Its always wonderful when the fix breaks an interface with another system as well.
AND when the people who wrote that interface call and tell you to remove the patch so that their interface will work again.
You were saying something about keeping up with all the hotfixes, or should I worry about the business being able to have systems that talk to each other?
This really is a serious issue and I think it happens more often than people expect. In this case the client program should have been fixed, but corporate politics were used to force me to make the change to the database instead of them changing their client program.
But the main point is that only better software right out of the gate, without the need for a gazillion patches is the answer. Once you've been burned by a patch breaking your previously working systems, you get very wary of future patches.
I personally am hoping that someone like IBM gets so pissed at this as to engage in a supremely hostile takeover Caldera/SCO/Whatever. Their stock has got to be almost worthless. It would probably cost them less to take that route.
Note to all members of UnitedLinux: Run, don't walk away from Caldera/SCO, as I and many others will never even think of buying one of your distros when you associate with these scum.
Do you realize how much work this guy's already done. Now from the sight it looks like he'd be willing to accept your help, as he's accepting modules from other people.
Do you really think that Gore would have created this big-brother organization that Cheney and Rove are creating?
Do you really believe that he wouldn't?
The only way to guaruntee Libertarian representation is to vote for Libertarians. While there are Libertarian leaning people in both parties, I feel that there is a real need for the Libertarians to become a major party in this country, or we will be doomed. Sure, the Democrats might defend you social freedoms better, but it will cost you most of financial freedom to do so.... Libertarians are the only party that gets both sides to this equation right.
Yes I do expect them to renounce all technology, and furniture for that matter;-)
Most of these people have a hypocritical, short sighted, rose colored view of the world. Instead of sitting in the damn tree maybe they should be negotiating (note not suing) with the logging company to develop their replanting and harvesting strategy. If the protesters were more open minded then maybe they could help loggers take trees out of the forest selectively and leave a variety of ages of trees in an area, plus plant new ones. A consession would probably have to be more low maintenance roads to get into the areas and selectively cut. It baffles me that the choice is either rape the land, or don't touch it. Stewardship of resources is not really discussed or handled, basically because the activists have iron clad belief in not doing anything. It's pretty well proven that when you do that the forest will burn. Of course when you clear cut and then replant trees that are all the same age fire danger can go up as well.
Maybe the solution is actually somewhere in the middle.
I've read that critique of Dilbert before and it is utter crap.
I've also read "The Dilbert Principle" by Scott Adams as well. It is an insightful and honest book about business.
What the author criticizing Dilbert does is say that by stating and exaggerating some of the bad things business does, he is condoning them. What a load of crap.
As for Microsoft, there are actions that they have taken that I do not like. But I have to use Microsoft products at work and have to know a lot about them. It doesn't mean that I can't also totally disagree with their licensing schemes. And while it may not seem like a big deal to you, my decision at work is whether to let users run Active X controls or not. There are big implications here, this story is absolutely not trivial and Microsoft made a major screw up in allowing this security hole to exist in this particular product in the first place.
While you're right about the threat to leave being pretty moot. There is another issue. If bandwidth caps don't even allow me to download the latest iso's from the Linux distribution of my choice, then there is no reason for me to get broadband. Yep I'm still stuck on dialup because broadband is just too expensive to justify. If it has caps that make it worthless, then I just won't move to it.
The broadband industry has to realize that they've pretty much captured all of the users they will for the price they are offering. Now with higher prices and bandwidth caps, they must be expecting their customer numbers to go through the roof.....riiiiight.
One of the best things I have found to do is to get interesting stuff on Linux that my kids want to run. I don't let them on the net yet, as the oldest one is 7. I have, however, taught him how to reboot the machine from Linux into Windows, and vice versa. The biggest thing for him on Linux is GLTron. I watched the Tron DVD with him and he was facinated by it. He gets a real kick out of being able to run his own lightcycle, and we can play head to head as well. TuxRacer is another favorite of his on Linux. Other than those games, he doesn't do much else in Linux, but I have shown him some stuff on it. Like using GIMP to modify a picture of him in his Jedi costume to "light up" his toy lightsaber.
I feel that at least he has an awareness of Linux, which he won't even know is out of the ordinary for quite a while. That's all he needs for now, I can show him more later.
Its real interesting to hear people talk about software installation.
I remember in the early 90's there were the same kind of issues with Windows. Everyone had diffenent installers, there wer configuration problems with different software, etc. Then along comes Installsheild and all of the sudden every installer was installsheid and every installtion did basically the same thing.
Linux really needs the equivalent of an installsheild sort of application to come out. Maybe now one that can automatically resolve dependencies, or organize libraries. I think that something like this could be not that far off into the future. I sure hope so anyway.
At work in the Office areas, its all Windows (per corporate mandate).
On the shop floor, its X-terminals running both HP-UX and Linux apps (per stable apps developed and refined over the past 8 years). Tight integration, works like a charm and solid. The search for new process control software tools is comming up with very little outside of windows stuff, but Unix/Linux compatibility is a big requirement for us. We're not going down the path to support nightmares for PC's on the shop floor like in other locations.
At home, Linux, except for games that aren't Tuxracer and GLTron, then I'm forced to run Win98:-(
At work in the Office areas, its all Windows (per corporate mandate).
On the shop floor, its X-terminals running both HP-UX and Linux apps (per stable apps developed and refined over the past 8 years). Tight integration, works like a charm and solid. The search for new process control software tools is comming up with very little outside of windows stuff, but Unix/Linux compatibility is a big requirement for us. We're not going down the path to support nightmares for PC's on the shop floor like in other locations.
At home, Linux, except for games that aren't Tuxracer and GLTron, then I gotta run Win98.
Oh, but wonderful Republicans could never deny us any rights, could they? Those evil Democrats take away some of your oh-so-precious money in a not-always-successful-but-atleast-well-intentioned attempt to help those in need and make society better, and you whine about that? You call that "taking your rights away"? Now I've heard everything...
Well intentioned?? Dammit I am sick and tired of this lets-spend-more-money-just-to-feel-better social programs crap. Spend my tax money wisely, measure how well programs do, do not equate money spent with the success of a program.
Taking excessive taxes from the populace is just as bad as reading their e-mail without their permission. Don't believe me, try not paying your taxes. What do you think will happen first, getting arrested for an email that gets snooped on , or for not paying up?
Yeah the post you responded too was a little harsh, but yours was no different. Many Republicans do not believe what you posted, you used a pretty broad brush there. The biggest problem with a two party system is that you can't find a party with all the same beliefs you have, although you speak the Democrat party line pretty well (including the spiteful hatred of the "evil" Republicans). More parties would allow you to vote more closely to your beliefs, and would also result in more concensus in Washinton, where only what all parties agreed to do would be done. Of course thats a very Conservative viewpoint, and you probably wouldn't agree with it.
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Its always wonderful when the fix breaks an interface with another system as well.
AND when the people who wrote that interface call and tell you to remove the patch so that their interface will work again.
You were saying something about keeping up with all the hotfixes, or should I worry about the business being able to have systems that talk to each other?
This really is a serious issue and I think it happens more often than people expect. In this case the client program should have been fixed, but corporate politics were used to force me to make the change to the database instead of them changing their client program.
But the main point is that only better software right out of the gate, without the need for a gazillion patches is the answer. Once you've been burned by a patch breaking your previously working systems, you get very wary of future patches.
God I hate SQL Server.
I don't know, I wouldn't say the casting was better.
The script, however, was way better for the miniseries.
Cringely is not being nice to them, his column is basically a call to arms to innundate SBC with prior art and blow their patent to hell.
He's just speaking softly and asking everyone out there to find the big sticks necessary to beat this patent down.
I think he's being facetious.
I don't know. Read mplayers FAQ and then watch to see what happens. They have exactly that attitude.
Xine however seems much more user friendly.
I personally am hoping that someone like IBM gets so pissed at this as to engage in a supremely hostile takeover Caldera/SCO/Whatever. Their stock has got to be almost worthless. It would probably cost them less to take that route.
Note to all members of UnitedLinux: Run, don't walk away from Caldera/SCO, as I and many others will never even think of buying one of your distros when you associate with these scum.
But, in this case our system is actually superior.
Now of course if he were tried here he might have been found guilty the first time, which would have been bad.
Anyway I think this shows that protection from double jeapordy _is_ important.
The framers were geniuses. The constitution may not be perfect, but its still a mighty good document.
Do you realize how much work this guy's already done. Now from the sight it looks like he'd be willing to accept your help, as he's accepting modules from other people.
Ummm... It's dead Jim.
Sorry couldn't resist.
Citrix does have this, but it costs bux. I've never used it (no need yet), but it does sound really cool.
How about X-terminals with a Linux server with the ica client. Still fewer moving parts, plus you get to run linux apps, (and Unix apps too).
The original said interesting instead of interested...
sic referes to editorial changes made when quoting someone to correct for grammatical (or other) errors.
You are correct, Mandrake 9 fixed almost all of these issues. This new version will have a long way to go before it even catches up with Mandrake.
Do you really think that Gore would have created this big-brother organization that Cheney and Rove are creating?
Do you really believe that he wouldn't? The only way to guaruntee Libertarian representation is to vote for Libertarians. While there are Libertarian leaning people in both parties, I feel that there is a real need for the Libertarians to become a major party in this country, or we will be doomed. Sure, the Democrats might defend you social freedoms better, but it will cost you most of financial freedom to do so.... Libertarians are the only party that gets both sides to this equation right.
Yes I do expect them to renounce all technology, and furniture for that matter ;-)
Most of these people have a hypocritical, short sighted, rose colored view of the world. Instead of sitting in the damn tree maybe they should be negotiating (note not suing) with the logging company to develop their replanting and harvesting strategy. If the protesters were more open minded then maybe they could help loggers take trees out of the forest selectively and leave a variety of ages of trees in an area, plus plant new ones. A consession would probably have to be more low maintenance roads to get into the areas and selectively cut. It baffles me that the choice is either rape the land, or don't touch it. Stewardship of resources is not really discussed or handled, basically because the activists have iron clad belief in not doing anything. It's pretty well proven that when you do that the forest will burn. Of course when you clear cut and then replant trees that are all the same age fire danger can go up as well.
Maybe the solution is actually somewhere in the middle.
I would have to second the vote for Dune, but only as a book... Lynch's movie sucked.
I've read that critique of Dilbert before and it is utter crap.
I've also read "The Dilbert Principle" by Scott Adams as well. It is an insightful and honest book about business.
What the author criticizing Dilbert does is say that by stating and exaggerating some of the bad things business does, he is condoning them. What a load of crap.
As for Microsoft, there are actions that they have taken that I do not like. But I have to use Microsoft products at work and have to know a lot about them. It doesn't mean that I can't also totally disagree with their licensing schemes. And while it may not seem like a big deal to you, my decision at work is whether to let users run Active X controls or not. There are big implications here, this story is absolutely not trivial and Microsoft made a major screw up in allowing this security hole to exist in this particular product in the first place.
So you're saying he sold out in 1977 then?
While you're right about the threat to leave being pretty moot. There is another issue. If bandwidth caps don't even allow me to download the latest iso's from the Linux distribution of my choice, then there is no reason for me to get broadband. Yep I'm still stuck on dialup because broadband is just too expensive to justify. If it has caps that make it worthless, then I just won't move to it.
.....riiiiight.
The broadband industry has to realize that they've pretty much captured all of the users they will for the price they are offering. Now with higher prices and bandwidth caps, they must be expecting their customer numbers to go through the roof
One of the best things I have found to do is to get interesting stuff on Linux that my kids want to run. I don't let them on the net yet, as the oldest one is 7. I have, however, taught him how to reboot the machine from Linux into Windows, and vice versa. The biggest thing for him on Linux is GLTron. I watched the Tron DVD with him and he was facinated by it. He gets a real kick out of being able to run his own lightcycle, and we can play head to head as well. TuxRacer is another favorite of his on Linux. Other than those games, he doesn't do much else in Linux, but I have shown him some stuff on it. Like using GIMP to modify a picture of him in his Jedi costume to "light up" his toy lightsaber.
I feel that at least he has an awareness of Linux, which he won't even know is out of the ordinary for quite a while. That's all he needs for now, I can show him more later.
Yes, but only on their operating systems ;-)
Its real interesting to hear people talk about software installation.
I remember in the early 90's there were the same kind of issues with Windows. Everyone had diffenent installers, there wer configuration problems with different software, etc. Then along comes Installsheild and all of the sudden every installer was installsheid and every installtion did basically the same thing.
Linux really needs the equivalent of an installsheild sort of application to come out. Maybe now one that can automatically resolve dependencies, or organize libraries. I think that something like this could be not that far off into the future. I sure hope so anyway.
At work in the Office areas, its all Windows (per corporate mandate).
:-(
On the shop floor, its X-terminals running both HP-UX and Linux apps (per stable apps developed and refined over the past 8 years). Tight integration, works like a charm and solid. The search for new process control software tools is comming up with very little outside of windows stuff, but Unix/Linux compatibility is a big requirement for us. We're not going down the path to support nightmares for PC's on the shop floor like in other locations.
At home, Linux, except for games that aren't Tuxracer and GLTron, then I'm forced to run Win98
At work in the Office areas, its all Windows (per corporate mandate).
On the shop floor, its X-terminals running both HP-UX and Linux apps (per stable apps developed and refined over the past 8 years). Tight integration, works like a charm and solid. The search for new process control software tools is comming up with very little outside of windows stuff, but Unix/Linux compatibility is a big requirement for us. We're not going down the path to support nightmares for PC's on the shop floor like in other locations.
At home, Linux, except for games that aren't Tuxracer and GLTron, then I gotta run Win98.
Oh, but wonderful Republicans could never deny us any rights, could they? Those evil Democrats take away some of your oh-so-precious money in a not-always-successful-but-atleast-well-intentioned attempt to help those in need and make society better, and you whine about that? You call that "taking your rights away"? Now I've heard everything...
Well intentioned?? Dammit I am sick and tired of this lets-spend-more-money-just-to-feel-better social programs crap. Spend my tax money wisely, measure how well programs do, do not equate money spent with the success of a program.
Taking excessive taxes from the populace is just as bad as reading their e-mail without their permission. Don't believe me, try not paying your taxes. What do you think will happen first, getting arrested for an email that gets snooped on , or for not paying up?
Yeah the post you responded too was a little harsh, but yours was no different. Many Republicans do not believe what you posted, you used a pretty broad brush there. The biggest problem with a two party system is that you can't find a party with all the same beliefs you have, although you speak the Democrat party line pretty well (including the spiteful hatred of the "evil" Republicans). More parties would allow you to vote more closely to your beliefs, and would also result in more concensus in Washinton, where only what all parties agreed to do would be done. Of course thats a very Conservative viewpoint, and you probably wouldn't agree with it.