SAP http://www.sap.com/ suggests (really, requires) 3x memory + 512MB for swap.
Every time I fire up my development system with 2GB RAM, I see it swap. The program is a monster and requires much memory.
Best bet is to consider the application you're planning to run. For example, if you're a video editor, you may frequently deal with files in the gigabyte size range. You may wish to use the 2.5x RAM in that instance. A business desktop user wouldn't necessarily need that much swap.
Personally, I have 1GB in my laptop and I use 2x RAM for my swap. Yes, I've made it swap before....I was really trying.
The part that bothers me is that there were 49 people.
Lets take a look at that again. FOURTY-NINE! Not Fifty. Why the odd number? Maybe there were 50 and they're just not telling us about that last person. The unfortunate soul who represents that (possibly) 2% of us just isn't mentioned.
Why 49? Because telling us about all 50 would probably turn our stomachs.
I've been saying that we need an internet license for years. The problem with a gov't regulated internet license, is that they haven't the infrastructure to enforce the license. I'm certain that the actual policing will be left up to the select few providers that are pushing for these new laws.
It doesn't matter anyway....at least, not to me. If a license is required to connect, I can happily submit to that requirement and find ways around the limitations. The positive side effect is that less of the people who really shouldn't be on the net will be most effected. Hopefully there are age requirements, and a proficiency test.... and an IQ test..... and that they maintain a more respectable 2:1 girl/guy ratio...
I've been in many support organizations, and you'd be amazed at the level of incompetence that FLOWS into the call center, and the repair team. Some who can spell "PC" are given the job. As head of a support group that billed $120/hr I can say that there are a fair number of very talented and capable technicians. The problem is that the organizations don't value the knowledge of those employees and they're often frustrated to the point of quitting to find employment that appreciates their talent. I'm speaking for myself and several talented programmers/technicians that I know. You won't find good techs working at Best Buy, or Frys, or CompUSA......
I know a few who will gladly bill $120 - $175 / hour to fix your systems. How much is your data worth? It's certainly not worth $12.50/hr to me or anyone I know.
"...the kind of "replacement" results piss off the customers."
Yagu hit the nail right on the head. This pisses me off doubly, as being replaced by an indian for half the wage happened to me and all of my techs when I worked for a major computer manufacturer. Now my bank is doing it? BASTARDS!
Here's what I'm going to do, and I'll urge the rest of you to do the same if you're BofA customers. I'll be closing my personal and business accounts next week. I'll sit with one of their account representatives and explain that their lack of ethical conduct in regard to their employees has prompted me to take my business to another bank. I'll explain that there is a reason that I chose 'Bank of AMERICA' and that they are no longer representative of the organization I started doing business with. Oh, and I'll take a cashiers check, thank you.
The problem isn't with RFID. The technology works, it's effective, and it's convenient. RFID allows me to unlock doors with my butt, it gains me access to my datacenter, and my dad has a keyfob that unlocks the door on his vette when he's near the driver door.
Where the problem rears its ugly head is in the misuse of the information present in the RFID tag. When state drivers licenses include an RFID tag, retail stores (and Buddah knows who else) might begin to include RFID scanners capable of retrieving this information. How will they use it?
On the lighter side: A salesman walks up to you with his RFID scanning PDA and says "Hello Mr. Smith, finding everything ok?"
On the darker side: A salesman thinks you were rude to him, so he uses his RFID scanning PDA to save your information, then he visits your house.... For tea and biscuits, of course.
My scenario using 'less' was just a simple example. I'm right there with you. No more File, Edit, View menus, no more application menus.
Key combinations could do all the work, and be intuitive to boot. After learning for a period (by looking), eventually one could touch-type-control any application they use frequently.
I can think of even nifty uses...that are just cute. How about a screenshot/thumbnail of the next desktop or console in the Fx key when you press Alt or Ctrl?
I like the idea of Biff and IM on the keyboard (although I personally hate IM), this could extend to CRM and ERP systems as well. Workflow that appears on your keyboard. "Ms. Gradenko, why haven't you processed those forms...the 'workflow' button on your keyboard is flashing yellow!"
Has anyone considered the ramifications of the "BLUE KEYBOARD OF DEATH" scenario when Windows halts with a BSOD.
My first serious note is; Why hasn't Apple jumped on this like stink-on-poo. This seems like an item that would be right up their alley.
Second; Depending on the SDK, of course, imagine writing applications that can modify the keyboard based on available program options.
Scenario: Using `less`, the left and right keys are dimmed while the up arrow is red (indicating that you're at the top of the document) and the down arrow is flashing green with a number (indicating the number of rows remain in the document.) As you scroll down, the remaining lines decrease.
If this gets popular, how long 'til spam infiltrates your keyboard? Where's my backspace key.....what the... \/1@6®/\
The same argument could be made for passive solar and wind. Heat energy could be kept from the ground by the solar panel, decreasing the chance of foliage growth. Or; weather pattern could be effected by wind generators creating abnormal turbulence.
Just reading through the posts, and yours hit home.
I was recently contracted to build a mobile-streaming-video server for one of my long-time clients so that they could webcast a training event to one of their clients who could not be on the west coast that particular day.
Long story short, the woman I was working with and I got so bored, that we started sending hand signals to the presenter to tell him to move around, as well as switching camera views every time he mentioned something that was on the overhead. We knew that it had to be paintfully boring to those watching.
Of course, it was 15 minutes from the end before the presenter realized what we were doing and inserted a 'douchebag' joke into the presentation......wow.....I didn't see that one coming. We stopped encouraging him to be more lively because....we were live and I didn't have a 5 second delay profanity beeper like the networks do.
The transcript of the deposition that followed this motion gives us a glimpse into exactly how far the recording industry is willing to go...
I doubt that the recording industry had much to do with coersion....that sounds like a lawyer trait to me. Some people will never learn. The recording industry could spend their money much more wisely. Win or lose, lawyers are the only ones who really win in court.
' Plaintiffs' representative further threatened that unless Mr. Nelson paid $4,000.00 immediately, his client authorized him to conduct extensive discovery which would only increase the amount that he would eventually owe.
I'm sure that the law firm was paid much more than $4000 to win this case illegally.
Too bad they already awarded the contract to lockheed martin (someone had their palm greased in that deal), as my company deals with document conversion and archiving (of this scale) on a regular basis. The NA concern was converting the documents to modern formats and yet retaining the original document... Peanuts....my systems do it on the fly.
Oh well....$308 Million dollar contract goes bye bye.....
When did lockheed martin get into the document management business?
I know exactly what you mean about the 10 year olds. There was one kid that called at least once a week to do some nifty thing with his pda (some kid version of a PDA that was actually pretty cool)
Every time he called, he had read about something and wanted to try setting it up between his router and his pda....he was patient, took notes, followed instructions and was generally cool to talk to....on top of it all - he thanked us for our time and assistance. A rare individual.
As an admin for an ISP, I can safely say that Microsoft Windows users are safe from descrimination by us. As the parent mentioned, 99.9% of our users are running Windows. The problem arises when customers want to run some super-wiz-bang email client and expect the ISP to support it.
Spend an hour on the phone with someone trying to explain that you're not blocking their access to email but that you just don't know how to configure their software. This goes for almost any software that accesses the internet. I've been asked to troubleshoot problems with p2p apps, instant messaging clients, firewalls, spyware scanners, obscure Linux distros, outdated software (windows 3.1), and microwaves (yes, I've talked a customer through setting the time on their microwave...I was bored)
I actually had a conversation with my brother tonight about this very topic. Technology is so easy to obtain, everyone thinks they're qualified to use it. My broadband customers frequently plug their gateway into the lan side of their router (at least two users per day.) Of course, it's my fault that they didn't (can't) follow the picture-book instructions. Personally, I'd like to see the good-old-days return, when computer users knew how to use their computers. The days when calling tech-support was a last resort are long gone....people now call tech support in order to turn their computer on.
I'm with you. I didn't even want to see the new BSG when I heard about it. The old one was cheesy enough...sure, I liked it as a kid...but the original Dr Baltar INVENTED the notion of a cliche villan. So, my sister-in-law talked me into watching the rerun of the pilot episode and I fell in love with it. I haven't missed an episode since. I totally dig that Starbuck is a woman.
Six Million Dollar Man remake though? Uh....no thanks!
With inflation the way it has been since the "Six Million Dollar Man" was aired, it would need to be the "60 Gajillion Dollar Man" to have the same impact. Otherwise, you'll have a show about a guy wearing a Mens Warehouse suit who had knee surgury and a facelift...and drives a Hummer. Those guys are a dime a dozen these days.
Give me an underdog....I want to see the "28 Cent Man".... A guy who saves the day...every day from his secret lair (refrigerator box) in the alley behind a supermarket. He doesn't have nifty gadgets....he's got a pink backpack with only one strap and a pickle jar (no, that isn't a pickle inside), and a torn zip lock bag filled with cigarette butts. His secret weapon? - Halitosis and Lyce.
Without technology, we'd still be running around like apes.
Even with technology, most still run around like apes.
How many use the technology without regard for how it works? An ape who picks up a twig to catch termites is using technology.
Most don't care to understand technology, they are only interested in consuming it. If all were lost tomorrow, how long would it take for us (humanity) to return to this (our current) level of technology? 2000 years?...more?
I am not setting up a straw man. I was simply pointing out that crying 'free speech' isn't appropriate in this case. This isn't an issue of free speech, it's an issue of our litigious societies acceptance of frivalous lawsuits. Personally, I think this is frivalous. If I were the judge, I'd tell Juniper to grow a pair and stop being so sensitive when somebody calls them a name. Then I'd fine Juniper for wasting my time and the message board for encouraging these types of posts without proof.
I like the way my brother handles 'tattling' with his kids. If one tattles, they both get punished. This works in two ways. They begin to police each other and work out their differences amongst themselves without involving the authorities, and it helps them understand that when they expect an authority figure to deal with their problems, they must accept whatever that authority decides to do...for better or worse.
Basically, I'd tell them "Tis the season to SHUT THE FUCK UP"
Why does everyone always misapply the first amendment?
Wake up folks! The first amendment protects free speech where it involves government control. That is to say, the government cannot restrict your speech in a forum owned by you or anyone else, or in a public forum (that is, a forum created for public discourse.) The first amendment doesn't apply in message boards (which are privately owned.)
The First Amendment doesn't provide access to private media outlets you don't own. If CmdrTaco wanted to censor every post on/., he could do that without violating your right to free speech. This isn't a government controlled forum, it is private, therefor the government has no say as to the content and cannot censor it. The owners of this forum have every right to censor any content they choose as they are not government entities. The government, however, has no right to censor the content on this forum as specified in the first amendment.
Free speech is great, if you understand it. Otherwise, you're just making a lot of noise and somebody is going to shut you up (as is their right in a privately owned forum.)
I don't understand what everyone is getting their panties in a bunch for. It's a well known fact that in our litigious society you can sue anyone - for anything - at any time - for any reason - while wearing any outfit - while speaking any language.
Juniper is suing two people that it cannot identify. They're not required to prove that the statements made by these message board posters are incorrect, they're just pissed that it was said at all. You could publicly call me a 'sociopathic elitist asshole' and while I wouldn't argue with the validity of the statement, I can certainly sue you for saying it.
You want to get in a huff about something? Do some research on the 16th amendment and discover that it was never ratified.
I posted earlier today that I couldn't buy the DVD because it was being given to me as a Christmas present, but it was given early.
I didn't remember that being said when I saw it in the theaters, and just got done watching the DVD and it isn't said. The "operative" for lack of a name....because he apparently has no name.....views Malcom taking River from the scene and zooms in on the face. At that point the computer takes over and identifies him. I did not see the word "Firefly" on the screen. It merely listed his criminal convictions and involvement in the civil war.
It's sad that the movie cost more than it made...but I still think it (the movie and series apart and as a whole) was a work of art. I'm sad to hear that it is dead...but it is a good death. The story was completed....loose ends abound...but things were wrapped up nicely. I'm only sad that we don't get to learn the preachers story.
I'd like to think that after exposing the whole "Miranda" coverup, River is at ease and can resume life as any other teenager-superweapon might.
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SAP http://www.sap.com/ suggests (really, requires) 3x memory + 512MB for swap.
Every time I fire up my development system with 2GB RAM, I see it swap. The program is a monster and requires much memory.
Best bet is to consider the application you're planning to run. For example, if you're a video editor, you may frequently deal with files in the gigabyte size range. You may wish to use the 2.5x RAM in that instance. A business desktop user wouldn't necessarily need that much swap.
Personally, I have 1GB in my laptop and I use 2x RAM for my swap. Yes, I've made it swap before....I was really trying.
The part that bothers me is that there were 49 people.
Lets take a look at that again. FOURTY-NINE! Not Fifty. Why the odd number? Maybe there were 50 and they're just not telling us about that last person. The unfortunate soul who represents that (possibly) 2% of us just isn't mentioned.
Why 49? Because telling us about all 50 would probably turn our stomachs.
Or is this just a publicity stunt?
THANK (insert diety name here)! I can't wait!
I've been saying that we need an internet license for years. The problem with a gov't regulated internet license, is that they haven't the infrastructure to enforce the license. I'm certain that the actual policing will be left up to the select few providers that are pushing for these new laws.
It doesn't matter anyway....at least, not to me. If a license is required to connect, I can happily submit to that requirement and find ways around the limitations. The positive side effect is that less of the people who really shouldn't be on the net will be most effected.
Hopefully there are age requirements, and a proficiency test....
and an IQ test.....
and that they maintain a more respectable 2:1 girl/guy ratio...
that's all I got...
I've been in many support organizations, and you'd be amazed at the level of incompetence that FLOWS into the call center, and the repair team. Some who can spell "PC" are given the job. As head of a support group that billed $120/hr I can say that there are a fair number of very talented and capable technicians. The problem is that the organizations don't value the knowledge of those employees and they're often frustrated to the point of quitting to find employment that appreciates their talent. I'm speaking for myself and several talented programmers/technicians that I know. You won't find good techs working at Best Buy, or Frys, or CompUSA......
I know a few who will gladly bill $120 - $175 / hour to fix your systems. How much is your data worth? It's certainly not worth $12.50/hr to me or anyone I know.
Yagu hit the nail right on the head. This pisses me off doubly, as being replaced by an indian for half the wage happened to me and all of my techs when I worked for a major computer manufacturer. Now my bank is doing it? BASTARDS!
Here's what I'm going to do, and I'll urge the rest of you to do the same if you're BofA customers. I'll be closing my personal and business accounts next week. I'll sit with one of their account representatives and explain that their lack of ethical conduct in regard to their employees has prompted me to take my business to another bank. I'll explain that there is a reason that I chose 'Bank of AMERICA ' and that they are no longer representative of the organization I started doing business with. Oh, and I'll take a cashiers check, thank you.
The problem isn't with RFID. The technology works, it's effective, and it's convenient. RFID allows me to unlock doors with my butt, it gains me access to my datacenter, and my dad has a keyfob that unlocks the door on his vette when he's near the driver door.
Where the problem rears its ugly head is in the misuse of the information present in the RFID tag. When state drivers licenses include an RFID tag, retail stores (and Buddah knows who else) might begin to include RFID scanners capable of retrieving this information. How will they use it?
On the lighter side: A salesman walks up to you with his RFID scanning PDA and says "Hello Mr. Smith, finding everything ok?"
On the darker side: A salesman thinks you were rude to him, so he uses his RFID scanning PDA to save your information, then he visits your house.... For tea and biscuits, of course.
My scenario using 'less' was just a simple example. I'm right there with you. No more File, Edit, View menus, no more application menus.
Key combinations could do all the work, and be intuitive to boot. After learning for a period (by looking), eventually one could touch-type-control any application they use frequently.
I can think of even nifty uses...that are just cute. How about a screenshot/thumbnail of the next desktop or console in the Fx key when you press Alt or Ctrl?
I like the idea of Biff and IM on the keyboard (although I personally hate IM), this could extend to CRM and ERP systems as well. Workflow that appears on your keyboard. "Ms. Gradenko, why haven't you processed those forms...the 'workflow' button on your keyboard is flashing yellow!"
OK, 1 joke and 2 serious notes.
Has anyone considered the ramifications of the "BLUE KEYBOARD OF DEATH" scenario when Windows halts with a BSOD.
My first serious note is; Why hasn't Apple jumped on this like stink-on-poo. This seems like an item that would be right up their alley.
Second; Depending on the SDK, of course, imagine writing applications that can modify the keyboard based on available program options.
Scenario: Using `less`, the left and right keys are dimmed while the up arrow is red (indicating that you're at the top of the document) and the down arrow is flashing green with a number (indicating the number of rows remain in the document.) As you scroll down, the remaining lines decrease.
If this gets popular, how long 'til spam infiltrates your keyboard? Where's my backspace key.....what the... \/1@6®/\
The same argument could be made for passive solar and wind. Heat energy could be kept from the ground by the solar panel, decreasing the chance of foliage growth. Or; weather pattern could be effected by wind generators creating abnormal turbulence.
you have to admit... it's better than petrolium.
Just reading through the posts, and yours hit home.
I was recently contracted to build a mobile-streaming-video server for one of my long-time clients so that they could webcast a training event to one of their clients who could not be on the west coast that particular day.
Long story short, the woman I was working with and I got so bored, that we started sending hand signals to the presenter to tell him to move around, as well as switching camera views every time he mentioned something that was on the overhead. We knew that it had to be paintfully boring to those watching.
Of course, it was 15 minutes from the end before the presenter realized what we were doing and inserted a 'douchebag' joke into the presentation......wow.....I didn't see that one coming. We stopped encouraging him to be more lively because....we were live and I didn't have a 5 second delay profanity beeper like the networks do.
well...I'm not sure that 'illegal' was a stipulation for winning the case....
I thought your post was inaccurate until I read it again. BTW, I think that you're missing 3 decimal places...
I doubt that the recording industry had much to do with coersion....that sounds like a lawyer trait to me. Some people will never learn. The recording industry could spend their money much more wisely. Win or lose, lawyers are the only ones who really win in court.
' Plaintiffs' representative further threatened that unless Mr. Nelson paid $4,000.00 immediately, his client authorized him to conduct extensive discovery which would only increase the amount that he would eventually owe.
I'm sure that the law firm was paid much more than $4000 to win this case illegally.
It is a relatively new product (6 months)
We're registered as gov't contractors, but I'd never seen anything like this come across the wire (it is a big wire)
Thanks for the references, I'll check those out!
Too bad they already awarded the contract to lockheed martin (someone had their palm greased in that deal), as my company deals with document conversion and archiving (of this scale) on a regular basis. The NA concern was converting the documents to modern formats and yet retaining the original document... Peanuts....my systems do it on the fly.
Oh well....$308 Million dollar contract goes bye bye.....
When did lockheed martin get into the document management business?
HAHAHAAHA.....
Perhaps that's a good thing. If we're lucky, the only part of Windows to survive that far into the future is the "Recycle Bin"
Confirmation post to follow.....loading up the DVD to verify.....
I know exactly what you mean about the 10 year olds. There was one kid that called at least once a week to do some nifty thing with his pda (some kid version of a PDA that was actually pretty cool)
Every time he called, he had read about something and wanted to try setting it up between his router and his pda....he was patient, took notes, followed instructions and was generally cool to talk to....on top of it all - he thanked us for our time and assistance. A rare individual.
As an admin for an ISP, I can safely say that Microsoft Windows users are safe from descrimination by us. As the parent mentioned, 99.9% of our users are running Windows. The problem arises when customers want to run some super-wiz-bang email client and expect the ISP to support it.
Spend an hour on the phone with someone trying to explain that you're not blocking their access to email but that you just don't know how to configure their software. This goes for almost any software that accesses the internet. I've been asked to troubleshoot problems with p2p apps, instant messaging clients, firewalls, spyware scanners, obscure Linux distros, outdated software (windows 3.1), and microwaves (yes, I've talked a customer through setting the time on their microwave...I was bored)
I actually had a conversation with my brother tonight about this very topic. Technology is so easy to obtain, everyone thinks they're qualified to use it. My broadband customers frequently plug their gateway into the lan side of their router (at least two users per day.) Of course, it's my fault that they didn't (can't) follow the picture-book instructions. Personally, I'd like to see the good-old-days return, when computer users knew how to use their computers. The days when calling tech-support was a last resort are long gone....people now call tech support in order to turn their computer on.
I'm with you. I didn't even want to see the new BSG when I heard about it. The old one was cheesy enough...sure, I liked it as a kid...but the original Dr Baltar INVENTED the notion of a cliche villan. So, my sister-in-law talked me into watching the rerun of the pilot episode and I fell in love with it. I haven't missed an episode since. I totally dig that Starbuck is a woman.
Six Million Dollar Man remake though? Uh....no thanks!
With inflation the way it has been since the "Six Million Dollar Man" was aired, it would need to be the "60 Gajillion Dollar Man" to have the same impact. Otherwise, you'll have a show about a guy wearing a Mens Warehouse suit who had knee surgury and a facelift...and drives a Hummer. Those guys are a dime a dozen these days.
Give me an underdog....I want to see the "28 Cent Man".... A guy who saves the day...every day from his secret lair (refrigerator box) in the alley behind a supermarket. He doesn't have nifty gadgets....he's got a pink backpack with only one strap and a pickle jar (no, that isn't a pickle inside), and a torn zip lock bag filled with cigarette butts. His secret weapon? - Halitosis and Lyce.
Of course not. They're only appropriate when the subject has absolutely nothing to do with Russia.
Without technology, we'd still be running around like apes.
Even with technology, most still run around like apes.
How many use the technology without regard for how it works? An ape who picks up a twig to catch termites is using technology.
Most don't care to understand technology, they are only interested in consuming it. If all were lost tomorrow, how long would it take for us (humanity) to return to this (our current) level of technology? 2000 years?...more?
I am not setting up a straw man. I was simply pointing out that crying 'free speech' isn't appropriate in this case. This isn't an issue of free speech, it's an issue of our litigious societies acceptance of frivalous lawsuits. Personally, I think this is frivalous. If I were the judge, I'd tell Juniper to grow a pair and stop being so sensitive when somebody calls them a name. Then I'd fine Juniper for wasting my time and the message board for encouraging these types of posts without proof.
I like the way my brother handles 'tattling' with his kids. If one tattles, they both get punished. This works in two ways. They begin to police each other and work out their differences amongst themselves without involving the authorities, and it helps them understand that when they expect an authority figure to deal with their problems, they must accept whatever that authority decides to do...for better or worse.
Basically, I'd tell them "Tis the season to SHUT THE FUCK UP"
Why does everyone always misapply the first amendment?
/., he could do that without violating your right to free speech. This isn't a government controlled forum, it is private, therefor the government has no say as to the content and cannot censor it. The owners of this forum have every right to censor any content they choose as they are not government entities. The government, however, has no right to censor the content on this forum as specified in the first amendment.
Wake up folks! The first amendment protects free speech where it involves government control. That is to say, the government cannot restrict your speech in a forum owned by you or anyone else, or in a public forum (that is, a forum created for public discourse.) The first amendment doesn't apply in message boards (which are privately owned.)
The First Amendment doesn't provide access to private media outlets you don't own. If CmdrTaco wanted to censor every post on
Free speech is great, if you understand it. Otherwise, you're just making a lot of noise and somebody is going to shut you up (as is their right in a privately owned forum.)
I don't understand what everyone is getting their panties in a bunch for. It's a well known fact that in our litigious society you can sue anyone - for anything - at any time - for any reason - while wearing any outfit - while speaking any language.
Juniper is suing two people that it cannot identify. They're not required to prove that the statements made by these message board posters are incorrect, they're just pissed that it was said at all. You could publicly call me a 'sociopathic elitist asshole' and while I wouldn't argue with the validity of the statement, I can certainly sue you for saying it.
You want to get in a huff about something? Do some research on the 16th amendment and discover that it was never ratified.
I posted earlier today that I couldn't buy the DVD because it was being given to me as a Christmas present, but it was given early.
I didn't remember that being said when I saw it in the theaters, and just got done watching the DVD and it isn't said. The "operative" for lack of a name....because he apparently has no name.....views Malcom taking River from the scene and zooms in on the face. At that point the computer takes over and identifies him. I did not see the word "Firefly" on the screen. It merely listed his criminal convictions and involvement in the civil war.
It's sad that the movie cost more than it made...but I still think it (the movie and series apart and as a whole) was a work of art. I'm sad to hear that it is dead...but it is a good death. The story was completed....loose ends abound...but things were wrapped up nicely. I'm only sad that we don't get to learn the preachers story.
I'd like to think that after exposing the whole "Miranda" coverup, River is at ease and can resume life as any other teenager-superweapon might.
How about we 'Second' your shiny metal post? Nice try though. You did better than me, I got 4th....but I didn't put "First" in my post :P