Some people are "professional can't do it myself" people. If they can con others into doing it, they will. And if you ever help them once with something, then it becomes your complete responsibility and they'll expect you to do it until they day (if you die first, they will be very pissed off as you've run off and abandoned them).
What monopoly in the DB market? Oracle has Oracle and MySQL (from SUN). But DB2/AIX (and Linux/Windows/other) is a good contender. CA still has Ingress and Datacom. OK, that's a bit player. And there is always the love of my life: PostgreSQL. Oh, and MS SQL Server for those who don't really need a mission critical RDMS.
And, for me, I find Linux to be of far more value than Windows. This is in my home environment. Granted, a simple environment which consists of only two desktops (running Linux), a laptop (running Linux), and a MacMini (running MacOSX). I also have an Internet router with integrated print server. In this environment, I have a lot of development tools as well as "services" such as a real relational database (PostgreSQL). All of which was very inexpensive. Not $0, because I actually order and pay for my Linux system. I don't run the "Enterprise" distros because I don't need the hand holding.
So, as far as I'm concerned, if a person / business is starting from scratch, then Linux or maybe even MacOSX makes sense. But maybe Windows would too. It all depends on the person / business. I know many would say Windows is a necessity for interoperability with other people / businesses due mainly to Office. This is where I get upset. If MS Office would create a usable transportable format like OpenOffice does, then people could use MS Office, OpenOffice, KOffice,... as was best for them. But MS, IMO, deliberately tries to defeat interoperability to "lock in" their customers. And that sometimes serves to "lock in" other businesses which depend on the first business. This may be "good business". But then, I guess using a.45 in a crowded venue to make money is also "good business". The only difference is that one has been legalized.
Which is a good, justifiable reason for you to stay with Windows. I am the opposite. I am much more productive using Linux. Which is a good reason for me to stay with Linux. "Each to his own." I don't personally care what people use. I do care if other people try to take away my right to choose. Which MS often does via their "proprietary lock in" on a number of things.
Do you feel that any and all "for profit" companies are evil? I admit that many are. Especially the larger ones. But not each and every one. RH is probably better than most, if not exactly "lily white".
Hum, what if Kindle had a way to take any book, written for instance in a major language such as English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and Chinese, and do a 99% accurate transliteration to any of the other languages in that list. Oh, and do it on-the-fly, not statically. Would that be legal? If so, then why not text to speech? Isn't doing the transliteration cutting into the Guild's profits? And putting translators out of work? Just a wacky arsed thought.
Just curious. Are you saying that (if I had the talent), that I could not listen to a CD of a song, try to write down a score for a Piano, and then play that score on my own piano (at home, not at a concert or something). What about "playing by ear"? Can I listen to a song and then play it on a piano myself? Only at home? Only privately with no listeners? What is the difference between writing it on paper and memorizing it (assume that I have a eidetic memory for this exercise).
Perhaps I'm just not getting it but I see text to speech as being this same sort of thing.
Very true. My __belief__ in why this is true is because most computer users are not computer people. They want what they are used to and what they can get help with easily. They want a toaster oven. And I don't blame them for this at all.
The Fry's that I live near is good only because it is huge. Nobody knows much of anything. And, for some reason, none of my credit cards will successfully swipe at their registers. Not even the one that was only 2 weeks old. That makes paying a real PITA. Guess that it's Web-only for me. Too bad as I like to browse.
I agree. The only stupid thing she really did was allow herself to be fast talked by Dell support into not insisting that she be given/upgraded to a Windows laptop.
The answer to the Verizon situation is to call up customer support and get the PPP username and password and enter it into your router manually.
Riiggghhhtttt! What's a router? (yes, I know what a router is. The lady probably doesn't have one. Most Windows users seem to connect their machine directly to their ISP's hardware (modem)).
Nay, not skip classes. She is skipping a couple of semesters. Which will likely result in her not getting a degree. Which will likely result in her being forced to accept a lower paying job. All of which is the fault of Dell, Canonical, and Linus Torvalds. A lawsuit for damages is likely in the works.
AT&T sure doesn't. I even have a Mac in addition to my Linux boxes. They don't support anything other than current Windows (XP or later) for any diagnostics. This, when my DSL modem was the actual problem. Oh, and they don't support my Netgear VPN router as the box connected to the DSL line. Totally blew their minds. "What's a router?"
I'm an old timer, still working on IBM zSeries mainframes, mainly. We just got a new system, which runs on a combination of Linux and Windows servers, to replace an application which used to run on the mainframe. Nobody likes it. We are apparently a beta test site (though we were told it was production ready). It has a web administration interface. For some reason, on some users, the only PC which can update those users is my Linux PC running Firefox. Nobody can say why. Until early last week, it would take a person a full 5 minutes to login to the product. They made some change to the software and now it takes about 10 seconds.
this is production quality?
No, I won't say the product. Sorry. Against policy.
If it is sensitive, then encrypt it. Period. I don't care if it is on a web-based server, local server, desktop, backup medium (like tape or DVD). If it is not encrypted, it is not safe. Not to say that it is safe just by being encrypted.
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What about Obeseium?
You are assuming that G is constant over time and space. Some avant-garde scientists are beginning to wonder if this is true.
mine seems to be going 1.1x and accelerating. Didn't a day used to be 24 hours? I'd swear it seems more like about 18 anymore.
WordPerfect's "reveal codes" was just for this type of situation.
Some people are "professional can't do it myself" people. If they can con others into doing it, they will. And if you ever help them once with something, then it becomes your complete responsibility and they'll expect you to do it until they day (if you die first, they will be very pissed off as you've run off and abandoned them).
What monopoly in the DB market? Oracle has Oracle and MySQL (from SUN). But DB2/AIX (and Linux/Windows/other) is a good contender. CA still has Ingress and Datacom. OK, that's a bit player. And there is always the love of my life: PostgreSQL. Oh, and MS SQL Server for those who don't really need a mission critical RDMS.
And, for me, I find Linux to be of far more value than Windows. This is in my home environment. Granted, a simple environment which consists of only two desktops (running Linux), a laptop (running Linux), and a MacMini (running MacOSX). I also have an Internet router with integrated print server. In this environment, I have a lot of development tools as well as "services" such as a real relational database (PostgreSQL). All of which was very inexpensive. Not $0, because I actually order and pay for my Linux system. I don't run the "Enterprise" distros because I don't need the hand holding.
So, as far as I'm concerned, if a person / business is starting from scratch, then Linux or maybe even MacOSX makes sense. But maybe Windows would too. It all depends on the person / business. I know many would say Windows is a necessity for interoperability with other people / businesses due mainly to Office. This is where I get upset. If MS Office would create a usable transportable format like OpenOffice does, then people could use MS Office, OpenOffice, KOffice, ... as was best for them. But MS, IMO, deliberately tries to defeat interoperability to "lock in" their customers. And that sometimes serves to "lock in" other businesses which depend on the first business. This may be "good business". But then, I guess using a .45 in a crowded venue to make money is also "good business". The only difference is that one has been legalized.
Which is a good, justifiable reason for you to stay with Windows. I am the opposite. I am much more productive using Linux. Which is a good reason for me to stay with Linux. "Each to his own." I don't personally care what people use. I do care if other people try to take away my right to choose. Which MS often does via their "proprietary lock in" on a number of things.
Right! "He brings a knife, you bring a gun."
Do you feel that any and all "for profit" companies are evil? I admit that many are. Especially the larger ones. But not each and every one. RH is probably better than most, if not exactly "lily white".
Hum, what if Kindle had a way to take any book, written for instance in a major language such as English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and Chinese, and do a 99% accurate transliteration to any of the other languages in that list. Oh, and do it on-the-fly, not statically. Would that be legal? If so, then why not text to speech? Isn't doing the transliteration cutting into the Guild's profits? And putting translators out of work? Just a wacky arsed thought.
Perhaps I'm just not getting it but I see text to speech as being this same sort of thing.
Damn! I finally understand why the average shooter cannot hit the broad side of a barn with an automatic rifle!
Very true. My __belief__ in why this is true is because most computer users are not computer people. They want what they are used to and what they can get help with easily. They want a toaster oven. And I don't blame them for this at all.
And I must be malware ridden as now it takes much longer to exit sleep mode, even with two dogs jumping on me!
The Fry's that I live near is good only because it is huge. Nobody knows much of anything. And, for some reason, none of my credit cards will successfully swipe at their registers. Not even the one that was only 2 weeks old. That makes paying a real PITA. Guess that it's Web-only for me. Too bad as I like to browse.
Write the code in APL2! Nobody will ever understand it.
I agree. The only stupid thing she really did was allow herself to be fast talked by Dell support into not insisting that she be given/upgraded to a Windows laptop.
Riiggghhhtttt! What's a router? (yes, I know what a router is. The lady probably doesn't have one. Most Windows users seem to connect their machine directly to their ISP's hardware (modem)).
Nay, not skip classes. She is skipping a couple of semesters. Which will likely result in her not getting a degree. Which will likely result in her being forced to accept a lower paying job. All of which is the fault of Dell, Canonical, and Linus Torvalds. A lawsuit for damages is likely in the works.
AT&T sure doesn't. I even have a Mac in addition to my Linux boxes. They don't support anything other than current Windows (XP or later) for any diagnostics. This, when my DSL modem was the actual problem. Oh, and they don't support my Netgear VPN router as the box connected to the DSL line. Totally blew their minds. "What's a router?"
I don't think so. One of the design ideas for python, IIRC, was to force "proper indentation" for "proper documentation".
I'm an old timer, still working on IBM zSeries mainframes, mainly. We just got a new system, which runs on a combination of Linux and Windows servers, to replace an application which used to run on the mainframe. Nobody likes it. We are apparently a beta test site (though we were told it was production ready). It has a web administration interface. For some reason, on some users, the only PC which can update those users is my Linux PC running Firefox. Nobody can say why. Until early last week, it would take a person a full 5 minutes to login to the product. They made some change to the software and now it takes about 10 seconds. this is production quality? No, I won't say the product. Sorry. Against policy.
If it is sensitive, then encrypt it. Period. I don't care if it is on a web-based server, local server, desktop, backup medium (like tape or DVD). If it is not encrypted, it is not safe. Not to say that it is safe just by being encrypted.
Fahrenheit 451