This may be the stray that breaks the Camels back for Microsoft in my orginization. I use Linux/FreeBSD everywhere except for a central file server. I have a surplus of Windows 2000 server licenses, so I run it for the AD/file server. I download lots of Windows updates for users computers from my linux box. Most of our users are on Windows, and ALL have valid, legal, licenses.
If I, as the IT person, can no longer manage my Windows server from my Linux box, then maybe it's day has come.
On a related note, Microsoft is the dominant player *ONLY* because of rampant piracy of their software. I pray for the day they stop all piracy of Windows and all Microsoft software.
Aren't we just a part of nature, and the pollution our SUV's produce, just another natural effect of the path nature and evolution has taken us down?
Isn't a cement sidewalk as natural as a wooden table? Do people who think something is more "natural" than something else live happier lives because of their own brand of righteous indignation?
I've yet to see evidence that "liberal enlighented environmenatalist peace activists" are any less unhappy than "right wing religious nutjobs", so I'll keep pushing down my own path, thank you.
BTW, as an on topic comment, I *would* buy GM grass that grew 2" and stopped, if it was the same cost as normal grass. In fact, I came close to buying Turtle Turf when I put in my own 11,000 sq. feet of suburban glory, but it was way too expensive compared to "normal" grass.
Peace, war, what's the difference, you'd still be unhappy.
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whew... I needed that.. thanks Microsoft! At the end of the year I'll write "thanks for the laughs" in your yearbook.. then tack on, "oh, and thanks for all the spam!"
Everyone will migrate to Linux when they can go to a website, click upgrade to Linux, say YES I'm sure, come back in a few hours and have ALL their data and settings like they were, but under Linux with tons of great programs ready to use, and lots of GUI controls that are SIMPLE, and everything working.
I love Gentoo, am running it on my home and work desktops. But this has been a problem historically. What parent talks about as problems are real problems with Gentoo, but are not the only reasons not to run it blindly in production. Another problem is having a C compiler be required. If your box gets compromised you've given a potential cracker all the tools he needs to do even more damage.
Now, it's very likely that the above poster upgraded his config files blindly and this is what messed up his installation, FYI config files in Gentoo aren't automatically overwritten, you're supposed to "merge" / manage them, and the process isn't very simple.
So, what to run in Production? Ideally you roll your own to production, Gentoo makes a great base system, trim it down to minimal files you need to do what your server needs, and then lock down all permissions. Ideally your production server will be as tight as it can be and still do its job. So keep a "master/build" server that has all your development files on it, and then a "production" server that only has what's needed to run on it. Make images of your production, and update by updating the master server, then the test production servers then the production servers. If you're running yum/emerge/urpmi/etc on a live production server you're opening yourself up for many risks.
Oh, it's hard to go wrong putting FreeBSD into production also, too bad it's
How can you fall for a name like "superdrives". How does Apple, arguably one of the better marketers in the computer world, come up with, and actually use a name like "superdrive"?
I type 120+wpm and I probably write 15-30 wpm tops, and it's hardly legible... Who wants handwriting input for a good reason? I'd way rather have some kind of finger tracking non-corporeal natural keyboard.
It was the giant ice cube that the goverment paid to have taken from Haley's comet that kept global warming under control. And global warming didn't get bad until the advent of the sport utility robot.
2. My parents get confused if I alter a toolbar on their home PC when I am working on it. They think it is broken if it does not look exectly like the one they use at work.
THIS is the reason you should move them to the MAC! Since you or your partents CANNOT change how it looks! I've yet to see a MAC user with other than the exact default config. They all "love" the way it is so much they never want to change the skin/theme/layout/etc. How is that good? I change window managers monthly, always coming back to Enlightenment, but I rotate gnome/enlightenment/fluxbox/xfce/window maker/kde on a frequent basis, I couldn't live in the Windows world, but even much less so in the MAC world, where you have even less freedom.
I've said this on/. countless times, and have yet to have anyone show me a different setup/theme/skin for the MAC that isn't just running X instead of Aqua.
Outbound Long Distance all goes over Nufone.
Outbound local and 800/866 goes over the local lines.
You can easily configure this behaviour, but for some reason when we try 800/866 over nufone we get errors, probably they don't want to be liable for the 800/866 origination fees?
for my companies phone system. We use nufone for our incoming/outgoing 800# and long distance. It's $.02/minute for inbound or outbound LD, so we have an inbound 800 # for most of our calls. We also have 2 digium cards and 6 analog lines plugged into them, we do this for outbound 800# and local calls.
It works pretty much exactly like a normal phone system, everyone has a cisco 7960 VoiP phone plugged into their ethernet port and their computer plugged into the phone, or a switch on their desk for both. People get extensions, and dial 9 to get out, voicemail system sends you an email with a.wav file (surprisingly small). My phone rings and it's homer simpson saying "I wasn't asleep"... errr or a non-copyright version of someone that sounds like homer simpson...
The system is easy to configure (pay someone to do it initially), easy to monitor, and very powerful and flexible.
We are in Utah, have a 1.5MB DSL and a VPN to our NJ office, and they're just more extensions on the phone system.
We have had a couple problems with Asterisk, our PCI cards are sharing IRQ's and I need to fix that to rid us of a weird beeping.
Also, someone from NJ calling out gets bad calls when we're downloading stuff, We've got a QoS router, but it needs more tweaking.. if only there were 2 of me...
I've used nortel and Intellisomethin pbx's and have always hated them. I love asterisk, and have no plans to return to $20,000 pile of crap windows NT floppy disk everything is $500 extra and technical help is $200/hr phone systems again!
I have told my family for years they should switch to Linux cuz they wouldn't have *insert problem they're calling me for support about* anymore. In the last 6 months they've started saying, yeah great! Switch me to Linux.. and suddenly I'm thinking.. hmmm do I really want to be on the line for more support when my X application doesn't run, or the software I bought from Coscto won't install!?
So, the tables have turned for me, and now I'm *not* telling them to switch to linux, becuase THEY WOULD!
I think it's very likely there are aliens or other life in the universe, in fact I think it's so likely we could go with the belief that there is other life and other advanced life. I was not referring to life on other planets, I was referring to "aliens" that visit the earth, the aliens people get abducted by, and the ones that control the government ala x-files.
So, yes, I think there is most likely life all over the galaxy and universe, and likely more advanced life, but very unlikely we have been secretly visited or are visited by them.
Also, it doesn't bother me if people think they were abducted, and I generally listen with interested to their stories about it. Same goes for people who believe in god. If I get the sense a person has faith and doesn't want to hear about why I think it's unlikely there is a god, I won't tell them.
I think it's called respect for the opinions of others. Too many people don't respect other peoples opinions. Atheists are often as guilty as religious missionaries at this.
I don't claim to know for sure that there is, in fact, no Easter Bunny, however, based on experience, facts and things I've gathered about the matter, I would make a best guess that there is, NO real Easter Bunny. Similar lines of thought lead me to make a best guess that there is NO real Santa, and NO real god, and NO real aliens, although all are possible.
I would never claim to know this outright, although in a logical discussion with other logical adults I would assume others to have come to the same conclusion.
Experience, once again, has led me to believe that when people believe in any of these things they are limiting the scope of their consideration for best guessing, such as ignoring simple things like lack of evidence FOR the existence of any of these things. If I had to go on evidence alone, ranking these things in order from most evidence in favor of, I think they would go Santa, Easter Bunny, Aliens, and then god.
you must not have seen what's eating gilbert grape. I really thought Leo was mentally handicapped he did such a good job. And Johnny Depp is one of my all time favorite actors, c'mon man! 21 jumpstreet! get with it.. gosh
Not that I'm pro-advertiser, but if websites want to force you to load the ads in addition to the flash they should write an Apache Module that tracks you to see if you did a http get for all the images, now this would mean the apache module would either have to communicate with the server that the ads are served off, or be that server, but if you loaded every page but didn't grab the fancy annoying flash ad, then the next click on the site will go to the terms of use which say you have to view all advertisements or not use the site.
This wouldn't have to be an Apache Module, it could be custom done in php/cgi/whatever I'm sure. You could even stop sending the page and send errors if the ads didnt get requested.
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If I, as the IT person, can no longer manage my Windows server from my Linux box, then maybe it's day has come.
On a related note, Microsoft is the dominant player *ONLY* because of rampant piracy of their software. I pray for the day they stop all piracy of Windows and all Microsoft software.
Isn't a cement sidewalk as natural as a wooden table? Do people who think something is more "natural" than something else live happier lives because of their own brand of righteous indignation?
I've yet to see evidence that "liberal enlighented environmenatalist peace activists" are any less unhappy than "right wing religious nutjobs", so I'll keep pushing down my own path, thank you.
BTW, as an on topic comment, I *would* buy GM grass that grew 2" and stopped, if it was the same cost as normal grass. In fact, I came close to buying Turtle Turf when I put in my own 11,000 sq. feet of suburban glory, but it was way too expensive compared to "normal" grass.
Peace, war, what's the difference, you'd still be unhappy.
seriously.. I can't stop laughing...
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whew... I needed that.. thanks Microsoft! At the end of the year I'll write "thanks for the laughs" in your yearbook.. then tack on, "oh, and thanks for all the spam!"
Now, it's very likely that the above poster upgraded his config files blindly and this is what messed up his installation, FYI config files in Gentoo aren't automatically overwritten, you're supposed to "merge" / manage them, and the process isn't very simple.
So, what to run in Production? Ideally you roll your own to production, Gentoo makes a great base system, trim it down to minimal files you need to do what your server needs, and then lock down all permissions. Ideally your production server will be as tight as it can be and still do its job. So keep a "master/build" server that has all your development files on it, and then a "production" server that only has what's needed to run on it. Make images of your production, and update by updating the master server, then the test production servers then the production servers. If you're running yum/emerge/urpmi/etc on a live production server you're opening yourself up for many risks.
Oh, it's hard to go wrong putting FreeBSD into production also, too bad it's
I type 120+wpm and I probably write 15-30 wpm tops, and it's hardly legible... Who wants handwriting input for a good reason? I'd way rather have some kind of finger tracking non-corporeal natural keyboard.
THIS is the reason you should move them to the MAC! Since you or your partents CANNOT change how it looks! I've yet to see a MAC user with other than the exact default config. They all "love" the way it is so much they never want to change the skin/theme/layout/etc. How is that good? I change window managers monthly, always coming back to Enlightenment, but I rotate gnome/enlightenment/fluxbox/xfce/window maker/kde on a frequent basis, I couldn't live in the Windows world, but even much less so in the MAC world, where you have even less freedom.
I've said this on /. countless times, and have yet to have anyone show me a different setup/theme/skin for the MAC that isn't just running X instead of Aqua.
It works pretty much exactly like a normal phone system, everyone has a cisco 7960 VoiP phone plugged into their ethernet port and their computer plugged into the phone, or a switch on their desk for both. People get extensions, and dial 9 to get out, voicemail system sends you an email with a .wav file (surprisingly small). My phone rings and it's homer simpson saying "I wasn't asleep"... errr or a non-copyright version of someone that sounds like homer simpson...
The system is easy to configure (pay someone to do it initially), easy to monitor, and very powerful and flexible.
We are in Utah, have a 1.5MB DSL and a VPN to our NJ office, and they're just more extensions on the phone system.
We have had a couple problems with Asterisk, our PCI cards are sharing IRQ's and I need to fix that to rid us of a weird beeping.
Also, someone from NJ calling out gets bad calls when we're downloading stuff, We've got a QoS router, but it needs more tweaking.. if only there were 2 of me...
I've used nortel and Intellisomethin pbx's and have always hated them. I love asterisk, and have no plans to return to $20,000 pile of crap windows NT floppy disk everything is $500 extra and technical help is $200/hr phone systems again!
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So, the tables have turned for me, and now I'm *not* telling them to switch to linux, becuase THEY WOULD!
So, yes, I think there is most likely life all over the galaxy and universe, and likely more advanced life, but very unlikely we have been secretly visited or are visited by them.
Also, it doesn't bother me if people think they were abducted, and I generally listen with interested to their stories about it. Same goes for people who believe in god. If I get the sense a person has faith and doesn't want to hear about why I think it's unlikely there is a god, I won't tell them.
I think it's called respect for the opinions of others. Too many people don't respect other peoples opinions. Atheists are often as guilty as religious missionaries at this.
I would never claim to know this outright, although in a logical discussion with other logical adults I would assume others to have come to the same conclusion.
Experience, once again, has led me to believe that when people believe in any of these things they are limiting the scope of their consideration for best guessing, such as ignoring simple things like lack of evidence FOR the existence of any of these things. If I had to go on evidence alone, ranking these things in order from most evidence in favor of, I think they would go Santa, Easter Bunny, Aliens, and then god.
wtf? This is exactly what happens on mass scale in the US. Everyone is screwing the innocent investors and making buckets of money off it...
This wouldn't have to be an Apache Module, it could be custom done in php/cgi/whatever I'm sure. You could even stop sending the page and send errors if the ads didnt get requested.