Agreed...when I found out my local school was getting rid of some "servers" (i.e. throwing them away) I went down and said "I'll take them!!!".
Now I've got a nice HP Kayak running BackupPC and some other older PCs waiting to be put to use along with some UPSs.
Later on I found out that they weren't throwing them away but the district was coming to pick them up....what the district did with them is another question (I seriously got the impression that they really were going to throw them away or just let people take them for free!).
I can't find it but I read about this on Slashdot a LONG LONG time ago (i.e. months ago). I wish I could find the article to prove it (I'm being serious by the way).
Tried it. Couldn't get past the installer (InstallShield I believe). I didn't try just moving over all of the Dlls and Exe though. So who knows it might have worked.
I still think Linspire is one of the best distros for newbies. I run Fedora Core at home and I tried to get the wifey to switch to Linux and she did not like it one bit. She said, and I quote "It's like a really old version of Windows, I feel like I just took a step backwards."
However, during one of those special offers, "Download Linspire now for free", I installed Linspire on our laptop and she had no problems making the switch.
Granted she still went back to XP once she found out that her beloved American Greetings Create-a-Card program didn't run under Linux.
Sounds just like setting up several BackupPC servers. One per office that does backups of that office plus all of the other BackupPC servers being used for the other offices.
VW must love the publicity. First they set a world record and now this. If they beat a Hummer I'll bet the sales & marketing dept will have a field day !
I just read a whole write up in the Sunday paper this weekend about a local (Colorado) company that is writing some new and cool stuff specifically for the Itanium processor. Matter of fact they used to work for HP / Intel I believe and set off to start this company. So they seem to think it's still got tons of potential and will still be the next big thing.
Maybe my sound will start working again with FC4. It worked fine with FC3 and then one day after I had done several up2dates I rebooted and I haven't had sound since.
I was working for a nice company, great benefits, pay was ok (not great, but good). I was doing VB work of all things. As easy going and laid back as it was it was not challenging at all and I was bored. Coming in to work, working half a day and then surfing the rest of the day can get boring day in and day out.
So I started to interview (actually only took one interview). I found a medical device company that was hiring...even though the position was for Windows Development I was assured that movement into the embedded side was possible.
So I took the job and quit my other job. It took 3 and a 1/2 years before they finally moved me into the embedded team but it was well worth the wait. Now I actually make more than I would if I had stayed at the other company (although I didn't leave because of pay) and I'm really enjoying the work.
So I guess what I'm trying to say is basically what everyone else is saying in one sentence...don't quit until you have something else lined up:-) And you shouldn't leave over petty things like development tools....only if you are truly dissatisfed with your job.
Actually it does NOT come with a keyboard and mouse....you have to supply your own. I've never owned one either, but I'm thinking this will look great next to my linux box.
I know this is OT, but I've been keeping an eye one the Telly by Interact-Tv.com....it has come down in price and looks real appealing (features, open HW/SW and SDK).
Does anyone have one, or know of any reviews / comparisons?
I was probably a late bloomer compared to everyone else. I was around 10 or 11 and my dad let me keep the Commodore 64 when I moved out with my mom (divorce). The best part though was he kept up his subscription to RUN magazine (C64 mag) in my name and address.
Just like others have mentioned here with Contact 3-2-1, RUN also had a program at the end of each issue (BASIC) that I would type in to see what it would do; then I'd change the code and see what that did.
Sad part is, I had nothing but my C64 and some Apple stuff all the way up through High School. So when I started as a freshman in College I didn't even know what a compiler was ('run' just ran my code) or how to add/remove PCI cards (while it appeared that everyone else did).
Now with kids of my own I'm wondering how I should get them involved. For now they just have educational games but at some point I may try and teach them some programming (but honestly I don't think they'll be interested).
With that being said, I agree with another poster that said you can't force it, they're either in to it or not. All you can do is expose them to it.
Can you elaborate? Seriously though, not being a troll....I'm all for Linux but I'm interested in knowing what sort of things other companies are finding that are preventing them from switching.
Firefox 1.0 on Red Hat FC3. I followed the instructions and clicked on "Test With Pop up Blocker" and I received the phishing pop up. Very interesting.
I also recommend SpyBot...but I would like to point out that if you use and really like the product you should donate in order to keep the product free. Even if it's $1 or $5. Yes it's true that at that point the product is no longer free, but just think of the great product you got for only $1 or $5.
Apparently his code does have bugs from time to time:
From http://www.tug.org/whatis.html Donald Knuth, a professor of computer science at Stanford University and the author of numerous books on computer science and the TeX composition system, rewards the first finder of each typo or computer program bug with a check based on the source and the age of the bug. Since his books go into numerous editions, he does have a chance to correct errors. Typos and other errors in books typically yield $2.56 each once a book is in print (pre-publication "bounty-hunter" photocopy editions are priced at $.25 per), and program bugs rise by powers of 2 each year from $1.28 or so to a maximum of $327.68. Knuth's name is so valued that very few of his checks - even the largest ones - are actually cashed, but instead framed. (Barbara Beeton states that her small collection has been worth far more in bragging rights than any equivalent cash in hand. She's also somewhat biased, being Knuth's official entomologist for the TeX system, but informal surveys of past check recipients have shown that this holds overwhelmingly for nearly everyone but starving students.) This probably won't be true for just anyone, but the relatively small expense can yield a very worthwhile improvement in accuracy.
The last count I saw showed that Red Hat FC2 has more than 3 times as many drivers as Windows XP out of the box, assuming that you only count Intel-compatible platforms (if you count all platforms, Linux has an even wider edge)
Just curious, where did you see this count? I'm not being a troll I promise...I use Linux at home and love it, but I'm wondering if there is a better place than linuxquestions.org for looking up whether a piece of hardware I'm about to buy will work in my linux box. Does such a list exist?
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Agreed...when I found out my local school was getting rid of some "servers" (i.e. throwing them away) I went down and said "I'll take them!!!".
Now I've got a nice HP Kayak running BackupPC and some other older PCs waiting to be put to use along with some UPSs.
Later on I found out that they weren't throwing them away but the district was coming to pick them up....what the district did with them is another question (I seriously got the impression that they really were going to throw them away or just let people take them for free!).
I can't find it but I read about this on Slashdot a LONG LONG time ago (i.e. months ago). I wish I could find the article to prove it (I'm being serious by the way).
Tried it. Couldn't get past the installer (InstallShield I believe). I didn't try just moving over all of the Dlls and Exe though. So who knows it might have worked.
I still think Linspire is one of the best distros for newbies. I run Fedora Core at home and I tried to get the wifey to switch to Linux and she did not like it one bit. She said, and I quote "It's like a really old version of Windows, I feel like I just took a step backwards."
However, during one of those special offers, "Download Linspire now for free", I installed Linspire on our laptop and she had no problems making the switch.
Granted she still went back to XP once she found out that her beloved American Greetings Create-a-Card program didn't run under Linux.
Sounds just like setting up several BackupPC servers. One per office that does backups of that office plus all of the other BackupPC servers being used for the other offices.
Or BackupPC. I use it at home and it does nightly backups of my entire network.
VW must love the publicity. First they set a world record and now this. If they beat a Hummer I'll bet the sales & marketing dept will have a field day !
I just read a whole write up in the Sunday paper this weekend about a local (Colorado) company that is writing some new and cool stuff specifically for the Itanium processor. Matter of fact they used to work for HP / Intel I believe and set off to start this company. So they seem to think it's still got tons of potential and will still be the next big thing.
Ah Ha! So Apple may be using Intel chips and now all of the sudden Intel PHBs are recommeding Apple computers. I see a corporate marriage here soon!
..MythTv there is always interact-tv.
You can still develop for it and the guide is free as well.
I for one haven't decided which one I should get.
Maybe my sound will start working again with FC4. It worked fine with FC3 and then one day after I had done several up2dates I rebooted and I haven't had sound since.
What're my options for buying something pre-built that will work well, no monthly subscription fee, etc?
It's called a TiVo. And you pony up the extra $300 for lifetime guide data.
Actually it's called Interact-TV
I was working for a nice company, great benefits, pay was ok (not great, but good). I was doing VB work of all things. As easy going and laid back as it was it was not challenging at all and I was bored. Coming in to work, working half a day and then surfing the rest of the day can get boring day in and day out.
:-) And you shouldn't leave over petty things like development tools....only if you are truly dissatisfed with your job.
So I started to interview (actually only took one interview). I found a medical device company that was hiring...even though the position was for Windows Development I was assured that movement into the embedded side was possible.
So I took the job and quit my other job. It took 3 and a 1/2 years before they finally moved me into the embedded team but it was well worth the wait. Now I actually make more than I would if I had stayed at the other company (although I didn't leave because of pay) and I'm really enjoying the work.
So I guess what I'm trying to say is basically what everyone else is saying in one sentence...don't quit until you have something else lined up
Mod parent up as informative. I use backuppc at home for a mixed Linux / Win environment and it works great. And has a great web interface.
Actually it does NOT come with a keyboard and mouse....you have to supply your own. I've never owned one either, but I'm thinking this will look great next to my linux box.
I know this is OT, but I've been keeping an eye one the Telly by Interact-Tv.com....it has come down in price and looks real appealing (features, open HW/SW and SDK).
Does anyone have one, or know of any reviews / comparisons?
Note that it appears from what I read that these issues only affect the beta versions of FireFox. Who uses a beta once a released version is out???
Basically this is a non issue as everyone should have upgraded to v1.0 as soon as it came out.
I was probably a late bloomer compared to everyone else. I was around 10 or 11 and my dad let me keep the Commodore 64 when I moved out with my mom (divorce). The best part though was he kept up his subscription to RUN magazine (C64 mag) in my name and address.
Just like others have mentioned here with Contact 3-2-1, RUN also had a program at the end of each issue (BASIC) that I would type in to see what it would do; then I'd change the code and see what that did.
Sad part is, I had nothing but my C64 and some Apple stuff all the way up through High School. So when I started as a freshman in College I didn't even know what a compiler was ('run' just ran my code) or how to add/remove PCI cards (while it appeared that everyone else did).
Now with kids of my own I'm wondering how I should get them involved. For now they just have educational games but at some point I may try and teach them some programming (but honestly I don't think they'll be interested).
With that being said, I agree with another poster that said you can't force it, they're either in to it or not. All you can do is expose them to it.
Can you elaborate? Seriously though, not being a troll....I'm all for Linux but I'm interested in knowing what sort of things other companies are finding that are preventing them from switching.
Firefox 1.0 on Red Hat FC3. I followed the instructions and clicked on "Test With Pop up Blocker" and I received the phishing pop up. Very interesting.
I also recommend SpyBot...but I would like to point out that if you use and really like the product you should donate in order to keep the product free. Even if it's $1 or $5. Yes it's true that at that point the product is no longer free, but just think of the great product you got for only $1 or $5.
In that case wouldn't a Telly system from interact tv be what he's looking for.
I personally like "slocate" :-) The interface isn't as nice but it's fast!
Apparently his code does have bugs from time to time:
From http://www.tug.org/whatis.html
Donald Knuth, a professor of computer science at Stanford University and the author of numerous books on computer science and the TeX composition system, rewards the first finder of each typo or computer program bug with a check based on the source and the age of the bug. Since his books go into numerous editions, he does have a chance to correct errors. Typos and other errors in books typically yield $2.56 each once a book is in print (pre-publication "bounty-hunter" photocopy editions are priced at $.25 per), and program bugs rise by powers of 2 each year from $1.28 or so to a maximum of $327.68. Knuth's name is so valued that very few of his checks - even the largest ones - are actually cashed, but instead framed. (Barbara Beeton states that her small collection has been worth far more in bragging rights than any equivalent cash in hand. She's also somewhat biased, being Knuth's official entomologist for the TeX system, but informal surveys of past check recipients have shown that this holds overwhelmingly for nearly everyone but starving students.) This probably won't be true for just anyone, but the relatively small expense can yield a very worthwhile improvement in accuracy.
The last count I saw showed that Red Hat FC2 has more than 3 times as many drivers as Windows XP out of the box, assuming that you only count Intel-compatible platforms (if you count all platforms, Linux has an even wider edge)
Just curious, where did you see this count? I'm not being a troll I promise...I use Linux at home and love it, but I'm wondering if there is a better place than linuxquestions.org for looking up whether a piece of hardware I'm about to buy will work in my linux box. Does such a list exist?