"The world put up with 40+ years of nuclear terrorism with the US and Russians threatening to blow up half the world and poison the rest"
Hmmm, in a world that lacks the big state Nuke "terrorism" to coin your characterization - the game is now open to two-bit players - AKA today's "terrorism".
Having lived through the Bay of Pigs crisis - the sound of the air raid sirens, pulling over to the side of the road, as if there were an emergency vehilcle trying to get through, and doing the cover drills into the concrete shelter below my grade school auditorium stage - replete with C-rations; I think I would rather play nuclear chess with Russia any day. At least there was some measure of reason back then.
I must disagree with this sentiment. ___ Before finding a reference to Charlie's Accellerando in a discussion (not a lead story) here on/. last week, I had no idea who he was.
In the process of trading a series of emails to order it, I found Mike Calder at Transreal Fiction to be most kind and helpful in sorting out how to get the book delivered. That done I finished the 2nd third of the downloaded book and was even more amazed by this work.
I am now awaiting my autographed copy so I can finish the book.
Hats off to Charlie and Cory for sharing!
Now to your argument about the 104th writer...
I think the ten-thousandth author will succeed or fail with this approach based on the quality of their work.
Beans on toast is a far better combination, as Barbara Stewart from the University of Ulster, UK, discovered. Toast alone boosted children's scores on a variety of cognitive tests, but when the tests got tougher, the breakfast with the high-protein beans worked best. Beans are also a good source of fibre, and other research has shown a link between a high-fibre diet and improved cognition.
Arrrghh, my goal of keeping our cubicles more pleasant by case-mods with quiet fans is doomed...
So what's the point? Is it coming back? Is this going to be a new meme? "Duke Nukem for Longhorn SE to come out at Comdex, now powered by cold fusion... in Japan!"
Thanks, you made my day... After a day full of not invented here and not my job
"Of course, they have the Lisa/Mac/OS X paths, but there's the Windows progressions, along with entries for NeXT, OS/2, BeOS, and yes, Linux. Would you call it progress?"
Nah, not really - while I love some of the eye candy themes out today, such as SVG based icons...
Sometimes I need a break from all that glitz so I just xinit -geom =100x20+100+100 so I can launch my openGL stuff without any WM candy.
If my product is generating charts and information for upper management the answer is Windows - except for the Autocad I use for drawings and the occasional.rtf I generate while on the road.
If the product is code development - - the answer is Linux.
Most folks, not in the know, think the reason for my choosing Linux is the "low cost of entry".
I enjoy explaining that the main reason for my Linux_centric development has more to do with all the support I find at a moment's notice in the community.
Then there is the sheer joy of grokking something and then sharing that mojo with co-workers.
Thanks y'all - thanks to you (us) I am (we are) a sage. >;-)
I thought this might be a cool thing to check out.
I was even so motivated to install 'dot net' in order to run this.
So they managed to warp the 2D desktop to some sort of sphere, I could not navigate any better than in "2D". Does anyone want a minutes-old installation of dot net? I am ready to return it to sender otherwise >;-)`
Its the latest marketing extension/penetration ploy... I call it more money for no real effort.
Tell me more.
"So first they edge their competition out of the browser market, then they tie IE into the OS so tightly that a crash in IE can crash the computer, and then they make IE so vulnerable that just using it is hazardous to the typical computer's health, and now they want to CHARGE users to fix it?"
Hmmm, I use google as my main search engine while online.
I wonder read fear that this tool might do something with my results.
OK, I had a long day at the electron farm, I can always firewall this thang to keep it from "phoning home".
Anyone seen any evidence of this app collecting data and trying to disseminate it?
Gates did not become the richest man in the world by writing good software.
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Agreed,
Being around for such a long time, I make the distinction about the term hacker since I have been a hacker since doing machine code in the early 70's.
Sometime later the term took on a new meaning.
I know some of the 2600 crowd is into doing good things like challenging slack-job IT setups which I salute - while others want to chown another's mojo.
Indeed a clever hack is a clever hack but I just don't get it when folks break shit for shit's_and_grin's sake if they don't intend on unscrewing what hath been screwed.
Thanks for the words that level the field a bit.
L337? Nah, I said I need to take a LEEK. >;-)
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Is it just me or is this the most dismal discussion on./ in recent memory? Perhaps some folks were looking for a 2600 site?
For those wondering if a cheap dialup is worth it...
hendridm is right; - if I may add my $0.02 - access4less is for real folks!
I picked it up last March on a whim and it really rocks!
I get almost ZERO spam (maybe 2 or 3 in the past two months) - I get a lot more spam at work through some goofy proxy server.
It is always available (here in Dallas anyway) and is reliable enough for me to download 50MB files. I don't care how long it takes since the local call is free and I talk via my cellphone.
They are not just local - I dialed up local in So. Cal. on vacation - they seem to cover a lot of metro areas.
This is not an AD, I have no relationship to the company.
What type of opportunities are there for IT work in the military/government?
There are many opportunities for IT work.You know that already.
Most are available though the myriad of subcontractors who are entrusted to perform MIL/Gov work.
No mystery here - same mundane IT issues found in commercial industry such as:
Network and file management, data integrity, version control, configuration and data management.
Difference from the commercial world is security and I don't mean just secure systems. Security includes people and pratices as well.
Getting a clearance cost serious money - not something you would do on your own but even as a contractor if you can sell your services to a MIL/Gov contractor, they will sponsor you and pay the costs of getting "cleared".
As others have said, having a clearance is a good ticket to getting more work in a market you would not otherwise be able to compete in.
HTH
There are dogs who don't bark. -- Frmr Secy of State Albright
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Hmmm, in a world that lacks the big state Nuke "terrorism" to coin your characterization - the game is now open to two-bit players - AKA today's "terrorism".
Having lived through the Bay of Pigs crisis - the sound of the air raid sirens, pulling over to the side of the road, as if there were an emergency vehilcle trying to get through, and doing the cover drills into the concrete shelter below my grade school auditorium stage - replete with C-rations; I think I would rather play nuclear chess with Russia any day. At least there was some measure of reason back then.
Respectfully, please choose your poison
All your base are belong to us.
My vote is for Charlie Stross .
I downloaded the story and was immdeiately blown away. After reading the first third I searched out his website http://www.antipope.org/charlie/ and found the bookstore in Scotland http://www.grassmarket.net/featured/Transreal_Fict ion.htm where I could order an autographed copy.
In the process of trading a series of emails to order it, I found Mike Calder at Transreal Fiction to be most kind and helpful in sorting out how to get the book delivered. That done I finished the 2nd third of the downloaded book and was even more amazed by this work.
I am now awaiting my autographed copy so I can finish the book.
Hats off to Charlie and Cory for sharing!
Now to your argument about the 104th writer...
I think the ten-thousandth author will succeed or fail with this approach based on the quality of their work.
Beans on toast is a far better combination, as Barbara Stewart from the University of Ulster, UK, discovered. Toast alone boosted children's scores on a variety of cognitive tests, but when the tests got tougher, the breakfast with the high-protein beans worked best. Beans are also a good source of fibre, and other research has shown a link between a high-fibre diet and improved cognition.
Arrrghh, my goal of keeping our cubicles more pleasant by case-mods with quiet fans is doomed...
now that we need to install evacuation fans http://www.jdmfg.com/jd_agri/typhoon2.htm...>;-)
My sig is your sig- wait... riaa is calling..
That nay be true for program documentation but NASA has traditionally called it the LEM as noted in this 1999 NASA press release.
Sigs? We dont need no steenking sigs!
Just a nit, but the LM was more popularly known as the Lunar Excursion Module.
Wait ... they performed no Excursions on this trip? >>>Never mind. >;-)
My sig is immuin to spel-cheks
Did y'all contribute to our OSDN survey? I would like to see those results...
Too much friggin flash crap assaulting my eyes.
No wonder they call it flash
I look at computer screens for 10 to 12 hours a day at work.
The last thing I want to see when I get home to do my surfing for pleasure is a bunch of cartoony flash.
Spank the Monkey ... and win an iPod
So what's the point? Is it coming back? Is this going to be a new meme? "Duke Nukem for Longhorn SE to come out at Comdex, now powered by cold fusion... in Japan!"
Thanks, you made my day... After a day full of not invented here and not my job
I needed some good cynicism not directed at me. >;-) 3rd Monday of the week
"Of course, they have the Lisa/Mac/OS X paths, but there's the Windows progressions, along with entries for NeXT, OS/2, BeOS, and yes, Linux. Would you call it progress?"
Nah, not really - while I love some of the eye candy themes out today, such as SVG based icons...
Sometimes I need a break from all that glitz so I just xinit -geom =100x20+100+100 so I can launch my openGL stuff without any WM candy.
Icons? yes thanks- I am an icon >;-)
Peace_out
Hmmm, I have used Firefox regularly since, what whazit 0.3? and have really enjoyed the advanced features and fast execution times.
However, since Firefox started getting really positive press http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/17/139 253&tid=154&tid=218
I have noticed an increasing number of crashes as I surf around with Firefox at my side.
Methinks the cause is not Firefox but rather due to an ever increasing amount of malformed content.
OK you can cue Agent Scully now if you want but no shit I do not think its just about W3C compliance anymore.
There's a new browser war afoot.
Peace_out
Our data should only live for the time it takes to make an online transaction; and not a femto-second longer.
I want a "Mission Impossible" ID that self-destructs!
How hard would this be to imple%$^? pfffttt __end_smoke_fx;
Gee, I cannot reall how long I have had the Bash prompt at my call.
After a long session in Gatesware to do my reports to management, coming back to Bash is just so fine!
I try to teach the newbies where I work the evils of aliasing the base commands.
My mantra is "Learn the command line interface - your homemade shortcuts will cut you off from the rest of the world."
Peace - out.
Which OS am I more prductive with?
It depends on my product .
If my product is generating charts and information for upper management the answer is Windows - except for the Autocad I use for drawings and the occasional .rtf I generate while on the road.
If the product is code development - - the answer is Linux .
Most folks, not in the know, think the reason for my choosing Linux is the "low cost of entry".
I enjoy explaining that the main reason for my Linux_centric development has more to do with all the support I find at a moment's notice in the community.
Then there is the sheer joy of grokking something and then sharing that mojo with co-workers.
Thanks y'all - thanks to you (us) I am (we are) a sage. >;-)
I thought this might be a cool thing to check out.
I was even so motivated to install 'dot net' in order to run this.
So they managed to warp the 2D desktop to some sort of sphere, I could not navigate any better than in "2D". Does anyone want a minutes-old installation of dot net? I am ready to return it to sender otherwise >;-)`
Its the latest marketing extension/penetration ploy... I call it more money for no real effort.
Tell me more.
"So first they edge their competition out of the browser market, then they tie IE into the OS so tightly that a crash in IE can crash the computer, and then they make IE so vulnerable that just using it is hazardous to the typical computer's health, and now they want to CHARGE users to fix it?"
Brilliant!
Brilliant!
Ching
I wonder read fear that this tool might do something with my results.
OK, I had a long day at the electron farm, I can always firewall this thang to keep it from "phoning home".
Anyone seen any evidence of this app collecting data and trying to disseminate it?
Gates did not become the richest man in the world by writing good software.
Being around for such a long time, I make the distinction about the term hacker since I have been a hacker since doing machine code in the early 70's.
Sometime later the term took on a new meaning.
I know some of the 2600 crowd is into doing good things like challenging slack-job IT setups which I salute - while others want to chown another's mojo .
Indeed a clever hack is a clever hack but I just don't get it when folks break shit for shit's_and_grin's sake if they don't intend on unscrewing what hath been screwed.
Thanks for the words that level the field a bit.
L337? Nah, I said I need to take a LEEK. >;-)
People nothing to see here, keep surfing. >;-)
Hehe, so we can re-rig it to become an UNinstaller - right? >;-)
Big endian - Little endian? I wanna be the Cowboy (Neal)
Seriously this is great news as I think the Gimp is the killer app for Tux.
Saltwater on Mars? No wonder all those probes have been failing.
hendridm is right; - if I may add my $0.02 - access4less is for real folks! I picked it up last March on a whim and it really rocks!
I get almost ZERO spam (maybe 2 or 3 in the past two months) - I get a lot more spam at work through some goofy proxy server.
It is always available (here in Dallas anyway) and is reliable enough for me to download 50MB files. I don't care how long it takes since the local call is free and I talk via my cellphone.
They are not just local - I dialed up local in So. Cal. on vacation - they seem to cover a lot of metro areas.
This is not an AD, I have no relationship to the company.
Thanks for reading - HTH
Davo
There are many opportunities for IT work.You know that already.
Most are available though the myriad of subcontractors who are entrusted to perform MIL/Gov work.
No mystery here - same mundane IT issues found in commercial industry such as:
Network and file management, data integrity, version control, configuration and data management.
Difference from the commercial world is security and I don't mean just secure systems. Security includes people and pratices as well.
Getting a clearance cost serious money - not something you would do on your own but even as a contractor if you can sell your services to a MIL/Gov contractor, they will sponsor you and pay the costs of getting "cleared".
As others have said, having a clearance is a good ticket to getting more work in a market you would not otherwise be able to compete in.
HTH
There are dogs who don't bark. -- Frmr Secy of State Albright
Sez he's going to restore the silicon valley and bring back jobs...
If he can only ch0wn everyone...
Perhaps the entire story is a fabrication. Nice bit of "Bad_boys_whatcha_gonna_do" screenplay...
The archillians own the galaxy - Let's hope that little twerp doesn't skip town.