is that's it's not really unbiased, as is claimed. Of course, nothing really is unbiased, so why claim it when it's untrue.
I'm willing to bet that at some point we'll see more and more incorect information, as the system struggles with being crushed under its own weight.
The sheer number of roles is daunting.
And further on in the interview, I read "there is increasingly a distinction between 'normal' authors and 'high-end' authors who are explicitly trying to get their articles 'featured'."
I don't know... that statement right there speaks volumes as to how unbiased a system Wikipedia can really be.
I was going to reply to the parent poster, until I saw this:
I don't really see as to how time has anything to do with it either since it takes less than two hours to install a box with oracle from ground zero.
This statement may be true for a single processor, light box, but if you are setting up Oracle 10g RAC, that's just not true. Just blindly reading instructions off a web page isn't going to get you very far.
Add to the mix a SAN - where your data will most likely reside, proper drivers for your QLogic cards, then throw on ASM. Oh and don't foget to properly configure failover - the whole point of 10g RAC. We're not talking ethernet cables strung between two boxes.
That's just the OS and database. Forget "two hours". A LOT of proper planning has to go into it.
Now throw an actual application into the mix - say, something like Documentum. You're looking at months long planning, install, config, tuning and testing before it ever reaches QA.
My point to the parent poster, and to you I suppose, is this: If you are unable to properly do any of this, seek training. Your management doesn't want to spend any money on training? Drill it into their heads that the entire infrastructure won't be supported unless it's done by knowlegeable people. Heck, Oracle University does a decent job of teaching you this very same setup (I know - I had to go through everything I just mentioned).
Uh, no. The net is here for the web, email, file transfers (originally in the form of ftp, but now we have P2P formats), IRC (yes, still in use), NET NEWS (also still in use, contrary to popular opinion), VoIP, encrypted interconnections, and a host of other forms of traffic.
As the previous poster pointed out, it's just packets flowing.
I run Ubuntu (and Suse on another box) as my main machine. I have VMWare installed, just in case I need to run a Windows program, although that's very rare.
Well, clicking around various links one day, I came upon a torrent link of an OS X 10.4 image to run in VMWare. I thought "Cool! I can try out OS X and see what all the hype is about." Initially I couldn't get wireless networking to work, but I found a fix through one of Maxxuss' patches. I still can't get sound working, but for my purposes, that's OK.
So, I can poke around and play around with OS X now. Guess what? It's OK. But I still end up doing all my real productive stuff under Ubuntu.
I wonder if I had only known Windows and tried this, would have the same impression?
That's what I use to run my small freelance business and it does everything I need. Probably not as easy as a desktop app to set up, but once it's set up, it's good to go.
But let me say this: If you are using Microsoft products, whether self-employed or by a corporation, and can't handle their (Microsoft's) restrictions, you're in the wrong line of work.
It's pretty cut-and-dry. Microsoft has every right to handle their products in a manner they see fit. Don't like it? Don't use their products. There are plenty of alternative on more than one platform. For pretty much any industry you could possibly think of.
If you're using it for work purposes, you really shouldn't care. At least every place I've ever worked, the PC or laptop has been provided by the employer. That means it's not yours.
Aything personal I choose to do I do with my own equipment. That's the ONLY way I'll know there are no repercussions.
If you're using your work PC for both work and personal reasons, you'll eventually get into trouble, WGA or not.
What's the purpose? Reading emails really quickly? I mean what kind of activity (other than nefarious) does one really need that requires that speed, when sipping coffee?
So far, everybody's response to you has been sarcastic, but I can see a reason why. With the way cafes are heading now, it's no longer just a place to get a cup of coofee. You can buy music and videos now in some of the cafes in the US. Not to mention the fact that most cafes are already filled with laptop users and not much else. I can imagine a time when IPTV takes hold that you would be able walk in, get your latte and panino/whatever, site down and be entertained over that connection.
From your comment it seems you are distributing glossaries not Pilot-DB. If so, I don't understand why the need to make Pilot-DB sources available. Maybe I misunderstood?
Actually, I also provide the DB engine, the help files and a couple of other plugins to the DB engine, so yeah, I do need to make them available. I didn't mention that.
And I do make them available. But my point really was that nobody ever asks for any of the source code, possibly because they know they can get it from the original source. It's not what I'd call high traffic - maybe 50 downloads a day - but I always thought it odd that noon ever asked for the source. Ever.
I would agree. About three years ago, I published a couple of glossaries and put them up on the web in Pilot-DB format (an opensource database for the Palm). I fretted so much about makeing sure that the source of the underlying database was available, and have always had a link on the download page to get the source if needed or wanted by anyone.
In the three years I've made these glossaries available, not once has anyone requested the source. Not once.
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I'm willing to bet that at some point we'll see more and more incorect information, as the system struggles with being crushed under its own weight.
The sheer number of roles is daunting.
And further on in the interview, I read "there is increasingly a distinction between 'normal' authors and 'high-end' authors who are explicitly trying to get their articles 'featured'."
I don't know... that statement right there speaks volumes as to how unbiased a system Wikipedia can really be.
This statement may be true for a single processor, light box, but if you are setting up Oracle 10g RAC, that's just not true. Just blindly reading instructions off a web page isn't going to get you very far.
Add to the mix a SAN - where your data will most likely reside, proper drivers for your QLogic cards, then throw on ASM. Oh and don't foget to properly configure failover - the whole point of 10g RAC. We're not talking ethernet cables strung between two boxes.
That's just the OS and database. Forget "two hours". A LOT of proper planning has to go into it.
Now throw an actual application into the mix - say, something like Documentum. You're looking at months long planning, install, config, tuning and testing before it ever reaches QA.
My point to the parent poster, and to you I suppose, is this: If you are unable to properly do any of this, seek training. Your management doesn't want to spend any money on training? Drill it into their heads that the entire infrastructure won't be supported unless it's done by knowlegeable people. Heck, Oracle University does a decent job of teaching you this very same setup (I know - I had to go through everything I just mentioned).
Try not 2 mk it look like u ntrd it on ur cellfone.
This first paragraph reeks of astroturfing. And not for Microsoft.
From the rest of your post, it's clear you're not a regular Windows user, much less an Office user.
If that's the case, where'd you get the Office CD to install on a Windows box (which, it appears, is not your machine)?
A fly-by-nighter lasst a couple of years, at best.
Uh, no. The net is here for the web, email, file transfers (originally in the form of ftp, but now we have P2P formats), IRC (yes, still in use), NET NEWS (also still in use, contrary to popular opinion), VoIP, encrypted interconnections, and a host of other forms of traffic.
As the previous poster pointed out, it's just packets flowing.
He was probably just reading his script. That certainly sounds like the first question they usually ask.
As long as there are plce I haven't yet been on Earth that I would pay good money to visit, I wouldn't really have much desire to go into Space.
I've travelled a bit, but there are just SO many places I haven't been that I want to see right here on the planet.
I run Ubuntu (and Suse on another box) as my main machine. I have VMWare installed, just in case I need to run a Windows program, although that's very rare.
Well, clicking around various links one day, I came upon a torrent link of an OS X 10.4 image to run in VMWare. I thought "Cool! I can try out OS X and see what all the hype is about." Initially I couldn't get wireless networking to work, but I found a fix through one of Maxxuss' patches. I still can't get sound working, but for my purposes, that's OK.
So, I can poke around and play around with OS X now. Guess what? It's OK. But I still end up doing all my real productive stuff under Ubuntu.
I wonder if I had only known Windows and tried this, would have the same impression?
Installing EasyUbuntu fixes all of that easily.
While it's nice a forensic specialist can lend some insight, it's misleading to suggest this is what the FBI is actually doing.
Check definition no. 2 - particularly b and c.
BTW, he used it corectly.
I wouldn't compare it to quickbooks. I'd compare it to something along the lines of a slimmed down Oracle Financials.
That's what I use to run my small freelance business and it does everything I need. Probably not as easy as a desktop app to set up, but once it's set up, it's good to go.
As am I now for the past couple of years.
But let me say this: If you are using Microsoft products, whether self-employed or by a corporation, and can't handle their (Microsoft's) restrictions, you're in the wrong line of work.
It's pretty cut-and-dry. Microsoft has every right to handle their products in a manner they see fit. Don't like it? Don't use their products. There are plenty of alternative on more than one platform. For pretty much any industry you could possibly think of.
Aything personal I choose to do I do with my own equipment. That's the ONLY way I'll know there are no repercussions.
If you're using your work PC for both work and personal reasons, you'll eventually get into trouble, WGA or not.
And they'll have to buy a new machine too. Everybody wins. Well, except the consumer.
Second, what constitutes "unauthorized"?
How can a country be so progressive (at least on paper) on some things, and so idiotic on this?
So far, everybody's response to you has been sarcastic, but I can see a reason why. With the way cafes are heading now, it's no longer just a place to get a cup of coofee. You can buy music and videos now in some of the cafes in the US. Not to mention the fact that most cafes are already filled with laptop users and not much else. I can imagine a time when IPTV takes hold that you would be able walk in, get your latte and panino/whatever, site down and be entertained over that connection.
Oh oh. Looks like you pissed off an Ipod user.
The link is a request for the source, not a direct download. I've never gotten a request.
Actually, I also provide the DB engine, the help files and a couple of other plugins to the DB engine, so yeah, I do need to make them available. I didn't mention that.
And I do make them available. But my point really was that nobody ever asks for any of the source code, possibly because they know they can get it from the original source. It's not what I'd call high traffic - maybe 50 downloads a day - but I always thought it odd that noon ever asked for the source. Ever.
In the three years I've made these glossaries available, not once has anyone requested the source. Not once.