now I'm seriously considering taking some time to put a few of my home test boxen to Linux use - when I can get the 1994-era monitor to work properly with one of the distros. This alternative email server might be just what my area's small businesses are looking for - a low cost alternative to outsourcing their email; letting them maintain considerable control over things and not paying another to store their stuff - especially the ones that want to keep their communications business sensitive, etc.
a couple days ago on CNN or Yahoo... I just figured that's the punishment the PR lady got for getting caught during Microsoft's last advertising scheme (i.e. the 'anti-switch' campaign...)
I thought of the same thing. On the other hand; I wondered if one of the last pictures Gal sent was of it being picked up by whatever was out there. One can still hope; especially with some of the long-range viewing activities noticing stars and objects in deep space that seem to have water or life-supporting environments on them. Again, one can only hope.
this one will come back and bite them in the end. How many people do you see using payphones anymore? Only the desperate. This attempt to bail themselves out will backfire as cellular users give up their home phones; leaving only the desperate (or destitute) to have landlines. After 'deposits' and car-loan style credit checks, there's another nail in the coffin.
Whoohoo thanks for that one... my wife and I buy a considerable amount of things online because we don't really have time to get to a decent mall from where we live; and this will add to the list.
Is that per artist at one store? Borders, or Wal-Mart? Walk into any FYE (or the stores formerly known as Disc Jockey, Camelot, etc. until they were all bought out by a giant media distribution conglomerate) and ALL the discs by new and popular artists range from $17 to $22. You used to be able to find discs at $9.99 to $11; now even those are all at least $13. I'm talking anything. Granted, cassettes are far far cheaper but the selection is not there and the store (at least all the ones I have visited and I live in WV, work in VA, get my kids from PA and shop sometimes in MD) WILL NOT order anything for you - or they'll claim they cannot find it in their system.
I can't argue with you there. I guess I get ethics versus morals mixed up a bit myself. I think in the case of it being the CEO; there was no one's head to go over which is why I think going to court was an option.
You are not responsible for the actions of others; and as a Systems Administrator you should not tamper with the information systems being utilized by your customers. If this supervisor wanted to go to that individual and ask them not to open that email, please delete it, then that is what they should have done. If you were fired on this ground I do believe you had a right - no, an obligation - to fight this in court - even if you didn't want the job after that you could have come off with a chunk of cash. Yeah yeah, get pissy because I said 'sue' - even I don't believe in frivolous suits - but this is something I don't feel is frivolous at all. In this case you were likely very unfairly treated.
of a girlfriend you once really cared for but now is a very annoying somebody. I get a 'come back to AOL' disc about once a quarter - and I used them for only a couple months in 1993, before I went back to real BBSes - and MUDs, and the beginnings of public Internet, etc.
Rather than collect one million and send the truckload to them; one would think a greater form of civil disobedience would be to encourage everyone to not spend their own money - just write 'Return to Sender' on the kit and send it back. That actually costs them; since they have to pay postage both ways. I think if you get another after that you have a right to complain about unsolicted mail.
and aren't very worried about whether it is volunteer or not; maybe you should check out the State Department if you're from the U.S. http://www.state.gov
please email me at adelphia or hotmail (yes, it is a junkmail box so it is perfect to catch on the run) if you have some links or PDFs to those articles... it sounds like something I and a couple acquaintances might have a conversation over.
is that ALL of us in this forum probably know at least one person like an iBrotha. They may or may not be Mac evangelists - very likely Linux promoters or advocates of some social cause [and I'm not debating the worthiness or unworthiness of *any* cause at this time] but we know a few. You or I might even be one.
but could we have ourselves a Godzilla-movie-like event? Could something have been frozen, or trapped inside a cave or mountain or underground cavern with a liveable ecosystem and now is suddenly exposed to the outside? Its reaction may be because of the light or the feeling its territory is being encroached upon.
I will contradict myself twice - if it were an earth-dweller it would have likely evolved like other creatures do and not have any wings; and even I think it is not likely that the stuff of 50s science fiction would appear in real life outside of a hoax; but you never know.
(shout out to the Fish and Wildlife Service though they did me wrong the EIGHT years I slaved for them)
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after reading this article. NPR has also had a few segments on people and their job searches after 9/11; particularly in New York and DC; and how they will settle for just about anything to stop collecting unemployment. Employers in DC and Northern VA are picking five of five hundred resumes at random and no longer negotiate salaries with you; they tell you what (little) they'll pay you and expect you to jump for joy.
Right this moment I work at a major pharmaceutical plant in Virginia, two hours from my home in West Virginia. It is a 3 month contract and I hope that it is extended; I can't even imagine when I'm finished with the project if I'll get to stay on doing something else. The money is great but I have gone back to the harsh sacrifices required to earn a decent living that our grandparents tell us about.
Would the PictureBook be using a desktop OS (or any other particular OS, for that matter?) You might need drivers and whatnot to USB (or RS232, blah blah blah) it to a 'regular' computer but that's about it.
I agree and disagree. I want the camera - I want a serious digital camera I can send vids of the kids to their grandparents and great-grandparents. Seriously, and on a regular basis. I want the price to drop on this and other Sony products; but it's not bloody likely.
I have a m105. No color, no real fancies, no nothing. I *bought* a cool Krusell leather case and my wife got me some other things for it including a keyboard for taking faster notes in meetings and stuff. I want to learn how to make apps for it [to build a better grocery list maker!] but that will not happen for a while longer. I don't want a "Pocket PC" or multifunction device that lets me make phone calls or play MP3s while waiting for my kids to secure themselves in the car. Some people need or want the extra functionality; I'm happy with what I've got. Will I get a 125 or 130? Maybe; if I decide I want to use some of the cards they have for them and the 500s and, shucks, maybe have Color at some point. I really don't need it so I won't pay an extra $100 for it - yet.
Will I get a Zire for a couple of people I *know* could use one but otherwise would not buy themselves a PDA? Maybe. Kudos to Palm for trying to appeal to a wide market spectrum and possibly get more people using these nifty little things. My m105 has been a great addition to my personal electronics stockpile.
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The metals in the chips and batteries are toxic. The batteries themselves contain acids and other hazardous materials - all batteries come with warnings that they should be disposed of carefully. I am sure MSDSes exist for almost all the components in major electronics today; and the cell phone is no exception. It is not surprising given the recent proliferation of the cellular phone as an 'everyday' item [where they once where a status symbol] that they would have an impact on the environment now that many are being disposed in favor of newer (or functioning) models.
I can't wait to see this same article ten years from now regarding PDAs - except if I ever find any in the dumpster I'll be cannibalizing them.
Study. Get an internship and prepare for the real world. Play a multiplayer game.
I am all for the University's right to limit what traffic is being moved over their network. I do believe that they should limit their restrictions to, say, perhaps an 18-hour window every day and relax things at night and perhaps on Sunday - there can't be that many legitimate reasons that other network traffic should take precedence at those times. "Bandwidth costs money"; but if they are paying for a number of specific connections; unless their transfer is capped by their provider then I don't see restricting any student's use. They are paying tuition and it includes network access - granted, maybe 'network access for academic use' but if that is the case then all non-web use that cannot be proven it is not recreational should then be banned; and perhaps a plan should be set in place that users that exceed a rate cap or would like their network use outside of school-related activities then pay a premium. If we adults can pay outrageous rates for broadband; you kids can get a taste of it too.
Most UNIX admins I know are nothing like a stereotypical 'professional' - they're the Monty Python DVD, shorts-wearing set with NERF guns. That doesn't mean they don't get the job done. I do a little UNIX-adminning myself.
I'm not a Devry, ITT, or any other "cookie-cutter" tech school graduate -- I did the work, studied at home and took the tests to get all the certs I have -- not just from Microsoft.
And I'm nowhere near obese; I live in my own home with my own multi-thousand dollar SUV [and share it and an older one of the same model with my wife of three years whom I dated for three more years before marrying her]. I also have three great kids so you *could* call me a stereotypical nuclear father except my father is the nuclear engineer and my older two kids are from my first marriage.
Of all people; I'd figure/.ers less likely to make assumptions.
You're going to find in your TCO studies for administration that you will be hard pressed to break out 'Linux' versus 'Novell' versus 'Windows' versus any other NOS. Every IT shop I've been to has had more than one operating system and in a lot of cases only one admin for 15 or more servers - the dollars paid to this admin depend more on the area they're living in than the operating systems they support. In all cases they needed more than one set of skills to do their job; sometimes because of the variety of systems but other times because management expected them to walk on water with their certifications and experience.
And nowhere, nowhere have I seen anyone pay for any training. They expect you to maintain training and certification but there's a clause in your employment agreement that says they will only pay for exams; and then only if you pass an exam. Not everyone gets an exam when they require some training.
Someone working at Universal/MCA Records in Nashville got me onto VMWare when I visited for an installation trip. We were able to test a number of OS builds on one machine so that we could make sure my software worked on what they were using and what they would be using in a year. I loved it.
On the other hand; what the heck would you do with THIRTY-EIGHT operating systems; except experiment and goof off? You couldn't possibly need to test software builds on that many platforms.
The employers I've known have deliberately removed sound equipment; radios, speakers, access to music - from their line workers' stations. Even IT departments I've visited in my recent work experience have been hard pressed to be allowed music in their offices. The secretaries are not allowed screensavers (which, well I agree with - their 486 "dedicated word processor" can't really handle them without making them think the machine has crashed after the TV commercials they've seen recently) and their calls and other communications are often randomly monitored - and this is explained to them in their employee handbook when they go to work there; along the lines of "nothing you do in the office may be considered personal or privileged", etc.
One of my friends has been instructed that their office does not allow music because they do not want to be targetted in the event there is a 'copyright issue' - their words, not mine. So, if you're a higher-echelon, PHB, or own your own; maybe Surround Sound is in your future. Otherwise it will be a gimmick at your National Training Center - which is how the government usually does their conferencing and distance learning.
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now I'm seriously considering taking some time to put a few of my home test boxen to Linux use - when I can get the 1994-era monitor to work properly with one of the distros. This alternative email server might be just what my area's small businesses are looking for - a low cost alternative to outsourcing their email; letting them maintain considerable control over things and not paying another to store their stuff - especially the ones that want to keep their communications business sensitive, etc.
a couple days ago on CNN or Yahoo... I just figured that's the punishment the PR lady got for getting caught during Microsoft's last advertising scheme (i.e. the 'anti-switch' campaign...)
I thought of the same thing. On the other hand; I wondered if one of the last pictures Gal sent was of it being picked up by whatever was out there. One can still hope; especially with some of the long-range viewing activities noticing stars and objects in deep space that seem to have water or life-supporting environments on them. Again, one can only hope.
this one will come back and bite them in the end. How many people do you see using payphones anymore? Only the desperate. This attempt to bail themselves out will backfire as cellular users give up their home phones; leaving only the desperate (or destitute) to have landlines. After 'deposits' and car-loan style credit checks, there's another nail in the coffin.
This will be modded down I'm sure; and at the same time I know it isn't a whole post, but...
Wow.
Whoohoo thanks for that one... my wife and I buy a considerable amount of things online because we don't really have time to get to a decent mall from where we live; and this will add to the list.
Is that per artist at one store? Borders, or Wal-Mart? Walk into any FYE (or the stores formerly known as Disc Jockey, Camelot, etc. until they were all bought out by a giant media distribution conglomerate) and ALL the discs by new and popular artists range from $17 to $22. You used to be able to find discs at $9.99 to $11; now even those are all at least $13. I'm talking anything. Granted, cassettes are far far cheaper but the selection is not there and the store (at least all the ones I have visited and I live in WV, work in VA, get my kids from PA and shop sometimes in MD) WILL NOT order anything for you - or they'll claim they cannot find it in their system.
I can't argue with you there. I guess I get ethics versus morals mixed up a bit myself. I think in the case of it being the CEO; there was no one's head to go over which is why I think going to court was an option.
You are not responsible for the actions of others; and as a Systems Administrator you should not tamper with the information systems being utilized by your customers. If this supervisor wanted to go to that individual and ask them not to open that email, please delete it, then that is what they should have done. If you were fired on this ground I do believe you had a right - no, an obligation - to fight this in court - even if you didn't want the job after that you could have come off with a chunk of cash. Yeah yeah, get pissy because I said 'sue' - even I don't believe in frivolous suits - but this is something I don't feel is frivolous at all. In this case you were likely very unfairly treated.
of a girlfriend you once really cared for but now is a very annoying somebody. I get a 'come back to AOL' disc about once a quarter - and I used them for only a couple months in 1993, before I went back to real BBSes - and MUDs, and the beginnings of public Internet, etc. Rather than collect one million and send the truckload to them; one would think a greater form of civil disobedience would be to encourage everyone to not spend their own money - just write 'Return to Sender' on the kit and send it back. That actually costs them; since they have to pay postage both ways. I think if you get another after that you have a right to complain about unsolicted mail.
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and aren't very worried about whether it is volunteer or not; maybe you should check out the State Department if you're from the U.S. http://www.state.gov
please email me at adelphia or hotmail (yes, it is a junkmail box so it is perfect to catch on the run) if you have some links or PDFs to those articles... it sounds like something I and a couple acquaintances might have a conversation over.
Very true. It's too bad you posted this as an AC.
is that ALL of us in this forum probably know at least one person like an iBrotha. They may or may not be Mac evangelists - very likely Linux promoters or advocates of some social cause [and I'm not debating the worthiness or unworthiness of *any* cause at this time] but we know a few. You or I might even be one.
but could we have ourselves a Godzilla-movie-like event? Could something have been frozen, or trapped inside a cave or mountain or underground cavern with a liveable ecosystem and now is suddenly exposed to the outside? Its reaction may be because of the light or the feeling its territory is being encroached upon. I will contradict myself twice - if it were an earth-dweller it would have likely evolved like other creatures do and not have any wings; and even I think it is not likely that the stuff of 50s science fiction would appear in real life outside of a hoax; but you never know. (shout out to the Fish and Wildlife Service though they did me wrong the EIGHT years I slaved for them)
after reading this article. NPR has also had a few segments on people and their job searches after 9/11; particularly in New York and DC; and how they will settle for just about anything to stop collecting unemployment. Employers in DC and Northern VA are picking five of five hundred resumes at random and no longer negotiate salaries with you; they tell you what (little) they'll pay you and expect you to jump for joy. Right this moment I work at a major pharmaceutical plant in Virginia, two hours from my home in West Virginia. It is a 3 month contract and I hope that it is extended; I can't even imagine when I'm finished with the project if I'll get to stay on doing something else. The money is great but I have gone back to the harsh sacrifices required to earn a decent living that our grandparents tell us about.
Would the PictureBook be using a desktop OS (or any other particular OS, for that matter?) You might need drivers and whatnot to USB (or RS232, blah blah blah) it to a 'regular' computer but that's about it.
I agree and disagree. I want the camera - I want a serious digital camera I can send vids of the kids to their grandparents and great-grandparents. Seriously, and on a regular basis. I want the price to drop on this and other Sony products; but it's not bloody likely.
Now why does everything have to have Linux on it?
I have a m105. No color, no real fancies, no nothing. I *bought* a cool Krusell leather case and my wife got me some other things for it including a keyboard for taking faster notes in meetings and stuff. I want to learn how to make apps for it [to build a better grocery list maker!] but that will not happen for a while longer. I don't want a "Pocket PC" or multifunction device that lets me make phone calls or play MP3s while waiting for my kids to secure themselves in the car. Some people need or want the extra functionality; I'm happy with what I've got. Will I get a 125 or 130? Maybe; if I decide I want to use some of the cards they have for them and the 500s and, shucks, maybe have Color at some point. I really don't need it so I won't pay an extra $100 for it - yet.
Will I get a Zire for a couple of people I *know* could use one but otherwise would not buy themselves a PDA? Maybe. Kudos to Palm for trying to appeal to a wide market spectrum and possibly get more people using these nifty little things. My m105 has been a great addition to my personal electronics stockpile.
The metals in the chips and batteries are toxic. The batteries themselves contain acids and other hazardous materials - all batteries come with warnings that they should be disposed of carefully. I am sure MSDSes exist for almost all the components in major electronics today; and the cell phone is no exception. It is not surprising given the recent proliferation of the cellular phone as an 'everyday' item [where they once where a status symbol] that they would have an impact on the environment now that many are being disposed in favor of newer (or functioning) models.
I can't wait to see this same article ten years from now regarding PDAs - except if I ever find any in the dumpster I'll be cannibalizing them.
Study. Get an internship and prepare for the real world. Play a multiplayer game.
I am all for the University's right to limit what traffic is being moved over their network. I do believe that they should limit their restrictions to, say, perhaps an 18-hour window every day and relax things at night and perhaps on Sunday - there can't be that many legitimate reasons that other network traffic should take precedence at those times. "Bandwidth costs money"; but if they are paying for a number of specific connections; unless their transfer is capped by their provider then I don't see restricting any student's use. They are paying tuition and it includes network access - granted, maybe 'network access for academic use' but if that is the case then all non-web use that cannot be proven it is not recreational should then be banned; and perhaps a plan should be set in place that users that exceed a rate cap or would like their network use outside of school-related activities then pay a premium. If we adults can pay outrageous rates for broadband; you kids can get a taste of it too.
Most UNIX admins I know are nothing like a stereotypical 'professional' - they're the Monty Python DVD, shorts-wearing set with NERF guns. That doesn't mean they don't get the job done. I do a little UNIX-adminning myself. I'm not a Devry, ITT, or any other "cookie-cutter" tech school graduate -- I did the work, studied at home and took the tests to get all the certs I have -- not just from Microsoft. And I'm nowhere near obese; I live in my own home with my own multi-thousand dollar SUV [and share it and an older one of the same model with my wife of three years whom I dated for three more years before marrying her]. I also have three great kids so you *could* call me a stereotypical nuclear father except my father is the nuclear engineer and my older two kids are from my first marriage. Of all people; I'd figure /.ers less likely to make assumptions.
You're going to find in your TCO studies for administration that you will be hard pressed to break out 'Linux' versus 'Novell' versus 'Windows' versus any other NOS. Every IT shop I've been to has had more than one operating system and in a lot of cases only one admin for 15 or more servers - the dollars paid to this admin depend more on the area they're living in than the operating systems they support. In all cases they needed more than one set of skills to do their job; sometimes because of the variety of systems but other times because management expected them to walk on water with their certifications and experience.
And nowhere, nowhere have I seen anyone pay for any training. They expect you to maintain training and certification but there's a clause in your employment agreement that says they will only pay for exams; and then only if you pass an exam. Not everyone gets an exam when they require some training.
Someone working at Universal/MCA Records in Nashville got me onto VMWare when I visited for an installation trip. We were able to test a number of OS builds on one machine so that we could make sure my software worked on what they were using and what they would be using in a year. I loved it. On the other hand; what the heck would you do with THIRTY-EIGHT operating systems; except experiment and goof off? You couldn't possibly need to test software builds on that many platforms.
The employers I've known have deliberately removed sound equipment; radios, speakers, access to music - from their line workers' stations. Even IT departments I've visited in my recent work experience have been hard pressed to be allowed music in their offices. The secretaries are not allowed screensavers (which, well I agree with - their 486 "dedicated word processor" can't really handle them without making them think the machine has crashed after the TV commercials they've seen recently) and their calls and other communications are often randomly monitored - and this is explained to them in their employee handbook when they go to work there; along the lines of "nothing you do in the office may be considered personal or privileged", etc. One of my friends has been instructed that their office does not allow music because they do not want to be targetted in the event there is a 'copyright issue' - their words, not mine. So, if you're a higher-echelon, PHB, or own your own; maybe Surround Sound is in your future. Otherwise it will be a gimmick at your National Training Center - which is how the government usually does their conferencing and distance learning .