A few friends of mine have become police officers after serving in the military and I feel safe knowing these good people are out there to "protect and serve".
I've also seen several good people become cops for the same reason, only to wind up quitting a few years later (including the chief of police at one point).
It doesn't take too many assholes on the police force to make life hell for someone who wants to change things for the better... same as in any other office.
DST isn't handled in the kernel, it's handled in/usr/share/zoneinfo. Most recent distributions released patches for this back in late '05 or early '06. (Generally with a new tzdata package, and possibly a newer glibc)
It can also be manually patched by downloading the latest tzdata file and running zic to compile & install it.
I'm currently dealing with the same thing, but not quite to that scale (few hundred Windows boxes, 50+ *nix boxes).
Shavlik to push patches to the windows boxes, a short script to push & apply the patches to the *nix boxes... It'll be done in less than a week's time.:)
(And it's taking a week, only because we can't have any downtime and I have to play with load balancing, content caching, etc)
Hey, if they declare themselves the winner enough, people might start to believe them - and then they will win! Interesting... *ahem* I hereby declare myself the sexiest man alive!
Now all I have to do is just repeat it often enough that everyone starts believing it...;)
but seriously, if a company is running Exchange already, they're probably running Outlook and don't need an open source equivalent. If they wanted to go open source, they'd probably just ditch Exchange altogether.
Except it's rarely ever that cut & dried. I'm a Linux SysAdmin running dozens of Linux servers... as well as Solaris, Win2k & 2k3 boxes. Windows is still the defacto desktop so we use AD, and we also run Exchange because we need something that handles calendar sharing, resource scheduling, etc for our non-techie users who need various Windows specific software.
Meanwhile, I (and the other IT / Admin types who run Linux on their desk) are stuck running a Windows VM for the misc. junk that won't work under Linux. We're slowly shifting more and more servers to open source, but realistically, we can't just ditch the proprietary stuff. There's not always an open source replacement, and when there is, it doesn't always have the bells & whistles that our current stuff does.
Unfortunately, most IT shops out there tend to run a blend of platforms, so software that can play equally well with multiple platforms is a HUGE need for a fairly large chunk of the market. Saying that a shop needs to pick one and go with it is a non-starter, because each platform has its strengths & weaknesses... right now, picking the best tool for the job is far too difficult IMO, because of the integration & communication issues.
As an aside, can someone from the Frozen North tell me how you winterize the sink traps where it's damn cold? Since the trap is open on both ends, the ice generally expands to follow the pipe and doesn't usually cause any damage... worst I've had to deal with as far as the drains go was having to pour a little hot water down the drain to thaw it out again.
send a few Dept. Wildlife people out there to cull the population It'd be inefficient, impractical, and cost money (DFW salaries), instead of generating revenue by selling tags and licenses which usually go back to DFW and Dept. of Forestry programs.
Well, if we're quoting statistics we haven't looked up, how about this?
- Of the several dozen hunters I know, all of them hunt for the meat. - Only a small fraction have kept a set of antlers as trophies, which was incedental to getting the meat. - In my 15yrs of hunting, I've never met someone who hunted for sport.
You bet on your unfounded statistics, I'll bet on mine... although I usually try not to make sweeping generalizations about groups I have little familiarity with.
Gardeners do not use tools with anywhere the effectiveness and range of guns. Agreed - that was in response to your grocery store quip, though. Maybe you missed my point: Just because grocery stores exist, doesn't mean that's the only valid way of getting your food.
To be clear, I all for people hunting... From your other posts in this thread, that's hardly the impression I get. I think yours is a perfectly valid opinion, but that's *not* what I originally took exception to. I was responding to your implication that anyone who hunts, does so for fun simply because of the existence of grocery stores, which I found to be incredibly narrow minded.
Did I say anything about "going back to those days"? No.
If that's what it'd take, sure - I'd hunt with a homemade bow and arrow. It's less accurate, less humane, but gosh it'd be a bigger challenge, and therefore more "fun"... right? Not quite.
Hunting (for me, at least) is a pain in the butt - it's a lot of work, it's messy, and if I want the "fun" aspect, then I could just as easily go camping or target shooting, and enjoy myself quite a bit more.
What part of "I hunt for the meat" escaped your comprehension, AC?
What I don't understand is the idea of killing as a pastime, as a fun way of killing some time, or bringing home trophies. If I want fun part of hunting, I'll shoot targets, go hiking, or play paintball.
As far as I'm concerned, the only reason I hunt is so I can get meat out of the deal - otherwise it's just a helluva lot of work and a pain in the ass. As for trophies? I donate the skin & antlers to a tannery so they can actually put it to use.
I don't hunt to survive or for fun - but I do hunt to eat.
Oh come on, I *do* hunt for food, as does nearly every other hunter I know. Pure "sport hunters" are hardly representative of the group as a whole - just easier to pick on.
Sure, I can go to the grocery store and buy a freezer full of meat for several hundred dollars... or for the price of a deer or elk tag and a weekend of hiking, I can get the same freezer full of meat for much less (which I couldn't afford otherwise). Are you going to ridicule people who have gardens and grow their own vegetables next?
Unfortunately, I can understand why they do that... if he announced there were only 8, then people could easily start fighting over their place in line. If no one knows for sure, then problems are less likely to occur.
It's more of a question of the best tool for the job, IMO... The micro UAV's actually work quite well for Special Warfare teams, where the problems are more portability, quick launch, and short recon runs. You're absolutely right that the Predator drones are better for conventional warfare, but I think this was created to address a different set of requirements, and should do rather well from what I've seen (or not seen, as the case may be).
I can't say anymore to some how change your opinion that surveillance is only and issue to those who have something to hide. Personally I am not worried about the intrusion or lack of privacy. I have nothing that needs to remain secretive, and most of my private life would be of no intrest to anyone but me.
There's nothing wrong with me having sex with my girlfriend either (nor do I have any reason to hide it), but that doesn't mean I'm ok with bunch of strangers watching us while we do it either. The point is less that I might be doing something wrong, than I just don't want other people having access to areas of my life that could be rather personal. Sex, finances, and personal "quirks" come to mind, off hand. I'm sure there's several other areas that people would rather not have strangers monitoring either.
I find it a sign of the self-centered, self-absorbed, view of the common US citizen that makes people think that other people give a rats ass about their personal life.
I take it you've never had a roommate, read the gossip columns, or seen "reality tv"... People are nosey bastards, and I don't exactly want my subscription to [porn mag], my prescription for [embarrassing drug], nor various other non-relevant personal details to be cataloged by people who I don't trust, and could very well have a reason to abuse that information. Read some of my recent posts - I have ZERO reason to trust the police, and several reasons not to. This sort of stuff is of marginal legit use, WAY too easily abused, and damn near impossible to avoid given the methods they are proposing. Video cams on apts or private property? I don't need them creating an "official record" of what they saw through my windows, or me staggering in drunk at 2am, or the girl I brought home. Such things *would* be recorded, and given the officers I know, it *would* be abused - possibly just to pass around the station for the other cops to laugh at, or passed on as blackmail.
Lastly I would like to know what Alan Turning's sex life has to do with his work?
Assuming your point was that his sexuality had no effect on his contributions, but that genetically he simply didn't contribute to the propagation of the species... Thank you, that was an excellent point, and I'm glad you pointed it out. Personally, I couldn't care less if people don't "propagate" for whatever reason (I don't, simply because I hate kids), but I'm glad someone corrected the erroneous assumption.
I seem to recall an instance where a man was turned away because he scored too high on the entrance test... http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_56314.html
Call me cynical, but I get the impression that our system here in the US is corrupt enough that electing a politician who'd correct the problem is nigh impossible, and the law enforcement community has adopted a "brotherly" attitude of cops vs. everyone else. From what I've been told (from people who've actually gone through the programs), a degree in Criminal Justice is equivalent to majoring in Art (Their words, not mine! No offense to the art majors out there...), and the police academy is less of a "pass / fail" system than a "here's your training, now go do it" mentality.
As a motorcycle rider, I'd like to point out that of the 6+ insurance companies I've looked at, every single one of them had a clause in the contract that stated if you were in an accident and not wearing a helmet, then you WERE NOT COVERED, and that you accepted FULL RESPONSIBILITY for the costs and liability resulting from an accident. For my fellow bikers who haven't noticed this, check the fine print of your agreement some time... you might be surprised. Plus, every company I checked had a separate division that dealt with bike riders - the only people who "subsidized" bikers were other bike riders. (Seriously, try and get your bike included in a multiple vehicle policy some time - the closest I've come is same company, but with separate policies)
As a biker, I can also say that as a community, we're pretty harsh on those who don't wear proper clothing or helmets. It's kinda like posting on/. in 1337 speak. No matter how long you've been around, or how intelligent your point is, you're instantly branded as a moron if you do it.
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I've also seen several good people become cops for the same reason, only to wind up quitting a few years later (including the chief of police at one point).
It doesn't take too many assholes on the police force to make life hell for someone who wants to change things for the better... same as in any other office.
Will they distribute new zone info files separately?
See here for the latest TZ data: http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm
The command to compile & install is "zic" :/ )
Have fun! (I know I am...
DST isn't handled in the kernel, it's handled in /usr/share/zoneinfo. Most recent distributions released patches for this back in late '05 or early '06. (Generally with a new tzdata package, and possibly a newer glibc)
It can also be manually patched by downloading the latest tzdata file and running zic to compile & install it.
I'm currently dealing with the same thing, but not quite to that scale (few hundred Windows boxes, 50+ *nix boxes).
:)
Shavlik to push patches to the windows boxes, a short script to push & apply the patches to the *nix boxes... It'll be done in less than a week's time.
(And it's taking a week, only because we can't have any downtime and I have to play with load balancing, content caching, etc)
Interesting... *ahem* I hereby declare myself the sexiest man alive!
Now all I have to do is just repeat it often enough that everyone starts believing it...
Random speculation: Something to come from the Novell / MS partnership? Who knows, maybe it's already in the works.
Except it's rarely ever that cut & dried. I'm a Linux SysAdmin running dozens of Linux servers... as well as Solaris, Win2k & 2k3 boxes. Windows is still the defacto desktop so we use AD, and we also run Exchange because we need something that handles calendar sharing, resource scheduling, etc for our non-techie users who need various Windows specific software.
Meanwhile, I (and the other IT / Admin types who run Linux on their desk) are stuck running a Windows VM for the misc. junk that won't work under Linux. We're slowly shifting more and more servers to open source, but realistically, we can't just ditch the proprietary stuff. There's not always an open source replacement, and when there is, it doesn't always have the bells & whistles that our current stuff does.
Unfortunately, most IT shops out there tend to run a blend of platforms, so software that can play equally well with multiple platforms is a HUGE need for a fairly large chunk of the market. Saying that a shop needs to pick one and go with it is a non-starter, because each platform has its strengths & weaknesses... right now, picking the best tool for the job is far too difficult IMO, because of the integration & communication issues.
In fact, THAAD has no sense of humor whatsoever. THAAD is not amused.
Well, if we're quoting statistics we haven't looked up, how about this?
- Of the several dozen hunters I know, all of them hunt for the meat.
- Only a small fraction have kept a set of antlers as trophies, which was incedental to getting the meat.
- In my 15yrs of hunting, I've never met someone who hunted for sport.
You bet on your unfounded statistics, I'll bet on mine... although I usually try not to make sweeping generalizations about groups I have little familiarity with.
Did I say anything about "going back to those days"? No.
If that's what it'd take, sure - I'd hunt with a homemade bow and arrow. It's less accurate, less humane, but gosh it'd be a bigger challenge, and therefore more "fun"... right? Not quite.
Hunting (for me, at least) is a pain in the butt - it's a lot of work, it's messy, and if I want the "fun" aspect, then I could just as easily go camping or target shooting, and enjoy myself quite a bit more.
What part of "I hunt for the meat" escaped your comprehension, AC?
As far as I'm concerned, the only reason I hunt is so I can get meat out of the deal - otherwise it's just a helluva lot of work and a pain in the ass. As for trophies? I donate the skin & antlers to a tannery so they can actually put it to use.
I don't hunt to survive or for fun - but I do hunt to eat.
Oh come on, I *do* hunt for food, as does nearly every other hunter I know. Pure "sport hunters" are hardly representative of the group as a whole - just easier to pick on. Sure, I can go to the grocery store and buy a freezer full of meat for several hundred dollars... or for the price of a deer or elk tag and a weekend of hiking, I can get the same freezer full of meat for much less (which I couldn't afford otherwise). Are you going to ridicule people who have gardens and grow their own vegetables next?
Next thing ya know, they'll be finding weird 6' starfruit with tentacles...
What kills me, is this comment currently has a higher Informative moderation than Funny... "My fellow Americans" indeed. ;)
Unfortunately, I can understand why they do that... if he announced there were only 8, then people could easily start fighting over their place in line. If no one knows for sure, then problems are less likely to occur.
It's more of a question of the best tool for the job, IMO... The micro UAV's actually work quite well for Special Warfare teams, where the problems are more portability, quick launch, and short recon runs. You're absolutely right that the Predator drones are better for conventional warfare, but I think this was created to address a different set of requirements, and should do rather well from what I've seen (or not seen, as the case may be).
So, since I work for an e-commerce company... so does that mean I'm a dealer? Or just an enabler? :p
According to this: http://www.kidsrisk.harvard.edu/images/kmtCV.pdf she's got a ScD in Environmental Health, a MS in Chemical Engineering Practice, and a BS in Chemical Engineering
I seem to recall an instance where a man was turned away because he scored too high on the entrance test... http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_56314.html
Call me cynical, but I get the impression that our system here in the US is corrupt enough that electing a politician who'd correct the problem is nigh impossible, and the law enforcement community has adopted a "brotherly" attitude of cops vs. everyone else. From what I've been told (from people who've actually gone through the programs), a degree in Criminal Justice is equivalent to majoring in Art (Their words, not mine! No offense to the art majors out there...), and the police academy is less of a "pass / fail" system than a "here's your training, now go do it" mentality.
As a biker, I can also say that as a community, we're pretty harsh on those who don't wear proper clothing or helmets. It's kinda like posting on /. in 1337 speak. No matter how long you've been around, or how intelligent your point is, you're instantly branded as a moron if you do it.
Teenager on crotch rocket + jeans + jacket + helmet > 60yr old on Harley + shorts + t-shirt - helmet