I've got to hand it to Suse. I have a Thinkpad R32 (yeah, I know it's old) running 10.1 at home and for the first time running a major distro, all the things like 3D graphics acceleration, Thinkpad buttons, ACPI features like Suspend to RAM and disk all worked right after installation. As good as Unbuntu, Slackware, and Fedora are, I still had to do some additional tweaking to get everying to work. I'm not saying Suse is that much better. I just wanted to say that it's nice to see a major distro supporting a platform with a hardware vendor.
To deal with stress, breathe, participate in activities outside of work, exercise, set priorities and don't put too many hours in the office. These are all nice suggestions, but look at the conditions many IT workers have to work under.
We are frequently required to carry pagers or phones for 24x7 support. Work can't always be left in the office because of this. On our days off and after hours, phone calls and pages are made to us to fix what other people see as problems. Exercise more? I would love to. I used to go to the gym 3-5 times a week on my way home from work until a manager complained I was only spending 8-9 hours a day working. How about setting priorities? That works fine until someone comes up with the next burning issue (like they want a report with nice pictures they can show their boss that afternoon) that has to be handled ASAP and tells you to put everything else on the back burner.
I think it was funny that this CIO was talking about these things with IBM considering that IBMers in Global Services are REQUIRED(!) to put in at least 15% OT in 2006. (yep, especially the salaried ones).
My fiancee and I were camping last weekend in Muskegon, Michigan and saw a pretty impressive display (maybe the beginning or the Perseids) last Saturday around 4-5am. The moon had set by then and we had a good view of Casseopia and Perseus just coming over the horizen. We hadn't gotten up originally to watch for meteors, but they got my attention when our campsite got lit up by a small fireball overhead. We watched for about 45 minutes and saw about 2 fast moving and faint meteors per minute. It was one of the better displays I have seen in my lifetime. We also saw a good fireball the following Monday west of Chicago around 9pm. The was light to moderate cloud cover and the fireball was bright enough to be seen as it moved above moderate clouds.
Just because you didn't see meteors the night they were forecast, don't be discouraged from looking in good conditions the week before and after a show is forecast.
That's why I still use NiCd's in my RC cars. I wasn't happy with the NiMH's because they were not very tolerent of high temps caused by either changing or discharging.
Although it probabley would have been cool to watch an RC truck roll over and burn during our races.
(With apologies to Moby) Here we are now, going to the web site. Blackberries in hand as we start to type. Type all night and type all day. IM my friend and tell him he is teh gay.
The man is a damn good troll and he deserves far more props (for that) than he gets around here.
I think that's a matter of opinion. I've never seen Dvorak post a goatse or tubgirl link in his columns. And people consider him a troll? He could at least put more effort into trolling with a "first post" or "what should I use, vi or emacs?" He's a trolling hack!
I've been checking IP addresses on all the workstations around me and every one of them has 127.0.0.1 entered. I can't believe our internet even works here!
Corporate Speak does have its place when presenting ideas and talking to management. I don't think that phrases like "organic growth" and "level setting our value add contributions" really help System Engineers manage the actual hardware or userbase within their organizations.
The hardcore techies who focus more on buzzwords than technical knowledge will eventually find their existing technical skills becoming obsolete if they don't make a move to management.
Just the other day on my way into work, I saw a former DBA on the street corner, in a beat up suit asking passing people "Hey buddy, Can you paradigm?"
And as an added bonus, your robot with the whirling blands will make the neighborhood kids and pets steer clear of your yard as well as fertilize your lawn with the ones who don't.
I can speak firsthand about the quality of the push mowers.
My Grandpa had one for 20 years. It finally had problems when the Briggs & Stratton engine started loosing/burning oil. After an engine rebuild, the mower still works.
I currently have that mower at my house now. Still runs great. I change the oil once a year. It's a self propelled 19" model that will probably run for another 20 years.
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I've got to hand it to Suse. I have a Thinkpad R32 (yeah, I know it's old) running 10.1 at home and for the first time running a major distro, all the things like 3D graphics acceleration, Thinkpad buttons, ACPI features like Suspend to RAM and disk all worked right after installation. As good as Unbuntu, Slackware, and Fedora are, I still had to do some additional tweaking to get everying to work. I'm not saying Suse is that much better. I just wanted to say that it's nice to see a major distro supporting a platform with a hardware vendor.
To deal with stress, breathe, participate in activities outside of work, exercise, set priorities and don't put too many hours in the office. These are all nice suggestions, but look at the conditions many IT workers have to work under.
We are frequently required to carry pagers or phones for 24x7 support. Work can't always be left in the office because of this. On our days off and after hours, phone calls and pages are made to us to fix what other people see as problems. Exercise more? I would love to. I used to go to the gym 3-5 times a week on my way home from work until a manager complained I was only spending 8-9 hours a day working. How about setting priorities? That works fine until someone comes up with the next burning issue (like they want a report with nice pictures they can show their boss that afternoon) that has to be handled ASAP and tells you to put everything else on the back burner.
I think it was funny that this CIO was talking about these things with IBM considering that IBMers in Global Services are REQUIRED(!) to put in at least 15% OT in 2006. (yep, especially the salaried ones).
My fiancee and I were camping last weekend in Muskegon, Michigan and saw a pretty impressive display (maybe the beginning or the Perseids) last Saturday around 4-5am. The moon had set by then and we had a good view of Casseopia and Perseus just coming over the horizen. We hadn't gotten up originally to watch for meteors, but they got my attention when our campsite got lit up by a small fireball overhead. We watched for about 45 minutes and saw about 2 fast moving and faint meteors per minute. It was one of the better displays I have seen in my lifetime. We also saw a good fireball the following Monday west of Chicago around 9pm. The was light to moderate cloud cover and the fireball was bright enough to be seen as it moved above moderate clouds.
Just because you didn't see meteors the night they were forecast, don't be discouraged from looking in good conditions the week before and after a show is forecast.
What? All these jokes about knocking on laptops and nothing about bash errors?
bash: shave-and-a-haircut: command not found
That's just silly! What would a bleedin' penguin be doin' on a Dell? Nesting?
That's why I still use NiCd's in my RC cars. I wasn't happy with the NiMH's because they were not very tolerent of high temps caused by either changing or discharging.
Although it probabley would have been cool to watch an RC truck roll over and burn during our races.
I'll bet
2:1 odds the act will be defeated
5:1 odds the act will be defeated by > 75% majority.
100:1 no quorem present.
Or train in several times the Earths gravity and finally become a Super Saiyan!
We can not bother because it's irrelevant to the question. Ask Slashdot isn't really a forum on sexual choices.
It might not belong on Ask Slashdot, but I think I have an idea for the next Slashdot Poll!
I am currently dating;
A. The opposite sex
B. The same sex
C. Cowboy Neil
D. All of the above
Nothing GNU to see here, move along.
It might survive disasters that happen in other parts of the world, but what if it was struck by a meteorite?
Don't worry, you too will be devoured.
I believe carbon is the sixth element.
(With apologies to Moby)
Here we are now, going to the web site.
Blackberries in hand as we start to type.
Type all night and type all day.
IM my friend and tell him he is teh gay.
I'm still waiting for "Curious George and the Man with Yellow Dog", "Everybody Segfaults", and "Where the Wild Unix Admins Are".
The man is a damn good troll and he deserves far more props (for that) than he gets around here.
I think that's a matter of opinion. I've never seen Dvorak post a goatse or tubgirl link in his columns. And people consider him a troll? He could at least put more effort into trolling with a "first post" or "what should I use, vi or emacs?" He's a trolling hack!
I've been checking IP addresses on all the workstations around me and every one of them has 127.0.0.1 entered. I can't believe our internet even works here!
But when the town loony raves about aliens landing in his back yard, you don't call NASA to disprove him.
Of course not. NASA KNOWS they exist but will never acknowledge "them".
Even if you did make the call to NASA, the men in black would silence you soon afterwards.
So you do the rational thing. You call Art Bell.
NO! It's a witch! Burn her!
Verily I say unto you, they HAVE been touched by His Noodly Appendage. Ramen.
Hallowed are the Spaghetti-O-rii...
Corporate Speak does have its place when presenting ideas and talking to management. I don't think that phrases like "organic growth" and "level setting our value add contributions" really help System Engineers manage the actual hardware or userbase within their organizations.
The hardcore techies who focus more on buzzwords than technical knowledge will eventually find their existing technical skills becoming obsolete if they don't make a move to management.
Just the other day on my way into work, I saw a former DBA on the street corner, in a beat up suit asking passing people "Hey buddy, Can you paradigm?"
Methanol burns with a clear flame. You wouldn't see it if it were burning.
And as an added bonus, your robot with the whirling blands will make the neighborhood kids and pets steer clear of your yard as well as fertilize your lawn with the ones who don't.
I can speak firsthand about the quality of the push mowers.
My Grandpa had one for 20 years. It finally had problems when the Briggs & Stratton engine started loosing/burning oil. After an engine rebuild, the mower still works.
I currently have that mower at my house now. Still runs great. I change the oil once a year. It's a self propelled 19" model that will probably run for another 20 years.
I wonder if there's any way for a local application to the prostate instead of standard ingestion.
Fry: (looking at head-sized pill) I can't swallow that.
Professor: Good news then... It's a suppository!