I just want to run Adobe Pagemaker in Linux. I've spent too much time learning pagemaker to switch to another product, plus there aren't any linux equivalents, like Photoshop has Gimp.
Since Pagemaker is the only thing preventing me from switching completely to Linux as my desktop, I would love to be able to run it in Wine. I've read about people having success with Pagemaker in Crossover Office. It would be nice to see that functionality in Wine.
Sometimes one just doesn't think about what they're posting... and it was me this time. i really wouldn't consider users to be a security exploit... please disregard my previous post!
My guess is that is incorrect. Programmers can certainly make mistakes like this one did. But when you hire programmers and staff to do things so cheaply, you give up the quality control. When you are dealing with personal information, quality control is extremely important. Its also not to say that that kind of thing can't happen in the US. But its unsettling for people to know that they can't even meet the person who is working with their personal information.
If one of the programmers at a children's hospital starts publishing information about it's patients, the hospital will want to start slapping the programmer silly. Its not that easy if the person is overseas.
Quality control with information is much more important than the QA with manufactured products. Cheap products are good for most average people in the US, so outsourcing is ok. But cheap products in airliners and military equipment is not good. Highly personal information should not take the route of cheaply made goods.
Ahhh. I love the smell of fresh rpms in the morning...
Not that KDE 3.2 isn't distributed in other formats besides RPMs. But, man, I love new desktop environments. Gnome is nice and stable, but KDE is quite configurable.
When I first started advertising on google AdWords, I had trouble keeping the click through rate above 0.5%. My account was slowed a few times before I just decided 'screw it, i'm leaving it alone. And it worked!
I then added a bunch of ads, and found which ones people clicked on the most. I also added as many keywords as I could, and let google decide which ones they would drop.
So it can work if you are patient.
Also, the AdSense program is nice if you want to get a tiny bit of money back from your advertising.
I think this applies to almost all of the technologies on that list. I think it boils down to one thing that people think, "I like this technology, it works for me, so i'll keep using it."
I agree, Fedora is a nice system. Very user friendly during the install, and actually quite easy to use and configure for someone without any Linux experience.
Unfortunately, according the Fedora website, the release of test1 for Core 2 has been delayed. I'd assume it means the final release will be delayed because of that too.
My plan until then is to try one of the kernel-2.6.x rpms in the development directory in Core 1. Though they haven't put out 2.6 kernel updates as part of the up2date updates, they have been making the rpms available in the development directory.
I have seen many many pictures of the erosion and channels and lake beds on mars over the years. Many many pictures... and they all looked very convincing, because it was so similar to the effects that water has on earth.
Then at the start of the Spirit and Opportunity landings, I started to think about it more. Something bothered me about the way the erosion appeared. It seemed there was no source for the water. I started thinking what might have caused features similar to that caused by running water. I think it is caused my lava flows. I could be completely wrong, and probably am, but maybe what I interpret as not being features caused by water, are really features that were caused by a very early and short-lived time of running water.
C/C++ syntax has something going for it; it's very easy to program once you know the syntax. It is also very portable across different platforms. I assume that like many libraries, the functions can be called from a language other than C++, but isn't it cool that so much in the open source community uses a more or less common base language..
I started making C/C++ reference cards for programmers and students. It brings me about $10/week. It has the potential to be very profitable, but it needs more marketing...
I agree, I have tried writing software on my own. I first started by writing a scheduling/record keeping system for doctors offices. I thought that since the offices often pay around $1000 for their systems, if I was able to sell it to them for $100 and give them features they wanted, that I would be successful.
My marketing and investment in it were not enough to sell anything. I put an ad in JAMA, and sent out individualized letters and surveys to doctors in my area. NOTHING. It would've taken me too much time to create what people would've been able to use. Plus the market was already saturated with systems. Most were expensive... but, they already had relationships with doctors, knew what they wanted, had their trust, and had a product ready to sell to them.
I found a better business model was to sell something that was smaller, more manageable, and could be built up more slowly, requiring little capital. Also it was something I liked doing. I decided to start it because I found there were no other products available that had what I wanted. A C/C++ reference card. I sold some, and began to get suggestions, and I've begun to create more cards. Then I found ways to reduce the cost of making them, allowing me to sell them for less, and gain more customers.
Slowly is what I've found is the best way to make a business work. All the time you put in is worth it, and its nice to be able to realize little gains as you go along.
I've tried this, but not with software. I've created educational and reference materials for programmers. It's tough to start out, you need to establish a customer base, and that is the hardest part. Once you have customers and a stream of money, you begin to invest in things to make your operation more efficient and be able to sell your product for less.
Since I'm talking about a product that costs money to produce each time, the cost of production is the most expensive thing. Creating new reference cards is inexpensive. So for me, finding ways to reduce my cost of production is important.
This is slightly different than software. I beleive the bulk of cost is in developing software, and it costs virtually nothing to sell. However, your software can become outdated quickly and will not be worth much. Selling a product where the majority of investment is in producing each product is different than producing one that can be copied and sold cheaply. Software is a business that I think I would have trouble making money in.
I wouldn't have given the domain name up. If I put my name into a domain name or any other name, it's my name, and I can choose to use it how I want to. Mike Rowe Soft is a great name for a company, and anyone could have validly created a company with that name.
It seems the kid was only interested in money, not the principle. In theory if my last name is 'Book' and my wife's last name is 'Rizzoli', and she hyhenates her name, she would be 'Rizzoli Book'. Just like the actual Rizzoli Books company.
Should someone give up a domain name in those circumstances? No way.
Actually, healthcare professionals are in demand now. Nurses (RNs) and nurse assistants (CNAs) are in demand, as are nursing instructors. Even EMTs are in demand.
It is much easier to find a job as a healthcare professional than to find a job as an engineer in computer science.
You are probably correct about the post I posted about. As I read on the posts and then the article, I realized that what I was replying to wasn't all that accurate.
However, such a thing is more than plausible, and one could even think it's possible with the current Bush administration. But I don't think they'd try anything so stupid, and most likely they'd want to make sure everyone had access to all the new laws they are passing.
Hmm... I thought a heard large sucking noise. It seems my unalienable rights have just been sucked right out of me. It seems I'd have better civil liberties in Iraq.
If anyone makes fun of your tinfoil hat, they are either afraid or stupid. I'm not sure what it was like for doubters in Germany in the 1930s except it was probably similar to whats happening to them now.
Try taking one of those apart. As a kid in the early 1980s, I used to love taking things apart. Nothing was sacred to me. So I found an old calculator that plugs into a regular outlet and had a printer attached to it. It was probably from the mid-70s. So, being about 7 years old, and not understanding what I was doing, I plugged it in and started to take out the screws on the back.
I got the cover off and was amazed at all the parts on the circuit board. Lots of little black cylinders, and more screws! So I start taking those out, and ZAP! I got shocked. So I put the thing back together and ran away from it...
You see... I own stock in WalMart. I've owned stock in Walmart since 1988. I've always liked the store, however I do think some of their business practices have become less than desirable since the death of the store's founder, Sam Walton. Especially the change from 95% american produced products to more foreign produced products.
I agree with you completely. The current republicans are ruthless, self serving, and liars. I think the reason the democrats have had such trouble with them is that they are actually respectful of other people instead of raping them every chance they get.
Helllooooooo Richard Nixon! Glad to see the republicans haven't changed their tactics at all. Next thing they'll be sabotaging elections and stealing things from the democratic national headquarters... Wait, they've already been caught once doing that. The media and republicans couldn't ignore it again, could they?
Oh yes they can. This shows how much influence the republicans really have. It's not a matter of opinion, it's fact. They do have a lot of influence. Some people's dislike for the republicans comes from their using their powers to benefit only themselves and their cronies. If you like the moral standards that they say they have, then you're in denial.
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I just want to run Adobe Pagemaker in Linux. I've spent too much time learning pagemaker to switch to another product, plus there aren't any linux equivalents, like Photoshop has Gimp.
Since Pagemaker is the only thing preventing me from switching completely to Linux as my desktop, I would love to be able to run it in Wine. I've read about people having success with Pagemaker in Crossover Office. It would be nice to see that functionality in Wine.
Sometimes one just doesn't think about what they're posting... and it was me this time. i really wouldn't consider users to be a security exploit...
please disregard my previous post!
Hmmmmm.... what exploits are the MyDoom viruses currently using? (i actually dont know, but i'm curious)
My guess is that is incorrect. Programmers can certainly make mistakes like this one did. But when you hire programmers and staff to do things so cheaply, you give up the quality control. When you are dealing with personal information, quality control is extremely important. Its also not to say that that kind of thing can't happen in the US. But its unsettling for people to know that they can't even meet the person who is working with their personal information.
If one of the programmers at a children's hospital starts publishing information about it's patients, the hospital will want to start slapping the programmer silly. Its not that easy if the person is overseas.
Quality control with information is much more important than the QA with manufactured products. Cheap products are good for most average people in the US, so outsourcing is ok. But cheap products in airliners and military equipment is not good. Highly personal information should not take the route of cheaply made goods.
I prefer rumors and speculation. It makes me think there is more to my job than there actually is.
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I can say that my job is NOT a dream job...
Ahhh. I love the smell of fresh rpms in the morning...
Not that KDE 3.2 isn't distributed in other formats besides RPMs. But, man, I love new desktop environments. Gnome is nice and stable, but KDE is quite configurable.
When I first started advertising on google AdWords, I had trouble keeping the click through rate above 0.5%. My account was slowed a few times before I just decided 'screw it, i'm leaving it alone. And it worked!
I then added a bunch of ads, and found which ones people clicked on the most. I also added as many keywords as I could, and let google decide which ones they would drop.
So it can work if you are patient.
Also, the AdSense program is nice if you want to get a tiny bit of money back from your advertising.
I think this applies to almost all of the technologies on that list. I think it boils down to one thing that people think, "I like this technology, it works for me, so i'll keep using it."
I agree, Fedora is a nice system. Very user friendly during the install, and actually quite easy to use and configure for someone without any Linux experience.
Unfortunately, according the Fedora website, the release of test1 for Core 2 has been delayed. I'd assume it means the final release will be delayed because of that too.
My plan until then is to try one of the kernel-2.6.x rpms in the development directory in Core 1. Though they haven't put out 2.6 kernel updates as part of the up2date updates, they have been making the rpms available in the development directory.
He'll be about an eight inch tall, squashed under my shoe if I ever meet him.
I have seen many many pictures of the erosion and channels and lake beds on mars over the years. Many many pictures... and they all looked very convincing, because it was so similar to the effects that water has on earth.
Then at the start of the Spirit and Opportunity landings, I started to think about it more. Something bothered me about the way the erosion appeared. It seemed there was no source for the water. I started thinking what might have caused features similar to that caused by running water. I think it is caused my lava flows. I could be completely wrong, and probably am, but maybe what I interpret as not being features caused by water, are really features that were caused by a very early and short-lived time of running water.
C/C++ syntax has something going for it; it's very easy to program once you know the syntax. It is also very portable across different platforms. I assume that like many libraries, the functions can be called from a language other than C++, but isn't it cool that so much in the open source community uses a more or less common base language..
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I started making C/C++ reference cards for programmers and students. It brings me about $10/week. It has the potential to be very profitable, but it needs more marketing...
Thank You Slashdot!
I agree, I have tried writing software on my own. I first started by writing a scheduling/record keeping system for doctors offices. I thought that since the offices often pay around $1000 for their systems, if I was able to sell it to them for $100 and give them features they wanted, that I would be successful.
My marketing and investment in it were not enough to sell anything. I put an ad in JAMA, and sent out individualized letters and surveys to doctors in my area. NOTHING. It would've taken me too much time to create what people would've been able to use. Plus the market was already saturated with systems. Most were expensive... but, they already had relationships with doctors, knew what they wanted, had their trust, and had a product ready to sell to them.
I found a better business model was to sell something that was smaller, more manageable, and could be built up more slowly, requiring little capital. Also it was something I liked doing. I decided to start it because I found there were no other products available that had what I wanted. A C/C++ reference card. I sold some, and began to get suggestions, and I've begun to create more cards. Then I found ways to reduce the cost of making them, allowing me to sell them for less, and gain more customers.
Slowly is what I've found is the best way to make a business work. All the time you put in is worth it, and its nice to be able to realize little gains as you go along.
I've tried this, but not with software. I've created educational and reference materials for programmers. It's tough to start out, you need to establish a customer base, and that is the hardest part. Once you have customers and a stream of money, you begin to invest in things to make your operation more efficient and be able to sell your product for less.
Since I'm talking about a product that costs money to produce each time, the cost of production is the most expensive thing. Creating new reference cards is inexpensive. So for me, finding ways to reduce my cost of production is important.
This is slightly different than software. I beleive the bulk of cost is in developing software, and it costs virtually nothing to sell. However, your software can become outdated quickly and will not be worth much. Selling a product where the majority of investment is in producing each product is different than producing one that can be copied and sold cheaply. Software is a business that I think I would have trouble making money in.
I wouldn't have given the domain name up. If I put my name into a domain name or any other name, it's my name, and I can choose to use it how I want to. Mike Rowe Soft is a great name for a company, and anyone could have validly created a company with that name.
It seems the kid was only interested in money, not the principle. In theory if my last name is 'Book' and my wife's last name is 'Rizzoli', and she hyhenates her name, she would be 'Rizzoli Book'. Just like the actual Rizzoli Books company.
Should someone give up a domain name in those circumstances? No way.
My man! also, the squirrel with big nuts, the mustard guy, domo-kun, the masturbating kittens, chirtopher walken, and will wheaton!
It's a trap!
Actually, healthcare professionals are in demand now. Nurses (RNs) and nurse assistants (CNAs) are in demand, as are nursing instructors. Even EMTs are in demand.
It is much easier to find a job as a healthcare professional than to find a job as an engineer in computer science.
You are probably correct about the post I posted about. As I read on the posts and then the article, I realized that what I was replying to wasn't all that accurate.
However, such a thing is more than plausible, and one could even think it's possible with the current Bush administration. But I don't think they'd try anything so stupid, and most likely they'd want to make sure everyone had access to all the new laws they are passing.
Hmm... I thought a heard large sucking noise. It seems my unalienable rights have just been sucked right out of me. It seems I'd have better civil liberties in Iraq.
If anyone makes fun of your tinfoil hat, they are either afraid or stupid. I'm not sure what it was like for doubters in Germany in the 1930s except it was probably similar to whats happening to them now.
Try taking one of those apart. As a kid in the early 1980s, I used to love taking things apart. Nothing was sacred to me. So I found an old calculator that plugs into a regular outlet and had a printer attached to it. It was probably from the mid-70s. So, being about 7 years old, and not understanding what I was doing, I plugged it in and started to take out the screws on the back.
I got the cover off and was amazed at all the parts on the circuit board. Lots of little black cylinders, and more screws! So I start taking those out, and ZAP! I got shocked. So I put the thing back together and ran away from it...
Fun Times...
You see... I own stock in WalMart. I've owned stock in Walmart since 1988. I've always liked the store, however I do think some of their business practices have become less than desirable since the death of the store's founder, Sam Walton.
Especially the change from 95% american produced products to more foreign produced products.
I agree with you completely. The current republicans are ruthless, self serving, and liars. I think the reason the democrats have had such trouble with them is that they are actually respectful of other people instead of raping them every chance they get.
Helllooooooo Richard Nixon! Glad to see the republicans haven't changed their tactics at all. Next thing they'll be sabotaging elections and stealing things from the democratic national headquarters... Wait, they've already been caught once doing that. The media and republicans couldn't ignore it again, could they?
Oh yes they can. This shows how much influence the republicans really have. It's not a matter of opinion, it's fact. They do have a lot of influence. Some people's dislike for the republicans comes from their using their powers to benefit only themselves and their cronies. If you like the moral standards that they say they have, then you're in denial.