No, since the first 9/9/99 order would have kicked it off. The other time it would have kicked off is at the end of the day, when records get checked, etc.
Since that didn't happen, it's safe to say we're okay.
It takes two things for this to happen, and being part of this first-hand, I think thin-clients will help:
1) Users need to get out of the mindset that their PC is any slower than their neighbor's. The reasons that the accountants get PIIIs is because they see POs coming through for PIIIs for development, and they get jealous. A thin client may help level this playing field. 2) MIS has to step in and say "No, you're not getting the upgrade you think you need". I never had the authority to do this. A corporate policy of using thin clients again may help in this situation (only x, y, and z departments get PCs. Everyone else gets TCs).
I'm not saying this is a cure-all, and there are obvious holes, but it'll certinaly help.
Nobody needs dumb terminals in today's workplace environment. Real computers are necessary, not slick looking terminals.
Uh huh. I could tell you how many accountants here that write excel spreadsheets all day have PIIIs on their desk. They're not all that complicated spreadsheets either.
Let's be realistic here, who really needs a PC on their desk:
Developers - Most likely, but they may be writing code for something other than the platform they're using now (i.e. using a windows box as a telnet window to a sun).
HW engineers - Okay, so they'll be doing CAD or other layout stuff. Rather have the CPU local.
MIS - Need something in case the sky falls.
Sales - Nope. They just fill the orders.
Accounting - Nope. I already covered that.
Customer Support - Nope.
Shipping/mfg - Heh. Most in my company are still using 3270 terminals hooked into an AS/400.
Now, which will be more expensive in the long run? You have a $10/mo/person thin client, plus the $10k for a beefy server. Or you have the endless upgrades of $2k/person/year plus the $10k for a beefy server plus the cost of moving machines around, fixing broken hardware, etc.
Karma has to do with your previous articles. If you consistently get moderated up by moderators, your articles will appear with a bonus (I get a +1 score). If you consistently get moderated down, your articles start off with a score of 0.
The TV news coverage is worse. "How can you survive your car falling in a pond?" Now that's hard-hitting journalism.
On a side note, anyone remember Emmett Smith (the guy on Fox) from a TV show called "Mysterious Universe" or some such, where they covered the unexplained paranormal stuff? Seeing him doing the evening news gives me a chuckle.
Actually, I remember a story about New York having trouble with the bridge girders (and guard rails) rusting, so they covered said metal items with something that would rust quickly. Once it rusted, it created an air-and-water-proof shield for the metal underneath. Plus they didn't have to paint it.
Anyone else hear this, or did I have too much to drink that night?
There actually is a practical use for this. My wife and I both love to cook, and have about 100,000 cookbooks. If there was a machine study enough to keep in the kitchen and serve up recipes, that would be worth a lot.
Better would be "show me dishes based on (list a few ingredients)" and it runs off and lists a variety of recipes that match it.
There's a difference between a brand name (Red Hat) and a product (Red Hat Linux). What the product is (or how it's licensed) doesn't matter in regards to my argument.
My inital response (12 jurors, etc) was part joke, part serious. In an extreme case, you'd have to settle in court if the name was used imporperly or not. And you're not settling anything about if Red Hat software is free or not. You're settling the fact that someone may be improperly use the Red Hat name and/or logo to misrepresent a product. Again, this has nothing to do with the GPL, nor will (or should) it prevent me from making a CD distro out of it and saying "Enry Linux, based on Red Hat Linux. This version is not supported by Red Hat. $1.99". How hard is this? The name of the distro is "Enry Linux", and thus has no official relationship to Red Hat, other than the fact that I mention it's based on Red Hat, and it's not supported by them.
Now, if I started to make a CD called "Red Hat Linux" and that's all I called it, I think that would be grounds for me to get a call from a lawyer about it. I'm misrepresenting Red Hat, since I'm implying that I can sell you a product for $1.99 that has printed documentation, support, etc.
Perhaps the answer is to clearly mark what the software does or does not include. For example:
Linux, based on Red Hat Linux 6.0. No manual, no support. $1.99.
You're not misrepresenting Linux (since it is Linux). you're not misrepresenting Red Hat (since you say it's based on and clearly indicate no manual, no support).
12(may be less in your state) jurors, a few layers, and a judge would probably tell you if you've crossed.
I would imagine you'd be caught calling a product "this is not red hat linux" and distributing Debian, since you're causing confusion about brand names. It'd be like opening a restaurant called "this is not mcdonalds" and serving fast food.
I got a refurbished Toshiba via CompUSA direct. Normal price was $1399, I got it for $999. Works great with Linux, and I haven't had any problems with it.
Yep, I'm one of those pinko liberals that voted for Clinton. However....
The issue with technology and the govt. isn't Clinton per se, since he just happened to be around at the time when technology was reaching everyone on the planet. Govt. has never been known for its speed. The Constition is built to make things hard to do for a reason. Thus, govt. (be it republican or democrat) will take a while to adjust to new technology and new ideas.
Back in 1992, Spy magazine had 1000 (or was it 100?) reasons to not vote for George Bush. Top on the list was "What would you think if the head of the KGB was elected president of Russia?". Bush used to run the CIA! Do you seriously think he'd be in favor of personal liberties?
Sure some of Clinton's ideas are whacky. But consider the more frightening alternative.
You ignored the fact that she's aspecial ed teacher, which places extra responsibilities.
I do know for a fact that she has a masters. I doubt she makes $23k. I have no idea what she makes, nor does she know what I make. She's been teaching for 15 years, so I imagine it's more than that.
The amount of planning time is usually very limited, as she's keeping track of 15-25 children in the ages of 7-10 with learning or physical handicaps. I have no idea how that relates to high school or junior high teachers, but I do know she comes home with plenty of work to do. Plus the frequent meetings with parents. Plus the children who show up who she has to rate and see if they need to be in her class or not. This is for a good sized (maybe 15-20k students from K-12) school system.
Teaching isn't a profession that's glorious, easy, or going to make you the next Bill Gates. Perhaps that's my point.
Congress can too regulate interstate trade. They can't regulate intra-state (within the same state) trade, and in this case, state law says that you have to pay the local/state tax on items purchased. Congress can easily write a law that says "if you buy something from joe schmoe in idaho, you pay idaho state tax on it" or your local tax on it, or whatever. Paying the vendor's state tax rate would probably be easier for all around.
The instant something crosses state lines, Congress has authority.
Let's start off by saying my mother is a special ed teacher, and has been for about 15 years.
Okay, so they only work 9 months a year. But for those 9 months, it's very often 50-60 hour weeks. Teacher conferences, parent meetings, meetings with therapists (in my mom's case anyway) and so on. No to mention time to create the curriculum or grade exams or other tests. That's all done outside of work, since that's the only time you have to do it.
Then you've got the inflexibility of the job itself. No vacation time (aside from when everyone else is on vacation), limited sick time, and few real freedoms during the day (can't skip out early for lunch, for example, limits on phone calls, and so on).
For all that, teachers are supposed to do that, make surekids actually *learn* something, and make only $23k? If I'm expected to work that long, I'd like to make more than that. It's not like schools are going to have an IPO anytime soon.
And in response to your education question, it's really on a state-by-state basis how much training you need to be able to teach. In NY, I believe you need at least a masters in education before you can take the teaching exam.
Whatever. I pay taxes on a lot of stuff I buy via the net already (since they have offices in MA). The things I do buy usually have a better than 5% (MA local tax rate) difference between what I get online vs. meat world store, so I'm not going to quit buying some stuff online.
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With FireWire, you won't need to worry about it. The main system has your memory, CPU, and glue logic. Everything else (hard drive, CD-ROM, etc.) all comes off your firewire. I guess this could include video as well.
The man has a job to do and has a family to raise. Sheesh. I would have given up months ago with that. I mean, I can't just call up Bill Gates and have a friendly chat with him about his thoughts on Win2k (or can I).
Seriously, tho. Isn't this the job of Linux International, made up of most of the other big names in Linux? They should be the ones receiveing the PR calls.
Maybe we need a PR-HOWTO for Linux that can be faxed on demand? (Q1. How is it pronounced...?)
In only the same way that using Pitney-Bowes postmarks expire in the same way. It's not like a stamp that you buy at the post office. Sounds more like a stamp and postmark.
The Smithsonian is actually a collection of museums, mostly situated in Washington, DC's mall area between the Washington Monument and the Captol. There's (let's see what I can name off the top of my head): American History, Natural History, Museum of Art, Air and Space, American Art (I think), plus a few others.
My two favorites are Air and Space and American History. Air and Space has some of the Star Trek models, a V2, moon rocks, and so on. American history has stuff like Kermit, Archie Bunker's chair, Mr. Roger's sweater and a very early US flag. Neat stuff.
The VA (Veterans Affairs) was retooling all their VAXen into Alphas running NT/Alpha. This was about 1995 when I left. Given their rate of rolling things out, they probably just finished up Not a knock on govt. workers, but you have to keep the hospitals running night and day. Upgrading 170+ hospitals takes a bit of time.
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No, since the first 9/9/99 order would have kicked it off. The other time it would have kicked off is at the end of the day, when records get checked, etc.
Since that didn't happen, it's safe to say we're okay.
Apparently 9999 was used instead of an EOF marker. If the software came across it, it would assume that there was no more data after it.
It takes two things for this to happen, and being part of this first-hand, I think thin-clients will help:
1) Users need to get out of the mindset that their PC is any slower than their neighbor's. The reasons that the accountants get PIIIs is because they see POs coming through for PIIIs for development, and they get jealous. A thin client may help level this playing field.
2) MIS has to step in and say "No, you're not getting the upgrade you think you need". I never had the authority to do this. A corporate policy of using thin clients again may help in this situation (only x, y, and z departments get PCs. Everyone else gets TCs).
I'm not saying this is a cure-all, and there are obvious holes, but it'll certinaly help.
Uh huh. I could tell you how many accountants here that write excel spreadsheets all day have PIIIs on their desk. They're not all that complicated spreadsheets either.
Let's be realistic here, who really needs a PC on their desk:
Now, which will be more expensive in the long run? You have a $10/mo/person thin client, plus the $10k for a beefy server. Or you have the endless upgrades of $2k/person/year plus the $10k for a beefy server plus the cost of moving machines around, fixing broken hardware, etc.
Karma has to do with your previous articles. If you consistently get moderated up by moderators, your articles will appear with a bonus (I get a +1 score). If you consistently get moderated down, your articles start off with a score of 0.
The TV news coverage is worse. "How can you survive your car falling in a pond?" Now that's hard-hitting journalism.
On a side note, anyone remember Emmett Smith (the guy on Fox) from a TV show called "Mysterious Universe" or some such, where they covered the unexplained paranormal stuff? Seeing him doing the evening news gives me a chuckle.
Actually, I remember a story about New York having trouble with the bridge girders (and guard rails) rusting, so they covered said metal items with something that would rust quickly. Once it rusted, it created an air-and-water-proof shield for the metal underneath. Plus they didn't have to paint it.
Anyone else hear this, or did I have too much to drink that night?
There actually is a practical use for this. My wife and I both love to cook, and have about 100,000 cookbooks. If there was a machine study enough to keep in the kitchen and serve up recipes, that would be worth a lot.
Better would be "show me dishes based on (list a few ingredients)" and it runs off and lists a variety of recipes that match it.
There's a difference between a brand name (Red Hat) and a product (Red Hat Linux). What the product is (or how it's licensed) doesn't matter in regards to my argument.
My inital response (12 jurors, etc) was part joke, part serious. In an extreme case, you'd have to settle in court if the name was used imporperly or not. And you're not settling anything about if Red Hat software is free or not. You're settling the fact that someone may be improperly use the Red Hat name and/or logo to misrepresent a product. Again, this has nothing to do with the GPL, nor will (or should) it prevent me from making a CD distro out of it and saying "Enry Linux, based on Red Hat Linux. This version is not supported by Red Hat. $1.99". How hard is this? The name of the distro is "Enry Linux", and thus has no official relationship to Red Hat, other than the fact that I mention it's based on Red Hat, and it's not supported by them.
Now, if I started to make a CD called "Red Hat Linux" and that's all I called it, I think that would be grounds for me to get a call from a lawyer about it. I'm misrepresenting Red Hat, since I'm implying that I can sell you a product for $1.99 that has printed documentation, support, etc.
Perhaps the answer is to clearly mark what the software does or does not include. For example:
Linux, based on Red Hat Linux 6.0. No manual, no support. $1.99.
You're not misrepresenting Linux (since it is Linux). you're not misrepresenting Red Hat (since you say it's based on and clearly indicate no manual, no support).
PS I'm a RHAT shareholder.
12(may be less in your state) jurors, a few layers, and a judge would probably tell you if you've crossed.
I would imagine you'd be caught calling a product "this is not red hat linux" and distributing Debian, since you're causing confusion about brand names. It'd be like opening a restaurant called "this is not mcdonalds" and serving fast food.
I got a refurbished Toshiba via CompUSA direct. Normal price was $1399, I got it for $999. Works great with Linux, and I haven't had any problems with it.
Yep, I'm one of those pinko liberals that voted for Clinton. However....
The issue with technology and the govt. isn't Clinton per se, since he just happened to be around at the time when technology was reaching everyone on the planet. Govt. has never been known for its speed. The Constition is built to make things hard to do for a reason. Thus, govt. (be it republican or democrat) will take a while to adjust to new technology and new ideas.
Back in 1992, Spy magazine had 1000 (or was it 100?) reasons to not vote for George Bush. Top on the list was "What would you think if the head of the KGB was elected president of Russia?". Bush used to run the CIA! Do you seriously think he'd be in favor of personal liberties?
Sure some of Clinton's ideas are whacky. But consider the more frightening alternative.
You ignored the fact that she's aspecial ed teacher, which places extra responsibilities.
I do know for a fact that she has a masters. I doubt she makes $23k. I have no idea what she makes, nor does she know what I make. She's been teaching for 15 years, so I imagine it's more than that.
The amount of planning time is usually very limited, as she's keeping track of 15-25 children in the ages of 7-10 with learning or physical handicaps. I have no idea how that relates to high school or junior high teachers, but I do know she comes home with plenty of work to do. Plus the frequent meetings with parents. Plus the children who show up who she has to rate and see if they need to be in her class or not. This is for a good sized (maybe 15-20k students from K-12) school system.
Teaching isn't a profession that's glorious, easy, or going to make you the next Bill Gates. Perhaps that's my point.
Congress can too regulate interstate trade. They can't regulate intra-state (within the same state) trade, and in this case, state law says that you have to pay the local/state tax on items purchased. Congress can easily write a law that says "if you buy something from joe schmoe in idaho, you pay idaho state tax on it" or your local tax on it, or whatever. Paying the vendor's state tax rate would probably be easier for all around.
The instant something crosses state lines, Congress has authority.
Let's start off by saying my mother is a special ed teacher, and has been for about 15 years.
Okay, so they only work 9 months a year. But for those 9 months, it's very often 50-60 hour weeks. Teacher conferences, parent meetings, meetings with therapists (in my mom's case anyway) and so on. No to mention time to create the curriculum or grade exams or other tests. That's all done outside of work, since that's the only time you have to do it.
Then you've got the inflexibility of the job itself. No vacation time (aside from when everyone else is on vacation), limited sick time, and few real freedoms during the day (can't skip out early for lunch, for example, limits on phone calls, and so on).
For all that, teachers are supposed to do that, make surekids actually *learn* something, and make only $23k? If I'm expected to work that long, I'd like to make more than that. It's not like schools are going to have an IPO anytime soon.
And in response to your education question, it's really on a state-by-state basis how much training you need to be able to teach. In NY, I believe you need at least a masters in education before you can take the teaching exam.
Whatever. I pay taxes on a lot of stuff I buy via the net already (since they have offices in MA). The things I do buy usually have a better than 5% (MA local tax rate) difference between what I get online vs. meat world store, so I'm not going to quit buying some stuff online.
With FireWire, you won't need to worry about it. The main system has your memory, CPU, and glue logic. Everything else (hard drive, CD-ROM, etc.) all comes off your firewire. I guess this could include video as well.
There is no fee on balance transfers. At least not those performed at the time of application.
It's encrypted. According to the page source, the form gets sent to:
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The man has a job to do and has a family to raise. Sheesh. I would have given up months ago with that. I mean, I can't just call up Bill Gates and have a friendly chat with him about his thoughts on Win2k (or can I).
Seriously, tho. Isn't this the job of Linux International, made up of most of the other big names in Linux? They should be the ones receiveing the PR calls.
Maybe we need a PR-HOWTO for Linux that can be faxed on demand? (Q1. How is it pronounced...?)
I got into an argument with someone about this. But doesn't SCO have a majority holding of Open Group, the gang that owns the UNIX name?
Yes, that will get attention. RHAT buys SCO, gets a hold of Open Group, qualifies Linux for all distros, and gets $$ off the other UNIX vendors.
>So... In effect... They do expire...
In only the same way that using Pitney-Bowes postmarks expire in the same way. It's not like
a stamp that you buy at the post office. Sounds more like a stamp and postmark.
The Smithsonian is actually a collection of museums, mostly situated in Washington, DC's mall area between the Washington Monument and the Captol. There's (let's see what I can name off the top of my head): American History, Natural History, Museum of Art, Air and Space, American Art (I think), plus a few others.
My two favorites are Air and Space and American History. Air and Space has some of the Star Trek models, a V2, moon rocks, and so on. American history has stuff like Kermit, Archie Bunker's chair, Mr. Roger's sweater and a very early US flag. Neat stuff.
Well, we did "capture" Linus. Is he still a citizen of Finland, or is he applying/been granted US citizenship? Does he want it?
The VA (Veterans Affairs) was retooling all their VAXen into Alphas running NT/Alpha. This was about 1995 when I left. Given their rate of rolling things out, they probably just finished up Not a knock on govt. workers, but you have to keep the hospitals running night and day. Upgrading 170+ hospitals takes a bit of time.