oldivor

better than I can, too. He's also smarter than I am, and definitely more handsome. Guess it's time for the old dogs to die...

Your son can bowl better than I can.

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Speaking of poop, I'm sort of stopped up at the moment.

*hugs threadkiller* Watch where you touch!

Well, Linux servers do support ECC memory, but the OS really has nothing to do with that. I've yet to see ECC memory errors that were logged to the Linux OS. I might find them in the hardware logs of the server, but the servers and the OS don't really talk to each other that well which creates the problems. If they can work on that and integrate that some more, that would help things. I've had Linux set up before. It's certainly much easier than in '95 or so when you were running a config tool for X windows to try and get things set up, then having to tweak things so you had the window manager you wanted, etc. etc. I was actually pretty used to Mac's for a while. I was building loads of them for one company that was buying up a good handful a week. Got pretty used to installing the OS and getting all the software on that they wanted. Still don't care for the OS, though, even if I can still find my way around decently enough. Linux is kind of the same way. I'm pretty used to both Gnome and KDE yet I still find Windows easier than those or OSX for that matter. Everything's where I want it for the most part. I can never get Linux or OSX to quite look the way I want whereas I can with Windows. The other thing that really tops it out for me is that all the apps I like are basically Windows-first, possibly Windows-only, or at least Windows-best (like Firefox). So it ends up that for my computing needs, Windows is the easiest of the bunch. I know how to work with the OS and it has all the software I want. There are other apps out there for Linux in most cases. In some, they're insufficient and possibly even incompatibly with the MS equivalents (Project and Visio comes to mind, though I think they're finally getting the Visio-type app along better). OO isn't bad, but I come across a fair number of spreadsheets that don't work with OO, only Excel. And then, there's some tools like Irfanview which Linux has many alternatives for, but none of which are as good. It's not that I don't like Linux as a desktop. It's not bad. I just feel it needs some more work. Linux has come a long way from where it was but it seems like they're always playing catch-up. In a way, that's fine. Let Linux hang around such that MS feels a bit more pressure to do more as well. I have no problem with that. I'll have to get to this later. Now I'm just on my laptop and don't really feel like posting a long reply, lol.

Geeks... Non-geeks...

Yeah, but that's when you don't have to support it on things that host all kinds of websites and applications that your customers are using. Linux isn't necessarily that bad an OS. The real problem comes in using hardware that just isn't designed to be a 24x7 data center server. On top of that, the error logging just isn't there. Memory problems? Linux isn't likely to detect ECC errors like AIX or Solaris will and it if manages to, the likelihood of me getting the specific memory slot is pretty low. The hardware and OS aren't from the same vendor so the tie-ins are weaker. Then, of course, you get into finger pointing when the hardware vendor says it's an OS problem and the OS vendor says it's a hardware problem. If I'm dealing with IBM, the problem falls to them regardless. Ditto Sun. On the desktop, Linux is functional but still lacking. Firefox is pretty good but it still has problems on many sites that Firefox on Windows doesn't have issues with. That and the alternatives for some of my favorite tools just aren't quite there (Irfanview comes immediately to mind). Not to mention the number of spreadsheets I look at that don't work with OpenOffice fully (particularly advanced ones that pull in web content). I do continue to use Linux as a secondary desktop. To be honest, I'd probably be more functional running Windows... as a Unix Admin. Yet I stick with Linux since I really don't feel like having a corporate image thrown on my other desktop complete with corporate software bloat and such. Yet even with that, I find myself using the Linux desktop far less than I used to. Windows is easy at work. My email is there. My office instant messenger is there. I have Exceed installed for X Windows access and I use putty for ssh. At home, I really have no use for Linux other than for skill enhancement for work. I game and really don't care for any of the solutions thus far to run Windows games in Linux. Given the time spent, I'd rather just use Windows. The laptop is Windows as it's a backup gaming system if my desktop takes a dump. That and it's normally my web surfing system and, as I mentioned earlier, certain sites just don't work as well with FF on Linux compared to FF on Windows. Linux has some ECC support, how strong it is, I'm not sure. I'm pretty sure with some chipsets if can give you the module etc that's having it. Don't quote me on it though. I can completely see where you're going from with the Sun/IBM example though. It's all on them whether it be a hardware or software. If it doesn't work you only have one person to go to and they have to fix it(assuming you have a plan/contract/etc with them). I've never had a problem with Firefox not properly displaying a page or anything else. Maybe I'm the odd man out though. My Linux desktops do everything I want them to do. I don't think they're lacking in anyway. Naturally, Linux doesn't have all of the programs windows has but there are other programs for Linux that like them. Sort of like OO and Office. Sure OO can do a lot that Office can but it's not the same piece of program. For my uses OO does everything I want it to including opening Office files etc. I sometimes get irritated with people when people say stuff like, "I don't like Linux, it's not Windows." They're different OSes with most of the time different software, no {censored}. lol I'm just used to working in Linux so it's the most familiar to me. I'd much rather set up stuff on a Linux box than to use Windows just because I'm used to working with it. When ever I use windows now I always end up swearing at it. haha I'm not saying Linux is the best OS for all desktops and servers but for my purposes it is the best.

You'll have to, too. It's the only way half the {censored}ing commands make sense Linux as a desktop is meh. As a server, I'd rather use a real Unix OS running on more reliable hardware. Give me AIX or Solaris any day. I love it on my desktops. I like it on servers too. =P

You can't drink until you install a beer in your glass. Now reboot. Now if you use Linux, then you can drink the rum straight from the bottle.

I always hated updating windows.... Wake up, start drinking!

(10:46:47 PM) friend: anyway, may I have my rum back for tonight.. well.. for the rest of the semester? I genuinely have nothing to do lol (10:47:22 PM) me: get drunk, see what happens (10:47:30 PM) friend: that's the plan

#867633 +(2922)- I've seen hentai that is more believable than scientology.

Bash #4395 "Peace, love, and Linux" makes me think of a guy with excessive facial hair in a tiedye t-shirt, shorts, and sandals saying "You can't use that distribution MAN" "You can't like, own an OS, MAN"

Originally Posted by Hearafter Just today? I just cracked my first cold one... probably gonna drunk-post later. I can't afford to drink more than once a week. ;_;

Today it oldivor's drinking day! I'm well rested and prime for getting drunk off of my ass.

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Having the formulas would be pretty awesome. In many cases, formulas are my key weakness, which is why I tend to do poorly in math even once I finally understand how to do the math. It's actually a small rant of mine, to be honest with much of the educational style tests. When are you ever truly in a situation where you're going to have to rattle math off the top of your head without benefit of other resources to fall back on? The profs remember this stuff because they're getting paid to teach it. Even then, I watched my Trig teacher have to sit for a second and recall things. I don't usually care for the memorization game. I can do pretty decent at non-math memorization, though, so I do well on tests. As Zam was saying earlier, though, it's a cram/dump scenario. You shove a load of crap into your head so you can dump it out onto the test, then forget about it. In the end, you remember some stuff but not nearly as much. Plus who knows how much you actually learned that's pertinent to your career path, but that's another rant Yeah, plus if you're going to actually use something a lot you'll memorize it anyway, and it' silly to memorize stuff you'll never need. It seems like a lot of the prof nowadays don't teach you the concepts but just how to get the answer which pisses me off.

It's common here for engineering profs here to give you the formulas you need(unless it's just a couple). Which IMO is the best. That makes life so much easier unlike the whole open book thing. Basically if you know what you're doing, you're fine. Open book tests here aren't like that here. I don't care what profs are suppose to do, that's how it works here.

It's multiple-guess, too On another plus note, class was canceled last night Though I fear it's going to end up negative in the end. We'll get a 20 minute lecture on material right before the test and that material will be on the test Fortunately, probably not much of it. He's been pretty good about editing stuff out that we really haven't covered. Then giving freebee points when 80% of class misses a specific question... etc. I'm gonna miss community colleges. lol, that's too easy.

Microeconomics. Makes sense. In the engineering department here, if a prof says it's open book you {censored} your pants. Because then can give you any problem, which is a bad thing....

I was going to post a new thread but it doesn't really require a new thread. ----------------------------------------- I'm the King Kashue of other forum. Where is your snobby, know it all, picky, slightly stuck up and rarely humorous poster now? -----------------------------------------

This is a professor that's making a deal with students; if your grade on this test is higher than the last one, they'll both get the new score. He did it with the 2nd test updating the first tests score. He doesn't want to fail anyone. So this isn't a reason to be a hardass, it's an excuse to get people higher test scores so he doesn't fail anyone. He must not be teaching an engineering class....

Originally Posted by niomosy Yay. My take-home test that we got over the weekend and was supposedly due this Thursday is now due Dec 3rd. Now I'll have a weekend where I can casually do it rather than trying to squeeze it in while I'm sick at night. Take home exams = horrible. If you know your stuff, in class, closed notes, closed book exams are the best IMO. In take homes and open notes/book exams the professors have an excuse to make it hard as hell.