There is no way Microsoft is going to collapse in 6 months. None.
Well there's always thermonuclear war, alien invasion, radical Torvaldists siezing control of the Gates compound and - oh wait... I doubt any of those things will happen in the next six months either. Nuts!!!
3.Does anyone really beleive a 50+ year old 'generic' term is really suitable for trademarking???
Unfortunately, if you'll remember the VW or Neon campaign from a few years ago: "Hi." I guarantee you any TM lawer could make a make a case for TM issues with that, had anyone attempted to copy them. And "Hi" is probably one of the most generic colloquialisms ever.
...counterpoint to that is that I can't remember which of the two manufacturers it was...
Numbers are great for routing, but when it comes to user interfaces, Names are the way to go. Making phone numbers as pointers to websites is as advancing as not using IP for 2nd Generation wireless.
The goal is to advance technology... not to regress to a bad system.
Unfortunately, this is the goal of the Geek, not the goal of business. The goal of business is to make money. This is commonly forgotten by geeks, and hence people point and laugh at the non-bisiness business model most web companies use.
Lets consider the technological make-up of the world today:
1. We have the 3rd world. Yes, these people are untapped "web" resources, but the reality is that a TRS-80 is considered high-tech for some of them. Whole towns don't have power, running water, and/or phones. Do you think that these people really care about reverse lookup DNS tables? These people are off of the eBusiness radar.
2. On the other extreme We have the Uber-geeks. These people are all about making everybodies lives easier - as long as they hold the secret knowledge as to how everything works. Why pay for a phone call, when you can email them? Why email them when you can ICQ them? why ICQ them when you can use voice over ip for free?...and so on... For many, a phone is becoming outdated technology. For us to remember an email address or a website no problem... for us to find a website or an email address... well there's google, 411 and maqpuest so that about covers finding almost any company or private informaton necessary.
3. Then there are people like my inlaws... Who have internet access and a slough of questions, but don't care to listen. They waited patiently for 3 months until I was around over thanksgiving to remove a stuck CD becuase they didn't feel comfortable with a paperclip. Anyway, they can enter in a URL from the TV screen, but when toyota doesn't say www.toyota.com on their advertisement - they don't think to type it in. Some day they may figure it out - but I figure I'll have a few more trips out there before then...
4. People who aren't don't know anything about computers at all. There are actually a few people in business that still don't use a computer - and not all of them are auto mechanics. A lot of them are older, and very set in their ways. A phone number is a familiar item. They can punch it in and they know what they can expect to hear - someone from that company on the other end of the line. They can type it in on a computer, and amazingly it would take them to the website. Not only have you adapted current technology now to a familiar frame, but you have actively encouraged someone else to see your business model. This are the largest untapped but available customer base for online companies PTFMA.
In addition, a telephone crossreference fixes many problems with domain squatters, two companies with similar names/different prodcuts, and provides most of america with an existing directory structure to find the company they are looking for (the Yellow Pages).
Lastly, I personally prefer to shop locally when I can't get a better deal elsewhere. I could run through (617) business lines for the product I wanted. This would allow me to shop online - and have the convenience of doing so - but put the company close enough that if it broke, I could easily return it or exchange it.
anyways... phone numbers aren't a bad system - just one you wouldn't think to use given the current direction of technology. I however, see where this could be useful - and hence, profitable.
I'm not sure what your experience with embedded systems is, but your views on linux's aplicability reflect that you either do not have experience with or are predjudiced towards another type (and certainly not CE as well).
For starters, the linux kernel can be as compact as you like it. RedHat and Caldera are not ideal implementations in this case. There are several distrabutions and tools available. Some are available for free (Note, I just pulled the first link off of google - I didn't see the distro we use on this list).
In development, most of our systems boot off of a compressed kernel floppy, in the field, our systems relly on DiskOnChip(DOC) and so forth to store the kernel and proprietary software.
Stability is the key thing - that and usually script management, remote access (for resetting and reconfiguring devices), security (SSL can be tiny) and so forth. The best part is, I pay for the DOC and not for the distrobution (note: some of the mini distros are for expensive, some are free).
There are more embeded systems than just consumer electronics. We do hefty amounts of utility work, percision measurement, robotics, data collectors and so forth...
Linux as an embeded OS isn't a fleeting thing, we've been doing it for a few years. I've also implemented systems using CE with varrying degrees of success (sometimes our clients demand it, sometimes its the better solution). The bottom line is that it really depends on the a couple of things: application, development cost, planned maintenance cycle, product lifetime, product downtime, support cost, and unit cost. Yes, you can cheapen a development by going with CE, but expect higher downtime, a shorter lifetime, and higher maintenance costs. I would sooner create something that I can rely in though. We have linux products 700 miles away, still happily transmitting useful signals to our customers that have not been touched since the day of instalation four or five years ago. I can't say the same things about some of our CE products of even last year.
Maybe we're one of the few companies which does things right (though I don't think so - none of us are kernel hacks and such), but I'd just say we're pretty good at designing a solid product.
If it will fit on a floppy, its small enough for an embedded solution. I don't know, maybe Linux is no good for a camera, quite possible - I've never designed a camera. There are however, systems which can and do benefit from linux. Think outside the box of PDAs, cell phones, camcorders, and geek toys.
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Based on your answer, I have a couple of questions....
1) What is your real name so that I make sure we never hire you?
2) Are you an actual contractor or just a high school troll with no concept of the real world?
3) Do you have a soul or understand the ethics of software deveopment at all?
4) Which foot, my left or my right, would you prefer shoved up your ass?
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Novell may die, but it won't be because it's market share is eroded by NT/2000 or Linux.
The people who have written something on this article that have provided (+1 Informative) information seem to have a clue as to how Novell works and what it is useful for. The people who have written (+1 Interesting) comments saying that Novel will be replaced by zillions of other available systems, seem to be...light on facts about Novel and have user - if any - experience with novel.
Lets set some things in perspective. Novell is very powerful as internet and intranet construction. It is *surprise* not intuitively obvious to use effectively. It is not useful for setting up a personal dorm room LAN, because it is designed for much larger businesses - not 4 or 5 computers. The price tag to accompany this software which will be used for 4 or 5 computers makes it equally useless to the average college student. Some students will wind up working for a campus computer center, but very few will actually have any interaction with the servers. For this reason, few college students (and even fewer high school students) ever have an interaction with novel above and beyond the [CTRL+ALT+SHEEP] sign to log in.
So, your print server for 9,000 students at a state institution seems a bit slow during peak hours? Hmmm... thats like at least 8,000 people more than the majority of businesses have that use Novell. I'd argue just about anything is slow when 9,000 people are all trying to do it at the same time.
Let me skip back to something I mentioned earlier. Some college students do get Novell administrator duties at colleges - and do get experience. I remind you though, they are getting experience. That means, more than likely, they're screwing up the network (accidentally) and getting the experience from someone who *may or may not* know how to fix it. Have you ever considered how little state institution employees are paid? and how little educators are paid as well (in comparrison to PhDs in the workforce)? IT workers who usually work at a school do it for some combination of the following three reasons: #1 they enjoy the people they work with, #2 they went to the school and can't leave yet (afraid of the real world), and #3 the other jobs they qualified for involved flipping burgers. I'd like to think most people fall into the #1 category, but lets face it there are a few who obviously didn't...
So, for the most part academia networks are set up by a bunch of idiots leading around snot nosed kids who screw things up. You wonder why your print server sucks?
Now we'll actually touch the print server issue. YES, the PRINT SERVER IS ANTIQUATED. That does not mean that it is no longer used, just that #1 people can't afford to switch it over to a better system immediately, #2 it is too low a priority to switch it over immediately, and/or #3 they do not know how to switch it over. 'Nuf said on that topic.
However what has this all meant? Students who have not actively sought out good experiences with novell will never really understand its full merrits. Therefore, they will not make the effort to learn it, and when they are actually designing IT architectures, they probably will fail to include it as a product.
The old guard (and by that I mean over the age of 25) who have had experience with novell, will eventually get a higher paying job, or change fields, or retire, or what have you... basically be put out to pasture... Regardless, their experience will probably not be spread as widely as more companies start up "Novell Free" and it is slowly avoided as the college and hs students of today become the managers of tomorrow.
So, rather than say "Novell sucks... so its going to die." why don't you learn it and recognize its power? Novell is no longer frontline news or cutting technology, but it certainly needs to be recognized for what it is and what it does better.
(Zeppelins would be nice, but they haven't overcome a rather significant image problem, and if they were going to be cheap, they'd not only be huge, but probably need hydrogen for lift. Not as fast as planes, but better than trains IIRC)
Man, this is exactly what I want.. I want to take a zeplin from point A to point B, eat off of fine china and have waiters in little white jackets do waitery things... but most of all, I want Indiana Jones to throw some Nazi out of the aircraft and then say "No Ticket."
Its actually become popular for outdoorsmen (women too). ;Prince ton Tech has been doing this for about a year. You trade off the brilliance of a regular bulb (which lasts for 2.5 hours) for 40 hours of life - this from 2 AAs...
Before, the only way to get long lasting light was to take a big and heavy battery pack (usually 4 or 6 D cells). It may not sound like much but it made a headlamp relatively impractical for backpacking (where an extra pound. means an awful lot). I can use my headlamp for multiple trips (usually about 10 days total) and not have to bring replacement batteries -though I usually do, because 1 extra AA (I'll bring one spare) still weighs less than the old battery pack
Headlamps are fantastic though, because it frees your hands so you can do stuff like - set up a tent, see what your doing while you cook dinner, and even change a tire (not that I change tires while backpacking, but I do use my headlamp for other things as well).
Plus, LEDs are way more sturdy than regular bulbs - and while Headlamps and such are built sturdy, it becomes a worthy investment the first time you break your replacement bulb while changing it... not to mention you don't have to replace LEDs...
I think I've seen this for a few regular flashlights too - for those of you who don't want to look like the three-eyed monster while you use a flashlight.
I have laughed hard enough to make milk come out my nose when I was little. I have never ever though laughed hard enough for peanutbutter and jelly to do so... OUCH... funny, but ouch.
Your story is - vaguely correct.
I can't find the ausie newspaper that used to have this story...
The programmers were using infantry models with a kangaroo shell over them, and assigned the tactic retreat, so they vaguely stayed together and ran as the helocopters approached. This was done, as
I remember it, for fun - an easter egg. While yes it is true that wild animals running from dense overgrowth can indicate the position of a helicopter - this was not a "specified feature," but instead a practical joke by punchy coders. Now, here is the kicker... during *preliminary testing* - long before any visiting pilots, officers, or what have you visited they had not disabled the "return fire" option. Therefore here was a pack of retreating kangaroos shooting giant beachballs (the default weapon) at whomever the test engineer was running the thing. The story has been exageratted that they were firing missles and that there were any visiting personel present at the time of the actual event.
21. Carrot Top, Barbra Striesand, Yanni, and Kenny G go on tour. This upsets the balance of any decent form of entertainment forcing anyone hearing the sound snippet during the evening news to instantly go into convulsions and die. Efforts made to 'pull the plug' on the show go in vain as Gahleger, Polly Shore, Celine Dion and Regis begin their own tour to allert people to the dangers caused by the original tour.
I could worry about the insignificant radiation I am exposed to when I use my cell phone...
or I could worry about the insignificant radiation I am exposed to while working on the linear motor at work. I should point out that there are remarkably few bugs in the lab during the summer. Maybe tomorrow I'll check the area out around the motor... I can almost guarountee that my cell phone usage is completely insignificant in comparrison.
I currently pay a phone bill, an electrical bill, a wireless bill, cable, rent, my car, buy groceries, and put fuel in my car. I choose not to pay for internet access (lunchtime/morning workbreak instead). I also do not pay for water or heating - two common bills which are covered by my landlord.
Personally, it would be ideal if I did not have to pay for any of this, but that is equivalent to wishing money grew on trees.
I classify bills into two types: essential and non-essential. Essential bills cover any survival based service: Water, Electricity, heating, grocery, and housing (rent). Non-essential bills include Phone, Wireless, Cable, a car, gasoline, and ISP access.
The government subsidises most essential costs for families who are low-income. They do not pay it outright, they do however cheapen or give tax credits for these costs.
It *could* be argued that all of these bills are non-essential, as there are people who chop their own wood for heating, do not use electricity and grow and hunt for their food. Quite literally I spent the weekend with friends who do this. They have a phone (for business actually), and gas power. If they need electricity *for his laptop* they use car batteries. Soon they will be adding solar to their cabin and actually charge batteries that way. They have gas lights, gas stove and a gas refridgerator. Their house is amazingly warm from the woodstove (though I hear it gets a little nipply during a cold snowstorm if the fire goes out.) Quite honeslty they are making little impact on the environment (they would be getting Nuclear Power - which they are against, and the addition of the solar/wind powers will increase their self-sufficency). Lastly their water is gravity fed not pumped - what exactly that means I am unsure.
While I grew up in rural Maine, I now live in Boston and I am afforded an amazing amount of conveniences. I however, envy every aspect of that house - it is an engineering dream. They built a nearly autonomous home and are expanding its autonomy from overpriced utilities further.
But I digress....
Internet access is so survivally trivial that to even consider that it, of ALL bills, should be free is ludicrous(spelling?). You have no RIGHT to be online. You have no RIGHT to own a computer. You made the decision to purchase a computer, you made the decision to purchase an online service. There was never a question of your survival if you did not.
I will consider my friend an exception to the system and maintain the "essentiality" of the services I qualified as essential before. Proposal of free online service is silly - as there are many services necessary to survival in modern society which should be free long before ISPs are.
An ISP is a "PROFFIT" based company. They have every right to charge whatever the hell they feel like (within reason).
I work for a research engineering firm and to even consider charging half of what we do (let alone offer it for free) is completely ludicrous.
that was what the (at least) was supposed to convey. I totally agree with you. I wish you'd responded to a little more of the comment, perhaps read a little more of the stuff that I've written (like my background info) to realize that I very well know its here and it has been here for a very long time...
Please, at least take the letter as a whole - taking that comment alone completely misses the point, and only serves as a poorly constructed flame.
When the revolution comes - who will be the first against the wall?
As horrid as it sounds, what future do you think we are really working towards?
Star Trek? I'd say ideallistically yes. People make money being merchants and such in that future, but I've never seen anyone ever pay for something, there's no indication that a captain or an ensign earns a salary or goes to the bank. Its communistic at best, but probably unreallistic as we can't even get along for five minutes with ourselves - let alone our neighbors.
Car Wars? Well, road rage is high enough - and there was that stint in the 80's where guns were being fired on the California highway system.
Blade Runner/Cyberpunk? Dark dismal and cold - run by mega corps... sounds more realistic as the MPAA and other big companies are (at least) beginning to run the government.
The Running Man? Heck, we'll watch Survivor (a piss poor example of surviving - let them kill and eat whatever they want, including eachother. Don't tell them how long they'll be stuck there. Loose them ONLY when they are dead, eaten, or in a medical emrgency. Last man standing sort of thing -that is survival... they are "living uncomfortably" - and yes, I'd put my money where my mouth is on that one.) anyways... back to the Running Man... We had the short lived American Gladiators, Roller Jam is getting big - and Professional Wrestling (right up there with extreeme violence) is huge now. America eats up voilence... this is becoming a viable form of entertainment.
Do you want to talk about pattent laws or the MPAA or the DMCA and their effect as to outlawing technology? The recent suck.com article about geeks not understanding politics and law? We're screwed.
We still have race riots (Rodney King), we have gone to war once over oil (Gulf War) - we can't get along. As Midnight Oil sang "The rich get richer and the poor get the picture."
Now anyone here wants to even propose that nannite or cybernetic technology is a going to be a good thing? Folks - its only a good thing if we are ourselves as the whole human race are good. We're not. Period. At best we'll ruin ourselves, at worst - we kill everybody.
The revolution is here folks...on a local scale it looks small, on a global scale - we're there - and we're all against the wall.
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Based off of the piano flinger (based of of the real cow flinger) used in Northern Exposure, I built a Mac Flinger many many years ago... It made it across a parking lot (53' 3"). Of course, it was completely fabbed with real parts (not trash) and it took me several weeks to design and build... but hey it was a neat way to put to rest a non-functional Mac Classic...plus I got credit for an independent study in "Computers in Aerodynamic Applications."
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They can't add a DVD Player, silly - its running linux... and the MPAA with the DMCA is making sure that it will never happen. What a brilliant thought, what a dismal reality...
I've spent the week in the city, battling through hordes of Bostonians chatting away on their cell phones while they drive - whipping in and out of the lanes of traffic completely oblivious to what is around them because they are glued to their phone.
Now, thanks to these guys, when I finally get away to New Hampshire or Vermont for a weekend of mountain biking, I can look forward to some idiot, not paying attention to the trail and once again making things relatively unsafe for everybody because he's checking his schedule or some other rediculous crap. Whoo hoo, way to make biking pleasureable.
There are days when all I really need is an EMP gun.
You're right. Instead lets send up pyramids covered with stone engravings. They're out of date, but at least we know they've withstood 5,000 years worth of punishment on earth.
http://www.stratfor.com provides a unique news platform. They are not traditional media newstypes - rather a former intelligence consulting firm providing world news with comentary as to what affects this has to the surrounding governments, our government and etc...
Rather than provide you with the same story of tradgedy the Kursk incident was, they discuss the effect that loosing the sub will have on all future Russian Naval operations.
Quite literally, this is at least a different apporach to the news if nothing else...
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There is no way Microsoft is going to collapse in 6 months. None.
Well there's always thermonuclear war, alien invasion, radical Torvaldists siezing control of the Gates compound and - oh wait... I doubt any of those things will happen in the next six months either. Nuts!!!
3.Does anyone really beleive a 50+ year old 'generic' term is really suitable for trademarking???
Unfortunately, if you'll remember the VW or Neon campaign from a few years ago: "Hi." I guarantee you any TM lawer could make a make a case for TM issues with that, had anyone attempted to copy them. And "Hi" is probably one of the most generic colloquialisms ever.
...counterpoint to that is that I can't remember which of the two manufacturers it was...
oh well...
Numbers are great for routing, but when it comes to user interfaces, Names are the way to go. Making phone numbers as pointers to websites is as advancing as not using IP for 2nd Generation wireless.
...and so on... For many, a phone is becoming outdated technology. For us to remember an email address or a website no problem... for us to find a website or an email address... well there's google, 411 and maqpuest so that about covers finding almost any company or private informaton necessary.
The goal is to advance technology... not to regress to a bad system.
Unfortunately, this is the goal of the Geek, not the goal of business. The goal of business is to make money. This is commonly forgotten by geeks, and hence people point and laugh at the non-bisiness business model most web companies use.
Lets consider the technological make-up of the world today:
1. We have the 3rd world. Yes, these people are untapped "web" resources, but the reality is that a TRS-80 is considered high-tech for some of them. Whole towns don't have power, running water, and/or phones. Do you think that these people really care about reverse lookup DNS tables? These people are off of the eBusiness radar.
2. On the other extreme We have the Uber-geeks. These people are all about making everybodies lives easier - as long as they hold the secret knowledge as to how everything works. Why pay for a phone call, when you can email them? Why email them when you can ICQ them? why ICQ them when you can use voice over ip for free?
3. Then there are people like my inlaws... Who have internet access and a slough of questions, but don't care to listen. They waited patiently for 3 months until I was around over thanksgiving to remove a stuck CD becuase they didn't feel comfortable with a paperclip. Anyway, they can enter in a URL from the TV screen, but when toyota doesn't say www.toyota.com on their advertisement - they don't think to type it in. Some day they may figure it out - but I figure I'll have a few more trips out there before then...
4. People who aren't don't know anything about computers at all. There are actually a few people in business that still don't use a computer - and not all of them are auto mechanics. A lot of them are older, and very set in their ways. A phone number is a familiar item. They can punch it in and they know what they can expect to hear - someone from that company on the other end of the line. They can type it in on a computer, and amazingly it would take them to the website. Not only have you adapted current technology now to a familiar frame, but you have actively encouraged someone else to see your business model. This are the largest untapped but available customer base for online companies PTFMA.
In addition, a telephone crossreference fixes many problems with domain squatters, two companies with similar names/different prodcuts, and provides most of america with an existing directory structure to find the company they are looking for (the Yellow Pages).
Lastly, I personally prefer to shop locally when I can't get a better deal elsewhere. I could run through (617) business lines for the product I wanted. This would allow me to shop online - and have the convenience of doing so - but put the company close enough that if it broke, I could easily return it or exchange it.
anyways... phone numbers aren't a bad system - just one you wouldn't think to use given the current direction of technology. I however, see where this could be useful - and hence, profitable.
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I'm not sure what your experience with embedded systems is, but your views on linux's aplicability reflect that you either do not have experience with or are predjudiced towards another type (and certainly not CE as well).
For starters, the linux kernel can be as compact as you like it. RedHat and Caldera are not ideal implementations in this case. There are several distrabutions and tools available. Some are available for free (Note, I just pulled the first link off of google - I didn't see the distro we use on this list).
In development, most of our systems boot off of a compressed kernel floppy, in the field, our systems relly on DiskOnChip(DOC) and so forth to store the kernel and proprietary software.
Stability is the key thing - that and usually script management, remote access (for resetting and reconfiguring devices), security (SSL can be tiny) and so forth. The best part is, I pay for the DOC and not for the distrobution (note: some of the mini distros are for expensive, some are free).
There are more embeded systems than just consumer electronics. We do hefty amounts of utility work, percision measurement, robotics, data collectors and so forth...
Linux as an embeded OS isn't a fleeting thing, we've been doing it for a few years. I've also implemented systems using CE with varrying degrees of success (sometimes our clients demand it, sometimes its the better solution). The bottom line is that it really depends on the a couple of things: application, development cost, planned maintenance cycle, product lifetime, product downtime, support cost, and unit cost. Yes, you can cheapen a development by going with CE, but expect higher downtime, a shorter lifetime, and higher maintenance costs. I would sooner create something that I can rely in though. We have linux products 700 miles away, still happily transmitting useful signals to our customers that have not been touched since the day of instalation four or five years ago. I can't say the same things about some of our CE products of even last year.
Maybe we're one of the few companies which does things right (though I don't think so - none of us are kernel hacks and such), but I'd just say we're pretty good at designing a solid product.
If it will fit on a floppy, its small enough for an embedded solution. I don't know, maybe Linux is no good for a camera, quite possible - I've never designed a camera. There are however, systems which can and do benefit from linux. Think outside the box of PDAs, cell phones, camcorders, and geek toys.
2) Are you an actual contractor or just a high school troll with no concept of the real world?
3) Do you have a soul or understand the ethics of software deveopment at all?
4) Which foot, my left or my right, would you prefer shoved up your ass?
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Novell may die, but it won't be because it's market share is eroded by NT/2000 or Linux.
...light on facts about Novel and have user - if any - experience with novel.
The people who have written something on this article that have provided (+1 Informative) information seem to have a clue as to how Novell works and what it is useful for. The people who have written (+1 Interesting) comments saying that Novel will be replaced by zillions of other available systems, seem to be
Lets set some things in perspective. Novell is very powerful as internet and intranet construction. It is *surprise* not intuitively obvious to use effectively. It is not useful for setting up a personal dorm room LAN, because it is designed for much larger businesses - not 4 or 5 computers. The price tag to accompany this software which will be used for 4 or 5 computers makes it equally useless to the average college student. Some students will wind up working for a campus computer center, but very few will actually have any interaction with the servers. For this reason, few college students (and even fewer high school students) ever have an interaction with novel above and beyond the [CTRL+ALT+SHEEP] sign to log in.
So, your print server for 9,000 students at a state institution seems a bit slow during peak hours? Hmmm... thats like at least 8,000 people more than the majority of businesses have that use Novell. I'd argue just about anything is slow when 9,000 people are all trying to do it at the same time.
Let me skip back to something I mentioned earlier. Some college students do get Novell administrator duties at colleges - and do get experience. I remind you though, they are getting experience. That means, more than likely, they're screwing up the network (accidentally) and getting the experience from someone who *may or may not* know how to fix it. Have you ever considered how little state institution employees are paid? and how little educators are paid as well (in comparrison to PhDs in the workforce)? IT workers who usually work at a school do it for some combination of the following three reasons: #1 they enjoy the people they work with, #2 they went to the school and can't leave yet (afraid of the real world), and #3 the other jobs they qualified for involved flipping burgers. I'd like to think most people fall into the #1 category, but lets face it there are a few who obviously didn't...
So, for the most part academia networks are set up by a bunch of idiots leading around snot nosed kids who screw things up. You wonder why your print server sucks?
Now we'll actually touch the print server issue. YES, the PRINT SERVER IS ANTIQUATED. That does not mean that it is no longer used, just that #1 people can't afford to switch it over to a better system immediately, #2 it is too low a priority to switch it over immediately, and/or #3 they do not know how to switch it over. 'Nuf said on that topic.
However what has this all meant? Students who have not actively sought out good experiences with novell will never really understand its full merrits. Therefore, they will not make the effort to learn it, and when they are actually designing IT architectures, they probably will fail to include it as a product.
The old guard (and by that I mean over the age of 25) who have had experience with novell, will eventually get a higher paying job, or change fields, or retire, or what have you... basically be put out to pasture... Regardless, their experience will probably not be spread as widely as more companies start up "Novell Free" and it is slowly avoided as the college and hs students of today become the managers of tomorrow.
So, rather than say "Novell sucks... so its going to die." why don't you learn it and recognize its power? Novell is no longer frontline news or cutting technology, but it certainly needs to be recognized for what it is and what it does better.
(Zeppelins would be nice, but they haven't overcome a rather significant image problem, and if they were going to be cheap, they'd not only be huge, but probably need hydrogen for lift. Not as fast as planes, but better than trains IIRC)
Man, this is exactly what I want.. I want to take a zeplin from point A to point B, eat off of fine china and have waiters in little white jackets do waitery things... but most of all, I want Indiana Jones to throw some Nazi out of the aircraft and then say "No Ticket."
...and finally
5. The BeoFurby Custer
And this resembles the famous "The Trouble With Tribbles" Episode of Star Trek.
Its actually become popular for outdoorsmen (women too). ;Prince ton Tech has been doing this for about a year. You trade off the brilliance of a regular bulb (which lasts for 2.5 hours) for 40 hours of life - this from 2 AAs...
Before, the only way to get long lasting light was to take a big and heavy battery pack (usually 4 or 6 D cells). It may not sound like much but it made a headlamp relatively impractical for backpacking (where an extra pound. means an awful lot). I can use my headlamp for multiple trips (usually about 10 days total) and not have to bring replacement batteries -though I usually do, because 1 extra AA (I'll bring one spare) still weighs less than the old battery pack
Headlamps are fantastic though, because it frees your hands so you can do stuff like - set up a tent, see what your doing while you cook dinner, and even change a tire (not that I change tires while backpacking, but I do use my headlamp for other things as well).
Plus, LEDs are way more sturdy than regular bulbs - and while Headlamps and such are built sturdy, it becomes a worthy investment the first time you break your replacement bulb while changing it... not to mention you don't have to replace LEDs...
I think I've seen this for a few regular flashlights too - for those of you who don't want to look like the three-eyed monster while you use a flashlight.
I have laughed hard enough to make milk come out my nose when I was little. I have never ever though laughed hard enough for peanutbutter and jelly to do so... OUCH... funny, but ouch.
Your story is - vaguely correct.
I can't find the ausie newspaper that used to have this story...
The programmers were using infantry models with a kangaroo shell over them, and assigned the tactic retreat, so they vaguely stayed together and ran as the helocopters approached. This was done, as
I remember it, for fun - an easter egg. While yes it is true that wild animals running from dense overgrowth can indicate the position of a helicopter - this was not a "specified feature," but instead a practical joke by punchy coders. Now, here is the kicker... during *preliminary testing* - long before any visiting pilots, officers, or what have you visited they had not disabled the "return fire" option. Therefore here was a pack of retreating kangaroos shooting giant beachballs (the default weapon) at whomever the test engineer was running the thing. The story has been exageratted that they were firing missles and that there were any visiting personel present at the time of the actual event.
21. Carrot Top, Barbra Striesand, Yanni, and Kenny G go on tour. This upsets the balance of any decent form of entertainment forcing anyone hearing the sound snippet during the evening news to instantly go into convulsions and die. Efforts made to 'pull the plug' on the show go in vain as Gahleger, Polly Shore, Celine Dion and Regis begin their own tour to allert people to the dangers caused by the original tour.
I could worry about the insignificant radiation I am exposed to when I use my cell phone...
or I could worry about the insignificant radiation I am exposed to while working on the linear motor at work. I should point out that there are remarkably few bugs in the lab during the summer. Maybe tomorrow I'll check the area out around the motor... I can almost guarountee that my cell phone usage is completely insignificant in comparrison.
How do you really make GWB look like an idiot?
ROTFLMAO.
Lets discuss free services shal we?
I currently pay a phone bill, an electrical bill, a wireless bill, cable, rent, my car, buy groceries, and put fuel in my car. I choose not to pay for internet access (lunchtime/morning workbreak instead). I also do not pay for water or heating - two common bills which are covered by my landlord.
Personally, it would be ideal if I did not have to pay for any of this, but that is equivalent to wishing money grew on trees.
I classify bills into two types: essential and non-essential. Essential bills cover any survival based service: Water, Electricity, heating, grocery, and housing (rent). Non-essential bills include Phone, Wireless, Cable, a car, gasoline, and ISP access.
The government subsidises most essential costs for families who are low-income. They do not pay it outright, they do however cheapen or give tax credits for these costs.
It *could* be argued that all of these bills are non-essential, as there are people who chop their own wood for heating, do not use electricity and grow and hunt for their food. Quite literally I spent the weekend with friends who do this. They have a phone (for business actually), and gas power. If they need electricity *for his laptop* they use car batteries. Soon they will be adding solar to their cabin and actually charge batteries that way. They have gas lights, gas stove and a gas refridgerator. Their house is amazingly warm from the woodstove (though I hear it gets a little nipply during a cold snowstorm if the fire goes out.) Quite honeslty they are making little impact on the environment (they would be getting Nuclear Power - which they are against, and the addition of the solar/wind powers will increase their self-sufficency). Lastly their water is gravity fed not pumped - what exactly that means I am unsure.
While I grew up in rural Maine, I now live in Boston and I am afforded an amazing amount of conveniences. I however, envy every aspect of that house - it is an engineering dream. They built a nearly autonomous home and are expanding its autonomy from overpriced utilities further.
But I digress....
Internet access is so survivally trivial that to even consider that it, of ALL bills, should be free is ludicrous(spelling?). You have no RIGHT to be online. You have no RIGHT to own a computer. You made the decision to purchase a computer, you made the decision to purchase an online service. There was never a question of your survival if you did not.
I will consider my friend an exception to the system and maintain the "essentiality" of the services I qualified as essential before. Proposal of free online service is silly - as there are many services necessary to survival in modern society which should be free long before ISPs are.
An ISP is a "PROFFIT" based company. They have every right to charge whatever the hell they feel like (within reason).
I work for a research engineering firm and to even consider charging half of what we do (let alone offer it for free) is completely ludicrous.
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that was what the (at least) was supposed to convey. I totally agree with you. I wish you'd responded to a little more of the comment, perhaps read a little more of the stuff that I've written (like my background info) to realize that I very well know its here and it has been here for a very long time...
Please, at least take the letter as a whole - taking that comment alone completely misses the point, and only serves as a poorly constructed flame.
When the revolution comes - who will be the first against the wall?
As horrid as it sounds, what future do you think we are really working towards?
Star Trek? I'd say ideallistically yes. People make money being merchants and such in that future, but I've never seen anyone ever pay for something, there's no indication that a captain or an ensign earns a salary or goes to the bank. Its communistic at best, but probably unreallistic as we can't even get along for five minutes with ourselves - let alone our neighbors.
Car Wars? Well, road rage is high enough - and there was that stint in the 80's where guns were being fired on the California highway system.
Blade Runner/Cyberpunk? Dark dismal and cold - run by mega corps... sounds more realistic as the MPAA and other big companies are (at least) beginning to run the government.
The Running Man? Heck, we'll watch Survivor (a piss poor example of surviving - let them kill and eat whatever they want, including eachother. Don't tell them how long they'll be stuck there. Loose them ONLY when they are dead, eaten, or in a medical emrgency. Last man standing sort of thing -that is survival... they are "living uncomfortably" - and yes, I'd put my money where my mouth is on that one.) anyways... back to the Running Man... We had the short lived American Gladiators, Roller Jam is getting big - and Professional Wrestling (right up there with extreeme violence) is huge now. America eats up voilence... this is becoming a viable form of entertainment.
Do you want to talk about pattent laws or the MPAA or the DMCA and their effect as to outlawing technology? The recent suck.com article about geeks not understanding politics and law? We're screwed.
We still have race riots (Rodney King), we have gone to war once over oil (Gulf War) - we can't get along. As Midnight Oil sang "The rich get richer and the poor get the picture."
Now anyone here wants to even propose that nannite or cybernetic technology is a going to be a good thing? Folks - its only a good thing if we are ourselves as the whole human race are good. We're not. Period. At best we'll ruin ourselves, at worst - we kill everybody.
The revolution is here folks...on a local scale it looks small, on a global scale - we're there - and we're all against the wall.
Based off of the piano flinger (based of of the real cow flinger) used in Northern Exposure, I built a Mac Flinger many many years ago... It made it across a parking lot (53' 3"). Of course, it was completely fabbed with real parts (not trash) and it took me several weeks to design and build... but hey it was a neat way to put to rest a non-functional Mac Classic...plus I got credit for an independent study in "Computers in Aerodynamic Applications."
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They can't add a DVD Player, silly - its running linux... and the MPAA with the DMCA is making sure that it will never happen. What a brilliant thought, what a dismal reality...
I've spent the week in the city, battling through hordes of Bostonians chatting away on their cell phones while they drive - whipping in and out of the lanes of traffic completely oblivious to what is around them because they are glued to their phone.
Now, thanks to these guys, when I finally get away to New Hampshire or Vermont for a weekend of mountain biking, I can look forward to some idiot, not paying attention to the trail and once again making things relatively unsafe for everybody because he's checking his schedule or some other rediculous crap. Whoo hoo, way to make biking pleasureable.
There are days when all I really need is an EMP gun.
Please, encode your add banners.
That way I can choose not to get your public key.
I remind you... not all beginners have an installed os... or an installed X... or know how to do either...
You're right. Instead lets send up pyramids covered with stone engravings. They're out of date, but at least we know they've withstood 5,000 years worth of punishment on earth.
http://www.stratfor.com provides a unique news platform. They are not traditional media newstypes - rather a former intelligence consulting firm providing world news with comentary as to what affects this has to the surrounding governments, our government and etc...
Rather than provide you with the same story of tradgedy the Kursk incident was, they discuss the effect that loosing the sub will have on all future Russian Naval operations.
Quite literally, this is at least a different apporach to the news if nothing else...
and then there would be me, watering my lawn from 50 feet in the air!
...or some neighborhood kid could be doing a different type of watering on your lawn...