What is this shit? Summed up your college life like a bunch of laws. I advise people to just do whatever suits you. I screwed around a bit and I had a habit of drinking way too much for some time.
And was it fun? No. I have major regrets on that, because I alienated a bunch of people I really liked/loved. And besides that, I'm relieved that I didn't get any freaking disease related to both. Whatever religion you're after, whatever parents you have, it/they will probably teach you to be careful with sex and alcohol. There's a logic behind that.
my coworkers hated it when I reformatted their code, and I hated it when they touched mine
Stop wasting time and let everyone agree to use a formatter like Jalopy (for Java). You'll be surprised at the feeling of relief when you can just bang your code in, right-click and reformat.
Well, the grass is not greener. My gf works as an auditor at a big bank and she has the same gripes. And while engineers are at least bluntly honest, the banking world is a big sharkpool.
If you can't hork a cablelock out of a plastic laptop case in less than 15 seconds
Actually, it's less than one second. A colleague of mine locked his Dell D600 with a Kensington. A couple of hours later, he goes home and swoops the laptop off the table without thinking about the lock. A tiny edge broke off and the lock was there lying on the table, useless.
You don't have to code yourself. You can also look through code. Pick some package of which you always wanted to know the internals. Then look at the code until you know what's happening inside.
You don't even have to sit behind a PC if you want (just print it at work) but searching is difficult.
I'm a developer in a shop doing custom development in Java, running in/against Oracle. I'm working on Linux, while the other guys in the team all work on Windows. The servers of the client often run Solaris, and Linux is on the rise.
It's often funny to see the differences. Sometimes specific bugs crop up on Windows, sometimes on Linux.
Immitating microsoft is mostly pointless because it's a moving target
Jeremy White seems to disagree. And if it wasn't for Wine and Codeweavers, I would still be damning OOo for every freaking glitch in their not-so-flawless MS Office in/export filters.
When you live in the corporate world, you can't "slowly migrate away from windows", as you put it. You just have to blend in with the Windows-using lot. And hope they don't spot you, too -- because I have had a number of clueless sysadmins telling me that "Linux breaks the network" when I was the only one who just keeps on working when the zillionth worm hits.
Setting the user agent switcher to IE also provides a little bit more anonimity. It's a little bit too easy for my taste to spot the firefox-lovers in the access_logs.
Most of the "reports" and "studies" you'll see from Gartner are linked from vendor's websites. Vendors who paid for the report.
Note that this does not necessarily mean that they don't have integrity. Sometimes, reports are paid for but since the payer doesn't like the outcome, it disappears in a drawer.
If you did a bit of background research, you'd knew the reasons. Still, people complain with every release of RedHat or Fedora. I just don't understand this...
I'd suggest any flavor of RedHat, since that distro is the most heavily used in the corporate world as far as I can see (YMMV, though). That means you'll get supported by Oracle, Cisco, etc.
Also, buy and install Crossover Office right away. This will get you to run Office and other MS stuff flawlessly.
See my other replies. There's a chance that yes, that particular public computer is hacked. However at that particular time, I might find my convenience so important that I'm willing to run the risk getting hacked. Why do people use telnet? pop3? Hotmail? A public telephone?
Situation: OMG!! I'm at the airport and I want to call my mother!! But this particular public phone might be rigged!! Some three-letter agency is listening! "Mom, I've arrived, finally. Can you come pick me up? [...] Thanks! [...] Bye!!".
For some, the point of Screen is indeed multiple windows which can be divided into multiple panes. So yeah, that's where a GUI would come to mind.
But the cool thing about Screen is that you can attach/detach to it. Type screen. Type ls. Now create a window with CTRL-A, d. Start BitchX or whatever and join your favorite channel. Type CTRL-A, d. It says [detached]. Log out, and do whateer you have to do.
Log back in and type screen -r. The 'r' is Reattach. Voila, back where you were. I didn't mention Screen for its capabilities, but for the similarity of instantly getting a workspace, wherever there is a public terminal. (OK it's not really a good analogy, I admit).
That's entirely true. But I, for one, always make a quick risk/convenience analysis.
I walk around somewhere. At work, at an internet cafe, in a classroom. I'd like to check my mail on my shell account. I spot a terminal. What is the chance this particular terminal is not secure? How bad do I need to log in?
Most of the time, it's not necessary. But sometimes it is. And I accept the risk which is very convenient.
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I use the ones provided with XFree86 and/or from DRI. Runs like a charm. I don't bother with those binaries at all.
You must be new here.
And was it fun? No. I have major regrets on that, because I alienated a bunch of people I really liked/loved. And besides that, I'm relieved that I didn't get any freaking disease related to both. Whatever religion you're after, whatever parents you have, it/they will probably teach you to be careful with sex and alcohol. There's a logic behind that.
We had a Fight Club at my job, but I'm not allowed to talk about it.
He never said he needed it. He might as well mean that he's making it...
Nope, it's the disk. For Dell D600 trouble, see here, here and here.
Stop wasting time and let everyone agree to use a formatter like Jalopy (for Java). You'll be surprised at the feeling of relief when you can just bang your code in, right-click and reformat.
Well, the grass is not greener. My gf works as an auditor at a big bank and she has the same gripes. And while engineers are at least bluntly honest, the banking world is a big sharkpool.
Silly me.
Actually, it's less than one second. A colleague of mine locked his Dell D600 with a Kensington. A couple of hours later, he goes home and swoops the laptop off the table without thinking about the lock. A tiny edge broke off and the lock was there lying on the table, useless.
So... have you hit the Codeweaver's Store and purchased it?
You don't even have to sit behind a PC if you want (just print it at work) but searching is difficult.
It's often funny to see the differences. Sometimes specific bugs crop up on Windows, sometimes on Linux.
(BTW Parent shouldn't have been modded flamebait)
Jeremy White seems to disagree. And if it wasn't for Wine and Codeweavers, I would still be damning OOo for every freaking glitch in their not-so-flawless MS Office in/export filters.
When you live in the corporate world, you can't "slowly migrate away from windows", as you put it. You just have to blend in with the Windows-using lot. And hope they don't spot you, too -- because I have had a number of clueless sysadmins telling me that "Linux breaks the network" when I was the only one who just keeps on working when the zillionth worm hits.
Setting the user agent switcher to IE also provides a little bit more anonimity. It's a little bit too easy for my taste to spot the firefox-lovers in the access_logs.
Well, I'm not one of those "GNU/Linux" people, but "X Windows" just sounds so damn corny. I don't call you Chrissie, do I?
If you're a FreeBSD user, you should know enough about *nix to know that it's either 'X' or 'The X Window System'.
Note that this does not necessarily mean that they don't have integrity. Sometimes, reports are paid for but since the payer doesn't like the outcome, it disappears in a drawer.
And then what did you do??
Hey I went to the website in your sig, but god, man that site is nonresponsive! And what's the name/password for the first link?
If you did a bit of background research, you'd knew the reasons. Still, people complain with every release of RedHat or Fedora. I just don't understand this...
Also, buy and install Crossover Office right away. This will get you to run Office and other MS stuff flawlessly.
See my other replies. There's a chance that yes, that particular public computer is hacked. However at that particular time, I might find my convenience so important that I'm willing to run the risk getting hacked. Why do people use telnet? pop3? Hotmail? A public telephone?
Situation: OMG!! I'm at the airport and I want to call my mother!! But this particular public phone might be rigged!! Some three-letter agency is listening! "Mom, I've arrived, finally. Can you come pick me up? [...] Thanks! [...] Bye!!".
But the cool thing about Screen is that you can attach/detach to it. Type screen. Type ls. Now create a window with CTRL-A, d. Start BitchX or whatever and join your favorite channel. Type CTRL-A, d. It says [detached]. Log out, and do whateer you have to do.
Log back in and type screen -r. The 'r' is Reattach. Voila, back where you were. I didn't mention Screen for its capabilities, but for the similarity of instantly getting a workspace, wherever there is a public terminal. (OK it's not really a good analogy, I admit).
That's entirely true. But I, for one, always make a quick risk/convenience analysis.
I walk around somewhere. At work, at an internet cafe, in a classroom. I'd like to check my mail on my shell account. I spot a terminal. What is the chance this particular terminal is not secure? How bad do I need to log in?
Most of the time, it's not necessary. But sometimes it is. And I accept the risk which is very convenient.