I'm trying to do the same thing. I'm learning my way around Fedora Core running on VMWare right now. It beats the heck out of Windows. If I had project management software, video editing, and a good MP3 player (haven't looked for the last two yet), I could swap over right now. Anybody have any suggestions?
Thanks,
Will
My dad's oil company is still running an app that was written back in the 80s using Business Basic For Xenix. It's solid as a rock. If I remember correctly, it's using terminal emulation or something along those lines on WinNT 4.0. The workstations crash regularly due to viruses (virii, whatever) and the software is slow due to the AV software (which won't uninstall and no longer works). I expect that they will be running that stuff until the end of time. At least the BBX code doesn't get infested with macro viruses. Other than the little Y2K problem we had where all the invoices printed out with 1980 in the date field, we haven't had many problems.
There is a new windows version of the software and there has been since 1995. They didn't upgrade my dad's office because he didn't want it (the new stuff crashes all the time, from what I hear).
I had a guy pull a knife on me one time. I calmly told him that I was going to take the knife from him, disembowel him, slice his eyes out, and leave him to scream in the dark until he died. Oddly enough, it didn't sound fun to him, so he just sort of walked away quickly after that...
This is true, but there is rarely any reason to do it. It's nice that you have to go to extra effort just to make it so that you can have buffer overflows. That reduces the lazy/incompetant developer factor, at least.
I actually swapped from CS to CIS because of Discrete Math II. The teacher made the class way too hard and didn't do a good job of explaining how all that stuff fit together. Interestingly enough, out of 4 CS/CIS majors that graduated together, I'm the only one doing actual work with computers (web development). I also failed graphics programming because of the math. That's bothered me ever since, and I've worked hard to improve my skills in that area. I think the real problem with learning math in the CS curriculum isn't the math, it's the math class. The class generally tends to be geared toward math majors, not people that are going to use math in computing.
I worked for a company that does mold remediation, among other things. Mold releases toxic chemicals to kill other mold as a survival mechanism. One in particular (Aspergillus Flavus) is used to make aflatoxin, which is what Saddam Hussein used on the Kurds, if I remember correctly. The problem with mold in houses is that there is inadequate ventilation. Yes, people have always lived with mold, but the level of mold spores and chemicals produced by mold is higher in indoor environments with mold growth. In fact, it's often hundreds of times higher than what is typical outside. I do agree with you on the bacteria though.
Like all American taxpayers, I've been made to "buy" corporate welfare so that Republicans can get votes, personal welfare so Democrats can get votes, and prison cells so minor drug offenders can be locked up. In addition, wasn't it mostly the west that picked up the tab for developing the internet and all this technology - what was the cost of that? I haven't seen India or China paying for R&D...
Further, I've been made to "buy" social security, which (if it's still around by the time I retire) will provide enough income for me to live well below the poverty line as my medical benefits are tossed back and forth by both parties in an effort to secure my vote. In addition, I've been forced to "buy" a tax system which costs an obscene amount to enforce because of system complexity. I've also been forced to "buy" the cost of frivilous multimillion dollar lawsuits, in both a higher cost of goods and higher taxes. The costs associated with avoiding further lawsuits are impossible to estimate.
Are the Indians or Chinese forced to "buy" things like this? I somehow doubt it. I have a feeling that in India if you personally don't work, you don't eat. I would also assume that if you have a company there that can't survive, then it doesn't. The cost of keeping that from happening here is killing us economically.
Here's the problem I have with my religious roots (Church of Christ).
A) God is all-powerful.
B) Man has free will.
If A and B are both true, then a contradiction is easily possible. If I have free will (and God is all-powerful), then if I eat Cheerios for breakfast and God wanted me to eat Rice Krispies, then I just overpowered God. If I can't eat the Cheerios, then I don't have free will.
We'd have to all be part of God for both to be true (which is what I believe). Thus God would be a force in the universe, rather than an intelligent entity that determines fate in a deliberate manner.
And incidentally, I don't believe that most of the Bible is intended to be taken literally. There is too much numerical symbolism for me to believe that it is. Rather, I think that it is the written component of oral traditions that have died out.
That happens because the geek approaches the situation from a scarcity mentality. A woman can't do that to you if you're willing/able to walk away if it gets to be too much crap.
That being said, it took me a long time to figure that out, so I can understand the depression thing as well.
So far this week, 100% of my emails in six out of my eight accounts have been spam. But, if I ever need viagra, vicodin, pictures of hot girl-on-girl action, or wish to help launder money from Nigeria, I'm good to go.
For a while, I would create my passwords as follows:
Take a random Japanese word, transliterate into romanized characters (English letters), slightly change the spelling, and stick a number and a special character in the middle. Worked like a charm, but I honestly doubt anybody would want to hack my account anyway. What are they going to do, read the spam in my hotmail accounts?
A guy I know passed out early at a party. He woke up the next morning next to something he couldn't identify, and someone had used a sharpie marker to draw a beard on his face and vaginas in his armpits. Quite a bad night, I'd say.
I'm not sure if I've got this right, but supposedly Apache has more users than IIS on business websites. However, it's possible that there are more machines running IIS than there are Apache. For instance, Windows 2000 server installs IIS by default - it may be the same way with other versions of the OS. Even though these machines may not be real web servers, they are still vulnerable to exploits. Hence, IIS is still a "better" target than Apache because of the size of the user base.
There's also an additional issue. If someone is running Apache, it's not instantly obvious (without extra work) what OS they are using. However, if they are running IIS, it's obvious that they are on Windows. As a result, IIS is an easier target simply because it reveals more about the underlying OS. Bear in mind that virus writers are usually lazy, otherwise Windoze users would be substantially more screwed than they are.
Arrggh! I sound like I'm apologizing for Micro$oft!
Try FileZilla. It kicks arse. Honestly, I had shied away from open source software because of bad experiences several years ago. I'm reconsidering my viewpoint because of FileZilla and a few other programs.
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I'm trying to do the same thing. I'm learning my way around Fedora Core running on VMWare right now. It beats the heck out of Windows. If I had project management software, video editing, and a good MP3 player (haven't looked for the last two yet), I could swap over right now. Anybody have any suggestions? Thanks, Will
My dad's oil company is still running an app that was written back in the 80s using Business Basic For Xenix. It's solid as a rock. If I remember correctly, it's using terminal emulation or something along those lines on WinNT 4.0. The workstations crash regularly due to viruses (virii, whatever) and the software is slow due to the AV software (which won't uninstall and no longer works). I expect that they will be running that stuff until the end of time. At least the BBX code doesn't get infested with macro viruses. Other than the little Y2K problem we had where all the invoices printed out with 1980 in the date field, we haven't had many problems.
There is a new windows version of the software and there has been since 1995. They didn't upgrade my dad's office because he didn't want it (the new stuff crashes all the time, from what I hear).
Yeah,
a metal keyboard would put a lot of wear and tear on your right hand, wouldn't it?
Yes, please tell them to mail the check to Suite 1402 in Valhalla.
Thanks
I had a guy pull a knife on me one time. I calmly told him that I was going to take the knife from him, disembowel him, slice his eyes out, and leave him to scream in the dark until he died. Oddly enough, it didn't sound fun to him, so he just sort of walked away quickly after that...
Maybe that's why bank guards can carry guns to protect the money, but parents can't carry guns to protect their children...
Astronomers have looked overhead and noted that the sky is blue...
Film at 11
This is true, but there is rarely any reason to do it. It's nice that you have to go to extra effort just to make it so that you can have buffer overflows. That reduces the lazy/incompetant developer factor, at least.
Flame war in 5....4....3....2....1....
I actually swapped from CS to CIS because of Discrete Math II. The teacher made the class way too hard and didn't do a good job of explaining how all that stuff fit together. Interestingly enough, out of 4 CS/CIS majors that graduated together, I'm the only one doing actual work with computers (web development). I also failed graphics programming because of the math. That's bothered me ever since, and I've worked hard to improve my skills in that area. I think the real problem with learning math in the CS curriculum isn't the math, it's the math class. The class generally tends to be geared toward math majors, not people that are going to use math in computing.
I worked for a company that does mold remediation, among other things. Mold releases toxic chemicals to kill other mold as a survival mechanism. One in particular (Aspergillus Flavus) is used to make aflatoxin, which is what Saddam Hussein used on the Kurds, if I remember correctly. The problem with mold in houses is that there is inadequate ventilation. Yes, people have always lived with mold, but the level of mold spores and chemicals produced by mold is higher in indoor environments with mold growth. In fact, it's often hundreds of times higher than what is typical outside. I do agree with you on the bacteria though.
Nobody has ever made me buy anything
Like all American taxpayers, I've been made to "buy" corporate welfare so that Republicans can get votes, personal welfare so Democrats can get votes, and prison cells so minor drug offenders can be locked up. In addition, wasn't it mostly the west that picked up the tab for developing the internet and all this technology - what was the cost of that? I haven't seen India or China paying for R&D...
Further, I've been made to "buy" social security, which (if it's still around by the time I retire) will provide enough income for me to live well below the poverty line as my medical benefits are tossed back and forth by both parties in an effort to secure my vote. In addition, I've been forced to "buy" a tax system which costs an obscene amount to enforce because of system complexity. I've also been forced to "buy" the cost of frivilous multimillion dollar lawsuits, in both a higher cost of goods and higher taxes. The costs associated with avoiding further lawsuits are impossible to estimate.
Are the Indians or Chinese forced to "buy" things like this? I somehow doubt it. I have a feeling that in India if you personally don't work, you don't eat. I would also assume that if you have a company there that can't survive, then it doesn't. The cost of keeping that from happening here is killing us economically.
Here's the problem I have with my religious roots (Church of Christ).
A) God is all-powerful.
B) Man has free will.
If A and B are both true, then a contradiction is easily possible. If I have free will (and God is all-powerful), then if I eat Cheerios for breakfast and God wanted me to eat Rice Krispies, then I just overpowered God. If I can't eat the Cheerios, then I don't have free will.
We'd have to all be part of God for both to be true (which is what I believe). Thus God would be a force in the universe, rather than an intelligent entity that determines fate in a deliberate manner.
And incidentally, I don't believe that most of the Bible is intended to be taken literally. There is too much numerical symbolism for me to believe that it is. Rather, I think that it is the written component of oral traditions that have died out.
That happens because the geek approaches the situation from a scarcity mentality. A woman can't do that to you if you're willing/able to walk away if it gets to be too much crap.
That being said, it took me a long time to figure that out, so I can understand the depression thing as well.
And that's up from 50% of us being below average just last year!
So far this week, 100% of my emails in six out of my eight accounts have been spam. But, if I ever need viagra, vicodin, pictures of hot girl-on-girl action, or wish to help launder money from Nigeria, I'm good to go.
Take a random Japanese word, transliterate into romanized characters (English letters), slightly change the spelling, and stick a number and a special character in the middle. Worked like a charm, but I honestly doubt anybody would want to hack my account anyway. What are they going to do, read the spam in my hotmail accounts?
A guy I know passed out early at a party. He woke up the next morning next to something he couldn't identify, and someone had used a sharpie marker to draw a beard on his face and vaginas in his armpits. Quite a bad night, I'd say.
There's also an additional issue. If someone is running Apache, it's not instantly obvious (without extra work) what OS they are using. However, if they are running IIS, it's obvious that they are on Windows. As a result, IIS is an easier target simply because it reveals more about the underlying OS. Bear in mind that virus writers are usually lazy, otherwise Windoze users would be substantially more screwed than they are.
Arrggh! I sound like I'm apologizing for Micro$oft!
How many people actually fix monitors when "something broke"? My experience is that usually when it is broken, you end up replacing the monitor.
FileZilla
My old college roommate was named BJ Burns... We just called him dickhead, but that was for other reasons.
I for one welcome our space touring, PhD-owning corporate overlords.
1. Get Rich
2. Fly to space to do experiments
3. ???
4. Profit
etc.
I for one welcome our space touring, PhD-owning corporate overlords. 1. Get Rich 2. Fly to space to do experiments 3. ??? 4. Profit etc.
Could you elaborate on this..?