Speak for yourself. I'm still waiting on the something wonderful...;)
Re:Is word processing not using a computer?
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For many business users, word processors and excel account for the vast majority of time spent on computers, if they managed 24 hours for just that they'd have a viable market.
Plus e-mail. After all, most of what's involved in composing an e-mail is word processing, is it not?
Editing source code isn't fundamentally different than word processing, either.
Nor is posting a story to Slashdot.
Really, the comment about "are we talking 24 hours of word processing, or 24 hours of actually using your computer." is somewhat inane. Not everyone uses their computer for gaming.
OTOH, while I code, I like to listen to music and perhaps have a browser running. Plus e-mail. So with all that multitasking going on there's going to be some swapping, so it's going to eat through battery a bit quicker than if I only had Word up. On second thought, Word is such a bloated pig, it would probably use up more memory than SciTE, a Python interpreter or two, audacious, two Opera or Firefox windows.
So let's go back to saying the comment was probably inane.
Then there is also the problem of perception associated with the source. I could pay to self-publish a volume of my poems, but it'll be ignored by critics, unavailable to most readers and, ultimately, be a waste of money on my part. If I can't get in a literary magazine or picked up by a traditional publishing house, then the perception is that I'm not any good.
Well, this man, who has written a series of very successful novels, would most definitely disagree with you. (I can say that because I've met and talked with Merv at length about this very subject). His novels sell remarkably well in bookstores, on Amazon, and plenty of other places.
Oh, did I mention that he is a self-publisher? Yeah, that's right, his publishing company, Willow Tree Press, is him. (He outsources the printing, of course.)
Then why wasn't the 2006 senate election rigged, oh because your side won.
I don't have a "side" in the sense that you are thinking. I'm small 'l' libertarian and a confirmed swing voter.
And Congressional elections aren't like Presidential elections. With a presidential election, you have ONE election, and it's very national. Congressional races are lots of local elections. And, until 2006, it was previously believed by both the right and the left that national issues don't decide Congressional races, only local issues do. Guess they were wrong. (No surprise, because the right and left are wrong quite a bit)
the voting machines work fine. do you really think a major corporation like diebold is going to make a mistake on something as important as voting?
Yes. If Ford Motor Co. can make a mistake on something as important as keeping gas tanks from exploding on impact (see Ford Pinto) and Firestone can make a mistake on something as important as preventing the tread from separating the rest of the tire (see Ford Explorer) and Mattel can make a mistake on testing their imports from China for lead paint, all of which cause people to DIE, then yes, Diebold can make a mistake on something as important as voting, which is not actually directly responsible for any deaths.
AutoZone runs Linux. Ford Motor Co. runs Linux, AIX and Solaris. DaimlerChrysler runs AIX. All three of those also use NetApp and similar storage appliances which run Linux.
Yes, they have Windows servers. These are doing non-mission-critical tasks like running Microsoft Exchange. The mission critical servers run Unix.
Wait! Are you suggesting that downtime can be caused by application problems, network problems, hardware problems, dumbass systems administrators and a whole slew of other things completed unrelated to the platform on which it is running?
The London Stock Exchange Goes Down For Whole Day (Score:0, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 08, @04:25PM (#24924597)...now if only my wife would do that!/rimshot!
Reply to This Re:The London Stock Exchange Goes Down For Whole D (Score:0, Offtopic) by east coast (590680) on Monday September 08, @04:32PM (#24924749) Oh, she does... just not with you.
Damn. Talk about humorless mods. I at least got a chuckle out of that.
Not exactly. Exercise increases the rate of burning calories (that's why people who want to lose weight do it)....Lastly, there's a value to time. The person could instead, for example, be building wind turbines or installing solar array
So you're telling me that if this person were not involved in building a kit car, they'd either be doing nothing or building wind turbines or installing solar panels? That's a bit far-fetched don't you think?
It's kind of like those 'unhackable' computers, networks and software we keep hearing about. *yawn* Wake me up when someone actually makes such a thing and it actually, you know, works.
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Same goes for the zero pollution to manufacture; last time I checked, it takes food, shelter, diversions, etc. to "power" a human. I wouldn't be surprised if having people build things by hand polluted the environment more than by machine.
And that same human requires those same things regardless of whether or not he's building a car from a kit, right? At least until we can manage to make cryostasis actually work that is.
They want to make an example of McKinnon. Mess with the government and you'll spend the rest of your life in prison. Screwing with banks? Cause financial damage? Yeah, we'll give you hell for it. But screw with the government. Oh, you are SO going down. Nevermind that it's already been established that security on U.S. government systems is horribly inept to the point of being almost ridiculous.
Unix is a completely different mindset. Unix is built around the philosophy of small, interchangeable components that do one thing and do it well. And modern Unix implementations like Linux, OS X, FreeBSD, etc., might still resemble their ancient Unix brethren from the command line, but under the hood and in the GUI there have been significant changes to accommodate modern technologies and concepts. The fact that Unix has been around -- and still considered to be a standard part of a truly enterprise-class network -- is a testament to the timeless and extensible design that two guys at Bell Labs created in the late 1960s.
Slashdot Mirror
This describes Slashdot exactly.
Speak for yourself. I'm still waiting on the something wonderful... ;)
For many business users, word processors and excel account for the vast majority of time spent on computers, if they managed 24 hours for just that they'd have a viable market.
Plus e-mail. After all, most of what's involved in composing an e-mail is word processing, is it not?
Editing source code isn't fundamentally different than word processing, either.
Nor is posting a story to Slashdot.
Really, the comment about "are we talking 24 hours of word processing, or 24 hours of actually using your computer." is somewhat inane. Not everyone uses their computer for gaming.
OTOH, while I code, I like to listen to music and perhaps have a browser running. Plus e-mail. So with all that multitasking going on there's going to be some swapping, so it's going to eat through battery a bit quicker than if I only had Word up. On second thought, Word is such a bloated pig, it would probably use up more memory than SciTE, a Python interpreter or two, audacious, two Opera or Firefox windows.
So let's go back to saying the comment was probably inane.
Then there is also the problem of perception associated with the source. I could pay to self-publish a volume of my poems, but it'll be ignored by critics, unavailable to most readers and, ultimately, be a waste of money on my part. If I can't get in a literary magazine or picked up by a traditional publishing house, then the perception is that I'm not any good.
Well, this man, who has written a series of very successful novels, would most definitely disagree with you. (I can say that because I've met and talked with Merv at length about this very subject). His novels sell remarkably well in bookstores, on Amazon, and plenty of other places.
Oh, did I mention that he is a self-publisher? Yeah, that's right, his publishing company, Willow Tree Press, is him. (He outsources the printing, of course.)
if this is true (and I am able to follow directions correctly) then Bank of America has some explaining to do.
Here, why don't you give me your current IP address real quick and I'll take a look it to make sure you're doing everything correctly. ;)
Then why wasn't the 2006 senate election rigged, oh because your side won.
I don't have a "side" in the sense that you are thinking. I'm small 'l' libertarian and a confirmed swing voter.
And Congressional elections aren't like Presidential elections. With a presidential election, you have ONE election, and it's very national. Congressional races are lots of local elections. And, until 2006, it was previously believed by both the right and the left that national issues don't decide Congressional races, only local issues do. Guess they were wrong. (No surprise, because the right and left are wrong quite a bit)
The people that freak me out are Young Conservatives. Those guys are creepy.
Oh man, you ain't seen nothin' yet. You want creepy? Here's creepy.
the voting machines work fine. do you really think a major corporation like diebold is going to make a mistake on something as important as voting?
Yes. If Ford Motor Co. can make a mistake on something as important as keeping gas tanks from exploding on impact (see Ford Pinto) and Firestone can make a mistake on something as important as preventing the tread from separating the rest of the tire (see Ford Explorer) and Mattel can make a mistake on testing their imports from China for lead paint, all of which cause people to DIE, then yes, Diebold can make a mistake on something as important as voting, which is not actually directly responsible for any deaths.
And, who's to say the GOP won't try to rig this election? They got away with it in 2000 and 2004. Surely they believe themselves unstoppable now.
That's why you need to pay attention. That's why you can't just blindly go to the poll and cast your vote "knowing" it will be counted.
If it's running on .Net, it isn't running on a mainframe.
How do you know? Mono, which implements a mostly-complete version of .Net, runs on *nix, right? Well, Linux runs on the IBM Z-Series mainframes, right?
Sorry, just being nitpicky.
Where can I find such a example for Linux?
AutoZone runs Linux. Ford Motor Co. runs Linux, AIX and Solaris. DaimlerChrysler runs AIX. All three of those also use NetApp and similar storage appliances which run Linux.
Yes, they have Windows servers. These are doing non-mission-critical tasks like running Microsoft Exchange. The mission critical servers run Unix.
Next argument please?
Wait! Are you suggesting that downtime can be caused by application problems, network problems, hardware problems, dumbass systems administrators and a whole slew of other things completed unrelated to the platform on which it is running?
I am *shocked*! *Shocked* I tell you!
But Patch Tuesday is tomorrow?
Exactly.
most of the american stock exchanges have been going down all year
My wife did that once. Nearly killed me. Come to think of it, it was just after we signed up for the life insurance ...
The London Stock Exchange Goes Down For Whole Day (Score:0, Offtopic) ...now if only my wife would do that! /rimshot!
by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 08, @04:25PM (#24924597)
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by east coast (590680) on Monday September 08, @04:32PM (#24924749)
Oh, she does... just not with you.
Damn. Talk about humorless mods. I at least got a chuckle out of that.
Works for organized crime, doesn't it?
Fuhget about it!
-- Tony Soprano
Not exactly. Exercise increases the rate of burning calories (that's why people who want to lose weight do it)....Lastly, there's a value to time. The person could instead, for example, be building wind turbines or installing solar array
So you're telling me that if this person were not involved in building a kit car, they'd either be doing nothing or building wind turbines or installing solar panels? That's a bit far-fetched don't you think?
It's kind of like those 'unhackable' computers, networks and software we keep hearing about. *yawn* Wake me up when someone actually makes such a thing and it actually, you know, works.
Same goes for the zero pollution to manufacture; last time I checked, it takes food, shelter, diversions, etc. to "power" a human. I wouldn't be surprised if having people build things by hand polluted the environment more than by machine.
And that same human requires those same things regardless of whether or not he's building a car from a kit, right? At least until we can manage to make cryostasis actually work that is.
Which is not a hybrid, but a standard gasoline engine (albeit a 1.0L gasoline engine)
Which, BTW, is the real reason Kevin Mitnick was given such a hard time. He hacked into ARPANet in the early 80s.
They want to make an example of McKinnon. Mess with the government and you'll spend the rest of your life in prison. Screwing with banks? Cause financial damage? Yeah, we'll give you hell for it. But screw with the government. Oh, you are SO going down. Nevermind that it's already been established that security on U.S. government systems is horribly inept to the point of being almost ridiculous.
We increased the density so far that the entire facility ended up collapsing into a black hole, wiping out much of the state of North Dakota.
By North Dakota, I assume you mean Idaho.
I agree. But if you want an all-open source system, you have to run an open source OS. Of course, you need open source firmware as well.
Unix is a completely different mindset. Unix is built around the philosophy of small, interchangeable components that do one thing and do it well. And modern Unix implementations like Linux, OS X, FreeBSD, etc., might still resemble their ancient Unix brethren from the command line, but under the hood and in the GUI there have been significant changes to accommodate modern technologies and concepts. The fact that Unix has been around -- and still considered to be a standard part of a truly enterprise-class network -- is a testament to the timeless and extensible design that two guys at Bell Labs created in the late 1960s.
Stewart Alsop? Is that you?