A given registrar will have a list of voters for a given precinct. You belong to precinct x and use ballot with a group number 123 (which is known because you were sent a sample). There will be - at most - 1,000 ballots cast for that precinct. When you vote, you sign your name alleging that it is you and you've registered. You're then given a unique ballot with a stub as a receipt.
Now - the registrar can (but probably wouldn't) track down who voted for a given candidate by looking at the ballot getting the group number, comparing the ID number on the ballot to the roster record (the thing you signed in on) for that group and seeing your name there on the record.
The reason I say, blockheaded, is because OSX and Linux are not far off. I don't see why hardware mfgrs don't make drivers for Linux if they're already doing Unix drivers.
AOL does have web mail. I got her onto thunderbird to access the email and it just kept timing out.
People don't give a rip about the operating system. They just want WoW to work, they want to view their documents and they want their online pr0n.
In addition, the hardware community is so blockheaded in that they'll support OSX (Unix) but not Linux.
Case in point - I setup my father-in-law's wife with a new Dell Linux (openSUSE 10.3/KDE) system a few months back. Her only needs are eBay, email (AOL) and documents. Due to the various lack of support - both from their internet provider and hardware - I"m going down to their house today and downgrading them to Vista.
She can work fine with about 80% of her needs, but unfortuantely, the other 20% isn't there.
Oh, I'm sorry, I mistook you for someone who might be qualified to make an assessment about an operating system. It sounds like Solaris, Linux, BSD, Windows, Haiku or AROS are pretty much equally useful to you.
No, I'm a manager over application development with only about twenty years experience in various OS's (note my original post) including VMS, OS2, Unix, Linux, DOS, Wintendo, MVS and zOS. I have no qualifications.
Whatever gets the job done.
In any case, it is the end-user experience that must be satisfied. Without that, you end up with nothing useful.
To answer your question - yes. I absolutely am judging the software on the installer and the GUI. I expect them to make the experience pleasing and trouble free.
You pointed out some examples - ZFS is something that may be helpful for servers. Not a laptop or single-user like in my example. DTrace - no idea why I'd use that unless I'm writing kernel-level code. Zones does look cool. Seems similar to Xen (which I have in SLED as well). Not sure what SMF, RCng, Initng, Launchd are or how I can get my spreadsheet done better by using them.
I ask the question seriously. In fact, I was speaking last night to a buddy of mine who works on Sun midrange systems. Though Java and Netbeans are a great development tool, and Virtual Box is a great virtualization tool, what about the core OS?
I had a chance this week to test just that. I went to a tech forum sponsored by my company (Los Angeles County) and discussed some items with a Sun rep who was there. We apparently have some Sun (along with HP) servers. (We also have several dozen IBM mainframes.) I was given a copy of Solaris 10 and told to try it out. First thing I did was figure - it had to be "better" than the low-life openSUSE I'd been running on my laptop. After all, I was first introduced to UNIX back in '94 on Sparc 5 and Sparc 20 workstations. (I'd used Vax previously while at university.)
I very much remember not being impressed by the GUI or command-line of Unix back then. I'd already been using GUI OS's with Amiga, Macintosh, OS/2 and even Windows NT/3.1 by the time I'd gotten to use a Sun station. Of course, I learned to "like" it as it was part of our product offerings.
Skip forward 14 years and I've now been using Linux - mostly SuSE/openSUSE - for several years and have it on my laptop and several desktops/servers. I am used to doing most tasks with a GUI and will not tolerate being forced to either use a GUI or command line. (I want to choose, depending on my needs and depending on whether I'm doing ssh/telnet into a server or runnign on my laptop.)
I load Solaris. Instead of a nice gui-oriented installation, I get a mostly command-line driven one with little options to choose. I cannot choose between gnome or kde or xfce or icewm. I get gnome. That's it. There appear to be no choices for setting up a user other than root. In fact there appears to be little in the way of configuration tools, such as YaST on openSUSE or Drakconf on Mandriva.
My take - Solaris hasn't improved with the times. Though it may be still beneficial to run on a server, I don't see it ever breaking into the desktop world. In fact, I'd choose SLES on a Z-Series over Solaris anyday, based on what I've seen.
I (a Californian) use OSS at home and at work simply because it is better than most of the closed-source offerings. I also prefer open source so that I know what is running the application, or at least know more than a few eyes are looking through it. I feel it is more secure that way.
I'd be happy to pay for OSS if needed. I do pay for my openSUSE versions and Crossover Office.
I'm not quite sure I understand the tactic here. Best Buy and Circuit City - last I remember - don't sell Macintosh PCs or Linux/UNIX PCs. Therefore, the person would be in the store to shop for PC's loaded with Windows.
Interesting you mention the IM client running. Though we do that as well, I typically am listed as "unavailable" and forget to check it. My staff just ignores that and sends me emails instead.
I get between 300 and 500 emails a day at work. (This does not include the openSUSE emails, the catalog emails and the Apache emails I get on my home accounts.) Of course, I have my trusty blackberry always at my side.
Instead of a distraction, I find email a productivity enhancement. I always know what is going on with my staff or my customers, and I can handle situations immediately. My inbox - and I just got in to work - has 35 items in it. After I resume work (away from/. distractions) I will empty my inbox and catalog everything. Using David Allen's GTG techniques (http://www.davidco.com/) I manage emails easily whenever I need to. I have discrete folders for anything that takes longer than 30 seconds to read and review. When done, they get archived or deleted. What doesn't need further review gets deleted immediately.
I especially enjoy those five to ten minutes before a meeting gets going where I can review my current emails (sent while I was in the last meeting) and do this process even on my blackberry.
Now, I have cut down on reading/writing emails while on the freeway.:P
Seeing as she can't tie Bush to the Kennedy assassination, she's now on to terrorizing us voters by telling us to watch out for the evul registrar offices around the country.
Though I'm as much in favor of transparency as the next guy, doesn't this lady give up?
Wow, learn something new every day. I thought HURD had never been released. Of course, I write this on a GNU/Linux box, but was under the impression that HURD was a still-in-the-works product.
One would need to find out where Gary Larson lives. If he is in the northern portions of the globe - Alaska, Siberia - then we can only deduce that the cows are paying tribute to their master.
Next thing you know the infected MP3 files will be loaded onto and playing on cell phones everywhere and we'll be running from crazied people who are addicted to You Light Up My Life....
I actually tell my employees specifically that - if they're not on call - they should not answer blackberries for work use when off.
Now, I do think it provides some leeway - I have some employees who I allow somewhat flexible hours and for that they trade some amount of availiblity.
Others, I just like to irritate by sending emails a 4:30AM.:P
I'm working right now with the California Attorney General (similar to the DOJ) on my part of the implementation of a software project for property recording (http://ag.ca.gov/erds1/).
Unfortunately, the entire focus for them is not how to get teh software implemented but how to avoid fraud. Though that should be a component, I feel it overshadows the actual implementation.
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I just saw the article today...
Actually regular ballot voting isn't exactly "secret" -
A given registrar will have a list of voters for a given precinct. You belong to precinct x and use ballot with a group number 123 (which is known because you were sent a sample). There will be - at most - 1,000 ballots cast for that precinct. When you vote, you sign your name alleging that it is you and you've registered. You're then given a unique ballot with a stub as a receipt.
Now - the registrar can (but probably wouldn't) track down who voted for a given candidate by looking at the ballot getting the group number, comparing the ID number on the ballot to the roster record (the thing you signed in on) for that group and seeing your name there on the record.
It is a lot of work, but it can be done.
Well, that's my argument.
However, I'm a PHB, so what do I know?
sorry for the delayed reply -
The reason I say, blockheaded, is because OSX and Linux are not far off. I don't see why hardware mfgrs don't make drivers for Linux if they're already doing Unix drivers.
AOL does have web mail. I got her onto thunderbird to access the email and it just kept timing out.
People don't give a rip about the operating system. They just want WoW to work, they want to view their documents and they want their online pr0n.
In addition, the hardware community is so blockheaded in that they'll support OSX (Unix) but not Linux.
Case in point - I setup my father-in-law's wife with a new Dell Linux (openSUSE 10.3/KDE) system a few months back. Her only needs are eBay, email (AOL) and documents. Due to the various lack of support - both from their internet provider and hardware - I"m going down to their house today and downgrading them to Vista.
She can work fine with about 80% of her needs, but unfortuantely, the other 20% isn't there.
Oh, I'm sorry, I mistook you for someone who might be qualified to make an assessment about an operating system. It sounds like Solaris, Linux, BSD, Windows, Haiku or AROS are pretty much equally useful to you.
No, I'm a manager over application development with only about twenty years experience in various OS's (note my original post) including VMS, OS2, Unix, Linux, DOS, Wintendo, MVS and zOS. I have no qualifications. Whatever gets the job done. In any case, it is the end-user experience that must be satisfied. Without that, you end up with nothing useful.
To answer your question - yes. I absolutely am judging the software on the installer and the GUI. I expect them to make the experience pleasing and trouble free.
You pointed out some examples - ZFS is something that may be helpful for servers. Not a laptop or single-user like in my example. DTrace - no idea why I'd use that unless I'm writing kernel-level code. Zones does look cool. Seems similar to Xen (which I have in SLED as well). Not sure what SMF, RCng, Initng, Launchd are or how I can get my spreadsheet done better by using them.
I ask the question seriously. In fact, I was speaking last night to a buddy of mine who works on Sun midrange systems. Though Java and Netbeans are a great development tool, and Virtual Box is a great virtualization tool, what about the core OS?
I had a chance this week to test just that. I went to a tech forum sponsored by my company (Los Angeles County) and discussed some items with a Sun rep who was there. We apparently have some Sun (along with HP) servers. (We also have several dozen IBM mainframes.) I was given a copy of Solaris 10 and told to try it out. First thing I did was figure - it had to be "better" than the low-life openSUSE I'd been running on my laptop. After all, I was first introduced to UNIX back in '94 on Sparc 5 and Sparc 20 workstations. (I'd used Vax previously while at university.)
I very much remember not being impressed by the GUI or command-line of Unix back then. I'd already been using GUI OS's with Amiga, Macintosh, OS/2 and even Windows NT/3.1 by the time I'd gotten to use a Sun station. Of course, I learned to "like" it as it was part of our product offerings.
Skip forward 14 years and I've now been using Linux - mostly SuSE/openSUSE - for several years and have it on my laptop and several desktops/servers. I am used to doing most tasks with a GUI and will not tolerate being forced to either use a GUI or command line. (I want to choose, depending on my needs and depending on whether I'm doing ssh/telnet into a server or runnign on my laptop.)
I load Solaris. Instead of a nice gui-oriented installation, I get a mostly command-line driven one with little options to choose. I cannot choose between gnome or kde or xfce or icewm. I get gnome. That's it. There appear to be no choices for setting up a user other than root. In fact there appears to be little in the way of configuration tools, such as YaST on openSUSE or Drakconf on Mandriva.
My take - Solaris hasn't improved with the times. Though it may be still beneficial to run on a server, I don't see it ever breaking into the desktop world. In fact, I'd choose SLES on a Z-Series over Solaris anyday, based on what I've seen.
I (a Californian) use OSS at home and at work simply because it is better than most of the closed-source offerings. I also prefer open source so that I know what is running the application, or at least know more than a few eyes are looking through it. I feel it is more secure that way.
I'd be happy to pay for OSS if needed. I do pay for my openSUSE versions and Crossover Office.
http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/outlook_save.jpg
Now, we only have Exchange 2003 and I only have Outlook XP running under Crossover office, but it is a suggestion.
I'm not quite sure I understand the tactic here. Best Buy and Circuit City - last I remember - don't sell Macintosh PCs or Linux/UNIX PCs. Therefore, the person would be in the store to shop for PC's loaded with Windows.
/me raises hand
Can I apply??
Interesting you mention the IM client running. Though we do that as well, I typically am listed as "unavailable" and forget to check it. My staff just ignores that and sends me emails instead.
Go figure.
I get between 300 and 500 emails a day at work. (This does not include the openSUSE emails, the catalog emails and the Apache emails I get on my home accounts.) Of course, I have my trusty blackberry always at my side.
/. distractions) I will empty my inbox and catalog everything. Using David Allen's GTG techniques (http://www.davidco.com/) I manage emails easily whenever I need to. I have discrete folders for anything that takes longer than 30 seconds to read and review. When done, they get archived or deleted. What doesn't need further review gets deleted immediately.
:P
Instead of a distraction, I find email a productivity enhancement. I always know what is going on with my staff or my customers, and I can handle situations immediately. My inbox - and I just got in to work - has 35 items in it. After I resume work (away from
I especially enjoy those five to ten minutes before a meeting gets going where I can review my current emails (sent while I was in the last meeting) and do this process even on my blackberry.
Now, I have cut down on reading/writing emails while on the freeway.
Seeing as she can't tie Bush to the Kennedy assassination, she's now on to terrorizing us voters by telling us to watch out for the evul registrar offices around the country.
Though I'm as much in favor of transparency as the next guy, doesn't this lady give up?
Wow, learn something new every day. I thought HURD had never been released. Of course, I write this on a GNU/Linux box, but was under the impression that HURD was a still-in-the-works product.
I figure, if we're celebrating a 25th anniversary of the GNU OS, then I should've seen an announcement for HURD.
Am I wrong?
I kinda figured, since he grew up there.
...how does this explain Candadian Cows, eh?
Hence the cows should be pointing either northwest or north east - depending on what side of the Pacific Ocean said cow is on.
But then...
One would need to find out where Gary Larson lives. If he is in the northern portions of the globe - Alaska, Siberia - then we can only deduce that the cows are paying tribute to their master.
...the developing countries, too. And then we'll have phone crazies all over the world.
Next thing, we'll have to be scrawling KASHWAK=NO-FO on walls around the world...
I know I fail to learn from my mistakes.
I forget to take out the trash.
I'm told about it.
I forget again.
What's my problem??
(sorry - couldn't resist)
So when he jumps out of the window in Nakatomi plaza he's dead?
I must have missed that one.
Brittany Spears?
Paris Hilton?
Lee Meriwether?
I'm curious....
Ouch!
Next thing you know the infected MP3 files will be loaded onto and playing on cell phones everywhere and we'll be running from crazied people who are addicted to You Light Up My Life....
I actually tell my employees specifically that - if they're not on call - they should not answer blackberries for work use when off.
:P
Now, I do think it provides some leeway - I have some employees who I allow somewhat flexible hours and for that they trade some amount of availiblity.
Others, I just like to irritate by sending emails a 4:30AM.
Oh, wait, my master is buzzing...
I'm working right now with the California Attorney General (similar to the DOJ) on my part of the implementation of a software project for property recording (http://ag.ca.gov/erds1/).
Unfortunately, the entire focus for them is not how to get teh software implemented but how to avoid fraud. Though that should be a component, I feel it overshadows the actual implementation.
Just my $.02...