That's cool as hell. This is what it takes to be a nerd - not technical knowledge, not glasses, not an odd aroma - the motivation and desire to go out and do it yourself.
As someone whose primary job responsibility is maintaining a corporate intranet which serves just shy of 40,000 users daily, and receives 1.3m+ homepage views per month, I tell you I am currently using Windows as a desktop OS.
Linux is simply not up to the task of being a stable, newbie-code-monkey-friendly OS for daily use. Just the thought of teaching my coworkers how to us SVN or Git gives me chills. CVS integrated into DreamWeaver allows them to deal with content updates, and Aptana Studio on my desktop lets me do more serious development for the shiny Ajax-y stuff.
This is not because I don't know Linux. I'm no uber-geek, but I know my way around a terminal, and always have 2 PuTTY sessions going - one to dev, for text manipulation and such, and one to prod for real-time access to server logs, double-checking that a file really is in production how it is supposed to be, etc.
There is a color balance issue between the person and the flag. The flag is evenly lit, but the person is not. There is a sharply defined line between the head and the flag. The insignia on the uniform is too sharp against the rest.
It is generally not possible to determine the model of firearm a bullet was fired from. Notable exceptions include the MP5 and Marlin firearms with polygonal rifling.
In many cases, even with an intact bullet, its not possible to determine the cartridge it was fired from. For instance, the same bullet is used by.30 carbine,.308 Winchester, 7.62 NATO, and many other rifle rounds.
I took an IQ test - well, 3 actually - with a psychiatric program in college, and tested 143, 144, and 143.
High school was four years of torture for me, and by the time college rolled around, I was so sick of sitting in classes listening to things I already knew, I just stopped going. My high school didn't offer anything AP or college prep, so I was stuck taking introductory-level classes in college.
I truly think that had I been challenged (or remotely interested) in high school, I would have excelled in college. As is, It's taken me five years to establish a decent work history and start to work myself back to where I was in the eyes of employers. I'm now in a position where my day consists almost entirely of problem-solving, and couldn't be happier..
Reading over that -- I'm not trying to talk myself up, but comment on how awesome that program is. I'm sure most of Slashdot can related to how I feel.
You seem to be confusing "freedom of religion" with "freedom from religion". The only thing the US federal government is prevented from doing is establishing a state religion or designating a single religion as state-sponsored.
I don't understand the huge emotion involved in purging religion from our history. I'm not a very religious person, and I'm not offended by this. Our laws are indeed based on the Ten Commandments, at least on their base level.
Finally, if you own a business, you should be able to refuse service for any reason, or no reason. A pharmacist does not owe you anything --- either pay for his services at the price they are offered (if they are offered), or go elsewhere.
Its much bigger than that - the GPL has some major drawbacks for a company.
Say you're ChildCo, a multinational company, and a subsidiary of ParentCo. Well, you develop a great intranet based on MediaWiki, which is GPL. Now another subsidiary of ParentCo, SisterCo, wants it, so you send them a copy. Is that considered distribution?
If it is distribution, you're now legally required to make available copies of the modified source code, at least by mail. A competitor gets wind of this, sends you a letter, and now you're legally bound to release your internally-developed intranet to your competitor, gutting your competitive advantage.
Agreed. Religion and capitalism are odd bed-follows. No matter which way this election goes, expect to see a major re-alignment of parties in the next 10 years. I hope the Republicans go back to being a small-government party, as that would be the fastest solution. Failing that, I hope the Libertarian or Constitution parties see a major influx of members.
The Constitution party is the best platform by far, but Libertarians have more support, and their platform is much better than the current Republican one.
The closest thing we've ever had to a free market was in the 19th century, and we saw the greatest rise in standards of living and infrastructure in the history of mankind.
Free markets DO work, as they are a natural law. Meddling with the economy is no different than trying to meddle with the environment, and the results are the same - typically, the opposite of your intentions.
various unregulated banks sold crappy ARMs to people without checking (or rather, without caring) if they were able to pay back the loans.
Actually, as GP said, due to CRA, banks were REQUIRED to give ARMs to people, regardless of their ability to pay them back. They then did what any business would do, and packaged them with real securities and sold them as a group, to try to offload the bad debt they were forced to incur. Investment banks purchased those, and that's how we got in this situation.
ANY regulation is too much. Government involvement caused the crisis we're in today, and what is the proposed solution? Why, more government involvement!
Its like gun control --- lets try to keep guns out of the hands of citizens, and crime subsequently goes up. OMG - look at that - the solution is obviously more gun control laws!
You're being entirely non-sensical, which isn't surprising after I note the Chomsky quote. I've never seen anything that man wrote that made any sense.
Perhaps, when i get home and have some free time, I shall set fire to your strawmen.
Mankind is a natural extension of Earth's biosphere. Whether you believe we spontaneously gained intelligence, or it was given to us by a divine spirit, we are the future of this planet, and its pinnacle achievement to this point.
Honestly, you sound like you're guilty for being alive. Every time you eat a meal, something must die so that you may live. We are a integral part of this planet, and that includes our minds. We should take care of what we have, but the idea that we should stop enjoying life or stop having children is nonsense.
Certainly, man can destroy the beauty that is nature. That would be a tragedy. But we are NOT destroying it now - we are using it. There is absolutely nothing immoral about using resources at your disposal.
I believe DC even has Congressmen, but they are non-voting, as they are not a state. They also have a different local setup, as since they are a federal district, their local laws come directly from Congress
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That's cool as hell. This is what it takes to be a nerd - not technical knowledge, not glasses, not an odd aroma - the motivation and desire to go out and do it yourself.
Or.. they used virtualization, snapshotted the install, then installed the service pack?
I'd guess the next release of ReiserFS is 25 years to life down the road, actually.
As someone whose primary job responsibility is maintaining a corporate intranet which serves just shy of 40,000 users daily, and receives 1.3m+ homepage views per month, I tell you I am currently using Windows as a desktop OS.
Linux is simply not up to the task of being a stable, newbie-code-monkey-friendly OS for daily use. Just the thought of teaching my coworkers how to us SVN or Git gives me chills. CVS integrated into DreamWeaver allows them to deal with content updates, and Aptana Studio on my desktop lets me do more serious development for the shiny Ajax-y stuff.
This is not because I don't know Linux. I'm no uber-geek, but I know my way around a terminal, and always have 2 PuTTY sessions going - one to dev, for text manipulation and such, and one to prod for real-time access to server logs, double-checking that a file really is in production how it is supposed to be, etc.
The bottom 40% of the taxpayers in the US pay 0% in tax - many receive a check instead.
Does that mean they control negative wealth?
I hope you made it so the power switch turned off the LED but left the camera on :)
There is a color balance issue between the person and the flag. The flag is evenly lit, but the person is not. There is a sharply defined line between the head and the flag. The insignia on the uniform is too sharp against the rest.
Seriously - you can't see anything there?
It is generally not possible to determine the model of firearm a bullet was fired from. Notable exceptions include the MP5 and Marlin firearms with polygonal rifling.
In many cases, even with an intact bullet, its not possible to determine the cartridge it was fired from. For instance, the same bullet is used by .30 carbine, .308 Winchester, 7.62 NATO, and many other rifle rounds.
I wish my school had that :(
I took an IQ test - well, 3 actually - with a psychiatric program in college, and tested 143, 144, and 143.
High school was four years of torture for me, and by the time college rolled around, I was so sick of sitting in classes listening to things I already knew, I just stopped going. My high school didn't offer anything AP or college prep, so I was stuck taking introductory-level classes in college.
I truly think that had I been challenged (or remotely interested) in high school, I would have excelled in college. As is, It's taken me five years to establish a decent work history and start to work myself back to where I was in the eyes of employers. I'm now in a position where my day consists almost entirely of problem-solving, and couldn't be happier..
Reading over that -- I'm not trying to talk myself up, but comment on how awesome that program is. I'm sure most of Slashdot can related to how I feel.
"...quickly spreads to more insidious things..."
Really?
"In God We Trust" first appeared on US coinage in 1865.
http://www.ustreas.gov/education/fact-sheets/currency/in-god-we-trust.shtml
You seem to be confusing "freedom of religion" with "freedom from religion". The only thing the US federal government is prevented from doing is establishing a state religion or designating a single religion as state-sponsored.
I don't understand the huge emotion involved in purging religion from our history. I'm not a very religious person, and I'm not offended by this. Our laws are indeed based on the Ten Commandments, at least on their base level.
Finally, if you own a business, you should be able to refuse service for any reason, or no reason. A pharmacist does not owe you anything --- either pay for his services at the price they are offered (if they are offered), or go elsewhere.
Its much bigger than that - the GPL has some major drawbacks for a company.
Say you're ChildCo, a multinational company, and a subsidiary of ParentCo. Well, you develop a great intranet based on MediaWiki, which is GPL. Now another subsidiary of ParentCo, SisterCo, wants it, so you send them a copy. Is that considered distribution?
If it is distribution, you're now legally required to make available copies of the modified source code, at least by mail. A competitor gets wind of this, sends you a letter, and now you're legally bound to release your internally-developed intranet to your competitor, gutting your competitive advantage.
My first name is Lyndsy -- its a family name going back generations. I'm a guy.
I'll be damned if I'm wearing a dress on their IM system.
McCain is certainly the lesser of two evils in this election.
They are both Socialist, its only a matter of degrees.
The government has but one responsibility --- to protect its citizens from physical violence. That's it.
If you want more, amend the thing, don't try to sidestep it.
Agreed. Religion and capitalism are odd bed-follows. No matter which way this election goes, expect to see a major re-alignment of parties in the next 10 years. I hope the Republicans go back to being a small-government party, as that would be the fastest solution. Failing that, I hope the Libertarian or Constitution parties see a major influx of members.
The Constitution party is the best platform by far, but Libertarians have more support, and their platform is much better than the current Republican one.
The closest thing we've ever had to a free market was in the 19th century, and we saw the greatest rise in standards of living and infrastructure in the history of mankind.
Free markets DO work, as they are a natural law. Meddling with the economy is no different than trying to meddle with the environment, and the results are the same - typically, the opposite of your intentions.
various unregulated banks sold crappy ARMs to people without checking (or rather, without caring) if they were able to pay back the loans.
Actually, as GP said, due to CRA, banks were REQUIRED to give ARMs to people, regardless of their ability to pay them back. They then did what any business would do, and packaged them with real securities and sold them as a group, to try to offload the bad debt they were forced to incur. Investment banks purchased those, and that's how we got in this situation.
I entirely agree, though I'm no Paul supporter.
ANY regulation is too much. Government involvement caused the crisis we're in today, and what is the proposed solution? Why, more government involvement!
Its like gun control --- lets try to keep guns out of the hands of citizens, and crime subsequently goes up. OMG - look at that - the solution is obviously more gun control laws!
In general, Canada's provincial governments have much more power than the federal government.
You know, how America's is supposed to work, and did work, until the 1860s.
The wolves (criminals) will always be armed. Period.
Excuse me? I work for a living. I'll get back to you if I get time.
You're being entirely non-sensical, which isn't surprising after I note the Chomsky quote. I've never seen anything that man wrote that made any sense.
Perhaps, when i get home and have some free time, I shall set fire to your strawmen.
I disagree with the entirety of your argument.
Mankind is a natural extension of Earth's biosphere. Whether you believe we spontaneously gained intelligence, or it was given to us by a divine spirit, we are the future of this planet, and its pinnacle achievement to this point.
Honestly, you sound like you're guilty for being alive. Every time you eat a meal, something must die so that you may live. We are a integral part of this planet, and that includes our minds. We should take care of what we have, but the idea that we should stop enjoying life or stop having children is nonsense.
Certainly, man can destroy the beauty that is nature. That would be a tragedy. But we are NOT destroying it now - we are using it. There is absolutely nothing immoral about using resources at your disposal.
No, none. They are citizens.
I believe DC even has Congressmen, but they are non-voting, as they are not a state. They also have a different local setup, as since they are a federal district, their local laws come directly from Congress
Every citizen has voting rights, barring convicted felons.
The closest I can think of would be the US Virgin Islands, but they CHOSE not to become a state, and are instead a territory.