. Do not compare or equate regular soldiers with terrorists. Yes, these rebels in Iraq that want to restore a repressive regieme or install an even worse government are terrorists. If I was a common Iraqi citizen I would most certainly not want that to occur. So, I would think that the perspective from most US and Iraqi points of view would be the same on this issue. Certainly, if I were a common Iraqi citizen I would want the US to leave as soon as possible, but NOT before we were ready to deal with these insurgent thugs ourselves.
Rubbish!
Saddam Hussein, Hitler, and others were brutal dictators, imposing rule by torture and murder. Now you have indiscriminate bombings in Iraq by the guys (and their cronies & lackeys) who got booted out of the high positions they used to have--killing civilians daily. What do you think they are going to do if no one is around to stop them? What do you think they are going to do if the US pulls out of Iraq before the Iraqis themselves are ready to deal with these villains who want to bring back the "good old days?"
How big is the difference? Are you serious?
I'm betting the average Iraqi just wants to live a life without fear of getting blown up because he or she was in the wrong place at the wrong time. And, I'm pretty sure they do NOT want a return of the "good old days" under another repressive group of thugs who at a moments notice might decide your a troublemaker and make you disappear. Gee, I'm even going to wager they would like to enjoy those old fashioned notions of "..life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness..."
It's not the US vs. Iraq. That's just nonsense. It's Iraq and the US vs. those would enslave that nation again, given the chance.
Let me guess, I'm curious, you were born after the Cold War, right?
Shouldn't that be: ;-)
"Other than that..."?
"No light sabers for you, one year!" --Jabba the "We're the Source for your Force" Hutt
It's just the anonymous Internet at work. And with a little help of globalization and international banking.
But the billing company isn't anonymous. It's right here in the good ol' USA. That is the frustrating thing about the whole issue. My relative hasn't been the only one who's taken a hit from them. This company is all over the complaint sites. So far it seems they are doing just fine and no one has been able to stop them...
Shouldn't that be:
"Running Linux is like owning a Lightsaber. It's 'an elegant weapon, for a more civilized age.'"
Other then that, I think you're absolutely right. Linux, prepackaged or build your own, it's certainly not as "clumsy or random as a blaster", err, I mean certain other proprietary OS. Hmm, can you imagine if someone created a monopoly on lightsabers? Can you picture the Jedi lining up at the local saber store to get the latest model? (It was supposed to be out years ago but this new Vista-saber does it all man! It must have been worth the wait. I hear it lets you change the color of your blade. Sweeeeet...)
Jabba's Sabers, Inc.--"We're your source for the Force!"
Unfortunately, Jedi mind tricks don't work on him and if you tried it you get to pay double! Yes, Jabba was pretty secure in his galactic-wide monopoly--until the Jedi learned to build their own lightsabers...
Identity Theft & Cyber-Fraud
A close relative was the recent victim of a stealth dialer. She got a phone bill in the thousands, with calls listed to all over the world. The phone co. took the charges off when it was explained to them. The company perpetrating scam was reported to the FBI but they said there was nothing they could do about it.
How can that be??
You are correct, IMO. Priorities are not being set correctly...
The only thing that (literally) kept me up last night with PC-BSD was my wireless keyboard & mouse--one would work, the other would not. It took me a little bit of trial and error to get that figured out. In the end, it was my own fault, and such a freakin' simple solution. It's embarrassing!
The Michael David Install & Configure guide is even better then I thought! He's got a bunch of downloadable scripts that have made updating and working with the offical ports a cakewalk (and the scripts provide an easy template to follow when working with ports in the future).
Thanks to the PC-BSD folks and a nice outline from Mr. David, I am set with FreeBSD and all kinds of options to work with--all virtually pain-free!
There's nothing like doing to actually learn new things. In fact it's about the only learning methodology that really works for me.
Some problems I found were that the bootloader doesn't play well with existing systems.
I didn't have any difficulty with it conflicting with my existing Windoze & multiple GNU/Linux installs with GRUB. I just added an entry for PC-BSD and it was fine.
My problem with a previous release of PC-BSD was getting my RTL8169 NIC to stay up. It kept dropping. I've never seen this happening under any of my GNU/Linux OS. I didn't have a chance to figure out the problem because I had to nuke the partition the OS was sitting on (I needed the drive space to build some huge image file or something).
I am hoping that this next installation of PC-BSD will solve the interface issue. If not, I will google until it's fixed. ;-)
PC-BSD at least lets me get to a point where I have something to learn on, all my other attempts to install FreeBSD were just annoying.
Try it out. You will be pleasantly suprised I think. I know I was. I've given up on so many previous attempts at installing FreeBSD, I've lost count...
PC-BSD got me to a functioning desktop in no time. And the nice thing is, the ports system is there. You can use PC-BSD's packages or you can use the official FreeBSD ports. Very nice.
I've just downloaded the latest version via bittorrent last night and being the responsible type I am still seeding--give it a spin and tell us what you think.
I think those days are over...
The PC-BSD project makes it a snap to install a functioning FreeBSD system. DistroWatch mentions a very nice step-by-step guide to installation process but really, you don't even need that if you are already handy at installing various GNU/Linux distros. (Although the guide does go into some custom configuration things that are useful/interesting.)
The torrent for PC-BSD is ready to roll, give it a try. Now there are no more excuses ;-)
Ah, of course, the wonderful world of "plausible deniability". Who'd of thought sco would resort to such a thing?
Slashdot should morph the Billgatus icon into Darth Vader or Emperor Palpatine. Since we will all soon (a relative term) know the power of the Longhorn-side:
As you can see, my young [FOSS Fanatic], your friends have failed. Now witness the firepower of this FULLY ARMED and OPERATIONAL [DRM technology]!--Emperor Palpatine
But there was still hope, after all:
"The more you tighten your grip... the more star systems will slip through your fingers."--Princess Leia
May the FOSS be with you!
And precisely how has this affected the internet? The UN engenders more trust amongst the nations of the world in regards to maintaining the internet, how? The rest of the world jumped on our ship (you can try rewriting history but there would be no net today without the US), and we were happy to let them, now they want to take it over? Why? To provide better service? How? To impose restrictions and fees? To gain control and power? That seems much more likely.
Thanks, but I think we'll pass.
And, speaking of the UN, I think most of us in the USA would love to see them relocate say in France. See ya, and good luck ya'll...
This is just a BSD v. Linux rant that has spilled over into a mainstream business mag. Big deal...
"Oppps" ...oh?! Hey?! Anybody surprised?
"Sue 'em All!"
chron...
Sometimes the most obvious solutions are overlooked until someone shows you a picture...
;-)
Quick, someone tell this guy to apply for a patent!
What??
While I agree that those that infringe on the GPL should be pursued and prosecuted, I don't agree that "untreated" actions have any bearing on the validity of the GPL as a software copyright license.
From my vantage, there are two avenues for pursuing violators--one equals cash (as in lawyers), the other (in this case) equals exposing the truth (as you have indicated). As the article states numerous bloggers and others have pointed out that CherryOS is a blatant rip-off of the PearPC project. If the distributor had abided by the license (GPL) they could have packaged it under any name they wanted (barring trademark infringement) and sold it for whatever they wanted to... (providing they supply you the binary + the SOURCE code).
(If I may be redundant), as it is, they tried to sneak it under the GPL radar and market it as their own devise (device?), which is clearly and blatantly wrong, not to mention illegal.
However, and to the point: NOT challenging them in either of the two manners I have suggested does NOT in any way invalidate the legal strength of the GPL as a software license.
I totally reject the claim that the GPL has not been tested in court. As Eben Moglen says, it hasn't been 'tested' in court because the defendants have always known that they would lose.
I agree with part of your statement. CherryOS was exposed by 'countless websites' and this had the appropriate effect. Nevertheless, the GPL is a solid license whether anyone sits on their butts (regarding infringement) or not.
True, they will never stop trying to control content by stifling technology and/or DRM. The more important issue right now is that this case will set precedent for the issue at hand: whether companies can be held liable for consumers using their products for illegal purposes--MGMs concession indicates that (as in the iPod) with regards to the technologies in question "...there were many perfectly lawful uses for it..."
With this contradictory position, I think it will make it much more difficult for MGM to make their case against Grokster--how can a company be held liable for a consumer using their product for illegal purposes. That blanket would smother virtually everyone. I mean, what product can't be turned and used in (illegal) ways that the manufacturer never dreamed of or intended?
If MGM were to win, it would crush innovation on all fronts. Any inventor/manufacturer/distributor could be sued.
For a hypothetical, how about a civil suit brought against a company by an individual following an assault: "Some guy whacked me over the head with a flashlight, I am going to sue Magnum-Flashlight Co. for all they're worth..."
MGM v. Grokster is reminiscent of the anti-gun lobby trying to put the put the onus on the gun manufacturers for crimes that people commit with their products.
So, even if one supposes that this contradiction would apply only to MGM, if it breaks their case it will set precedent in favor of technological advancement, and not media mogul control of culture.
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No they can't, according to this article:
This is a very important point. They cannot have it both ways--whether they like it or not. They have let the proverbial cat out of the bag.
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Their model seems to be working very well for everyone involved--consumer, artist, distributor. I don't know that an artist would get rich just selling music on the site, but they get a lot more exposure that they probably would not have otherwise. And, getting 50% off of every sell is a far better deal for them then the conventional model, from all that I have ever read.
I've heard it said more then once in my own organization--and (condsidering what they ask of us) it hurts. Being viewed as the 'fat to be trimmed' from the budget is exactly the case every year. 'Are they really working?'... 'How do you know they are working?' [Look at all my tickets and multiply that by two, ye most highly exonerated & most noble PHB!]
So what happens? We have fewer field techs then ever before and we are expected to do more... much, much more. (The company is growing massively, but do we see the IT dept. expanding, uh... NO!)
I'm not just talking about expanding our regular tech duties: we supervise general contractors (and report back to the Real Estate department) on remodels and new developments. We are now 'Asset Protection', in charge of all aspects of the security systems. We're viewed as the 'eyes & ears' of the company [for the home office], whatever that is supposed to mean. The list goes on & on, but I won't bore you...
The simple fact (as it appears to me) is that if all the field techs walked out at the same time the company would probably... survive--but they would hurt very, very badly....
If the network team walked... they would simply die on the vine. No question.
I'm hoping they will release it as an installable distro at some point. The demo scripts worked great for patching different applications through jackd w/ ALSA. Very cool.
Hence the hype surrounding Novell shipping Xen in the next version of SuSE...
(Emphasis mine.)
Glad to see it all works out for the consumer. ;-)
Now, the question for me is, what is the 64-bit processor of choice for todays servers? I know what my employers are implementing, but what about the rest of the world?