If you're running SuperWhizzoWebServiceShinyBleedingEdgeThing in a production environment then you deserve everything you get.
There was a story the other day about how Red Hat had "FINALLY" released a new version candidate after three years. You know why it took that long, because they tested the shit out of it.
Is there a keyboard shortcut macro or a hidden link to canned responses to Linux posts or some kind of form where I put x, y, and z where is x is a technology Slashdot hates and y and z are two companies that should open source their proprietary code that I'm not aware of?
Parking lots are built based on the square footage of the building they service unless the company wants more. In most places its a law. Every wonder why you drive by these huge manufacturing buildings that have maybe 30 employees yet have a parking lot big enough to hold two more building of the same size? We're required by law to have 2.5 parking spaces for every 500 sq ft of building space. Oh and yes, we do have to pay for that its figured into the lease.
"Some anonymous guy" is Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols and he's a regular writer for IT World.
That's all I needed to see to keep from reading the article. He's also a hack who posts inflammatory articles on Computerworld.
He also has the unique ability to make the loony fringe of Linux zealots look loonier.
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I'm 35, the guy at my work who bought an iPad is 40 and a gadget guy (but technically challenged) and he loves it and I think its pretty damn cool.
As for dexterity, play the Need for Speed game, you need one finger for the gas and brakes and steer by using it like a steering wheel. The graphics are pretty impressive also.
As for your complaints about no GPS, you can put your zipcode in and that will work just as well.
Five people at the office went and bought one after playing with his.
The iPad is exactly what its supposed to be, not for Slashdotters.
"As of CES, 17 SuperSpeed USB 3.0-certified products were introduced, including host controllers, adapter cards, motherboards, and hard drives (but no other consumer electronics devices)."
Both you and timothy (though he came out and said it) are referring to time sharing.
I don't want to time share. Just like I don't buy a time sharing condo in Florida. Maybe you're both to young to remember Token Ring networks and true time share but they were SSSLLLOOOWWW.
And please quit assuming that everybody but Slashdot people only need a web browser. That's one of the most arrogant and incorrect statements. Do you honestly believe that Customer Service people only need a browser?
I honestly believe that 95% of the posters on Slashdot either don't have a job or are trolls that live in the sewers because a good majority of you have no idea how WORK works.
Once upon a time, men would have been sitting on top of that rocket. Men with no fear, who couldn't give a shit about politics. They just wanted the ultimate ride.
Every politician thinking about cancelling Ares needs to think about that. They wouldn't have cell phones and 3G internet and GPS if it weren't for the brave men and women who are, as Steve Buscemei so perfectly put it (minus the nuke):
"You know we're sitting on four million pounds of fuel, one nuclear weapon and a thing that has 270,000 moving parts built by the lowest bidder. Makes you feel good, doesn't it? "
You mean like on my Blackberry, oops I don't have a touch screen...maybe my flip phone...no touch screen. 90% of the world doesn't own an Android, iPhone, or Pre. Just like 90% of the world could care less about if you like Flash.
It works, it provides rich multimedia experiences for the 90% of the world that don't give a shit and actually buy stuff based off of a cool Flash video/ad. Unlike 90% of Slashdot that thinks everything should be their way and also free.
No offense but Microsoft doesn't have to use their market share because Linux doesn't have any at all. I've never seen an anti-linux commercial from Microsoft. Again, why should they spend money on fighting something that for the majority of the world's population doesn't exist?
Remember all those awesome Flash ads for Android that ran on CNN's website and were all over the television three weeks ago? Yeah, I haven't seen one since.
One more time Slashdot. You encompass about 0.0000001% of the population that actually spends money on things. Nobody cares.
"According to this article at IT Expert Voice, Windows 7 and IPv6: Useful at Last?, we've had so many predictions that this will be,'the year of IPv6' that most of us have stopped listening."
This "my Grandmother/Grandfather/Older Parents" is utter bullocks. I know more people in the 70's and 80's that actively use their computer for more than web surfing. MY grandmother has a book club that has members all over the country and use the Internet to trade books. My elderly neighbor has taught herself how to make embroidery patterns that she prints or emails to her friends. Our accounting manager (age 55) is always amazed at the videos she get's from her parents who are traveling around the country RV style with a Sprint aircard and document everything they do.
Keep telling yourself that the common user doesn't do anything but check email and look at cnn.com. That stopped happening because programmers have parents and grandparents too who told them "I'd like to be able to do "insert idea" here but make it easy kid or I'll tar your ass like I used to when you were 12." Plus they realized that the majority of elderly Americans can afford software and can afford to travel and do things they'd like to keep a record of.
They don't care if its free or open source. They just want it to work.
P.S. I bet your grandfather could still kick your ass
I find it amusing that all the holier than thou/I'm smarter than you Linux supporters posting in this thread have no idea that IBM doesn't sell desktops or laptops anymore.
And they haven't for years.
I have that exact same board. I also have secondary temperature sensor in one of my drive bays. Both Windows 7 and the secondary sensor report the same temp.
By the way, while I'm posting this I have X-Plane 9 at 1920x1200 at 32 bit color with everything set to extremely insane running in a window behind Firefox with no stuttering.
I also have Adobe Premiere rendering 3D menus for a DVD I'm making.
I had a Palm Treo 700wx with WM 5 and was forced to switch to a Blackberry due to corporate changes and I completely miss it. Yeah I had to reboot it once a day but with the SBB Tools package installed it was quite stable. I thought the Today screen (with SBB installed) was the best "Home" screen of any smartphone I've used. Yes I know I can get similar products for my Blackberry except that security doesn't allow us to install anything. Not even the apps that came with the phone.
Really? I installed Windows 7 x64 and didn't once get asked for a driver disk.
I got so frustrated with MythTV that I installed Windows 7 x64 on that box as well. I wasn't once asked for a driver disk. My Hauppauge 1600 PVR, Hauppauge 500, Happauge 150, ATI Wonder HD, and an old Avermedia video capture card all work fine in Media Center, and I WAS NEVER ASKED FOR A DRIVER DISK. They just worked.
Oh, and Media Center plays all of my mp3, the shows I had previously recorded in MythTV, my DVD library that is sitting on another box and gave me a blowjob before I went to bed.
X-Plane runs faster and my Saitek x52 seems snappier responding to movements (never needed a driver disk), the new basic Device Manager that shows peripherals hooked up is a godsend instead of having to go into the actual (which is still available) Device Manager.
My eSATA WD MyBook worked fine as did the firewire connection to my cable dvr (never needed a driver disk). All four of my printers worked right out of the box as did my Wacom tablet (never needed a driver disk).
Sound works great on two different motherboard audio chips and I later found my last Slackware box curled up in the corner crying saying "This isn't happening!" over and over and over.
Anyone ever notice that the Microsoft bashing always gets worse when the FOSS community starts to understand how insignificant they are at the release of something awesome.
I've interviewed plenty of you M$/Windoze/Look out for the chair people over the last ten years. You can spout every obscure fact about Linux and admonish me for using Windows yet can't answer a question about a situation that might arise in the Windows environment that you are applying for work in. And I laugh after you leave and throw your resume in the trash.
There is no "one" good technology/IT environment. A good IT person tries to familiarize themselves with the ones that will pertain to their chosen profession. You might not like Windows or OS X but you better damn well learn how to navigate in one. I've used Linux since Slackware 0.94, it has its purposes and I embrace them. I don't tell my employees they have to like Windows but its the tool we use to get the job done at our company. If you want a job or want to keep your job, you better know how to use that tool.
Just because you think your tool is the best doesn't mean its the best for the job at hand.
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There was a story the other day about how Red Hat had "FINALLY" released a new version candidate after three years. You know why it took that long, because they tested the shit out of it.
Is there a keyboard shortcut macro or a hidden link to canned responses to Linux posts or some kind of form where I put x, y, and z where is x is a technology Slashdot hates and y and z are two companies that should open source their proprietary code that I'm not aware of?
Parking lots are built based on the square footage of the building they service unless the company wants more. In most places its a law. Every wonder why you drive by these huge manufacturing buildings that have maybe 30 employees yet have a parking lot big enough to hold two more building of the same size? We're required by law to have 2.5 parking spaces for every 500 sq ft of building space. Oh and yes, we do have to pay for that its figured into the lease.
"Some anonymous guy" is Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols and he's a regular writer for IT World.
That's all I needed to see to keep from reading the article. He's also a hack who posts inflammatory articles on Computerworld.
He also has the unique ability to make the loony fringe of Linux zealots look loonier.
I'm 35, the guy at my work who bought an iPad is 40 and a gadget guy (but technically challenged) and he loves it and I think its pretty damn cool.
As for dexterity, play the Need for Speed game, you need one finger for the gas and brakes and steer by using it like a steering wheel. The graphics are pretty impressive also.
As for your complaints about no GPS, you can put your zipcode in and that will work just as well.
Five people at the office went and bought one after playing with his.
The iPad is exactly what its supposed to be, not for Slashdotters.
What are these "friend" things you speak about?
Maybe because:
"As of CES, 17 SuperSpeed USB 3.0-certified products were introduced, including host controllers, adapter cards, motherboards, and hard drives (but no other consumer electronics devices)."
From here:
PC World CES Article
No joysticks, no webcams, no digital camera support, no real external HD supports, etc.
Both you and timothy (though he came out and said it) are referring to time sharing.
I don't want to time share. Just like I don't buy a time sharing condo in Florida. Maybe you're both to young to remember Token Ring networks and true time share but they were SSSLLLOOOWWW.
And please quit assuming that everybody but Slashdot people only need a web browser. That's one of the most arrogant and incorrect statements. Do you honestly believe that Customer Service people only need a browser?
I honestly believe that 95% of the posters on Slashdot either don't have a job or are trolls that live in the sewers because a good majority of you have no idea how WORK works.
Once upon a time, men would have been sitting on top of that rocket. Men with no fear, who couldn't give a shit about politics. They just wanted the ultimate ride.
Every politician thinking about cancelling Ares needs to think about that. They wouldn't have cell phones and 3G internet and GPS if it weren't for the brave men and women who are, as Steve Buscemei so perfectly put it (minus the nuke):
"You know we're sitting on four million pounds of fuel, one nuclear weapon and a thing that has 270,000 moving parts built by the lowest bidder. Makes you feel good, doesn't it? "
You mean like on my Blackberry, oops I don't have a touch screen...maybe my flip phone...no touch screen. 90% of the world doesn't own an Android, iPhone, or Pre. Just like 90% of the world could care less about if you like Flash.
It works, it provides rich multimedia experiences for the 90% of the world that don't give a shit and actually buy stuff based off of a cool Flash video/ad. Unlike 90% of Slashdot that thinks everything should be their way and also free.
No offense but Microsoft doesn't have to use their market share because Linux doesn't have any at all. I've never seen an anti-linux commercial from Microsoft. Again, why should they spend money on fighting something that for the majority of the world's population doesn't exist?
Remember all those awesome Flash ads for Android that ran on CNN's website and were all over the television three weeks ago? Yeah, I haven't seen one since.
One more time Slashdot. You encompass about 0.0000001% of the population that actually spends money on things. Nobody cares.
Publicity?
I checked CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, my local (large city paper), hell I even checked the Spanish language channel news!
I did not see one mention of the Free Software Foundation.
Hey, Slashdotters......we don't have nearly as much influence or awesomeness as you think.
I think you meant your last sentence to say "I'm taking MY ball and going home."
"According to this article at IT Expert Voice, Windows 7 and IPv6: Useful at Last?, we've had so many predictions that this will be ,'the year of IPv6' that most of us have stopped listening."
Kind of like Linux on the desktop!
If you seriously don't have the money to even buy an AGP Nvidia card then you've got bigger problems.
This "my Grandmother/Grandfather/Older Parents" is utter bullocks. I know more people in the 70's and 80's that actively use their computer for more than web surfing. MY grandmother has a book club that has members all over the country and use the Internet to trade books. My elderly neighbor has taught herself how to make embroidery patterns that she prints or emails to her friends. Our accounting manager (age 55) is always amazed at the videos she get's from her parents who are traveling around the country RV style with a Sprint aircard and document everything they do. Keep telling yourself that the common user doesn't do anything but check email and look at cnn.com. That stopped happening because programmers have parents and grandparents too who told them "I'd like to be able to do "insert idea" here but make it easy kid or I'll tar your ass like I used to when you were 12." Plus they realized that the majority of elderly Americans can afford software and can afford to travel and do things they'd like to keep a record of. They don't care if its free or open source. They just want it to work. P.S. I bet your grandfather could still kick your ass
I'm impressed that this actually made it to the front page.
I think the exhaust fan in the bathrooms should have turbo mode and be based on what Grandpa had for dinner.
I find it amusing that all the holier than thou/I'm smarter than you Linux supporters posting in this thread have no idea that IBM doesn't sell desktops or laptops anymore. And they haven't for years.
I have that exact same board. I also have secondary temperature sensor in one of my drive bays. Both Windows 7 and the secondary sensor report the same temp. By the way, while I'm posting this I have X-Plane 9 at 1920x1200 at 32 bit color with everything set to extremely insane running in a window behind Firefox with no stuttering. I also have Adobe Premiere rendering 3D menus for a DVD I'm making.
I can get this on my Blackberry for $14.95. http://software.crackberry.com/product.asp?id=33168&n=WikiPock-Plus-Edition
I had a Palm Treo 700wx with WM 5 and was forced to switch to a Blackberry due to corporate changes and I completely miss it. Yeah I had to reboot it once a day but with the SBB Tools package installed it was quite stable. I thought the Today screen (with SBB installed) was the best "Home" screen of any smartphone I've used. Yes I know I can get similar products for my Blackberry except that security doesn't allow us to install anything. Not even the apps that came with the phone.
Team Antarctica!
Seriously, do we really want to give the Reptilians living inside the "Hollow Earth" accessible by a giant hole in Antarctica more reasons to attack?
Such anger young Linux Jedi.
Did mommy not hug you enough when you were a child?
Also, why the hell would you have any of the software that you described on a SERVER?
Your last three sentences show why Linux will never be mainstream. Nobody would want to deal with someone like you for support.
Really? I installed Windows 7 x64 and didn't once get asked for a driver disk.
I got so frustrated with MythTV that I installed Windows 7 x64 on that box as well. I wasn't once asked for a driver disk. My Hauppauge 1600 PVR, Hauppauge 500, Happauge 150, ATI Wonder HD, and an old Avermedia video capture card all work fine in Media Center, and I WAS NEVER ASKED FOR A DRIVER DISK. They just worked.
Oh, and Media Center plays all of my mp3, the shows I had previously recorded in MythTV, my DVD library that is sitting on another box and gave me a blowjob before I went to bed.
X-Plane runs faster and my Saitek x52 seems snappier responding to movements (never needed a driver disk), the new basic Device Manager that shows peripherals hooked up is a godsend instead of having to go into the actual (which is still available) Device Manager.
My eSATA WD MyBook worked fine as did the firewire connection to my cable dvr (never needed a driver disk). All four of my printers worked right out of the box as did my Wacom tablet (never needed a driver disk).
Sound works great on two different motherboard audio chips and I later found my last Slackware box curled up in the corner crying saying "This isn't happening!" over and over and over.
Anyone ever notice that the Microsoft bashing always gets worse when the FOSS community starts to understand how insignificant they are at the release of something awesome.
I've interviewed plenty of you M$/Windoze/Look out for the chair people over the last ten years. You can spout every obscure fact about Linux and admonish me for using Windows yet can't answer a question about a situation that might arise in the Windows environment that you are applying for work in. And I laugh after you leave and throw your resume in the trash.
There is no "one" good technology/IT environment. A good IT person tries to familiarize themselves with the ones that will pertain to their chosen profession. You might not like Windows or OS X but you better damn well learn how to navigate in one. I've used Linux since Slackware 0.94, it has its purposes and I embrace them. I don't tell my employees they have to like Windows but its the tool we use to get the job done at our company. If you want a job or want to keep your job, you better know how to use that tool.
Just because you think your tool is the best doesn't mean its the best for the job at hand.