Well, emacs isn't installed on systems by default and since I administer unix servers, knowing vi is much more valuable than knowing emacs.

And no need to flame. Use whatever works best for you. I use vi because it's on all the systems I manage, from Tru64 on Alphas to Solaris to HP-UX and yes to Red Hat, Ubuntu, and Slackware.

[John]

Same thing I've said many times.

"PHP Sucks! PHP Sucks! PHP Sucks!"

Fine, PHP sucks. Tell me genius, what should I be using? Because until you can provide a viable replacement, I'm still going to use PHP. Hell, I use PHP to write scripts when I need to access the mysql database.

[John]

Humorously with all the posts I'm going to associate APK with little boy porn for a while now. :-/

[John]

Hey, it's spelled correctly. You actually need a proof-reader not a spell checker.

[John]

Seriously. I've had a UPS on three of my systems since 2000. The main thing it's fixing is the dirty power damaging my equipment. I haven't had a hardware failure in 14 years.

[John]

:x for me.

[John]

Well supermarkets certainly still carry magazines. Gas stations and convenience stores also have a small magazine rack. Music shops don't seem to carry any though (I'm thinking instrument shops and not places where you buy CDs). Book shops seem to have the largest selection of magazines though. Most places have a pretty common set of magazines though. I pick up 2600, various music specific magazines, some science type magazines, and an English motorcycle magazine or two if they're available.

[John]

At 57, I don't recall that particular magazine. I certainly had several different books and magazines for entering in codes on my Sinclair, Color Computer, and IBM. But I really didn't subscribe to any outside of physical gaming ones (The Dragon, White Dwarf, Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer, Autoduel Quarterly). While I did play games on my systems, generally it was the shareware stuff up to Commander Keen, Castle Wolfenstein, and Doom, which I picked up, news wise, from usenet and ftp download sites before purchasing the actual games. Then Quake, Duke Nukem, and Hexen :) In the mid-90's it was recommendations from my Lan party friends. Command and Conquer, Red Alert, Starcraft, and Brood War were the ones I most remember. We did play some Carmageddon and Splat Pack from time to time :) There were plenty of other games I picked up after that like Diablo and Diablo II or Dungeon Keeper or, what was that name, Black and White? I think I still have the CDs. Now I play Rocksmith on my PC, run RPG's (Deadlands now), and play board games. Too many quick twitch kids out there for me to have fun on line.

[John]

Honestly they need a better team writing the drivers. You can have the best CPU/GPU in the industry but if the drivers suck, no one will want to buy them.

[John]

One problem is that 911 isn't implemented in all the US states. Something like 98% of the US is covered by 911. And riding my bike into Canada, there are places where there are signs that say "911 not available past this point". Another point is there are many PSAPs still using very old technology. With a small population, they may not see the need (or have the funds) to buy into a large infrastructure. That's why there are going to be so many different methods of Texting. In larger areas you can send text, pictures, and video. But smaller areas will be limited to just text or nothing at all. Plus it depends on the service being used. New York rolled out a Text 2 911 service a couple of years back where you can't send pictures or video but there's another company providing a more robust, fully integrated video and picture upload capability (note that I work for this company but only as a sysadmin).

[John]

The woman hiding in a closet or under a bed hiding from an intruder is a good example. The one I recall, she texted her friend who called 911 but they didn't make it in time unfortunately.

[John]

Well Illinois was the first site we set up to use/test Text 2 911 and since we're based in Colorado, maybe that's why it's there (unlikely though, Boulder County uses our competitor's Reverse 911 system). But in general it's going to be up to the various phone companies and PSAPs as to who buys into the service.

[John]

And security systems. In the last house the security company had a cell phone mounted in the panel.

[John]

Heh, I know both my ex-wives. The first is anti-computer, the second doesn't care enough to have an account. My girlfriend might have an account though. I'll have to ask.

[John]

It's always fun when folks forget to log out of their workstations. :)

[John]