In my experience, the large number of distros has most certainly prevented many shops from picking up Linux. From their perspective, the Linux world looks totally fragmented and unreliable. Redhat's main marketing pitch is "Hey look at us, we're the most common distro and we're stable!".
This is why many shops sill go with Solaris or Windows and don't even consider Linux-- with Solaris & Windows they have a better idea of what they are getting.
That probably applies to every single suicide bomber-- anyone who wants to blow up a pizza parlor or a night club filled with innocent civilians has some severe mental retardation.
Same can be said for many people in the Israeli military as well.
After all, these people have some of the best clinical and occupational psychologists in the world working for them.
Give me a fucking break. "They are wise, therefore they can do no wrong".
One very important point about statistics: You can always set the premise before gathering the data, and then find statistics to back up your premise.
The IDF works with some of the worst relgious zealots in the world. I think this is the primary reason for discouraging D&D-- the game deals with religious ideas which are foreign. That is forbidden among many fundamentalists.
This is certainly the situation among many fundamentalist Christian communities in the US. You're from Redding, so I assume you would know this.
Don't get me wrong. Isreal has a right to survive and defend itself, but the ruling bodies of Isreal are filled with religious zealots. Zealots cannot be trusted-- no matter the religion.
I have an old 400Mhz Dell Dimension L500cx with 512MB RAM. It does have a new 80GB hard-drive, but everything else is pretty old.
Azureus works fine-- no big performance problems at all. I can download and my wife can still use iTunes and MS Word at the same time. Azureus maxes out our DSL connection, but that's the network, and all computers are affected.
I'm having trouble accessing the article now, but I couldn't find any mention of hardware vs software-based RAID devices. Could anyone clarify a bit?
Why would RAID require drivers after everything is configured?
It makes sense that drivers would be used for a software configuration tool, because you are doing something which requires special access.
However, it seems that for day-to-day use, a good hardware-RAID device shouldn't require any special drivers anymore. A hardware-RAID card will handle all of the RAID functionality in a way that is transparant to the OS. For example, you have 2 RAID1 disks, the OS should only see a single disk disk. All of the RAID stuff happens behind the scenes.
If the RAID array requires drivers or if I need a special Kernel driver, doesn't that mean that the device is at least partially software-based, which then means that some processes may actually be handled by the CPU, thereby reducing performance.
My experience with RAID devices is obviously a little thin. Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but this question has come up in some LUGs and a few of my workplaces. Just asking for some clarification.
I think sanskrit is the ancestor of all European languages as well, which is why so many languages are grouped under the "Indo-European" language family.
The resultant doubling of your earnings potential is just a sad side-effect you're going to have to learn to cope with.
You'll also have to cope with the huge influx with people graduating with MBAs over the next few years. I have to wonder if the market is going to be flooded with too many MBAs soon.
Don't get me wrong. Education is a good thing, but it really seems like everyone and his sister are enrolling in an MBA program.
It bugs the heck out of me also. Fiddling with crazy and inconsistant directory structures gets in the way of doing the real work.
Debian follows the LSB pretty well. RedHat Enterprise also seems to do ok.
I think most of the modern major distros use the FHS. At least, they are certified by the LSB, but I don't know if that means they strictly follow the LSB.
In my experience, most of the modern distros follow the LSB pretty well. Most of the confusion with the directory structure has to do with old distros, legacy products, and third party products who won't comply the LSB.
So if you had a load of laundry going you could see how much longer it had till it was completed. Or you could set the intensity of your toaster, etc.
Isn't it easier just to walk up to the washer and look at the time left? Or adjust your old fashioned toaster by twisting the little nob? What's the point of placing these guys on a network?
How much extra will this network-ability cost you?
Can you imagine the nightmare of configuring these devices to work with your computer? MS and the vendors will claim that the configuration will be simple, but it will always be more complicated then they claim. For mp3 players and digital cameras, notice how stupid the upload/download GUIs are, when I should just be able to drag & drop the files to and from the device?
"Scream for new toys even though you have a room full of 'em" "Your Cell Phone needs a camera" "Upgrade your computer every 2 years. Buy a new car every 3 years"
Now that Half-Life 2 is out, it would be great if Sierra removed the requirement for a legit CD-Key to play online. Then HL1 could be played for free...
Not that they have any financial incentive to do this, but I can always dream.
It seems unlikely that an ATM would be designed, or allowed, to run code which was not provided by those in charge of the ATM.
Well, you could say something similar about Windows XP. It was designed to not run code which was not authorized by the user, yet Spyware has frequently been able to install itself without any help from the user. It's less common in WinXP SP2, but we have years and years of security problems in Windows products.
So, instead of a "cute" logo from the bank, you might, in some future, be seeing a few ads while drawing some cash
Ironically, Wells Fargo already has advertisments on their ATM screens-- I've seen them for match.com, local tourist businesses, etc. Occasionally they've had video ads, but I think those were on an experimental basis.
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"Millions of users plagued by 500 & 503 errors."
I'll disagree.
In my experience, the large number of distros has most certainly prevented many shops from picking up Linux. From their perspective, the Linux world looks totally fragmented and unreliable. Redhat's main marketing pitch is "Hey look at us, we're the most common distro and we're stable!".
This is why many shops sill go with Solaris or Windows and don't even consider Linux-- with Solaris & Windows they have a better idea of what they are getting.
Throws dice at someone.
*whap*
"Ow!"
Now that, my friend, is called "Hit Dice".
Mister, they del with foreign religious idealogues every day. They're called "Muslims."
So their solution to dealing with foreign religious idealogues is to become religious idealogues. There will be no end to that war.
Thanks for stating your opinion. At least now we know you are incapable of telling the difference between the every-day Muslim and a terrorist.
A four year old qualifies as innocent by any definition.
If you don't believe that a four year old is innocent, you need to be locked away for life or worse.
Why not? What did the people in the nightclub do?
That probably applies to every single suicide bomber-- anyone who wants to blow up a pizza parlor or a night club filled with innocent civilians has some severe mental retardation.
Same can be said for many people in the Israeli military as well.
After all, these people have some of the best clinical and occupational psychologists in the world working for them.
Give me a fucking break. "They are wise, therefore they can do no wrong".
One very important point about statistics: You can always set the premise before gathering the data, and then find statistics to back up your premise.
The IDF works with some of the worst relgious zealots in the world. I think this is the primary reason for discouraging D&D-- the game deals with religious ideas which are foreign. That is forbidden among many fundamentalists.
This is certainly the situation among many fundamentalist Christian communities in the US. You're from Redding, so I assume you would know this.
Don't get me wrong. Isreal has a right to survive and defend itself, but the ruling bodies of Isreal are filled with religious zealots. Zealots cannot be trusted-- no matter the religion.
I have an old 400Mhz Dell Dimension L500cx with 512MB RAM. It does have a new 80GB hard-drive, but everything else is pretty old.
Azureus works fine-- no big performance problems at all. I can download and my wife can still use iTunes and MS Word at the same time. Azureus maxes out our DSL connection, but that's the network, and all computers are affected.
Thank you! That explains what I am seeing with some RAID devices.
...
You answered my question, even though I couldn't phrase my question correctly.
I need to read up on RAID some more
I'm having trouble accessing the article now, but I couldn't find any mention of hardware vs software-based RAID devices. Could anyone clarify a bit?
Why would RAID require drivers after everything is configured?
It makes sense that drivers would be used for a software configuration tool, because you are doing something which requires special access.
However, it seems that for day-to-day use, a good hardware-RAID device shouldn't require any special drivers anymore. A hardware-RAID card will handle all of the RAID functionality in a way that is transparant to the OS. For example, you have 2 RAID1 disks, the OS should only see a single disk disk. All of the RAID stuff happens behind the scenes.
If the RAID array requires drivers or if I need a special Kernel driver, doesn't that mean that the device is at least partially software-based, which then means that some processes may actually be handled by the CPU, thereby reducing performance.
My experience with RAID devices is obviously a little thin. Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but this question has come up in some LUGs and a few of my workplaces. Just asking for some clarification.
Aren't MBAs the ones who create the markets? ESPECIALLY engineers..
Some of the CEOs may have MBAs, but that doesn't mean that MBAs control the markets, or that an MBA will offer an advantage in the job market.
You sir, have never experienced the joy of using not one, but two international tax treaties, blah blahhh blahhhhhh...
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You're right. That's VERY exciting. If I could figure out what you were saying, I'd be very
But they are plastic looking.
I think sanskrit is the ancestor of all European languages as well, which is why so many languages are grouped under the "Indo-European" language family.
Here's an illustration from the American Heritage Dictionary showing the relationships.
"Interpretive Dance" is also known as "Technical Documentation".
The resultant doubling of your earnings potential is just a sad side-effect you're going to have to learn to cope with.
You'll also have to cope with the huge influx with people graduating with MBAs over the next few years. I have to wonder if the market is going to be flooded with too many MBAs soon.
Don't get me wrong. Education is a good thing, but it really seems like everyone and his sister are enrolling in an MBA program.
It bugs the heck out of me also. Fiddling with crazy and inconsistant directory structures gets in the way of doing the real work.
Debian follows the LSB pretty well. RedHat Enterprise also seems to do ok.
I think most of the modern major distros use the FHS. At least, they are certified by the LSB, but I don't know if that means they strictly follow the LSB.
In my experience, most of the modern distros follow the LSB pretty well. Most of the confusion with the directory structure has to do with old distros, legacy products, and third party products who won't comply the LSB.
So if you had a load of laundry going you could see how much longer it had till it was completed. Or you could set the intensity of your toaster, etc.
Isn't it easier just to walk up to the washer and look at the time left? Or adjust your old fashioned toaster by twisting the little nob? What's the point of placing these guys on a network?
How much extra will this network-ability cost you?
Can you imagine the nightmare of configuring these devices to work with your computer? MS and the vendors will claim that the configuration will be simple, but it will always be more complicated then they claim. For mp3 players and digital cameras, notice how stupid the upload/download GUIs are, when I should just be able to drag & drop the files to and from the device?
"Scream for new toys even though you have a room full of 'em"
"Your Cell Phone needs a camera"
"Upgrade your computer every 2 years. Buy a new car every 3 years"
Maybe a '+1 obvious' .
But not sure why the Mods think it's a troll. All of those points are legitimate.
Dang, this game looks interesting.
Now that Half-Life 2 is out, it would be great if Sierra removed the requirement for a legit CD-Key to play online. Then HL1 could be played for free...
Not that they have any financial incentive to do this, but I can always dream.
Relax, a horse is not a goat.
Although, the photo, is a little disturbing. That thing looks like an alien probe of some sort...
It seems unlikely that an ATM would be designed, or allowed, to run code which was not provided by those in charge of the ATM.
Well, you could say something similar about Windows XP. It was designed to not run code which was not authorized by the user, yet Spyware has frequently been able to install itself without any help from the user. It's less common in WinXP SP2, but we have years and years of security problems in Windows products.
So, instead of a "cute" logo from the bank, you might, in some future, be seeing a few ads while drawing some cash
Ironically, Wells Fargo already has advertisments on their ATM screens-- I've seen them for match.com, local tourist businesses, etc. Occasionally they've had video ads, but I think those were on an experimental basis.