1. pull the hard drive out of your windows machine.
2. install it in your linux box
3. set up the windows drivers to work with your linux box
4. on the occasions you'd like to use windows, jump into the CMOS and set it to boot off the other drive.
5. keep your use of windows a shameful secret
( this post from my XP/Slack box - booted into.... yes, XP.)
It's exactly what consumers deserve for being too stupid to actually look at image quality
I'm no photographer. I did just buy a camera that said on the box "THREE MEGA PIXELS". I bought it from Walmart. I knew it wasnt't a high quality camera, (brand was Mercury I think) but figured if it was 3 MP, it must take pictures that were at least 'OK'.
WRONG.
Got it home, tried it out and got web-cam quality pictures. Total crap. returned the camera and did some research. I've bought a second, different 3 megapixel camera that is excellent, and cost about the same amount of money...
I've been a Windows admin the last 5 years and have been asked to learn Linux. [...] I'd like to take my time and really learn it.
my 2 cents:
aside from whatever training you decide to take, try more than one distro on your own. Even if your company has specified that you will use a particular distro, I think you'll find it worth your time.
gentoo has been mentioned here lots. If you try it, don't make it your first distro. a recent version of Slackware is a good first install I think
most important IMO: don't be the only guy in the department that knows Linux (or any technology that your business depends on...) get someone else trained as well
Most new cars already already have a black box. It records things like acceleration level, braking inputs and vehicle speed.
So far as I know, it only holds data for a short time, but if you are involved in an accident, the data can (and has been) accessed by law enforcement.
I bought my kids a small (CD walkman-sized) DVD player a year ago. Other than the odd long distance car trip, it really doesn't get used.
It's really neat
It's really cool
It's really hard to enjoy a movie on a 4 inch screen
stick with your iPod. "near-DVD-quality" on a little screen is neat, but will lose it's charm after a few days...
If we chose not to buy it....
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this wouldn't be around for very long. I doubt that's how it will work out, though.:-(
..."Contraband" by Velvet Revolver, a band newly formed by ex-members of Guns N' Roses and the former frontman of the Stone Temple Pilots, became a best seller in June despite heavy copy protection and a warning on the packaging.
How does that schoolyard pejorative rate as "insightful"?
This businessman perhaps lacks good judgement, but mentally retarded, no.
mod parent flamebait...
I can view it just fine in Mozilla running on a slack box. If somehow some of the code I'm using is closed source, well burn me as a witch... I have better things to do with my time than verify every plugin I use is open source.
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Why not:
1. pull the hard drive out of your windows machine.
2. install it in your linux box
3. set up the windows drivers to work with your linux box
4. on the occasions you'd like to use windows, jump into the CMOS and set it to boot off the other drive.
5. keep your use of windows a shameful secret
( this post from my XP/Slack box - booted into..
We have these at work. They absolutely rock.
There's inspiration for a bad painting somewhere in there...
I'd hope they are getting more than a "firewall + script" for 100G.
A quick look at Prolexic's web site make me think it's selling a distributed proxy service. Don't see why it wouldn't work.
As far as the reasonability of cost, I doubt 100G is a big number for them..
>>You'd be surprised at the crap bikes some assholes will steal.
people will steal anything. In my particular neighbourhood, each garbage bag must have a tag affixed for pickup. The tags cost 1 dollar each.
Guess what gets stolen?
I did something like this with an old AST notebook.
133MHZ, 800Meg hdd running Slackware 9.1, Apache. No GUI, just SSH from a 'real' comp as required. Worked fine.
what I'm scared of:
>unkown hardware device detected
>please wait while linux installs drivers for your new hardware
Is it too late to contribute to the openBSOD project...?
How bout a full sized cardboard cut-out of goatse in the front hallway? I'd run....
It's exactly what consumers deserve for being too stupid to actually look at image quality
I'm no photographer. I did just buy a camera that said on the box "THREE MEGA PIXELS". I bought it from Walmart. I knew it wasnt't a high quality camera, (brand was Mercury I think) but figured if it was 3 MP, it must take pictures that were at least 'OK'.
WRONG.
Got it home, tried it out and got web-cam quality pictures. Total crap. returned the camera and did some research. I've bought a second, different 3 megapixel camera that is excellent, and cost about the same amount of money...
Parent is bang-on. Mod this guy way up.
my 2 cents:
aside from whatever training you decide to take, try more than one distro on your own. Even if your company has specified that you will use a particular distro, I think you'll find it worth your time.
gentoo has been mentioned here lots. If you try it, don't make it your first distro. a recent version of Slackware is a good first install I think
most important IMO: don't be the only guy in the department that knows Linux (or any technology that your business depends on...) get someone else trained as well
>> slog through a poorly-designed system?
Man pages can be a little dry reading, but all the information is there for a reason.
If you can't read a few screens of text to get your question answered, you might as well unplug the computer right now and use it as a doorstop...
I'll wait till SP1
Not sure why parent was modded "troll"
:-).
When I create web content for my employer, I like to actually read and understand the code I create.
My 'web development tool' of choice? a text editor
Most new cars already already have a black box. It records things like acceleration level, braking inputs and vehicle speed.
So far as I know, it only holds data for a short time, but if you are involved in an accident, the data can (and has been) accessed by law enforcement.
something to think about?
>> NO, its a serious question. Why do we really need this sort of insane bandwidth in ones home?
It doesn't matter if they can use it. If it's available, people will want it.
People are already happy to pay for things they don't use/need.
Might as well super-size your internet too...
I bought my kids a small (CD walkman-sized) DVD player a year ago. Other than the odd long distance car trip, it really doesn't get used.
It's really neat
It's really cool
It's really hard to enjoy a movie on a 4 inch screen
stick with your iPod. "near-DVD-quality" on a little screen is neat, but will lose it's charm after a few days...
this wouldn't be around for very long. I doubt that's how it will work out, though. :-(
..."Contraband" by Velvet Revolver, a band newly formed by ex-members of Guns N' Roses and the former frontman of the Stone Temple Pilots, became a best seller in June despite heavy copy protection and a warning on the packaging.
(above excerpt from the USA today article.)
How does that schoolyard pejorative rate as "insightful"? This businessman perhaps lacks good judgement, but mentally retarded, no. mod parent flamebait...
I would say it is a troll because of the choice of words. If you don't get why "retarded" is wrong, I can't explain it to you...
I can view it just fine in Mozilla running on a slack box. If somehow some of the code I'm using is closed source, well burn me as a witch... I have better things to do with my time than verify every plugin I use is open source.
the link... http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/searchspy/result s.htm?fci=1?filter=0&qcat=web
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