Wait, it's only compatible with Valve products?!?

Gamers think it's really hot!

Tired of the VI vs EMACS war? Try the new Vyatta vs pfSense conflict instead! :) (pfSense is great...)

RIM-shot!

On the consulting side people do notice when things are running well because they aren't getting billed!

For what it's worth I've been using Windows since 2.x, (back when it only came bundled with specific apps), Linux since 1.x, OSX since it came out and various other 'nix flavors all the way back to AT&T System-V, (as well as OS/2 since 1.x, not that anybody cares any more...)

And you know what? They ALL suck!

The key is to figure out which one sucks least for the job at hand. In the real world (i.e. non-IT), nobody really gives a rat's ass what the OS is, or even the applications. The only question on most people's mind is, "what lets me get my job done with the least amount of pain?"

E.g. my work machine is a MacBook Pro with VMs of various flavors of Windows, Linux and BSD, because there are certain apps I have a personal preference for as a consultant which have differing system requirements.

But when an individual asks me what hardware or OS I recommend I just tell them , "it depends", and if I have the time I'll help them figure out the right answer, and if I don't have the time I just tell them to get whatever they had before that worked.

(Now get off my lawn... :)

This usually happens if the drive used for burning is being asked to burn as fast as possible. Whatever speed that might be, drop it a notch and you'll have closer to 100% success rate.

This article needs a "Schroedinger" tag. :)

I'll add a thumbs up for Norhtec. Good, solid design at the right price. If you're in the US it'll be a little less expensive from these guys after you factor in the s/h. (The MicroClient is rebranded as one of the eBox series, I forget which one).

"that's an unabashedly self-modifying database" Not to mention that ID 15 -> 21 re-mapping in one of the excerpts. Why would an ID of any kind ever need to be remapped on the fly like that? Heck, I used to do a little SQL programming back in the day, I might just have to dig into it a bit myself! :)

A tip for users of ResellerRatings, be sure to search the forums as well. They apparently confirm every post against the actual invoice number with the vendor so if you run across something that is obviously a scam from the get-go and you don't order anything you also can't warn other people away!

PAM is your friend!

And have a badly implemented network for their trouble. Windows has a ton of stuff defaulted wrong out of the box. You can get away with it in a some little ten-person shop maybe, but not in the real world...

Notes?!? You have got to be kidding...