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The Linux Kernel HOWTO

ibiblio.org, rocks, “the Public’s Library – a conservancy of freely available information, including software, music, literature, art, history, science, politics, and cultural studies.”

ibiblio.org, rocks, “the Public’s Library – a conservancy of freely available information, including software, music, literature, art, history, science, politics, and cultural studies.”

Thankyou Prince, for teaming with Napster. Hopefully more artists will be in a position to make similar decisions.

Thankyou Prince, for teaming with Napster. Hopefully more artists will be in a position to make similar decisions.

Happy Birthday Fozzy!!!
Still had this up from last year, and the time has come around again. Wish I could be up there with you right now, or that you could be in Nashville.

Happy Birthday Fozzy!!!
Still had this up from last year, and the time has come around again. Wish I could be up there with you right now, or that you could be in Nashville.

You Hate the IT department, and They Hate You Right Back

The IT department is rewarded for their ability to keep bad things from happening, and that means there is a pressure to create and then preserve stability. Meanwhile, you are rewarded for your ability to make good things happen, meaning that a certain amount of risk-taking is a necessary condition of your job.

Risk-taking undermines stability. Stability deflects risk-taking. You think your IT department are jerks for not helping you do what you want to do; they consider you an idiot for installing software without their permission. Also, because of the way your interests are (mis)aligned, you are both right.

Oh, too true

You Hate the IT department, and They Hate You Right Back

The IT department is rewarded for their ability to keep bad things from happening, and that means there is a pressure to create and then preserve stability. Meanwhile, you are rewarded for your ability to make good things happen, meaning that a certain amount of risk-taking is a necessary condition of your job.

Risk-taking undermines stability. Stability deflects risk-taking. You think your IT department are jerks for not helping you do what you want to do; they consider you an idiot for installing software without their permission. Also, because of the way your interests are (mis)aligned, you are both right.

Oh, too true

arcterex wants to give the eXtreme Programing unit testing a try.