I would be interested in finding out what O/S author Daniel Lyons is running. On the same page as this article are links to some of Lyons' previous articles, and many of them seem to be critical of Linux. I wonder if he's running OpenBSD or Mac OSX...
This is a tough question. On the one hand, one of the smartest guys I know doesn't have a college degree; he can discuss history and politics for hours, and although he is not a lawyer, the firm he works at relies on him for everything.
On the other hand, after not having a college degree for several years I went back to school and got one and have never regretted it. It helped me in my career and I have found that when you are looking for a job and your potential employer knows nothing else about you, that piece of paper says something positive about you that seperates you from the rest of the crowd. Right or wrong, it's a reality of life.
I recently bought the animated Star Wars Clone Wars DVD, thinking even if I didn't like it, it might be a good buy for my young son. To my surprise, it is actually better than any of the recent movies: it has non-stop action and holds up to repeat viewing quite well.
Well, I hope that Lockheed and Northrop will take note of Rutan's "feather" design and try something similar when they compete for the contract to build NASA's new vehicle. In my opinion the last thing we need is another craft like the old shuttle that just blasts into the atmosphere on reentry, relying on panels to absorb all the heat. Rutan's feather design allowed SpaceShipOne to get around that problem quite nicely.
Well this is just great. I just had a conversation with my mother, who is leary of online trading companies to begin with (and a technophobe to boot), and spent an hour trying to convince her that Ameritrade was a perfectly safe and reputable broker to use; and now this happens. Thanks for proving me wrong Ameritrade.
On the one hand, re-entry is the most dangerous part of the mission after initial launch, and most of the scenarios involve discovering that the shuttle has developed a defect that will not allow it (and the crew) to survive that reentry.
Given that re-entry is so dangerous, why not design a new vehicle that uses something like the "feather" system on Burt Rutan's ship?
Yeah, someone really needs to proofread this stuff before it's posted on Slashdot. The first sentence didn't even make sense and there was no link...it's too bad because I'm a latin buff and would have appreciated the story if it had been prepared properly.
...then they should just outsource the repair of Hubble to Burt Rutan and his company Scaled Composites.
They've already proven they can do things better and cheaper than NASA.
When my sons get to high school age there are two things I want to tell them:
1.) When you don't understand something that should bother you, and you should try to find out the answer.
2.) Being a geek is cool.
3.) Be true to yourself, don't try to be something you're not in order to impress people.
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I was watching the 'new' ScreenSavers about a month or two back and one of the two hosts corrected the other because he made a statement which seemed to imply that Java and Javascript were pretty much the same thing. The guy who made the stupid Java/Javascript statement reacted by talking loudly/dismissively and flailing his arms about, which instantly showed me that he was trying to cover up the fact that he just didn't know what he was talking about. I think the hosts should be chosen more carefully so that they are at least somewhat knowledgeable (substance over style).
I'm disappointed that the article didn't mention Datapoint (previously Computer Terminal Corporation)'s 8008 which was the first general purpose 8-bit microprocessor on a chip.
Intel would not be where they are today if it weren't for Datapoint's technology.
Ok, I'm replying to my own post here, I just realized that the article does indeed mention the 8008, under the name Computer Terminal Corporation rather than Datapoint (which is correct since they weren't called Datapoint until later). Anyway, 'mea culpa' for that, however the point I was trying to make was simply that Datapoint was a revolutionary company that had a LOT to do with the history of the microprocessor, but it's sad that they usually only appear briefly (if at all) in these types of stories.
I'm disappointed that the article didn't mention Datapoint (previously Computer Terminal Corporation)'s 8008 which was the first general purpose 8-bit microprocessor on a chip. Intel would not be where they are today if it weren't for Datapoint's technology.
I have a few legacy servers just around for my use and i don't want to pay for the upgrade and downtime..
anyone know of any ensim pro updates or packages someone has continued to build for this setup?
(or possibly redhat 7.3 updates..??)
thanks!
You need to get off of Ensim3.5/RH7.3 and get on Ensim4/Fedora immediately. First make sure your Ensim 3.5 is updated to 3.5.21 and then do a backup using Ensim's backup utility, then reload your server with Fedora/Ensim4 and restore from the 3.5.21 backups (Ensim4 was designed to be compatible with 3.5.21 backup archives).
When I told my father about Burt Rutan's team winning the Xprize and how this was a revolutionary step forward toward private space flight, he just grunted and said, "they'll put a stop to that".
I laughed and blew off what he said, but lo and behold, here comes the government just like dad predicted.
...according to Dr Joel Wallach in his "Dead Doctors Don't Lie" audio tape we all have the genetic potential to live to 120 - 140 years or more.
He says that there was a Dr. Li in Tibet who lived to 250+ and got certificates of congratulations from the Chinese gov't.
I think he also said that Nat'l Geographic Magazine, in it's January 1973 issue, ran an article on people who lived long lives and they had pictures of all kinds of people who were over 120 years. It seems there are at least five cultures in the world where this is common: the Russian Georgians, the Hunzas, the people who live near Lake Titcaca, etc.
Take your vitamins folks...
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I just don't know if I trust a distro that does not come with Vim in the base install...
I've noticed that in the last few years (maybe it's just my perspective, I don't know) doctors seem less and less likely to actually listen to their patients.
I have noticed this too. Now before I say what I'm about to say let me just preface my comments by saying that I'm a conservative with a lot of doctors in my family, and in the past I have been staunchly against socialized medicine and gov't involvement in medicine. However recent events involving my mom's medical condition have led me to change my views.
A few years ago my mom was having lots of problems and went to her general practitioner (g.p.). The gp wanted to do all kinds of strange tests and procedures that didn't seem to really relate to the symptoms she was describing (my dad is an ophthalmologist so he had some idea that something strange was going on). It seemed to me that the doctor was trying to do procedures and tests that he knew my mom's insurance would cover and that he would get paid for. This went on for a while and my mom never could find out what was wrong.
A couple of months later we were in Rome and my mom collapsed in St Peters Basilica. We took her to an emergency room in Rome and a young doctor talked to her and my dad and asked them what her symptoms were. He seemed genuinely interested and listened to what she had to say. Since she had described symptoms that seemed to relate to circulation and her heart he did the obvious: he did an ultrasound of her chest area and found that she indeed had a circulation problem and isolated exactly where it was. Why didn't the American doctors think of doing this simple and obvious test?!? Well I may be cynical, but I believe they didn't do it because there was no money in it for them to do an ultrasound since it probably wasn't on the HMO/PPO's list of 'approved' tests that the doctor would get paid for.
By the way, the italian ER doctor gave my mom some medicine and advice about how to proceed when she went back to America, and didn't charge her a dime. It was incredible to have a doctor genuinely care about a patient and do everything he could for her, and have the issue of money not even come up at all (although my parents were willing and able to pay if they had been asked to).
After returning to America my mom was able to explain to her American doctors what the problem was and is now able to actually get proper treatment.
Now don't get me wrong, there are many good doctors in America, however their attitude towards their patients is affected by the environment that they do business in. For example, one of my relatives (who is a doctor) told me that with HMOs your doctor ceases to be your advocate and becomes your adversary. Why? Because of capitation; the doctor gets paid a set amount per month and if more patients than usual come in one month then his profit per patient is lower. It is in the doctor's best interest (business-wise) to see you as little as possible because he gets paid the same whether you're there or not. This and many other rules that insurance companies force upon doctors force the doctors, no matter how much they want to care for their patients, to view the patient as an adversary that is costing them money.
I don't know if socialized medicine (a la 'Hillary') is the answer, but certainly our current medical/insurance industry is a problem.
I would like to see Sun do well, I think they have some amazing technologies. As a Linux user, I would also like to see Linux continue to do well. I think there's enough room enough out there for all of us.
Patrick: I have emailed your post to my uncle (a retired internist) and my dad (an ophthalmologist who is also a PhD/MD).
I will also keep you in my prayers.
Btw, I run Slack9.1 on my laptop and appreciate very much all that you have done for the Linux community.
If anyone other than CBS had said this I might have given it some credibility, but CBS has none left. After their handling of the 2000 elections, the fabricated documents of the Bush National Guard story, and the dubious story about missing weapons in Iraq, I don't know how anyone can say 'CBS' and 'News' in the same sentence.
Coincidentally I wrote about the demise of CBS recently in my journal.
I have heard from more than one person that this is typically how WalMart deals with its vendors/suppliers. If you have a company making widgets, for example, WalMart might come to you and place a small order for widgets to sell in their stores. Then as your product sells they gradually increase their orders until eventually they have pretty much your entire production line devoted to WalMart orders. At that point they come in and low ball you by saying, 'we're only going to pay x dollars per order from here on out, take it or leave it'. The vendor, whose entire business now hinges on WalMart orders, is forced to comply.
While I don't agree with this practice, I am glad to see it getting turned on the record companies now, since they've been ripping me and other consumers off for years. Let the jackals tear each other to pieces...
As a linux sysadmin you will be editing a lot of config files, so one of the most important things you can learn is a text editor. Most of the admins I work with use Vi, and I recommend it highly. An excellent book that can help you learn is "Vi Improved" by Steve Oualline. If you just read the first couple of chapters you will probably know enough to get by quite well in Vi. If you read the whole book you will be a true "power user" of Vi. Best of luck to you. Enjoy the ride!
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I would be interested in finding out what O/S author Daniel Lyons is running. On the same page as this article are links to some of Lyons' previous articles, and many of them seem to be critical of Linux. I wonder if he's running OpenBSD or Mac OSX...
This is a tough question. On the one hand, one of the smartest guys I know doesn't have a college degree; he can discuss history and politics for hours, and although he is not a lawyer, the firm he works at relies on him for everything.
On the other hand, after not having a college degree for several years I went back to school and got one and have never regretted it. It helped me in my career and I have found that when you are looking for a job and your potential employer knows nothing else about you, that piece of paper says something positive about you that seperates you from the rest of the crowd. Right or wrong, it's a reality of life.
I recently bought the animated Star Wars Clone Wars DVD, thinking even if I didn't like it, it might be a good buy for my young son. To my surprise, it is actually better than any of the recent movies: it has non-stop action and holds up to repeat viewing quite well.
Should Burt Rutan be consulted?
Well, I hope that Lockheed and Northrop will take note of Rutan's "feather" design and try something similar when they compete for the contract to build NASA's new vehicle. In my opinion the last thing we need is another craft like the old shuttle that just blasts into the atmosphere on reentry, relying on panels to absorb all the heat. Rutan's feather design allowed SpaceShipOne to get around that problem quite nicely.
Thanks for proving me wrong Ameritrade.
Given that re-entry is so dangerous, why not design a new vehicle that uses something like the "feather" system on Burt Rutan's ship?
Yeah, someone really needs to proofread this stuff before it's posted on Slashdot. The first sentence didn't even make sense and there was no link...it's too bad because I'm a latin buff and would have appreciated the story if it had been prepared properly.
...put Burt Rutan in charge of the mission.
...then they should just outsource the repair of Hubble to Burt Rutan and his company Scaled Composites.
They've already proven they can do things better and cheaper than NASA.
When my sons get to high school age there are two things I want to tell them:
1.) When you don't understand something that should bother you, and you should try to find out the answer.
2.) Being a geek is cool.
3.) Be true to yourself, don't try to be something you're not in order to impress people.
I think the hosts should be chosen more carefully so that they are at least somewhat knowledgeable (substance over style).
Ok, I'm replying to my own post here, I just realized that the article does indeed mention the 8008, under the name Computer Terminal Corporation rather than Datapoint (which is correct since they weren't called Datapoint until later). Anyway, 'mea culpa' for that, however the point I was trying to make was simply that Datapoint was a revolutionary company that had a LOT to do with the history of the microprocessor, but it's sad that they usually only appear briefly (if at all) in these types of stories.
Intel would not be where they are today if it weren't for Datapoint's technology.
anyone know of any ensim pro updates or packages someone has continued to build for this setup?
(or possibly redhat 7.3 updates..??)
thanks!
You need to get off of Ensim3.5/RH7.3 and get on Ensim4/Fedora immediately. First make sure your Ensim 3.5 is updated to 3.5.21 and then do a backup using Ensim's backup utility, then reload your server with Fedora/Ensim4 and restore from the 3.5.21 backups (Ensim4 was designed to be compatible with 3.5.21 backup archives).
I laughed and blew off what he said, but lo and behold, here comes the government just like dad predicted.
Sad.
He says that there was a Dr. Li in Tibet who lived to 250+ and got certificates of congratulations from the Chinese gov't.
I think he also said that Nat'l Geographic Magazine, in it's January 1973 issue, ran an article on people who lived long lives and they had pictures of all kinds of people who were over 120 years. It seems there are at least five cultures in the world where this is common: the Russian Georgians, the Hunzas, the people who live near Lake Titcaca, etc.
Take your vitamins folks...
I have noticed this too. Now before I say what I'm about to say let me just preface my comments by saying that I'm a conservative with a lot of doctors in my family, and in the past I have been staunchly against socialized medicine and gov't involvement in medicine. However recent events involving my mom's medical condition have led me to change my views.
A few years ago my mom was having lots of problems and went to her general practitioner (g.p.). The gp wanted to do all kinds of strange tests and procedures that didn't seem to really relate to the symptoms she was describing (my dad is an ophthalmologist so he had some idea that something strange was going on). It seemed to me that the doctor was trying to do procedures and tests that he knew my mom's insurance would cover and that he would get paid for. This went on for a while and my mom never could find out what was wrong.
A couple of months later we were in Rome and my mom collapsed in St Peters Basilica. We took her to an emergency room in Rome and a young doctor talked to her and my dad and asked them what her symptoms were. He seemed genuinely interested and listened to what she had to say. Since she had described symptoms that seemed to relate to circulation and her heart he did the obvious: he did an ultrasound of her chest area and found that she indeed had a circulation problem and isolated exactly where it was. Why didn't the American doctors think of doing this simple and obvious test?!? Well I may be cynical, but I believe they didn't do it because there was no money in it for them to do an ultrasound since it probably wasn't on the HMO/PPO's list of 'approved' tests that the doctor would get paid for.
By the way, the italian ER doctor gave my mom some medicine and advice about how to proceed when she went back to America, and didn't charge her a dime. It was incredible to have a doctor genuinely care about a patient and do everything he could for her, and have the issue of money not even come up at all (although my parents were willing and able to pay if they had been asked to).
After returning to America my mom was able to explain to her American doctors what the problem was and is now able to actually get proper treatment.
Now don't get me wrong, there are many good doctors in America, however their attitude towards their patients is affected by the environment that they do business in. For example, one of my relatives (who is a doctor) told me that with HMOs your doctor ceases to be your advocate and becomes your adversary. Why? Because of capitation; the doctor gets paid a set amount per month and if more patients than usual come in one month then his profit per patient is lower. It is in the doctor's best interest (business-wise) to see you as little as possible because he gets paid the same whether you're there or not. This and many other rules that insurance companies force upon doctors force the doctors, no matter how much they want to care for their patients, to view the patient as an adversary that is costing them money.
I don't know if socialized medicine (a la 'Hillary') is the answer, but certainly our current medical/insurance industry is a problem.
As a Linux user, I would also like to see Linux continue to do well. I think there's enough room enough out there for all of us.
"Can't we all just get along?!?"
I will also keep you in my prayers.
Btw, I run Slack9.1 on my laptop and appreciate very much all that you have done for the Linux community.
If anyone other than CBS had said this I might have given it some credibility, but CBS has none left. After their handling of the 2000 elections, the fabricated documents of the Bush National Guard story, and the dubious story about missing weapons in Iraq, I don't know how anyone can say 'CBS' and 'News' in the same sentence. Coincidentally I wrote about the demise of CBS recently in my journal.
While I don't agree with this practice, I am glad to see it getting turned on the record companies now, since they've been ripping me and other consumers off for years. Let the jackals tear each other to pieces...
Isn't this like the time Kramer talked about building different levels in his apartment, with pillows on them?
As a linux sysadmin you will be editing a lot of config files, so one of the most important things you can learn is a text editor. Most of the admins I work with use Vi, and I recommend it highly. An excellent book that can help you learn is "Vi Improved" by Steve Oualline. If you just read the first couple of chapters you will probably know enough to get by quite well in Vi. If you read the whole book you will be a true "power user" of Vi. Best of luck to you. Enjoy the ride!