If I'm really into what I'm doing, it might be worth it. But I see so many people (and many of my friends) working their ass off for what could happen "if we go public and people like us." If they become new paper millionaires, I suppose its worth it, but it seems like a lot of time wasted they could be using to live/enjoy life.
I work for a company that may or may not go public one day, but its been around for 20 some years. Its not a high glamor job, but I use cool technology, I work about 40-45 hours a week, I get paid well enough to get the toys I need. IMHO, this is more worth it. I'm enjoying my life NOW instead of hoping I enjoy it a few years down the line. I could die in a car accident tomorrow, then where would I be?
I may be hedonistic here, but carpe diem is pretty much what I live. Life's too short to waste it on something that might not pay off. Maybe this attitude will never make me rich monetarily, but I lead a full life and I'm a happy man.
And I've got all this wisdom at 24....wonder what the next 80 years will teach me.
Hmm....I think he forgot "lots more users, lots more production servers, a few more paper millionaries, lots more code" and a bunch of other things. Dvorak has never been a friend of Linux, but his spin on this makes it look like Linux was just vaporware instead of something people are using all the time in production, at home, and at play.
If anything, I'd say the Dot-com millionaires is more hype then anything else.
You guys missed the point. Neil was just trying his hand at being an pundit. If the book gig ever falls through, he just do a Burst-report kinda thing where he just spouts wild crap and groundless assertions.
Having seen Harlan talk (and I really really really recommend it if you get a chance) and someone ask a question similar to this, I'd agree, have your friend ask him. Especially make sure your friend uses the word "Sci-Fi" and not "Science Fiction." Make sure your flame retardant suit is on, and bring some marshmellows.
I work at a company that makes software for the health care industry. As I'm often viewed as the companies "internet and open source expert" I've been involved in our looking at our HIPPA stuff.
To be complient with HIPPA you just need to have a uesr name and password. HIPPA does state that if you use a digital certificate or some sort of PKI that it must be done in the way specified in the laws. But they are certainly not manditory.
I don't run anything that I haven't compiled, or any binary that came from a reputable source/mirror.
I think you're saying that you don't run a binary or compile source unless its from a reputable source, but just in case you're saying you feel safe just because you compiled source from any old place and only run binaries from know places...
But do you check every single line of code you compile? Just compiling something from source doesn't automatically protect you from harm. I see/hear this attitude alot, and it just doesn't make sence when you think it all the way through.
Now if you get a PGP or GPG signed source from a "known place" such as signed kernel source from kernel.org, you're probably safe.
It just bothers me the number of people that assume they are safe just because they compiled the binary they are using.
Your story kind of reminds me when I was a junior in college. Our dorms were wired to the campus backbone. I was running Linux for about two years at that point. This freshman guy came into my room and asked me to "show him the internet." So I open up an xterm and I do a traceroute to someplace I knew was in California.
He didn't talk to me much after that. I think I scared him away with my geeky ways, which is pretty much what I wanted.
"Note, I work for EMC, which also makes large multi-terabyte storage systems."
When EMC came to my company to pitch your products about 4-5 months ago, I asked about Linux support. "What's Linux?" was the wrong answer, and yet, they gave that as an answer. At the time I told them they should seriously be looking into Linux as that was part of the decision of bring EMC into our organization.
If I remember correctly, there's a sysctl thing to turn off the overcommit. I just can't remember what it is off the top of my head. See the kernel docs:)
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If I'm really into what I'm doing, it might be worth it. But I see so many people (and many of my friends) working their ass off for what could happen "if we go public and people like us." If they become new paper millionaires, I suppose its worth it, but it seems like a lot of time wasted they could be using to live/enjoy life.
I work for a company that may or may not go public one day, but its been around for 20 some years. Its not a high glamor job, but I use cool technology, I work about 40-45 hours a week, I get paid well enough to get the toys I need. IMHO, this is more worth it. I'm enjoying my life NOW instead of hoping I enjoy it a few years down the line. I could die in a car accident tomorrow, then where would I be?
I may be hedonistic here, but carpe diem is pretty much what I live. Life's too short to waste it on something that might not pay off. Maybe this attitude will never make me rich monetarily, but I lead a full life and I'm a happy man.
And I've got all this wisdom at 24....wonder what the next 80 years will teach me.
Hmm....I think he forgot "lots more users, lots more production servers, a few more paper millionaries, lots more code" and a bunch of other things. Dvorak has never been a friend of Linux, but his spin on this makes it look like Linux was just vaporware instead of something people are using all the time in production, at home, and at play.
If anything, I'd say the Dot-com millionaires is more hype then anything else.
He hit the nail on the head with DIVX though.
You guys missed the point. Neil was just trying his hand at being an pundit. If the book gig ever falls through, he just do a Burst-report kinda thing where he just spouts wild crap and groundless assertions.
Having seen Harlan talk (and I really really really recommend it if you get a chance) and someone ask a question similar to this, I'd agree, have your friend ask him. Especially make sure your friend uses the word "Sci-Fi" and not "Science Fiction." Make sure your flame retardant suit is on, and bring some marshmellows.
I work at a company that makes software for the health care industry. As I'm often viewed as the companies "internet and open source expert" I've been involved in our looking at our HIPPA stuff.
To be complient with HIPPA you just need to have a uesr name and password. HIPPA does state that if you use a digital certificate or some sort of PKI that it must be done in the way specified in the laws. But they are certainly not manditory.
I think you're saying that you don't run a binary or compile source unless its from a reputable source, but just in case you're saying you feel safe just because you compiled source from any old place and only run binaries from know places...
But do you check every single line of code you compile? Just compiling something from source doesn't automatically protect you from harm. I see/hear this attitude alot, and it just doesn't make sence when you think it all the way through.
Now if you get a PGP or GPG signed source from a "known place" such as signed kernel source from kernel.org, you're probably safe.
It just bothers me the number of people that assume they are safe just because they compiled the binary they are using.
Your story kind of reminds me when I was a junior in college. Our dorms were wired to the campus backbone. I was running Linux for about two years at that point. This freshman guy came into my room and asked me to "show him the internet." So I open up an xterm and I do a traceroute to someplace I knew was in California.
He didn't talk to me much after that. I think I scared him away with my geeky ways, which is pretty much what I wanted.
Keith
"Note, I work for EMC, which also makes large multi-terabyte storage systems."
When EMC came to my company to pitch your products about 4-5 months ago, I asked about Linux support. "What's Linux?" was the wrong answer, and yet, they gave that as an answer. At the time I told them they should seriously be looking into Linux as that was part of the decision of bring EMC into our organization.
I'm hoping things have changed at EMC....
If I remember correctly, there's a sysctl thing to turn off the overcommit. I just can't remember what it is off the top of my head. See the kernel docs :)