Thursday, June 3, 2010
Blog for IS101
I am sitting here trying to figure out what I need to do next for IS 101. I have lots of projects in that class to take care of. Mostly all fun and look pretty easy, that is, until I really dig into them. I think I will love this class. I have been doing most all of this for years now and if I don’t get an A, I will be very upset with myself.
I have to decide what college I want to attend. Phoenix U or Western Governors U. Both are great. Phoenix is costly (about $30 thousand total) and FAST! WGU is not so fast and it costs about 3 thousand every 6 months. You take as many classes as you can in that 6 months. So I can finish my BS in about 2 years (same for PXU) but much less than PXU.
This weekend will be spent getting ahead with this class, which should be pretty easy as I have no life other than work and school.
My husband works every Sunday, so there is no reason I can’t get ahead!! I hope to learn more than just book learning with this class. There are so many nice people here that have posted wonderful questions. I hope to get to know all of you better everyday!!
I have to decide what college I want to attend. Phoenix U or Western Governors U. Both are great. Phoenix is costly (about $30 thousand total) and FAST! WGU is not so fast and it costs about 3 thousand every 6 months. You take as many classes as you can in that 6 months. So I can finish my BS in about 2 years (same for PXU) but much less than PXU.
This weekend will be spent getting ahead with this class, which should be pretty easy as I have no life other than work and school.
My husband works every Sunday, so there is no reason I can’t get ahead!! I hope to learn more than just book learning with this class. There are so many nice people here that have posted wonderful questions. I hope to get to know all of you better everyday!!
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Blog 10
You have decided that you really like this stuff and want to look into what kind of jobs are out there in the Linux field, where they are, and how much you could make. Research the Internet and tell me what you find. I expect a little effort in this one - grading will be accordingly.
Median Salary by Job in the Linux field
When looking at great jobs for Linux, I found the following pay scales and percent of women to men.
Sr. Software Engineer/Developer/Programmer make an average of $79,791 - $112,357. There are only 10% women and 90% men in this field.
Sr. Unix System Administrator pays an average of $79,027 - $106,751. There are only 6% of women and 94% of men.
Systems Engineer pays an average of $49,779 - $78,548 and employs 8% of women and 92% of men
Information Technology Manager pays an average of $57,365 - $101,44 and employs 11% of women and 89% of men.
Software Engineer/Developer/Programmer pays an average of $52,622 - $79,799 and employs 12% of women and 88% men.
UNIX System Administrator pays an average of $51,601 - $79,884 and employs 10% of women and 90% of men.
Systems Administrator pays and average of $42,815 - $64,622 and employs 11% women and 89% of men.
In this day and age, I don't understand my so few women. I'm thinking that schooling takes so long that most women go for raising families or go to school for "nurturing" fields. I honestly feel this would be a great field to enter, but the schooling would stop me too. As a non-traditional student, its hard enough to work full time and get a minimal AA degree. Although for all the schooling and degrees I have collected, I could have finished a BS. That is if I'd have know about Linux in the past.
Info taken from http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Skill=Linux/Salary
Median Salary by Job in the Linux field
When looking at great jobs for Linux, I found the following pay scales and percent of women to men.
Sr. Software Engineer/Developer/Programmer make an average of $79,791 - $112,357. There are only 10% women and 90% men in this field.
Sr. Unix System Administrator pays an average of $79,027 - $106,751. There are only 6% of women and 94% of men.
Systems Engineer pays an average of $49,779 - $78,548 and employs 8% of women and 92% of men
Information Technology Manager pays an average of $57,365 - $101,44 and employs 11% of women and 89% of men.
Software Engineer/Developer/Programmer pays an average of $52,622 - $79,799 and employs 12% of women and 88% men.
UNIX System Administrator pays an average of $51,601 - $79,884 and employs 10% of women and 90% of men.
Systems Administrator pays and average of $42,815 - $64,622 and employs 11% women and 89% of men.
In this day and age, I don't understand my so few women. I'm thinking that schooling takes so long that most women go for raising families or go to school for "nurturing" fields. I honestly feel this would be a great field to enter, but the schooling would stop me too. As a non-traditional student, its hard enough to work full time and get a minimal AA degree. Although for all the schooling and degrees I have collected, I could have finished a BS. That is if I'd have know about Linux in the past.
Info taken from http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Skill=Linux/Salary
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Blog 12
Okay, we are on the home stretch. Let's have fun this week. Find out or make up a story where linux came up with the penguin as it's "mascot". Even though this is fun, make it worthy of 10 points....I will be grading accordingly.
The year is 2002. There once was this little penguin who lived in the Antarctic. His Mother left to find food and Dad was to take care of him. Well, the little penguin was very naughty and decided to run away from the pack. The little penguin walked and walked until he came to a little village of Eskimos. The little penguin decided that he did not like the cold, so he found his way into a little igloo. It was very warm and toasty in the igloo. Soon, he heard people coming. So he slithered into a backpack on the floor. As it was, a young boy was going off to college in Portland OR. The little boy left his igloo with his backpack and books. The little boy landed in Portland and decided that he needed a drink as the big city was over whelming. So as the little boy got drunk, the little penguin escaped from the backpack. The little penguin walked out of the airport to a nearby park. He was liking the weather so far and decided to take a little nap on a park bench. A man, by the name of Linus Torvalds, was walking by and saw the little penguin. Linus asked if the little penguin needed a place to stay since he was not married and was super rich and could give the little penguin everything he needed. The little penguin waddled to Linus's house and there was a beautiful house and as it happened to be, a wonderful penguin pool. As they were sitting there, the little penguin, had to poop, so he walked over to the Tuxedo that Linus just bought and pooped right on it. Linus decided to call him Tux... The end!!
Here is the real boring story taken from Wiki: "The concept of the Linux mascot being a penguin came from Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux. Tux was created by Larry Ewing in 1996 after an initial suggestion made by Alan Cox [2] and further refined by Linus Torvalds on the Linux kernel mailing list.[3] Linus took his inspiration from a photograph[4] he found on an FTP site,[5] showing a penguin figurine looking strangely like the Creature Comforts characters made by Nick Park. The first person to call the penguin "Tux" was James Hughes, who said that it stood for "(T)orvalds (U)ni(X)".[6] However, many people observe that Tux is also an abbreviation of tuxedo, the outfit which springs to mind when they see a penguin.
Tux was originally designed as a submission for a Linux logo contest. Three such competitions took place; Tux won none of them. This is why Tux is formally known as the Linux mascot and not the logo.[7] Tux was created[8] by Larry Ewing using the first publicly released[9] version (0.54) of GIMP, a free software graphics package. It was released by him under the following condition:
Permission to use and/or modify this image is granted provided you acknowledge me lewing@isc.tamu.edu and The GIMP if someone asks.[10]"(I WANT THIS AS MY TATOO!!!)
The year is 2002. There once was this little penguin who lived in the Antarctic. His Mother left to find food and Dad was to take care of him. Well, the little penguin was very naughty and decided to run away from the pack. The little penguin walked and walked until he came to a little village of Eskimos. The little penguin decided that he did not like the cold, so he found his way into a little igloo. It was very warm and toasty in the igloo. Soon, he heard people coming. So he slithered into a backpack on the floor. As it was, a young boy was going off to college in Portland OR. The little boy left his igloo with his backpack and books. The little boy landed in Portland and decided that he needed a drink as the big city was over whelming. So as the little boy got drunk, the little penguin escaped from the backpack. The little penguin walked out of the airport to a nearby park. He was liking the weather so far and decided to take a little nap on a park bench. A man, by the name of Linus Torvalds, was walking by and saw the little penguin. Linus asked if the little penguin needed a place to stay since he was not married and was super rich and could give the little penguin everything he needed. The little penguin waddled to Linus's house and there was a beautiful house and as it happened to be, a wonderful penguin pool. As they were sitting there, the little penguin, had to poop, so he walked over to the Tuxedo that Linus just bought and pooped right on it. Linus decided to call him Tux... The end!!
Here is the real boring story taken from Wiki: "The concept of the Linux mascot being a penguin came from Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux. Tux was created by Larry Ewing in 1996 after an initial suggestion made by Alan Cox [2] and further refined by Linus Torvalds on the Linux kernel mailing list.[3] Linus took his inspiration from a photograph[4] he found on an FTP site,[5] showing a penguin figurine looking strangely like the Creature Comforts characters made by Nick Park. The first person to call the penguin "Tux" was James Hughes, who said that it stood for "(T)orvalds (U)ni(X)".[6] However, many people observe that Tux is also an abbreviation of tuxedo, the outfit which springs to mind when they see a penguin.
Tux was originally designed as a submission for a Linux logo contest. Three such competitions took place; Tux won none of them. This is why Tux is formally known as the Linux mascot and not the logo.[7] Tux was created[8] by Larry Ewing using the first publicly released[9] version (0.54) of GIMP, a free software graphics package. It was released by him under the following condition:
Permission to use and/or modify this image is granted provided you acknowledge me lewing@isc.tamu.edu and The GIMP if someone asks.[10]"(I WANT THIS AS MY TATOO!!!)
Monday, April 12, 2010
Blog 11
What is "net neutrality"? What does the FCC and Comcast have to do with it? Take a side and defend your position. Make is interesting for me.
Net Neutrality is where the internet is the same for everyone no matter the size of the issue. It would mean that I, as a fictitious, would have the same internet access as a huge company. My little company would be in the search engine, right up there with Amazon. The ISPs cannot squeeze me out because Amazon might pay the ISP to do so. I'm not saying Amazon wants this, quite the contrary, Amazon supports the net Neutrality".
The FCC, in 2005, had put down four principals to promote and preserve the public internet. The four are "1) access the lawful Internet content of their choice. 2) Run applications and use services of their choice, subject to the needs of law enforcement. 3)
Connect their choice of legal devices that do not harm the network. 4) Competition among network providers, application and service providers, and content providers." (this portion was copied from Wiki)
In 2008, the FCC auctioned off the 700MHz block of wireless spectrum, Google said they would fork over $4.6M if the FCC required that this spectrum would have 4 more conditions. 1) There would be open applications that any consumer can get. 2) There would be open devices that you can pick what ever network you want. 3) ISPs can interconnect with 700MHz license wireless network and 4) (I copied this work for word from Wiki as I didn't know who to add in my own works) Open services: Third parties (resellers) should be able to acquire wireless services from a 700 MHz licensee on a wholesale basis, based on reasonably nondiscriminatory commercial terms.
Then, 2009, the FCC added two more rules stating the ISPs can't discriminate against content or applications and they have to disclose all their policies to customers.
Comcast, illegally stopped users on high-speed Internet service from using file-sharing software. The FCC stepped in and voted 3-2 to uphold the complaint. Comcast would admit they were wrong, but had a settlement in Dec, 2009.
Although I would love to take a side, I think there should be tiers to a certain extent. I feel that Military, for the safety of the Nation, should have the fastest and take priority. But this does not mean every congress person gets the fastest the the most priority over me. This is only for MAJOR security reasons, like 9-11. I think there should be If Cisco want's to fork over millions of dollars for a higher tier that is way beyond what I would need, then go ahead. It will pay for a better internet for all of us. As long as it does not tell me what I can and can not access, I'm OK with that.
Net Neutrality is where the internet is the same for everyone no matter the size of the issue. It would mean that I, as a fictitious, would have the same internet access as a huge company. My little company would be in the search engine, right up there with Amazon. The ISPs cannot squeeze me out because Amazon might pay the ISP to do so. I'm not saying Amazon wants this, quite the contrary, Amazon supports the net Neutrality".
The FCC, in 2005, had put down four principals to promote and preserve the public internet. The four are "1) access the lawful Internet content of their choice. 2) Run applications and use services of their choice, subject to the needs of law enforcement. 3)
Connect their choice of legal devices that do not harm the network. 4) Competition among network providers, application and service providers, and content providers." (this portion was copied from Wiki)
In 2008, the FCC auctioned off the 700MHz block of wireless spectrum, Google said they would fork over $4.6M if the FCC required that this spectrum would have 4 more conditions. 1) There would be open applications that any consumer can get. 2) There would be open devices that you can pick what ever network you want. 3) ISPs can interconnect with 700MHz license wireless network and 4) (I copied this work for word from Wiki as I didn't know who to add in my own works) Open services: Third parties (resellers) should be able to acquire wireless services from a 700 MHz licensee on a wholesale basis, based on reasonably nondiscriminatory commercial terms.
Then, 2009, the FCC added two more rules stating the ISPs can't discriminate against content or applications and they have to disclose all their policies to customers.
Comcast, illegally stopped users on high-speed Internet service from using file-sharing software. The FCC stepped in and voted 3-2 to uphold the complaint. Comcast would admit they were wrong, but had a settlement in Dec, 2009.
Although I would love to take a side, I think there should be tiers to a certain extent. I feel that Military, for the safety of the Nation, should have the fastest and take priority. But this does not mean every congress person gets the fastest the the most priority over me. This is only for MAJOR security reasons, like 9-11. I think there should be If Cisco want's to fork over millions of dollars for a higher tier that is way beyond what I would need, then go ahead. It will pay for a better internet for all of us. As long as it does not tell me what I can and can not access, I'm OK with that.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Blog 10
I am about to buy an iPad.
NOT! Just like the iPhone and iTouch, the first version will be pointless to all in a year or 2. The iPad will be re-vamped and the original iPad will not have the hardware to support anything new. As you can see with the iTouch 1st gen and iPhone, the OS4 is coming this summer (SO EXCITED) and the will not have the hardware to support the good "goings on".
Unlike the iPhone,(due to contracts) you can upgrade the iPad whenever you want. So if you have money to play, OR FRED!!, you can upgrade to a better version anytime you want.
Per Steve Jobs, as of April 8th,(wonderful hour long video on the Apple web site) 450,000 sold already with 1 million apps downloaded in the first 24 hours and also as of the 8th, 3.5 million iPad apps downloaded . Someone is buying them!!!
I think I will wait to get my feet wet with the iPad. I will not be buying the non-apple versions, as I have to say, I'm in love with Apple products. Monday, I want to go buy the Apple TV. I think I really need that now.
So, back to the iPad. I will wait and see what all YOU people suggest in the next Gen gets fixed.
NOT! Just like the iPhone and iTouch, the first version will be pointless to all in a year or 2. The iPad will be re-vamped and the original iPad will not have the hardware to support anything new. As you can see with the iTouch 1st gen and iPhone, the OS4 is coming this summer (SO EXCITED) and the will not have the hardware to support the good "goings on".
Unlike the iPhone,(due to contracts) you can upgrade the iPad whenever you want. So if you have money to play, OR FRED!!, you can upgrade to a better version anytime you want.
Per Steve Jobs, as of April 8th,(wonderful hour long video on the Apple web site) 450,000 sold already with 1 million apps downloaded in the first 24 hours and also as of the 8th, 3.5 million iPad apps downloaded . Someone is buying them!!!
I think I will wait to get my feet wet with the iPad. I will not be buying the non-apple versions, as I have to say, I'm in love with Apple products. Monday, I want to go buy the Apple TV. I think I really need that now.
So, back to the iPad. I will wait and see what all YOU people suggest in the next Gen gets fixed.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Blog 6
Research and explain to me in laymans terms what the SCO v. Novell Trial is about.
SCO v. Novell is a lawsuit from SCO Group against Novell.
SCO Group stated that SCO property was in Linux by mistake and want Linux users to pay license fees to SCO.
SCO said in a round about way, that they owned the copyrights to the original “code and derivatives” from AT&T.
Novell said, no, we own Unix. Novell registers the copyrights and SCO sues for slander of title.
Now, Novell states that SCO owes them money for Unix. The courts agreed that SCO was should pay.
The court gave Novell 2.5M and SCO can't get involved with Sun. This went to appeals, but the appeals court agreed with the the lower court and Novell got what they wanted, including the 2.5M.
SCO v. Novell is a lawsuit from SCO Group against Novell.
SCO Group stated that SCO property was in Linux by mistake and want Linux users to pay license fees to SCO.
SCO said in a round about way, that they owned the copyrights to the original “code and derivatives” from AT&T.
Novell said, no, we own Unix. Novell registers the copyrights and SCO sues for slander of title.
Now, Novell states that SCO owes them money for Unix. The courts agreed that SCO was should pay.
The court gave Novell 2.5M and SCO can't get involved with Sun. This went to appeals, but the appeals court agreed with the the lower court and Novell got what they wanted, including the 2.5M.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Blog 5
On your blog take one of the two opinions:
a.) You think the project is a good idea
b) You think it is a bad idea
I think this is a bad idea. There are so many more important areas to focus on that will be immediate. I want more focus on how we can get children to be more involved in community activities. $20 million to promote "green" environment for the earth. Sending something to space to see what happens is pointless. You spend all this money just to have something go wrong and then entire mission is scrapped. $20 million can provide thousands of laptops, school books, community programs. As this man said, there are only 2 kids interested in this plan. I bet we could get way more kids interested in how to save rain forests, help other students get healthy. The government run space program is a dud. Why throw more money into this!! I really think Google should invest $20 million into our children and not empty space. Earth is in serious need of help. We need to start fixing, not just put on a big ass band-aide!!!
Or they can give me some and I will start a sanctuary for little breed abused dogs!!
a.) You think the project is a good idea
b) You think it is a bad idea
I think this is a bad idea. There are so many more important areas to focus on that will be immediate. I want more focus on how we can get children to be more involved in community activities. $20 million to promote "green" environment for the earth. Sending something to space to see what happens is pointless. You spend all this money just to have something go wrong and then entire mission is scrapped. $20 million can provide thousands of laptops, school books, community programs. As this man said, there are only 2 kids interested in this plan. I bet we could get way more kids interested in how to save rain forests, help other students get healthy. The government run space program is a dud. Why throw more money into this!! I really think Google should invest $20 million into our children and not empty space. Earth is in serious need of help. We need to start fixing, not just put on a big ass band-aide!!!
Or they can give me some and I will start a sanctuary for little breed abused dogs!!
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Blog 4
In your own words explain how Linux kernels are numbered.
Linux kernels are numbered as such:
Linux kernels have several releases and revisions. This is because it’s an open source, meaning free to read and study.
Back in 1991, Tovalds, started the numbering system with 0.01, 0.02 ect to represent month to month.
Starting in 1994, 1.0 started. Then in 1996, 2.0 started and stayed. Now the numbering system is in 4 sets of numbers.
The 1st set is the 2.0. The 2nd set is used for major revision. If the number is even, the software is stable and good to go. Odd numbers were not stable, meaning people need to look at the code and make fixes.
The 3rd set is used for minor revisions. Just little issues, new features and drivers.
The 4th set is for bugs and patches. There can be letters (rc) on the end of the set of numbers and they represent release candidate, which means it’s not official yet. Other letters can be the peoples initials that did the changes.
The most current stable version, as of 3/6/10, when I wrote this is 2.6.33. (http://www.kernel.org/) I don't know why there is not a 4th set of numbers. I’m thinking it’s because the last stable 4th set is 9, and that did not change.
Linux kernels are numbered as such:
Linux kernels have several releases and revisions. This is because it’s an open source, meaning free to read and study.
Back in 1991, Tovalds, started the numbering system with 0.01, 0.02 ect to represent month to month.
Starting in 1994, 1.0 started. Then in 1996, 2.0 started and stayed. Now the numbering system is in 4 sets of numbers.
The 1st set is the 2.0. The 2nd set is used for major revision. If the number is even, the software is stable and good to go. Odd numbers were not stable, meaning people need to look at the code and make fixes.
The 3rd set is used for minor revisions. Just little issues, new features and drivers.
The 4th set is for bugs and patches. There can be letters (rc) on the end of the set of numbers and they represent release candidate, which means it’s not official yet. Other letters can be the peoples initials that did the changes.
The most current stable version, as of 3/6/10, when I wrote this is 2.6.33. (http://www.kernel.org/) I don't know why there is not a 4th set of numbers. I’m thinking it’s because the last stable 4th set is 9, and that did not change.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Blog 3
Research and find out what you can about "Cathedral vs the bazaar". Tell me in your own words what it is and why it might be important.
Cathedral vs the Bazaar started as an essay and is now a book by Eric S. Raymond.
Cathedral is a an open code, but is for a limited number of people to play with and fix.
Bazaar is an open code, but anyone can play and fix.
They are both important as fixes can be done relatively quickly and people that really know what they are doing can develop programs quickly.
My question is what about the bad people. They can get in and screw everything up??
Cathedral vs the Bazaar started as an essay and is now a book by Eric S. Raymond.
Cathedral is a an open code, but is for a limited number of people to play with and fix.
Bazaar is an open code, but anyone can play and fix.
They are both important as fixes can be done relatively quickly and people that really know what they are doing can develop programs quickly.
My question is what about the bad people. They can get in and screw everything up??
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Blog 2
What is Konqueror?
Its a desktop tool that works as a file mgr, browser and you can use for remote access.
List 4 things that you an do with Konqueror
Look at text files, browse the web, remote access to another computer, manage directories.
How do you use Konqueror to search for a file?
Search > in the toolbar
What is a terminal emulator?
Opens a command line.
What does it allow you to do from a GUI that would not be able to do without one?
You can use this while still in a GUI
What is klipper?
klipper is like an MS clipboard. Its saves what you copy.
How do you use it to cut and paste text?
Highlight the text and click the klipper icon. To paste, middle click.
What is Nautilus?
This is a file mgr.
List 2 ways that you can open a file using Nautilus?
Double click or right click to that you want.
How does Nautilus "know" which program to use to open different types of files.
It looks at the MIME type.
What are the 3 commonly used Nautilus control bars?
Menu, location and tool bar.
What kinds of tools do you find on each.
Menu - File, edit, view.
Location - shows file paths.
Toolbar - back, forward, refresh
Discuss the use of the Nautilus location bar.
This shows the path name and you can enter the path name in.
Its a desktop tool that works as a file mgr, browser and you can use for remote access.
List 4 things that you an do with Konqueror
Look at text files, browse the web, remote access to another computer, manage directories.
How do you use Konqueror to search for a file?
Search > in the toolbar
What is a terminal emulator?
Opens a command line.
What does it allow you to do from a GUI that would not be able to do without one?
You can use this while still in a GUI
What is klipper?
klipper is like an MS clipboard. Its saves what you copy.
How do you use it to cut and paste text?
Highlight the text and click the klipper icon. To paste, middle click.
What is Nautilus?
This is a file mgr.
List 2 ways that you can open a file using Nautilus?
Double click or right click to that you want.
How does Nautilus "know" which program to use to open different types of files.
It looks at the MIME type.
What are the 3 commonly used Nautilus control bars?
Menu, location and tool bar.
What kinds of tools do you find on each.
Menu - File, edit, view.
Location - shows file paths.
Toolbar - back, forward, refresh
Discuss the use of the Nautilus location bar.
This shows the path name and you can enter the path name in.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
7 things you don't need to know about me
1. I'm back!
2. I have Digital OCD
3. I eat chicken noodle soup out of a can
4. I am a FaceBook freak!
5. I can't cook
6. I love "The Golden Girls" reruns
7. I want to be a horse trainer
2. I have Digital OCD
3. I eat chicken noodle soup out of a can
4. I am a FaceBook freak!
5. I can't cook
6. I love "The Golden Girls" reruns
7. I want to be a horse trainer
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