You don't want to work for ANY shop that is so bigoted toward a given platform that they will not consider deploying a different platform when it has been demonstrated to be the best solution.
Simply showing them Bugzilla does not demonstrate that it is the best solution. You'll need to do your homework and locate other solutions (including some which do run on your company's standard platform) and compare features. If you can find Bugzilla functionality which is important but not present (or not implemented as well) in the others, you may be able to make your case.
Blue Book is the guide from Kelley to used car pricing in the US...
In a completely unrelated development, their website, http://www.kbb.com/, is the only one we've heard of yet that publicly disclosed being infected by the download.ject exploit code. Good for them for coming forwards.
Umm, someone swipes my iPod while I'm listening to it, I think I'll notice.:-)
Point well taken about pickpocketers (don't forget the 2-person bump/spill & grab team) being FAR more of a problem than muggers.
Same goes for car prowls. Never leave anything you want to keep in a car - especially when traveling on business at typical "business traveler with a laptop" locations.
You should tell them: I monitor all network activity. Act as if you realize that is true and you'll be OK.
IF nothing else, this will teach your child valuable skills in computer security & evasion, so they will be able to support you in your old age either as a computer security professional, or by hacking your 401k so it will provide a decent retirement.
Concerned about your kid accessing porn? Um, maybe you'll actually have to have conversations with your kid about developing a healthy attitude towards sex.
Concerned about your kid being preyed upon? Um, maybe you'll have to teach your kid that it can be a dangerous world and it's wise to be careful.
Want to know what they're up to when they're online? Well maybe you'll have to follow what's going on in your kid's life as closely as you follow your favorite (distro/tv show/football team/whatever).
As the parent of an almost 2 year old, my first reaction is to feel the tragedy and heartbreak of a poor kid dying this way. Terrible.
Tragically, there have already been 36 kids who've died in the U.S. after being left in hot cars this summer. Similar numbers have been happening since '98 according to this article.
Just because they were playing a computer game, it makes the news. If they were distracted watching TV instead, we would never have heard about it.
As far as I can tell, this is the only one that's involved a computer game. Yet, sadly, it is far from the only one I've heard about. It might just be that it's the only one most/. readers have heard about, and we only read about it here because it does involve a computer game, ya think?
Still, I know there are plenty of us who are reading the magazines in the pediatrician's office and it seems to come up there every summer, right along with the importance of sunscreen and water safety.
Some people are bad parents, and some make one, really, incredibly tragic mistake. Either way, an innocent kid died because of what they did.
...students return to the dorms and plug in their unpatched computers, the vast majority of which probably haven't been connected to the Internet in several months.
Umm, what students do you know of whom the vast majority go without connecting to the Internet for several months? Certainly not the majority of students I know...
(Yes, yes, yes, I know, their school computers were in storage all summer, yah shoor you betcha...)
> 3. Multiple docks. One for office apps. One for games. One for graphical/web apps.
Here's an idea - how about using fast user switching to set up 3 different "users" - one for office apps, one for games, one for graphical/web apps etc - and just switch between them? Another take on workspaces.
This is the book I point my friends to when they ask this question - Get A Financial Life : Personal Finance In Your Twenties And Thirties by Beth Kobliner. Amazon link. They've all been happy with it. Slim, readable, complete, good advice. I believe Kobliner was a columnist for Money Magazine for many years. She now has her own website.
Other classics, good to move on to once you've read that one:
A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. Malkiel. Good book to understand what happens when your money is in the stock market. Amazon link.
And I like Jane Bryant Quinn's Making the Most of Your Money, though I don't think it's as generally well-received as the first two. However, it does a pretty good job of saying something about any financial situation you can think of.
Amazon link.
Deltagraph is great. The OS X version has been in beta testing for a while (I haven't used it) and should be out real soon now. The company doing development on Deltagraph 5 says it will be available for OS X Q1`03. http://www.redrocksw.com/
Ok, I hate that "this writer is so and so's spiritual heir" thing, but if you really like an author, reading stuff by another person who really likes that author can be a good thing. A lot of good suggestions have been made already, so I'll name two that I haven't seen yet.
If I had to pick someone for Heinlein, I'd say check out John Barnes. A good one to start with is Mother of Storms.
And for a big Zelazny fan, Stephen Brust's Jhereg/Taltos series is excellent. Some of the earlier books have be republished in 3-in-1 editions. His non-Taltos stuff is even better, but it's hard to beat the Taltos books for sheer fun.
In the fantasy world, Robin Hobb's Assassin trilogy is one of the best new fantasy I've read in ages.
Also, Guy Gavriel Kay is INCREDIBLE. Start with the Fionavar Tapestry, then read everything else he's ever done.
Some other newer folks: Wilhelmina Baird (start with the clipjoint trilogy) C.J. Cherryh, esp. Cyteen - though the new Foreigner series is great. Last, I really liked Tim Powers' Declare.
Check out http://www.fictionwise.com, they have lots of micropayment short stories; great way to check out an author. (US$0.50 for a short story, read it on your PDA...)
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The link given in the comment I'm replying to is the FAQ for the comments page but I think most/.'ers don't need no steenkin' faq on filling out a web form.
Amen to both suggestions, though I'd be more drastic and say wipe & reinstall (or reimage if you're using Ghost).
I have a Celeron 400 and a PII 400 both running NT, 2k, and XP, among other non-MS OS's. When performance on them gets chunky, the quickest way to get them feeling "like new" again is to wipe the partition and reinstall the OS and apps. This works wonders, even on the Celeron which has 128mb. Every time I've had a Windows machine, unless I didn't use it for long periods, I've had to do this AT LEAST once a year (2x/yr is more typical), and it ALWAYS makes a BIG difference in the perceived performance of the computer.
Another tip for quick Windows rejuvenation is to make sure there is plenty of free HD space (20-30%) and run a thorough defrag using Diskeeper, PerfectDisk, etc. Obviously this doesn't help cleaning up the years of accumlated cruft but it is less disruptive to the user, so might be worth it as a first stab.
So I'd say upgrade the RAM to at least 256 - if they're at 256, go to 512 - and reimage the drives. Try this on a sample of your users (including the decision makers) and see if it's sufficient.
Otherwise, I agree with the sentiment that rolling your own sounds nice upfront but doesn't work as well longterm.
With a subject line like this, I'm surprised no one has linked to Bruce Campbell's website - it's quite entertaining, lots of content written by Bruce himself, not a hollow celeb.com site. I particularly like his Babblings from the Brink essays.
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You mean, like this?
I'm not a hardcore Fogbugz user, but I've been involved with a few projects that had lightweight use of it, and I think it is quite nice. nice. It runs on Unix/Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X.
It is not free as in beer. But it is quite reasonably priced imho. There's a free trial of course.
Check out their pages on How Fogbugz Works and Why Fogbugz Works
It's from Joel Splosky, writer of the JoelOnSoftware blog.
Blue Book is the guide from Kelley to used car pricing in the US...
In a completely unrelated development, their website, http://www.kbb.com/, is the only one we've heard of yet that publicly disclosed being infected by the download.ject exploit code. Good for them for coming forwards.
Then how on earth did I ever manage to use it?
This statement reminded me of the Douglas Adams quote about people who prove black is white and then get run over at the next zebra crossing.
Umm, someone swipes my iPod while I'm listening to it, I think I'll notice. :-)
Point well taken about pickpocketers (don't forget the 2-person bump/spill & grab team) being FAR more of a problem than muggers.
Same goes for car prowls. Never leave anything you want to keep in a car - especially when traveling on business at typical "business traveler with a laptop" locations.
You should tell them: I monitor all network activity. Act as if you realize that is true and you'll be OK.
IF nothing else, this will teach your child valuable skills in computer security & evasion, so they will be able to support you in your old age either as a computer security professional, or by hacking your 401k so it will provide a decent retirement.
Concerned about your kid accessing porn? Um, maybe you'll actually have to have conversations with your kid about developing a healthy attitude towards sex.
Concerned about your kid being preyed upon? Um, maybe you'll have to teach your kid that it can be a dangerous world and it's wise to be careful.
Want to know what they're up to when they're online? Well maybe you'll have to follow what's going on in your kid's life as closely as you follow your favorite (distro/tv show/football team/whatever).
And yes, I am a parent.
...is thought crazy or headed for jail."
-Jay Farrar, the opening verse of "Barstow" on the album Sebastopol.
Tragically, there have already been 36 kids who've died in the U.S. after being left in hot cars this summer. Similar numbers have been happening since '98 according to this article.
As far as I can tell, this is the only one that's involved a computer game. Yet, sadly, it is far from the only one I've heard about. It might just be that it's the only one most
Still, I know there are plenty of us who are reading the magazines in the pediatrician's office and it seems to come up there every summer, right along with the importance of sunscreen and water safety.
Some people are bad parents, and some make one, really, incredibly tragic mistake. Either way, an innocent kid died because of what they did.
(Yes, yes, yes, I know, their school computers were in storage all summer, yah shoor you betcha...)
> 3. Multiple docks. One for office apps. One for games. One for graphical/web apps.
Here's an idea - how about using fast user switching to set up 3 different "users" - one for office apps, one for games, one for graphical/web apps etc - and just switch between them? Another take on workspaces.
This is the book I point my friends to when they ask this question - Get A Financial Life : Personal Finance In Your Twenties And Thirties by Beth Kobliner. Amazon link. They've all been happy with it. Slim, readable, complete, good advice. I believe Kobliner was a columnist for Money Magazine for many years. She now has her own website.
Other classics, good to move on to once you've read that one: A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. Malkiel. Good book to understand what happens when your money is in the stock market. Amazon link.And I like Jane Bryant Quinn's Making the Most of Your Money, though I don't think it's as generally well-received as the first two. However, it does a pretty good job of saying something about any financial situation you can think of. Amazon link.
Deltagraph is great. The OS X version has been in beta testing for a while (I haven't used it) and should be out real soon now. The company doing development on Deltagraph 5 says it will be available for OS X Q1`03. http://www.redrocksw.com/
Academic pricing is available....
Ok, I hate that "this writer is so and so's spiritual heir" thing, but if you really like an author, reading stuff by another person who really likes that author can be a good thing. A lot of good suggestions have been made already, so I'll name two that I haven't seen yet.
If I had to pick someone for Heinlein, I'd say check out John Barnes. A good one to start with is Mother of Storms.
And for a big Zelazny fan, Stephen Brust's Jhereg/Taltos series is excellent. Some of the earlier books have be republished in 3-in-1 editions. His non-Taltos stuff is even better, but it's hard to beat the Taltos books for sheer fun.
In the fantasy world, Robin Hobb's Assassin trilogy is one of the best new fantasy I've read in ages.
Also, Guy Gavriel Kay is INCREDIBLE. Start with the Fionavar Tapestry, then read everything else he's ever done.
Some other newer folks:
Wilhelmina Baird (start with the clipjoint trilogy)
C.J. Cherryh, esp. Cyteen - though the new Foreigner series is great.
Last, I really liked Tim Powers' Declare.
Check out http://www.fictionwise.com, they have lots of micropayment short stories; great way to check out an author. (US$0.50 for a short story, read it on your PDA...)
From this page you can either type in a comment on the web page, or attach a document (PDF, DOC, TXT, and a few other formats).
You need to include the proceeding number, which is 02-231.
The link given in the comment I'm replying to is the FAQ for the comments page but I think most /.'ers don't need no steenkin' faq on filling out a web form.
Give me an example when "vote with your money" has ever worked.
Trivial example: Mariah Carey's contract was dropped after Glitter bombed at the box office.
Sure, she got paid beaucoup bucks, but then again I did say this was a trivial example.
Better example: New Coke. 'Nuff said.
>Also, think about reinstalling Win2k.
Amen to both suggestions, though I'd be more drastic and say wipe & reinstall (or reimage if you're using Ghost).
I have a Celeron 400 and a PII 400 both running NT, 2k, and XP, among other non-MS OS's. When performance on them gets chunky, the quickest way to get them feeling "like new" again is to wipe the partition and reinstall the OS and apps. This works wonders, even on the Celeron which has 128mb. Every time I've had a Windows machine, unless I didn't use it for long periods, I've had to do this AT LEAST once a year (2x/yr is more typical), and it ALWAYS makes a BIG difference in the perceived performance of the computer.
Another tip for quick Windows rejuvenation is to make sure there is plenty of free HD space (20-30%) and run a thorough defrag using Diskeeper, PerfectDisk, etc. Obviously this doesn't help cleaning up the years of accumlated cruft but it is less disruptive to the user, so might be worth it as a first stab.
So I'd say upgrade the RAM to at least 256 - if they're at 256, go to 512 - and reimage the drives. Try this on a sample of your users (including the decision makers) and see if it's sufficient.
Otherwise, I agree with the sentiment that rolling your own sounds nice upfront but doesn't work as well longterm.
With a subject line like this, I'm surprised no one has linked to Bruce Campbell's website - it's quite entertaining, lots of content written by Bruce himself, not a hollow celeb.com site. I particularly like his Babblings from the Brink essays.