I graudated from RPI, thankfully the education and the friends I have made were great. The honorable Shirley Ann Jackson, the President of the school, has no care for the students. They have changed policies without any input from the students as well ass-raping each one of us for more money. The school is located in the biggest dump of a town I have ever seen and the schools idea of campus life is just ignorant.
I have noticed at colleges across the country students consume alcohol, listen to loud music, and try to be entertained when they aren't being stressed trying to become engineers and what not. For a school to try and stop all of that as well as changing schedules to keep people at a miserable campus make no sense. To not allow seniors who went on co-op for a semester to not walk with their class during graduation is irresponsible. To tell me that I don't even need a computer if I come to RPI and then the next year make a mandatory laptop policy baffles my mind.
Did I mention classes? TAs that don't speak english, required classes in my major that are locked out every semester. No actual real professors for my CS classes (just grad or visiting profs.) No "real" CS building (in a tech school, largest major outside of general engineering). Oh yeah.. and about selling out, RPI is the biggest money grubbing girl lacking sell out school there ever was.
But I am writing this from my job that my CS degree did land (I graduated in May) so what the hell do I know.
Well I had tivo when I lived in my fraternity in college. I saved every Family guy episode and people would probably walk in and watch one like 3 or 4 times a day. I can't say how many times I have seen the same episodes but they never fail to make me laugh. Give me family guy or give me death, okay I didn't mean that. Just give me family guy.
I don't know about that, MS still has IIS and many people use IIS. Not to mention running WebSphere is a "cheap" solution for testing on an NT cluster.
You'd be surprised how many things Windows is used for. Not to mention exchange servers, file servers, print server, etc. etc.
I'll just add my 2 cents in here. Basically the people who love certain bands buy the music. That has been said all along. I had a friend who was insanely into Counting Crows. He would goto concerts, tape them on mini disc and listen to them in his free time. He had tons of bootleg tapes and things on that nature that he traded for with people at concerts. He naturally had every CD available as well as anything that had Counting Crows on it.
With the advent of MP3, I am sure he is a happier man. More Counting Crows stuff that he couldn't get his hands on. Just because he has a bootleg of some concert thats on tour does it mean he isn't going to go? Hell no, he'll be the first one in line. When the new CD comes out, guess who is sleeping at the music store overnight to grab one.
File sharing makes big fans into bigger fans. I may use file sharing to grab some mp3s of recent stuff on the radio once in a while, and those are CDs I would never buy, but if I wanted something really good I'd buy it.
This is going to be repeated millions of times over but yes, the RIAA is a bunch of dumb idiots that are living in their dinosaur land with a bunch of yes men that won't second guess them. Yeah you can bitch about it here, or anywhere else online, but they pay the politicians and the politicians make the rules. I wonder how many geeks there are out there that could actually make a difference in voting schemes? ahhh well enuf!
I may be moving there to head up business for a manufacturing firm mainly because costs are so low to produce products there and its driving them out of business here in the states.
I figure freedom and my overall enjoyment of life would be reduced, but I wonder how this will effect me? Lets get to the important issues, do they block battle.net? How about linux sites where I could download apps? How about running my web server in china, is that possible?
Also, no amount of flitering will ever get rid of what the web is really useful for, porn!
Oh wow this must be a new thing. Bullying the everyone against their ideas so they can keep making inflated profits like they used too? What big companies would do that? *COUGHENTERTAINMENTINDUSTRYCOUGH*
I wish more companies would take a look at the market change and see an opportunity to make more profits instead of seeing how they are losing profits now.
I just started a position at a Health Insurance company working on OS/390 Mainframe as an administrator for WebSphere Application Server on OS/390 + z/OS.
I am coming straight from college being only familiar with Linux, Windows, and the occasional Mac. I am grouped in a department of people that work on DB2, CICS, Top Secret, etc. etc. I got hired for my knowledge of Java and J2EE, but now the mainframe is starting to grow on me.
Since I have been unfamiliar with the Mainframe, I decided to get on the web and look for some info. I am happy to see some stuff about the Mainframe explaining it to people who were here after its time. I also went to a few classes, but those proved unproductive mainly because I was the only one who didn't remember card readers and punch cards.
What I can say about the mainframe is that they are impressive. They can run Linux and X apps if you want them too. Unix System Services allows you to run standard unix commands and programs, this is running within OS/390 or z/OS. I run WebSphere, and while its not exctly the same as its distributed couterpart, there are definate avantages to using a Mainframe and they are clearly seen by the work that I have been doing.
Think of it this way, if you were moving, distributed side of things would look like a bunch of minivans holding a little bit of your stuff. A Mainframe is a big ass 25 ft Mack truck that has all your crap with more than half the room to spare. Now those vans may be cheaper, but remember, you gotta get gas, oil changes, fix broken headlights etc. on each minivan. While the truck, you only got have to do it once.
Sorry for the long post, but I am the only 22 yr old I know entrenched in Mainframe work. I guess the dinosours are evolving huh?
Finally I pointed out that my (at that time) $4000 dual 200 mhz Pentium Pro was rated at much more than 60 MIPS. I don't think they quite comprehended this.
My understanding of MIPS is that its a useless term nowadays. But also I have the undertstanding that an instruction is a mainframe does more than an instruction in a PC. Don't ask me how, this was based on a training class I had being taught by someone. Basically an instruction on a Mainframe is the equivalent of 5 on the pc. (I guess they do different things)
On the surface a cluster of cheap PCs seems comprable to mainframe reliability, but the reality is managing a cluster is a lot tougher than managing a mainframe. In theory, a mainframe can look like a single point of failure system (if you ignore parrellel sysplex and LPARS), but the thing is, these machines don't fail.
I think you'll see more big organization go towards the host when they notice managing server farms and clusters is getting too big a job to handle.
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Let me begin with saying I do like Linux. I enjoy using it, and I see its advantages everywhere.
Now let me begin, most people here state that the statement offered above is wrong. From reading the article I see that that the total cost of ownership is in staffing smart people that understand Linux and can adminster it as well, if not better, than a windows admin can administer Windows. While Linux may not be point and click, and it offers a multitude of options, generally most IT professionals in the field have no freaking clue how to use it.
Not only that, but where do you send these people to get trained? There is no single Linux distro that is a "standard" and there is no single known place to get training. If you do find training, the costs of sending employees there is too much. Many people who know squat get certified in Windows Administration and then find some jobs at companies, with Linux there is a bit of a curve and less demand.
Lets also look at this in another way, say I wanted to change careers and get into the new latest fad of a business. Say I choose to get into day trading stocks (not different as people did a few years back) but didn't know where to begin. I am going to sign up with E-Trade or some online broker and begin trading. I am not going to open my own firm to day trade stocks. I am not saying Linux needs you to do everything, but for someone coming from a Windows enviornment, even the grep command is a bit much.
Tito spoke at my graduation at RPI and got an honarary degree. All for going to space.. good deal if you ask me, I had to drink beer and sleep for 4 years.
The Long Island Rail Road (The most commuted, commuter train in the US) goes a cool 50-60 mph. Who needs fast anyways, the new double deckers have a chicks voice talk to you with big seats and plugs for your laptop.
Besides, the drunks need the time to finish their 6 beers off before they get home to the wife and kids.
Have you checked out emusic [emusic.com] before? It's been around for years, $10/month unlimited downloads of their entire library. Sure, it's mostly indy labels & jazz, but it's a great service if that's mostly what you're into, anyways.
Thats the thing, mostly Indy. The only time I use P2P is when I hear something on the radio or MTV and I'd like to have it to play at my next party or make a mix CD with some of the latest music. When I want to listen to some beatles or something, I buy the CD, most p2p don't offer the "hard to find" singles. If the RIAA focused on making a napster service with current hits for say $5 a month, and having like a country subscription or rap for extra money, like $2 or $3 above the base subscription, people would adapt to it and be willing to pay.
I can easily download divx movies, but I choose to rent/buy DVDs, the same would go for music. Only if I had some money, I'd make my own label and take all these other fools out of business.
Back before the web was a household item, I used to have AOL and Prodigy. This was before mainstream web and after BBSes were cool. I was proably just entering high school at the time.
I remember my friends talking about entering the chatrooms and being able to download shareware and freeware games via AOL's and Prodigy's free downloads section. Now this seemed like a good service, and I subscribed. Once I got introduced to general internet access and ISPs, I obviously switched.
What I never did understand though was why AOL made a push for all web content. Before when I typed in a keyword it sent me to an AOL screen and offered AOL services under that keyword, now if you type in a keyword it sends you to a website. The browser that comes with aol is crappy, and the software is slow. I think this idea is a good one, and it adds value to AOL, but its too late now. AOL is something I can envision my father or my grandfather using if it offered everything in a similiar interface, some people enjoy the consitancy. The only difference between getting sports scores on AOL now and on the web is typing in www.espn.com instead of keyword: espn, I mean those extra 8 characters are not going to make me switch to aol.
With all these idiot execs I can't believe I'm not a millionaire.
I used to work near Bryant park and there are a bunch of restaurants in the area. I bet the next push will be advertisement via the web to wireless users. Heck they could even deliver to the park for you.
I can see it now, your browsing the web and listning to some performance on the stage in NYC while the traffic flows besides you and bam an ad for Mickey Dees pops up, or heck some dude delivers food on his bike based on your order from the park. Good deal.
Yeah the park is wireless, but inside theres no bugs or crazy people. What they need to do is make apartment building wireless and tenants just pay a fee to access and its all good.
I figure if an apartment sets up wireless and leases a T1 for the tenants, around 35 tenants sign up at $30/month, and your internet is payed for and high speed.. viva la resistance.
I honestly think the end all of mass p2p sharing would be if the record industry purchased a familiar interface (Napster), spruced it up a bit, and make simple searching, and downloading of high quality mp3s then p2p would end. That plus the added benefit of no spy ware, and a cheap cost, like $5/month, and I honestly think people would pay that and the music industry would make a ton of money.
What the RIAA wants to hold on to is the mega $$$ they are making by selling CDs without any added benefits (DVDs including music videos, extra tracks, etc. etc.) and keeping the same profits. Sorry guys, times change, even kodak realized traditional film and camera are no longer the money maker and they adapted. For a big successful business, these guys really have no clue.
Until some law is passed saying sending unsolicitaed advertisements through e-mail is illegal, spam is legitimattly okay to do in my mind.
Do I hate spam? Of course I do, its annoying to delete and sort through and it has gotten so bad some times I have needed to change e-mail addresses. My current solution is to have one primary email address and a SPAM address from a free e-mail server. Anything I register for on the web gets the SPAM address.
America's legal system works with people pushing the law. There would be no judicial branch in government if people did not stretch the limits of the law. Until them, getting unsolicitaed e-mail, phone calls, and mass mailing will occur. Personally I find mass mailings annoying as hell because I have to carry my junk mail, credit cards applications, coupon books, and newspapers up three flights of stairs which in turn fill my garbage which I need to bring down three flights for no apparent reason. Until it is outlawed, let the government fight the fight, I would think you would want the same rights as an individual, whether you make the decision to program for a living or make porn sites or be a police officer.
If your a personal user with one Windows License you will have to pay extra for support of your product, but most people in IT and other organizations which buy MANY licenses for a lot of money, they can get a lot of support just by calling up IBM and recieving an e-mail/phone response within a day.
Also if support is a problem, thats exactly what companies like red hat come in to fix, they support everything they distribute in their distribution. Not exactly free as in beer, but cheaper and your supporting a wide range of products now.
Thats a good statement, if they teach it in school kids will use it when they graduate. I remember using an apple macintosh 2e in school to code in BASIC. Mind you, this was a little under 5 years ago when I was in high school. Kids may learn something using open source at school, but Warcraft III is still running on Win2k at home.
Until--as the artical pointed out--the xBox is sold 2nd-hand to some completely inocent person.
Certinaly won't do the xBox reputation any good if people are finding they can't get on-line, and that there's nothing they can do about it.
Sure--as the artical says--you may be forced to by a new box, more cash for the vendors. But would you still want an xBox after all than? Maybe a Playstation would seem like a better option the 2nd time 'round. Atleast you know you want get banned from anything.
I am pretty sure no innocent person would find a modded X-Box for cheaper than a brand new one. If you buy an xBox with a mod, its because you specifically wanted it.
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I have noticed at colleges across the country students consume alcohol, listen to loud music, and try to be entertained when they aren't being stressed trying to become engineers and what not. For a school to try and stop all of that as well as changing schedules to keep people at a miserable campus make no sense. To not allow seniors who went on co-op for a semester to not walk with their class during graduation is irresponsible. To tell me that I don't even need a computer if I come to RPI and then the next year make a mandatory laptop policy baffles my mind.
Did I mention classes? TAs that don't speak english, required classes in my major that are locked out every semester. No actual real professors for my CS classes (just grad or visiting profs.) No "real" CS building (in a tech school, largest major outside of general engineering). Oh yeah.. and about selling out, RPI is the biggest money grubbing girl lacking sell out school there ever was.
But I am writing this from my job that my CS degree did land (I graduated in May) so what the hell do I know.
Well I had tivo when I lived in my fraternity in college. I saved every Family guy episode and people would probably walk in and watch one like 3 or 4 times a day. I can't say how many times I have seen the same episodes but they never fail to make me laugh. Give me family guy or give me death, okay I didn't mean that. Just give me family guy.
You'd be surprised how many things Windows is used for. Not to mention exchange servers, file servers, print server, etc. etc.
I WANT FAMILY GUY!!!
I'll just add my 2 cents in here. Basically the people who love certain bands buy the music. That has been said all along. I had a friend who was insanely into Counting Crows. He would goto concerts, tape them on mini disc and listen to them in his free time. He had tons of bootleg tapes and things on that nature that he traded for with people at concerts. He naturally had every CD available as well as anything that had Counting Crows on it.
With the advent of MP3, I am sure he is a happier man. More Counting Crows stuff that he couldn't get his hands on. Just because he has a bootleg of some concert thats on tour does it mean he isn't going to go? Hell no, he'll be the first one in line. When the new CD comes out, guess who is sleeping at the music store overnight to grab one.
File sharing makes big fans into bigger fans. I may use file sharing to grab some mp3s of recent stuff on the radio once in a while, and those are CDs I would never buy, but if I wanted something really good I'd buy it.
This is going to be repeated millions of times over but yes, the RIAA is a bunch of dumb idiots that are living in their dinosaur land with a bunch of yes men that won't second guess them. Yeah you can bitch about it here, or anywhere else online, but they pay the politicians and the politicians make the rules. I wonder how many geeks there are out there that could actually make a difference in voting schemes? ahhh well enuf!
I figure freedom and my overall enjoyment of life would be reduced, but I wonder how this will effect me? Lets get to the important issues, do they block battle.net? How about linux sites where I could download apps? How about running my web server in china, is that possible?
Also, no amount of flitering will ever get rid of what the web is really useful for, porn!
I wish more companies would take a look at the market change and see an opportunity to make more profits instead of seeing how they are losing profits now.
I am coming straight from college being only familiar with Linux, Windows, and the occasional Mac. I am grouped in a department of people that work on DB2, CICS, Top Secret, etc. etc. I got hired for my knowledge of Java and J2EE, but now the mainframe is starting to grow on me.
Since I have been unfamiliar with the Mainframe, I decided to get on the web and look for some info. I am happy to see some stuff about the Mainframe explaining it to people who were here after its time. I also went to a few classes, but those proved unproductive mainly because I was the only one who didn't remember card readers and punch cards.
What I can say about the mainframe is that they are impressive. They can run Linux and X apps if you want them too. Unix System Services allows you to run standard unix commands and programs, this is running within OS/390 or z/OS. I run WebSphere, and while its not exctly the same as its distributed couterpart, there are definate avantages to using a Mainframe and they are clearly seen by the work that I have been doing.
Think of it this way, if you were moving, distributed side of things would look like a bunch of minivans holding a little bit of your stuff. A Mainframe is a big ass 25 ft Mack truck that has all your crap with more than half the room to spare. Now those vans may be cheaper, but remember, you gotta get gas, oil changes, fix broken headlights etc. on each minivan. While the truck, you only got have to do it once.
Sorry for the long post, but I am the only 22 yr old I know entrenched in Mainframe work. I guess the dinosours are evolving huh?
My understanding of MIPS is that its a useless term nowadays. But also I have the undertstanding that an instruction is a mainframe does more than an instruction in a PC. Don't ask me how, this was based on a training class I had being taught by someone. Basically an instruction on a Mainframe is the equivalent of 5 on the pc. (I guess they do different things)
I think you'll see more big organization go towards the host when they notice managing server farms and clusters is getting too big a job to handle.
Now let me begin, most people here state that the statement offered above is wrong. From reading the article I see that that the total cost of ownership is in staffing smart people that understand Linux and can adminster it as well, if not better, than a windows admin can administer Windows. While Linux may not be point and click, and it offers a multitude of options, generally most IT professionals in the field have no freaking clue how to use it.
Not only that, but where do you send these people to get trained? There is no single Linux distro that is a "standard" and there is no single known place to get training. If you do find training, the costs of sending employees there is too much. Many people who know squat get certified in Windows Administration and then find some jobs at companies, with Linux there is a bit of a curve and less demand.
Lets also look at this in another way, say I wanted to change careers and get into the new latest fad of a business. Say I choose to get into day trading stocks (not different as people did a few years back) but didn't know where to begin. I am going to sign up with E-Trade or some online broker and begin trading. I am not going to open my own firm to day trade stocks. I am not saying Linux needs you to do everything, but for someone coming from a Windows enviornment, even the grep command is a bit much.
Tito spoke at my graduation at RPI and got an honarary degree. All for going to space.. good deal if you ask me, I had to drink beer and sleep for 4 years.
Besides, the drunks need the time to finish their 6 beers off before they get home to the wife and kids.
Thats the thing, mostly Indy. The only time I use P2P is when I hear something on the radio or MTV and I'd like to have it to play at my next party or make a mix CD with some of the latest music. When I want to listen to some beatles or something, I buy the CD, most p2p don't offer the "hard to find" singles. If the RIAA focused on making a napster service with current hits for say $5 a month, and having like a country subscription or rap for extra money, like $2 or $3 above the base subscription, people would adapt to it and be willing to pay.
I can easily download divx movies, but I choose to rent/buy DVDs, the same would go for music. Only if I had some money, I'd make my own label and take all these other fools out of business.
I remember my friends talking about entering the chatrooms and being able to download shareware and freeware games via AOL's and Prodigy's free downloads section. Now this seemed like a good service, and I subscribed. Once I got introduced to general internet access and ISPs, I obviously switched.
What I never did understand though was why AOL made a push for all web content. Before when I typed in a keyword it sent me to an AOL screen and offered AOL services under that keyword, now if you type in a keyword it sends you to a website. The browser that comes with aol is crappy, and the software is slow. I think this idea is a good one, and it adds value to AOL, but its too late now. AOL is something I can envision my father or my grandfather using if it offered everything in a similiar interface, some people enjoy the consitancy. The only difference between getting sports scores on AOL now and on the web is typing in www.espn.com instead of keyword: espn, I mean those extra 8 characters are not going to make me switch to aol.
With all these idiot execs I can't believe I'm not a millionaire.
I can see it now, your browsing the web and listning to some performance on the stage in NYC while the traffic flows besides you and bam an ad for Mickey Dees pops up, or heck some dude delivers food on his bike based on your order from the park. Good deal.
I figure if an apartment sets up wireless and leases a T1 for the tenants, around 35 tenants sign up at $30/month, and your internet is payed for and high speed.. viva la resistance.
What the RIAA wants to hold on to is the mega $$$ they are making by selling CDs without any added benefits (DVDs including music videos, extra tracks, etc. etc.) and keeping the same profits. Sorry guys, times change, even kodak realized traditional film and camera are no longer the money maker and they adapted. For a big successful business, these guys really have no clue.
Do I hate spam? Of course I do, its annoying to delete and sort through and it has gotten so bad some times I have needed to change e-mail addresses. My current solution is to have one primary email address and a SPAM address from a free e-mail server. Anything I register for on the web gets the SPAM address.
America's legal system works with people pushing the law. There would be no judicial branch in government if people did not stretch the limits of the law. Until them, getting unsolicitaed e-mail, phone calls, and mass mailing will occur. Personally I find mass mailings annoying as hell because I have to carry my junk mail, credit cards applications, coupon books, and newspapers up three flights of stairs which in turn fill my garbage which I need to bring down three flights for no apparent reason. Until it is outlawed, let the government fight the fight, I would think you would want the same rights as an individual, whether you make the decision to program for a living or make porn sites or be a police officer.
Maybe once Japan adopts Linux they can make some real movies instead of the paper mache godzilla and lego style cities.
If your a personal user with one Windows License you will have to pay extra for support of your product, but most people in IT and other organizations which buy MANY licenses for a lot of money, they can get a lot of support just by calling up IBM and recieving an e-mail/phone response within a day. Also if support is a problem, thats exactly what companies like red hat come in to fix, they support everything they distribute in their distribution. Not exactly free as in beer, but cheaper and your supporting a wide range of products now.
Thats a good statement, if they teach it in school kids will use it when they graduate. I remember using an apple macintosh 2e in school to code in BASIC. Mind you, this was a little under 5 years ago when I was in high school. Kids may learn something using open source at school, but Warcraft III is still running on Win2k at home.
Until--as the artical pointed out--the xBox is sold 2nd-hand to some completely inocent person. Certinaly won't do the xBox reputation any good if people are finding they can't get on-line, and that there's nothing they can do about it. Sure--as the artical says--you may be forced to by a new box, more cash for the vendors. But would you still want an xBox after all than? Maybe a Playstation would seem like a better option the 2nd time 'round. Atleast you know you want get banned from anything. I am pretty sure no innocent person would find a modded X-Box for cheaper than a brand new one. If you buy an xBox with a mod, its because you specifically wanted it.