Honestly why would someone running XP Home/Pro migrate to linux?
I moved my non-tech saavy wife from Microsoft to Linux about a year ago. I did this because I got tired of getting "I can't print" calls at work. She had about a week of pain learning to do things in new ways (copy/paste, etc.), but now has the kind of opinions about Linux that would get her modded down around here for being a zealotous lunatic. So how could a non-tech person develop that kind of loyalty? Very simple. It doesn't get viruses and it doesn't fucking crash. That is why someone running XP would convert to Linux - Because they just need their damn computer to work.
The US also agressively persued our policies in the far east (which lead us to confrontation with Japan).
Gee, I thought Pearl Harbor led us into confrontation with Japan. Or did you think the Japanese were more happy with the Spanish running places like the Philippines in 1898?
Captains with 12 years of experience earn up to $265 an hour at Delta, United, American and Northwest, which translates to $250,000 a year and more for a job that technology is making almost fully automated.
By comparison, senior pilots at low-fare carriers like Southwest and Jet Blue make about 40 percent less.
A pilot's pay is directly related to the size of the aircraft he/she flies. Southwest operates only the 737 type, which is considerably smaller than the 747/777/a4xx that the other carriers use. Therefore, the salary comparison is somewhat misleading.
I wimped out and went to Mandrake after the Bluecurve fiasco. After what happened to Red Hat, however, I do plan on diversifying my Linux knowledge base. Who knows what will happen if Mandrake goes tits-up or gets assimilated? My goals are to become proficient in Debian and Gentoo.
The last big online multiplayer experience they planned was Silent Hunter II and Destroyer Command. The game (really one game, written as two to soak you for two purchases) was, quite simply, the most disastrous bugfest I've ever seen out of any game software company in existence.
I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but if Ubi has anything to do with it, look carefully before buying.
Just got back from seeing the movie. First of all, the movie kicked ass. It beat the shit out of the second one. So why does everyone hate it?
The reason is pure, flat out, in your face, ignorance and hypocrisy. Ignorance is not knowing what the deal was after seeing the first movie - filled with symbolism and blatantly obvious references to the culmination in Revolutions that pissed everyone off. It is proof that they hate without knowing, which brings us to hyprocrisy.
The story ended with a definative answer to the deeper questions asked throughout the trilogy, and people hated the answer that was provided. They hated it because of prejudice and intolerance, which is exactly why they claim to hate that answer in the first place.
As well put by the movie, the two most important things in human experience are belief and choice. Don't let anyone take either away from you. See the movie and decide for yourself.
This is an intersting approach, but if they keep this a "closed system" (i.e. a hidden internet), then how much real "hacking" can they expect?
Well, not much, but I doubt the government realizes this. If they exposed it to real hackers, it would no longer be a "closed" system, now would it?
I think the problem is that the few threads of trust that once existed between the authorities and true hackers is gone now. If they invited the world's best hackers to come to Berkeley to participate in their little experiment, I'm sure they would consider it a giant social engineering honeypot and stay well away from it. Even if it were done online, I still doubt they'd get much useful participation, for exactly the same reason. They've alienated those with real skill from the business of securing the nation's IT infrastructure.
Good post, but it really depends on what you are using the drive for. A file server, being used by many users to store tiny little files, is very poorly served by defragging for exactly the reasons you describe. As the file size increases and user/application population decreases, however, having data in contiguous blocks (accounting for interleave, etc.) becomes more and more advantageous.
Now come up with an area where MS have exclusive control over a market. I can't think of one...
I just had that sudden chill, as if walking into a cult ceremony by mistake and coming to the sudden horrifying revelation that the person I'm talking to really is that nuts. I'm just going to back away calmly.
If anything, apache is closer to a monopoly (though both IIS and apache are far from it)
Monopoly != popularity. Monopoly is taking market share by force rather than by normal market behavior. If Apache had extensions that didn't work right for any other browser besides, say, Mozilla, you might have something.
Please turn the next page in your pamphlet and post accordingly.
It makes perfect sense for a corporation to attempt to receive revenue for providing something of value.
There's just one problem. Their name gained its value through the marketing and support efforts of people like me. They did not create the value. They took posession of it, and left us holding the bag, trying to convince our managers and clients that this Fedora thing will be stable and well supported.
What happens when Free software conquers all and all the software companies are put out of business, letting their programmers go?
I think the idea behind free software was that software was once a service rather than a product. Maybe programmers will have to work directly for clients rather than hiding behind IP holding companies.
Open source software doesn't feed the family so what do all those out of work developers do? It seems to me that OSS is like a virus that eventually consumes its host, thus ending its own life.
This shit began in a garage, not a boardroom. The realities of the job market are no more the problem of the computer community than are the distribution problems of music/movie industries.
And how do you suppose they figured this out? Was an article in CEO magazine the vanguard of the new *nix movement?
Red Hat has their ball and now they are going to run with it. They used the community to build a platform to which the community will no longer have access, so I feel it is only appropriate to discontinue the benefits once enjoyed by Red Hat users as part of that community. RH newbies now get the same answer I give to Microsoft users. Call the provider of your software.
Best of luck, RH. We'll see how this plays out in the long term.
Actually, I'm the only gun owner I know of who doesn't have at least two handguns. The reason for this is that I suck with a pistol and prefer a shotgun for home defense. Unless the angle of incidence is greater than about 40 degrees, dove shot will not penetrate an interior wall. Almost all of us also have at least one "assault rifle". Indeed, I would say that hunters are a minority of gun owners around here.
I appreciate and reciprocate your comments about the nature of our discussion.
As you are a pilot, please tell me what would happen then, if a bullet penetrated the aircraft at the altitudes a 767 cruises at (and presumably were cruising at on 9/11/2001).
AFAIK, the planes never made it to their cruising altitudes before they were hijacked. But, if a bullet did miss its intended target and strike the aircraft, the result would probably depend on where it hit. Assuming it hit a window (worst case scenario), you'd have an explosive decompression. This is actually a lot less violent than it sounds. You'd have a pop, a sudden rush of air, then a mist hanging in the air. Any loose crap on trays near the affected window would be sucked out. This is not 10 minutes of hurricane force winds blowing out the window. It's a pop. Then you have 30 seconds to get a mask on before you pass out. As a pilot, you are more worried about the hypoxia than getting sucked out a window. YMMV. As I pointed out, I'd certainly rather face this possibility than the certain death at the hands of the terrorists.
I have also seen enough headlines from Detroit to know that precious few regular citizens (those who are NOT police or military) are properly trained in the handling and use of firearms...
I think that's more a matter of the headlines you've been reading. Down south we have a LOT more gun ownership, and a lot less gun violence. Go figure. Besides that, I've been shooting with a lot of folks, at the only groups who have consistently better gun handling skills than the general populace are Marines and federal law enforcement. That is, of course, only when you count accuracy as a criterion. As far as safety goes, your average private owner (around here, anyway) is considerably better about safety than anyone except special urban police units such as SWAT who have to constantly worry about hitting people on the other side of walls.
First of all, a Glaser safety slug most certainly will tear-ass through 6mm of plexiglas if fired at it. Second of all, an aircraft really isn't that much different from any other environment where one might need to use a gun. Is a crowded street any less of a good place to start shooting than an aircaft cabin? Those trained in handling and using firearms maintain a constant awareness of what their weapon will do if fired in any given direction.
I am a pilot, and had this whole technical discussion written up about the misconceptions surrounding cabin depressurization. But given the changes in the social contract between hijackers and passengers following 9/11, i think this question pretty much sums it up:
Cabin depress, or death? Wow, there's been a real run on cabin depress.
And like all of their products, if there's a default filter or setting that you don't like, you can change it.
You do mean after the fact and on a trial-by-error basis, right? Because I don't think it's possible to derive the actual list of sites the product blocks. That would make it impossible to control its behavior.
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Honestly why would someone running XP Home/Pro migrate to linux?
I moved my non-tech saavy wife from Microsoft to Linux about a year ago. I did this because I got tired of getting "I can't print" calls at work. She had about a week of pain learning to do things in new ways (copy/paste, etc.), but now has the kind of opinions about Linux that would get her modded down around here for being a zealotous lunatic. So how could a non-tech person develop that kind of loyalty? Very simple. It doesn't get viruses and it doesn't fucking crash. That is why someone running XP would convert to Linux - Because they just need their damn computer to work.
The US also agressively persued our policies in the far east (which lead us to confrontation with Japan).
Gee, I thought Pearl Harbor led us into confrontation with Japan. Or did you think the Japanese were more happy with the Spanish running places like the Philippines in 1898?
From the article:
Captains with 12 years of experience earn up to $265 an hour at Delta, United, American and Northwest, which translates to $250,000 a year and more for a job that technology is making almost fully automated.
By comparison, senior pilots at low-fare carriers like Southwest and Jet Blue make about 40 percent less.
A pilot's pay is directly related to the size of the aircraft he/she flies. Southwest operates only the 737 type, which is considerably smaller than the 747/777/a4xx that the other carriers use. Therefore, the salary comparison is somewhat misleading.
I wimped out and went to Mandrake after the Bluecurve fiasco. After what happened to Red Hat, however, I do plan on diversifying my Linux knowledge base. Who knows what will happen if Mandrake goes tits-up or gets assimilated? My goals are to become proficient in Debian and Gentoo.
May God have mercy on my soul.
The last big online multiplayer experience they planned was Silent Hunter II and Destroyer Command. The game (really one game, written as two to soak you for two purchases) was, quite simply, the most disastrous bugfest I've ever seen out of any game software company in existence.
I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but if Ubi has anything to do with it, look carefully before buying.
Just got back from seeing the movie. First of all, the movie kicked ass. It beat the shit out of the second one. So why does everyone hate it?
The reason is pure, flat out, in your face, ignorance and hypocrisy. Ignorance is not knowing what the deal was after seeing the first movie - filled with symbolism and blatantly obvious references to the culmination in Revolutions that pissed everyone off. It is proof that they hate without knowing, which brings us to hyprocrisy.
The story ended with a definative answer to the deeper questions asked throughout the trilogy, and people hated the answer that was provided. They hated it because of prejudice and intolerance, which is exactly why they claim to hate that answer in the first place.
As well put by the movie, the two most important things in human experience are belief and choice. Don't let anyone take either away from you. See the movie and decide for yourself.
It's flamebait because astroturfers have invaded the moderation system.
As usual, Microsoft is overplaying its hand. They should stick to astroturfing slashdot.
This is an intersting approach, but if they keep this a "closed system" (i.e. a hidden internet), then how much real "hacking" can they expect?
Well, not much, but I doubt the government realizes this. If they exposed it to real hackers, it would no longer be a "closed" system, now would it?
I think the problem is that the few threads of trust that once existed between the authorities and true hackers is gone now. If they invited the world's best hackers to come to Berkeley to participate in their little experiment, I'm sure they would consider it a giant social engineering honeypot and stay well away from it. Even if it were done online, I still doubt they'd get much useful participation, for exactly the same reason. They've alienated those with real skill from the business of securing the nation's IT infrastructure.
Good post, but it really depends on what you are using the drive for. A file server, being used by many users to store tiny little files, is very poorly served by defragging for exactly the reasons you describe. As the file size increases and user/application population decreases, however, having data in contiguous blocks (accounting for interleave, etc.) becomes more and more advantageous.
To some degree a virus wrecking havoc amongst computer using their software can be seen like if somebody was vandalizing your property.
Oops! Be careful with that. Compare the MS business process with real life, and you might raise the specter of product liability.
At least you can get half credit for the shields you've built up. Depending on what rules you are playing, of course.
Now come up with an area where MS have exclusive control over a market. I can't think of one...
I just had that sudden chill, as if walking into a cult ceremony by mistake and coming to the sudden horrifying revelation that the person I'm talking to really is that nuts. I'm just going to back away calmly.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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/usr/bin/fire phasers 99
If anything, apache is closer to a monopoly (though both IIS and apache are far from it)
Monopoly != popularity. Monopoly is taking market share by force rather than by normal market behavior. If Apache had extensions that didn't work right for any other browser besides, say, Mozilla, you might have something.
Please turn the next page in your pamphlet and post accordingly.
It makes perfect sense for a corporation to attempt to receive revenue for providing something of value.
There's just one problem. Their name gained its value through the marketing and support efforts of people like me. They did not create the value. They took posession of it, and left us holding the bag, trying to convince our managers and clients that this Fedora thing will be stable and well supported.
Are you banking that readers/moderators will not bother to read the message you linked to? Of course Fedora will be available in public CVS.
What happens when Free software conquers all and all the software companies are put out of business, letting their programmers go?
I think the idea behind free software was that software was once a service rather than a product. Maybe programmers will have to work directly for clients rather than hiding behind IP holding companies.
Open source software doesn't feed the family so what do all those out of work developers do? It seems to me that OSS is like a virus that eventually consumes its host, thus ending its own life.
This shit began in a garage, not a boardroom. The realities of the job market are no more the problem of the computer community than are the distribution problems of music/movie industries.
They know they need UNIX
And how do you suppose they figured this out? Was an article in CEO magazine the vanguard of the new *nix movement?
Red Hat has their ball and now they are going to run with it. They used the community to build a platform to which the community will no longer have access, so I feel it is only appropriate to discontinue the benefits once enjoyed by Red Hat users as part of that community. RH newbies now get the same answer I give to Microsoft users. Call the provider of your software.
Best of luck, RH. We'll see how this plays out in the long term.
Actually, I'm the only gun owner I know of who doesn't have at least two handguns. The reason for this is that I suck with a pistol and prefer a shotgun for home defense. Unless the angle of incidence is greater than about 40 degrees, dove shot will not penetrate an interior wall. Almost all of us also have at least one "assault rifle". Indeed, I would say that hunters are a minority of gun owners around here.
I appreciate and reciprocate your comments about the nature of our discussion.
...Thow in massive deficit spending...
The prosperity of a country != prosperity if its government. This concept applies to tax cuts as well.
As you are a pilot, please tell me what would happen then, if a bullet penetrated the aircraft at the altitudes a 767 cruises at (and presumably were cruising at on 9/11/2001).
AFAIK, the planes never made it to their cruising altitudes before they were hijacked. But, if a bullet did miss its intended target and strike the aircraft, the result would probably depend on where it hit. Assuming it hit a window (worst case scenario), you'd have an explosive decompression. This is actually a lot less violent than it sounds. You'd have a pop, a sudden rush of air, then a mist hanging in the air. Any loose crap on trays near the affected window would be sucked out. This is not 10 minutes of hurricane force winds blowing out the window. It's a pop. Then you have 30 seconds to get a mask on before you pass out. As a pilot, you are more worried about the hypoxia than getting sucked out a window. YMMV. As I pointed out, I'd certainly rather face this possibility than the certain death at the hands of the terrorists.
I have also seen enough headlines from Detroit to know that precious few regular citizens (those who are NOT police or military) are properly trained in the handling and use of firearms...
I think that's more a matter of the headlines you've been reading. Down south we have a LOT more gun ownership, and a lot less gun violence. Go figure. Besides that, I've been shooting with a lot of folks, at the only groups who have consistently better gun handling skills than the general populace are Marines and federal law enforcement. That is, of course, only when you count accuracy as a criterion. As far as safety goes, your average private owner (around here, anyway) is considerably better about safety than anyone except special urban police units such as SWAT who have to constantly worry about hitting people on the other side of walls.
First of all, a Glaser safety slug most certainly will tear-ass through 6mm of plexiglas if fired at it. Second of all, an aircraft really isn't that much different from any other environment where one might need to use a gun. Is a crowded street any less of a good place to start shooting than an aircaft cabin? Those trained in handling and using firearms maintain a constant awareness of what their weapon will do if fired in any given direction.
I am a pilot, and had this whole technical discussion written up about the misconceptions surrounding cabin depressurization. But given the changes in the social contract between hijackers and passengers following 9/11, i think this question pretty much sums it up:
Cabin depress, or death? Wow, there's been a real run on cabin depress.
The ACLU has defended groups from one end of the political spectrum to the other, as long as the issues fall within their areas of concern.
That statement is bullshit. Change "concern" to "interpretation", however, and you've got a winner.
And like all of their products, if there's a default filter or setting that you don't like, you can change it.
You do mean after the fact and on a trial-by-error basis, right? Because I don't think it's possible to derive the actual list of sites the product blocks. That would make it impossible to control its behavior.