What numb-brain salesman believes that by waking somebody up at 4 o'clock in the fucking morning, they will find a receptive buyer?
Excuse the language, but even though this has never happened to me, I can just imagine the sort of language and threats I'd be dolling out if somebody woke me up at that hour to try and flog me something.
The word "current" along with the acronym "COBOL" gives me the willies.
Great for you... COBOL programmers a a dying breed... but it scares me that its still out there... lurking... waiting for its opportunity to rise again....
I can see why. IBM are making linux are important part of their business strategy, and trumpetting sucesses like this... especially with the historical context... show people they are serious.
This sends a very clear message to people who have doubts installed by the SCO fud, as well as telling darl that IBM aren't backing away from the fight or buying up the bullshit.
On that topic, what's happened to SCO? They've gone all quiet. Did they end up sacking the guy who wrote the press releases?
Just you just KNOW that some IDIOT is going to be watching TV while driving.
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> "Big country. Very boring."
I've driven the Nullabor... Sydney to Perth... and, yeah.. its a challenge.
You get one fuel station every 300 clicks, that also serves as motel, restaurant, toile... and that's it. 300kms of sweet bugger all.
There are only so many dead kangaroos you can count before you get sick of the site of them.
The "Wedgies" are spectular tho. I never imagined that they were so huge! I guess its all the dead kangaroos they've been eating.
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No, he meant the Pacific Highway.
He's in Australia... other side of the Pacific... and its the original goat-track that follows the east cost of Australia from Melbourne to somewhere way up north in Queensland.
I've got an Elan II, and 4 lenses. Love it to bits. I'd love a 10D, but its too expensive. But the Digital Rebel lacked a couple of features that I really wanted... especially in terms of manual control. I will be seriously investigating this hack to see what it does, and if so, Canon will get a sale that they otherwise would not have got.
> But the main difference here with cooking is > that you don't really need to know WHY something > works, just that it work.
You can say the same thing about chemistry.. you don't need to solve the shroedinger equation everytime you want to determine the outcome of a reaction.
However, it does help to know some of the science behind cooking. Why, for example, can't you beat an egg white if there is even a drop of yolk in it? Knowing things like this means that your waffles don't turn into wavy pancakes.
I advise you to wear something under that chefs hat and lab coat, especially if you are using sharp knives or hot oil.
I love cooking.. always have.. and I don't believe that it can always be reduced to science.. at least not to practical science. (Think three body problem.) The chicken you buy today will not have exactly the same flavour as the chicken you buy next week. And every beef cut needs to be treated like the individual it is.
I cook well, but have friend who are masters. I can taste what they taste, but can't say "okay, this needs a pinch of cumin and a little cardamon to make it perfect. These guys have the knowledge of what works with what, but also the honed taste abilites and experiences that tell you then what is needed.
And, to all those who haven't yet discovered it, cooking will get you chicks. My fianceé fell first for my cooking:)
> Vendors are more trustworthy than some guy / gal > in the I.T. department:)
I dunno... been getting a fist full of headaches from the local EMC support recently. I'm currently trying to script the creacion of multiple snapshots, and the command line experience of the local guys is zilch, so every request goes to second level support in the US. We are talking 10 day turnaround here.
Ever tried writing a script with a ten day turnaround for every enquiry?
I'm Australian, and due to my british heritage, I've always hated the french... but then, due to my british heritage, I reckon the poms suck pretty badly too.
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> generally be qualified to solve at least one problem.
:).
Unfortunately, often causing several others in the process
(yeah, off topic, but funny. And you should all have seen this by now anyway... so let the stragglers catch up!)
You're kidding me, right?
What numb-brain salesman believes that by waking somebody up at 4 o'clock in the fucking morning, they will find a receptive buyer?
Excuse the language, but even though this has never happened to me, I can just imagine the sort of language and threats I'd be dolling out if somebody woke me up at that hour to try and flog me something.
Sheesh.
> "current COBOL job"
The word "current" along with the acronym "COBOL" gives me the willies.
Great for you... COBOL programmers a a dying breed... but it scares me that its still out there... lurking... waiting for its opportunity to rise again....
.. would breeding be regarded as "brute forcing". :)
I can see why.
IBM are making linux are important part of their business strategy, and trumpetting sucesses like this... especially with the historical context... show people they are serious.
This sends a very clear message to people who have doubts installed by the SCO fud, as well as telling darl that IBM aren't backing away from the fight or buying up the bullshit.
On that topic, what's happened to SCO? They've gone all quiet. Did they end up sacking the guy who wrote the press releases?
.. how to keep your site up during a slashdotting.
I have no idea what sort of puzzles this is... mind games, logic puzzles, rubix style or the good old edge-less 10000 piece jigsaw of jellybeans.
I, for one, was always shit at the rubix cube.
And I suck at chess for that matter.
And my 3 year old sister whips my arse at snap.
About the only thing I do win in Scrabble against my girlfriend, but as she's not a native english speaker, I may have an unfair advantage.
> What's that you say, Rob? Working on your
:)
> bachelor's degree was the best 12 years of your life?
No. That was grade 3.
Oh, yes it is. (well, at least one).
> pair of sunglasses
NO!!
Just you just KNOW that some IDIOT is going to be watching TV while driving.
> "Big country. Very boring."
I've driven the Nullabor... Sydney to Perth... and, yeah.. its a challenge.
You get one fuel station every 300 clicks, that also serves as motel, restaurant, toile... and that's it. 300kms of sweet bugger all.
There are only so many dead kangaroos you can count before you get sick of the site of them.
The "Wedgies" are spectular tho. I never imagined that they were so huge! I guess its all the dead kangaroos they've been eating.
No, he meant the Pacific Highway.
He's in Australia... other side of the Pacific... and its the original goat-track that follows the east cost of Australia from Melbourne to somewhere way up north in Queensland.
> I think I shall drive from Sydney to the Gold Coast in Brisbane.
:)
Great. 8 minutes of video, 3 of which are being stuck in traffic jams caused by roadworks on the Pacific Highway.
> Because smart people setup this website.
What happened to them?
> try running over a rebel with a car.
:)
You vote conservative, don't you
I've got an Elan II, and 4 lenses. Love it to bits. I'd love a 10D, but its too expensive. But the Digital Rebel lacked a couple of features that I really wanted... especially in terms of manual control. I will be seriously investigating this hack to see what it does, and if so, Canon will get a sale that they otherwise would not have got.
> But the main difference here with cooking is
> that you don't really need to know WHY something
> works, just that it work.
You can say the same thing about chemistry.. you don't need to solve the shroedinger equation everytime you want to determine the outcome of a reaction.
However, it does help to know some of the science behind cooking. Why, for example, can't you beat an egg white if there is even a drop of yolk in it? Knowing things like this means that your waffles don't turn into wavy pancakes.
I advise you to wear something under that chefs hat and lab coat, especially if you are using sharp knives or hot oil.
:)
I love cooking.. always have.. and I don't believe that it can always be reduced to science.. at least not to practical science. (Think three body problem.) The chicken you buy today will not have exactly the same flavour as the chicken you buy next week. And every beef cut needs to be treated like the individual it is.
I cook well, but have friend who are masters. I can taste what they taste, but can't say "okay, this needs a pinch of cumin and a little cardamon to make it perfect. These guys have the knowledge of what works with what, but also the honed taste abilites and experiences that tell you then what is needed.
And, to all those who haven't yet discovered it, cooking will get you chicks. My fianceé fell first for my cooking
I just wish Hanlon or Bruce would lend their razor to Stallman and give that man's face a decent shave.
2 words: Alan Cox.
I'd take my hat off to the man if I was wearing one.
> Vendors are more trustworthy than some guy / gal :)
> in the I.T. department
I dunno... been getting a fist full of headaches from the local EMC support recently. I'm currently trying to script the creacion of multiple snapshots, and the command line experience of the local guys is zilch, so every request goes to second level support in the US. We are talking 10 day turnaround here.
Ever tried writing a script with a ten day turnaround for every enquiry?
Blah
(Yeah.. I'm just bitter)
> but that number is meaningless.
:)
You don't work in Marketting, do you
Yeah, but the yanks are late on this one.
I'm Australian, and due to my british heritage, I've always hated the french... but then, due to my british heritage, I reckon the poms suck pretty badly too.
> Remember, Florida? It only takes a few people to tip an entire election.
:)
Yeah... but the rest of us don't know "a few people" on the bench of the supreme court
> Mod this as a troll if you want.
He's not a troll, he's an ogre.
Point is we will never know if he won Florida, because he went to the supreme court to stop the recount.
If this is the "usual way" to win an election, then we are seriouly fucked.