But as a d00d working in an ISP that offers both high-speed wDSL and dialup, i say they missed the mark by about 5 years.
Sure there are geeks like us that demand high-speed inet, but for the most part, i see people leaving high-speed in droves to go back to dialup.
It appears that even though broadband is cheaper than it has ever been, there are enough people still trying to justify the cost to check their email a few times a week.
Something i've got to say that really bugs me. I work at an ISP, and it seems that every parent that calls up for new services asks if we offer some form of block to keep their kids out of porn sites, strip profanity from web pages, etc.
I find it sad that they truly think it is someone else's responsibility to look out for their kids. When i tell them "no we don't, this is a parenting issue, not an ISP issue" they often get all offended. Sometimes they will even lecture me on being irresponsible towards children!
If the pot calls the kettle.....
Anyways. I just thought i'd chime in. Though i'm coming in way late in this thread and i bet it's completely dead.
Recently, while looking for a new job some of the things i've seen:
1) Everything requires a Bachelor's or Master's degree in *something*. Even if it is a Master's in Technical Support, or a Bachelor's in PC Repair Tech I. Some say "Requires both a Master's degree in X, plus equivalent experience."
2) I saw an ad requesting 10+ years experience in Java programming. Another wanted 7+ in Struts.
3) one of my favourites, a slave to buzzwords: "X number of years experience in an Object Oriented Programming Language, such as perl, python, java, C/C++ or javascript." It apparently doesn't matter which *one*. And by the vast differences of languages listed, it doesn't appear to matter what you will use it for, either.
4) "Applicants must be Bilingual". I speak English and German, but apparently this didn't meet their requirements for "bilingual", so i didn't get the job. Besides, it was an internal UNIX Sysadmin position, which means that you pretty much wouldn't ever talk to anyone anyway.
Who all thinks that MS might analyze open source software, looking for security holes, then dedicate an entire "team" with going around cracking and writing viruses for linux boxes?
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Too bad the computer is what does the major work now on any modern jet-liner. You don't even need the pilot to land it anymore... Basically they are there as a backup to the computer system now. And pretty soon, with a few more advances in AI, we'll also have computers with the attitude of "oh, fuck it" when the left engine fails.
Wouldn't altering the mass of the moon alter its gravitational attraction to the Earth, and therefore its orbit and also the tides on Earth? You'd have the greens up in arms if you even suggested lunar mining.
Well said.
Maybe i'm not geeky enough, but my interests are to leave the moon as much alone as possible. The power from moon idea is interesting, but i hope it doesn't mean covering the entire White Face with solar collectors.
However, given the greed and short-sightedness of mankind on earth, i'm sure it's only a matter of time before it happens.
Interestingly, Sim City has had power plants like this in the game for several years. I thought they were just pipe-dreaming;)
But seriously.. I am failing to understand the difference in output between lunar collection and terrestrial collection.
Sure i understand things like clouds and nighttime will render terrestrial collection of solar energy. But on earth, don't we also require vast square miles of solar collectors to equal the output of a very small fossil-fuel power plant? I always understood that it takes a lot of surface area to gather a useable amount energy.
Does the lack of an atmosphere change this for lunar collection? Are the microwave beam projections less subject to scatter in the atmosphere?
Or are we simply going to do this by overkill- covering the entire face of the moon with solar collectors and processing facilities?
Anyone able to enlighten, or point me in the right direction?
Linus: I don't care. I used to be a lot more worried about it. A long time ago I used to be worried about companies having their own (garbled) about doing this stuff.
Are we sure that Linus wasn't saying gollum?
Whoops!
I mean... er... uhh... Cursed Yellow Face!! It burnses us! We hateses it! Yessss preciouss... We hateses it!!
I mean.. how often do coders actually go outside? Huh?
Can't you hurry up? Look at the front page of bsd.slashdot.org....
Freebsd released 4.9 before your 3.4!!!
(j/k)
On a side note, reading the 2nd or 3rd post about trojaned obsd ISOs floating around the web is really sad and upsetting. I love the open sharing of software and source code around the internet, but i always fear that someday it will be to a point that *everything* has been tampered with, essentially creating a need to look through more source code than anyone has time for. Sure we can solve this with technology (such as with MD5 Checksums) but as we create smarter verification, the internet will create smarter shitheads. I'd hate to think that it will eventually degrade into a win-some/lose-some cat-and-mouse game.
I actually lost some sleep few months back when the GNU folks announced that their main ftp site got compromised. I realise that servers get cracked every day, but when it's gnu/linux/bsd/oss folks it feels personal.
I'm not well acquainted with any $krYp+ KyddI3z, cr4x0rz or know what they use, but i'll be willing to bet that their OS and many of their tools are based on software from those they are attacking.
For your work in Debian, your wisdom and levelheadedness in dealing with SCO, and finally for taking the time to answer my post in a kind and useful way. I am humbled by your example.:o)
There is a lot of noise going on as of late regarding GPL vs. SCO, GPL vs. BSD-license, copylefts, copyrights, patents, etc...
I'll admit that i'm ignorant to a lot of this, maybe blissfully so. Though i can read a lot of posts and reactions of people in debates (i see mainly BSD vs. GPL license wars here and on Usenet, usually from both sides since i use both FreeBSD and Debian) and see that a lot of other people might be as half-cocked clueless as me, i feel like i *should* know and understand it all.
It nags at me, i feel obligated to pursue it, but damn.... I just can't keep myself interested in licensing and stuff long enough to get anywhere.
Am i wrong? Or is it best to be left to those with the abilities for this thing?
Ahhh.. thanks... Guess i couldn't see the forest for the trees on that one.
You know, i still would have thought that they'd have all this worked out beforehand, maybe before they even build a supercomputer.
I mean, you can't just say "well, let's go grab a metric fsck-ton of X and see what happens when we cluster it". You're talking a lot of resources and especially $$ that's being thrown on the line. I'm sure that building a supercomputer is way over my understanding and these folks probalby have put more forethought and time into this than we'll ever know, but still.
It kinda seems 'half cooked', unless this is how "all" supercomputers start out.
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Perhaps Utah is different from where i live...
But as a d00d working in an ISP that offers both high-speed wDSL and dialup, i say they missed the mark by about 5 years.
Sure there are geeks like us that demand high-speed inet, but for the most part, i see people leaving high-speed in droves to go back to dialup.
It appears that even though broadband is cheaper than it has ever been, there are enough people still trying to justify the cost to check their email a few times a week.
The Internet Craze Is Over(tm).
Something i've got to say that really bugs me. I work at an ISP, and it seems that every parent that calls up for new services asks if we offer some form of block to keep their kids out of porn sites, strip profanity from web pages, etc.
I find it sad that they truly think it is someone else's responsibility to look out for their kids. When i tell them "no we don't, this is a parenting issue, not an ISP issue" they often get all offended. Sometimes they will even lecture me on being irresponsible towards children!
If the pot calls the kettle.....
Anyways. I just thought i'd chime in. Though i'm coming in way late in this thread and i bet it's completely dead.
Recently, while looking for a new job some of the things i've seen:
1) Everything requires a Bachelor's or Master's degree in *something*. Even if it is a Master's in Technical Support, or a Bachelor's in PC Repair Tech I. Some say "Requires both a Master's degree in X, plus equivalent experience."
2) I saw an ad requesting 10+ years experience in Java programming. Another wanted 7+ in Struts.
3) one of my favourites, a slave to buzzwords: "X number of years experience in an Object Oriented Programming Language, such as perl, python, java, C/C++ or javascript." It apparently doesn't matter which *one*. And by the vast differences of languages listed, it doesn't appear to matter what you will use it for, either.
4) "Applicants must be Bilingual". I speak English and German, but apparently this didn't meet their requirements for "bilingual", so i didn't get the job. Besides, it was an internal UNIX Sysadmin position, which means that you pretty much wouldn't ever talk to anyone anyway.
I thought a virus was RNA only??
:-(
Crap, you're right. I totally forgot about that.
Use it or lose it....
Anymore these days, i have to re-read titles like this one to try to determine if it's a organism-disease virus, or a computer-disease virus.
heh.
These guys are writing fork bombs with DNA
Is something finally going to happen out of all this?
Is it the beginning of the end?
Or is it all masturbatory and am i getting out the pretzel rods and cheez whiz too early?
Go Team!
I for one, welcome our new packet-wielding Overlords....
(and stuff).
Seriously...
When are eCommerce and all these other jagoffs going to get tired of Tha Intarw3b so that us geeks can have it back? O_o
Who all thinks that MS might analyze open source software, looking for security holes, then dedicate an entire "team" with going around cracking and writing viruses for linux boxes?
The *could* do it. You think they would?
[b] Heh, you laugh, a Boeing 777 can fly for 5 hours on one engine. Oh well.[/b]
;)
Yeah! but where do you see up there an indication that the right engine is still functional/attached to the plane/not full of geese?
HUH MR. SMARTY PANTS!?!?!?
w00?
FIrst post?
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Too bad the computer is what does the major work now on any modern jet-liner. You don't even need the pilot to land it anymore... Basically they are there as a backup to the computer system now.
And pretty soon, with a few more advances in AI, we'll also have computers with the attitude of "oh, fuck it" when the left engine fails.
I have 5 FreeBSD boxes running.
Where do i sign up?
Wouldn't altering the mass of the moon alter its gravitational attraction to the Earth, and therefore its orbit and also the tides on Earth? You'd have the greens up in arms if you even suggested lunar mining.
Well said.
Maybe i'm not geeky enough, but my interests are to leave the moon as much alone as possible. The power from moon idea is interesting, but i hope it doesn't mean covering the entire White Face with solar collectors.
However, given the greed and short-sightedness of mankind on earth, i'm sure it's only a matter of time before it happens.
Naw... one could get stuff from the moon to the surface of the earth quite inexpensively, actually...
Oh wait... you mean not burned and smashed?
About solar power beamed down from the moon...
;)
Holy Crap!
Hope their aim is good...
Interestingly, Sim City has had power plants like this in the game for several years. I thought they were just pipe-dreaming
But seriously.. I am failing to understand the difference in output between lunar collection and terrestrial collection.
Sure i understand things like clouds and nighttime will render terrestrial collection of solar energy. But on earth, don't we also require vast square miles of solar collectors to equal the output of a very small fossil-fuel power plant? I always understood that it takes a lot of surface area to gather a useable amount energy.
Does the lack of an atmosphere change this for lunar collection? Are the microwave beam projections less subject to scatter in the atmosphere?
Or are we simply going to do this by overkill- covering the entire face of the moon with solar collectors and processing facilities?
Anyone able to enlighten, or point me in the right direction?
Thanks.
Google: Mom!! Microsoft is looking at me again!!
Linus: I don't care. I used to be a lot more worried about it. A long time ago I used to be worried about companies having their own (garbled) about doing this stuff.
Are we sure that Linus wasn't saying gollum?
Whoops!
I mean... er... uhh... Cursed Yellow Face!! It burnses us! We hateses it! Yessss preciouss... We hateses it!!
I mean.. how often do coders actually go outside? Huh?
Can't you hurry up? Look at the front page of bsd.slashdot.org....
Freebsd released 4.9 before your 3.4!!!
(j/k)
On a side note, reading the 2nd or 3rd post about trojaned obsd ISOs floating around the web is really sad and upsetting. I love the open sharing of software and source code around the internet, but i always fear that someday it will be to a point that *everything* has been tampered with, essentially creating a need to look through more source code than anyone has time for. Sure we can solve this with technology (such as with MD5 Checksums) but as we create smarter verification, the internet will create smarter shitheads. I'd hate to think that it will eventually degrade into a win-some/lose-some cat-and-mouse game.
I actually lost some sleep few months back when the GNU folks announced that their main ftp site got compromised. I realise that servers get cracked every day, but when it's gnu/linux/bsd/oss folks it feels personal.
I'm not well acquainted with any $krYp+ KyddI3z, cr4x0rz or know what they use, but i'll be willing to bet that their OS and many of their tools are based on software from those they are attacking.
Assholes.
Actually Bruce, thank you ...
:o)
For your work in Debian, your wisdom and levelheadedness in dealing with SCO, and finally for taking the time to answer my post in a kind and useful way. I am humbled by your example.
And to make my jest even more serious...
There is a lot of noise going on as of late regarding GPL vs. SCO, GPL vs. BSD-license, copylefts, copyrights, patents, etc...
I'll admit that i'm ignorant to a lot of this, maybe blissfully so. Though i can read a lot of posts and reactions of people in debates (i see mainly BSD vs. GPL license wars here and on Usenet, usually from both sides since i use both FreeBSD and Debian) and see that a lot of other people might be as half-cocked clueless as me, i feel like i *should* know and understand it all.
It nags at me, i feel obligated to pursue it, but damn.... I just can't keep myself interested in licensing and stuff long enough to get anywhere.
Am i wrong? Or is it best to be left to those with the abilities for this thing?
All this licensing stuff is turning into government with constitutions, amendments, and elections.
I wonder if this scratches a subconscious need that was previously fulfilled by the complex gameplay of DnD and RPGs that many geeks did as kids?
I don't want politics, i want software!
(all in jest, of course)
Ahhh.. thanks... Guess i couldn't see the forest for the trees on that one.
You know, i still would have thought that they'd have all this worked out beforehand, maybe before they even build a supercomputer.
I mean, you can't just say "well, let's go grab a metric fsck-ton of X and see what happens when we cluster it". You're talking a lot of resources and especially $$ that's being thrown on the line. I'm sure that building a supercomputer is way over my understanding and these folks probalby have put more forethought and time into this than we'll ever know, but still.
It kinda seems 'half cooked', unless this is how "all" supercomputers start out.
....maybe i'm obtuse, but i keep hearing about this thing as "..and we're only seeing X% of its real potential right now!"....
1) Why can't they just shout "Let 'er rip!!" and crank the thing wide open?
2) Why all the media buzz concerning this as a `surprise' when they've already got its performance figured out, apparently?
Sorry.
....ok, we've really got real numbers THIS time!!
Security Fixes already?
wtf?