The only really big difference is that a garbageman has more job security and is probably paid better. Stick with that or plumbing- you'll go far since people will pay anything not to have to deal with it."
I'm in an electronics engineering college course, and I'm using a 1976 textbook. Most of the other ones are from the 80's and the newer ones are revisions from originals of about the same age or even older.
Of course a computer class changes much more often, though the basics (and that's what you want) change much less often. Keep the basics and update hardware specs and you have everything you need.
If what you want is a programming course, you could take a look at the python programming language. It's easy to learn the syntax and quite powerful. Also, there are many free (and good) textbooks available online, like the Python tutorial itself and Dive Into Python
Maybe you should look forward to the many options around that feature PC104 connections, which has been an industry standard for a while.
I remember seeing a vendor which used to provide Linux SBCs with this interface, and even accessories for it. I don't remember the site right now, but I think it still was cheaper than the BUG, though it didn't have a good-looking external shell like the BUG.
- you have a good machine to deal with the requirements (by the way, in Linux, using the sun jre instead of gcj helps a lot)
- you're only coding in one language. I'm involved in a project where I have to code both python (I use PyDev) and C++ (through SWIG), but it appears that when I setup a project, I'll be stuck with the feature of only one of them. In my case, I have a PyDev project but when I open a.cpp file, even though Eclipse does support some features like syntax highlighting, it does not provide me with autocompletion or integrated debugger for both languages.
Sorry, I didn't know everyone lives in a desert or some bubble where there's no moisture in the air which gets into paper that isn't used for some time
There seems to be something missing from your post. It's not only about dedication, it's also about being able to use what one has already bought. Recently I bought a laptop. In a fresh install, I found that the multimedia keys don't work, the sound card works suboptimally, the card reader doesn't work and the embedded webcam just worked after waiting two months for an experimental driver (and now works with low image quality). A previous laptop I have worked with couldn't suspend, I had to make some wizardry to make the advanced video stuff (like TV-Out) work, the wifi didn't work (I had to wait some months too for an experimental driver that crashes a lot), the fingerprint scanned still doesn't work... and the list goes on.
Note: all the experimental drivers I mentioned were created only by trying to reverse engineer the ones that the manufacturer supplies. THAT really is dedication, without mentioning a lot of work done just so the developers won't be sued for DMCA or other nonsense stuff.
Of course we brazillians have a very expensive iPod. There are maaany reasons why this happens. 1. Taxes: the iPod is an imported good. Most imported goods here have a 60% tax. Yes, that's right 60% of tax just to import it. After that, all states have a tax over trading and services, which range from 13% to 17% over the value of the good. So, on arrival (through legal ways) the iPod already can have 77% just of taxes. Add to that the profits that retailers want and you have doubled the price.
2. Low market: retailers have a hard time selling the iPod around. First because they're very expensive. Then you don't have people actually wanting to pay for each song downloaded. It's just cheaper to buy a cheap MP3-player/pendrive smuggled from somewhere like taiwan and then use your favorite P2P app to download "free" music.
3. No one is selling: for my entire life, I think that I've seen one, maybe two, Apple stores here. Anyway, the ones that are around usually make even Macs too much expensive to buy (I have seen only one running too). Yes, there are some big retail stores that sell it too (mostly only the nano) but it's around 4 to 5 times the price for other players.
4. There's no hype here: yeah, that's right. The only time I've seen the iPod on TV is in some (rare) tech shows and in commercials for stores using it as free gifts. It's just not raised to pop star level like in some other countries.
In Brazil, you can also use other means like accountants. I don't know if there are commercial software that deal specifically with Brazil's tax schemes.
However, the government already produces a very easy-to-use software that can do almost everything needed for a common person to file it's own taxes. There are some stuff even to send the forms by the internet through a secure connection, with a receipt that one can print. It imports the forms from previous years, so one doesn't have to type everything again.
And it's java, so it's multiplatform. I have tested it both in Windows and Linux.
I have stumbled upon the same problem here, without wanting to pay for a hosted server, nor even wanting to set my own IMAP server at home, as it would be a waste of energy.
Then I also thought about what would be the best solution, and behold: if you have a laptop, that should always be with you, at home or not, so why not use only the laptop for mail? The storage size is unbeatable, and I would use a webmail if I really needed to access my mail from other computers, as I would only need to read new mail, rarely old ones.
I just wonder when will the first exploit be released... and which new ways of compromising a Windows machine will be found...
Oh, I forgot... Micro$oft already told them new ways. Probably some botnet dev already has something up his sleeve, just waiting for some more people to get the door open.
So, I hope someone will finally be able to make an usable 64-bit port of Java.
Really, amd64 systems have been around for quite some time, but it's taking forever to port some stuff. (Sun's Java and Adobe's Flash come to mind instantly, as most people with 64-bit systems have to install a 32-bit firefox just to run those)
Yes, I'm aware that there is a download for 64-bit linux java in Sun's site, but most will agree that it doesn't really fit in the "usable" adjective. With some banks using java to authenticate its users, this will be a great addition. (which leaves only flash to open up:-)
Non-admin use of windows can be quite useful when running Windows in a company/corporate environment, as the admin is able to give or take permissions from the users. This is specially true as the support team has a fixed portrait of what a user has or not in his/her computer, which is quite useful as the average user does not install (voluntarily or not) any software that is not approved by the admin team.
However, that type of restriction can be quite a pain if one wants to install this OS in a home desktop system. There are some causes to that:
1) the average user does not understand thoroughly the admin/normal user scheme used;
2) some (not many really) manuals take notice that this scheme can be in place, but usually just say "You have to be an Administrator" or something like that, failing to say HOW to be an Administrator;
3) to get Admin privileges in Windows is slow (at least the way I know how to do it), you have to switch users and do what you want, instead of just using su or sudo without having to close/switch the session, this forward-backward motion usually takes time that the average user does not want to lose if all he wants to do is install a small tool;
4) many people complain that the computer or connection is slow, but does not even know what a malware is or how to prevent it, believe, the best way to avoid that stuff is education;
5) there are some people that know that they have malware installed and don't worry about that... I know some that even access bank sites in that condition.
Note that by "average user", I mean the people-out-there, who use the computer just as a tool, unlike most people here on/. which just prefer a better OS, or who at least know how to handle that kind of problem on their own.
Anyway, although I have dualboot in case I have to use some esoteric software, I do not take this OS very seriously, so take my advice with a truckload of salt.
Right now, available at your home to buy online from www.sh33tl04d.c0m, the brand new:
---------------- Zeeeeeeeeee-TRansFer, l33t g4m3r NIC ----------------------
Just what you, the hardcore elite gamer needs!!!
With the brand-new Zee-TRansFer, technology, with the ZXfer stack, you can make packets travel FASTER THAN LIGHT itself.
The ZXfer technology card is driven by Good Over Distance (G.O.D.) engine power to make a super-duper small black hole, right beside your computer! The information then travels in hiperspace making a straight line through the curved universe. At the server-side, a l33tR34c70r (R) Power Plus Deluxe Edition trans-electron-quantum-wormhole is generated, putting the electrons right inside the server CPU core, enabling zero-microssecond (c) delivery.
Besides all that, you get FREE the *original* QuantumPen with the l33t h4x0r logo in it, just what you wanted to write that zillion-dollar check.
Also payable through PayPay and/or Viza.
Drivers available to Windoze, MakOS XXX, Linuks, QNK, FriiBSD, PalnOS and PocketBC.
All trademarks are copyright l33t h4x0r corp
Patents 234123412345, 5134523452345, 2345623451435, 13453452345, 134523452345234, and 23134345236764 through 456345634515434 pending.
I really think people should be allowed to do what they WANT to do... I also believe that really mature people tend to do the right choices... at least if they don't, they only have themselves to put the blame on.
I take myself as an example... when "reality" struck me, as a computer enthusiast, I dreamed of having a job in IT. My father, then, encouraged me to seek his carrer, and not having another option, I did it.
You know what? Now I have no regrets. With 21 years, I earn more than I would if I tried the IT carrer. Sure I have some potential, but one day I realized the thing I almost did wrong thing. Now, in a carrer that isn't boring either, I can separate my job from my hobby, and in that way my hobby never gets boring (I don't take work home thinking it was my hobby).
Moreover, my enthusiasm with computers have awarded me quite some opportunities in the carreer I am now, because of the lack of more people with this kind of knowledge.
OK, go for IT, I'm just happier now in another carreer that, guess what? one of the parts (because of my knowledge) is IT.
Delete your email from your parents' and friends' address books (maybe a trojan to delete it would do the trick).
I got a friend that had an innovative way to deal with unwanted people, and a similar could be done.
Get an infinite loop of "NET SEND "YOUR COMPUTER IS A ZOMBIE! TURN IT DOWN OR IT MAY BLOW!"
This would at least make some people find what a zombie computer is, or give the computer to someone who can get rid of the messages (and the spam trojan with it).
Well, anyway, those are all Window$ computers! *nix computers don't have trojans (mostly).
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The only really big difference is that a garbageman has more job security and is probably paid better. Stick with that or plumbing- you'll go far since people will pay anything not to have to deal with it."
Going back to the series of tubes point...
I myself wouldn't mix children with blow jobs.
If the the Onion is right then my tickets to get out of Sri-Lanka are already bought.
I'm in an electronics engineering college course, and I'm using a 1976 textbook. Most of the other ones are from the 80's and the newer ones are revisions from originals of about the same age or even older.
Of course a computer class changes much more often, though the basics (and that's what you want) change much less often. Keep the basics and update hardware specs and you have everything you need.
If what you want is a programming course, you could take a look at the python programming language. It's easy to learn the syntax and quite powerful. Also, there are many free (and good) textbooks available online, like the Python tutorial itself and Dive Into Python
Maybe you should look forward to the many options around that feature PC104 connections, which has been an industry standard for a while.
I remember seeing a vendor which used to provide Linux SBCs with this interface, and even accessories for it. I don't remember the site right now, but I think it still was cheaper than the BUG, though it didn't have a good-looking external shell like the BUG.
This is just a Slashvertisement. Modular electronics kits are around for a while. For example, VirtualCogs are around for much longer.
Also, there are much cheaper, less modular kits that usually are also much more useful.
I use Eclipse and think it's pretty fine if:
.cpp file, even though Eclipse does support some features like syntax highlighting, it does not provide me with autocompletion or integrated debugger for both languages.
- you have a good machine to deal with the requirements (by the way, in Linux, using the sun jre instead of gcj helps a lot)
- you're only coding in one language. I'm involved in a project where I have to code both python (I use PyDev) and C++ (through SWIG), but it appears that when I setup a project, I'll be stuck with the feature of only one of them. In my case, I have a PyDev project but when I open a
Sorry, I didn't know everyone lives in a desert or some bubble where there's no moisture in the air which gets into paper that isn't used for some time
If they ban incandescent lightbulbs, how the hell will I dry my paper so that the sheets don't go together to the printer?
There seems to be something missing from your post.
It's not only about dedication, it's also about being able to use what one has already bought.
Recently I bought a laptop. In a fresh install, I found that the multimedia keys don't work, the sound card works suboptimally, the card reader doesn't work and the embedded webcam just worked after waiting two months for an experimental driver (and now works with low image quality).
A previous laptop I have worked with couldn't suspend, I had to make some wizardry to make the advanced video stuff (like TV-Out) work, the wifi didn't work (I had to wait some months too for an experimental driver that crashes a lot), the fingerprint scanned still doesn't work... and the list goes on.
Note: all the experimental drivers I mentioned were created only by trying to reverse engineer the ones that the manufacturer supplies. THAT really is dedication, without mentioning a lot of work done just so the developers won't be sued for DMCA or other nonsense stuff.
Of course we brazillians have a very expensive iPod. There are maaany reasons why this happens.
1. Taxes: the iPod is an imported good. Most imported goods here have a 60% tax. Yes, that's right 60% of tax just to import it. After that, all states have a tax over trading and services, which range from 13% to 17% over the value of the good. So, on arrival (through legal ways) the iPod already can have 77% just of taxes. Add to that the profits that retailers want and you have doubled the price.
2. Low market: retailers have a hard time selling the iPod around. First because they're very expensive. Then you don't have people actually wanting to pay for each song downloaded. It's just cheaper to buy a cheap MP3-player/pendrive smuggled from somewhere like taiwan and then use your favorite P2P app to download "free" music.
3. No one is selling: for my entire life, I think that I've seen one, maybe two, Apple stores here. Anyway, the ones that are around usually make even Macs too much expensive to buy (I have seen only one running too). Yes, there are some big retail stores that sell it too (mostly only the nano) but it's around 4 to 5 times the price for other players.
4. There's no hype here: yeah, that's right. The only time I've seen the iPod on TV is in some (rare) tech shows and in commercials for stores using it as free gifts. It's just not raised to pop star level like in some other countries.
Now I can finally learn kung-fu in a few hours
In Brazil, you can also use other means like accountants.
I don't know if there are commercial software that deal specifically with Brazil's tax schemes.
However, the government already produces a very easy-to-use software that can do almost everything needed for a common person to file it's own taxes.
There are some stuff even to send the forms by the internet through a secure connection, with a receipt that one can print.
It imports the forms from previous years, so one doesn't have to type everything again.
And it's java, so it's multiplatform. I have tested it both in Windows and Linux.
I have stumbled upon the same problem here, without wanting to pay for a hosted server, nor even wanting to set my own IMAP server at home, as it would be a waste of energy.
Then I also thought about what would be the best solution, and behold: if you have a laptop, that should always be with you, at home or not, so why not use only the laptop for mail? The storage size is unbeatable, and I would use a webmail if I really needed to access my mail from other computers, as I would only need to read new mail, rarely old ones.
It could also be Cthulhu's spit
Oh, I already feel the horror
I just wonder when will the first exploit be released... and which new ways of compromising a Windows machine will be found...
Oh, I forgot... Micro$oft already told them new ways.
Probably some botnet dev already has something up his sleeve, just waiting for some more people to get the door open.
So, I hope someone will finally be able to make an usable 64-bit port of Java.
:-)
Really, amd64 systems have been around for quite some time, but it's taking forever to port some stuff. (Sun's Java and Adobe's Flash come to mind instantly, as most people with 64-bit systems have to install a 32-bit firefox just to run those)
Yes, I'm aware that there is a download for 64-bit linux java in Sun's site, but most will agree that it doesn't really fit in the "usable" adjective.
With some banks using java to authenticate its users, this will be a great addition. (which leaves only flash to open up
Once I had an ad-supported OS. :-(
oh, no, wait! It was just uninvited spyware showing pr0n ads
Use Python
--
If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking. (George S. Patton)
# aptitude install workrave
http://www.workrave.org/
Non-admin use of windows can be quite useful when running Windows in a company/corporate environment, as the admin is able to give or take permissions from the users. This is specially true as the support team has a fixed portrait of what a user has or not in his/her computer, which is quite useful as the average user does not install (voluntarily or not) any software that is not approved by the admin team. However, that type of restriction can be quite a pain if one wants to install this OS in a home desktop system. There are some causes to that: 1) the average user does not understand thoroughly the admin/normal user scheme used; 2) some (not many really) manuals take notice that this scheme can be in place, but usually just say "You have to be an Administrator" or something like that, failing to say HOW to be an Administrator; 3) to get Admin privileges in Windows is slow (at least the way I know how to do it), you have to switch users and do what you want, instead of just using su or sudo without having to close/switch the session, this forward-backward motion usually takes time that the average user does not want to lose if all he wants to do is install a small tool; 4) many people complain that the computer or connection is slow, but does not even know what a malware is or how to prevent it, believe, the best way to avoid that stuff is education; 5) there are some people that know that they have malware installed and don't worry about that... I know some that even access bank sites in that condition. Note that by "average user", I mean the people-out-there, who use the computer just as a tool, unlike most people here on /. which just prefer a better OS, or who at least know how to handle that kind of problem on their own.
Anyway, although I have dualboot in case I have to use some esoteric software, I do not take this OS very seriously, so take my advice with a truckload of salt.
Why don't you just apt-get install workrave?
Right now, available at your home to buy online from www.sh33tl04d.c0m, the brand new:
---------------- Zeeeeeeeeee-TRansFer, l33t g4m3r NIC ----------------------
Just what you, the hardcore elite gamer needs!!!
With the brand-new Zee-TRansFer, technology, with the ZXfer stack, you can make packets travel FASTER THAN LIGHT itself.
The ZXfer technology card is driven by Good Over Distance (G.O.D.) engine power to make a super-duper small black hole, right beside your computer! The information then travels in hiperspace making a straight line through the curved universe. At the server-side, a l33tR34c70r (R) Power Plus Deluxe Edition trans-electron-quantum-wormhole is generated, putting the electrons right inside the server CPU core, enabling zero-microssecond (c) delivery.
Besides all that, you get FREE the *original* QuantumPen with the l33t h4x0r logo in it, just what you wanted to write that zillion-dollar check.
Also payable through PayPay and/or Viza.
Drivers available to Windoze, MakOS XXX, Linuks, QNK, FriiBSD, PalnOS and PocketBC.
All trademarks are copyright l33t h4x0r corp
Patents 234123412345, 5134523452345, 2345623451435, 13453452345, 134523452345234, and 23134345236764 through 456345634515434 pending.
I really think people should be allowed to do what they WANT to do... I also believe that really mature people tend to do the right choices... at least if they don't, they only have themselves to put the blame on.
I take myself as an example... when "reality" struck me, as a computer enthusiast, I dreamed of having a job in IT. My father, then, encouraged me to seek his carrer, and not having another option, I did it.
You know what? Now I have no regrets. With 21 years, I earn more than I would if I tried the IT carrer. Sure I have some potential, but one day I realized the thing I almost did wrong thing. Now, in a carrer that isn't boring either, I can separate my job from my hobby, and in that way my hobby never gets boring (I don't take work home thinking it was my hobby).
Moreover, my enthusiasm with computers have awarded me quite some opportunities in the carreer I am now, because of the lack of more people with this kind of knowledge.
OK, go for IT, I'm just happier now in another carreer that, guess what? one of the parts (because of my knowledge) is IT.
Delete your email from your parents' and friends' address books (maybe a trojan to delete it would do the trick).
I got a friend that had an innovative way to deal with unwanted people, and a similar could be done.
Get an infinite loop of "NET SEND "YOUR COMPUTER IS A ZOMBIE! TURN IT DOWN OR IT MAY BLOW!"
This would at least make some people find what a zombie computer is, or give the computer to someone who can get rid of the messages (and the spam trojan with it).
Well, anyway, those are all Window$ computers! *nix computers don't have trojans (mostly).