There are episodes where critical parts (like rocket engines) are not commonly found in a junkyard/scrapheap. I do remember that episode Cathy mentioning this fact and that they did plant engines around the junkyard.
It's been known for some time that items are planted in general based on what the experts ask for. Since the experts can't go scrounging, they don't know what is out there specifically or where to look. But they know the main components for their project exist *somewhere*.
As a soon-to-be-dad, I'll keep it in mind. Then again, I remember breaking most of my dad's tools as a kid. I think he finally got us our own set to play^H^H^H^Hbreak.
The cheap ones are cheap, but not worth the hassle. I have both a (real) Leatherman and a knockoff. The knockoff has flimsy blased that can easily close on your fingers, the blades aren't that sharp, and the metal itself just feels....flimsy.
The Leatherman, on the other hand, has the locking blades, has a bit of heft to it (I've used it as a hammer a few times), and 10 years later still cuts through anything.
As with most (physical) things you purchase, you get what you pay for. Most people here would buy the $50 mouse that lasts for years instead of the $5 mouse that lasts 6 months, yes?
We do have the right not to buy a product we don't like.
If MSFT were not a monopoly, I'd agree. But since they are, it makes it much harder to avoid purchasing their products and being forced to use them.
When interviewing, many companies asked for Word documents. Today, it's a bit easier to do with OpenOffice, but two years ago, it would have been almost impossible to do. Word is also used for most business communications. Now that I'm employed, I'm getting quotes from vendors in Excel spreadsheets. Even my dad is sending me digital photos from his camera in.DOC(!).
Now, does this mean that MSFT is popular because people use it, or that people use it because it's popular?
Since a long name such as GNU/X11/Apache/Linux/TeX/Perl/Python/FreeCiv becomes absurd, at some point, you will have to set a threshold and omit the names of the many other secondary contributions. There is no one obvious right place to set the threshold, so wherever you set it, we won't argue against it.
Fine. My threshhold is "Linux". And that's what I'll call it.
Soooo....you think it's illegal to buy a mod chip or otherwise mod your DVD player to play out-of-region DVDs?
While the original poster's comments about MSFT twarting competition goes back a ways, more recently they have been doing this with SMB/CIFS. The Samba crew has seen cases where some insignificant changes were made to the protocol such that they would 'break' Samba while still working with other Windows boxes.
So the battle will continue. And more effort is wasted as a result.
Microsoft Security is pretty decent and granular in an all Windows 2000 / Active Directory environment. Try implementing group policy and acls in Linux or Solaris.... it can be done, but you do not know anyone who can.
Why would you want to? If I need to, I can fire up man pages and search google. I administer about 10 fileservers across three departments totaling a good 15-20TB and hundreds of users and have never run into a situation where ACLs are needed.
Comparing your Windows XP desktop computer's uptime to your Linux boxes' is not a valid comparison.
Why not? I use Linux on the desktop as well. The problem with Windows boxes is that mgmt. often thinks that trained monkeys can administer a box. And it's probably true. Until something fails. Then "Monkey Boy" does you no good.
Similar contracts from Dell or Compaq for Intel hardware cost about 1/2 of a similar Unix contract.
Probably. Better reason to use Linux on Intel.
If you have ever worked in a large IT shop with lots of custom applications, you will know that custom software sucks and costs about 5x an off-the-shelf solution. Plus, who has the budget for full-time developers to make software that is already on the market for 1/5 the cost??
Now you're confusing "custom software" with "non-shrinkwrapped software". There's plenty of software floating around here running everything from the web server to our ticketing system to databases, and none of it is written in house. The cost to replace them with shrinkwrapped equivalents far exceeds the cost of a few highly trained system administrators . Oh, did I mention we're often times in contact with the authors of said software, and they're usually pretty responsive to bug patches and feature requests.
I have done a number of CBTs on Red Hat Linux that run both on Linux and Windows.
We just used HTML and a small web server that runs under both OSes (I want to say a perl-based one, but I didn't do the production). My authoring was in HTML, and video was in Real, but only because Divx wan't popular enough at the time, and MPEG created videos that were too big.
The amount I pay for "broadband" (cable modem) access is less than the amount I'd pay for 24x7 dialup account plus the cost of the extra phone line I'd need to use said line.
I've read 1/2 of Earth and 1/2 of The Postman, and found the writing horrible. I get annoyed with Harry Turtledove's writing at times (it gets repetitive), but at least the plot keeps things going.
That's the BOM (Bill of Materials) cost. That is, the parts. Not including packaging, profit, making back the engineering $, sales, support, and the cost to actually make the thing.
Expect it to be in the $150-$200 range. Still sounds like a good price for what it provides.
theKompany.com won't take your money. They have their own sync software and Shawn Gordon has explicitly said they will not write the software to sync with Evolution. Even though a number of customers requested it.
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There are episodes where critical parts (like rocket engines) are not commonly found in a junkyard/scrapheap. I do remember that episode Cathy mentioning this fact and that they did plant engines around the junkyard.
It's been known for some time that items are planted in general based on what the experts ask for. Since the experts can't go scrounging, they don't know what is out there specifically or where to look. But they know the main components for their project exist *somewhere*.
Look at how the Linux Documentation Project handles SGML/XML files. There are ways of handling this a lot better.
As a soon-to-be-dad, I'll keep it in mind. Then again, I remember breaking most of my dad's tools as a kid. I think he finally got us our own set to play^H^H^H^Hbreak.
The cheap ones are cheap, but not worth the hassle. I have both a (real) Leatherman and a knockoff. The knockoff has flimsy blased that can easily close on your fingers, the blades aren't that sharp, and the metal itself just feels....flimsy.
The Leatherman, on the other hand, has the locking blades, has a bit of heft to it (I've used it as a hammer a few times), and 10 years later still cuts through anything.
As with most (physical) things you purchase, you get what you pay for. Most people here would buy the $50 mouse that lasts for years instead of the $5 mouse that lasts 6 months, yes?
Sorry, you just get to see all you can stand of Bill O'Reilly and "When Dolphins Attack". Ecch.
Telemarketing calls to cell phones are illegal.
People didn't understand what Enron did, but they bought into it anyway.
We do have the right not to buy a product we don't like.
.DOC(!).
If MSFT were not a monopoly, I'd agree. But since they are, it makes it much harder to avoid purchasing their products and being forced to use them.
When interviewing, many companies asked for Word documents. Today, it's a bit easier to do with OpenOffice, but two years ago, it would have been almost impossible to do. Word is also used for most business communications. Now that I'm employed, I'm getting quotes from vendors in Excel spreadsheets. Even my dad is sending me digital photos from his camera in
Now, does this mean that MSFT is popular because people use it, or that people use it because it's popular?
Drop what you're doing and go to your local book monger. Go get the ORA book "Using SANs and NAS". Read the descriptions of each.
Then come back here and ask that question without laughing hilariously.
Since a long name such as GNU/X11/Apache/Linux/TeX/Perl/Python/FreeCiv becomes absurd, at some point, you will have to set a threshold and omit the names of the many other secondary contributions. There is no one obvious right place to set the threshold, so wherever you set it, we won't argue against it.
Fine. My threshhold is "Linux". And that's what I'll call it.
True, but it's a lot harder to prove copyright infringment if you never applied for it.
Soooo....you think it's illegal to buy a mod chip or otherwise mod your DVD player to play out-of-region DVDs?
While the original poster's comments about MSFT twarting competition goes back a ways, more recently they have been doing this with SMB/CIFS. The Samba crew has seen cases where some insignificant changes were made to the protocol such that they would 'break' Samba while still working with other Windows boxes.
So the battle will continue. And more effort is wasted as a result.
Microsoft Security is pretty decent and granular in an all Windows 2000 / Active Directory environment. Try implementing group policy and acls in Linux or Solaris.... it can be done, but you do not know anyone who can.
Why would you want to? If I need to, I can fire up man pages and search google. I administer about 10 fileservers across three departments totaling a good 15-20TB and hundreds of users and have never run into a situation where ACLs are needed.
Comparing your Windows XP desktop computer's uptime to your Linux boxes' is not a valid comparison.
Why not? I use Linux on the desktop as well. The problem with Windows boxes is that mgmt. often thinks that trained monkeys can administer a box. And it's probably true. Until something fails. Then "Monkey Boy" does you no good.
Similar contracts from Dell or Compaq for Intel hardware cost about 1/2 of a similar Unix contract.
Probably. Better reason to use Linux on Intel.
If you have ever worked in a large IT shop with lots of custom applications, you will know that custom software sucks and costs about 5x an off-the-shelf solution. Plus, who has the budget for full-time developers to make software that is already on the market for 1/5 the cost??
Now you're confusing "custom software" with "non-shrinkwrapped software". There's plenty of software floating around here running everything from the web server to our ticketing system to databases, and none of it is written in house. The cost to replace them with shrinkwrapped equivalents far exceeds the cost of a few highly trained system administrators . Oh, did I mention we're often times in contact with the authors of said software, and they're usually pretty responsive to bug patches and feature requests.
I have done a number of CBTs on Red Hat Linux that run both on Linux and Windows.
We just used HTML and a small web server that runs under both OSes (I want to say a perl-based one, but I didn't do the production). My authoring was in HTML, and video was in Real, but only because Divx wan't popular enough at the time, and MPEG created videos that were too big.
The amount I pay for "broadband" (cable modem) access is less than the amount I'd pay for 24x7 dialup account plus the cost of the extra phone line I'd need to use said line.
I know now. It's crap. And more than just the tired rehash of typical Fox dreck.
The train? It was driving through the plot holes. That orbiting space station could fly through them.
I want my 45 minutes of life back. At least I tivo'd it so I didn't lose a full hour.
And Worf would rather not talk about it.
I've read 1/2 of Earth and 1/2 of The Postman, and found the writing horrible. I get annoyed with Harry Turtledove's writing at times (it gets repetitive), but at least the plot keeps things going.
You're not married, are you?
I can see why.
That's the BOM (Bill of Materials) cost. That is, the parts. Not including packaging, profit, making back the engineering $, sales, support, and the cost to actually make the thing.
Expect it to be in the $150-$200 range. Still sounds like a good price for what it provides.
theKompany.com won't take your money. They have their own sync software and Shawn Gordon has explicitly said they will not write the software to sync with Evolution. Even though a number of customers requested it.
There's also Linux Assembly Language Programming
OpenSSH has been ported to the Z.
Now really. BestBuy/CircuitCity/Walmart has DVD players for under $100.
You forget the original DivX format. Quality was better than VHS, but not quite DVD.