Wow. What are they doing over there? Let me preface this by saying i work with solaris daily, i like solaris (love/hate, you know what i mean if you use it), and well, the ultras i have in the house just will not die (not for my lack of trying though).
However, after all these "sorta" announcements from different heads of the crew, i'm getting uneasy about Sun. Java open/closed/free/not-free/for-the-love-of-pete-whi ch-jre-j2se-jrs94x-should i get? Solaris open/closed/free/sorta/java-desktop? Heh, okay just poking fun there, but seriously, do they not seem a little like their top guys don't talk all that much and just make random announcements at this con or that? Yesh.
And i KNOW the roof will raise over the suggestion of dropping osX in favor of Solaris on mac....er, wow, my mind is blown that one might consider doing that for anything other than fun...for a few minutes. Wow, Sun is just makin me uneasy these days - glad i'm not in charge of any huge shops (i assure you that you are glad for that too;-)
i know i (you) have heard it many times: network it and it'll never be 100% secure.
This on the tail of the viop spam-fest looming; yeah, fun times ahead for phones. i can't wait for the convoluted, mostly-useless, loophole-for-biz laws that will follow all of this once lawmaker's underlings get wind of it.(you don't really believe most lawmakers have a clue about the tech-laws they pass do you?)
bah! i need a firewall for my phone now as well!!?? heh, i'm sure there'll be plenty of money made for lots of parties that aren't me and my phone(s):(
And yes, it's alread been pointed out, the massive errors in the/. post about this, but i felt the need to bitch a little (it is/. you know!;-)
i'm sure the vendors (no, not just the hotdog guy on the corner, i mean the gucci's, nike's, mcdonald's etc. that show up too) have to pay a fee (or nine!).:-)
i'm sure the IT crew has more than a few things to do already!
Side note: just went cruising dell's site for any word on putting sp2 on the gf's new Dimension xps and didn't see much mention of it by way of "don't do this yet" or "my god people hurry and install", so i'm going to call tech support (i heard that chuckle) and see what they have to say on the matter. Prolly have it down by rote at this point after getting more than a few calls about it. If it were my pc, i'd do it just to see all the stuff and give it a shot, but the "my stupidass boyfriend fucked up my computer" doghouse is not where i want to be....ever!
is the industry term. Pay a person so much that they won't leave. If they want to keep him and his knowledge, pay whatever it takes (if he's a problem employee, there are other ways to deal; i get the feeling he wasn't though). If they want to keep his knowledge of what he worked on whilst at the old job, should have gone NDA (non disclosure agreement) on him (i know you know this, just being complete).
Several of my proff's stayed in industry a bit longer than even they admit they should have with some companies due the insane amount of money keeping them there.
Plain and simple, have the NDA's for guys like this, pay them what they are worth (more if needed to keep them in the fold), and remember that if he's that good, he'll find other ways to make "must have" tech for harddrives, etc.
yep. yep, they (and it) are mine, all b&w's dev'd in my bathroom;-)
i've not had the chance to shoot or dev in quite a while (having a crappy job makes for low pay!) But, i did just score a new job (a real nice one...that will have lots of travel too - for more places to shoot:-) and that'll let me get a lot more things that i need to get going again.
i did check out the site you have linked and it looks nice, i'll poke about some more later:-) Ask anything you like:)
"..No memory-bound benchmarks (where the Athlon is supposed to have an edge) are presented, though."
Why oh why do we continually have "reviews" posted that aren't comprehensive? Hell, i hardly even click on any of the posted reviews anymore...just read the comments later and find out what was missed or just plain wrong in the review.
Where does one go to get the real, straight scoop other than buying both, testing all products involved?
Yeah, i'm a little grouchy this morning...had to get that one out.
After hearing of the record co's pulling that shit, it was never more clear the type of people that we are dealing with here. Makes me sick to my stomach that one might think this type of tripe is okay. Glad to hear this move though.
Yow! That was one heck of a comment there, but i do have to agree with some parts of it. Sci-Fi (and cable) in general aren't worth too much of my time. Sci-Fi will play the good flick (proper, not made for tv), but their own shows? Let's just say that i don't cancel anything to watch them (the new BG should be at least pretty though).
As for dropping cable, i just scored a new gig that will pay for broadband and i'm dropping cable (and it's admittedly very reliable internet access) like a fucking rock for DSL immediately. Other than the intarweb, i won't miss much from cable and dsl will pick up the slack.
As for your ending comments, jesus, i have to agree - the lineups for the last few months on the weekends have all been killer-this or killer-that...all poorly made, poorly acted and just...not good. Small plot revolving around a handsome fellow, hot chick (whose makeup rarely smears despite flames, sweat, blowing pretty much everything sight up, etc), and some freak animal variety. Getting kinda old.
Bah, i'll watch the new BG before the cable gets kicked, but i'm not too sure i'll miss cable all that much. i'll miss cnn somewhat though.
...can be misleading from time to time, but i gotta say this looks like it's going to be very nice for the eyes:) i know, i know, that won't carry everything, but meh, i think it'll be fun to watch:)
"Investment bankers fear the "Dutch auction" IPO, if successful, could severely diminish their power and influence, and that has a lot of people on Wall Street worried and more than a little angry. In just about every interview they give, Wall Street sources are actively campaigning to undercut the IPO, warning the public that the stock will be overpriced, and instead of appreciating in value after the offering, will actually retreat."
Yeah, if there's anyone on the planet that i feel sorry for it's the investment bankers and their pissy little attitude b/c they aren't "in the loop" and google isn't bringing them into the "good ol' boys circle". Damn shame i tell you.
Note: not a chance in hell, i'll pay that much for google stock though. Not a chance.
....and that blue case is huuuuuuuuge - 'tis my only gripe;-).
i do have to chuckle though, the p133 with 64megs that serves as the firewall? Can't even remember the last time i rebooted that machine, much less opened it up to fix anything. An old Gateway, but still chugging away.
My girlfriend moved in (shocking, i know) with a hobbled together PC, same way i do mine - buy mobo-proc combo, case with decent psu, some video card that works with the mobo and some ram from crucial.
i normally repeat this cycle about meh, once every 2 years (recently graduated computer engineering student) and it worked out okay, but both of our machines always suffered from the old, *something* has gone wrong and died all the sudden.
With just one real workstation at any time to mess with for many years, i didn't mind all that much. Well, with two of them in house pulling that crap - it seemed like every month, i was buying some new component for either her pc or mine. It was getting old.
She scored a few contracts for her art (the Papa Roach cd and a slew of Brit albums from various artists that will hit soon have her stuff on them). Well, it was time to get a real machine. i wanted her to get a dual g5, but she wanted to stick with windows for all of her art software and plugins (well over $4k of x86 only stuff). Soooooo, we got her one of these...and here is the point of this post:
Blah, blah, blah as you will about Dell-this and Dell-that - i've not had *one* problem with that machine. i'll remind you, she is not doing light weight work. Not one problem. Er, and it kicks some serious ass with ut2k4 i might add;)
...hehe, i gotta love a tradition such as this: both parties being good sports and enjoying the moment. You know the agents consider being "assigned" to Defcon to be treat - it's fun. New stuff, new tech, new ideas, new kids breaking the system, just good ol' fun as i see it.
Oh lord, the oh-no-it's-not-fun-it's-against-the-law crowd will come out on this one. Seriously though, know thine enemy, what good fortune that you can enjoy the company of said "enemy". Hell, the Defcon kids enjoy knowing the "Feds" are there and will be watching. This is the cat and mouse that i admire and enjoy.
i'm serious, good to see this tradition is still going strong. May both parties always be present, enjoy and learn....and i mean that, both parties. Happy hunting:)
....be ye wary those that suggest a legal tangle with IBM. It should be well known that that the army of lawyers IBM employs are not to be messed with.SCO are tools, we know that. If they want to burn through their last bit of cash, yeah, start it up with IBM...things will not go well.
i seem to recall a Slashdot sig or two quoting Miguel saying that he was a MS clipy fan.
Many a/.'er would burn at the stake a man who had said so, but think for a sec before torching up those flames, kids.
Clippy might have sucked and annoyed many of you, but think about those moments when grammy was looking about for a movie of the grandkids.
i know, i know...stretch, strech, but ponder for me your grand parents for a sec: what do they read/write/view email with? Yeah, l33tz as you may be, gramps needs some some help from time to time: Gnome does that. Period.
Gripe and bitch on the 'spatial this' and 'spatial that'...your world is *not* ruined by this man: change your config....ye that bitch and moan how easy it is to twiddle this and that in/etc/here or/etc/there. Yeah, i'm good with that, but gramps is not - what can he use? Gnome. Or Kde.
Save the zealotous mass, either is good, but Clippy has helped many a folk get "email"...your ub3r ass needs to realize these are not the folks that care for or about your sendmail/qmail/rfc gripes....they want the pics of the little grandkids.
Rip on Miguel as you like, but recall, this is a man that wants the linux desktop to prosper, regardless of what fanboy, ub3r wannabies latch on.
Let the quote go....listen to the spirit...you do want me to listen to the open source spirit don't you?
i know it'll be an unpopular one about these parts, but: yeah, i'm with you bro. i should only have to click "Upgrade" on the Moz page to get the newest browser. Bitch and moan all you like, that's the way it should be: an icon in the corner: "upgrade now"...you can ignore if you like, you can build from source if you like, but me? Hell, just get me a new browser now....when i click. Yeah, yeah, save me all the "but, if it's just click and go and the security and the users and malware pages"...save it. Code against that, let me upgrade on the fly (restart okay...reboot not-okay) with a click. Tough to do? Hell, look about at the OS that this browser runs on (for the most part at this time): click and do for 'em eh? Not that much to ask. Give 'em a, 'no thanks, i'll do it the hard, trusted, but sure way' button. i'm not banging that in any way...hell, with some packages that's the only way i'll trust 'em. Moz is a safe bet: give us s 'click an' go to the newest version' button k? Yep.
....i'm not the only one whose jaw dropped that you can change them that easily?! Holy shit....beyond them picking this theme...it's not even that hard to change!!!!
wow. damn. i really am...just stunned. wow. i figured guys that could "uber" code would do better than this. wow.
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Wow. What are they doing over there? Let me preface this by saying i work with solaris daily, i like solaris (love/hate, you know what i mean if you use it), and well, the ultras i have in the house just will not die (not for my lack of trying though).
i ch-jre-j2se-jrs94x-should i get? Solaris open/closed/free/sorta/java-desktop? Heh, okay just poking fun there, but seriously, do they not seem a little like their top guys don't talk all that much and just make random announcements at this con or that? Yesh.
;-)
However, after all these "sorta" announcements from different heads of the crew, i'm getting uneasy about Sun. Java open/closed/free/not-free/for-the-love-of-pete-wh
And i KNOW the roof will raise over the suggestion of dropping osX in favor of Solaris on mac....er, wow, my mind is blown that one might consider doing that for anything other than fun...for a few minutes. Wow, Sun is just makin me uneasy these days - glad i'm not in charge of any huge shops (i assure you that you are glad for that too
heh, yeah, that's new to me too...make that voip ;-) i need my coffee dammit!
...which i just got up and made durring mah 2 min repost wait! heh.
i know i (you) have heard it many times: network it and it'll never be 100% secure.
:(
/. post about this, but i felt the need to bitch a little (it is /. you know! ;-)
This on the tail of the viop spam-fest looming; yeah, fun times ahead for phones. i can't wait for the convoluted, mostly-useless, loophole-for-biz laws that will follow all of this once lawmaker's underlings get wind of it.(you don't really believe most lawmakers have a clue about the tech-laws they pass do you?)
bah! i need a firewall for my phone now as well!!?? heh, i'm sure there'll be plenty of money made for lots of parties that aren't me and my phone(s)
And yes, it's alread been pointed out, the massive errors in the
i'm sure the vendors (no, not just the hotdog guy on the corner, i mean the gucci's, nike's, mcdonald's etc. that show up too) have to pay a fee (or nine!). :-)
i'm sure the IT crew has more than a few things to do already!
Side note: just went cruising dell's site for any word on putting sp2 on the gf's new Dimension xps and didn't see much mention of it by way of "don't do this yet" or "my god people hurry and install", so i'm going to call tech support (i heard that chuckle) and see what they have to say on the matter. Prolly have it down by rote at this point after getting more than a few calls about it. If it were my pc, i'd do it just to see all the stuff and give it a shot, but the "my stupidass boyfriend fucked up my computer" doghouse is not where i want to be....ever!
is the industry term. Pay a person so much that they won't leave. If they want to keep him and his knowledge, pay whatever it takes (if he's a problem employee, there are other ways to deal; i get the feeling he wasn't though). If they want to keep his knowledge of what he worked on whilst at the old job, should have gone NDA (non disclosure agreement) on him (i know you know this, just being complete).
Several of my proff's stayed in industry a bit longer than even they admit they should have with some companies due the insane amount of money keeping them there.
Plain and simple, have the NDA's for guys like this, pay them what they are worth (more if needed to keep them in the fold), and remember that if he's that good, he'll find other ways to make "must have" tech for harddrives, etc.
yep. yep, they (and it) are mine, all b&w's dev'd in my bathroom ;-)
:-) and that'll let me get a lot more things that i need to get going again.
:-) Ask anything you like :)
i've not had the chance to shoot or dev in quite a while (having a crappy job makes for low pay!) But, i did just score a new job (a real nice one...that will have lots of travel too - for more places to shoot
i did check out the site you have linked and it looks nice, i'll poke about some more later
for this, but:
"..No memory-bound benchmarks (where the Athlon is supposed to have an edge) are presented, though."
Why oh why do we continually have "reviews" posted that aren't comprehensive? Hell, i hardly even click on any of the posted reviews anymore...just read the comments later and find out what was missed or just plain wrong in the review.
Where does one go to get the real, straight scoop other than buying both, testing all products involved?
Yeah, i'm a little grouchy this morning...had to get that one out.
er, heh, hi there. What about the photography might you be asking?
After hearing of the record co's pulling that shit, it was never more clear the type of people that we are dealing with here. Makes me sick to my stomach that one might think this type of tripe is okay. Glad to hear this move though.
"...and the show will air starting in January 2005.
;-)
heh...er, guess i won't be watching it then (cable will be a distant item in the house at that time
Yow! That was one heck of a comment there, but i do have to agree with some parts of it. Sci-Fi (and cable) in general aren't worth too much of my time. Sci-Fi will play the good flick (proper, not made for tv), but their own shows? Let's just say that i don't cancel anything to watch them (the new BG should be at least pretty though).
As for dropping cable, i just scored a new gig that will pay for broadband and i'm dropping cable (and it's admittedly very reliable internet access) like a fucking rock for DSL immediately. Other than the intarweb, i won't miss much from cable and dsl will pick up the slack.
As for your ending comments, jesus, i have to agree - the lineups for the last few months on the weekends have all been killer-this or killer-that...all poorly made, poorly acted and just...not good. Small plot revolving around a handsome fellow, hot chick (whose makeup rarely smears despite flames, sweat, blowing pretty much everything sight up, etc), and some freak animal variety. Getting kinda old.
Bah, i'll watch the new BG before the cable gets kicked, but i'm not too sure i'll miss cable all that much. i'll miss cnn somewhat though.
...can be misleading from time to time, but i gotta say this looks like it's going to be very nice for the eyes :) i know, i know, that won't carry everything, but meh, i think it'll be fun to watch :)
"Investment bankers fear the "Dutch auction" IPO, if successful, could severely diminish their power and influence, and that has a lot of people on Wall Street worried and more than a little angry. In just about every interview they give, Wall Street sources are actively campaigning to undercut the IPO, warning the public that the stock will be overpriced, and instead of appreciating in value after the offering, will actually retreat."
Yeah, if there's anyone on the planet that i feel sorry for it's the investment bankers and their pissy little attitude b/c they aren't "in the loop" and google isn't bringing them into the "good ol' boys circle". Damn shame i tell you.
Note: not a chance in hell, i'll pay that much for google stock though. Not a chance.
....and that blue case is huuuuuuuuge - 'tis my only gripe ;-).
i do have to chuckle though, the p133 with 64megs that serves as the firewall? Can't even remember the last time i rebooted that machine, much less opened it up to fix anything. An old Gateway, but still chugging away.
Quick little story:
;)
My girlfriend moved in (shocking, i know) with a hobbled together PC, same way i do mine - buy mobo-proc combo, case with decent psu, some video card that works with the mobo and some ram from crucial.
i normally repeat this cycle about meh, once every 2 years (recently graduated computer engineering student) and it worked out okay, but both of our machines always suffered from the old, *something* has gone wrong and died all the sudden.
With just one real workstation at any time to mess with for many years, i didn't mind all that much. Well, with two of them in house pulling that crap - it seemed like every month, i was buying some new component for either her pc or mine. It was getting old.
She scored a few contracts for her art (the Papa Roach cd and a slew of Brit albums from various artists that will hit soon have her stuff on them). Well, it was time to get a real machine. i wanted her to get a dual g5, but she wanted to stick with windows for all of her art software and plugins (well over $4k of x86 only stuff). Soooooo, we got her one of these...and here is the point of this post:
Blah, blah, blah as you will about Dell-this and Dell-that - i've not had *one* problem with that machine. i'll remind you, she is not doing light weight work. Not one problem. Er, and it kicks some serious ass with ut2k4 i might add
...hehe, i gotta love a tradition such as this: both parties being good sports and enjoying the moment. You know the agents consider being "assigned" to Defcon to be treat - it's fun. New stuff, new tech, new ideas, new kids breaking the system, just good ol' fun as i see it.
:)
Oh lord, the oh-no-it's-not-fun-it's-against-the-law crowd will come out on this one. Seriously though, know thine enemy, what good fortune that you can enjoy the company of said "enemy". Hell, the Defcon kids enjoy knowing the "Feds" are there and will be watching. This is the cat and mouse that i admire and enjoy.
i'm serious, good to see this tradition is still going strong. May both parties always be present, enjoy and learn....and i mean that, both parties. Happy hunting
Holy shit. 10? wow. that's insane. wow.
Yow.
Wyatt, damn man - i thought you was dead!
Okay, seriously though....glad to see you are still around (and reading).
2054? Nice :-)
:)
It's just not too often that i see them
before the anti-google folks blow a gasket on this story.
:)
Also, note the extremely low uid...pretty nice to see it
....be ye wary those that suggest a legal tangle with IBM. It should be well known that that the army of lawyers IBM employs are not to be messed with.SCO are tools, we know that. If they want to burn through their last bit of cash, yeah, start it up with IBM...things will not go well.
i seem to recall a Slashdot sig or two quoting Miguel saying that he was a MS clipy fan.
/.'er would burn at the stake a man who had said so, but think for a sec before torching up those flames, kids.
...your world is *not* ruined by this man: change your config....ye that bitch and moan how easy it is to twiddle this and that in /etc/here or /etc/there. Yeah, i'm good with that, but gramps is not - what can he use? Gnome. Or Kde.
Many a
Clippy might have sucked and annoyed many of you, but think about those moments when grammy was looking about for a movie of the grandkids.
i know, i know...stretch, strech, but ponder for me your grand parents for a sec: what do they read/write/view email with? Yeah, l33tz as you may be, gramps needs some some help from time to time: Gnome does that. Period.
Gripe and bitch on the 'spatial this' and 'spatial that'
Save the zealotous mass, either is good, but Clippy has helped many a folk get "email"...your ub3r ass needs to realize these are not the folks that care for or about your sendmail/qmail/rfc gripes....they want the pics of the little grandkids.
Rip on Miguel as you like, but recall, this is a man that wants the linux desktop to prosper, regardless of what fanboy, ub3r wannabies latch on.
Let the quote go....listen to the spirit...you do want me to listen to the open source spirit don't you?
i know it'll be an unpopular one about these parts, but: yeah, i'm with you bro. i should only have to click "Upgrade" on the Moz page to get the newest browser. Bitch and moan all you like, that's the way it should be: an icon in the corner: "upgrade now"...you can ignore if you like, you can build from source if you like, but me? Hell, just get me a new browser now....when i click. Yeah, yeah, save me all the "but, if it's just click and go and the security and the users and malware pages"...save it. Code against that, let me upgrade on the fly (restart okay...reboot not-okay) with a click. Tough to do? Hell, look about at the OS that this browser runs on (for the most part at this time): click and do for 'em eh? Not that much to ask. Give 'em a, 'no thanks, i'll do it the hard, trusted, but sure way' button. i'm not banging that in any way...hell, with some packages that's the only way i'll trust 'em. Moz is a safe bet: give us s 'click an' go to the newest version' button k? Yep.
....i'm not the only one whose jaw dropped that you can change them that easily?! Holy shit....beyond them picking this theme...it's not even that hard to change!!!!
...just stunned. wow. i figured guys that could "uber" code would do better than this. wow.
wow. damn. i really am