With RH9, at least I didn't have to risk a system overhaul every couple of months. Updates came out regularly, and I could upgrade RPMs as needed or required.
Fedora is a moving target, and you're lucky to get any sort of help if you don't follow the upgrade cycle closely. Found a bug in FC1? Tough, FC1 is no longer supported, maybe it was fixed in FC2. And don't bug us if FC2 introduces incompatabilities that weren't present in FC1, because we're working on the up-and-coming FC3.
And I tried RHEL, and due to several major bugs and problems with support, I can't say that it's worth the price. RH Support told me to ask for help in the Fedora forums several times. I expect more help when I pay for support.
I've seen electricians use pipes for home wiring (and one underground conduit for a light-industrial location). When you put in a new wire you insert the wire in one end, and attach a vacuum cleaner on the other end and suck the new wire through.
I know very few people who have seen this system, including electricians. They think I'm crazy. But I swear I've seen it at least twice...
Ah, in my experience, Engineers are also usually a headache.
Secretaries are usually regular users on their machine, which means it's hard for them to install Malware on their own. With SP2, and Antivirus and spyware scanners, I don't see much spyware on their machines anymore. Autoupdate keeps the machine patched (with the occasional Autopatch problem).
Engineers are usually Power Users or Administrators of their own machine. As such, they stupidly install all sorts of extra crap on their machine-- Kazaa, a NTP Time Sync program bundled with spyware, etc. Autoupdates are usually turned off (on purpose), but the engineers never install the patches manually either, so the machines are way out of date.
This is just from observation mostly, and I'm not the Windows admin at these places.
The right wing get-the-facts campaigns are mostly correct.
Most of the right wing get-the-facts campaigns were themselves a work of fiction-- about as factual as Moore's film.
Truth is a three-edged sword. One side is your truth, the other side is their truth, and the third side is the truth. (Long live Kosh!)
And hell, while I'm mixing Geek with Politics and Whiskey:
The metaphor functions on several levels: 1) in any argument, there is your side, and the other side, but if you're ever going to get past that and find agreement, or understanding, you must be open to a third idea, a compromise or intercession. 2) a real three-bladed or three-edged sword creates a wound that does not close again; knowledge, once received, and understood, is permanent and changes you forever. JMS, 15 Jan 1995
they waste one of the creepiest bad guys in recent history, then promptly send your character off on a series of solo missions, and actually forget to even explain what's happening to the sidekicks you've spent so much time training and equipping."
Sounds like a true "Star Wars" product... they had to stay true to the Genre!
But I bet there were alot of cool special effects, and a cute robot or two.
Some companies seem to take the easy way out by depending solely on Microsoft for their email needs.
That has alot to do with the fact that the dominant "email client" does so much more then just email, wheras most of the programs which are presented in the list are just email clients.
I really wish there were more alternatives, or even groupware products which use more open standards which would allow alternative clients to connect to the servers.
I think MS's security record is known amongst the people at the RSA conference, and we critize MS here on/. , but I don't think it is well known outside the technical world.
Clarke really has nothing to bring to the table here.
He critized Microsoft publicly, which is something you almost never see a high-level (or formally high-level) government official doing.
You know you've reached Microsoft QA when the person on the phone says "Hello, Thanks for calling Micrisoft Technical Support, what would you like to report today?"
This is just blatant self-PR from a guy that noone really cares about anymore...
Actually, alot of people still care about what Richard Clarke has to say. The Bush administration would like you to think that nobody cares about him, but that's because he embarassed the Bush administration in front of the whole world.
During the congressional hearings, officials from the Bush Administration kept trying to paint Richard Clarke as if he was some disgruntled mid-level manager who didn't have access to the right information, and who had no idea what he was talking about.
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Dear Kid,
There will be no presents for you until you learn how to use a fucking keyboard, you dimwit.
-- Santa Claus
I don't quite follow.
EA has plenty of subsidiaries who continue to develop games.
Maxis was aquired by EA in 1997. When Maxis develops a game, it means that EA is developing a game.
There is a special level in hell reserved for grammar nazis.
Look, I understand the difference between the two.
I know it's horrible, sometimes I mistype a word. Sometimes I make a mistake. I'm a busy man, and sometimes I forget to preview my own post.
It was simply a name change, nothing else.
It's more then a name change.
With RH9, at least I didn't have to risk a system overhaul every couple of months. Updates came out regularly, and I could upgrade RPMs as needed or required.
Fedora is a moving target, and you're lucky to get any sort of help if you don't follow the upgrade cycle closely. Found a bug in FC1? Tough, FC1 is no longer supported, maybe it was fixed in FC2. And don't bug us if FC2 introduces incompatabilities that weren't present in FC1, because we're working on the up-and-coming FC3.
And I tried RHEL, and due to several major bugs and problems with support, I can't say that it's worth the price. RH Support told me to ask for help in the Fedora forums several times. I expect more help when I pay for support.
why not somewhere people might actually care to buy it
:)
Because it's a ChevronTexaco natural-gas plant in Chino, it's not actually a public Hydrogen station.
Berkeley & SF don't have any room left for a big plant like that
The Helmet is a VERY good thing, IMHO.
After all, something needs to protect your head when you keep walking into things because you're staring at a COMPUTER SCREEN instead of the sidewalk.
When I take a shower, my book gets even wetter then in the bath...
This topic has come up three times this week...
I've seen electricians use pipes for home wiring (and one underground conduit for a light-industrial location). When you put in a new wire you insert the wire in one end, and attach a vacuum cleaner on the other end and suck the new wire through.
I know very few people who have seen this system, including electricians. They think I'm crazy. But I swear I've seen it at least twice...
Ah, in my experience, Engineers are also usually a headache.
Secretaries are usually regular users on their machine, which means it's hard for them to install Malware on their own. With SP2, and Antivirus and spyware scanners, I don't see much spyware on their machines anymore. Autoupdate keeps the machine patched (with the occasional Autopatch problem).
Engineers are usually Power Users or Administrators of their own machine. As such, they stupidly install all sorts of extra crap on their machine-- Kazaa, a NTP Time Sync program bundled with spyware, etc. Autoupdates are usually turned off (on purpose), but the engineers never install the patches manually either, so the machines are way out of date.
This is just from observation mostly, and I'm not the Windows admin at these places.
The right wing get-the-facts campaigns are mostly correct.
Most of the right wing get-the-facts campaigns were themselves a work of fiction-- about as factual as Moore's film.
Truth is a three-edged sword. One side is your truth, the other side is their truth, and the third side is the truth. (Long live Kosh!)
And hell, while I'm mixing Geek with Politics and Whiskey:
The metaphor functions on several levels: 1) in any argument, there is your side, and the other side, but if you're ever going to get past that and find agreement, or understanding, you must be open to a third idea, a compromise or intercession. 2) a real three-bladed or three-edged sword creates a wound that does not close again; knowledge, once received, and understood, is permanent and changes you forever.
JMS, 15 Jan 1995
In Matrix, and in a number of other Sci-fi stories, the citizens spend all of their time living in a virtual reality.
...
As the citizens die, their bodies are recycled into food for the current population.
I hope you get out and get some exercise when you're not feasting on those cans of Ensure in front of the computer
typing their CC numbers to the lady there
It sounds fun, but I doubt that the in-game security is enough to handle valuable information like Credit Cards.
And for added bonus, CC numbers in-game are handled by ChoicePoint, a proven leader in information extraction and loss.
they waste one of the creepiest bad guys in recent history, then promptly send your character off on a series of solo missions, and actually forget to even explain what's happening to the sidekicks you've spent so much time training and equipping."
Sounds like a true "Star Wars" product... they had to stay true to the Genre!
But I bet there were alot of cool special effects, and a cute robot or two.
Personally, I like to schedule appointments with my coworkers via 'cal'.
Some companies seem to take the easy way out by depending solely on Microsoft for their email needs.
That has alot to do with the fact that the dominant "email client" does so much more then just email, wheras most of the programs which are presented in the list are just email clients.
I really wish there were more alternatives, or even groupware products which use more open standards which would allow alternative clients to connect to the servers.
He expresses opinions that can't possibly be sincere.
...
Now, where would we be if humor had to be sincere. Geeze
This is wasteful and disappointing, but it's completely wrong to describe it as "greasing palms."
Congratulations Citizen, you passed the test. Thank you for defending the good corporations of America , here's a coupon for a free Big Mac!
Now go back to your television wall and sit there like a good boy.
The world knows Microsoft's security record.
/. , but I don't think it is well known outside the technical world.
I think MS's security record is known amongst the people at the RSA conference, and we critize MS here on
Clarke really has nothing to bring to the table here.
He critized Microsoft publicly, which is something you almost never see a high-level (or formally high-level) government official doing.
I think QA is on the same door...
You know you've reached Microsoft QA when the person on the phone says "Hello, Thanks for calling Micrisoft Technical Support, what would you like to report today?"
This is just blatant self-PR from a guy that noone really cares about anymore...
Actually, alot of people still care about what Richard Clarke has to say. The Bush administration would like you to think that nobody cares about him, but that's because he embarassed the Bush administration in front of the whole world.
During the congressional hearings, officials from the Bush Administration kept trying to paint Richard Clarke as if he was some disgruntled mid-level manager who didn't have access to the right information, and who had no idea what he was talking about.
Lies.
Yeah but, will it ever replace Slashdot?
/., we just mock the articles.
Never, because the point behind 'Make' is to actually READ the articles.
On
God, they look like such a fly-by-night business.
Look how crappy their press release looks.... it's one of their main pieces of marketing and it's crooked....
Well, InCom Corp., the company that provided the tech free of charge to the school, has abruptly pulled out, without explanation.
Hrm, I wonder if their eventual explanation will involve words like "threats" and "guns".
Anyone have the webpage for Incom, Corp to check out their press releases?
That's wierd... I've posted a few posts in the last few days and they all showed up within a few minutes...
once..
I meant one.
Let us see if my typo-Troll notices...