And frankly, that makes me think that maybe Ubuntu has no business branching out any further (into, say, embeddable distributions for cell phones or the like). We've already seen one low-quality offshoot. Why dilute the product with another low-quality offshoot? Why risk possibly hurting the quality of your core product in the process?
I was also very impressed with Kubuntu until it started freezing on me randomly, and in ways from which I could not recover without rebooting. Based on my reading in the forums it looks like the problem isn't resolved yet (sorry, can't find the thread now), and so I switched back (somewhat reluctantly) to Fedora Core. Hopefully they'll iron out more of the bugs in Kubuntu in the next couple of releases. I really like that Kubuntu does everything I would ever want in a Linux distribution, but I should never ever have to reboot my Linux box to recover from a freeze.
...because that means you live in the magical world of People Who Are Not Affected By Layoffs. Unfortunately, most of us (yes, I'm talking about tech geeks here) have to live with the fact that there's always someone who will do the job much more cheaply than we can.
The fact is that, as a software engineer, your usefulness to a business is only as good as (1) your ability to work with some difficult-to-understand core technology and/or (2) your ability to document business processes. If you can do both (1) and (2), you're set. If you can do (2), you'll do okay creating glorified databases (maybe). If you can't do either, or if (1) no longer becomes valuable (as happened to a Foxpro programming friend of mine), you're hosed.
I learned this at 28. How you got to 37 not learning this is beyond me.
I've done my taxes on Linux now for five years in a row, using some tax software that has successfully saved me thousands of dollars. I consider this software worth my roughly $20/yr investment.
Q: How do I get it to run on Linux?
A: I use a high-tech interface called a web browser, specifically Firefox. As a result, my tax software is OS-independent.
It depends. I feel a little better about upgrading my system because I keep all my important data -- photos, tax records, etc -- in its own separate ext3 partition that mounts to/home.
If you've done that very basic and important step, then you can upgrade -- or even install a new system from scratch -- without fear. (There may, however, be a few hours of tweaking involved, to install printers and the like.)
The same works for Windows, too, btw -- and can save you from losing all your data when XP destroys itself and you need to recover your system.
Mars probably had live at some point, either transmitted to Earth via ejecta or received from Earth via ejecta. In fact, it might have gone back and forth over the last few billion years.
CNS, a mouthpiece for conservative interests, posted a story speculating on the Democratic platform, saying that it will include an initiative that I've never heard of, even though I'm a Democratic Precinct Committee Person who is part of the decision-making process for the party's platform.
Am I supposed to take this seriously?
Frankly, this looks to me like nothing more than Republican bullshit. The use of the phrase "Democrat Party" (instead of the more proper "Democratic Party") gives it away.
A few schools in Portland, Oregon, converted their computer labs from Windows boxes to a rack of application servers (running a modified version of Fedora Core) and cheap dummy terminals. In one high school they even use student volunteers to help run the lab. The teacher, for his part, only has to really maintain four machines, and the cost savings in hardware alone is enormous. You can get more information here and here.
I doubt that was the reason that you got banned. People post anti-Clinton (both Bill and Hil) tirades on DKos all the time, since it's part and parcel of any progressive blog to bash the right wing of the Democratic Party.
No; I'd say it's because you were using typical framing points the GOP hands down from on high, such as:
Using "Democrat" as the adjectivial form instead of "Democratic";
Calling Clinton a radical;
Calling anyone who disagrees with you a communist, a terrorist, or a traitor;
Conflating Al Qaeda with Saddam's Iraq.
These are the kind of things that they don't tolerate on DKos, and they will get you banned. For good reason, too -- it's trolling.
On the other hand, if you don't worship at the alter of BushLied(Tm) and BushSpied(Tm) over at Kos, you have a chance at being banned.
Quite frankly, it sounds to me like you trolled DKos and got rightly banned for your trouble. You might want to consider the tone of your posts next time.
While not the most informative conversation, many people find talking in an echo chamber to be very reassuring and affirming.
True enough, which is why I stay away from most of the diaries. They're a little too rah-rah for my tastes -- kinda like the Dean blog of old.
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And frankly, that makes me think that maybe Ubuntu has no business branching out any further (into, say, embeddable distributions for cell phones or the like). We've already seen one low-quality offshoot. Why dilute the product with another low-quality offshoot? Why risk possibly hurting the quality of your core product in the process?
I was also very impressed with Kubuntu until it started freezing on me randomly, and in ways from which I could not recover without rebooting. Based on my reading in the forums it looks like the problem isn't resolved yet (sorry, can't find the thread now), and so I switched back (somewhat reluctantly) to Fedora Core. Hopefully they'll iron out more of the bugs in Kubuntu in the next couple of releases. I really like that Kubuntu does everything I would ever want in a Linux distribution, but I should never ever have to reboot my Linux box to recover from a freeze.
The fact is that, as a software engineer, your usefulness to a business is only as good as (1) your ability to work with some difficult-to-understand core technology and/or (2) your ability to document business processes. If you can do both (1) and (2), you're set. If you can do (2), you'll do okay creating glorified databases (maybe). If you can't do either, or if (1) no longer becomes valuable (as happened to a Foxpro programming friend of mine), you're hosed.
I learned this at 28. How you got to 37 not learning this is beyond me.
After all, who needs us lefties to ensure free speech when you agree with the Official Truth as dictated to you by the Party?
Well, the center of it is probably somewhere over the ocean, since the ass-end is in the White House.
Q: How do I get it to run on Linux?
A: I use a high-tech interface called a web browser, specifically Firefox. As a result, my tax software is OS-independent.
Really, this isn't hard, is it?
Of course, I want my KDE.
If you've done that very basic and important step, then you can upgrade -- or even install a new system from scratch -- without fear. (There may, however, be a few hours of tweaking involved, to install printers and the like.)
The same works for Windows, too, btw -- and can save you from losing all your data when XP destroys itself and you need to recover your system.
We're up to *five* CD-ROMs now?
Mars probably had live at some point, either transmitted to Earth via ejecta or received from Earth via ejecta. In fact, it might have gone back and forth over the last few billion years.
Am I supposed to take this seriously?
Frankly, this looks to me like nothing more than Republican bullshit. The use of the phrase "Democrat Party" (instead of the more proper "Democratic Party") gives it away.
That's why they put us in management positions.
....I doubt that most of the people who want free markets have really thought this through. They just know that it sounds good.
Then again, it is government work, and I got it during the dot-bomb period (meaning, jobs were really scarce)
How can you get children to believe in Bible-Based Science$reg; when you're spending all that money promoting real science?
Hope this helps.
Probably one at the edge of nowhere, where the only law worth anything is the militia.
Assuming benign motives, the only reason I can think of is to collect large amounts of counterexamples for a filter.
If we don't assume benign motives, then it's probably because they're spying on their opponents for political advantage.
And add the KDE and GNU teams to that.
It still needs to be done.
No; I'd say it's because you were using typical framing points the GOP hands down from on high, such as:
These are the kind of things that they don't tolerate on DKos, and they will get you banned. For good reason, too -- it's trolling.
That's sort of like saying that the Klingons have a little problem with the Romulans.
On the other hand, if you don't worship at the alter of BushLied(Tm) and BushSpied(Tm) over at Kos, you have a chance at being banned.
Quite frankly, it sounds to me like you trolled DKos and got rightly banned for your trouble. You might want to consider the tone of your posts next time.
While not the most informative conversation, many people find talking in an echo chamber to be very reassuring and affirming.
True enough, which is why I stay away from most of the diaries. They're a little too rah-rah for my tastes -- kinda like the Dean blog of old.
As the GOP demonstrated in 2002 and 2004, elections these days are all about getting out your base.
Q: What about non-DKos people?
A: Who cares? DKos is for DKos readers. If a Senator wants to communicate with us, we're glad to have 'em, but they're basically just anybody else.