that would throw this off, is the fact that when you do a Linux install, many distros include hordes of additional software. So, when I install Windows with all of my software, including office suite, development IDE's, web server and databases, it takes an entire weekend of constant rebooting and watching my pc like a hawk. With Linux, I just have to be there for the initial selections then, once the install starts, I just walk away until it's done (a few hours later, instead of the next day).
Plus, each distro has different installations. Some are much better than others. That makes comparing an install more difficult. Also, an ease of install (or ease of anything, really) is subjective to the individual. For example, WinXP uses those stupid balloon pop-ups everywhere for "ease of use", personally I find them a great hindrance to my work, and would not consider them an "ease of use" feature.
There are too many "what if's" in something like this. Microsoft has never played fare, why would they start now? They most certainly have something up their sleeve. Although, I am not overly concerned, as long as they do an install which includes a format, MS will lose. I can't remember how many times people get lost in their blue screen of formatting options. Of every one I know, that the single most common problem. Press F6 in the first 3 seconds for sata install...oh I need an extra driver?! gaa, press F3 and go find driver, try again, press L no, no R, crap F3 and redo...heh.
If they are as bad as people claim them to be, what can I do to help change the situation?
Get your neighbors to sign petitions against any elected official that is about to vote on any type of legislation that would increase the power of software/all patenting. Likewise, get them to sign petitions in favor of signing legislation in favor of dampening or removing software/all patents.
While possibly of limited use, this does seem to be a unique feature.
Yeah, but if you look at the image, all that they are doing is italicizing a number or a word. My electronic typewriter could do this, too, years before MS even stole the GUI concept from others. It is very obvious what MS is doing/planning with their patents. It is just ridiculous!
Everytime I come across another of their "patents" I can think of dozens of prior work examples. My question is, what morons are actually granting MS these patents?
and is easily visible from the road and commercial airline flights.
If that is so, what difference would it make if you took it off google? They would just fly in as a tourist, or drive by the plant, and take way better photos then anyone could find on the web...where most images are tiny and compressed to conserve bandwidth, et al.
a few minutes ago... Ctrl X/C Ctrl (Shift) Tab Ctrl V
For me, it's actually faster (but I'm also ambidextrous, so I am equally efficient with my left hand), plus you have more control over exactly what you want in windows. When you click and drag something, in windows it will move it if it's on the same partition, or copy it if it is across partitions. Using the control keys, you don't have to second guess what partition the folder you are dragging it to is on. KDE (IIRC) will ask by default when you click and drag, if you want to copy or paste (via a pop up menu). In windows, this is possible, too, but you must click and drag with the right button. Plus, in windows, if you have a bunch of software installed, you will have to scroll past a million items in the context menu before getting to copy/cut/paste options.
not including a text/plain-part containing the same information is IMNSHO so...
Such things appear to be mentioned through out this thread, not just this particular author. However, any email server that is standards compliant will include both text and html in their creation of an html email. It is called a Multipart email. See RFC 2822 (which supercedes RFC 822), and other associated documents, about email standards.
HTML email is often considered bad netiquette due to the extra space, and bandwidth that it consumes. Because, almost every server is standard compliant, which means that each html email it sends, is actually more than twice the size...the html coded email is 1/2 of it, and the plain text version saying the same exact thing is the other 1/2 of the email. Thus, you essentially triple the size of each email, if you include all the html tags.
Don't forget to take into account land mass. The US is the third largest, while China is the forth largest. With the thought that, the smaller area there is to cover, the easier it is to connect your citizens. So, we have a 14% higher boadband usage AND a larger land mass, therefore, I think we are well not to consider this any pressing news.
If only I had some points to give you on that one. What you said is so sad, but yet so unfortunately true. People seem to get numbed by crazy things like this or something, and accept it as "normal" >:(
They bought Netscape to kill the browser wars once and for all, in partnership with Microsoft. In return Microsoft offered them an AOL internet icon on the desktop of all Windows for a particular time duration. Mind you this was before MSN existed, and the deal lasted until just the other year.
Also, it allowed AOL to use the netscape engine in the future, in case Microsoft pulled a Microsoft...and screwed them. It was negotiated as a safty net. However, they were not to use it as an embedded browser within AOL until the deal ended.
At least, this is what we were informed when I used to work for AOL.
Or, do it enough and piss him off so that a policy will be put in place to start a versioning system with installation time tables. I have seen this backfire in favor of the admin before.
Webmasters are more lined up with programmers these days (think maybe.jsp,.aspx, etc.). And I can guarantee you that those programmers don't have root access to the web boxes in an environment that is properly set up. Why? Because they are programmers, not administrators...just as a webmaster is exactly that, and not an administrator. If you want root, you will need to prove that you are a capable UNIX administrator. Best thing to do if you want root, is to be his understudy and learn from him. Then, in time, when you are knowledgeable enough, you will get root. I doubt that you already have that knowledge since webmasters get paid much, much less that UNIX admins, so if you had it you would be a UNIX admin somewhere that would be paying you a heck of a lot more. Until then, sit back and enjoy the ride.
The bundle comes with multiple alternatives to each of the packages listed. I have > 7 desktops to choose from not just KDE. I have > 4 printer services to choose from, not just CUPS. I have >3 SQL servers, not just MySQL.... They do not package it because they support it, per se, they package it because the believe in end-user education and freedom of choice.
Everytime I have to reinstall windows, I spend about a day going out to get the latest software from the internet to install...Newsreader, IRC, WebBrowser, Image viewer, etc. I don't have to do this with my LInux installs since it is already provided for me. With your logic, then windows shouldn't come with an internet connection, since they don't support what you could potentially download and install. Distros provide this as a very helpful option package(s). One reason I started buying Linux instead of downloading it, is because I loved the multiple cd/dvd's that had everything I could possibly want on it (re: SuSE distro).
And if you want to talk about not having the resources to check things before they include it, then Windows should come without anything, just an empty box, because...
My Windows' uptime 36 hours My shortest of 6 Linux' uptime = 8 months 2 weeks and 3 days (had to change UPS battery, heh).
Last Windows reformat due to system file corruption: 3 months; average 1 time per year. Last Linux reformat due to system file corruption: NEVER; average 0 times in 7 years.
Last Windows breach: 3 months ago, between install and d/l of SP4 (yeah, I couldn't even download the service pack before getting hit, I had to get the redistributable package via my Linux box and burn it to CD!) Last Linux breach: NEVER
Windows in an O/S. You just listed 14 vulnerabilities for Applications that just happen to be packaged with RH O/S. Only ONE of above HAVE to be installed to run RH. Whereas, Windows and it's packaged applications, you have no choice but to suck it up when one of it's applications has a flaw, as you cannot uninstall them if something is a serious security threat. I am not saying that any Linux distro, or any O/S for that matter, doesn't have security issues, because they all do, but get better educated before spewing forth you're Linux bashing.
"Please step away from the gun, you are not authorized to use it."
Why? Personal gain. Signing the treaty will loose 5 million jobs, and millions of dollars in Bush's (and friends') pockets via the oil industry. Whereas outsourcing only looses 5 million jobs, but has no ill effect on him and his buddies...so why should he give a crap about outsourcing if it doesn't effect their bank accounts.
I was surprised about this as well. I started on Slackware, and still find it to be my favorite after taking a dip in many other waters. So, I guess the question should be "what does newsforge's choice of linux distributions say about newsforge?":p
(The "no DNA to compare it against" makes little sense as bin Ladins family is huge and their location known.)
Yeah, but Bush extradited them to Saudia Arabia right after the attacks, good luck getting any from them;)
But seriously, if the CIA trained him, wouldn't they have all of that on file already? Not only that, but all you need is a fingerprint and you can get some DNA off of the dead skin cells.
Even as it stands now, do you buy a chip without knowing all of the factors that make it up? I don't. If an AMD is 2800+ and an Intel is 2.8GHz, I would not buy that particular AMD, why? Because I want the clock speed at 2.8, 512L2, 800MHz bus speed, etc. And the AMD does not offer this, but Intel does. Know what you want before you buy it and this schema will have little effect, if any, upon how to purchase a processor. I stopped going by benchmarks a year ago or so, since it has been quite obvious that manufacturers know how to tip them in their favor without pumping out any TRUE performance boosts.
Before I buy a house, or a car, I do my homework on it. The same should be done with computers, as they have been reportedly the 3rd largest investment most people make behind the two aformentioned items. And if you buy any of these things without understanding enough, you are nothing more then a fool throwing your money away, and deserve what you get.
After my company closed their doors, I pretty much only used monster and was offered several positions. Every week I modified my resume, trying to find the "right one". It took 6 weeks before I started getting the interview offers. In just 8 weeks I had 4 job offers. I only had 3 years experience, and a degree in an unrelated field.
The most important thing is this: it is not a passive job search! You cannot expect them to just come to you! I spent 6-8 hours 3-5 days a week proactively looking on the boards sending out applications. I must have sent out over 30 relevant custom resumes with custom cover letters. I also looked in 4 different states, and had offers in 3 of the 4. My home state being the one with 2 offers...and the midwest (were I am) is not exactly a shining becon of technology positions.
I received a lot of contacts with headhunters from Monster, and even with them, if you do not follow up with them, they are no help. Even if the first headhunter doesn't plant you a job, every week or so, shoot them an email letting them know you are still looking, and ask if they know of anything else.
Also, use (as in abuse) the headhunters. They are great at giving resume pointers, and interviewing tips and good for interviewing practice. If nothing else, they help better yourself for that position you desperatly want.
I agree. Of the 3 people I know that own them, not one is happy with it. Battery life and crashes are the reasons, too. Although, the crashes tick them off more, cause it usually happens at a seminar or meeting when it is most needed.
I agree with what the author has to say about assembly. I never felt like I new enough until I learned assembly, even though I started with LOGO in 1st grade, and have had programming every year since. Then I came to understand a lot of how to prevent security holes in higher-level languages, and how to write tighter code. It also helped with better understanding program security from hackers, i.e. how they can hack my programs, product keys (or other such copy protection measures) and find the exploits. Mostly since they disassemble anything they can't decompile...and of course disassembling something puts it into assembly language of one sort or another. It is a class that I didn't get in college, and went back for after I got my degree. The most useful one IMO.
An off the shelf book I liked and found useful was "The Art of Assembly Language" by Randall Hyde. I liked it better then my text books, anyway:p
I don't know where you get your facts, but the US surpased Japan several years ago (e.g. in 2001 the US surpassed Japan by $1.2 billion). Yes, % wise we give less, but $ wise we give the most. In the end do you think the receiving country will care more about who gave them $10 million or who gave them $2 million?
And I really don't care if we are selective or not, that is our prerogative, as it is any other nation. I guess you have not ever had an international politics class, in which case, you would understand that the big fish gets to pick who it wants to be friends with, since it has the most protection/benefits to offer.
Fact: The US is a country that has the least amount of vacation days per year then any other county. one of many references
Fact: The average US employee works more hours per week then every other country in the world. reference
So, pretty much it takes at LEAST 3 Indians to do 1 American's job. I don't care if you compare smart people to smart people or stupid people to stupid people.
Try explaining that to my past co-worker who got laid off (along with 35 other people) 1 week after his wife had a premature baby with complications. Explain to him why his job went to India!
Just remember that this "lion" gives more of its wealth to foreign countries that any other 3 countries combined, in foreign aid.
Are you one of those not so smart Indian exchange students? You sure sound like it.
And if they think that we are outsourcing to them because they are better instead of just plain cheaper then why must they come to the US for most of their training and education?
Anyone who thinks outsourcing to India is any more then a political chess move, or for the capitalist companies of America to save a few million dollars a year, needs to rethink the facts. And if you think this is all "Ok", and live in the US maybe it's time for you to outsource yourself!
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that would throw this off, is the fact that when you do a Linux install, many distros include hordes of additional software. So, when I install Windows with all of my software, including office suite, development IDE's, web server and databases, it takes an entire weekend of constant rebooting and watching my pc like a hawk. With Linux, I just have to be there for the initial selections then, once the install starts, I just walk away until it's done (a few hours later, instead of the next day).
Plus, each distro has different installations. Some are much better than others. That makes comparing an install more difficult. Also, an ease of install (or ease of anything, really) is subjective to the individual. For example, WinXP uses those stupid balloon pop-ups everywhere for "ease of use", personally I find them a great hindrance to my work, and would not consider them an "ease of use" feature.
There are too many "what if's" in something like this. Microsoft has never played fare, why would they start now? They most certainly have something up their sleeve. Although, I am not overly concerned, as long as they do an install which includes a format, MS will lose. I can't remember how many times people get lost in their blue screen of formatting options. Of every one I know, that the single most common problem. Press F6 in the first 3 seconds for sata install...oh I need an extra driver?! gaa, press F3 and go find driver, try again, press L no, no R, crap F3 and redo...heh.
Get your neighbors to sign petitions against any elected official that is about to vote on any type of legislation that would increase the power of software/all patenting. Likewise, get them to sign petitions in favor of signing legislation in favor of dampening or removing software/all patents.
That depends...did he file for a patent before, or after the real inventor? :p
Yeah, but if you look at the image, all that they are doing is italicizing a number or a word. My electronic typewriter could do this, too, years before MS even stole the GUI concept from others. It is very obvious what MS is doing/planning with their patents. It is just ridiculous!
Everytime I come across another of their "patents" I can think of dozens of prior work examples. My question is, what morons are actually granting MS these patents?
But, this compares a platform (consisting of many companies with many producst) to one company (with many products).
Try the advanced search and compare O/S to O/S...which yields:
Windows XP: 139
SuSE Linux 9.3: 8
If that is so, what difference would it make if you took it off google? They would just fly in as a tourist, or drive by the plant, and take way better photos then anyone could find on the web...where most images are tiny and compressed to conserve bandwidth, et al.
a few minutes ago...
Ctrl X/C
Ctrl (Shift) Tab
Ctrl V
For me, it's actually faster (but I'm also ambidextrous, so I am equally efficient with my left hand), plus you have more control over exactly what you want in windows. When you click and drag something, in windows it will move it if it's on the same partition, or copy it if it is across partitions. Using the control keys, you don't have to second guess what partition the folder you are dragging it to is on. KDE (IIRC) will ask by default when you click and drag, if you want to copy or paste (via a pop up menu). In windows, this is possible, too, but you must click and drag with the right button. Plus, in windows, if you have a bunch of software installed, you will have to scroll past a million items in the context menu before getting to copy/cut/paste options.
Such things appear to be mentioned through out this thread, not just this particular author. However, any email server that is standards compliant will include both text and html in their creation of an html email. It is called a Multipart email. See RFC 2822 (which supercedes RFC 822), and other associated documents, about email standards.
HTML email is often considered bad netiquette due to the extra space, and bandwidth that it consumes. Because, almost every server is standard compliant, which means that each html email it sends, is actually more than twice the size...the html coded email is 1/2 of it, and the plain text version saying the same exact thing is the other 1/2 of the email. Thus, you essentially triple the size of each email, if you include all the html tags.
Don't forget to take into account land mass. The US is the third largest, while China is the forth largest. With the thought that, the smaller area there is to cover, the easier it is to connect your citizens. So, we have a 14% higher boadband usage AND a larger land mass, therefore, I think we are well not to consider this any pressing news.
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Data gathered from:
http://cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.
http://cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ch.
Yeah, they don't have floormats, either. Heh :p
Ditto...If it weren't for games my desktop would be linux which would make connecting it to my four linux servers a lot easier.
If only I had some points to give you on that one. What you said is so sad, but yet so unfortunately true. People seem to get numbed by crazy things like this or something, and accept it as "normal" >:(
Why else did AOL buy Netscape?
There is, at least, a two fold reason...
They bought Netscape to kill the browser wars once and for all, in partnership with Microsoft. In return Microsoft offered them an AOL internet icon on the desktop of all Windows for a particular time duration. Mind you this was before MSN existed, and the deal lasted until just the other year.
Also, it allowed AOL to use the netscape engine in the future, in case Microsoft pulled a Microsoft...and screwed them. It was negotiated as a safty net. However, they were not to use it as an embedded browser within AOL until the deal ended.
At least, this is what we were informed when I used to work for AOL.
Or, do it enough and piss him off so that a policy will be put in place to start a versioning system with installation time tables. I have seen this backfire in favor of the admin before.
.jsp, .aspx, etc.). And I can guarantee you that those programmers don't have root access to the web boxes in an environment that is properly set up. Why? Because they are programmers, not administrators...just as a webmaster is exactly that, and not an administrator. If you want root, you will need to prove that you are a capable UNIX administrator. Best thing to do if you want root, is to be his understudy and learn from him. Then, in time, when you are knowledgeable enough, you will get root. I doubt that you already have that knowledge since webmasters get paid much, much less that UNIX admins, so if you had it you would be a UNIX admin somewhere that would be paying you a heck of a lot more. Until then, sit back and enjoy the ride.
Webmasters are more lined up with programmers these days (think maybe
The bundle comes with multiple alternatives to each of the packages listed. I have > 7 desktops to choose from not just KDE. I have > 4 printer services to choose from, not just CUPS. I have >3 SQL servers, not just MySQL.... They do not package it because they support it, per se, they package it because the believe in end-user education and freedom of choice.
Everytime I have to reinstall windows, I spend about a day going out to get the latest software from the internet to install...Newsreader, IRC, WebBrowser, Image viewer, etc. I don't have to do this with my LInux installs since it is already provided for me. With your logic, then windows shouldn't come with an internet connection, since they don't support what you could potentially download and install. Distros provide this as a very helpful option package(s). One reason I started buying Linux instead of downloading it, is because I loved the multiple cd/dvd's that had everything I could possibly want on it (re: SuSE distro).
And if you want to talk about not having the resources to check things before they include it, then Windows should come without anything, just an empty box, because...
My Windows' uptime 36 hours
My shortest of 6 Linux' uptime = 8 months 2 weeks and 3 days (had to change UPS battery, heh).
Last Windows reformat due to system file corruption: 3 months; average 1 time per year.
Last Linux reformat due to system file corruption: NEVER; average 0 times in 7 years.
Last Windows breach: 3 months ago, between install and d/l of SP4 (yeah, I couldn't even download the service pack before getting hit, I had to get the redistributable package via my Linux box and burn it to CD!)
Last Linux breach: NEVER
Windows in an O/S. You just listed 14 vulnerabilities for Applications that just happen to be packaged with RH O/S. Only ONE of above HAVE to be installed to run RH. Whereas, Windows and it's packaged applications, you have no choice but to suck it up when one of it's applications has a flaw, as you cannot uninstall them if something is a serious security threat. I am not saying that any Linux distro, or any O/S for that matter, doesn't have security issues, because they all do, but get better educated before spewing forth you're Linux bashing.
"Please step away from the gun, you are not authorized to use it."
Why? Personal gain. Signing the treaty will loose 5 million jobs, and millions of dollars in Bush's (and friends') pockets via the oil industry. Whereas outsourcing only looses 5 million jobs, but has no ill effect on him and his buddies...so why should he give a crap about outsourcing if it doesn't effect their bank accounts.
I was surprised about this as well. I started on Slackware, and still find it to be my favorite after taking a dip in many other waters. So, I guess the question should be "what does newsforge's choice of linux distributions say about newsforge?" :p
(The "no DNA to compare it against" makes little sense as bin Ladins family is huge and their location known.)
;)
Yeah, but Bush extradited them to Saudia Arabia right after the attacks, good luck getting any from them
But seriously, if the CIA trained him, wouldn't they have all of that on file already? Not only that, but all you need is a fingerprint and you can get some DNA off of the dead skin cells.
Even as it stands now, do you buy a chip without knowing all of the factors that make it up? I don't. If an AMD is 2800+ and an Intel is 2.8GHz, I would not buy that particular AMD, why? Because I want the clock speed at 2.8, 512L2, 800MHz bus speed, etc. And the AMD does not offer this, but Intel does. Know what you want before you buy it and this schema will have little effect, if any, upon how to purchase a processor. I stopped going by benchmarks a year ago or so, since it has been quite obvious that manufacturers know how to tip them in their favor without pumping out any TRUE performance boosts.
Before I buy a house, or a car, I do my homework on it. The same should be done with computers, as they have been reportedly the 3rd largest investment most people make behind the two aformentioned items. And if you buy any of these things without understanding enough, you are nothing more then a fool throwing your money away, and deserve what you get.
I agree with the disagreement ;)
After my company closed their doors, I pretty much only used monster and was offered several positions. Every week I modified my resume, trying to find the "right one". It took 6 weeks before I started getting the interview offers. In just 8 weeks I had 4 job offers. I only had 3 years experience, and a degree in an unrelated field.
The most important thing is this: it is not a passive job search! You cannot expect them to just come to you! I spent 6-8 hours 3-5 days a week proactively looking on the boards sending out applications. I must have sent out over 30 relevant custom resumes with custom cover letters. I also looked in 4 different states, and had offers in 3 of the 4. My home state being the one with 2 offers...and the midwest (were I am) is not exactly a shining becon of technology positions.
I received a lot of contacts with headhunters from Monster, and even with them, if you do not follow up with them, they are no help. Even if the first headhunter doesn't plant you a job, every week or so, shoot them an email letting them know you are still looking, and ask if they know of anything else.
Also, use (as in abuse) the headhunters. They are great at giving resume pointers, and interviewing tips and good for interviewing practice. If nothing else, they help better yourself for that position you desperatly want.
I agree. Of the 3 people I know that own them, not one is happy with it. Battery life and crashes are the reasons, too. Although, the crashes tick them off more, cause it usually happens at a seminar or meeting when it is most needed.
I agree with what the author has to say about assembly. I never felt like I new enough until I learned assembly, even though I started with LOGO in 1st grade, and have had programming every year since. Then I came to understand a lot of how to prevent security holes in higher-level languages, and how to write tighter code. It also helped with better understanding program security from hackers, i.e. how they can hack my programs, product keys (or other such copy protection measures) and find the exploits. Mostly since they disassemble anything they can't decompile...and of course disassembling something puts it into assembly language of one sort or another. It is a class that I didn't get in college, and went back for after I got my degree. The most useful one IMO.
:p
An off the shelf book I liked and found useful was "The Art of Assembly Language" by Randall Hyde. I liked it better then my text books, anyway
I don't know where you get your facts, but the US surpased Japan several years ago (e.g. in 2001 the US surpassed Japan by $1.2 billion). Yes, % wise we give less, but $ wise we give the most. In the end do you think the receiving country will care more about who gave them $10 million or who gave them $2 million?
reference
And I really don't care if we are selective or not, that is our prerogative, as it is any other nation. I guess you have not ever had an international politics class, in which case, you would understand that the big fish gets to pick who it wants to be friends with, since it has the most protection/benefits to offer.
Fact: The US is a country that has the least amount of vacation days per year then any other county. one of many references
Fact: The average US employee works more hours per week then every other country in the world. reference
So, pretty much it takes at LEAST 3 Indians to do 1 American's job. I don't care if you compare smart people to smart people or stupid people to stupid people.
Try explaining that to my past co-worker who got laid off (along with 35 other people) 1 week after his wife had a premature baby with complications. Explain to him why his job went to India!
Just remember that this "lion" gives more of its wealth to foreign countries that any other 3 countries combined, in foreign aid.
Are you one of those not so smart Indian exchange students? You sure sound like it.
And if they think that we are outsourcing to them because they are better instead of just plain cheaper then why must they come to the US for most of their training and education?
Anyone who thinks outsourcing to India is any more then a political chess move, or for the capitalist companies of America to save a few million dollars a year, needs to rethink the facts. And if you think this is all "Ok", and live in the US maybe it's time for you to outsource yourself!