This is akin to OpenBSD's W^X, which specifies that memory can be either Writable or eXecutable but never both. Wikipedia has a good stub on it, as well as a nice article on the NX bit.
More Software Patents Filed; SCO continues Litigation to Keep Company Afloat; Microsoft CEO Attacks Linux While Jumping Up and Down and Screaming Unintelligibly...
Oh, wait. This was supposed to be about stories we won't hear... Nevermind.
Thank you. Being geek doesn't have to mean looking and acting like one. I struggle to understand why other geeks fail to see this. I think a lot of them lack self-confidence and are overweight, which, as another poster on here said, there is something wrong with.
Just because we spend most of our time in front of a monitor, doesn't mean we have to look and act like it. Computers are cool now. So is intelligence. Chicks dig intelligence. Therefore, we already have an advantage. So have some confidence, go out, and get a girlfriend.
While it's obvious the original poster seemed more interested in IT-only side jobs, I think non-IT side jobs are worth a mention.
I was thinking the same thing. I'm a drummer of 10 years, so once in a while I'll play a jazz gig and bring in a few bucks, but it's mostly for fun. Used to do punk rock shows too, but that band had some kind of rock star "falling out" bullshit. Whatever.
I think it's also pretty common for us geeks to have military side jobs. I'm the Army National Guard. One weekend a month, two weeks a year. At least that's what it was when I joined in 2000.
For those of you unfamiliar with the Head First series by O'Reilly, you should check it out. I bought Head First Java and I consider it one of the best programming books I've got. Most programming books I've read (Deitel specifically) try to make it into a reference book, which is fine if you've got a pretty good understanding of programming. Head First is for newbies and rather than being a reference book, its bed time reading material! It's really interesting in the way it is presented, and genuinely funny.
If you actually want to learn something (and retain it), go get one of these books.
How 'bout a movie with Movix or GeexBox? It doens't have to be an illegally copied movie. It could also be a home movie or something, but it would demonstrate the flexibility of Linux to them without the turn-off of other complex (as in "Where's the blue 'E' so I can get on Yahoo" complex) features.
Yeah, this is true. However, I have to say, the Military in general (at least what I've seen in the last 4 years I've been in), is very environmentally conscious. Not because we're a bunch of Greens (well, I am, but it would be rather inaccurate to speak for everyone), but because it's the right thing to do.
A few weeks ago we had an Field Training Excercise at a camp in the middle of Nebraska. After we were done, we cleaned up not only our own garbage, but a bunch of spent shotgun shells that some hicks had left out there. When I looked around, the place looked like it hadn't been touched.
But then again, we're a medical unit, and we have helicopters instead of tanks and bombs, so I guess this is pretty one-sided.
I am going to be ignorant make a comment without reading any of the others. Sound fun? Right. I need to vent...
I was rather excited for firefox 1.0 to come out. I thought that maybe it would fix that annoying memory leak in Windows, and the few crashes I get with 0.9.3 in Linux. It has done neither for either.
On Linux, it crashed very frequently. VERY frequently. I reverted to 0.9.3 becauase it is at least a little more stable. And on Windows - the memory leak. Sheesh. I was also a little annoyed when they switched the downloads window hot key to CTRL+J, instead of CTRL+Y. Not because it's more inconvenient, but because I had gotten used to it. But I can live with that. It's the stability that is a big issue for me (and most people, I would gather).
Especially when I open multiple tabs, and just plan on coming back to them later when I'm busy with something else. e.g. Slashdot. I usually scroll down the front page and ctrl+click all the links I want to view and then check those tabs out later. Then leave it to one bad page (and God only knows what page it was that did it) and it crashes and I have to start all over, which by that point, I've forgotten what I was looking at and just assumed that it wasn't very important.
Hell, we've probably found a cure for cancer, and I don't know because my browser crashed before I got to the article. This is not nearly as bad on 0.9.3 (Linux) as it is on 1.0. I was seriously disappointed by it. Not that I have any right to be. I didn't pay for it (though I did buy a t-shirt), and I didn't help design it. I was just really hoping for a killer app. So let me know, somebody, when there's a new _stable_ version of Firefox, and I'll upgrade. Ok, I'm done ranting. Go back to your normally scheduled Slashdotting.
Psht! This was like, so yesterday. They already did this when the second ice age came, and we all had to move to Mexico... Or maybe I'm thinking of a movie...
Is it just me, or does this look like they just Jerry-rigged this thing at the last minute? I'm imagining a space elevator held together by 2x4s and water pipes. Hey, I'm all for it if it works!
The MPAA said it would also make available a computer program that sniffs out movie and music files on a user's computer as well as any installed file sharing programs.
Am I going to have to sudo to use this? And how long do I have to wait for an ebuild?
Will they port it to *BSD? Will I be able to use it in CLI mode on my X-less OpenBSD system?...almost done here... Will there be any plugins?...one more... If people download this on Bit Torrent are they going to get sued for it? Annnnnd... I'm spent.
I'm a little late posting here, but I was just wondering how the security is on RHEL. Someone mentioned to me that it has gotten a lot better on security, but I haven't looked at anything from Red Hat in a while now. How is it compared to, say, Mac OSX, or OpenBSD?
We here at UNOmaha are also using the WebDAV shite. And you can bet sure as hell Firefox can't use it. So if you want your netfiles, gotta use Explorer. I like having a folder I can get anywhere, but there are better ways.
Fortunately for us, we've been using web-based registration since I've been here in 2002, and it works quite well.
Right now, I would be oh so happy if Gaim just supported file transfers period. MSN Specifically. All my friends use MSN, and whenever they're like, "Hey, let me send you a picture!" I'm like, "Hey, let me switch Operating Systems!" Last I checked, Gaim did not support file transfers on MSN, but they said it is possible and would get around to it in the future. If this has changed, then I blame SuSE since their Gaim package is still stuck on version 0.75 and I am too lazy to compile my own.
As far as I'm concerned, if your still running windows connected to the internet, buying Lexmark gear, and reading this with IE, then you deserve everything you get.
Damn straight. There's no way my Lexmark z23 is spying on me, because it doesn't even work in Linux! Yeah! Take that Lexmark... oh, wait...
Gaiman is an amazing author. For those of you who only know him for Sandman, you are missing out. I urge you, nay, command you to read Stardust, Neverwhere, and American Gods. Those books are, flat out, fucking amazing. Go. Now. Read.
I don't believe the war on drugs is at all like making abortions illegal. A person doing drugs will rarely impact anyone else directly-- with abortion there will always be a loss of life if it is carried out.
I understand this, but my point is that making something illegal doesn't stop it. It usually just makes it worse. Ever seen the "No Coat Hangers" sign? That stands for "No Back-Alley Abortions." It's the same thing (no, not exactly, but along those lines) as drugs. If you make it illegal, you've just opened up a market for it.
My suggestion is to stop people from getting pregnant in the first place. Talk about it in schools. I went to a Lutheran grade school for 10 years. Guess what. We talked about contraceptives. It was so long ago that I don't remember if they recommended abstinance, but I do remember talking about STDs and contraceptives. We also talked about it in my high school. Just giving people the facts could greatly reduce the risk. Yes, scaring works too. Kind of.
But what I'm also saying, about the counsiling, is that by forcing them to talk to people who have done it, they can know what it's like, and it might just scare them straight into having the kid. I'm not a psychologist, but I think they would be of great help. And Republicans and Democrats do look at it wrong. It's not black and white. You'd think we could come to a comprimise here, but people are stubborn.
Right. This is my point. If you're going to be against abortion because it's murder, fine. I understand that and agree. But you can't be half-assed about it and say, well, war and capital punishment are justified. Because they were bad people. Maybe we should be thinking that killing people isn't always the answer?
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This is akin to OpenBSD's W^X, which specifies that memory can be either Writable or eXecutable but never both. Wikipedia has a good stub on it, as well as a nice article on the NX bit.
More Software Patents Filed; SCO continues Litigation to Keep Company Afloat; Microsoft CEO Attacks Linux While Jumping Up and Down and Screaming Unintelligibly ...
Oh, wait. This was supposed to be about stories we won't hear... Nevermind.
Thank you. Being geek doesn't have to mean looking and acting like one. I struggle to understand why other geeks fail to see this. I think a lot of them lack self-confidence and are overweight, which, as another poster on here said, there is something wrong with.
Just because we spend most of our time in front of a monitor, doesn't mean we have to look and act like it. Computers are cool now. So is intelligence. Chicks dig intelligence. Therefore, we already have an advantage. So have some confidence, go out, and get a girlfriend.
They exist, I promise.
From the 'nobody-gives-a-shit' department.
While it's obvious the original poster seemed more interested in IT-only side jobs, I think non-IT side jobs are worth a mention.
I was thinking the same thing. I'm a drummer of 10 years, so once in a while I'll play a jazz gig and bring in a few bucks, but it's mostly for fun. Used to do punk rock shows too, but that band had some kind of rock star "falling out" bullshit. Whatever.
I think it's also pretty common for us geeks to have military side jobs. I'm the Army National Guard. One weekend a month, two weeks a year. At least that's what it was when I joined in 2000.
Yes, that's why when you get the exchanged software, you can just go back the next day and return it unopened. This trick has been around for a while.
Head First Servlets & JSP (#3)
For those of you unfamiliar with the Head First series by O'Reilly, you should check it out. I bought Head First Java and I consider it one of the best programming books I've got. Most programming books I've read (Deitel specifically) try to make it into a reference book, which is fine if you've got a pretty good understanding of programming. Head First is for newbies and rather than being a reference book, its bed time reading material! It's really interesting in the way it is presented, and genuinely funny.
If you actually want to learn something (and retain it), go get one of these books.
How 'bout a movie with Movix or GeexBox? It doens't have to be an illegally copied movie. It could also be a home movie or something, but it would demonstrate the flexibility of Linux to them without the turn-off of other complex (as in "Where's the blue 'E' so I can get on Yahoo" complex) features.
Yeah, this is true. However, I have to say, the Military in general (at least what I've seen in the last 4 years I've been in), is very environmentally conscious. Not because we're a bunch of Greens (well, I am, but it would be rather inaccurate to speak for everyone), but because it's the right thing to do.
A few weeks ago we had an Field Training Excercise at a camp in the middle of Nebraska. After we were done, we cleaned up not only our own garbage, but a bunch of spent shotgun shells that some hicks had left out there. When I looked around, the place looked like it hadn't been touched.
But then again, we're a medical unit, and we have helicopters instead of tanks and bombs, so I guess this is pretty one-sided.
I am going to be ignorant make a comment without reading any of the others. Sound fun? Right. I need to vent...
I was rather excited for firefox 1.0 to come out. I thought that maybe it would fix that annoying memory leak in Windows, and the few crashes I get with 0.9.3 in Linux. It has done neither for either.
On Linux, it crashed very frequently. VERY frequently. I reverted to 0.9.3 becauase it is at least a little more stable. And on Windows - the memory leak. Sheesh. I was also a little annoyed when they switched the downloads window hot key to CTRL+J, instead of CTRL+Y. Not because it's more inconvenient, but because I had gotten used to it. But I can live with that. It's the stability that is a big issue for me (and most people, I would gather).
Especially when I open multiple tabs, and just plan on coming back to them later when I'm busy with something else. e.g. Slashdot. I usually scroll down the front page and ctrl+click all the links I want to view and then check those tabs out later. Then leave it to one bad page (and God only knows what page it was that did it) and it crashes and I have to start all over, which by that point, I've forgotten what I was looking at and just assumed that it wasn't very important.
Hell, we've probably found a cure for cancer, and I don't know because my browser crashed before I got to the article. This is not nearly as bad on 0.9.3 (Linux) as it is on 1.0. I was seriously disappointed by it. Not that I have any right to be. I didn't pay for it (though I did buy a t-shirt), and I didn't help design it. I was just really hoping for a killer app. So let me know, somebody, when there's a new _stable_ version of Firefox, and I'll upgrade. Ok, I'm done ranting. Go back to your normally scheduled Slashdotting.
Psht! This was like, so yesterday. They already did this when the second ice age came, and we all had to move to Mexico... Or maybe I'm thinking of a movie...
Is it just me, or does this look like they just Jerry-rigged this thing at the last minute? I'm imagining a space elevator held together by 2x4s and water pipes. Hey, I'm all for it if it works!
Where's the "+1 Scary but True" when I need it?
The MPAA said it would also make available a computer program that sniffs out movie and music files on a user's computer as well as any installed file sharing programs.
...almost done here... Will there be any plugins? ...one more... If people download this on Bit Torrent are they going to get sued for it? Annnnnd... I'm spent.
Am I going to have to sudo to use this? And how long do I have to wait for an ebuild?
Will they port it to *BSD? Will I be able to use it in CLI mode on my X-less OpenBSD system?
I'm a little late posting here, but I was just wondering how the security is on RHEL. Someone mentioned to me that it has gotten a lot better on security, but I haven't looked at anything from Red Hat in a while now. How is it compared to, say, Mac OSX, or OpenBSD?
Hey, you guys should back off. At least he's getting some
We here at UNOmaha are also using the WebDAV shite. And you can bet sure as hell Firefox can't use it. So if you want your netfiles, gotta use Explorer. I like having a folder I can get anywhere, but there are better ways.
Fortunately for us, we've been using web-based registration since I've been here in 2002, and it works quite well.
Right now, I would be oh so happy if Gaim just supported file transfers period. MSN Specifically. All my friends use MSN, and whenever they're like, "Hey, let me send you a picture!" I'm like, "Hey, let me switch Operating Systems!" Last I checked, Gaim did not support file transfers on MSN, but they said it is possible and would get around to it in the future. If this has changed, then I blame SuSE since their Gaim package is still stuck on version 0.75 and I am too lazy to compile my own.
When you have 460TB of data, how the hell do you even begin to search it?
Google Desktop?
I've heard success stories of this as well. Thankfully I haven't had a drive go out on me yet. Go Maxtor!
Disclaimer: I do not work for Maxtor. Just haven't had any problems with them yet. *crosses fingers*
As far as I'm concerned, if your still running windows connected to the internet, buying Lexmark gear, and reading this with IE, then you deserve everything you get.
Damn straight. There's no way my Lexmark z23 is spying on me, because it doesn't even work in Linux! Yeah! Take that Lexmark... oh, wait...
Easy there killer. It's hooah, not hoorah.
:-(
We National Guardsmen try to use that "word" as little as possible. It has that annoying habbit of reminding us that we're not civilians anymore.
I have to throw this out there:
Gaiman is an amazing author. For those of you who only know him for Sandman, you are missing out. I urge you, nay, command you to read Stardust, Neverwhere, and American Gods. Those books are, flat out, fucking amazing. Go. Now. Read.
That is all.
I don't believe the war on drugs is at all like making abortions illegal. A person doing drugs will rarely impact anyone else directly-- with abortion there will always be a loss of life if it is carried out.
I understand this, but my point is that making something illegal doesn't stop it. It usually just makes it worse. Ever seen the "No Coat Hangers" sign? That stands for "No Back-Alley Abortions." It's the same thing (no, not exactly, but along those lines) as drugs. If you make it illegal, you've just opened up a market for it.
My suggestion is to stop people from getting pregnant in the first place. Talk about it in schools. I went to a Lutheran grade school for 10 years. Guess what. We talked about contraceptives. It was so long ago that I don't remember if they recommended abstinance, but I do remember talking about STDs and contraceptives. We also talked about it in my high school. Just giving people the facts could greatly reduce the risk. Yes, scaring works too. Kind of.
But what I'm also saying, about the counsiling, is that by forcing them to talk to people who have done it, they can know what it's like, and it might just scare them straight into having the kid. I'm not a psychologist, but I think they would be of great help. And Republicans and Democrats do look at it wrong. It's not black and white. You'd think we could come to a comprimise here, but people are stubborn.
Right. This is my point. If you're going to be against abortion because it's murder, fine. I understand that and agree. But you can't be half-assed about it and say, well, war and capital punishment are justified. Because they were bad people. Maybe we should be thinking that killing people isn't always the answer?