It's an "observation" that many, a lot, a significan number... Are written in VBScript (a language I have made MUCH use of while employed as a MS SQL Server admin...).
I wouldn't call it a lost art, but with all the advancements in GUI, it certainly doesn't get used as much as it should.
Shell scripting is not the same as command line. Yes, many tasks that one does on the command line can now be done in a more friendly way with GUI, but shell scripting != command line. Think of the word "scripting" and what this means: A task that requires some steps, and my possibly be carried out automatically (perhaps with cron or some other daemon...). I would say something rude and stupid like "go back to your Win box and rejoice in your ignorance", but I probably shouldn't.
Shell scripting is a Lost Art. You know the True Gurus in the IT department by how comfortable they are with shell scripting. And of course, in the world of Microsoft, now one knows what you're talking about when you talk about scripting, they assume VBScript (the language of virii).
This will certainly be redundant, but there are many that have refused Knighthood for example they include rock star David Bowie, Nigella Lawson, John Cleese, Kenneth Branagh, Albert Finney, Vanessa Redgrave, and many more. Knighthood is a pathetic extension of imperialism that no longer exists.
I really think that "Environmentalists" want it both ways. Clearly fossil fuels are both finite and bad for the environment. And, while nuclear power is a wonderful concept that may some day become mature, environmentally, there really are few friendly choices for a society that consumes power.
These people complaining that the windmills kill 2200 birds a year better be riding bicycles and cooking with fire pits. Cars kill far more birds (and other animals) and use fossil fuel as well. And that is just the surface of the hypocrisy that these Green People practice. What are they wearing on their bodies and feet? What do they eat (I hope they are all Vegans)?
Me, I'm all for an alternative...especially one that will tie in to the OS and allow for quicker boots, integration WITH the OS for boot management, allow for runtime management of boot devices (to power your sound card on and off without rebooting for when Midi "hangs," etc)...so long as they keep out the DRM and the rest of the crap.
Let see... [tinfoil hat] This is being driven by Microsoft and their water-boy Intel, so I wonder what OS will have the advantage in this firmware solution? And no DRM? Haven't you heard the beating drums of both Intel and their daddy Microsoft? You think any other OS will get a fair shake on this deal? [/tinfoil hat]
...haven't gotten anything done but surf, mess with iTunes and other BS junk like that
and we wonder why jobs are going over seas;). thoug it does sound like a fairly normal day.
Yes, funny but true. Yup, it's offtopic, but the poster makes a good point. In the United States, you are privledged to be able to do this. You are not yet slaves to your jobs, rather, your jobs are slaves to you.
While many have tried, and to a degree (funny!), they have succeeded in showing that humans now produce more greenhouse gas than ever before (This takes science? It's common sense!), it is still only theory that there is a connection between the "ozone hole" and global warming. I believe that ozone hole or not, warming is happening by nature. Clearly there are natural benefits to reduced pollution, but to say that if we where "really good people" who didn't pollute, that our environment would stay in a comfortable stasis, is just silly. As to the people in Florida who live two feet above sea level, well, that's the breaks! I lived in Miami for a few years, and you learn that weather is what it is and hurricane insurance is expensive for a reason.
People have this "The Sky is Falling" mentality of current weather, what with the ozone and pollution, my God, all the ice caps will melt! But did you know that there is a natural cycle with global warming, and every now and then the ice caps DO melt? Did you know that in fact we are in that part of the natural cycle? The next thing you know, German cockroaches will be declared an endangered species!
Wikipedia is trying to offer information to help the community. I can't understand why the slashdot community doesn't want to help out a dying webserver, but wants to buy air bazookas over at thinkgeek.
I know this hurts, but the reason is... Wikipedia is not that useful to that many people. This is not flamebait or a troll, it's a fact. The fact that it is not that meaningful to many people does not mean it's not an honorable project, just that it is mostly a niche project. That's why it's going to be hard for them to scare up 20 grand. Perhaps they should set their sights just a tad lower, money-wise, I mean there are HUGE "open source" projects out there that have MUCH wider use that can't scare up a lousy 20 g's.
[flamebait] By the quality of the content? By the lack of real usefulness in a serious context? Perhaps by the fact that they run it off of flaky servers and have to beg for money??? [/flamebait]
But on a more serious note, like many community based Internet projects, Wikipedia will succeed if they fill a needed void with many people, which I do not believe they do. The user interface sucks to high heaven, the information is difficult to access, and questionable when you finally do get something. I'm just not sure what Wikipedia is for.
So Wikipedia has three cheap servers and needs $20,000 to keep things going? I hope at least some of that is for conectivity. Unless they are thinking about buying hig-end servers, they can build quite a few nice ones for that 20k.
The MPAA and RIAA are two arms of the same corporate animal. The RIAA arm is so far into their program, they can't pull out now, and save face. For them to change their tactics would insure defeat. The MPAA arm, however, having seen the of the RIAA arm, is taking a different approach. But make no mistake, the MPAA will be no more consumer friendly in the end.
A previous post reminds people that even with a deactivated cell phone, you can call 911 for free. But what if you are unable to do so? Every year there are stories about someone who went off some dark country road and was found a week later. OnStar has the advantage of notifying the 911 folks WITH your location, even if you are unable to. But still, for me, this would only be worth it if I did a lot of driving on dark country roads.
Most people here are talking about PC equipment and consumer technology. But I still remember years ago in the mid '70's when my father (an oceanographer) would travel on commercial aircraft with current meters (meters for measuring ocean data). At the time, these where a hardened metal cylinder about 10 inches in diameter and 18 inches long with some probes and a handle on top, the lid was held on with large metal clips. They still had a lot of mechanical components (for example the tape cartridge storage device that recorded the data), and occasionally would make ticking sounds. He would carry these onboard because even back in the '70's, they cost around $100,000. These days, the are yellow plastic balls full of solid state... I can not imagine being able to show TSA that these things where not bombs. I wonder about other non-consumer, non-PC electronic equipment...
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It's an "observation" that many, a lot, a significan number... Are written in VBScript (a language I have made MUCH use of while employed as a MS SQL Server admin...).
Shell scripting is not the same as command line. Yes, many tasks that one does on the command line can now be done in a more friendly way with GUI, but shell scripting != command line. Think of the word "scripting" and what this means: A task that requires some steps, and my possibly be carried out automatically (perhaps with cron or some other daemon...). I would say something rude and stupid like "go back to your Win box and rejoice in your ignorance", but I probably shouldn't.
Shell scripting is a Lost Art. You know the True Gurus in the IT department by how comfortable they are with shell scripting. And of course, in the world of Microsoft, now one knows what you're talking about when you talk about scripting, they assume VBScript (the language of virii).
Somebody is laughing a lot.. Remember way back the Salamander Papers?
This is refreshing. Microsoft demi-priests cracking their own Rosetta Stone. In a way, it's funny.
This will certainly be redundant, but there are many that have refused Knighthood for example they include rock star David Bowie, Nigella Lawson, John Cleese, Kenneth Branagh, Albert Finney, Vanessa Redgrave, and many more. Knighthood is a pathetic extension of imperialism that no longer exists.
These people complaining that the windmills kill 2200 birds a year better be riding bicycles and cooking with fire pits. Cars kill far more birds (and other animals) and use fossil fuel as well. And that is just the surface of the hypocrisy that these Green People practice. What are they wearing on their bodies and feet? What do they eat (I hope they are all Vegans)?
Let see... [tinfoil hat] This is being driven by Microsoft and their water-boy Intel, so I wonder what OS will have the advantage in this firmware solution? And no DRM? Haven't you heard the beating drums of both Intel and their daddy Microsoft? You think any other OS will get a fair shake on this deal? [/tinfoil hat]
Name dropper. I just had lunch with Reuven Rivlin...
Yes, funny but true. Yup, it's offtopic, but the poster makes a good point. In the United States, you are privledged to be able to do this. You are not yet slaves to your jobs, rather, your jobs are slaves to you.
While many have tried, and to a degree (funny!), they have succeeded in showing that humans now produce more greenhouse gas than ever before (This takes science? It's common sense!), it is still only theory that there is a connection between the "ozone hole" and global warming. I believe that ozone hole or not, warming is happening by nature. Clearly there are natural benefits to reduced pollution, but to say that if we where "really good people" who didn't pollute, that our environment would stay in a comfortable stasis , is just silly. As to the people in Florida who live two feet above sea level, well, that's the breaks! I lived in Miami for a few years, and you learn that weather is what it is and hurricane insurance is expensive for a reason.
But this is a good point. LOOK at Blender and LOOK at Wikipedia. Which is a more friendly experience?
People have this "The Sky is Falling" mentality of current weather, what with the ozone and pollution, my God, all the ice caps will melt! But did you know that there is a natural cycle with global warming, and every now and then the ice caps DO melt? Did you know that in fact we are in that part of the natural cycle? The next thing you know, German cockroaches will be declared an endangered species!
They need one of those PayPal Donate thingies.
I know this hurts, but the reason is... Wikipedia is not that useful to that many people. This is not flamebait or a troll, it's a fact. The fact that it is not that meaningful to many people does not mean it's not an honorable project, just that it is mostly a niche project. That's why it's going to be hard for them to scare up 20 grand. Perhaps they should set their sights just a tad lower, money-wise, I mean there are HUGE "open source" projects out there that have MUCH wider use that can't scare up a lousy 20 g's.
But on a more serious note, like many community based Internet projects, Wikipedia will succeed if they fill a needed void with many people, which I do not believe they do. The user interface sucks to high heaven, the information is difficult to access, and questionable when you finally do get something. I'm just not sure what Wikipedia is for.
So Wikipedia has three cheap servers and needs $20,000 to keep things going? I hope at least some of that is for conectivity. Unless they are thinking about buying hig-end servers, they can build quite a few nice ones for that 20k.
As Satellite Radio becomes more popular, watch for in increase in ads / spam a la The Internet.
Ahhhh... I see you lost your way from the FuckedCompany boards...
Every year people get hit by cars walking accross the street. Perhaps this will be YOUR year!
The MPAA and RIAA are two arms of the same corporate animal. The RIAA arm is so far into their program, they can't pull out now, and save face. For them to change their tactics would insure defeat. The MPAA arm, however, having seen the of the RIAA arm, is taking a different approach. But make no mistake, the MPAA will be no more consumer friendly in the end.
I know you probably mean "newsreaders", the helmet-hair-headed idiots that are found in most newscasts. These are not reporters.
A previous post reminds people that even with a deactivated cell phone, you can call 911 for free. But what if you are unable to do so? Every year there are stories about someone who went off some dark country road and was found a week later. OnStar has the advantage of notifying the 911 folks WITH your location, even if you are unable to. But still, for me, this would only be worth it if I did a lot of driving on dark country roads.
Let's see... Void the warranty on not just my OnStar but also possibly my new Tahoe, or... Spend $150 bucks and by a GPS... Hard decision, I admit!
Most people here are talking about PC equipment and consumer technology. But I still remember years ago in the mid '70's when my father (an oceanographer) would travel on commercial aircraft with current meters (meters for measuring ocean data). At the time, these where a hardened metal cylinder about 10 inches in diameter and 18 inches long with some probes and a handle on top, the lid was held on with large metal clips. They still had a lot of mechanical components (for example the tape cartridge storage device that recorded the data), and occasionally would make ticking sounds. He would carry these onboard because even back in the '70's, they cost around $100,000. These days, the are yellow plastic balls full of solid state... I can not imagine being able to show TSA that these things where not bombs. I wonder about other non-consumer, non-PC electronic equipment...