It appears from your statement that you will then only accept free content. So, end-user created videos on youtube?
Or are you talking about movies, tv shows and other "unapproved" content that people are distributing for free?
Big differnence - just ask the content owners.
Novell historically has one of the strongest IT training programs around - after all, they started the idea of IT certifications with the CNE. Since Novell bought SuSE a few years ago, they've moved intoLinux with the SuSE training as well. Course Technology has recently come out with a series of books that covers the basics fairly thoroughly, and includes the Linux+ certification. http://www.course.com/catalog/product.cfm?category =Networking&subcategory=Novell%20Networking&isbn=1 -4188-3730-X
As a Master CNI teaching at a local community college, I can tell you that the program they offer is affordable, gives plenty of hands-on, and is fairly vendor-neutral (which follows from support of the Linux+ cert)
VMware is going huge in the big iron market, where consolidation of servers makes management a whole lot easier. They make charge a bit more than they used to (though academic licenses for $120 are available), but they won't hang when they've got VMware ACE.
A lot of folks are very impressed by delta updates to vmware images...
Re:For those unfortunate times...
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You're not going to be able to get anywhere near the battery posts on a 42V car. A 12V battery won't kill you if you accidently grab both posts, but 42V is enough to overcome your skins resistance, and the 800A is surely enough to put your ass on the ground.
Mechanics are going to learn a number of very hard lessons before they realize that working on these newer cars means you are a LOT more careful about which wires you touch.
This is a great idea, especially since many issues have much more commentary than source content. I love the quote "But what happens when the weblog fad dies down?"
However, I hope they maintain links between the main search and the blog search. Finding primary sources, then a button linking to all blog comments on theis topic would be a great research tool.
Edition one of this book has a permanent place on the reference shelf of my tcpip classroom. Anytime you're talking about tcpip connectivity these days, you are also talking about securing that connectivity.
The content may be beyond a lot of beginners, but folks need to look at what is possible.
Scanned documents might be fine for readers, but what if you're looking for "oh, you know, that one line in the book, where the dude was talking about melons."
A computer is NOT a glowing piece of paper with scrollbars.
Hooray! Former publisher of "The Onion" returns...
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T. Herman Zweibel has returned to us and is posting to Slashdot!
Sir: Last we heard you were rocketing into deep space. What happened? Has your loyal servant Standish discovered the workings of the giant rocket-ship?
You assume that if you push one end, the other end moves instantaneously? Common sense doesn't look at the atomic interaction of forces.
The push you give the rod just pushes the atoms in the near end of the rod, which push the atoms right next to them, and so on, and so on. The rod moves because you have created a pressure wave in the rod.
So, forgetting about inertia (!), the other end of the rod still doesn't move immediately.
iBiblio is hosted at the University of North Carolina. iBiblio's bandwidth used averages over 150Mbit/s continuously, and the hardware is housed in campus facilities.
What steps to raise funding have you undertaken in this time of state budget constraints, given the enormous resources that are devoted to running this site?
Duck Hunt looks like so much fun because it WAS fun. Three shots, "Qwack wack wack", a laughing dog... plus it came with a gun (the second best controller for the NES, behind R.O.B.)
The worst game was the original NES football, if only because I always lost to my brothers, then got into trouble for beating them with the controller.
After a stint as network admin at a University, I've taught Networking for the past 5 years at a local community college. A few observations:
Most full-time Instructors have little to no industry experience. Part-timers are the ones with active computing jobs. The education field is very centered around the concept that you can teach anything; direct experience is not necessary with a good curriculum. Perhaps for some fields (especially ones which are relatively static) that might be true, but the small tidbits, workarounds, and hints that accrue from real world projects make the difference between a class and a learning experience. There is no way to maintain current knowledge in this field without have hands-on work experience. Return to Industry is underutilized in many community colleges.
Teachers with associates in business become depressed with they see salaries double, triple, or higher for similar knowledge sets.
A lot of tech-savvy folks don't consider teaching for a few reasons, including low pay and fear of public speaking.
Remember that teaching is s stability position. Many folks who are willing to sacrifice pay for security are often corncerned more with maintenance than discovery.
NB: Since becoming full-time, I have maintained at least 10 hours/week in outside or contract work. Without that, I'd still be teaching Netware 3.12.
Birds don't just flap and take off. They usually have legs. A good jump forward, or upward, or off the edge, and they get a little momentum.
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Imagine how bad the changes seem if you DO disagree with his politics.
For me, the worst began when Rennie put his picture in the editorial section of the magazine. That's changed now, but only because they've removed the editorials completely.
My subscription petered out this month, though I did email them my reasons (and a suggestion to change the name to "Reactionary American")
The story goes that the Robery X. Cringely column written for InfoWorld was part of a collaboration of several writers and pundits, pooling information about the IT sector.
If true, how many folks were involved, and what makes you feel that the Robert X. Cringely name is one available for your exclusive use?
Slashdot Mirror
Me too.
It appears from your statement that you will then only accept free content. So, end-user created videos on youtube?
Or are you talking about movies, tv shows and other "unapproved" content that people are distributing for free?
Big differnence - just ask the content owners.
Novell historically has one of the strongest IT training programs around - after all, they started the idea of IT certifications with the CNE. Since Novell bought SuSE a few years ago, they've moved intoLinux with the SuSE training as well. Course Technology has recently come out with a series of books that covers the basics fairly thoroughly, and includes the Linux+ certification.y =Networking&subcategory=Novell%20Networking&isbn=1 -4188-3730-X
http://www.course.com/catalog/product.cfm?categor
As a Master CNI teaching at a local community college, I can tell you that the program they offer is affordable, gives plenty of hands-on, and is fairly vendor-neutral (which follows from support of the Linux+ cert)
VMware is going huge in the big iron market, where consolidation of servers makes management a whole lot easier. They make charge a bit more than they used to (though academic licenses for $120 are available), but they won't hang when they've got VMware ACE.
A lot of folks are very impressed by delta updates to vmware images...
Is the "network everywhere" stuff able to use the same firmware?
There is nothing like a little self-inflicted human suffering to make my day brighter.
A flaming group of nuts puts out PLENTY of brightness...
Extra space in the link. Try this: http://www.gepower.com/prod_serv/products/scada_so ftware/en/xa21.htm
You're not going to be able to get anywhere near the battery posts on a 42V car. A 12V battery won't kill you if you accidently grab both posts, but 42V is enough to overcome your skins resistance, and the 800A is surely enough to put your ass on the ground.
Mechanics are going to learn a number of very hard lessons before they realize that working on these newer cars means you are a LOT more careful about which wires you touch.
This is a great idea, especially since many issues have much more commentary than source content. I love the quote "But what happens when the weblog fad dies down?"
However, I hope they maintain links between the main search and the blog search. Finding primary sources, then a button linking to all blog comments on theis topic would be a great research tool.
Edition one of this book has a permanent place on the reference shelf of my tcpip classroom. Anytime you're talking about tcpip connectivity these days, you are also talking about securing that connectivity.
The content may be beyond a lot of beginners, but folks need to look at what is possible.
Scanned documents might be fine for readers, but what if you're looking for "oh, you know, that one line in the book, where the dude was talking about melons."
A computer is NOT a glowing piece of paper with scrollbars.
T. Herman Zweibel has returned to us and is posting to Slashdot!
Sir: Last we heard you were rocketing into deep space. What happened? Has your loyal servant Standish discovered the workings of the giant rocket-ship?
We rejoice at having your wisdom returned to us.
Paul Jones over at iBiblio hosts a bunch of linux related stuff (including the LDP), check them out at ibiblio.org.
Better known as sunsite.unc.edu
Just start out by getting everyone to say "I am the big cahuna." Everything flows from there.
"I am the big Kahuna"
You assume that if you push one end, the other end moves instantaneously? Common sense doesn't look at the atomic interaction of forces.
The push you give the rod just pushes the atoms in the near end of the rod, which push the atoms right next to them, and so on, and so on. The rod moves because you have created a pressure wave in the rod.
So, forgetting about inertia (!), the other end of the rod still doesn't move immediately.
What steps to raise funding have you undertaken in this time of state budget constraints, given the enormous resources that are devoted to running this site?
Soon, I think...
Two problems with one-time pads:
1) Generating the pad initially, and
2) exchanging the pad.
Why not look at other possibilities, since this method has clear limitations?
No reason to limit research...
He was making nitroglycerin (eventualy TNT).
Sheesh. You'd think people don't read the anarchists handbook anymore.
Of course, he did it the hard way. Glycerin is the easy chemical to get, check the hair care aisle.
Duck Hunt looks like so much fun because it WAS fun. Three shots, "Qwack wack wack", a laughing dog... plus it came with a gun (the second best controller for the NES, behind R.O.B.)
The worst game was the original NES football, if only because I always lost to my brothers, then got into trouble for beating them with the controller.
After a stint as network admin at a University, I've taught Networking for the past 5 years at a local community college. A few observations:
Most full-time Instructors have little to no industry experience. Part-timers are the ones with active computing jobs. The education field is very centered around the concept that you can teach anything; direct experience is not necessary with a good curriculum. Perhaps for some fields (especially ones which are relatively static) that might be true, but the small tidbits, workarounds, and hints that accrue from real world projects make the difference between a class and a learning experience. There is no way to maintain current knowledge in this field without have hands-on work experience. Return to Industry is underutilized in many community colleges.
Teachers with associates in business become depressed with they see salaries double, triple, or higher for similar knowledge sets.
A lot of tech-savvy folks don't consider teaching for a few reasons, including low pay and fear of public speaking.
Remember that teaching is s stability position. Many folks who are willing to sacrifice pay for security are often corncerned more with maintenance than discovery.
NB: Since becoming full-time, I have maintained at least 10 hours/week in outside or contract work. Without that, I'd still be teaching Netware 3.12.
Actually, text email was not completely safe either. IIRC, Kibo had a text signature which would clobber many an email client...
Birds don't just flap and take off. They usually have legs. A good jump forward, or upward, or off the edge, and they get a little momentum.
Imagine how bad the changes seem if you DO disagree with his politics.
For me, the worst began when Rennie put his picture in the editorial section of the magazine. That's changed now, but only because they've removed the editorials completely.
My subscription petered out this month, though I did email them my reasons (and a suggestion to change the name to "Reactionary American")
The story goes that the Robery X. Cringely column written for InfoWorld was part of a collaboration of several writers and pundits, pooling information about the IT sector.
If true, how many folks were involved, and what makes you feel that the Robert X. Cringely name is one available for your exclusive use?