FWIW, Win2k was probably the best incarnation of Windows ever made. And from the looks of things, that is never going to change. For a brief moment in MS history, it looked as if they had almost figured it out...
What do you suppose Bill has in mind with these couple of statements?
...The file system should be more like e-mail archives, where you can search and sort by any of a number of criteria. And it's got to be snappy as heck.
I'll give you the philosophy: Everything is just a document, whether it be music or video or e-mail or whatever. Each will have a name and a history, and every user will have his or her favorites.
If we can get this nailed so that I can find my stuff no matter what device I'm using, I think Longhorn will become a real breakthrough. Everything beyond that is extra credit...
To me, he described putting the filesystem and the methods all of their new software will use to store data into a single, unified database. Hmmm, a single namespace for all types of documents and communications? A database filesystem? I think Bill just invented ReiserFS' vision...
As if WinXP hasn't already driven me to the brink of insanity with its endless wizards. As if clippy wasn't already annoying enough, now he is gonna be taking steroids. As if my privacy wasn't already being invaded enough. As if Microsoft really needed more marketing data. As if Microsoft was trying really hard to make Windows resemble AOL's interface. As if developers really wanted to learn all new Microsoft APIs.(that never stabilize...) As if computers and their endless changing interfaces didn't annoy people to the point that they just don't try anymore. As if their software wasn't already proprietary enough. As if the rest of the world hadn't already wasted enough time trying to keep up with their ever-changing closed source APIs and protocols.
As if people were really going to buy into this hook, line, and sinker. As if Longhorn really had a chance to be any more successful at making computers easier to use than any other attempt in history. As if this half-cocked idea will be any more successful than.NET. As if the world around MS, the endless dreamer on heroine, stopped and waited to see what MS would do next. As if I weren't waiting for them to file for chapter eleven protections in the near future...
Especially if you intend on keeping this stuff online all the time, always available. Not to mention faster... Do the math. A DVD-R drive will cost you about $300 currently, according to pricewatch. DVD-R media will cost you around $1 a piece for 4.7GB media. It appears you will have difficulty finding media for one of these drives in a higher density.
Okay, so you burn you DVD-Rs on one of these drives, and place them in cheaper DVD readers and leave them there for online playback. A basic 16x DVD drive for playback will cost you around $35 each.
Now, a 160GB hard drive will cost you $223 shipped. hmmm... I was gonna work out the math based on the density of the DVD media, the cost of the individual drives, and the burner, then compare it to the cost of the hard drive. But I think it is fairly obvious that the hard drive is the way to go for most situations, unless you specifically require your data to be stored on DVD media.
is a software dyno simulator.(You can buy it at autozone.) If you are into big blocks or older stuff, this is a decent program to show you what a larger cam or bigger pistons would do for power. Be aware you need to know pretty much all the specifics of your engine for this to work for you though. If you are into ricers(as I am...) don't waste your money. The software isn't current enough for our engines. Just get yourself a big fsckin' turbo!
Can't tell you much else, except that there are a lot of people out there with lots of experience in this stuff. Get on the message boards and ask the guys who are _really_ into this stuff.
Giving some more thought to this, could it be that IBM wants to offer some of the hardware in their machines that isn't quite as linux friendly, from companies like Nvidia? (think GeForce 2Go) This could be a move to avoid conflict with the linux community itself over choice of hardware because of Nvidia's policy on their drivers. I guess it will be interesting to see what type of hardware IBM puts into their upcoming machines.
As one who typically builds his own machines, I don't really care about vendor support, so long as I know what hardware I am getting is supported by the kernel. For the most part, the IBM laptops I have seen work just fine without any special software from IBM.
In addition to this, I buy IBM laptops because they are the most reliable, best constructed laptops you can buy IMHO. Want an example of shoddy laptop construction? Take a look at a new Dell laptop. Personally, as long as IBM doesn't start using some really funky hardware, (which I find unlikely) it doesn't really bother me at all if their machines don't come with it pre-installed. I didn't care much for Caldera's e-desktop 2.4 anyhow when I bought this machine. It was actually the first thing to come off and Slackware installed like a dream.
mutual exclusivity? I know you didn't just tell someone they are dumber than a chimpanzee and then use the phrase 'mutual exclusivity'. sheesh!
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emerge -f 'package' will download only as well.
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Preach on newbie! Someone ought to mod this up. This was the author's exact point, which the experienced RPM bigots out there continue to criticize, claiming you silly newbies are just dumb and that RPM is not the problem here. Some people will never understand the concept of 'ease of use'.
I stopped using RPMs a long time ago because it was my number one stumbling block to using linux. Defend RPMs all you want. It won't change the fact that new linux desktop users are going to hate it. Sure, if you know what you are doing you can tame it. And I've heard all the arguments about "But now that you have APT-RPM..." and still don't believe newbies, or those who have no interest in learning the gory internals of RPMs thousand and one switches are going to care on damn bit about improvements in RPM. Generally speaking, people like things to be easy. Many of these people find Debian, Slackware, or Gentoo eventually, if they don't give up altogether first. For the record, I gave up on Redhat, SuSE, Mandrake, and even beehive for the same reason: RPM. You can argue all day long about how I must be an idiot because I don't like RPM but I am in good company. And for those who didn't actually read the article, the author says quite plainly that RPM is FINE for server installs, but is failing on desktops. I have used Slackware for a long time now quite happily. Recently I decided to give Gentoo a try and am unlikely to use anything else any time soon. I have found peace and happiness in linux at last.
I'm not seeing it. The interface in XP is so radically different than any other windows OS, it might as well be something entirely new. Kind of like mac os X, only on shittier hardware.
Post how far you managed to force yourself to read a Katz article. I tend to think of it along the lines of picking at a sore until it bleeds, just because I am bored. Here is how far I read before stopping:
...Why is Spider-Man's version surprisingly drubbing Lucas's, when he's cornered the global franchise on cinematic myth-marketing and he's one of the master cinematic marketers and hype-meisters of all time?...
I have personally worked in this field for about five years now. I can tell you this much, if you don't mind working in a MS shop, go out and get you some certifications. However, if you end up finding yourself unsatisfied with your job as an MS box-admin, you're gonna need college. I am going to assume that since you are posting on Slashdot you have some interest in Unix. Well, Unix employers want college graduates. I am not saying it is impossible to find a Unix sys-admin job without a degree and just certifications/experience, just don't expect it to be easy, and expect your career choices to be limited as you move up.
In fact, that is really what college is all about: it gives you the flexibily/freedom to make the choices about your career that you want to see. Without the college background, you will end up finding yourself frustrated with your job choices in this field, no matter how much you know.
One last thing, if you aren't interested in programming, perhaps Unix system administration isn't for you. Having some programming skill is very handy if you are going to admin any Unix type system. Hope this helps!
Is it's lack of good looking fonts. Try scaling a font in AbiWord to 72 point some time. After about 30 seconds when you finally get your cursor back, what you will see is a severely pixelated version of what you typed. If I could get around the nasty looking fonts, I think AbiWord is quite nice!
"...This strategy avoids the problems of a propriety, closed environment while maintaining the file integrity offered through these state-of-the-art digital rights management platforms."
I suppose what is meant here is "Non-proprietary, in the sense that we didn't write the software, and oh, by-the-way-adobe, don't sue us for anything. We like you. Really!".
Manual labor impractical? Geeze, we could only be so lucky. Please explain to me how you build a building without construction workers. And don't say robots. They are nowhere near capable of accomplishing such a feat. Merely PROGRAMMING the robots to do such a job would take far more time than simply doing it. No, I think manual labor is here to stay.
I have seen much flash in different parts of their site, mostly advertisements. Hell, I've even seen the variety that fly across your screen! (Harry Potter comes to mind.)
Simply saying "Noone important uses flash." just isn't true. By the way, ever been to cocacola.com? Not sure if they get a million hits a day, but I wouldn't doubt it.
Also, does your lug site address stand for southwest florida lug or Shockwave Flash lug? Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Hello? These people are studying to be MCSD? They are developers! This is what I would concentrate on. Show them the power of Unix development tools! They will be utterly amazed at how much flexibility the Unix development tools give them if they are used to using Visual Studio.
My suggestion: Basic Commands and their syntax File permissions Text editor(probably emacs, vim scares a good many newbies, even though it is superior.;o)
And for god sakes, show them the difference between compiling code in windows vs unix and how much more control they have over the process. Show them how writing code yourself actually is a good idea! I cannot stress enough that this is the type of stuff an MCSD should be getting queued in to. It is likely to be what would really interest them about unix.
Wanna get a good look at windows flexibility? Try getting their DNS server to work right. It makes configuring bind look like child's play. The design of their MMC is completely wrong for most things. Yet it is now the standard configuration tool on windows servers. Ever tried sorting through all of the bullshit on an exchange server through the MMC? That is my worst nightmare. I'd rather hand write a sendmail.cf(no macros) than try to figure out what settings someone else has put into an exchange mmc.
Another obstacle for Unisys: Only a few hundred ES7000 servers have been sold so far, and sales partnerships with Dell, Compaq and Hewlett-Packard have all fallen apart.
That's what you get for selling out your heritage. Sold your soul to the dark lord. Shame on you.
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FWIW, Win2k was probably the best incarnation of Windows ever made. And from the looks of things, that is never going to change. For a brief moment in MS history, it looked as if they had almost figured it out...
What do you suppose Bill has in mind with these couple of statements?
...The file system should be more like e-mail archives, where you can search and sort by any of a number of criteria. And it's got to be snappy as heck.
I'll give you the philosophy: Everything is just a document, whether it be music or video or e-mail or whatever. Each will have a name and a history, and every user will have his or her favorites.
If we can get this nailed so that I can find my stuff no matter what device I'm using, I think Longhorn will become a real breakthrough. Everything beyond that is extra credit...
To me, he described putting the filesystem and the methods all of their new software will use to store data into a single, unified database. Hmmm, a single namespace for all types of documents and communications? A database filesystem? I think Bill just invented ReiserFS' vision...
As if WinXP hasn't already driven me to the brink of insanity with its endless wizards. As if clippy wasn't already annoying enough, now he is gonna be taking steroids. As if my privacy wasn't already being invaded enough. As if Microsoft really needed more marketing data. As if Microsoft was trying really hard to make Windows resemble AOL's interface. As if developers really wanted to learn all new Microsoft APIs.(that never stabilize...) As if computers and their endless changing interfaces didn't annoy people to the point that they just don't try anymore. As if their software wasn't already proprietary enough. As if the rest of the world hadn't already wasted enough time trying to keep up with their ever-changing closed source APIs and protocols.
.NET. As if the world around MS, the endless dreamer on heroine, stopped and waited to see what MS would do next. As if I weren't waiting for them to file for chapter eleven protections in the near future...
As if people were really going to buy into this hook, line, and sinker. As if Longhorn really had a chance to be any more successful at making computers easier to use than any other attempt in history. As if this half-cocked idea will be any more successful than
Especially if you intend on keeping this stuff online all the time, always available. Not to mention faster... Do the math. A DVD-R drive will cost you about $300 currently, according to pricewatch. DVD-R media will cost you around $1 a piece for 4.7GB media. It appears you will have difficulty finding media for one of these drives in a higher density.
Okay, so you burn you DVD-Rs on one of these drives, and place them in cheaper DVD readers and leave them there for online playback. A basic 16x DVD drive for playback will cost you around $35 each.
Now, a 160GB hard drive will cost you $223 shipped. hmmm... I was gonna work out the math based on the density of the DVD media, the cost of the individual drives, and the burner, then compare it to the cost of the hard drive. But I think it is fairly obvious that the hard drive is the way to go for most situations, unless you specifically require your data to be stored on DVD media.
is a software dyno simulator.(You can buy it at autozone.) If you are into big blocks or older stuff, this is a decent program to show you what a larger cam or bigger pistons would do for power. Be aware you need to know pretty much all the specifics of your engine for this to work for you though. If you are into ricers(as I am...) don't waste your money. The software isn't current enough for our engines. Just get yourself a big fsckin' turbo!
Can't tell you much else, except that there are a lot of people out there with lots of experience in this stuff. Get on the message boards and ask the guys who are _really_ into this stuff.
Giving some more thought to this, could it be that IBM wants to offer some of the hardware in their machines that isn't quite as linux friendly, from companies like Nvidia? (think GeForce 2Go) This could be a move to avoid conflict with the linux community itself over choice of hardware because of Nvidia's policy on their drivers. I guess it will be interesting to see what type of hardware IBM puts into their upcoming machines.
As one who typically builds his own machines, I don't really care about vendor support, so long as I know what hardware I am getting is supported by the kernel. For the most part, the IBM laptops I have seen work just fine without any special software from IBM.
In addition to this, I buy IBM laptops because they are the most reliable, best constructed laptops you can buy IMHO. Want an example of shoddy laptop construction? Take a look at a new Dell laptop. Personally, as long as IBM doesn't start using some really funky hardware, (which I find unlikely) it doesn't really bother me at all if their machines don't come with it pre-installed. I didn't care much for Caldera's e-desktop 2.4 anyhow when I bought this machine. It was actually the first thing to come off and Slackware installed like a dream.
mutual exclusivity? I know you didn't just tell someone they are dumber than a chimpanzee and then use the phrase 'mutual exclusivity'. sheesh!
emerge -f 'package' will download only as well.
Preach on newbie! Someone ought to mod this up. This was the author's exact point, which the experienced RPM bigots out there continue to criticize, claiming you silly newbies are just dumb and that RPM is not the problem here. Some people will never understand the concept of 'ease of use'.
I stopped using RPMs a long time ago because it was my number one stumbling block to using linux. Defend RPMs all you want. It won't change the fact that new linux desktop users are going to hate it. Sure, if you know what you are doing you can tame it. And I've heard all the arguments about "But now that you have APT-RPM..." and still don't believe newbies, or those who have no interest in learning the gory internals of RPMs thousand and one switches are going to care on damn bit about improvements in RPM. Generally speaking, people like things to be easy. Many of these people find Debian, Slackware, or Gentoo eventually, if they don't give up altogether first. For the record, I gave up on Redhat, SuSE, Mandrake, and even beehive for the same reason: RPM. You can argue all day long about how I must be an idiot because I don't like RPM but I am in good company. And for those who didn't actually read the article, the author says quite plainly that RPM is FINE for server installs, but is failing on desktops. I have used Slackware for a long time now quite happily. Recently I decided to give Gentoo a try and am unlikely to use anything else any time soon. I have found peace and happiness in linux at last.
... and the exact interface I'm used to for $99.
I'm not seeing it. The interface in XP is so radically different than any other windows OS, it might as well be something entirely new. Kind of like mac os X, only on shittier hardware.
By chance-- are you a troll?
Am I the only one who noticed a blatant speeeeeling error in a large headline on the front page? For crying out loud, get a speeeeel checker!!!
Post how far you managed to force yourself to read a Katz article. I tend to think of it along the lines of picking at a sore until it bleeds, just because I am bored. Here is how far I read before stopping:
...Why is Spider-Man's version surprisingly drubbing Lucas's, when he's cornered the global franchise on cinematic myth-marketing and he's one of the master cinematic marketers and hype-meisters of all time?...
Sad huh? How far did you read?
Wow. this is truly insightful...
I have personally worked in this field for about five years now. I can tell you this much, if you don't mind working in a MS shop, go out and get you some certifications. However, if you end up finding yourself unsatisfied with your job as an MS box-admin, you're gonna need college. I am going to assume that since you are posting on Slashdot you have some interest in Unix. Well, Unix employers want college graduates. I am not saying it is impossible to find a Unix sys-admin job without a degree and just certifications/experience, just don't expect it to be easy, and expect your career choices to be limited as you move up.
In fact, that is really what college is all about: it gives you the flexibily/freedom to make the choices about your career that you want to see. Without the college background, you will end up finding yourself frustrated with your job choices in this field, no matter how much you know.
One last thing, if you aren't interested in programming, perhaps Unix system administration isn't for you. Having some programming skill is very handy if you are going to admin any Unix type system. Hope this helps!
Is it's lack of good looking fonts. Try scaling a font in AbiWord to 72 point some time. After about 30 seconds when you finally get your cursor back, what you will see is a severely pixelated version of what you typed. If I could get around the nasty looking fonts, I think AbiWord is quite nice!
I suppose what is meant here is "Non-proprietary, in the sense that we didn't write the software, and oh, by-the-way-adobe, don't sue us for anything. We like you. Really!".
Manual labor impractical? Geeze, we could only be so lucky. Please explain to me how you build a building without construction workers. And don't say robots. They are nowhere near capable of accomplishing such a feat. Merely PROGRAMMING the robots to do such a job would take far more time than simply doing it. No, I think manual labor is here to stay.
Please go fuck yourself. Stop trying to save face with our community. Your a fucking corporate cancer. We don't need you. Fuck off.
Haven't been to yahoo lately eh?
I have seen much flash in different parts of their site, mostly advertisements. Hell, I've even seen the variety that fly across your screen! (Harry Potter comes to mind.)
Simply saying "Noone important uses flash." just isn't true. By the way, ever been to cocacola.com? Not sure if they get a million hits a day, but I wouldn't doubt it.
Also, does your lug site address stand for southwest florida lug or Shockwave Flash lug? Sorry, I couldn't resist.
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Even think about compiling anything.
Hello? These people are studying to be MCSD? They are developers! This is what I would concentrate on. Show them the power of Unix development tools! They will be utterly amazed at how much flexibility the Unix development tools give them if they are used to using Visual Studio.
My suggestion:
Basic Commands and their syntax
File permissions
Text editor(probably emacs, vim scares a good many newbies, even though it is superior.
And for god sakes, show them the difference between compiling code in windows vs unix and how much more control they have over the process. Show them how writing code yourself actually is a good idea! I cannot stress enough that this is the type of stuff an MCSD should be getting queued in to. It is likely to be what would really interest them about unix.
Wanna get a good look at windows flexibility? Try getting their DNS server to work right. It makes configuring bind look like child's play. The design of their MMC is completely wrong for most things. Yet it is now the standard configuration tool on windows servers. Ever tried sorting through all of the bullshit on an exchange server through the MMC? That is my worst nightmare. I'd rather hand write a sendmail.cf(no macros) than try to figure out what settings someone else has put into an exchange mmc.
That's what you get for selling out your heritage. Sold your soul to the dark lord. Shame on you.