"Is there going to be a sudden demand for C# coders in a few years? if there is, maybe I should start learning it"
I don't know what your philosophy is, but I wouldn't want to tie my career to one company. Computer Science is not supposed to be learning the language of the day, but the fundamental paradigms and algorithms to allow you to pick up any language.
Though my personal preference is obviously Linux, in a pinch I could become a Solaris or Irix guy. With my UNIX background I can transition to NT easier than an NT guy could to UNIX. The tech world changes so quickly it is best to be flexible and to keep an open mind.
The way I feel right now though, I'd rather take a lesser paying job doing UNIX stuff and be happy than make more money doing MS and be miserable. Each to his own though.:)
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It's a shame that humanity's greatest concerted efforts of high-technology have usually been destructive in nature. (I don't claim exceptions are non-existant -- look at Apollo.)
Actually even Apollo has roots in destruction. Why were we in the space race to begin with? Well, if you can orbit a satelite, it doesn't take much more to strap a big ole bomb on the rocket and have it pointed towards Washington or Moscow.
Sputnik scared the USA because our rocket program wasn't good enough to orbit something and therefore not reliable enough to make an ICBM. Sputnik wasn't about a tinny beeping satelite. It was about sending the USA a message.
Apollo grew from the race to build better rockets and evolved into a "we're better than you are" competition. I'm glad it was done, but we haven't been back, and don't seem to be going back anytime soon. What a waste.
Ignore this drivel. It is an obvious attempt to drive up their banner counts. I personally have done several software reviews for Linux.com and have never, received even a free copy of the CD-ROM to do the review. In fact, for over a year, I was an unpaid volunteer. I selected products which I thought were relevant to Linux.com, and to our intended audience.
For example, my Helix Gnome review was me downloading the distribution over my 56K modem and having a go at it. I had no contact with anyone at Helix Code.
If they want to see irresponsible journalism, perhaps they should read the stories they just wrote.
These kinds of accusations make me ill. I believe I've just read my last ZDNet article, and I don't think I'll be visiting TUCows anytime soon. I urge everyone to write to the respective editors of these "publications" and calmly voice your disgust.
Everyone here knows that MS zealots will say "Yeah, but W2k can spit out dynamic content faster...". It would be nice to have proof either way.
Kinda like when us Linux zealots said, "Yeah, but Linux can spit out dynamic content faster..";) I do agree that it would be more meaningful to see dynamic benchmarks. After all you can saturate a T-1 with a Pentium if you are just spitting out flat HTML.
Yes, USWEST is the US Worst. I am forced to deal with them for my phone service here in New Mexico. Doom on me. Their customer service is a nightmare.
I called them to inquire about a DSL line when their webpage had said that it was available in my area. The operator claimed that New Mexico hadn't met some kind of FCC regulations so USWest wasn't going to be offering DSL in NM in the near future.
Two weeks later I hear the local ISP is rolling out DSL. Of course when I check back, my phone lines don't qualify. If I could choose my phone company, I would NOT be using USWest.
I think our descendants will put this achievement in the same category as the Moon landing or splitting the atom.
We'll finally have the script to our bodies. Whether you believe in God or Evolution or some combination thereof, this is a landmark event. For the first time, a species will have the ability to view and eventually change its own blueprint.
My fondest hope is that our society will be able to catch up enough with technology, so we can deal with this the Right Way(tm). I think Gattaca had some very relevant messages, that need to be discussed as we move into this technology. We the public need to be very aware right now of what is happening with the patenting of genes. There is a great potential for abuse.
I'm glad that both the public project and the private sector will be announcing this together. The Human Genome Project immediately publishes their data on every night. You can be sure that Celera's downloads it every morning. It would be an affront to the scientists who did so much work in the public project if Celera tried to steal all the credit.
Be sure to check out the Charlie Rose show this week on PBS. He has been running a week long special on all this. I highly recommend it.
This is something that starts to grate on my nerves. Living in the desert, my fans tend to suck up way more dust then they were designed to.
After awhile, the dust begins to cake on and the fan begins to sound like a P-51 Prop on takeoff. The CD-ROM and Hard Drive doesn't bother me, but after awhile those damn fans begin to get to me.
Brings back fond memories of my youth, wasting away in front of the DOS command prompt. I still remember my first BBS download, EGATrek.zip. From the moment my eyes spotted the games file board, I was an addict. Took me awhile to figure out the differences between X, Y and Z modem, but I got the damn thing downloaded. Of course it took me another couple of hours before I figured out what a ZIP file was and how to deal with it. Luckily, the old hands were kind enough to show a punk kid the ropes. I felt so indebted that eventually I had to give something back in return. I started my own BBS.:)
I must say PKZIP was one of the most reliable programs I've ever used. I don't recall it ever segfaulting, or losing any of my compressed data. It even ran quickly on my 386.
PKZIP 2.04G will probably always have a reserved place on my hard drives, even now that I've moved to Linux.
As an aside, anyone out there from Fidonet 4:920? I was the SysOP of the Razor's Edge BBS back in the day (4:920/35).
Katz, CmdrTaco, and Hemos, you have handled this entire situation poorly. Please explain why you weren't more open about this! If you had posted a story on Slashdot saying you were working on a Hellmouth book and wanted feedback, things would have been much different.
Why couldn't you have had a sort of mock-interview where the readers could moderate up old comments that should go into the book. The comments came from us and we should have had input as to which ones we felt best represented us!
The only thing that is keeping me on Slashdot is habit. I've been here since the Chips and Dips. Cmdrtaco: You should have known damn well that some of us would be pissed off for you publishing our comments this way. Don't you remember the furor that erupted several years ago when you mentioned you might make a/. compilation CD-ROM?
OH that's right, half the/. staff doesn't even pay attention to what happens on the site anymore. Thank god for places like Advogato. They will take over when/. finally dies under its own weight.
Even CNET advises to be prepared for some crashes. I can't think of a single time my Palm Personal has crashed, other than the times I've dropped it accidently.
Frankly trying to shoehorn Windows onto a handheld is about as useful as putting Linux there.
With all this jerking around, I doubt I'll buy the damn thing if it ever does get released. You'd think we could get some official word from Lucas considering he is pissing off a lot of potential customers and fans.
My user ID is an order of magnitude lower than yours. It would have been lower, but I was boycotting usernames along with JWZ and many others (anyone remember those days anymore, or did everyone finally leave for Advogato?)
Though I'm a hard core Linux advocate, even I'm beginning to tire of the extreme Linux bias here. I'd like to see something that hasn't already been hashed over two dozen times since Chips and Dips. That is part of the reason I did the Buddying up to BSD series on Linux.com. Some of us really need to get our heads out of the sand. If Microsoft had pulled this XFS thing we woulda been screaming vaporware the whole time, but mention Linux and Open Source and we roll right over.
In the years since I've been on the Internet I have never even seen a hate site. I'm sure there are a multitude of them out there, but I've chosen not to visit them.
One of the things I cherish about the Internet is the freedom from racial prejudice. Unless I choose to reveal it, no one knows my race, my sex, my age, my religion or anything else. They can judge me by my words and actions.
I'm franky disturbed by this. The article seemed to imply that there was a need for some kind of censorship. Instead of wasting your time trying to silence these groups, publish rebuttals and spread your own message. If you think that reading some words on some poorly written Neo-Nazi web site is going to start a race war, you've got deeper problems already. This quote jumped out at me, "Sweden has one of the world's highest rates of Internet usage, with more half of adults online. The country has found itself at the hub of European neo-Nazism, with a rising racist crime rate."
They seem to be implying a positive correlation between internet usage rates and neo-Nazism. Sounds like the Internet has once again become the scapegoat. Obviously there must be some deeper issues going on in Sweden. Anyone there want to fill us in on the story?
Anyway, if we are going to embark into this brave new world, let us do it right! Let's ban all speech that is hateful, further lets ban all speech from parties that have committed crimes against humanity. We don't need those messages being imparted onto our impressionable youth.
I guess the first thing to do is to shut down all the United States Government sites. Here is a quote I found on a Native American site:
"Over 300 Million Indigenous Peoples were brutally tortured and murdered by an invasion of foreign forces in an act to Exterminate an Indigenous Peoples so as to Steal their Land and Resources. Those who were not exterminated were Forcefully Removed from their lands (either at gunpoint or the point of a bayonet or by Forged Treaties) and driven off to Federal PRISON Camps called RESERVATIONS. "
I'll leave it to you to decide the validity of their claim. Maybe we should shut this site down for implying that the U.S. Government slaughtered millions of Native Americans? Or should we shut down other sites because they deny the Native American Holocaust?
Or perhaps we can start teaching critical thinking and reasoning so our citizens can make informed decisions! But we couldn't have that, after all once citizens can think logically they might actually start taking back their rights. *sigh*
As a long time Slashdot reader, I'm pleased to see one of the premier Open Source advocacy sites living up to its ideals. I have to admit I was worried for awhile there.
Keep up the good work and remember to Use the source, Luke. Release early and release OFTEN.
I wish these so called science stories would go a little bit more in depth. I'd be interested to know what kind of techniques are used to bind together the nerves, arteries and such.
I'm also really curious as to how the patient finally responds to the new body parts. How does the brain and the nervous system react to the foreign parts. Does it take training to begin using the new hands or is this a plug-n-play procedure?
You meant DevFS right? From the brief discussions I've read on Linux Kernel, it doesn't seem too likely this will get in. Everytime it is brought up, it is usually shot right down with, "its not the right way (tm) to do it". EOD. (End Of Discussion)
Can someone enlighten me a little bit more on the issues. I'd sure like to get rid of all the crap hanging out in/dev on my system, and i'd rather not have to patch my kernel twice everytime I upgrade.
This is an application I would have no trouble seeing patented. A lone inventor out tinkering with cameras, comes up with a cool application. The guy deserves to make some money off this idea.
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I don't know what your philosophy is, but I wouldn't want to tie my career to one company. Computer Science is not supposed to be learning the language of the day, but the fundamental paradigms and algorithms to allow you to pick up any language.
Though my personal preference is obviously Linux, in a pinch I could become a Solaris or Irix guy. With my UNIX background I can transition to NT easier than an NT guy could to UNIX. The tech world changes so quickly it is best to be flexible and to keep an open mind.
The way I feel right now though, I'd rather take a lesser paying job doing UNIX stuff and be happy than make more money doing MS and be miserable. Each to his own though. :)
Sure, run all your computers 24/7 at 100% use to help solve Global Warming. Makes sense to me.
I've put up some of my DEFCON pics. I promised someone I'd post this pictur e of a random drunk guy. Whoever you are, I've kept my promise. Have fun. :)
It's a shame that humanity's greatest concerted efforts of high-technology have usually been destructive in nature. (I don't claim exceptions are non-existant -- look at Apollo.)
Actually even Apollo has roots in destruction. Why were we in the space race to begin with? Well, if you can orbit a satelite, it doesn't take much more to strap a big ole bomb on the rocket and have it pointed towards Washington or Moscow.
Sputnik scared the USA because our rocket program wasn't good enough to orbit something and therefore not reliable enough to make an ICBM. Sputnik wasn't about a tinny beeping satelite. It was about sending the USA a message.
Apollo grew from the race to build better rockets and evolved into a "we're better than you are" competition. I'm glad it was done, but we haven't been back, and don't seem to be going back anytime soon. What a waste.
For example, my Helix Gnome review was me downloading the distribution over my 56K modem and having a go at it. I had no contact with anyone at Helix Code.
If they want to see irresponsible journalism, perhaps they should read the stories they just wrote.
These kinds of accusations make me ill. I believe I've just read my last ZDNet article, and I don't think I'll be visiting TUCows anytime soon. I urge everyone to write to the respective editors of these "publications" and calmly voice your disgust.
I know the parent post is a troll, but just for the sake of clarity here are some urls, including the original /. story.
Everyone here knows that MS zealots will say "Yeah, but W2k can spit out dynamic content faster...". It would be nice to have proof either way.
Kinda like when us Linux zealots said, "Yeah, but Linux can spit out dynamic content faster.." ;) I do agree that it would be more meaningful to see dynamic benchmarks. After all you can saturate a T-1 with a Pentium if you are just spitting out flat HTML.
I called them to inquire about a DSL line when their webpage had said that it was available in my area. The operator claimed that New Mexico hadn't met some kind of FCC regulations so USWest wasn't going to be offering DSL in NM in the near future.
Two weeks later I hear the local ISP is rolling out DSL. Of course when I check back, my phone lines don't qualify. If I could choose my phone company, I would NOT be using USWest.
We'll finally have the script to our bodies. Whether you believe in God or Evolution or some combination thereof, this is a landmark event. For the first time, a species will have the ability to view and eventually change its own blueprint.
My fondest hope is that our society will be able to catch up enough with technology, so we can deal with this the Right Way(tm). I think Gattaca had some very relevant messages, that need to be discussed as we move into this technology. We the public need to be very aware right now of what is happening with the patenting of genes. There is a great potential for abuse.
I'm glad that both the public project and the private sector will be announcing this together. The Human Genome Project immediately publishes their data on every night. You can be sure that Celera's downloads it every morning. It would be an affront to the scientists who did so much work in the public project if Celera tried to steal all the credit.
Be sure to check out the Charlie Rose show this week on PBS. He has been running a week long special on all this. I highly recommend it.
This is something that starts to grate on my nerves. Living in the desert, my fans tend to suck up way more dust then they were designed to.
After awhile, the dust begins to cake on and the fan begins to sound like a P-51 Prop on takeoff. The CD-ROM and Hard Drive doesn't bother me, but after awhile those damn fans begin to get to me.
Brings back fond memories of my youth, wasting away in front of the DOS command prompt. I still remember my first BBS download, EGATrek.zip. From the moment my eyes spotted the games file board, I was an addict. Took me awhile to figure out the differences between X, Y and Z modem, but I got the damn thing downloaded. Of course it took me another couple of hours before I figured out what a ZIP file was and how to deal with it. Luckily, the old hands were kind enough to show a punk kid the ropes. I felt so indebted that eventually I had to give something back in return. I started my own BBS. :)
I must say PKZIP was one of the most reliable programs I've ever used. I don't recall it ever segfaulting, or losing any of my compressed data. It even ran quickly on my 386.
PKZIP 2.04G will probably always have a reserved place on my hard drives, even now that I've moved to Linux.
As an aside, anyone out there from Fidonet 4:920? I was the SysOP of the Razor's Edge BBS back in the day (4:920/35).
Why couldn't you have had a sort of mock-interview where the readers could moderate up old comments that should go into the book. The comments came from us and we should have had input as to which ones we felt best represented us!
The only thing that is keeping me on Slashdot is habit. I've been here since the Chips and Dips. Cmdrtaco: You should have known damn well that some of us would be pissed off for you publishing our comments this way. Don't you remember the furor that erupted several years ago when you mentioned you might make a /. compilation CD-ROM?
OH that's right, half the /. staff doesn't even pay attention to what happens on the site anymore. Thank god for places like Advogato. They will take over when /. finally dies under its own weight.
Frankly trying to shoehorn Windows onto a handheld is about as useful as putting Linux there.
With all this jerking around, I doubt I'll buy the damn thing if it ever does get released. You'd think we could get some official word from Lucas considering he is pissing off a lot of potential customers and fans.
I'll have to "me too" that one. Definately one of the sites that got me started using Linux.
My user ID is an order of magnitude lower than yours. It would have been lower, but I was boycotting usernames along with JWZ and many others (anyone remember those days anymore, or did everyone finally leave for Advogato?)
Though I'm a hard core Linux advocate, even I'm beginning to tire of the extreme Linux bias here. I'd like to see something that hasn't already been hashed over two dozen times since Chips and Dips. That is part of the reason I did the Buddying up to BSD series on Linux.com. Some of us really need to get our heads out of the sand. If Microsoft had pulled this XFS thing we woulda been screaming vaporware the whole time, but mention Linux and Open Source and we roll right over.
One of the things I cherish about the Internet is the freedom from racial prejudice. Unless I choose to reveal it, no one knows my race, my sex, my age, my religion or anything else. They can judge me by my words and actions.
I'm franky disturbed by this. The article seemed to imply that there was a need for some kind of censorship. Instead of wasting your time trying to silence these groups, publish rebuttals and spread your own message. If you think that reading some words on some poorly written Neo-Nazi web site is going to start a race war, you've got deeper problems already. This quote jumped out at me, "Sweden has one of the world's highest rates of Internet usage, with more half of adults online. The country has found itself at the hub of European neo-Nazism, with a rising racist crime rate."
They seem to be implying a positive correlation between internet usage rates and neo-Nazism. Sounds like the Internet has once again become the scapegoat. Obviously there must be some deeper issues going on in Sweden. Anyone there want to fill us in on the story?
Anyway, if we are going to embark into this brave new world, let us do it right! Let's ban all speech that is hateful, further lets ban all speech from parties that have committed crimes against humanity. We don't need those messages being imparted onto our impressionable youth.
I guess the first thing to do is to shut down all the United States Government sites. Here is a quote I found on a Native American site:
"Over 300 Million Indigenous Peoples were brutally tortured and murdered by an invasion of foreign forces in an act to Exterminate an Indigenous Peoples so as to Steal their Land and Resources. Those who were not exterminated were Forcefully Removed from their lands (either at gunpoint or the point of a bayonet or by Forged Treaties) and driven off to Federal PRISON Camps called RESERVATIONS. "
I'll leave it to you to decide the validity of their claim. Maybe we should shut this site down for implying that the U.S. Government slaughtered millions of Native Americans? Or should we shut down other sites because they deny the Native American Holocaust?
Or perhaps we can start teaching critical thinking and reasoning so our citizens can make informed decisions! But we couldn't have that, after all once citizens can think logically they might actually start taking back their rights. *sigh*
I've put a mirror up at http://shiftq.linux.com/~mmichie.
Enjoy. After all, I'd hate to see Slashdot get Slashdotted (I need to feed my addiction dammit)! :)
Keep up the good work and remember to Use the source, Luke. Release early and release OFTEN.
I wouldn't be suprised either. In fact, its already been done! :)
I'm also really curious as to how the patient finally responds to the new body parts. How does the brain and the nervous system react to the foreign parts. Does it take training to begin using the new hands or is this a plug-n-play procedure?
- Procfs
You meant DevFS right? From the brief discussions I've read on Linux Kernel, it doesn't seem too likely this will get in. Everytime it is brought up, it is usually shot right down with, "its not the right way (tm) to do it". EOD. (End Of Discussion)Can someone enlighten me a little bit more on the issues. I'd sure like to get rid of all the crap hanging out in /dev on my system, and i'd rather not have to patch my kernel twice everytime I upgrade.
This is an application I would have no trouble seeing patented. A lone inventor out tinkering with cameras, comes up with a cool application. The guy deserves to make some money off this idea.
One click shopping comes nowhere near this.