Posts by Gary Lee53

I was watching some preseason clips earlier and it got me thinking about how much "swagger" is being injected into professional sports these days. It feels like every single team has to have a catchy acronym or a self-proclaimed nickname for their roster before they've even stepped onto the field for a meaningful game.

Don't get me wrong, a little confidence is necessary to win, but there's a fine line between being motivated and being completely delusional. I remember back in the day, teams just showed up, put on the pads, and let the play do the talking. Now, it feels like half the battle is marketing themselves as the "greatest" or the "unstoppable" before the first whistle even blows. It's like they're trying to manifest greatness through sheer hype.

Does anyone else feel like this constant self-labeling is actually a distraction, or do you think it's a legitimate way to build chemistry in a locker room?

Megan Green72 said:Look, it’s got nothing to do with "proving" you can survive two weeks at home—it’s not like we're being held in some concentration camp.
Yeah, it sucks, but it's not like anything's actually happening to you. If someone manages to have a total mental breakdown just because they've got high-speed internet for two weeks, then they've got much bigger issues than this virus.

Yeah, but the fundamental difference here is that this whole "staying home" thing is designed so that you can't even step a foot outside. You can't go for a run, right? Or take a walk out in nature where there isn't a soul around? You can't even head out to work a field—remember how they treated that guy? It feels completely pointless.

There is a massive gap between asking people to stop hugging and shaking hands, and locking someone up in their house for two weeks without even a positive test, let alone cramming them into a tiny studio apartment in New York City.

Nicole James said:In my house, three of us were under quarantine, and honestly, not a single officer ever showed up to check in on us. If they happen to swing by a few houses while they’re already out on patrol, it’s barely a dent in their schedule—minimal effort, really.

I actually remember a situation where a family of six was stuck in isolation, and the officials were showing up three times a day. They’d come once for the seniors, once for the lady who tested positive, and then once more for the husband and the kids, since they all had to be handled separately. 😵

Talk about a massive waste of resources. You’ve got 10,000 people stuck in quarantine, and apparently, our local police departments have nothing better to do than patrol every single one of those houses. Twice a day, minimum. I even heard some folks saying they're pulling up to certain addresses three times a day just to check in.

Walter said:I swear, I constantly wake up right in the middle of some incredible hookup. But somehow, I never seem to wake up while I'm being chased by guys in a dark alley, for God's sake...

So, you're having vivid wet dreams, are you? 😁 😁

It really is something else how much women get out of those kinds of dreams. As for me, I usually have to make a mad dash for the bathroom just to change my boxers because, well... ahem! 🙄 👎

I’ve got this one decent little joke about Brom floating around my head:
So, picture two old guys sitting on a park bench somewhere, just shaking uncontrollably. One turns to the other, mid-tremor, and goes:
"Hey man, you remember back in our Army days when they used to give us Brom?"
"How could I forget? Of course I remember..."
"MMMmmmmm... I think it might finally be kicking in..."

I’ve gotta say, I actually find you vegetarians pretty cool... 👍 😁

Sunshine said:Starbucks has Brom in it..

Brom.... 😲 😲

Did you seriously hear that at the local farmers market??? 😁 😁

Come on, honey, Brom has been strictly banned ever since they figured out it causes cancer, infertility, and all sorts of other nonsense. They don't even use it in the military anymore, which probably means all the soldiers are actually getting plenty of action... 😁 😁

And honestly, I think the shampoo plays a huge part in the whole thing too. Ever since I switched over to Dove, my hair stays manageable for at least two days without any drama. But by the third day? It’s just unbearable... so I usually end up having to wash it about twice a week, if that makes sense.

I mean, I can’t help but wonder why my dermatologist—the same one who actually diagnosed me with scalp psoriasis in the first place—was the very person telling me to just forget about washing my hair every day because apparently, it’s supposedly bad for the scalp... 😕 😕

I’ve been dealing with this exact same thing lately.

Ever since my hair grew out to this length, I’ve noticed it sheds a lot more, even on days when I haven't washed it. It isn't super obvious or anything, and my barber tells me it's perfectly normal to lose up to fifty strands a day, right? He says you shouldn't really start worrying until you actually notice it happening, because that's usually the sign that new growth is stalling out.

But honestly, as soon as I get a decent haircut and keep it shorter... those issues pretty much vanish.

An average rating of 1.62 based on 141 votes... I can only imagine how that voting process actually went down...

AxMi-24 said:Whatever you say, man. As long as you’re rocking that avatar, you’re clearly the undisputed genius here.😉

And obviously, you know you're my one and only true love...😍 😘 😁

Daniel Fowler9 said:Shaddy Jesus😍

Jesus, this whole thing has just turned bizarre and frankly a bit nauseating... 🙄

Gary Lee53🙄

Daniel Fowler9 said:It’s actually kind of weird that neither Shadowman nor sick-boy have weighed in on this thread yet. Shadowman, do you think the document is just a fake, or does it fail to capture what's actually going on? And what about you, sick?

I get the feeling you aren't even bothering to read the thread, honestly. Like I said before, it feels like you're just throwing out random nonsense without looking at the context.

If you'd just take a look at the previous page, you'd see that sick_boy actually did show up and leave his thoughts...

Gary Lee53 🙄

Daniel Fowler9 said:Fair enough, bizz. That’s just how it went for you. But does anyone else have a different take on this??? Is there anyone out there who actually worked with those older Microsoft technologies—you know, things like DCOM, MTS, MSMQ, or COM+???
And is anyone here working at a company that’s planning to pick up (or maybe they already have) some of the Windows Server 2003 lineup, like the Enterprise or Datacenter versions??? For instance, over at Amtrak, they built their whole solution around Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition.

Daniel Fowler9🙄

Let’s talk about Active Directory for a second. Yeah, I’ve developed software that relied on ADSI. And don't even get me started on the absolute nonsense where AD wouldn't let you connect when you were trying to use WinNT://computer,computer because you weren't joined to the domain server! I mean, what is the point of having the ability to connect to a server without using a domain if you're forced to be logged into the domain anyway? It took me two full days of my life to figure out that ridiculous quirk. Not to mention how everything would run perfectly fine, and then suddenly an admin opens the AD console and all of a sudden the software on the other side of the company can't delete users anymore. Why did that happen? We never actually figured it out.

And yeah, I definitely worked at a place that had a massive fleet of Windows servers, which naturally meant we had a massive pile of problems to go along with them...

Daniel Fowler9 said:Gary Lee53, honestly, can you even read? Didn't you notice the document is split into several distinct sections: one covers Enterprise system (hardware), the next deals with networking, then there's software, followed by IT services, and finally wireless technologies.

Hallo, is anyone actually home? What are we even talking about here if not enterprise systems? You keep obsessively pushing .NET, which has absolutely nothing to do with this (though I guess some people just see it as a tandem to J2EE)... It seems like you haven't quite grasped the fundamental concepts yet. Maybe head back over to that C++ thread and actually read what Jose Stewart7 and I wrote regarding enterprise systems. It’s pretty obvious that in your excitement, you didn't even bother to read. You just felt the need to comment and throw out a counterpoint regardless of what was actually written. You really ought to start studying this stuff properly. I mean, why do you think it's named that way? Why wouldn't they have just clearly labeled it "hardware" and called it a day!???!?

I don't even know why I'm bothering myself with this... Math, look, maybe learn something first before coming in here to argue and call people illiterate... Me out.... 🙄 🙄

Daniel Fowler9 said:Then you have those other types who view everything strictly through the lens of whatever is happening at their own office, making claims like, "Hold on a second, what you're saying can't be right because we use Linux and Oracle at my company..." But honestly, folks, your workplace isn't the center of the universe.

But Daniel, just take a look at the mix of people on this forum. We have users from all over the country. Okay, so now look at the balance. You're out here championing .NET, while there might be one or two neutral voices floating around, but on the flip side, you've got five others standing firm against Microsoft and .NET!

Doesn't that suggest something is a little off with those statistics?

I’d actually be pretty worried if I were the only person left advocating for J2EE... because then it would be pretty obvious that either I, or my entire company, had completely missed the mark or misjudged the situation entirely.

So, I finally got my hands on the document and took a closer look at it. I find myself agreeing with what everyone else has been saying, but first, let me drop this quote here:

Quote : Reflecting in part The strength of ( pre-merger ) Compaq and Dell as Intel x86-based industry
standard server suppliers and the numerical skew of the survey sample base toward small to
midsize enterprises, these two vendors have a correspondingly large share of mentions as
enterprise systems vendors.
Primary supplier shares fall to 17% for Compaq and 14% for Dell AT system 390-class user sites;
for HP, EMC, IBM, Sun and Unisys, primary shares rise to 11%, 15%, 24% and 16% and 3%,
respectively.

The thing is, I noticed Microsoft isn't even mentioned here. Not a peep. And then, right after that, they actually try to compare J2EE and .NET! First, they claim Microsoft has zero footprint in the enterprise solution space, and then they turn around and attempt to weigh them against each other. It’s like trying to compare apples to oranges, isn't it? .NET and J2EE aren't even in the same league—they aren't complementary, and they don't share much common ground. They lay out these premises at the very beginning and then immediately pivot to comparing their market shares. But how can you possibly compare markets when the needs of the people choosing .NET versus those choosing J2EE aren't even remotely identical? And yet, they move straight to declaring .NET the winner over J2EE....

I honestly have no idea who these folks are that put this report together, but these numbers just don't add up to me. If you look at the chart on page 71, it shows 89% running .NET while 46% are using J2EE solutions.

Now, I have to ask: How is that even possible, considering .NET is relatively young compared to Java? How could the software industry manage to capture such a massive chunk of the market and churn out that much software in such a short window of time??? 😕

Let's focus on RH. I've only ever heard of two software firms that actually went with .NET! Even in our neck of the woods, there are quite a few dev shops, and I know plenty of them that crossed .NET off their list before they even started!

Forget about .NET! I know of one software firm that actually switched their entire database because so many potential clients refused to buy anything running on Microsoft SQL Server. I'm not sure which database they migrated to, since I haven't kept in touch with them lately.

Everywhere I look, people seem to be running away from Microsoft when it comes to the core domains of their IT operations. Microsoft might hang on for a long time as the go-to desktop OS, or maybe at the edges of a system where uptime isn't the absolute top priority, but the heavy-duty backbone systems? Those are almost always built on something else entirely.

So, quite frankly, I have no clue where they are getting these figures... 😕

To be honest, it feels to me like building a major bank's information system based on Windows Server and .NET would be the most reckless move my company could ever make...

John Palmer4 said:Heh, I mean, why not just throw SuSE on there and get OpenExchange up and running? link Honestly, it might be worth checking out the online demo if you have a second.

It’s not actually about my own company, though. We run exclusively Linux at my workplace, but this particular guy doesn't seem to know much about Linux, and frankly, he doesn't look like the type who wants any trouble...