This past year, I was accepted into Carnegie Mellon'sSchool of Computer Science. It has been a remarkable experience that I would like
to share with the community. Here's an account of my experience.
Week 1, Sunday: I moved in today. My roommate, a sophomore CS student, had already moved in two
days before me. The floor is already completely covered with garbage. He also smells. I think he
might be gay too. He's already asked me if I like the color he painted his toenails. This should be
interesting. I am almost completely settled in. Techno music is playing in every room in every floor
of my dorm. There are computers and other types of trash out in the common areas. What a mess. Tomorrow,
I am going to go sign up to get my network connection.
Week 1, Monday: I got hooked up to the CMU network today! I jacked into the network, only to find
that the hostname and address assigned to me were colliding with another system. I'll just increment
the network numbers a few times. I am really eager to get on.
Week 1, Tuesday: I am still looking for a free IP address. Can't anybody here properly configure
their systems?
Week 1, Friday: I finally found a free IP! It's mine! You
sons of bitches can't have it,
I found it, I keep it, it's mine! To hell with all of you! Head hurts
really bad. I've slowly been
developing a headache since I first arrived. Everywhere I look there
are these Lucent Technologies
wireless access points. I wonder if that's the problem.
Week 1, Saturday: I sat down at my computer today. My desktop wall
paper is now the goatse.cx
guy. Pleasant. Scattered over every directory on my C: drive are
thousands, possibly millions, of files
titled "J00AR30WN3DBITCH-phj33r-" and then some random hacker's name.
Don't these people have lives?
Maybe they need laid or something. It'd take days to clean this out.
I mentioned to my roommate
that I needed to reinstall Windows, and immediately he jumped up and
shouted: "NO! Do NOT use Windows!"
Suddenly, two dozen other guys (all of them possibly homosexuals)
appeared at the door, each touting
an operating system called Linux. Half of them got into a fight over
which was better, Debian, RedHat,
Slackware, and a bunch of others I couldn't recognize. Some kid who
appeared to not have showered
since he was born was touting "Linux From Scratch," saying that only
losers used pre-made distros.
A crowd of people in the back kept quiet about how I'd be sorry if I used
Linux instead of BSD on the
network. Who the fuck are these people? Classes start next week. Hope
I have my computer working so
I can do my assignments.
Week 3, Friday: People are still trying to get Linux to work on my
system. They keep telling my
that my hardware sucks. We go through about four or five distributions
a day. Every now and then,
I notice a little devil on my screen. Stickers for every of these
distributions have been plastered on
my case. Suddenly, my room stinks a lot more with these people in here.
I ask them why they never
shower, and the usual response is something along the lines of "showering
is like rebooting" and "I don't
want to lose my uptime."
Week 3, Saturday: There's a troop of men running naked in a circle
around McGill Hall. I am not
even going to ask.
Week 4, Wednesday: Linux is FINALLY working on my computer! I have
a pretty slick desktop too.
I think I might like this. I can finally work in my room instead of the
labs, although considering
the every increasing layer of garbage on the floor...
Week 4, Thursday: My computer flashes messages about how I am
"0WNX0RED" and how I should "PHJ33R"
whoever and how "L4MEX0R" I am for having an insecure box. A kid
suggests we reinstall Linux after
discovering about 17 rootkits.
Week 5, Friday: Someone got BSD working on my computer. I wonder
if this will last. The stress
has been building and I forgot to
Parental control > government control > no control.
In the absence of parents that give a damn, it's nice that someone is telling the kids to do their homework. But then again, I'm a responsible parent that already limits my children's time when they're unable to manage it themselves.
Now, thanks to the efforts of the EFF and a patent attorney, who found prior work of similar technology, the U.S. Patent Office has revoked Live Nation's patent. This is good news for those who consider Live Nation to be the Evil Empire when it comes to concert promotion.
But less so (good news) when the author of the prior art files for the same patent, no?
It comes up because the same PC with XP Home (configured shortly before Vista release) costs $20 less than one without an OS. Most people aren't keen on paying $20 plus the cost of a Windows license for... nothing.
. . . (W)e free software fans are a fussy crowd, and very hard to please. You know what you are like -- you sit and configure that Dell system down to the finest detail, you want a specific model of HP laptop, you want the one that has the Intel graphics chipset not the other chipset because you prefer the free driver approach from Intel. . . you are in short an expert, demanding customer. This means, that in order to reach you with Linux, a reseller has to offer Linux EVERYWHERE, not just on a few select models.
Worse, you are not a "Linux" user, you are a user who wants version 6.06.1 of Ubuntu, or 10.2 of SuSE, or Fedora 6. You want a specific distro, and in many cases also a specific VERSION of that distro. In order to please you, the vendor has to offer an enormous matrix of possibilities -- machine and distro/version.
Unlimited access, not unlimited bandwidth. Comcast hasn't advertised unlimited bandwidth in over 7 years. They sell speed and access, not dedicated bandwidth. It seems most people prefer 15 Mbps when you need it to 1.5 Mbps and waiting.
The idea that the browser isn't feature-complete unless you install 20 add-ons is certain to scare some people away. I know there isn't much fun in reading an article about the 5 "essential" add-ons, but you can probably get the best of what's missing. I'm down to only two (AdBlock Plus w/ Easylist, and Flashblock for limiting/customizing non-ad content) and quite happy with my experience.
if IT decision-makers can get over their prejudice against equipment that's traditionally been aimed at consumers.
They really think that's what's holding back Macs in the enterprise? I'm pretty sure the problem isn't prejudice against hardware, but integration issues that arise when moving from an all-MS shop to a mixed environment with OS X. The ROI needs to outweigh the obstacles, and it currently doesn't.
But the article fails to mention why the XP systems need replacement. Any organization as conservative as the FAA no doubt waited a year or two before rolling out XP, so even the earlier systems are only a few years old, and probably far from slouches. Why does the release of Vista necessitate an upgrade, especially if you aren't going to be upgrading to Vista?
Read the article. Groklaw started two months after the litigation began by "an enthusiast." I think it's pretty funny Slashdot has been astroturfed for upwards of 4 years.
That's the best rhetoric you've got? Might want to give Wikipedia a read for some real facts, it has a pretty thorough write-up (and mostly factual) on Mitt. Now that Deval Dukakis is here, we're really screwed. He's backpedaling so fast on all his campaign promises, he's almost to central MA (and my wallet, ugh).
I'm not sure what kernel list the poster has been reading. Linus is a pragmatist. He has constantly favored using the best tool for the job over religious fanaticism. There's no surprise here.
The developers claimed to have fixed the problem in 1.5.0.5 according to Secunia, but the problem still exists in 2.0 according to SecurityFocus (and I have witnessed the crash personally).
But with Firefox 2.0, all your tabs will be restored for you when you start it back up! That's good enough, right?;)
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This past year, I was accepted into Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science. It has been a remarkable experience that I would like to share with the community. Here's an account of my experience.
Week 1, Sunday: I moved in today. My roommate, a sophomore CS student, had already moved in two days before me. The floor is already completely covered with garbage. He also smells. I think he might be gay too. He's already asked me if I like the color he painted his toenails. This should be interesting. I am almost completely settled in. Techno music is playing in every room in every floor of my dorm. There are computers and other types of trash out in the common areas. What a mess. Tomorrow, I am going to go sign up to get my network connection.
Week 1, Monday: I got hooked up to the CMU network today! I jacked into the network, only to find that the hostname and address assigned to me were colliding with another system. I'll just increment the network numbers a few times. I am really eager to get on.
Week 1, Tuesday: I am still looking for a free IP address. Can't anybody here properly configure their systems?
Week 1, Friday: I finally found a free IP! It's mine! You sons of bitches can't have it, I found it, I keep it, it's mine! To hell with all of you! Head hurts really bad. I've slowly been developing a headache since I first arrived. Everywhere I look there are these Lucent Technologies wireless access points. I wonder if that's the problem.
Week 1, Saturday: I sat down at my computer today. My desktop wall paper is now the goatse.cx guy. Pleasant. Scattered over every directory on my C: drive are thousands, possibly millions, of files titled "J00AR30WN3DBITCH-phj33r-" and then some random hacker's name. Don't these people have lives? Maybe they need laid or something. It'd take days to clean this out. I mentioned to my roommate that I needed to reinstall Windows, and immediately he jumped up and shouted: "NO! Do NOT use Windows!" Suddenly, two dozen other guys (all of them possibly homosexuals) appeared at the door, each touting an operating system called Linux. Half of them got into a fight over which was better, Debian, RedHat, Slackware, and a bunch of others I couldn't recognize. Some kid who appeared to not have showered since he was born was touting "Linux From Scratch," saying that only losers used pre-made distros. A crowd of people in the back kept quiet about how I'd be sorry if I used Linux instead of BSD on the network. Who the fuck are these people? Classes start next week. Hope I have my computer working so I can do my assignments.
Week 3, Friday: People are still trying to get Linux to work on my system. They keep telling my that my hardware sucks. We go through about four or five distributions a day. Every now and then, I notice a little devil on my screen. Stickers for every of these distributions have been plastered on my case. Suddenly, my room stinks a lot more with these people in here. I ask them why they never shower, and the usual response is something along the lines of "showering is like rebooting" and "I don't want to lose my uptime."
Week 3, Saturday: There's a troop of men running naked in a circle around McGill Hall. I am not even going to ask.
Week 4, Wednesday: Linux is FINALLY working on my computer! I have a pretty slick desktop too. I think I might like this. I can finally work in my room instead of the labs, although considering the every increasing layer of garbage on the floor...
Week 4, Thursday: My computer flashes messages about how I am "0WNX0RED" and how I should "PHJ33R" whoever and how "L4MEX0R" I am for having an insecure box. A kid suggests we reinstall Linux after discovering about 17 rootkits.
Week 5, Friday: Someone got BSD working on my computer. I wonder if this will last. The stress has been building and I forgot to
Parental control > government control > no control.
In the absence of parents that give a damn, it's nice that someone is telling the kids to do their homework. But then again, I'm a responsible parent that already limits my children's time when they're unable to manage it themselves.
This is false, there is no stated limit in the TOS. There is only the shifting limit by area that affects the top 0.01% (1/100 of a %) of users.
Are you a KDE user? Some people prefer not to have every obscure, configurable option in an enormous preferences window.
Now, thanks to the efforts of the EFF and a patent attorney, who found prior work of similar technology, the U.S. Patent Office has revoked Live Nation's patent. This is good news for those who consider Live Nation to be the Evil Empire when it comes to concert promotion.
But less so (good news) when the author of the prior art files for the same patent, no?
Don't forget, it's from the company that brought us the Patriot Missile (TM), so you know it's gonna be good.
Which is all the more reason to make sure that no software ever has a really huge user base.
Maybe they should introduce some bugs to slow the user base growth.
It is times like this that I wish America would switch over to a system where blank media is taxed and they don't prosecute piracy.
Why not do both? I'm surprised we're behind Canada on this one.
It comes up because the same PC with XP Home (configured shortly before Vista release) costs $20 less than one without an OS. Most people aren't keen on paying $20 plus the cost of a Windows license for... nothing.
Having actually read the article:
. . . (W)e free software fans are a fussy crowd, and very hard to please. You know what you are like -- you sit and configure that Dell system down to the finest detail, you want a specific model of HP laptop, you want the one that has the Intel graphics chipset not the other chipset because you prefer the free driver approach from Intel. . . you are in short an expert, demanding customer. This means, that in order to reach you with Linux, a reseller has to offer Linux EVERYWHERE, not just on a few select models.
Worse, you are not a "Linux" user, you are a user who wants version 6.06.1 of Ubuntu, or 10.2 of SuSE, or Fedora 6. You want a specific distro, and in many cases also a specific VERSION of that distro. In order to please you, the vendor has to offer an enormous matrix of possibilities -- machine and distro/version.
He's right.
Unlimited access, not unlimited bandwidth. Comcast hasn't advertised unlimited bandwidth in over 7 years. They sell speed and access, not dedicated bandwidth. It seems most people prefer 15 Mbps when you need it to 1.5 Mbps and waiting.
As pointed out regularly in such discussionson BBR, Comcast hasn't advertised unlimited bandwidth in ~7 years.
The idea that the browser isn't feature-complete unless you install 20 add-ons is certain to scare some people away. I know there isn't much fun in reading an article about the 5 "essential" add-ons, but you can probably get the best of what's missing. I'm down to only two (AdBlock Plus w/ Easylist, and Flashblock for limiting/customizing non-ad content) and quite happy with my experience.
if IT decision-makers can get over their prejudice against equipment that's traditionally been aimed at consumers.
They really think that's what's holding back Macs in the enterprise? I'm pretty sure the problem isn't prejudice against hardware, but integration issues that arise when moving from an all-MS shop to a mixed environment with OS X. The ROI needs to outweigh the obstacles, and it currently doesn't.
But the article fails to mention why the XP systems need replacement. Any organization as conservative as the FAA no doubt waited a year or two before rolling out XP, so even the earlier systems are only a few years old, and probably far from slouches. Why does the release of Vista necessitate an upgrade, especially if you aren't going to be upgrading to Vista?
I can't seem to find ESR on that list. Maybe I missed it?
Well, to be fair, you did choose to use PHP, which is notoriously buggy and insecure.
Read the article. Groklaw started two months after the litigation began by "an enthusiast." I think it's pretty funny Slashdot has been astroturfed for upwards of 4 years.
That's the best rhetoric you've got? Might want to give Wikipedia a read for some real facts, it has a pretty thorough write-up (and mostly factual) on Mitt. Now that Deval Dukakis is here, we're really screwed. He's backpedaling so fast on all his campaign promises, he's almost to central MA (and my wallet, ugh).
Aw come on. Isn't this really all a mute point?
Does Windows 2000 understand the "Dynamic DST" sub-key? The manual method on the MS page just shows a standard DST entry.
No, but it's nice to have options.
I'm not sure what kernel list the poster has been reading. Linus is a pragmatist. He has constantly favored using the best tool for the job over religious fanaticism. There's no surprise here.
The developers claimed to have fixed the problem in 1.5.0.5 according to Secunia, but the problem still exists in 2.0 according to SecurityFocus (and I have witnessed the crash personally).
;)
But with Firefox 2.0, all your tabs will be restored for you when you start it back up! That's good enough, right?
While it won't be officially "released" until tomorrow, Firefox 2.0 is available now.