It's existed long enough for people to identify problems, and it hasn't existed long enough to have been built in the time of governmental meddling/backdooring.
Unless you're Apple, then you can join the party late, come out with a new design, and claim to have invented it first. MP3 players before the iPod? Meh... Cellphones before the iPhone? Meh... PCs before the Macs? Meh...
By then it will be too late to get married and have a family, what's even the use of earning 6 figures?:(
Unless you're committed to the American Dream of having it all, you don't need six figures to raise a family. This is Silicon Valley. Many guys are starting their first, second or third set of families in their 50s.
As long as those bills total up to less than 50k per year, right?
It's called living within your means. My living expenses are only ~$35K per year.
Because why aim high?
I'm halfway through a fully-funded, five-year contract in government IT, I'm studying for my InfoSec certifications, and my next job will be $100K+ per year.
You are completely unaware of the state of the IT industry, despite claiming to be gainfully employed IN that industry.
I'm a virtual ditch digger. I work in the lowest levels of IT.
I'm not required to know "the state of the IT industry" and not knowing doesn't make me it halfwit.
Out of curiosity, why should I use an unpopular language like Perl when I'm already using its replacement Python?
I lean towards Linux Mint because it works fine on older PCs and Macs. My current Linux box has Red Hat Linux because I might take the Red Hat certification in the future.
No, I'm not. Microsoft never paid me directly or indirectly when I was unemployed for various periods of time (six weeks,
eight months, two years) or the one year sabbatical I took after my mother's death in 2004.
I get a lot crap for stating this on Slashdot... but I thought Perl disappeared years ago. References to the LAMP stack was always to PHP or Python. Perl isn't being used to administrator the Windows systems at my current government IT job. I haven't ran into Perl in any of my private sector jobs in the last 20+ years.
I recently had to put in a maintenance request to have the florescent tubes in the light fixture over the bathroom sink. I told the maintenance guy that there must be something wrong with the light fixture, as the tubes only last two to six months before needing replacement again. I got CFLs over my kitchen table that are 5+ years old. The maintenance guy laughed and told me that this was by design. If the florescent tubes go out every six months, maintenance — and the leasing office, indirectly — will have two opportunities each year to get into each apartment to look for problems not being reported.
The obvious mistake was not sending the seeds off to a planet that is 75-light-years away, where aliens and corporations would squabble over Earth's genetic legacy in the future. Check out "City of Pearl" by Karen Traviss, the first of six volumes in The Wess'har Wars series.
$99 is nearly enough for three IMAX movies (~5 hours) for two adults in the US. My four hours of "simple" work will garner an extra hour of entertainment. Still need to work an extra three hours to pay for food at the theater.
Can someone tell me why I should [perhaps] want to use this OS?
Back in the day, you could run multiple nodes of your favorite BBS software in OS/2 on a single machine. The alternative was DOS with DESQview and QEMM. Those who had the money or were funded by their users swore by OS/2 for running multiple nodes. Some these BBSes might still be around.
[...] enter the code that authorizes the machine to make the sale [...]
Not in the Great Nanny State of California. Also, alcohol sales are prohibited between 2AM to 6AM. Whenever I walk into 7-11 to pick up a bottle of water and a cheese stick at 6AM during the week, the manager is unlocking the doors for the cold cases and the homeless are lining up to get their booze.
Or consider the drive through at the bank. When I was a kid in the 1970's, nearly every bank had a drive-through for making deposits. Sometimes the line for the bank was longer than the lines at the gas stations. You don't see many drive through these days, as older buildings are demolished and replaced with newer buildings. A local bank in my area use the driveway for the drive through as employee parking.
Retail has been under stress for years and store closings will have a ripple effect throughout the economy. Stores that remain open will continue to automate and squeeze out productivity wherever possible.
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It's existed long enough for people to identify problems, and it hasn't existed long enough to have been built in the time of governmental meddling/backdooring.
So this is... Slackware?
The ones who get in early reap the benefits.
Unless you're Apple, then you can join the party late, come out with a new design, and claim to have invented it first. MP3 players before the iPod? Meh... Cellphones before the iPhone? Meh... PCs before the Macs? Meh...
If they dropped 32-bit support, there's less older hardware for it to run on.
By then it will be too late to get married and have a family, what's even the use of earning 6 figures? :(
Unless you're committed to the American Dream of having it all, you don't need six figures to raise a family. This is Silicon Valley. Many guys are starting their first, second or third set of families in their 50s.
As long as those bills total up to less than 50k per year, right?
It's called living within your means. My living expenses are only ~$35K per year.
Because why aim high?
I'm halfway through a fully-funded, five-year contract in government IT, I'm studying for my InfoSec certifications, and my next job will be $100K+ per year.
More like, the shit that gets tossed in the ditch.
Correct. I stand at the bottom of the hill and wait for the shit that rolls downhill. I deal with it, I bury it or I shovel it into the ditch.
We're all laughing at you.
So what?
You are completely unaware of the state of the IT industry, despite claiming to be gainfully employed IN that industry.
I'm a virtual ditch digger. I work in the lowest levels of IT. I'm not required to know "the state of the IT industry" and not knowing doesn't make me it halfwit.
Out of curiosity, why should I use an unpopular language like Perl when I'm already using its replacement Python?
http://www.infoworld.com/article/2607775/perl/perl-language-s-popularity-hits-all-time-low.html
So yeah, Microsoft is it for creimer.
Whatever pays the bills, baby.
I lean towards Linux Mint because it works fine on older PCs and Macs. My current Linux box has Red Hat Linux because I might take the Red Hat certification in the future.
You need an electric personality to make this new battery work?
And yet you say were unemployed for a few years.
Yes, I was.
You're a fucking liar.
No, I'm not. Microsoft never paid me directly or indirectly when I was unemployed for various periods of time (six weeks, eight months, two years) or the one year sabbatical I took after my mother's death in 2004.
Surely you have thrilling and fresh insights to share about at least a year or two...
Windows ME... *shudders*
I get a lot crap for stating this on Slashdot... but I thought Perl disappeared years ago. References to the LAMP stack was always to PHP or Python. Perl isn't being used to administrator the Windows systems at my current government IT job. I haven't ran into Perl in any of my private sector jobs in the last 20+ years.
I doubt it. Microsoft has paid my salary (indirectly) for 20+ years and I don't see that changing for the next 20+ years.
Law of Large Numbers?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_large_numbers
I recently had to put in a maintenance request to have the florescent tubes in the light fixture over the bathroom sink. I told the maintenance guy that there must be something wrong with the light fixture, as the tubes only last two to six months before needing replacement again. I got CFLs over my kitchen table that are 5+ years old. The maintenance guy laughed and told me that this was by design. If the florescent tubes go out every six months, maintenance — and the leasing office, indirectly — will have two opportunities each year to get into each apartment to look for problems not being reported.
They might, but if they're OS/2 only, why would they need anything other than the version of OS/2 they already have?
The most popular BBS packages were DOS only. A few were available for OS/2. Most sysops used OS/2 to run multiple DOS sessions.
The obvious mistake was not sending the seeds off to a planet that is 75-light-years away, where aliens and corporations would squabble over Earth's genetic legacy in the future. Check out "City of Pearl" by Karen Traviss, the first of six volumes in The Wess'har Wars series.
$99 is nearly enough for three IMAX movies (~5 hours) for two adults in the US. My four hours of "simple" work will garner an extra hour of entertainment. Still need to work an extra three hours to pay for food at the theater.
Can someone tell me why I should [perhaps] want to use this OS?
Back in the day, you could run multiple nodes of your favorite BBS software in OS/2 on a single machine. The alternative was DOS with DESQview and QEMM. Those who had the money or were funded by their users swore by OS/2 for running multiple nodes. Some these BBSes might still be around.
Or who knows maybe the security cameras of the store can detect even that and send the police.
The local mall has a security bot that can report disturbances.
https://www.theverge.com/2016/7/13/12170640/mall-security-robot-k5-knocks-down-toddler
On the bright side, robots are replaceable after getting trampled to bits and pieces during the Black Friday sales.
[...] enter the code that authorizes the machine to make the sale [...]
Not in the Great Nanny State of California. Also, alcohol sales are prohibited between 2AM to 6AM. Whenever I walk into 7-11 to pick up a bottle of water and a cheese stick at 6AM during the week, the manager is unlocking the doors for the cold cases and the homeless are lining up to get their booze.
http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Alcohol-can-t-be-sold-at-self-checkout-lines-4831117.php
Or consider the drive through at the bank. When I was a kid in the 1970's, nearly every bank had a drive-through for making deposits. Sometimes the line for the bank was longer than the lines at the gas stations. You don't see many drive through these days, as older buildings are demolished and replaced with newer buildings. A local bank in my area use the driveway for the drive through as employee parking.
Retail has been under stress for years and store closings will have a ripple effect throughout the economy. Stores that remain open will continue to automate and squeeze out productivity wherever possible.
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/2017/5/11/how-retail-trends-are-reshaping-freight-movement