Actually; Microsoft apparently lost the case in my province regarding the use of the title "Microsoft Certified Support Engineer". They can still use the acronym, but they're not allowed to use the word engineer. Small difference, I realize, but most people outside the tech sector have no idea what the acronym stands for.
Where I'm from, it's illegal to call yourself an Engineer unless you have accredition from a regulatory board.. that typically involves a four year university degree (or commensurate experience elsewhere), as well as a series of exams on both technical aptitude and ethics.
I take civil engineering. At the undergraduate level, the majority of the basic information doesn't change. Average stress is always going to be the net force divided by the cross sectional area. Just like everyone else though, we get new editions every year. In most cases, the only thing that has been changed, are the numbering of the problems. Since the prof gets the newest version free (for "review", or whatever garbage reason they have), they always assign homework on the new numbering. It sucks getting a zero, just because the question numbers are wrong. (Hasn't happened to me, but I've seen it done before.)
The bookstore itself is a massive rip off as well. A lot of the books for the 3rd and 4th year courses are design guides; industry standard books, typically published by Civil Engineering Associations. These groups usually give a (substantial) student discount. The bookstore, on the other hand, charges full rates. Guess who pockets the 50% difference on a $130 textbook. One of our profs took to pre-ordering textbooks through our Civil Engineering Club; he was even one of the authors. Too bad the rest of the administration is full of greedy bastards.
I suppose that's -one- way of looking at pissing off a large group of females. Really though, I think Hari-kiri might be the better term for that activity though.
Look like they might have come up with something to satisfy people like me. I love the idea of electronic books; but I'd miss being able to turn the page. Plus, if the electronic ink is as readable as they say, no worries about eyestrain.
K, I posted this on the last live-cd review topic, but the thread is pretty much dead, so I'm hoping for some response here..
----- At the rist of being lynched, I've been using MS for a good long time, and only recently did I download the Knoppix live CD.
I tossed in the freshly minted boot CD, hit enter at the command prompt, and in very little time, was up and running on the KDE desktop. It was definitely an experience for me. The best part was probably the warm fuzzy feeling I got from knowing I wasn't running off windows. Now, I run a fairly decent desktop system; P4 2.4 GHz, 768 meg Ram, SBLive, and a GeForce4 MX 440 card. Reading thru the startup, the knoppix cd seemed to recognise everything without any trouble. When I got into the KDE desktop, however, my screen was locked at 640x480, and my video card was reading as nv. It didn't look like my 440 card was supported.
Now, to put things bluntly, other than some very basic shell commands used a few years ago, and some experience with pine and pico, I'm a linux n00b. Tyring to figure out how to install drivers, and get all the old programs up and running was a bit daunting.
Mostly, I just want to ask: Can I expect the same results from a full-install of a distro? or is this just a function of not being able to cram everything onto a CD? Would another live-cd give me better results?
At the rist of being lynched, I've been using MS for a good long time, and only recently did I download the Knoppix live CD.
I tossed in the freshly minted boot CD, hit enter at the command prompt, and in very little time, was up and running on the KDE desktop. It was definitely an experience for me. The best part was probably the warm fuzzy feeling I got from knowing I wasn't running off windows. Now, I run a fairly decent desktop system; P4 2.4 GHz, 768 meg Ram, SBLive, and a GeForce4 MX 440 card. Reading thru the startup, the knoppix cd seemed to recognise everything without any trouble. When I got into the KDE desktop, however, my screen was locked at 640x480, and my video card was reading as nv. It didn't look like my 440 card was supported.
Now, to put things bluntly, other than some very basic shell commands used a few years ago, and some experience with pine and pico, I'm a linux n00b. Tyring to figure out how to install drivers, and get all the old programs up and running was a bit daunting.
Mostly, I just want to ask: Can I expect the same results from a full-install of a distro? or is this just a function of not being able to cram everything onto a CD?
The comment was disparaging geographical knowledge; and since they're do border each other, that was uncalled for. It's the religious and political philosophies that differ.
I just wanted to mention something about this line:
"until C/S is a true practice like engineering you don't really get to build on what you've learned before as much as someone like a structural engineer"
This is an excellent point, but almost goes a bit too far. At the moment, I'm two semesters short of a degree in Civil Engineering, focused on Structural. I've had to learn multiple versions of three separate CAD programs (including LISP), GIS software, two specialty geotech software programs, a pair of structural design programs and a host of smaller things. The fundamentals of each category are the same, true; but every place you'll ever work has a different way of doing things. Retraining is a continual process.
Aside from the bare fundamentals, the most job requirement is adaptability. Technical jobs change too quickly to be secure in a skillset for more than a couple of years. Doctors, Engineers, Comp Sci techs; it's the same.
If you're still in school; make sure you take some arts courses. Force your mind to think in ways it's not used to. It'll help when your boss decides you're going to build the new database on a program you just started using a week ago.
The whole point of having -wireless- communication is so that you can have your people mobile, and still able to communicate. A wired system does you no good if you're on the grid 40' above the stage, and something breaks elsewhere. This, apparently, happens often.
I seem to recall a/. story a few months back (too lazy to search, sorry) about a grad student who used various publicly available resources to come up with a -very- detailed map of the US information infrastructure as a thesis. If you could get your hands on that, it'd probably be a simple matter to find out exactly where the "Secret Location" is. Of course, iirc, his thesis was classified; so getting a copy of it might not be so easy either.
Free software gives Microsoft a lot of exposure. Some of the worlds largest markets (read: most populous nations) are third world. Since people will have the product, they'll learn it, and likely develop the same dependance as is seen in North America today. (Ever try to use Lotus Suite after 6 years on MS Office?)
Eventually, the economy in these nations picks up, and people start paying massive amounts of money for software upgrades and support agreements.
Slashdot Mirror
*lol*
for those who didn't get that, 2 bits (in the US and Canada, at least) = $0.25, so 64 bits does indeed = $8.00
3. Lose entire net worth in lawsuits, however, with cash from the resulting book deal
Actually; Microsoft apparently lost the case in my province regarding the use of the title "Microsoft Certified Support Engineer". They can still use the acronym, but they're not allowed to use the word engineer. Small difference, I realize, but most people outside the tech sector have no idea what the acronym stands for.
Where I'm from, it's illegal to call yourself an Engineer unless you have accredition from a regulatory board .. that typically involves a four year university degree (or commensurate experience elsewhere), as well as a series of exams on both technical aptitude and ethics.
;)
Assistant Janitor it is
I take civil engineering. At the undergraduate level, the majority of the basic information doesn't change. Average stress is always going to be the net force divided by the cross sectional area. Just like everyone else though, we get new editions every year. In most cases, the only thing that has been changed, are the numbering of the problems. Since the prof gets the newest version free (for "review", or whatever garbage reason they have), they always assign homework on the new numbering. It sucks getting a zero, just because the question numbers are wrong. (Hasn't happened to me, but I've seen it done before.)
The bookstore itself is a massive rip off as well. A lot of the books for the 3rd and 4th year courses are design guides; industry standard books, typically published by Civil Engineering Associations. These groups usually give a (substantial) student discount. The bookstore, on the other hand, charges full rates. Guess who pockets the 50% difference on a $130 textbook. One of our profs took to pre-ordering textbooks through our Civil Engineering Club; he was even one of the authors. Too bad the rest of the administration is full of greedy bastards.
eh ... just brainless male "code of the warrior"?
I suppose that's -one- way of looking at pissing off a large group of females. Really though, I think Hari-kiri might be the better term for that activity though.
No, it'll be $699 for the head of every linux junkie. Period.
;)
Someone has to pay for the licenses
"...SCO has been less than forthcoming about what the contested code would be -- and when they do mention code, we can prove they are [wrong]."
Translation:
"SCO has been less than forthcoming about what the contested code would be -- and when they do mention code, we can prove they are full of sh*t."
Exactly what I was thinking of. Obviously it'd be expensive, but prices come down pretty quickly, and I'd save a tonne on bookshelves.
Cool .. but not the same as physically flipping over a piece of paper in an actual book. It's the tactile sensation that I'd miss.
Cool.
Look like they might have come up with something to satisfy people like me. I love the idea of electronic books; but I'd miss being able to turn the page. Plus, if the electronic ink is as readable as they say, no worries about eyestrain.
If anything, the smoke and mirrors are the spamming function of myDoom. I'd bet the DDOS attack is the real motive.
Obviously not a good thing for anyone to participate it, but they couldn't have picked a better target.
K, I posted this on the last live-cd review topic, but the thread is pretty much dead, so I'm hoping for some response here..
-----
At the rist of being lynched, I've been using MS for a good long time, and only recently did I download the Knoppix live CD.
I tossed in the freshly minted boot CD, hit enter at the command prompt, and in very little time, was up and running on the KDE desktop. It was definitely an experience for me. The best part was probably the warm fuzzy feeling I got from knowing I wasn't running off windows. Now, I run a fairly decent desktop system; P4 2.4 GHz, 768 meg Ram, SBLive, and a GeForce4 MX 440 card. Reading thru the startup, the knoppix cd seemed to recognise everything without any trouble. When I got into the KDE desktop, however, my screen was locked at 640x480, and my video card was reading as nv. It didn't look like my 440 card was supported.
Now, to put things bluntly, other than some very basic shell commands used a few years ago, and some experience with pine and pico, I'm a linux n00b. Tyring to figure out how to install drivers, and get all the old programs up and running was a bit daunting.
Mostly, I just want to ask: Can I expect the same results from a full-install of a distro? or is this just a function of not being able to cram everything onto a CD? Would another live-cd give me better results?
At the rist of being lynched, I've been using MS for a good long time, and only recently did I download the Knoppix live CD.
I tossed in the freshly minted boot CD, hit enter at the command prompt, and in very little time, was up and running on the KDE desktop. It was definitely an experience for me. The best part was probably the warm fuzzy feeling I got from knowing I wasn't running off windows. Now, I run a fairly decent desktop system; P4 2.4 GHz, 768 meg Ram, SBLive, and a GeForce4 MX 440 card. Reading thru the startup, the knoppix cd seemed to recognise everything without any trouble. When I got into the KDE desktop, however, my screen was locked at 640x480, and my video card was reading as nv. It didn't look like my 440 card was supported.
Now, to put things bluntly, other than some very basic shell commands used a few years ago, and some experience with pine and pico, I'm a linux n00b. Tyring to figure out how to install drivers, and get all the old programs up and running was a bit daunting.
Mostly, I just want to ask: Can I expect the same results from a full-install of a distro? or is this just a function of not being able to cram everything onto a CD?
I know it exists, I'm Canadian.
The comment was disparaging geographical knowledge; and since they're do border each other, that was uncalled for. It's the religious and political philosophies that differ.
Um. India and Pakistan border each other, do they not?
I just wanted to mention something about this line:
"until C/S is a true practice like engineering you don't really get to build on what you've learned before as much as someone like a structural engineer"
This is an excellent point, but almost goes a bit too far. At the moment, I'm two semesters short of a degree in Civil Engineering, focused on Structural. I've had to learn multiple versions of three separate CAD programs (including LISP), GIS software, two specialty geotech software programs, a pair of structural design programs and a host of smaller things. The fundamentals of each category are the same, true; but every place you'll ever work has a different way of doing things. Retraining is a continual process.
Aside from the bare fundamentals, the most job requirement is adaptability. Technical jobs change too quickly to be secure in a skillset for more than a couple of years. Doctors, Engineers, Comp Sci techs; it's the same.
If you're still in school; make sure you take some arts courses. Force your mind to think in ways it's not used to. It'll help when your boss decides you're going to build the new database on a program you just started using a week ago.
who said 640k oughta be enough for anybody.
The whole point of having -wireless- communication is so that you can have your people mobile, and still able to communicate. A wired system does you no good if you're on the grid 40' above the stage, and something breaks elsewhere. This, apparently, happens often.
Sorry to reply to my own post, but the link to the article is here:
Classified Dissertation
I seem to recall a /. story a few months back (too lazy to search, sorry) about a grad student who used various publicly available resources to come up with a -very- detailed map of the US information infrastructure as a thesis. If you could get your hands on that, it'd probably be a simple matter to find out exactly where the "Secret Location" is. Of course, iirc, his thesis was classified; so getting a copy of it might not be so easy either.
Free software gives Microsoft a lot of exposure. Some of the worlds largest markets (read: most populous nations) are third world. Since people will have the product, they'll learn it, and likely develop the same dependance as is seen in North America today. (Ever try to use Lotus Suite after 6 years on MS Office?)
Eventually, the economy in these nations picks up, and people start paying massive amounts of money for software upgrades and support agreements.
Good long term potential earnings.
That would probably depend on how much abuse the heat pipes could take...
bit of shameless karmawhoring...
Powerlabs
my god; I didn't think anyone else in the world had seen that cartoon.