Nice point but still missing something I would say: Salon is an ALTERNATIVE to mainstream media, if you're fine with mainstream media (which is not only paid for by ads, but also largely owned by the companies advertising there) then go there and don't waste Salons Bandwidth.
If you on the other hand though LIKE what they write / report and find it useful what they do, than try to support them.
It's like the guy who cleans your car window on the crossing, you give some money and they give you a service.
They offer sponsorship, I BOUGHT a membership precisely because they deserve support.
If they offer something for almost nothing but in return ask you to endure some graphics than you shouldn't blast them for it but instead maybe consider to say "thanks".
But I guess that's a foreign concept, heaven forbid to actually PAY for something you can find on the web.
What you are refering to is the old testament.... The new testament has a different idea.
Maybe I am a sucker, but I stand by my principals as much as you do, I don't believe that violence alone is solving anything, and up until this day I still haven't seen any proof by ANY Government about the involvement of Bin Laden into all of this... Somebody is scaring the US senseless and they act like a hurt animal... That scares me a lot, much more so when I hear that "eye for an eye" is a good thing.
this is philosophica, but why should the court system IN the US differenciate between citizens and non citizens? If you want to be fair you have to tread ALL people equal in front of the court.
I am not sure that if you get all that that 10 Bucks "all you can eat" will be cost efficent.
If the idea is to support the artist in a better way you might want to consider maybe looking at a service that gives wast proceeds to the artist, AND at the same time is cost efficient(sp?).
As such: A per SONG basis makes more sense, the higher the quality of the song / file the higher the price should be.
Don't forget, the biggest money is in the Bandwidth (something anyone with a successful website can tell you).
I am aware that this is probably going to be a "no pay" job but in the end I don't really care about this, I am not looking to work for them to become richt etc.
Religious groups: Well, that is the one thing I am not really are interrested in getting involved with, I don't like the idea of spearheading something that might just cause more problems:) But the UN is actually a good tip and I am sure to check them out.
I am aware that this is probably going to be a "no pay" job but in the end I don't really care about this, I am not looking to work for them to become richt etc.
Religious groups: Well, that is the one thing I am not really are interrested in getting involved with, I don't like the idea of spearheading something that might just cause more problems:) But the UN is actually a good tip and I am sure to check them out.
I have thought about this, I AM working in IT and I make a decent pay and yes, I also give, buy stuff from places where I know it gets to the people who actually grow the food etc.
But at the end of the day this is NOT something that satisfies me on a personal level.
First, something that unfortunatly I forgot to mention, I am NOT living in the US and I am not an american citizen either. I currently reside in Canada and much like you I have travelled.
The reason for the post was the fact that the money alone isn't what I deem "helpful" in the end, I would like to be a bit more directly involved. I travelled to different countries and I see your point but as someone else already mentioned: There's more to life than just money.
I am aware of that, the only part encrypted right now on my system is the data partition, the system CAN boot without that, but all the data is encrypted.
Actually I am using this activly on my Notebook and I haven't really seen any performance degredation (It's a PII 366). The nice thing about it is: It completly prevents you from booting the box at all so the security on the notebook is greatly enhanced:
- Login Bios Password (Yeah, no security there I know)
- crypto FS
- OS Security
Now the two weak links are the BIOS password as well as the OS Security (just boot from CDROM and on you go), but everything on the/data/ partition is encrypted and the parition is invisible if you boot from a boot disk.
There is a certian truth to it, though for me it's a bit different as I ended up in a position that goes more to a Systems Analyst / Systems Architect situation.
So yes, it can get repeating, but I consider this (at least in all the jobs I was in) as a lesson learned: As a Junior.
In all of my senior positions I am more involved in designing and planning the direction of the Unix operations than anything else.... Sometimes though I wish I could escape those f*cking meetings and do some more hands on.
I was working for a company as a technical writer / instructor and also did some systems design (mainly NT at that point). We had a Sun Box that did all the webserving but that was it.
Then one day we got a new product in, it was a Unix based WebServer and I was supposed to translate the documentation as well as write a "how-to" instruction book. I already had played a bit with Linux so the transition to some "serious Unix" wasn't all that hard.
I realized that I liked it, plus it got me a bit away from technical writing (which IS boring as hell) and I ended up doing Unix consulting.
The training I received was purely in house and by some of our vendors as such the certificats I have are mainly based on Vendor courses, Veritas, Sun etc.
Right now I am doing this for almost 7 years and are heading a Unix department in a mid sized company.
So, how to get into it? Show enthusiasm. That's what I told a guy who is currently at help desk and wants to come into the Unix group. If you show your boss that you "can do it" and that you "want to do it" that's your first step.
Speaking for myself (and in part my company) I can tell you that Linux is not hurting our SUN stuff.
It's simple easy: Linux for the low key things, and Solaris for everything that is critical to the business and needs lot of IO. Why? Because the SPARC platform right now is a very good fit.
I doubt we'll ever replace all of our SUN Equipment with Linux. I like it, I have it at home and I use it as a fileserver here at work, but that doesn't mean it's going to run our DB's anytime soon.
>> When intel optimizes adobes plugins at the expense of amd processors -- so they can use it as a benchmark -- thats ok as well?
I don't think it's quite comparable. What ATI did was to change a driver for their OWN Graphics chip. It's not like they changed Quake to only run fast on ATI drivers.
Is it a scam? Sure it is, but let's face it: I would be surprised if NVIDIA and others didn't do the same thing.
We have around 5 Million worth in Sun Equipment and will get another 2 Million soon.
Overall I had "dud shipments" by a lot of vendors I worked with in the past. In all those cases Sun was the most responsive and fastest of all of them.
I guess at the end of the day you get what you pay for.
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Oh I see your point.
But the point I try to make it is this: There is a morale obligation and then there is law...
That those and common sense have nothing in common is well known.
Michael
Nice point but still missing something I would say: Salon is an ALTERNATIVE to mainstream media, if you're fine with mainstream media (which is not only paid for by ads, but also largely owned by the companies advertising there) then go there and don't waste Salons Bandwidth.
If you on the other hand though LIKE what they write / report and find it useful what they do, than try to support them.
It's like the guy who cleans your car window on the crossing, you give some money and they give you a service.
They offer sponsorship, I BOUGHT a membership precisely because they deserve support.
If they offer something for almost nothing but in return ask you to endure some graphics than you shouldn't blast them for it but instead maybe consider to say "thanks".
But I guess that's a foreign concept, heaven forbid to actually PAY for something you can find on the web.
maybe that's the difference between you and me.
What you are refering to is the old testament.... The new testament has a different idea.
Maybe I am a sucker, but I stand by my principals as much as you do, I don't believe that violence alone is solving anything, and up until this day I still haven't seen any proof by ANY Government about the involvement of Bin Laden into all of this... Somebody is scaring the US senseless and they act like a hurt animal... That scares me a lot, much more so when I hear that "eye for an eye" is a good thing.
.... so does this mean that I can watch pr0n now without having to use Windows Media Player or Real Media?
This is just my personal opinion, but I think that if you go "eye for an eye" only blind people are staying back.
America is so big about christianity, maybe they should stop talking and start acting like it.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Just my 2 cents.
Okay,
this is philosophica, but why should the court system IN the US differenciate between citizens and non citizens? If you want to be fair you have to tread ALL people equal in front of the court.
I am not sure that if you get all that that 10 Bucks "all you can eat" will be cost efficent.
If the idea is to support the artist in a better way you might want to consider maybe looking at a service that gives wast proceeds to the artist, AND at the same time is cost efficient(sp?).
As such: A per SONG basis makes more sense, the higher the quality of the song / file the higher the price should be.
Don't forget, the biggest money is in the Bandwidth (something anyone with a successful website can tell you).
Michael
Thanks I will.
:) But the UN is actually a good tip and I am sure to check them out.
I am aware that this is probably going to be a "no pay" job but in the end I don't really care about this, I am not looking to work for them to become richt etc.
Religious groups: Well, that is the one thing I am not really are interrested in getting involved with, I don't like the idea of spearheading something that might just cause more problems
Michael
Thanks I will.
:) But the UN is actually a good tip and I am sure to check them out.
I am aware that this is probably going to be a "no pay" job but in the end I don't really care about this, I am not looking to work for them to become richt etc.
Religious groups: Well, that is the one thing I am not really are interrested in getting involved with, I don't like the idea of spearheading something that might just cause more problems
Michael
Thanks for the article, but (as I forgot to state) I am NOT American, I am from Europe currently living in Canada.
I see your point but the language barrier is the least of my worries.
Michael
Yes,
I have thought about this, I AM working in IT and I make a decent pay and yes, I also give, buy stuff from places where I know it gets to the people who actually grow the food etc.
But at the end of the day this is NOT something that satisfies me on a personal level.
First, something that unfortunatly I forgot to mention, I am NOT living in the US and I am not an american citizen either. I currently reside in Canada and much like you I have travelled.
The reason for the post was the fact that the money alone isn't what I deem "helpful" in the end, I would like to be a bit more directly involved. I travelled to different countries and I see your point but as someone else already mentioned: There's more to life than just money.
Michael
I am aware of that, the only part encrypted right now on my system is the data partition, the system CAN boot without that, but all the data is encrypted.
Michael
I would say that's a yes, right now though it's only the data directory.....
Michael
Actually I am using this activly on my Notebook and I haven't really seen any performance degredation (It's a PII 366). The nice thing about it is: It completly prevents you from booting the box at all so the security on the notebook is greatly enhanced:
/data/ partition is encrypted and the parition is invisible if you boot from a boot disk.
- Login Bios Password (Yeah, no security there I know)
- crypto FS
- OS Security
Now the two weak links are the BIOS password as well as the OS Security (just boot from CDROM and on you go), but everything on the
Really neat.
Michael
is moving everyone to their own infrastructure since last week and they seem to hope they have everyone off by the end of this week.
:(
Only drawback of this: I lost my static IP
Michael
I ripped it for my own use directly. Worked without a hinch and now it's part of my MP3 Jukebox.
There is a certian truth to it, though for me it's a bit different as I ended up in a position that goes more to a Systems Analyst / Systems Architect situation.
So yes, it can get repeating, but I consider this (at least in all the jobs I was in) as a lesson learned: As a Junior.
In all of my senior positions I am more involved in designing and planning the direction of the Unix operations than anything else.... Sometimes though I wish I could escape those f*cking meetings and do some more hands on.
Michael
For me it was a simple case of "just happened".
I was working for a company as a technical writer / instructor and also did some systems design (mainly NT at that point). We had a Sun Box that did all the webserving but that was it.
Then one day we got a new product in, it was a Unix based WebServer and I was supposed to translate the documentation as well as write a "how-to" instruction book. I already had played a bit with Linux so the transition to some "serious Unix" wasn't all that hard.
I realized that I liked it, plus it got me a bit away from technical writing (which IS boring as hell) and I ended up doing Unix consulting.
The training I received was purely in house and by some of our vendors as such the certificats I have are mainly based on Vendor courses, Veritas, Sun etc.
Right now I am doing this for almost 7 years and are heading a Unix department in a mid sized company.
So, how to get into it? Show enthusiasm. That's what I told a guy who is currently at help desk and wants to come into the Unix group. If you show your boss that you "can do it" and that you "want to do it" that's your first step.
Michael
So there it started, I w
Speaking for myself (and in part my company) I can tell you that Linux is not hurting our SUN stuff.
It's simple easy: Linux for the low key things, and Solaris for everything that is critical to the business and needs lot of IO. Why? Because the SPARC platform right now is a very good fit.
I doubt we'll ever replace all of our SUN Equipment with Linux. I like it, I have it at home and I use it as a fileserver here at work, but that doesn't mean it's going to run our DB's anytime soon.
Actually we looked at EMC and Hitachi in our company and the end result was that Hitachi beats them hands down.
EMC still has a name and a solid technology, unfortunatly they are not really improving on this anymore and right now Hitachi has the sweeter deals.
Michael
>>Last name Dell by chance? :)
:)
I wish
Michael
>> When intel optimizes adobes plugins at the expense of amd processors -- so they can use it as a benchmark -- thats ok as well?
I don't think it's quite comparable. What ATI did was to change a driver for their OWN Graphics chip. It's not like they changed Quake to only run fast on ATI drivers.
Is it a scam? Sure it is, but let's face it: I would be surprised if NVIDIA and others didn't do the same thing.
I guess you can always get some crappy stuff.
We have around 5 Million worth in Sun Equipment and will get another 2 Million soon.
Overall I had "dud shipments" by a lot of vendors I worked with in the past. In all those cases Sun was the most responsive and fastest of all of them.
I guess at the end of the day you get what you pay for.