And some people like to actually relax on their holidays!:P When you say 'lots' I hope you mean more than 100K USD, and that you get more holidays to offset the fact that you keep working during the holidays..
By 'troubles' you what exactly? You can't expect different OSes to be exactly the same as Windows. What exactly are you trying with it? Some previous versions of Windows are better than other previous versions of Windows, sure, but the fact that people are having such issues with Vista shows again that it's not that Windows is that great, in my opinion it just shows that people aren't very good at switching to a different OS. It took me a little while to adjust to Windows after using Amigas and Macs for so long, but I've been quite comfortable with it for years now. I also have tried Linux occasionally, and the only reason I haven't stuck with it is 1) because of issues running the games I wanted to run, and 2) more importantly because at the time I was using video calls on Skype quite heavily, which unfortunately didn't work on the Linux version... right now I just play MUDs so I'd be happy in any OS with a telnet client!
Yep I didn't really think how ironic it was that I called it a key, but at least that's a bit more descriptive than just a 'USB'. People don't call anything that plugs into a power socket a 120V or 240V.
You can drive fine without legs. Anyone who wants to shoot another human being in the kneecaps should be shot in the kneecaps so that they can see what a prick they are o_0
That'll learn me to use smily faces that involve the less than sign and then a greater than sign later in the post..
I already thought it was in layman's terms? More layman than UMTS and HDSPA anyway:p This is assuming that your average layman has played Counter-Strike, and so knows that latency > all:P"
I did see the movie many years ago (talking of the old one, not the crappy new one), have a feeling I may have read the book too.. thanks for pointing that out though because I'd completely forgotten.
PS our business has been small for the last 10 years or so, though is expanding rapidly in some areas. It's always been Windows servers with usually 2 or 3 people in the IT staff (for a while recently it was just me, though we've hired someone else who handles most of the simpler IT stuff as part of his job, gives me more time to code!:) though it's also making me feel a bit lazy sitting at my desk so much of the time now;) ). Hopefully I'm a 'good' admin - have made mistakes in the past, but tend to be able to fix them myself:p
It wasn't so much the actual setup, it was the fact that I used the domain name in one section where I should have just had any random name other than the domain name, and that screwed up the whole install process, took me a couple of weeks of reading and trying stuff out to find out where the problem was. That's what I meant by the documentation being poor, otherwise things would have been fairly smooth.
I was hoping to make the server a domain controller too, and I tried that out, but it was veeeeery slow. I had also thought that people weren't really using the functionality of outlook, but then found out that they were - for example the free/busy information on the calendars, which (I may be wrong, it was a couple of years ago) wasn't reported to work in OE yet. The web interface for OE was great, but I doubt most users would be happy with that, especially when a lot of the directors make extensive use of PST files. The final killer blow was that Exchange has direct push email which I've setup a few people on and have been very happy with compared to our blackberrys.. so I have come to respect Exchange, but if any other open source email client would play nicely with it then I would roll out open office onto a few more machines. I'd put it on machines that were only ever going to be used to view offshore documentation, but when those machines come back into the office, people wanted Outlook.
One of our new machines has just come with Office 2007, so this is again a good time to try people out on other office suites, since the 2007 interface is so different to previous versions that people could be happier with for example Open Office - though I think a lot of users will succumb to Microsoft snobbery.. maybe shouldn't mention that OOo is free:P
Now you mention it, any good sports or exercise equipment could be legitimately referred to as Weapons of Mass Destruction. I'm going to have to start a fitness equipment company with that name..
True, the grandparent poster obviously doesn't use Linux in a professional environment.. the costs of this stuff sound a lot from a home point of view, but in business then you tend to get what you pay for. I wanted to move to using towards using all Linux servers, but realised it's not really worth it since the whole organisation is already setup and stable with a Windows domain / Exchange server (which I realised is actually a pretty decent product, after I tried setting up OpenExchange and using it as a domain controller/exchange server - it was lacking in functionality and the configuration was a real pain in the ass too due to the fairly lacklustre documentation on LDAP setup, which I'd never done before, took me a week or 2 to get it right..:( ). I'm very happy with the way vendors/customers are warming up to Linux in the server and desktop world, but for the moment I'm still waiting for a killer Exchange/Outlook replacement (not lots of separate servers/clients for calendars, email, groupware etc..), or at least just an Outlook replacement. That's more because of my own wishes, because while it will save a fair bit of money in the long run, it's still pretty small fry for a medium sized business unfortunately
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Ah. Well, so it would be like saying a protron or an electrotron.
And some people like to actually relax on their holidays! :P When you say 'lots' I hope you mean more than 100K USD, and that you get more holidays to offset the fact that you keep working during the holidays..
Ka-ching! Someone give this man a donut and a payrise - he has successfully broken free of the reality distortion field!
By 'troubles' you what exactly? You can't expect different OSes to be exactly the same as Windows. What exactly are you trying with it? Some previous versions of Windows are better than other previous versions of Windows, sure, but the fact that people are having such issues with Vista shows again that it's not that Windows is that great, in my opinion it just shows that people aren't very good at switching to a different OS. It took me a little while to adjust to Windows after using Amigas and Macs for so long, but I've been quite comfortable with it for years now. I also have tried Linux occasionally, and the only reason I haven't stuck with it is 1) because of issues running the games I wanted to run, and 2) more importantly because at the time I was using video calls on Skype quite heavily, which unfortunately didn't work on the Linux version... right now I just play MUDs so I'd be happy in any OS with a telnet client!
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Didn't say I wanted to, was just making a point.
Yep I didn't really think how ironic it was that I called it a key, but at least that's a bit more descriptive than just a 'USB'. People don't call anything that plugs into a power socket a 120V or 240V.
Who calls USB keys "USB"s like one of my computer illiterate friends. Or is this some new kind of slang that I am not aware of.
You can drive fine without legs. Anyone who wants to shoot another human being in the kneecaps should be shot in the kneecaps so that they can see what a prick they are o_0
Hah I hadn't seen that one, that's a great idea :P
How big is Robert exactly? Sadly I'm not even sure if you're being sarcastic or not as I've not had a lot of experience with prepared statements :p
As long as it's not BUSHY
WHERE Size >= ?
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One step down the path for Google to catalog every movie ever made, and provide live streaming of any movie you want direct to your home!
That'll learn me to use smily faces that involve the less than sign and then a greater than sign later in the post..
:p This is assuming that your average layman has played Counter-Strike, and so knows that latency > all :P"
I already thought it was in layman's terms? More layman than UMTS and HDSPA anyway
I already thought it was in layman's terms all :P
I did see the movie many years ago (talking of the old one, not the crappy new one), have a feeling I may have read the book too.. thanks for pointing that out though because I'd completely forgotten.
PS our business has been small for the last 10 years or so, though is expanding rapidly in some areas. It's always been Windows servers with usually 2 or 3 people in the IT staff (for a while recently it was just me, though we've hired someone else who handles most of the simpler IT stuff as part of his job, gives me more time to code! :) though it's also making me feel a bit lazy sitting at my desk so much of the time now ;) ). Hopefully I'm a 'good' admin - have made mistakes in the past, but tend to be able to fix them myself :p
It wasn't so much the actual setup, it was the fact that I used the domain name in one section where I should have just had any random name other than the domain name, and that screwed up the whole install process, took me a couple of weeks of reading and trying stuff out to find out where the problem was. That's what I meant by the documentation being poor, otherwise things would have been fairly smooth.
:P
I was hoping to make the server a domain controller too, and I tried that out, but it was veeeeery slow. I had also thought that people weren't really using the functionality of outlook, but then found out that they were - for example the free/busy information on the calendars, which (I may be wrong, it was a couple of years ago) wasn't reported to work in OE yet. The web interface for OE was great, but I doubt most users would be happy with that, especially when a lot of the directors make extensive use of PST files. The final killer blow was that Exchange has direct push email which I've setup a few people on and have been very happy with compared to our blackberrys.. so I have come to respect Exchange, but if any other open source email client would play nicely with it then I would roll out open office onto a few more machines. I'd put it on machines that were only ever going to be used to view offshore documentation, but when those machines come back into the office, people wanted Outlook.
One of our new machines has just come with Office 2007, so this is again a good time to try people out on other office suites, since the 2007 interface is so different to previous versions that people could be happier with for example Open Office - though I think a lot of users will succumb to Microsoft snobbery.. maybe shouldn't mention that OOo is free
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You mean an arrow? :P
And the monitor is the 'computer', heh. Ah, the mind boggles..
Isn't Eloi Aramaic for 'father'? o_0
Now you mention it, any good sports or exercise equipment could be legitimately referred to as Weapons of Mass Destruction. I'm going to have to start a fitness equipment company with that name..
True, the grandparent poster obviously doesn't use Linux in a professional environment.. the costs of this stuff sound a lot from a home point of view, but in business then you tend to get what you pay for. I wanted to move to using towards using all Linux servers, but realised it's not really worth it since the whole organisation is already setup and stable with a Windows domain / Exchange server (which I realised is actually a pretty decent product, after I tried setting up OpenExchange and using it as a domain controller/exchange server - it was lacking in functionality and the configuration was a real pain in the ass too due to the fairly lacklustre documentation on LDAP setup, which I'd never done before, took me a week or 2 to get it right.. :( ). I'm very happy with the way vendors/customers are warming up to Linux in the server and desktop world, but for the moment I'm still waiting for a killer Exchange/Outlook replacement (not lots of separate servers/clients for calendars, email, groupware etc..), or at least just an Outlook replacement. That's more because of my own wishes, because while it will save a fair bit of money in the long run, it's still pretty small fry for a medium sized business unfortunately