I had a recycling place tell me it was bad to re-use water bottles that you get when you buy water. Seems all the water bottles we have in our fridge are PET bottles, which BPA isn't used in the production process. So check which type of plastic it is before throwing them away!
AU$4/Gal, I wish, in Australia we're paying upwards of $6.75/Gal for Unleaded (premium is about 50 cents more) and AU$8.24/Gal for diesel. That's including the strength of the Aussie dollar, which is nearing the $1 American mark. Some fuckers are making _a lot_ of money!!
Fixing weird dhcp and network stack issues netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt http://support.microsoft.com/kb/317518 and Yes I have had to do this one on numerous occasions as re-installing just because a machine wouldn't get DHCP would have been a PITA.
The CLI is a good thing and it allows very powerful troubleshooting and easy ways to remotely configure things, sure the end user shouldn't have to use them all the time, but I get our end users using the CLI to help troubleshoot problems so I can tell them what is wrong with their machine. Hell even MS is touting the "NEW" command line functionality in Server 2008 and from what I have seen managed to munt things in the process.
The difference between windows and Linux now days is that Linux is a command line environment with GUI's that interface with it, meaning that anything you can do with a GUI, can be done via the command line. Where as Windows is a GUI with some CLI tools. So basically everything has to be done with the GUI or some very very crafty VB scripting (which can get real messy, real fast).
If I could convince more of my friends to use Linux, it would be far simpler for me to support them, not because I know linux better (Honestly my Windows Knowledge and Linux knowledge are about on par, probably a little stronger in the windows department... excluding vista)
And how wonderful that calendering is, the daylight saving changes have screwed our calenders that much that the users have to accept that their appointments could be up to an hour out, but sorry not much can be done to resolve it. If that had of happened with our old mail system we would have been drag out of the IT department and stoned, but with Outlook users just accept the second rate product with all it's faults.
Besides, Outlook is still the best email/productivity/calendaring application out there. Nothing I've seen on UNIX even comes close, especially when I need to share data with others. Outlook is utter tripe, it causes us more loss of productivity in comparison to our old mail system, but it keeps the _important_ users happy. We still get just as many complaints about it, especially when it fails. It is a great client for a single user, but as a collaborative tool it is second rate at best. For example, signatures, if you use it in 3 places (webmail, work machine, terminal services) you have to set your signature in 3 places. There are software packages you can buy to take care of this, but the fact remains that _out of the box_ it's capabilities are limited. That is only one example. It's only a great client because people have a strange infatuation with it, not because it's a better product. Don't even get me started on the backend.
Not all of them, Spun me out when I cam across NFS Carbon for Mac, If they are porting to mac, I wonder how much it would take to port to linux... I know... I can still dream goddamnit!
Need for Speed Carbon now available on the Mac! Nov. 05, 2007 In Need for Speed Carbon, you and your crew must race in an all-out war for the city, risking everything to take over your rivals' neighborhoods one block at a time. Information here
You may enjoy three hours of tedium trying to get Xorg to display properly on a new monitor, or god forbid, two monitors. Most people don't. For the first time since using Linux I decided to use the GUI to setup my Dual head, I've never bothered because I just know what I want and where to change it in the Xorg.conf, usually I also have the file on hand that I've been tweaking for many installs.
Back to my point, how hard is it to go to System -> Administration -> Screens and Graphics then pick the resolution, select which you want to be primary and secondary, select it's location (to the left, right, bottom, top) and press ok... Not hard!
I really got sick of people complaining that you have to do everything via the command line in linux, so I started using the GUI tools so that I can inform anyone that is either trying to make an argument or been mis-informed. The only things that I don't do from the GUI are things that I'd never expect someone who isn't a sysadmin to ever do!!! (even then there are probably GUI tools out there, but I have belief that running a GUI on a server is an utter waste of resources)
We let end users do this to a point. Local Machine is fairly open slather for the user, AV/Anti Spy/Mal needs a password to be unloaded/uninstalled and it's on don't screw it up basis. If windows has reached it's lifespan no worries, give it an image, if it's died because someone wanted some cool screen saver/smilies then the right to self admin is revoked. As ultimately IT gets given a hard time when user X can't do their work, even if it is user X's fault.
You obviously don't work in IT Support, I do and I can tell you "talking smack" about users amongst colleagues is sometimes the only way to deal with the sheer frustration it causes, especially when said user can't admit that they have a problem and their manager doesn't want to do anything about it. It is important that your end users don't catch wind though, because that is unprofessional.
I would have to disagree, it's only ok if you don't know any better. I describe our exchange box as a 2 year old screaming child. It requires regular maintenance that cannot be done live.I cannot believe that large orgs use this as it is really only manageble in a small org, in which case there are plenty of easily setup foss software with far better support!
A PPCA spokeswoman said clubs should be more than capable of absorbing the cost. They had to see music as an overhead and pay a fair rate for it, which 7Â was not. Some people really don't fucking think about things fully do they!!
As an Australian this appals and disgusts me, I am not looking forward to the day where my local pub can't play a bit of music and I'm stuck signing without the music (Because I guarantee that will be the last time I'm allowed in the pub:P)
ZAM (Novell Zenworks Asset Management) is your friend. Novell maintains a large database of applications and it quite easy to filter.exe's out that aren't anything in particular. You can do checks through what it has found and if you need to update something manually you can create a custom entry or send the information back to novell and they will update their database which then will flow down as part of the regular definations update (works in a similar way to A/V software in someways)
Ahh now I understand. Here only the very well off children get their tuition paid for, generally most students pay for it themselves by working or with a HECS/HELP Loan, which essentially is a interest free loan from the government which you have to pay back once you earn more than $38k. Information here and repayment schedule here
I'm also pretty certain the Uni's are fairly heavily subsidised, as depending on the course it is usually between $3k and $8k per semester I think (no time to research this bit, just from what I've heard from friends), so usually only end up with a smaller debt than a decent car, that if you only earn 40k per year, only $1600 will have to be paid per annum and it's taken out pre-tax!
While in the meeting, the group was told the game was in danger of being canceled due to the number of calls the University received last semester from concerned parents. Can I pose a question, now in Australia University mean mostly people who have finished Secondary School and are generally 18 and over. Why the hell are parents calling and complaining, aren't we supposed to be merging into an adult and independent life at this point in time???
So is my thinking wrong?? Either way it sounds like a damn fun game and I sometimes feel cheated by not going to Uni (Traineeship, experience and courses make up my resume, uni would have been a waste as far as employability goes, but it sounds like a shit load of fun!)
Slashdot Mirror
One of my friends is always going on about work bench. Should take a look for historical purposes and to see what he's on about!
Depends on the Type of Plastic, it's likely that the type you had didn't have any BPA to leech.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A
I had a recycling place tell me it was bad to re-use water bottles that you get when you buy water. Seems all the water bottles we have in our fridge are PET bottles, which BPA isn't used in the production process. So check which type of plastic it is before throwing them away!
I assume you wanted to be slashdotted? :P
Product placement anyone... Advert attached to this article...
A network card that claims to improve framerate and your gaming experience in general.... Can anyone say placebo!
AU$4/Gal, I wish, in Australia we're paying upwards of $6.75/Gal for Unleaded (premium is about 50 cents more) and AU$8.24/Gal for diesel. That's including the strength of the Aussie dollar, which is nearing the $1 American mark. Some fuckers are making _a lot_ of money!!
Fixing weird dhcp and network stack issues
netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/317518 and Yes I have had to do this one on numerous occasions as re-installing just because a machine wouldn't get DHCP would have been a PITA.
How about trouble shooting the firewall? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875357
The CLI is a good thing and it allows very powerful troubleshooting and easy ways to remotely configure things, sure the end user shouldn't have to use them all the time, but I get our end users using the CLI to help troubleshoot problems so I can tell them what is wrong with their machine. Hell even MS is touting the "NEW" command line functionality in Server 2008 and from what I have seen managed to munt things in the process.
The difference between windows and Linux now days is that Linux is a command line environment with GUI's that interface with it, meaning that anything you can do with a GUI, can be done via the command line. Where as Windows is a GUI with some CLI tools. So basically everything has to be done with the GUI or some very very crafty VB scripting (which can get real messy, real fast).
If I could convince more of my friends to use Linux, it would be far simpler for me to support them, not because I know linux better (Honestly my Windows Knowledge and Linux knowledge are about on par, probably a little stronger in the windows department... excluding vista)
Hell yeah, I want to be the first amongst my friends to send an sms "cupcake" ;-)
BOFH: On the brink
Always makes me laugh!
And how wonderful that calendering is, the daylight saving changes have screwed our calenders that much that the users have to accept that their appointments could be up to an hour out, but sorry not much can be done to resolve it. If that had of happened with our old mail system we would have been drag out of the IT department and stoned, but with Outlook users just accept the second rate product with all it's faults.
I just don't get it!
Nov. 05, 2007
In Need for Speed Carbon, you and your crew must race in an all-out war for the city, risking everything to take over your rivals' neighborhoods one block at a time. Information here
A lot of Laws in NSW that don't make sense! It is one of the more draconian states of Australia.
Back to my point, how hard is it to go to System -> Administration -> Screens and Graphics then pick the resolution, select which you want to be primary and secondary, select it's location (to the left, right, bottom, top) and press ok... Not hard!
I really got sick of people complaining that you have to do everything via the command line in linux, so I started using the GUI tools so that I can inform anyone that is either trying to make an argument or been mis-informed. The only things that I don't do from the GUI are things that I'd never expect someone who isn't a sysadmin to ever do!!! (even then there are probably GUI tools out there, but I have belief that running a GUI on a server is an utter waste of resources)
We let end users do this to a point. Local Machine is fairly open slather for the user, AV/Anti Spy/Mal needs a password to be unloaded/uninstalled and it's on don't screw it up basis. If windows has reached it's lifespan no worries, give it an image, if it's died because someone wanted some cool screen saver/smilies then the right to self admin is revoked. As ultimately IT gets given a hard time when user X can't do their work, even if it is user X's fault.
You obviously don't work in IT Support, I do and I can tell you "talking smack" about users amongst colleagues is sometimes the only way to deal with the sheer frustration it causes, especially when said user can't admit that they have a problem and their manager doesn't want to do anything about it. It is important that your end users don't catch wind though, because that is unprofessional.
I would have to disagree, it's only ok if you don't know any better. I describe our exchange box as a 2 year old screaming child. It requires regular maintenance that cannot be done live.I cannot believe that large orgs use this as it is really only manageble in a small org, in which case there are plenty of easily setup foss software with far better support!
As an Australian this appals and disgusts me, I am not looking forward to the day where my local pub can't play a bit of music and I'm stuck signing without the music (Because I guarantee that will be the last time I'm allowed in the pub
Office Open XML Officially Approved As International Standard Hmmm
ubuntu studio is your friend!
ZAM (Novell Zenworks Asset Management) is your friend. Novell maintains a large database of applications and it quite easy to filter .exe's out that aren't anything in particular. You can do checks through what it has found and if you need to update something manually you can create a custom entry or send the information back to novell and they will update their database which then will flow down as part of the regular definations update (works in a similar way to A/V software in someways)
Just so long as you keep it out of universities ;-)
Ahh now I understand. Here only the very well off children get their tuition paid for, generally most students pay for it themselves by working or with a HECS/HELP Loan, which essentially is a interest free loan from the government which you have to pay back once you earn more than $38k. Information here and repayment schedule here
I'm also pretty certain the Uni's are fairly heavily subsidised, as depending on the course it is usually between $3k and $8k per semester I think (no time to research this bit, just from what I've heard from friends), so usually only end up with a smaller debt than a decent car, that if you only earn 40k per year, only $1600 will have to be paid per annum and it's taken out pre-tax!
So is my thinking wrong?? Either way it sounds like a damn fun game and I sometimes feel cheated by not going to Uni (Traineeship, experience and courses make up my resume, uni would have been a waste as far as employability goes, but it sounds like a shit load of fun!)