> Hey, if I drive my car straight off a cliff, is that my fault? Yeah. But a car with a computer failsafe driver wouldn't of gone off the cliff (hey, if > two jetliners are on a collision course the computer takes over).
Hey, if I hit my thumb with a hammer by mistake, would it be my fault?Yeah. But a hammer with computer failsafe hammer-operator would avoid hitting my thumb, right?
Correct me, if I'm wrong, but isn't the idea behind thin client so that it only displays results of programs running on server? Since most TC I know of don't have hard disks and have only enough functionality to load OS image FROM server, how would they run CAD software? In that case it's still problem with server, not thin client. And yes, I know that there is a multitue of software that simply won't run on server. But as I understand, unless you have a normal PC with OS installed and use Citrix to use only software that can run from server sftware that can't have installed locally, but than I don't know, why wewould speak of TC.
I administer a small network of computers in a company. For a few computers I provided Linux boxes with desktop similiar to Windows XP. Explaining difference between OpenOffice.org and MS Office applications names took me about a week. For those that really need MS Office I use wine. And yes, it works. Maybe not for games. If your users *learn* to use computer, it won't matter if it's Windows, Linux or Syllable. If your users only follow a set of instructions they don't understand... Well, sorry. Applying security patches is simple and straightfoward. Installing and configuring applications users need is simple and straighforward. Even moving some applications to start from server via x-forward is simple... and you get it. So, it all depends on your users.
heh... And you believe, that simply graduating a law school is going to make person earn money fast and easy? You wish! I don't believe that higher education has anything to do with being a customer. Thinkink that way - you'd only have to pay enough to get good grades, am I right? Because I know people I studied with, and I did study two quite different courses, and most of them just wanted the paper - bachelor or master - because it's easer to get a job with that in your CV. There are schools out there that won't expell you when you simply pay the fee. And guess what, these are quite popular even when the fee reaches half the typical wage.
I studied liguistic science and theory of literature in Poland. I had about 700 pages a day to read (no, I didn't read them all and never met anyone who did), I had to memorize some bizzare tables of changes in words distribution in certain centuries. Only the textbooks for first exam counted roghly 1000 pages, not counting in other texts to read. We hardly had time to party and the usual place of meetings was the library, because we spent there a great amount of time. Now, I understand from stories of my collegues, that other studies, like physics or chemisty or computer science, were also difficult and have taken their toll on students, but still that's what we all more or less expected when we went to higher education. Of course, there were people who left, because they thought it's too hard. They mostly ended up studying economy.:)
Yes, I was full of dissatisfaction, I was full of dejection when I studied. But now I think I am grateful. I studied theory of literature, now I'm in the middle of writing my master thesis in economy (duh!:)), I think I'll try my luck at physics next year, I work as a network administrator, I worked as an electrician and accountant and everywhere is the same - you have to tacle problems on your own. You rarely go to get help from other people, because they are working hard, too.
So I disagree with the thesis, that it's The System that discourages people from taking engineering courses.
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From support contracts. Really. There's tonnes of companies that want to be able to ask Canonical engineers for help. There are many, really.
> Hey, if I drive my car straight off a cliff, is that my fault? Yeah. But a car with a computer failsafe driver wouldn't of gone off the cliff (hey, if > two jetliners are on a collision course the computer takes over). Hey, if I hit my thumb with a hammer by mistake, would it be my fault?Yeah. But a hammer with computer failsafe hammer-operator would avoid hitting my thumb, right?
Correct me, if I'm wrong, but isn't the idea behind thin client so that it only displays results of programs running on server? Since most TC I know of don't have hard disks and have only enough functionality to load OS image FROM server, how would they run CAD software? In that case it's still problem with server, not thin client. And yes, I know that there is a multitue of software that simply won't run on server. But as I understand, unless you have a normal PC with OS installed and use Citrix to use only software that can run from server sftware that can't have installed locally, but than I don't know, why wewould speak of TC.
I administer a small network of computers in a company. For a few computers I provided Linux boxes with desktop similiar to Windows XP. Explaining difference between OpenOffice.org and MS Office applications names took me about a week. For those that really need MS Office I use wine. And yes, it works. Maybe not for games. If your users *learn* to use computer, it won't matter if it's Windows, Linux or Syllable. If your users only follow a set of instructions they don't understand... Well, sorry. Applying security patches is simple and straightfoward. Installing and configuring applications users need is simple and straighforward. Even moving some applications to start from server via x-forward is simple... and you get it. So, it all depends on your users.
heh... And you believe, that simply graduating a law school is going to make person earn money fast and easy? You wish! I don't believe that higher education has anything to do with being a customer. Thinkink that way - you'd only have to pay enough to get good grades, am I right? Because I know people I studied with, and I did study two quite different courses, and most of them just wanted the paper - bachelor or master - because it's easer to get a job with that in your CV. There are schools out there that won't expell you when you simply pay the fee. And guess what, these are quite popular even when the fee reaches half the typical wage.
I studied liguistic science and theory of literature in Poland. I had about 700 pages a day to read (no, I didn't read them all and never met anyone who did), I had to memorize some bizzare tables of changes in words distribution in certain centuries. Only the textbooks for first exam counted roghly 1000 pages, not counting in other texts to read. We hardly had time to party and the usual place of meetings was the library, because we spent there a great amount of time. Now, I understand from stories of my collegues, that other studies, like physics or chemisty or computer science, were also difficult and have taken their toll on students, but still that's what we all more or less expected when we went to higher education. Of course, there were people who left, because they thought it's too hard. They mostly ended up studying economy. :)
Yes, I was full of dissatisfaction, I was full of dejection when I studied. But now I think I am grateful. I studied theory of literature, now I'm in the middle of writing my master thesis in economy (duh! :)), I think I'll try my luck at physics next year, I work as a network administrator, I worked as an electrician and accountant and everywhere is the same - you have to tacle problems on your own. You rarely go to get help from other people, because they are working hard, too.
So I disagree with the thesis, that it's The System that discourages people from taking engineering courses.