when I read the title of the article. My favorite part of the article was how the author succinctly described the impact Linux is having on technology:
...Torvalds orchestrates thousands of Linux developers distributed around the globe, synthesizing and arranging the bits into the masterpiece that disrupted the software establishment, crippling Sun, reviving IBM and giving Microsoft a taste of mortality.
And why are they still using IE at the core when they own the development of the world's best browser???
I believe because Netscape is usage is quickly succumbing to the spread of Mozilla/Firefox.
Also, I seem to remember a previous/. article where AOL was going to consider using Nutscrape as the default browser on their coasters but then struck up a deal with Microsoft to use IE instead in return for an AOL logo on every new Windows install. I'd look for the/. article but don't have time at the moment.
I've been looking into purchasing a Tivo for about a month now, but I definitely won't bother now. Anyone got any URL's so I could see how to build one using Linux?
as well. Cable companies can be fined enormous amounts for failing to provide evidence of an ongoing leakge control/abatement program. When I was a cable TV tech, my primary job was to drive around the neighborhood looking for the "Leakage". It's called "CLI" or Cumulative Leakage Index. If the leakage was coming from someone's house and we could not gain access to the house to correct the problem, the customer's service was disconnected at the pole and a note was left on the door. The usual culprit was a crappy amplifier and those "high quality gold plated screw on RG6 connectors" you see sold in Radio Shack, Walmart etc.
If you want to do wiring yourself, here's what you should be looking for:
1. (at least) Dual shielded RG-56 coax cable 2. (at least) 80% braid (no copper braid either) 3. RG56 crimper 4. RG56 crimp style connectors. Not the screw-on connectors 5. Splitters with frequency rating of 5MHz-1GHz 6. Install amplifiers in your house preferably before the first split of the coax.
It may seem that there's loads of prior art against this patent but I don't think Microsoft's goal is to actually win a patent lawsuit against FOSS. They would get just as good results by making sure that FOSS organizations are buried in legal battles for a very long time. For that reason alone, I'm still scared for Free/Open Source software...
Usually anything from O'Reilly specifically Matt Welsh's "Running Linux" and "Linux in a Nutshell". Both books will help you become more than capable in basic sysadmin of a Linux box, especially in a mixed home network like yours. Also, check the web as there is a ton of documentation and online editions of books that you can download for free. I usually start here.
A quick search on google gave me this one which looks helpful.
still using WordPerfect 8? I still use WordPerfect 8 that I received with my box set of Red Hat 7.X. I might even still have a copy that came with Corel Linux way back when. No one ever mentions that Corel had produced a linux native version of WordPerfect that stood a very good chance of offering a viable alternative to MS Word. OOo is very good but I still think WordPerfect is far superior to OOo and MS Word.
The other issue is that much of the IT staff don't comprehend the Telecom issues, like line hunting, rollover, etc.. Unless they have been explicitly trained on it. I think we'll still have a staff of Telecom folks who are instead trained up in additional IT concepts like routing, VLAN's, etc.
I'm a 5ESS engineer with 8 years experience and also happen to be the only engineer where I work under 35 years old. All of my co-workers are 50+ and are too stubborn to realize that if we want to continue to have work to do, we must get cross-trained in those traditional IP concepts. Unfortunately my co-workers (supervisor included) sit back and hope that the VoIP falls flat on its face "because it's no where near as reliable as circuit switched technology."
Relatedly, the data/IT guys don't want us "dinosaurs" working on their equipment to get cross-trained. It is a really lousy situation for me as I still have a long time left in the telecom industry. I shouldn't be penalized by not being allowed to get cross trained on VoIP products/services.
Fortunately I was pissed off enough to go out on my own and get CCNA certified using vacation time and paid out of pocket for boot camp style training. I will not be left in the dust because my coworkers are too proud to learn/adapt to where the industry is going.
On a lighter note, now I need to find an entry level VoIP job to get started in the field....
Swansong for Stern. I doubt as many of Stern listeners as predicted will plunk down their hard earned cash to listen to him. He is definetly #1 now, but that is sure to disappear once you have to pay to listen.
I keep hearing the same mantra from everyone on the radio/TV. I heard the same thing back in the eighties when someone came knocking on my door asking me if I would like to subscribe to "pay TV". I thought that was the most absurd thing when I was already getting TV through my antenna, for FREE!
My point is, now I'm making quite a good living as an engineer for the cable monopoly where I live. People will pay for it if the content on sat radio is good or better than broadcast. I know I'm getting tired of the government deciding what is going to offend me.
In the phone company we have to pay Right To Use Fees every year to Lucent Technologies for software in our 5ESS switches. All we have is a license to use Lucent (Bell Labs)code on Lucent hardware that we purchased from them. Now that times are "lean" for Lucent now, we are contractually obligated to run a software audit every year on every 5ESS and give the results to Lucent. From that data, Lucent calculates a dollar amount that we owe them for "features" in their software. These fees can run into the million dollar range every year if you're switches are at capacity ie ~100,000 lines ~45,000 trunks. It seems like a scam but it's common practice in business, not just MS software.
Smith also dismissed the Commission's argument for forcing Microsoft to share documentation on its network server software. "The Commission says Linux would disappear" if Microsoft did not grant access to its documentation, Smith claimed.
If I remember correctly, wasn't SAMBA created w/o documentation? I thought I remember reading that it was developed "by the wire", ie. using a protocol monitor precisely because there weren't any docs on MS networking protocols? I can't find the link, or I would post it....
What's up with the subluiminal advertising by O'Reilly?.....Whenever I clickkkkked the 'next' button to view the sdcreenshots, I saw an image of "****** Hacks" books on the screen nad then I saw the actual screenshot............
Alright, that was my last beer.
Don't drink and/.
Don't din\k and/.
I guess it's safe to say that you look at the glass as half-empty?
I'm not trying to be a smartass, but this is a milestone because the European Commission sees the importance in using an open standard for document formats. The legislators in the US are bought and paid for by big corps who will die before letting the government/standards body advocate open standards that may break a monopoly stranglehold on productivity software. This could be a huge step towards interoperability.
Last I checked the OSs (in bold below) were based on this codebase, thus I can safely assume getting these eyeglasses to work under *BSD should be trivial.
Mac OS 9.2.2, OS X 10.1.5, OS X 10.2 or OS X 10.3
Sun's problem is that their hardware isn't that great.
I work as an engineer in the telco business and I have seen firsthand how rock solid their equipment is. Lucent Technologies uses Netra boxes all over the place for billing applications and 3B21 emulations to handle Class 5 switching functions without a hitch. These boxes have uptimes measured in years. We cannot afford to use hardware that is not carrier grade (five nines reliability). I can't comment on their other hardware as I believe the Netra is the only box specifically designed for carrier grade service in a Central Office
I'm a 5ESS Engineer and am waiting for word from our manager regarding the percentage of us that will be laid off next week. I work for a cable company that has 8 5ESS switches but has stopped spending any capital on their legacy phone system. They are pouring all resources ($) and manpower into their VoIP service. Their VoIP offering is working A LOT better than many give them credit for, including 911 service AND CALEA compliance.
I saw the handwriting on the wall 2 years ago. Too much animosity between the old TDM guys and the VoIP guys so I'm caught in the middle and am not able to get any cross training in VoIP. My boss is an old TDM, Crossbar, Panel guy who refuses to believe that VoIP will make traditional 5ESS, Nortel switching platforms unnecessary.........back to packing up my office
With all due respect (cough) to you MS bashers out there, this is a good thing and I don't believe MS should be given a bad rap for it.
Isn't one of the main arguments against Windows that its closed-sourcedness makes it harder for security holes to be found and fixed? To me, it looks like Microsoft has taken the first step in recitfying this problem.
I'm not a big fan of MS but they are very reactive to anything that threatens their primary source of revenue. MS should have been doing something along these lines from the beginning as opposed to spouting off FUD for all of these years. I welcome honest debate between the pros/cons of each OS. I use Slackware primarily at home, but there are some MS apps that I can't live without. There's room for both OSs to coexist. MS tactics in preserving 90+% market share is what really irks me. On the surface, it seems that MS is responding to their customers wishes but, I can't see how a government or customer feels that they are getting anything useful out of seeing the source. From what I understand about MS Shared (not Open) Source program, one must pretty much sign your first born away to see the code. In this economic climate who can afford to let their workers 'debug' MS code (for free) without getting any compensation for their time? I guess my main gripe is what is the customer/government gaining by seeing the code? Can they make a derivative work? No. Can they document any specifics regarding file formats for the sake of interoperability? No. Then, why bother?
I agree that there is a high amount of MS bashing on this site but keep in mind that this site's target audience is not the typical MS apostle.
It's most desireable trait is that it is ungodly faster than all the above Distros. A simple install no a underpowered Duron 1.4ghz processor and only 512 meg of ram a Slackware install is snappy feeling and Java + games run on it nicely.
I've been running Slackware 10 on a Pentium II 200 MHz with 128 MB RAM (XFCE, not Gnome or KDE) with acceptable performance.
No matter what distro I try, I always wind up going back to Slackware.
Debian has always been difficult for me because of all the options that you're presented with during installation. That's not a negative for Debian though. Keep in mind that I have never tried Debian with the anaconda installer, but I hear it is awesome. For me, Debian's biggest plus is package management. Nothing beats apt-get. I also like that the fact that it is one of the last TRULY free distros. Debian has got to be one of the easiest distros to maintain (from what I hear from many sysadmins.)
Slackware is incredibly stable and more UNIX-like than other distros. The installer will ask you less questions than a Debian install but will give you a very stable, secure and functional system (desktop or server) with default install options. For me, I find Slackware more enjoyable because it uses a stock kernel right from Linus' tree without any distro specific "tweaks" that you would find in most other distros. I run Xandros for my wife and it is a nightmare if you want to install a package that's not in the Xandros (Debian-based) repository. I have never had a problem compiling a program from source on a Slackware box. It will even install packages using rpms via the 'rpm2tgz' command. Package management is getting better with tools such as "slapt-get" and "swaret". I believe both tools come with the Slackware isos. If you can't find them, you can look here to get any slackware packages you can dream of. If you prefer a gnome desktop, you can download the dropline gnome desktop. Lots of eye candy and GUI front-ends for Slackware specific tools etc.
I could go on for a long time about the merits of each distro, but both are excellent choices for desktop or server roles. I guess it comes down to Slackware for me because I work in a pure UNIX (AT&T 3B21D) environment at my job with the phone company. I work daily on Solaris (Netra boxes) and HP-UX as well. Slackware was designed to be the most UNIX like linux distro out there. Hope that helps
I see more and more sigs with the freeipods link. Is that website for real or is it a scam where I will be placed on spam lists worldwide?
I know this is incredibly offtopic, but I would kill for an iPod but do not have that kind of cash to drop on a music player. I've visited the website but am not certain it's legit. Too good to be true
I know someone who is a major Pittsburgh Penguins fan and has been stuck in a miserable IT job for the last couple of years. He's finally been offered a position with another company so he also decided to leave in style. He gave one hour notice, went back to his cube, got dressed up in full Pittsburgh Penguin hockey gear including his inline skates and just began skating around the cube farm with a home-made Stanley Cup over his head.
Don't ask me what his point was...... It was just funny to watch because PHB got even more pissed but had no idea what to do........
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Dont be fooled into thinking that a non-contractor position is any safer than being a contractor.
The market is still brutal and there is no loyalty anymore between corporations and their employees. I would take the position in a heartbeat.
Good Luck!
gotta love it!
Also, I seem to remember a previous /. article where AOL was going to consider using Nutscrape as the default browser on their coasters but then struck up a deal with Microsoft to use IE instead in return for an AOL logo on every new Windows install. I'd look for the /. article but don't have time at the moment.
I've been looking into purchasing a Tivo for about a month now, but I definitely won't bother now. Anyone got any URL's so I could see how to build one using Linux?
If you want to do wiring yourself, here's what you should be looking for:
Hope that helps
It may seem that there's loads of prior art against this patent but I don't think Microsoft's goal is to actually win a patent lawsuit against FOSS. They would get just as good results by making sure that FOSS organizations are buried in legal battles for a very long time. For that reason alone, I'm still scared for Free/Open Source software...
A quick search on google gave me this one which looks helpful.
still using WordPerfect 8? I still use WordPerfect 8 that I received with my box set of Red Hat 7.X. I might even still have a copy that came with Corel Linux way back when. No one ever mentions that Corel had produced a linux native version of WordPerfect that stood a very good chance of offering a viable alternative to MS Word. OOo is very good but I still think WordPerfect is far superior to OOo and MS Word.
Relatedly, the data/IT guys don't want us "dinosaurs" working on their equipment to get cross-trained. It is a really lousy situation for me as I still have a long time left in the telecom industry. I shouldn't be penalized by not being allowed to get cross trained on VoIP products/services.
Fortunately I was pissed off enough to go out on my own and get CCNA certified using vacation time and paid out of pocket for boot camp style training. I will not be left in the dust because my coworkers are too proud to learn/adapt to where the industry is going.
On a lighter note, now I need to find an entry level VoIP job to get started in the field....
I keep hearing the same mantra from everyone on the radio/TV. I heard the same thing back in the eighties when someone came knocking on my door asking me if I would like to subscribe to "pay TV". I thought that was the most absurd thing when I was already getting TV through my antenna, for FREE!
My point is, now I'm making quite a good living as an engineer for the cable monopoly where I live. People will pay for it if the content on sat radio is good or better than broadcast. I know I'm getting tired of the government deciding what is going to offend me.
In the phone company we have to pay Right To Use Fees every year to Lucent Technologies for software in our 5ESS switches. All we have is a license to use Lucent (Bell Labs)code on Lucent hardware that we purchased from them. Now that times are "lean" for Lucent now, we are contractually obligated to run a software audit every year on every 5ESS and give the results to Lucent. From that data, Lucent calculates a dollar amount that we owe them for "features" in their software. These fees can run into the million dollar range every year if you're switches are at capacity ie ~100,000 lines ~45,000 trunks. It seems like a scam but it's common practice in business, not just MS software.
If I remember correctly, wasn't SAMBA created w/o documentation? I thought I remember reading that it was developed "by the wire", ie. using a protocol monitor precisely because there weren't any docs on MS networking protocols? I can't find the link, or I would post it....
What's up with the subluiminal advertising by O'Reilly?.....Whenever I clickkkkked the 'next' button to view the sdcreenshots, I saw an image of "****** Hacks" books on the screen nad then I saw the actual screenshot............ /.
/.
Alright, that was my last beer.
Don't drink and
Don't din\k and
I guess it's safe to say that you look at the glass as half-empty?
I'm not trying to be a smartass, but this is a milestone because the European Commission sees the importance in using an open standard for document formats. The legislators in the US are bought and paid for by big corps who will die before letting the government/standards body advocate open standards that may break a monopoly stranglehold on productivity software. This could be a huge step towards interoperability.
Mac OS 9.2.2, OS X 10.1.5, OS X 10.2 or OS X 10.3
I saw the handwriting on the wall 2 years ago. Too much animosity between the old TDM guys and the VoIP guys so I'm caught in the middle and am not able to get any cross training in VoIP. My boss is an old TDM, Crossbar, Panel guy who refuses to believe that VoIP will make traditional 5ESS, Nortel switching platforms unnecessary.........back to packing up my office
I agree that there is a high amount of MS bashing on this site but keep in mind that this site's target audience is not the typical MS apostle.
I've been running Slackware 10 on a Pentium II 200 MHz with 128 MB RAM (XFCE, not Gnome or KDE) with acceptable performance.
Debian has always been difficult for me because of all the options that you're presented with during installation. That's not a negative for Debian though. Keep in mind that I have never tried Debian with the anaconda installer, but I hear it is awesome. For me, Debian's biggest plus is package management. Nothing beats apt-get. I also like that the fact that it is one of the last TRULY free distros. Debian has got to be one of the easiest distros to maintain (from what I hear from many sysadmins.)
Slackware is incredibly stable and more UNIX-like than other distros. The installer will ask you less questions than a Debian install but will give you a very stable, secure and functional system (desktop or server) with default install options. For me, I find Slackware more enjoyable because it uses a stock kernel right from Linus' tree without any distro specific "tweaks" that you would find in most other distros. I run Xandros for my wife and it is a nightmare if you want to install a package that's not in the Xandros (Debian-based) repository. I have never had a problem compiling a program from source on a Slackware box. It will even install packages using rpms via the 'rpm2tgz' command. Package management is getting better with tools such as "slapt-get" and "swaret". I believe both tools come with the Slackware isos. If you can't find them, you can look here to get any slackware packages you can dream of. If you prefer a gnome desktop, you can download the dropline gnome desktop. Lots of eye candy and GUI front-ends for Slackware specific tools etc.
I could go on for a long time about the merits of each distro, but both are excellent choices for desktop or server roles. I guess it comes down to Slackware for me because I work in a pure UNIX (AT&T 3B21D) environment at my job with the phone company. I work daily on Solaris (Netra boxes) and HP-UX as well. Slackware was designed to be the most UNIX like linux distro out there. Hope that helps
not any more
I know this is incredibly offtopic, but I would kill for an iPod but do not have that kind of cash to drop on a music player. I've visited the website but am not certain it's legit. Too good to be true
Don't ask me what his point was...... It was just funny to watch because PHB got even more pissed but had no idea what to do........