- It's not fun watching the ceo drive off in a bmw after hearing benefits will be cut... again. - It's not fun watching your employer downsize and your friends leave. - It's not fun seeing your company outsource projects to 3rd world countries. - It's not fun watching the government turn-a-blind-eye/contribute to it.
Of course they still matter! LUGs are great!
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Do LUGs Still Matter?
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There is a lot of stuff that can be gained and contributed at a LUG. It is a collection of people with a common interest that share knowledge. You can just hang out and listen to the techno babble, or get more involved if you want. The first LUG meeting I went to was like visiting a country where people spoke the same language as I. It's the only place I can say "cat/proc/bus/usb/devices and grep for Vendor" and not get a strange look.
I don't think the results are quite accurate
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Google Zeitgeist '05
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· Score: 1
These are a little more representative of our human psychological frame of mind:
1. Janet Jackson titties 2. Hurricane Katrina titties 3. tsunami titties 4. xbox 360 titties 5. Brad Pitt titties 6. Michael Jackson titties 7. American Idol titties 8. Britney Spears titties 9. Angelina Jolie titties 10. Harry Potter titties
The problems ranged from 'Delayed write failed' on one, to overheated hardware in another. The boxes are used for running Solidworks and UG mostly. We replaced them with some homegrown fx-55 boxes which are working so much better. Yes, they run linux also. Plan is to dual-boot to run Unigraphics and Novell desktop 9 on a trial basis. The boxes cost under $2k
How people in privileged places always seem to have other people in privileged places giving them props when a great deal of the majority suspects their all full of shit.
"Others have scoffed at the idea that the lights are anything more than headlights, and claim proof using high-powered binoculars. This latter group is at a loss, however, to explain why there are often more Lights than there are cars, or why the lights merge, divide and disappear."
It's interesting how our highly developed sense of cognition limits us to thinking sharp+pointed=weapon, however I've also seen John Holmes flogging a few porn stars senseless with his large sensory organ, so eh..
article is waaaaaaaaaay of base
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Java Is So 90s
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This article is complete hogwash. It's trying to put a spin on java like it's some kind of over-dressed scripting language for making web pages. The strongest advantage java has over all the others combined is in the 'portability'. You write the code once, and RUN IT ON ANY PLATFORM that has a byte-code interpreter for it. Is it perfectly done? -no. But writing an application on BSD and running the same class files on Windows is priceless in many circumstances. I've done enough socket programming in perl to say it's great for the platform you coding in but expect to be re-writing stuff if you move it to another platform. (Let alone the skull-fucked version of perl that ships with solaris 9) - And I *like* perl, and I also happen to like C, PHP, and assembler also. Each one has it's place where it's merits are unequalled. Each one has things that suck about it. You deal with them and move on because the next sexiest thing coming down the road is going to have it's same share of shortcomings, just like all the rest, be it.net, or mono, or AJAX or ruby or python. Try and focus on the best language for the task at hand instead of trying to make some kind of 'designer' statement to rule it out. Consider the source I guess.. another gaggle of fat-ass PHBs writing an article for a website for fat-ass PHBs..
"primary mission is to use radio waves to probe the origins of the universe"
and...
"It is a very high-powered, focused radar beam that could be used to find an enemy object out in space and, having found it, zero in on it,"
So the secondary mission is to kill stuff, in outer space, with a focused radar beam. Basically this is like putting a night vision 100x scope on a.50 cal Barret and saying it's just for home protection.
-Brought to you by Capitalism. We care, because we know you have money.
> someone to tell me their stories about spontaneously combusing registries
Which one would you like to hear? The time I was changing tcp/ip settings on windows nt and it blue screened? How about the time I was installing windows 95 osr1 and it corrupted the filesystem while installing? Or maybe the time that I was installing video drivers in 98 and couldn't get out of safe mode after rebooting? Or maybe you'd like to hear about the time I just finished installing XP and went online to update and got infected with slammer before I even got started updating? Oh, I know, let's talk about the time the Exchange server went down because the boss thought it should updated it to SP1. Or maybe we could cover the jet database crumbling to shit from something called opportunistic locking. Not one time was I ever looking for free sex when these things happened. Stop playing fan-boy and blaming pebkac when you know it's a shitty OS propped up with genious level marketing.
It's a good opportunity for someone to blame a fuckup on you (you're leaving anyway). With your accounts deactivated, it would be hard for anyone to take
this route. Yup, seen this happen.
"It's like the Yom Kippur War or Pearl Harbor in the Israeli business market because of the great surprise the victims had when the problem was exposed,"
Hard to believe anything is a surprise in that area of the world anymore.
I don't think people realize the extent of what 'Global Warming' refers to. I'm sure we can thank the media as they turn into Chicken Little whenever someone mentions 'sky' and 'falling' in the same sentance. Don't educate yourself at cnn.com for, well, anything. The news media is whoring drama pimping for ratings, and that is it.
Did you know that the alaskan permafrost hovers right around freezing all year long? When Global Warming affects the earth's temperature causing it to rise just a couple degrees, this inches the 500 some thousand square miles of frozen ground closer to melting. Frozen into this large landmass is thousands of years biological matter which has never had the chance to decay yet. When the permafrost thaws, this matter begins it's decaying process and releases carbon dioxide into the air which accelerates the greenhouse effect even more, raising the earth's temperature even higher.
Part of the problem with the ocean current, as described in the article, is that this current is a large 'pump' which cools the tropics, and warms the arctic (think of a liquid cooled cpu cooler). 'Hot' water from the tropics rises to the arctic which pushes the 'cold' water from the arctic, back to the tropics. It's just a large heat exchanger.
When the earth's temperature rises, the water that is exchaned is warmer which causes more melting of the polar caps (glaciers) in order to cool it. In turn, however, the polar caps begin to receed as they are subjected to higher temps. As the polar caps receed, it exposes more ground cover in the arctic which absorbs more sunlight than what is reflected back off the glaciers that used to be there. This heat absorbtion also, as you would guess, contributes to Global Warming.
So as you can see, saying "it's going to get cold" in western europe is really just the tip of the iceberg. Remember how people figured the Titanic was unsinkable?
And you have very little of it with Microsoft. You do things the MS way, or you are fucked. This is not a 'delusion', stigma, FUD, or misinformation. It is a business model; a very succesful, and well marketed, business model. This is the core interest of Microsoft and the essence of Windows as a whole:
"How do we keep people from making a choice to use something else"
This is the thought process behind your Exchange server, Active Directory, Roaming Profiles, Office documents, OS patches, and Tech support. All wrapped up in a really sexy desktop.
Linux is about choice. Linux is about standards. Linux is about YOU deciding what's best for YOU and then having the freedom to do it and contribute back to the whole process. That is what Linux is about.
The thing to remember is most CEOs are monkey-see-monkey-do. If another company somewhere is turning huge profits with a non-conventional business (or non-stigmatic) paradigm, they want to do the same. I'll never forget the day back in the early 90s when a boss told me we had to have a 'GUI' even though he didn't know what it was. What google is doing today, may have an impact on how the company you work for runs their business tomorrow.
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Nevertheless, he would be pleased.
http://www.phobe.com/s_cat/s_cat.html
Maybe Russia should ask the question "How is Walmart^H^H^H China dealing with this rule?"
- It's not fun watching the ceo drive off in a bmw after hearing benefits will be cut... again.
- It's not fun watching your employer downsize and your friends leave.
- It's not fun seeing your company outsource projects to 3rd world countries.
- It's not fun watching the government turn-a-blind-eye/contribute to it.
There is a lot of stuff that can be gained and contributed at a LUG. It is a collection of people with a common interest that share knowledge. You can just hang out and listen to the techno babble, or get more involved if you want. The first LUG meeting I went to was like visiting a country where people spoke the same language as I. It's the only place I can say "cat /proc/bus/usb/devices and grep for Vendor" and not get a strange look.
These are a little more representative of our human psychological frame of mind:
1. Janet Jackson titties
2. Hurricane Katrina titties
3. tsunami titties
4. xbox 360 titties
5. Brad Pitt titties
6. Michael Jackson titties
7. American Idol titties
8. Britney Spears titties
9. Angelina Jolie titties
10. Harry Potter titties
The problems ranged from 'Delayed write failed' on one, to overheated hardware in another. The boxes are used for running Solidworks and UG mostly. We replaced them with some homegrown fx-55 boxes which are working so much better. Yes, they run linux also. Plan is to dual-boot to run Unigraphics and Novell desktop 9 on a trial basis. The boxes cost under $2k
How people in privileged places always seem to have other people in privileged places giving them props when a great deal of the majority suspects their all full of shit.
And then the media airs it.
ftfa..
"Others have scoffed at the idea that the lights are anything more than headlights, and claim proof using high-powered binoculars. This latter group is at a loss, however, to explain why there are often more Lights than there are cars, or why the lights merge, divide and disappear."
> How about teflon-coated bullets? Or armor-piercing shells?
Or fullerene-like nanostructure bullets.
It's interesting how our highly developed sense of cognition limits us to thinking sharp+pointed=weapon, however I've also seen John Holmes flogging a few porn stars senseless with his large sensory organ, so eh..
This article is complete hogwash. It's trying to put a spin on java like it's some kind of over-dressed scripting language for making web pages. The strongest advantage java has over all the others combined is in the 'portability'. You write the code once, and RUN IT ON ANY PLATFORM that has a byte-code interpreter for it. Is it perfectly done? -no. But writing an application on BSD and running the same class files on Windows is priceless in many circumstances. I've done enough socket programming in perl to say it's great for the platform you coding in but expect to be re-writing stuff if you move it to another platform. (Let alone the skull-fucked version of perl that ships with solaris 9) - And I *like* perl, and I also happen to like C, PHP, and assembler also. Each one has it's place where it's merits are unequalled. Each one has things that suck about it. You deal with them and move on because the next sexiest thing coming down the road is going to have it's same share of shortcomings, just like all the rest, be it .net, or mono, or AJAX or ruby or python. Try and focus on the best language for the task at hand instead of trying to make some kind of 'designer' statement to rule it out. Consider the source I guess.. another gaggle of fat-ass PHBs writing an article for a website for fat-ass PHBs..
"primary mission is to use radio waves to probe the origins of the universe"
.50 cal Barret and saying it's just for home protection.
and...
"It is a very high-powered, focused radar beam that could be used to find an enemy object out in space and, having found it, zero in on it,"
So the secondary mission is to kill stuff, in outer space, with a focused radar beam. Basically this is like putting a night vision 100x scope on a
-Brought to you by Capitalism. We care, because we know you have money.
> someone to tell me their stories about spontaneously combusing registries
Which one would you like to hear? The time I was changing tcp/ip settings on windows nt and it blue screened? How about the time I was installing windows 95 osr1 and it corrupted the filesystem while installing? Or maybe the time that I was installing video drivers in 98 and couldn't get out of safe mode after rebooting? Or maybe you'd like to hear about the time I just finished installing XP and went online to update and got infected with slammer before I even got started updating? Oh, I know, let's talk about the time the Exchange server went down because the boss thought it should updated it to SP1. Or maybe we could cover the jet database crumbling to shit from something called opportunistic locking. Not one time was I ever looking for free sex when these things happened.
Stop playing fan-boy and blaming pebkac when you know it's a shitty OS propped up with genious level marketing.
It's a good opportunity for someone to blame a fuckup on you (you're leaving anyway). With your accounts deactivated, it would be hard for anyone to take this route. Yup, seen this happen.
lo and behold= top+ten+patent+holders
http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=100&as_epq
Let the kitty roam I say. They make great sandwiches.
"Pham noted that the response time of the latest MontaVista Linux is 'tremendous.'"
I wonder what they were using prior to MontaVista, just plain old Vista?
> Xbox 451?
Unless you were stoned when it happened:
Xbox 420
A member of the news media complaining someone got their information wrong.
"It's like the Yom Kippur War or Pearl Harbor in the Israeli business market because of the great surprise the victims had when the problem was exposed,"
Hard to believe anything is a surprise in that area of the world anymore.
I don't think people realize the extent of what 'Global Warming' refers to. I'm sure we can thank the media as they turn into Chicken Little whenever someone mentions 'sky' and 'falling' in the same sentance. Don't educate yourself at cnn.com for, well, anything. The news media is whoring drama pimping for ratings, and that is it.
Did you know that the alaskan permafrost hovers right around freezing all year long? When Global Warming affects the earth's temperature causing it to rise just a couple degrees, this inches the 500 some thousand square miles of frozen ground closer to melting. Frozen into this large landmass is thousands of years biological matter which has never had the chance to decay yet. When the permafrost thaws, this matter begins it's decaying process and releases carbon dioxide into the air which accelerates the greenhouse effect even more, raising the earth's temperature even higher.
Part of the problem with the ocean current, as described in the article, is that this current is a large 'pump' which cools the tropics, and warms the arctic (think of a liquid cooled cpu cooler). 'Hot' water from the tropics rises to the arctic which pushes the 'cold' water from the arctic, back to the tropics. It's just a large heat exchanger.
When the earth's temperature rises, the water that is exchaned is warmer which causes more melting of the polar caps (glaciers) in order to cool it.
In turn, however, the polar caps begin to receed as they are subjected to higher temps. As the polar caps receed, it exposes more ground cover in the arctic which absorbs more sunlight than what is reflected back off the glaciers that used to be there. This heat absorbtion also, as you would guess, contributes to Global Warming.
So as you can see, saying "it's going to get cold" in western europe is really just the tip of the iceberg. Remember how people figured the Titanic was unsinkable?
And you have very little of it with Microsoft. You do things the MS way, or you are fucked. This is not a 'delusion', stigma, FUD, or misinformation. It is a business model; a very succesful, and well marketed, business model. This is the core interest of Microsoft and the essence of Windows as a whole:
"How do we keep people from making a choice to use something else"
This is the thought process behind your Exchange server, Active Directory, Roaming Profiles, Office documents, OS patches, and Tech support. All wrapped up in a really sexy desktop.
Linux is about choice. Linux is about standards. Linux is about YOU deciding what's best for YOU and then having the freedom to do it and contribute back to the whole process. That is what Linux is about.
You make the choice.
The thing to remember is most CEOs are monkey-see-monkey-do. If another company somewhere is turning huge profits with a non-conventional business (or non-stigmatic) paradigm, they want to do the same. I'll never forget the day back in the early 90s when a boss told me we had to have a 'GUI' even though he didn't know what it was. What google is doing today, may have an impact on how the company you work for runs their business tomorrow.
There Gan, freedom of speech keepin' it ral.
after all, it's not really wasting water as matter cannot be destroyed.