If your company designs high quality locks (haha like Kryptonite U-Locks), would you hire the best lockpick around, even though he once used his skills to break into 7/11 and steal a bunch of stuff? Personally, I would. You need people to think outside of the box and go against the grain of your culture once in a while, IMO.
Note: I'm not saying that this chump is the best programmer around, I'm sure he's not. But if he's a great man for the job and can think of things that you and I won't, then I'm on.
I worked as an engineer this summer at a plant, and talk to the workers on the floor all the time (think your average manufacturing workers, lots of hillbillies, lots of country boys, most smarter than you'd think)
some of them are starting to ask me about this Mozilla thing! You know it's catching fire when the gun-toting hunting types want to know about it.
How'd they hear about it? Some anti-adware programs and stuff recommend installing it.
So 2 points - it's getting out there (obviously), and word of mouth is still the best tool - and with an app as slick as Firefox, you're going to get plenty of that
I wouldn't be THAT worried about manufacturing all going to China. Manufacturing jobs are not all going overseas, but they are in fact diminishing EVERYWHERE. Why? Because of productivity projects that enable us to do more with less people (think automation/robots!)
There are many companies keeping production here, with more automation, and having their product closer to the customers here. Honda has done this extremely well (many plants here in Ohio).
Regarding your 2nd bullet, I'll let you know that it's a lot more fun to be one of those loud and drunk people (assuming all your homework is already done). 20 years from now, you'll probably wish you had done that too.
We have all of our life to do independent programming projects. We only have 4 or 5 years to get wasted, screw around with lots of girls, and do stupid stuff like jump off the 2nd floor roof into the bushes with a videocamera taped to your head.
If you aren't already thinking about it, consider getting a minor in business, or try double-majoring in business along with your primary degree. Figure out the registration system, and locate areas of overlap in requirements for your liberal ed and major classes.
Some people do this (general business minor) to get started in business stuff, as did I. Then I saw an added benefit - the classes are EASY as shit, less often, more credits, and hotter chicks in the classes.
Result: Meet girls and artifially boost your GPA!! Don't rush to get out in 4 years, grab that co-op and that business minor and get out in 5. Spice those business minor classes in there every now and then, making each quarter easier, it's like free GPA money!:)
My second ammendment: OR, if you're going to go to those boring classes that post all their notes on the net anyway, then study for them during the class to save yourself time later. Also use them as a study hall to work on other homework, again saving your precious time for beer or sex or whatever, and you'll still be able to hear the gems of good stuff that come out of the bad class.
Use discretion, obviously. If you're the kind of person that needs to work 110% to get a good grade, then work your ass off. I'm not that kind of person, so I do the bare minimum to get my A in those types of classes.
My ammendment: Go to all classes until you figure out which ones to skip.
Some classes are enlightening, go to those. Others are trite, straight-from-the-book, boring, foreign professors that you can't understand (i never had this but everyone else complained), and too early. Those that don't have pop quizzes or homework due, why bother?
The latter types of classes are just means to an end. Get your A with as little work as possible. But the classes where you have a REAL DEAL prof, don't miss a word he/she says.
It just takes a couple of weeks to figure out which ones are the real deal, and which ones are there just to get into the U.S. or get their research work done while teaching as little as possible.
Nobody's talked about stolen BIKES yet. God these are hot commodities at any campus. Take them to the campus police and get them registered. Ours has a GPS-type sensor that will allow them to find the bike if it's been stolen and not removed.
But either way, get an AVERAGE bike and an AWESOME lock. You don't need that 1000 mountain bike, and if you do, then you know better to leave it out. And bikes with easily-removable wheels and seats are going to get picked on a lot too.
3. Network. Not TCP/IP, but people. Every job you get in the future is going to be because of who you know, so get to know a LOT of people. Get to know them well so they don't forget you.
Let me add to this. DO IT. DO IT LIKE CRAZY. If you're not a social person, force yourself into it anyway.
My freshman year, I lived with 3 guys that were basically married and had "TC Syndrome" - TOO COOL. They were too cool for the 'dorks' on our floor. Too cool for the ugly girls. Too cool for the fat girls.
Let me tell you something, kids. You are NOT too good for anyone. Everyone out there has something good to offer. That fat girl? Not only does she end up being really fun to hang with, but she has some HOT friends. And guess what -- those hot friends will LOVE you when they realize that you're a good dude and you can proudly hug the big girl in front of everyone.
Don't limit yourself. I would do anything - ANYTHING - to have my freshman year back. Don't conform. It took me 2 years to make up for all the friends i should have made as a freshman. Don't conform.
And also, to the original ask-slashdotter - assuming you're a computer nerd, don't get mad when people want help from you... but make sure you let them know that it'll cost you a 12-pack - 6 for you, 6 for them, and then go out with them. What a great way to make friends.
God I'd kill to have it all back. I'm now about to enter my 5th and final year, and i'm calling it "Freshman Year Part II" - doing all the stupid things (without getting arrested... i kinda want a job) that I should have done freshman year. Don't waste it.
PS: If you do turn into a party animal like i have, then do your schoolwork early in the day so that you can go out at night. Party animals who procrastinate too don't make it in college.
Clerks is my #2 favorite movie. I watch it whenever I'm down (good thing is that hasn't happened recently), it's stupid but it does have AWESOME dialogue and puts things into perspective. The Dante/Randall conversations are unbeatable.
I like it so much, in fact, that I've refused to ever watch the "original" ending. I don't want to see it, I know what happens, and I don't like it. I'm glad it didn't make the cut.
That said, I can go 2 ways on this movie. If Smith decides to have yet another dog and pony show with a bunch of hollywooders, keep me out. If he goes back to real deal dialogue by genuine non-actors, then I'm in. It makes it so much more lifelike.
With the rare exception of a "Memento" here or a "Requiem For A Dream" there, you can limit your watching to only movies made prior to the late '80s without missing a single thing.
Ummm... HELLO! Have you ever heard of the movie Gigli??
We tried this, and the majority of the undergraduate population would agree that it's not going well. Our president, Karen Holbrook, has done nothing good to replace her predecessor, William "Brit" Kirwan.
Holbrook came in, and immediately pissed off people by trying to curb our tailgating for football games - a huge tradition if you've ever been in the area. Then she does nothing to curb the ever-raising tuition rates, agrees to shut off funding to some agricultural programs (which are the traditional basis of this campus), and is only concerned with research funding rather than the enormous undergraduate population.
Kirwan did nothing but foster our traditions, and fought tooth and nail with the state to get them to keep our funding so that tuition wouldn't go up over 10% every damned year.
Of course, this has nothing to do with Holbrook being a woman or even being from Georgia:)
So the point is, it doesn't matter who the newest president is; male, female, black, white, yellow, alien... just don't come in thinking you can change traditions, and don't alienate those that you will eventually be begging for money (which is, by the way, the president's basic duty, like it or not).
Good luck to MIT, hopefully she does nothing but foster tradition and raise the academic bar.
I'm a bit confused here... this is my first time seeing this and I'm very interested, but looking at the docs, there's only 34 exploits?
Where are all of the windows and old linux kernel exploits? What exactly is this program going after? I'd think there'd be tons of other exploits, like how the Sasser virus gets into Win2k/XP and stuff.
Or is this really a more childish project that finds one hole, inserts VNC, and lets you do whatever you want to it without testing all of those holes...?
Everyone's posts are pretty good, but don't forget about rootkit hunter. Oh, this isn't a configuration tool, but it's good to make you sleep better at night.
Consider how much things have changed in the past 100 years. Some day civilization, if it survives itself, will laugh at the question posed above. It's only a matter of time. A bionic eye or stem cell action would probably be better than a transplat though.
I, among SEVERAL others, were one of those that was vehemently against a change to the dreaded new theme in 0.9. It was said that the new theme was set in stone, and that the arguments have been made.
But that's what's great about this community. We complained anyway, and kept complaining. Our voices were heard - we have access to so many of the developers and are a vocal bunch. I'm not sure if the theme is switched back to Qute, which I like, but all I know is that the 0.9 theme just wasn't professional enough to "take over the world".
Good job to all those who helped the project realize that we needed something better. Open-source is not just software - it's social too. Compared to OSS developers, closed developers don't have close to the conduits of communication to see what the users truly want. Especially when we're that passionate about such 'silly' things.
So keep making your voices heard, and don't let autocracy-like decisions harm your favorite project.
Adblock does rule - but it doesn't work until you go into their message board and use their recommended ruleset (which then works incredibly). They should make that default, or at least question the user upon installation if they would like to use that as default setup.
I pride myself on being a "jack of all trades, master of none" kinda guy. Unfortunately, I know very little about clustering. I often wonder why corporations with tons of workstations in one building don't do something like this to help out their intensive programs. Can I install clustering software on a workstation and give it the lowest priority so that it doesn't interfere with a user's work at all?
I disagree, this is very un-exciting. The 2.6 series is VERY stable for only being the 7th release. I definitely think that it should be the default install by now.
If you take two identical PCs, load Mandrake 10 on one, and Slackware 10 on the other, have the same window manager and everything else, you'll definitely see a difference in that Mandrake 10 has a MUCH faster feel.
Granted, Mandrake shipped it perhaps a bit early with 2.6.3, but the 2.6.x is that much better, as testified by basically everyone out there.
I think making 2.4 default is a mistake now. 2.6 has proven its weight in gold. I've avoided upgrading my computer even longer because this kernel solved so many of my speed issues.
Everyone here's going to be pissed at me for saying so, but great code will get you nowhere if you can't sell it. Make sure the sales team has the privacy they need to close deals on the phone and have customer meetings without distractions like this.
In general, I will probably agree. But in this case, I couldn't disagree more.
Firefox has come out of nowhere (well yes Mozilla's been worked on forever) and has instantly captivated TONS of its users. I think it has plenty of soul. You can do whatever you want with it due to themes and extensions. It's fast, doesn't give me headaches or hangovers, and is feature-rich. Web pages look great for me. I'd say it has plenty of soul.
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Note: I'm not saying that this chump is the best programmer around, I'm sure he's not. But if he's a great man for the job and can think of things that you and I won't, then I'm on.
some of them are starting to ask me about this Mozilla thing! You know it's catching fire when the gun-toting hunting types want to know about it.
How'd they hear about it? Some anti-adware programs and stuff recommend installing it.
So 2 points - it's getting out there (obviously), and word of mouth is still the best tool - and with an app as slick as Firefox, you're going to get plenty of that
There are many companies keeping production here, with more automation, and having their product closer to the customers here. Honda has done this extremely well (many plants here in Ohio).
I'd say google is the closest thing to representing the entire web. Why they got rid of browser stats in zeitgeist is beyond me
We have all of our life to do independent programming projects. We only have 4 or 5 years to get wasted, screw around with lots of girls, and do stupid stuff like jump off the 2nd floor roof into the bushes with a videocamera taped to your head.
Result: Meet girls and artifially boost your GPA!! Don't rush to get out in 4 years, grab that co-op and that business minor and get out in 5. Spice those business minor classes in there every now and then, making each quarter easier, it's like free GPA money! :)
Use discretion, obviously. If you're the kind of person that needs to work 110% to get a good grade, then work your ass off. I'm not that kind of person, so I do the bare minimum to get my A in those types of classes.
Some classes are enlightening, go to those. Others are trite, straight-from-the-book, boring, foreign professors that you can't understand (i never had this but everyone else complained), and too early. Those that don't have pop quizzes or homework due, why bother?
The latter types of classes are just means to an end. Get your A with as little work as possible. But the classes where you have a REAL DEAL prof, don't miss a word he/she says.
It just takes a couple of weeks to figure out which ones are the real deal, and which ones are there just to get into the U.S. or get their research work done while teaching as little as possible.
But either way, get an AVERAGE bike and an AWESOME lock. You don't need that 1000 mountain bike, and if you do, then you know better to leave it out. And bikes with easily-removable wheels and seats are going to get picked on a lot too.
My freshman year, I lived with 3 guys that were basically married and had "TC Syndrome" - TOO COOL. They were too cool for the 'dorks' on our floor. Too cool for the ugly girls. Too cool for the fat girls.
Let me tell you something, kids. You are NOT too good for anyone. Everyone out there has something good to offer. That fat girl? Not only does she end up being really fun to hang with, but she has some HOT friends. And guess what -- those hot friends will LOVE you when they realize that you're a good dude and you can proudly hug the big girl in front of everyone.
Don't limit yourself. I would do anything - ANYTHING - to have my freshman year back. Don't conform. It took me 2 years to make up for all the friends i should have made as a freshman. Don't conform.
And also, to the original ask-slashdotter - assuming you're a computer nerd, don't get mad when people want help from you... but make sure you let them know that it'll cost you a 12-pack - 6 for you, 6 for them, and then go out with them. What a great way to make friends.
God I'd kill to have it all back. I'm now about to enter my 5th and final year, and i'm calling it "Freshman Year Part II" - doing all the stupid things (without getting arrested... i kinda want a job) that I should have done freshman year. Don't waste it.
PS: If you do turn into a party animal like i have, then do your schoolwork early in the day so that you can go out at night. Party animals who procrastinate too don't make it in college.
Sleep, Grades, Social Life -- CHOOSE TWO.
I like it so much, in fact, that I've refused to ever watch the "original" ending. I don't want to see it, I know what happens, and I don't like it. I'm glad it didn't make the cut.
That said, I can go 2 ways on this movie. If Smith decides to have yet another dog and pony show with a bunch of hollywooders, keep me out. If he goes back to real deal dialogue by genuine non-actors, then I'm in. It makes it so much more lifelike.
Can it be in black and white too?
Oh...
Holbrook came in, and immediately pissed off people by trying to curb our tailgating for football games - a huge tradition if you've ever been in the area. Then she does nothing to curb the ever-raising tuition rates, agrees to shut off funding to some agricultural programs (which are the traditional basis of this campus), and is only concerned with research funding rather than the enormous undergraduate population.
Kirwan did nothing but foster our traditions, and fought tooth and nail with the state to get them to keep our funding so that tuition wouldn't go up over 10% every damned year.
Of course, this has nothing to do with Holbrook being a woman or even being from Georgia :)
So the point is, it doesn't matter who the newest president is; male, female, black, white, yellow, alien... just don't come in thinking you can change traditions, and don't alienate those that you will eventually be begging for money (which is, by the way, the president's basic duty, like it or not).
Good luck to MIT, hopefully she does nothing but foster tradition and raise the academic bar.
Where are all of the windows and old linux kernel exploits? What exactly is this program going after? I'd think there'd be tons of other exploits, like how the Sasser virus gets into Win2k/XP and stuff.
Or is this really a more childish project that finds one hole, inserts VNC, and lets you do whatever you want to it without testing all of those holes...?
If you look at Mandrake, there's tons of great config tools there:
diskdrake for disk partitioning
harddrake for hardware configuration
userdrake for user configging (or userconf)
XFdrake for X config
mousedrake for mouse config
printerdrake absolutely rules for CUPS, better than localhost:631 if you ask me
drakconf for ALL mandrake tools together
rpmdrake is good for package managing...
Oh and of course linuxconf is still nice! netconf is the network partition of that I think. The list goes on i bet
Everyone's posts are pretty good, but don't forget about rootkit hunter. Oh, this isn't a configuration tool, but it's good to make you sleep better at night.
Consider how much things have changed in the past 100 years. Some day civilization, if it survives itself, will laugh at the question posed above. It's only a matter of time. A bionic eye or stem cell action would probably be better than a transplat though.
CVS is REALLY not hard at all to setup for simple class projects. It could be a major lifesaver, and should seriously take you 5 minutes to get going.
But that's what's great about this community. We complained anyway, and kept complaining. Our voices were heard - we have access to so many of the developers and are a vocal bunch. I'm not sure if the theme is switched back to Qute, which I like, but all I know is that the 0.9 theme just wasn't professional enough to "take over the world".
Good job to all those who helped the project realize that we needed something better. Open-source is not just software - it's social too. Compared to OSS developers, closed developers don't have close to the conduits of communication to see what the users truly want. Especially when we're that passionate about such 'silly' things.
So keep making your voices heard, and don't let autocracy-like decisions harm your favorite project.
Adblock does rule - but it doesn't work until you go into their message board and use their recommended ruleset (which then works incredibly). They should make that default, or at least question the user upon installation if they would like to use that as default setup.
I pride myself on being a "jack of all trades, master of none" kinda guy. Unfortunately, I know very little about clustering. I often wonder why corporations with tons of workstations in one building don't do something like this to help out their intensive programs. Can I install clustering software on a workstation and give it the lowest priority so that it doesn't interfere with a user's work at all?
Just one note though - a FOOSBALL table? How do you expect ANYONE to get work done with one of those within 100 feet of anything?!
If you take two identical PCs, load Mandrake 10 on one, and Slackware 10 on the other, have the same window manager and everything else, you'll definitely see a difference in that Mandrake 10 has a MUCH faster feel.
Granted, Mandrake shipped it perhaps a bit early with 2.6.3, but the 2.6.x is that much better, as testified by basically everyone out there.
I think making 2.4 default is a mistake now. 2.6 has proven its weight in gold. I've avoided upgrading my computer even longer because this kernel solved so many of my speed issues.
Everyone here's going to be pissed at me for saying so, but great code will get you nowhere if you can't sell it. Make sure the sales team has the privacy they need to close deals on the phone and have customer meetings without distractions like this.
Firefox has come out of nowhere (well yes Mozilla's been worked on forever) and has instantly captivated TONS of its users. I think it has plenty of soul. You can do whatever you want with it due to themes and extensions. It's fast, doesn't give me headaches or hangovers, and is feature-rich. Web pages look great for me. I'd say it has plenty of soul.