I think they mean winning the war on perception. Plus, their business model is markedly different. Apple is a hardware vendor (with some software thrown in) dedicated to consumer grade equipment (mac pro being the exception, and the now defunct xserve line). Microsoft is like GE where they have their hands in 80 million different pies, consumer and enterprise. Red Hat essentially offers support and maintains an extremely stable distribution (with a ton of kernel development thrown in) - and they're only in the enterprise market - and they're growing. I'm pretty sure that their install base across the world is higher than both OSX and and Windows in their chosen market (though the latest releases from windows do have some nice teeth).
Congratulations Bob and Marc! To this day RHEL is probably my favorite distro (not trying to start a distro war), and I've been using RH it since apollo. They were cool guys then, and I can only imagine they've stayed the same.
I'm thinking plant operators are intended to mean operations staff for large networks. For instance, in HFC networks we refer to the network as it spreads out from a given CMTS as the plant. Most of the guys in the NOC's that support these things are constantly on call given the amount of customer impact a single problem can cause.
That depends on the type of flare. A charged magnetic emission like the one in the article would likely send enough electrons flying that it would in fact be an EMP.
I am making an assumption here, so if it doesn't apply, forgive me. Going forward one thing I would suggest is to shift your mindset more towards engineering, from operations. A lot of places don't draw a fine line - luckily here they do. Operations involves keeping servers humming along happily, their care and feeding. Engineering involves designing, documenting, and determining their configurations, and maintenance that is needed. But the cool thing is, operations guys can benefit from an engineering approach. Before any project gets implemented, you should have a design document - even if its informal. It seems like its a pain in the butt (especially when you find yourself writing a 400 page Detailed Design), but it really helps when A) people complain that they didn't know something was going to be affected by your project - you can point them towards their sign off in the design document, B) people don't know how something works - they can consult the documentation, C) It gives you the opportunity for peer review, avoiding those 1am "Crap, I didn't think of that!" moments, D) it serves as a record for when you inevitably forget something, E) things can keep running if you get hit by a bus tomorrow. This is extremely important in networking too, so it would be a good skill to have. For your current situation, I'd recommend you comb through old emails and write down every single project that they clue you in on. Go through your files too. Then try and document out things that the new admin may have questions about. You're going to miss some things, and don't get upset when he comes calling. You can't blame a lack of documentation on him.
So you're saying that a professor who finds an excellent lecture on youtube, or a teacher who posts his lectures on youtube, shouldn't be able to share them with his students. Sure, that makes sense to me. Likewise, the CS prof who tells his students to download an ISO of debian (you know, something that you can get as a torrent) shouldn't be able to do so. Just because you choose to focus on negative uses, there are positive ones. Even 6 years ago I had a number of teachers who relied very heavily on content freely posted to youtube to help serve as reference material (especially my Japanese film class, middle eastern politics, and assorted CS classes).
Agreed. If speed isn't an issue, I used to have a dial up account that I used in my dorm room specifically because gaming servers were verboten on the campus internet, and dialup is cheap these days.
A free account is 5GB, which can't even handle a full ipad backup (something I recently encountered as it tries to back up your apps as well, and with a game like rage weighing in at 1.1GB, you can see it fills up quickly). More than that and you have to use their paid service. Its a freemium model.
I always liked the part where the dude (Lot) is raped by his daughters in a drunken incesty threeway. There's some hot XXX action in that there bible book.
Agreed, the courier would have been incredible, but they decided to can the whole thing and call it a research project. Idiots. I would have killed for that thing.
If hundreds of studies that there is no negative affect in a test group receiving 27+ vaccines vs the control group who receives none, then yes you are an imbecile. And the doctor's argument becomes moot when you can get the vaccines from a free clinic.
The problem is that vaccines rely on herd immunity. One idiot can bring down a large portion of our house of cards because our immunities against these diseases simply aren't that strong.
I don't blame them. The doctors also have to worry about other patients who come into their clinics.
I suggest buying stock in child-sized coffin making companies so at least sensible people can make some cash off of these idiots and their derp.
The thing is, as a society to progress, you need people on the fringe. Their job isn't to actually win the elections, their goal is to be squeaky enough to actually get the message out there to contrast the "common" perception of things. They'll create a more libertarian political climate, election or not. They generate debate. Its like Richard Stallman - he's never going to really accomplish the goal of all software being "free," but he's loud enough to get the point across to a lot of people and rally them to his cause. It'll never be a majority, but it will be enough to have a valid "other way of seeing things." At least that's how I view it.
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I think they mean winning the war on perception. Plus, their business model is markedly different. Apple is a hardware vendor (with some software thrown in) dedicated to consumer grade equipment (mac pro being the exception, and the now defunct xserve line). Microsoft is like GE where they have their hands in 80 million different pies, consumer and enterprise. Red Hat essentially offers support and maintains an extremely stable distribution (with a ton of kernel development thrown in) - and they're only in the enterprise market - and they're growing. I'm pretty sure that their install base across the world is higher than both OSX and and Windows in their chosen market (though the latest releases from windows do have some nice teeth).
Congratulations Bob and Marc! To this day RHEL is probably my favorite distro (not trying to start a distro war), and I've been using RH it since apollo. They were cool guys then, and I can only imagine they've stayed the same.
I'll tell you about my theory... the day after tomorrow!!!!
I'm thinking plant operators are intended to mean operations staff for large networks. For instance, in HFC networks we refer to the network as it spreads out from a given CMTS as the plant. Most of the guys in the NOC's that support these things are constantly on call given the amount of customer impact a single problem can cause.
Got it - so utility lines, HFC networks, etc - they'll have some major concerns. Basically anyone with multi-mile runs of copper.
A magnetic pulse should induce voltage on pretty much any wire though, or am I wrong?
That depends on the type of flare. A charged magnetic emission like the one in the article would likely send enough electrons flying that it would in fact be an EMP.
I am making an assumption here, so if it doesn't apply, forgive me. Going forward one thing I would suggest is to shift your mindset more towards engineering, from operations. A lot of places don't draw a fine line - luckily here they do. Operations involves keeping servers humming along happily, their care and feeding. Engineering involves designing, documenting, and determining their configurations, and maintenance that is needed. But the cool thing is, operations guys can benefit from an engineering approach. Before any project gets implemented, you should have a design document - even if its informal. It seems like its a pain in the butt (especially when you find yourself writing a 400 page Detailed Design), but it really helps when A) people complain that they didn't know something was going to be affected by your project - you can point them towards their sign off in the design document, B) people don't know how something works - they can consult the documentation, C) It gives you the opportunity for peer review, avoiding those 1am "Crap, I didn't think of that!" moments, D) it serves as a record for when you inevitably forget something, E) things can keep running if you get hit by a bus tomorrow. This is extremely important in networking too, so it would be a good skill to have. For your current situation, I'd recommend you comb through old emails and write down every single project that they clue you in on. Go through your files too. Then try and document out things that the new admin may have questions about. You're going to miss some things, and don't get upset when he comes calling. You can't blame a lack of documentation on him.
So you're saying that a professor who finds an excellent lecture on youtube, or a teacher who posts his lectures on youtube, shouldn't be able to share them with his students. Sure, that makes sense to me. Likewise, the CS prof who tells his students to download an ISO of debian (you know, something that you can get as a torrent) shouldn't be able to do so. Just because you choose to focus on negative uses, there are positive ones. Even 6 years ago I had a number of teachers who relied very heavily on content freely posted to youtube to help serve as reference material (especially my Japanese film class, middle eastern politics, and assorted CS classes).
Agreed. If speed isn't an issue, I used to have a dial up account that I used in my dorm room specifically because gaming servers were verboten on the campus internet, and dialup is cheap these days.
Shhh, you'll give Jenny McCarthy ideas that don't involve taking off her clothes.
A free account is 5GB, which can't even handle a full ipad backup (something I recently encountered as it tries to back up your apps as well, and with a game like rage weighing in at 1.1GB, you can see it fills up quickly). More than that and you have to use their paid service. Its a freemium model.
I always liked the part where the dude (Lot) is raped by his daughters in a drunken incesty threeway. There's some hot XXX action in that there bible book.
Agreed, the courier would have been incredible, but they decided to can the whole thing and call it a research project. Idiots. I would have killed for that thing.
iCloud isn't free. 5GB is free, and if you are syncing multiple devices it fills up extremely quickly. Then you have to start paying.
If hundreds of studies that there is no negative affect in a test group receiving 27+ vaccines vs the control group who receives none, then yes you are an imbecile. And the doctor's argument becomes moot when you can get the vaccines from a free clinic.
The problem is that vaccines rely on herd immunity. One idiot can bring down a large portion of our house of cards because our immunities against these diseases simply aren't that strong.
FYI not all hippies are against it. I'm an old hippy, and I think people who are refusing them are goddamned idiots.
I don't blame them. The doctors also have to worry about other patients who come into their clinics. I suggest buying stock in child-sized coffin making companies so at least sensible people can make some cash off of these idiots and their derp.
D'oh, just realized that we're talking iso mounting, and not disc mounting. Had a friday moment, nothing to see here, carry on :)
Honestly, most full installs with a desktop will have the automounter enabled, so you shouldn't have to worry about doing this at all.
The interesting thing about law is it changes over time.
When people can no longer access their bread and circuses.
The thing is, as a society to progress, you need people on the fringe. Their job isn't to actually win the elections, their goal is to be squeaky enough to actually get the message out there to contrast the "common" perception of things. They'll create a more libertarian political climate, election or not. They generate debate. Its like Richard Stallman - he's never going to really accomplish the goal of all software being "free," but he's loud enough to get the point across to a lot of people and rally them to his cause. It'll never be a majority, but it will be enough to have a valid "other way of seeing things." At least that's how I view it.
He wasn't on his way to a session, he was on his way to an anti-abortion rally (NTTAWWT).