I couldn't agree more. Flash is the quickest way to get me, as a surfer, to ignore the site. I don't care how ubiquitious Flash becomes, I'm simply not using it. I actually have Flash disabled on all of our business machines (and of course also on my personal machines, but that's largely irrelevant). Using Flash to display fonts is a non-solution, in my opinion.
Hang on a second buddy.... you're talking about people buying online vs. locally, and you're talking about buying music at Borders? Jesus Christ, you're a hypocrite. You should continue buying CD's if you want to, but how about a LOCAL INDEPENDENT MUSIC STORE? You're really just as bad as people buying online to save a few pennies in sales tax.
That's expecially true these days when a sysadmin is just a glorified plumber. Long gone are the days when the sysadmins had any kind of clout. Today, sysadmins are a dime a dozen, and they're not nearly as expensive as they used to be.
- A former sysadmin
OK, I read the first link in your post, and I have no fucking clue as to what you're talking about. I can't even figure out the context. Is this some TV thing you're talking about?
Are you really serious? $200 for Windows? Even if most people paid that much, droppign the price isn't going to do anything. People either don't ever pay for Windows, or they're happy to pay it and be done with it (like myself). Most people, quite honestly, would probably pay significantly more for Windows, also (I would).
Right now, the Libertarian Party is also suing the NC State Election Board because the Election Board is only allowing residents to register as "Democrat", "Republican", or "Independent". More importantly, they're also suing because NC has taken all alternative parties off of all ballots. I can't even vote for a Libertarian or Green or Reform Party candidate in the state of NC. The gizmo they use to count the ballots is just red herring. That debate is fabricated to keep people's wheels spinning about relatively unimportant things, while the big problems are being ignored. The real problem lies in the fact that choice has been removed from the process. Now, citizens get to vote for Bad or Worse, with both sides (Bad and Worse) colluding to keep the status quo.
There's -zero- evidence of any kind of higher being. There's nothing to discuss or argue. There's no more reason to even begin to TALK about a "higher power" than there is reason to talk about the nature of this miniature pink elephant that's walking around my office right now.
But you're right. Nobody can disprove the existance of a higher power. But, that's a moot point. There's *no* reason the believe that there's a god or jesus or whatever. Not a single scrap of evidence that would cause me or any other intelligent person to begin to even consider the possiblity.
Fixed. Oh, and PS, if you can't respect peoples' choice in religion enough that you must refer to their beliefs as "fairy tales", I would hesitate to respect any of your work or opinions, scientific or not.
Oh sure. It's not politically correct to call religion complete and utter bullshit. Instead, we should "respect" other people's wrong beliefs, no matter what. Why is it that I'm crazy if I talk to an invisible being that lives in the sky named "Elvis", but I'm totally sane, and should be respected if I talk to an invisible being that lives in the sky named "Jesus"?
A real scientist doesn't compromise when it comes to fact. The simple fact is that there is no Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, or whatever the fuck you want to call your "God". Deal with it.
1. Dogmatic Christians pushing their belief system as the anti-science.
The problem is that Christians are trying to claim that their fairy tales constitute real science. People can believe whatever wacko shit that they want, but as soon as they start claiming that the Jolly Green Giant, or Jesus, or any such bullshit is science, people (like myself) who are real scientists have to defend the facts. When "facts" aren't "facts" any more, then society is in real trouble.
Really... do you REALLY think that a laptop can be produced that'll cost $100? Why are a bunch of techies going for this stupid idea hook, line, and sinker? Hell, the wholesale cost of even a very rudimentary laptop will exceed $100. Unless this group has invented a new hard drive that's a few dollars to build, or an LCD screen that's a few bucks, or any of the other parts this thing is supposed to have, this is absolutely impossible. And durable? You gotta be kidding me. This thing is supposed to be able to be dropped in mud or onto hard surfaces. A basic Toughbook is $1500.
I'd like for poor people (myself included) to be able to get a $1000 car or a $100 computer or a $10 refrigerator as much as the next guy, but there's reality and then there's fantasy. The $100 laptop, right now, most definitely falls squarely in the "fantasy" category.
The average Joe will get stuck holding stock in companies with AJAX-enabled web sites for pet food sales. Joe's rationale will be the result of all of the hype he read about Web 2.0.
The first part of your post is right, but this part I don't agree with. Granted, I run a company that actually does sell pet food online, but in all reality, owning stock in a company that actually makes or sells something is much smarter than buying stock in a company that doesn't actually make any money (dot-com bust). Look at this stupid "Web 2.0" shit... sites like Friendster and the newer varieties... these are companies that center on... well... nothing, actually. They have no business plan outside of "hype" and little to no way of actually bringing in money. It's ridiculous, actually.
It's no the "high traffic" part that causes the problem, it's the "recent" part. i.e. if the page is being Slashdotted, that means that it's likely in a very dynamic/volatile state, and so when you view the page, there may be errors introduced into the page (e.g. within the last 5 seconds) that nobody has had time to correct yet.
How does that translate to when/if the site actually does become popular and widely known? Then every day will be a "Slashdotting", and many, many articles will be error filled all of the time. I think that this is a glance at what happens to a web app that really doesn't scale.
I thought that whole dot-com bubble was over. $2.8 million just because it's a high traffic site? You gotta be kidding me... I run a real business with real assets and real profit, but these stupid investors don't care. I honestly don't think that the dot-com bubble is over yet if sites like this can get $2.8 million for simply existing. There's nothing really unique about the site to warrant that kind of capital investment.
What admin stuff do I have to do? We've got a file server, and a bunch of workstations that run point-of-sale and financial apps. Why should I have to take time out of my schedule to "admin" my computers? Set them up, install the apps, and go. Why should it be more complicated than that when my business is not administering computers?
Apparently they don't know much about computers then. Do they? And neither do you...
"Knowing computers" isn't my job. My job is to run a business. I also can't change the timing belt on my car. I'm not a mechanic, either. what's your point?
I haven't been a professional programmer in years. Right now, I'm just a simple user. I don't have the time to dick around with our computers. They are just a tool that runs our business. Automation may be important for a medium to large sized corporation, but for a small business like ours, we need them to run and be consistent and be able to do their thing for days, weeks, and months at a time with no intervention.
...on my desktop ever. To be honest, if you know what you're doing with computers, there's no reason not to stick with Windows on your desktop in a Windows environment. For those apps that you HAVE to have, there is no real replacement for a real Windows machine (point-of-sale software with hardware). When I need to do some Windows admin stuff, I just do it. All of the basic apps installed under native Windows with no problem. Windows gives you everything you need and more easily than Linux ever could. And of course uptime and reliability... we haven't had to talk abuot that since Windows 2000 came out. Not an issue. Suffice it to say that when my Linux using friends are scrambling to figure out how to get their machine to boot, figure out how to do simple things like change the screen resolution and griping about.config files, I'm always up and running without a glitch.
I agree 100%. While something like this could be useful if you're calling somebody in another country and cost is very prohibitive... but other than that... who in the hell makes phone calls from their computer? You've got to have speakers and a microphone, too, so it's not even feasable unless you're at home (where it's quiet, presumably). Going from a cellphone where all long distance is free (monthly fees, of course, but those are cheaper every day, seemingly), you can call from anywhere to something where you're tied to a computer with a chintzy computer microphone seems bass-ackwards. Plus all of the goddamn configuration shit that goes along with this stuff... Forget it. I'll gladly pay for my cellphone and not worry about it.
Free voice calls these days are like saying free analog modems.
Aw, jesus... shared web servers? There's no way of knowing what else is running on that box and if what's on that box is sandboxed correctly. Oh well, I figured that I'd give it a shot.
It sounds like you're hiring, perhaps? My Windows 2000 web servers only go down for security patch updates. Sounds like you have some grossly incompetent admins working for you. Can I forward a resume?
Good troll attempt, but unfortunately the console market is definitely not monopolized by MS. Try a different industry, like soft drinks, which is an dualopoly, complete with price fixing!
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I couldn't agree more. Flash is the quickest way to get me, as a surfer, to ignore the site. I don't care how ubiquitious Flash becomes, I'm simply not using it. I actually have Flash disabled on all of our business machines (and of course also on my personal machines, but that's largely irrelevant). Using Flash to display fonts is a non-solution, in my opinion.
Do you have an example of a very large website that uses PHP? I don't recall ever seeing one.
Hang on a second buddy.... you're talking about people buying online vs. locally, and you're talking about buying music at Borders? Jesus Christ, you're a hypocrite. You should continue buying CD's if you want to, but how about a LOCAL INDEPENDENT MUSIC STORE? You're really just as bad as people buying online to save a few pennies in sales tax.
That's expecially true these days when a sysadmin is just a glorified plumber. Long gone are the days when the sysadmins had any kind of clout. Today, sysadmins are a dime a dozen, and they're not nearly as expensive as they used to be. - A former sysadmin
OK, I read the first link in your post, and I have no fucking clue as to what you're talking about. I can't even figure out the context. Is this some TV thing you're talking about?
Are you really serious? $200 for Windows? Even if most people paid that much, droppign the price isn't going to do anything. People either don't ever pay for Windows, or they're happy to pay it and be done with it (like myself). Most people, quite honestly, would probably pay significantly more for Windows, also (I would).
Actually, for at least the past few years, the Libertarians, at least, have had people running for every state-level position.
But it means more than that. Those candidates can't even be on the ticket. They'd have to be a write-in!
Right now, the Libertarian Party is also suing the NC State Election Board because the Election Board is only allowing residents to register as "Democrat", "Republican", or "Independent". More importantly, they're also suing because NC has taken all alternative parties off of all ballots. I can't even vote for a Libertarian or Green or Reform Party candidate in the state of NC. The gizmo they use to count the ballots is just red herring. That debate is fabricated to keep people's wheels spinning about relatively unimportant things, while the big problems are being ignored. The real problem lies in the fact that choice has been removed from the process. Now, citizens get to vote for Bad or Worse, with both sides (Bad and Worse) colluding to keep the status quo.
There's -zero- evidence of any kind of higher being. There's nothing to discuss or argue. There's no more reason to even begin to TALK about a "higher power" than there is reason to talk about the nature of this miniature pink elephant that's walking around my office right now.
But you're right. Nobody can disprove the existance of a higher power. But, that's a moot point. There's *no* reason the believe that there's a god or jesus or whatever. Not a single scrap of evidence that would cause me or any other intelligent person to begin to even consider the possiblity.
Fixed. Oh, and PS, if you can't respect peoples' choice in religion enough that you must refer to their beliefs as "fairy tales", I would hesitate to respect any of your work or opinions, scientific or not.
Oh sure. It's not politically correct to call religion complete and utter bullshit. Instead, we should "respect" other people's wrong beliefs, no matter what. Why is it that I'm crazy if I talk to an invisible being that lives in the sky named "Elvis", but I'm totally sane, and should be respected if I talk to an invisible being that lives in the sky named "Jesus"?
A real scientist doesn't compromise when it comes to fact. The simple fact is that there is no Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, or whatever the fuck you want to call your "God". Deal with it.
1. Dogmatic Christians pushing their belief system as the anti-science.
The problem is that Christians are trying to claim that their fairy tales constitute real science. People can believe whatever wacko shit that they want, but as soon as they start claiming that the Jolly Green Giant, or Jesus, or any such bullshit is science, people (like myself) who are real scientists have to defend the facts. When "facts" aren't "facts" any more, then society is in real trouble.
Really... do you REALLY think that a laptop can be produced that'll cost $100? Why are a bunch of techies going for this stupid idea hook, line, and sinker? Hell, the wholesale cost of even a very rudimentary laptop will exceed $100. Unless this group has invented a new hard drive that's a few dollars to build, or an LCD screen that's a few bucks, or any of the other parts this thing is supposed to have, this is absolutely impossible. And durable? You gotta be kidding me. This thing is supposed to be able to be dropped in mud or onto hard surfaces. A basic Toughbook is $1500.
I'd like for poor people (myself included) to be able to get a $1000 car or a $100 computer or a $10 refrigerator as much as the next guy, but there's reality and then there's fantasy. The $100 laptop, right now, most definitely falls squarely in the "fantasy" category.
The average Joe will get stuck holding stock in companies with AJAX-enabled web sites for pet food sales. Joe's rationale will be the result of all of the hype he read about Web 2.0.
The first part of your post is right, but this part I don't agree with. Granted, I run a company that actually does sell pet food online, but in all reality, owning stock in a company that actually makes or sells something is much smarter than buying stock in a company that doesn't actually make any money (dot-com bust). Look at this stupid "Web 2.0" shit... sites like Friendster and the newer varieties... these are companies that center on... well... nothing, actually. They have no business plan outside of "hype" and little to no way of actually bringing in money. It's ridiculous, actually.
It's no the "high traffic" part that causes the problem, it's the "recent" part. i.e. if the page is being Slashdotted, that means that it's likely in a very dynamic/volatile state, and so when you view the page, there may be errors introduced into the page (e.g. within the last 5 seconds) that nobody has had time to correct yet.
How does that translate to when/if the site actually does become popular and widely known? Then every day will be a "Slashdotting", and many, many articles will be error filled all of the time. I think that this is a glance at what happens to a web app that really doesn't scale.
I thought that whole dot-com bubble was over. $2.8 million just because it's a high traffic site? You gotta be kidding me... I run a real business with real assets and real profit, but these stupid investors don't care. I honestly don't think that the dot-com bubble is over yet if sites like this can get $2.8 million for simply existing. There's nothing really unique about the site to warrant that kind of capital investment.
What admin stuff do I have to do? We've got a file server, and a bunch of workstations that run point-of-sale and financial apps. Why should I have to take time out of my schedule to "admin" my computers? Set them up, install the apps, and go. Why should it be more complicated than that when my business is not administering computers?
Apparently they don't know much about computers then. Do they? And neither do you...
"Knowing computers" isn't my job. My job is to run a business. I also can't change the timing belt on my car. I'm not a mechanic, either. what's your point?
I haven't been a professional programmer in years. Right now, I'm just a simple user. I don't have the time to dick around with our computers. They are just a tool that runs our business. Automation may be important for a medium to large sized corporation, but for a small business like ours, we need them to run and be consistent and be able to do their thing for days, weeks, and months at a time with no intervention.
Though it sounds like a hardware failure, it must be pointed out that Win 2K/XP work perfectly. Could anyone suggest a solution to this problem?
What's the problem, exactly? If you have 2K and XP working properly, are you just looking for a problem?
...on my desktop ever. To be honest, if you know what you're doing with computers, there's no reason not to stick with Windows on your desktop in a Windows environment. For those apps that you HAVE to have, there is no real replacement for a real Windows machine (point-of-sale software with hardware). When I need to do some Windows admin stuff, I just do it. All of the basic apps installed under native Windows with no problem. Windows gives you everything you need and more easily than Linux ever could. And of course uptime and reliability... we haven't had to talk abuot that since Windows 2000 came out. Not an issue. Suffice it to say that when my Linux using friends are scrambling to figure out how to get their machine to boot, figure out how to do simple things like change the screen resolution and griping about .config files, I'm always up and running without a glitch.
I agree 100%. While something like this could be useful if you're calling somebody in another country and cost is very prohibitive... but other than that... who in the hell makes phone calls from their computer? You've got to have speakers and a microphone, too, so it's not even feasable unless you're at home (where it's quiet, presumably). Going from a cellphone where all long distance is free (monthly fees, of course, but those are cheaper every day, seemingly), you can call from anywhere to something where you're tied to a computer with a chintzy computer microphone seems bass-ackwards. Plus all of the goddamn configuration shit that goes along with this stuff... Forget it. I'll gladly pay for my cellphone and not worry about it. Free voice calls these days are like saying free analog modems.
Aw, jesus... shared web servers? There's no way of knowing what else is running on that box and if what's on that box is sandboxed correctly. Oh well, I figured that I'd give it a shot.
It sounds like you're hiring, perhaps? My Windows 2000 web servers only go down for security patch updates. Sounds like you have some grossly incompetent admins working for you. Can I forward a resume?
yeah, maybe true. But how about maintaining them later, for years, with zero downtime?
...you mean like all 7 Windows 2000 machines in our business? Reliability with Windows 2000+ simply isn't an issue for us.
Good troll attempt, but unfortunately the console market is definitely not monopolized by MS. Try a different industry, like soft drinks, which is an dualopoly, complete with price fixing!