During high school I couldn't figure out what I wanted to do. By the time I applied, I knew I at least wanted to Electrical Engineering and applied and subsequently enrolled in Rutgers'School of Engineering. I then toyed with the idea of double majoring in Computer Science. Things became even more confusing once I started taking classes and had to formally declare a major. Even though I convinced myself I was doing Electrical Engineering, I ended up declaring as Mechanical Engineering. Why? Who knows? (Well, I do, as I'll explain.) I've even entertained the thought of doubling in Math or Physics. In the end it comes down to trying to satisfy a number of interests. I've always liked things mechanical, so the mechanical aspect is great. Uses tons of math, also great. The most subtle quality of MechE is the large large provision for using programming in your studies. In other words, I can have my cake and eat it too. I can learn about fun things and also do research in modeling and computational analysis. All the while, I don't disconnect myself from the computer world which I'll probably be working in. And if that changes, it also provides me the math background for my next interest, quantitative finance. After all, the partial differential equation for heat transfer looks an awful lot like the PDE for Black-Scholes.
Yea, I use it for letters and such. I like it because I don't have to fight with it (as much) as I do with any word processor. And to sweeten the deal, ispell supports LaTeX out of the box, so it knows to ignore LaTeX tags when spellchecking.
A lot of professors I've had discouraged notetaking. The best example of this was a physics class I took in which the professor provided excellent viewable and printable LaTeX created notes for each lecture. It worked out well. I usually didn't go to class and when I did I didn't have to take notes. (Yes, I still got an A).
Somewhat offtopic, but I don't know why people use anything else besides LaTeX or some variant to do math. AMS LaTeX really makes things easy and beautiful.
Your comments are anecdotal at best. Proper paper and ink combinations for inkjets will get prints that last as long or longer compared to the gold standard of Cibachrome. If I get prints from a minilab with contaminated fixer, those prints might fade too. However, properly done, either combination can produce good looking, long lasting prints.
I can't speak for Wolf/Ritz, but Walmart does not use Dye Sub. They use Fuji Frontier, which is a hybrid process utilizing traditional silver halide papers (i.e. Fuji Crystal Archive).
The sad thing is that even at the home of Teoma, everyone uses Google. Maybe because Google showers us with goodies and hires people. The only thing I ever heard about Teoma was in an open house lecture.
So, who's up for an order of bumper (router) stickers? If you only have some crappy routers, you can throw a nice sticker on it that says "My other router is your CRS-1."
I've had nothing but CCO trouble for the past week. That combined with random problems have been frustrating. The lovely order of events:
1) A SUP (well, MSFC) dies in one of our 6000s. I try to open a TAC case. 2) I try to login to CCO. It doesn't really work. I login, but it tells me I'm not logged in. After a bunch of clicking and such, I can open a TAC case. 3) Since Cisco can't get its Smartnet act together, I need to jump through hoops to get the right contract on my account, again. 4) Finally open a case. Tech diagnoses immediately as an MSFC bug. Sends me a new SUP. 5) After a day of messing with the new SUP and wondering if I'm crazy, I decide they've sent me a DOA SUP. 6) Tech agrees, sends me a new SUP. 7) Try to use the RMA POWR tool to print mailing labels for the pair of bad SUPs fails. The tool has been down for three days now. Completely down. 8) Try to login to CCO for something else today and run into the password problem. Combine that with their password reset tool not working and I'm *very* *very* annoyed.
*Sigh* Guess all companies have bad weeks, but this is particularly sucky for Cisco.
So while Wachovia spent the last year or so moving AWAY from using a SSN to login to their site, Bank of America recently switched TO using SSNs. You'd think banks would have some sort of consensus on what sort of system to adopt, but obviously not. Oh, then there's ING Direct who, for some reason unbeknownst to me decides to not use usernames, not use SSN numbers, but use arbitrarily assigned "customer numbers" to login. When I sent them a long letter on why they should use something easy to remember to login, they never gave me a reply. So, people end up writing down their customer number or, in my case, calling up ING almost everytime I want to login to my account. Just give me a SecureID or Safeword password token and the problem is simply solved. I'll even pay for it!
The funny thing is, while I disagree with some finer points of yours, I agree with you overall. It is very difficult to find real networking programs and not just programs that teach networking on a votech level. As for your points about engineers, I work in networking and several people I work with are engineers (mostly mechanical). Engineering education is about learning to solve problems, not learning a specific skillset.
I have a pretty simple rule. If the place where I'm applying requires a CCNA or similar and will not even consider someone who doesn't have a certain cert, I don't want to work there. Does that put me at a disadvantage? Possibly. But more likely than not, it just improves the signal to noise ratio of any job offers I get.
It's problematic, for one thing. I'm not saying what YOU should do, I'm just giving my opinion. A lot of people do it, hopefully they realize the risk involved. The other problem with two drives on the same IDE controller is speed. So, no, what I'm saying is not ridiculous. If you want to avoid problems, I suggest fibre channel shelves with redundant fibre channel controllers in them.
I won't speak for everyone with or pursuing a degree in engineering*, but I would venture to say that most of us would consider an MCSE to be below us. Sorry, but that's how it is. I'm not going to waste my time studying for something only to sit for an exam along with high school dropouts. MCSEs are so watered down, they're not worth having. That and well, I don't have any desire to administer a Windows system. The same thing can be applied to other certs, however. CCNAs are not as bad, but getting there. At least when you hire an engineer* you have a reasonable belief that they made it through a four year, mentally challenging program covering various aspects of the mathematical sciences.
* By engineer[ing], I refer to the term which connotes a four or more year accredited engineering degree program consisting of things like four semesters of calculus, several of physics, and the various subject specific courses in a mechanical, electrical, chemical, etc. concentration.
Combine that with the fact that it looks like there are two drives per IDE controller and you have one mess of a file server. Lose one controller, lose two disks. NOT a good idea.
Yeah, and for that matter, can Debian at last quit pissing about how it's the One, True, Honest-To_God Pure, Holy, Sacramental, Big Kahuna Free Software Linux and everybody else is shit, now that they're going enterprise?
Be careful with your pronouns. I'm not sure who you mean by "their" as your statement implies that the Debian organization is going enterprise. This just simply isn't the case. The article speaks of a "trio of companies," not the Debian organization. This sort of makes your point moot, because Debian's official releases can continue to reject software that has licensing terms that don't mesh with Debian and people packaging their own distros, enterprise or not, can continue to roll in whatever they want. In any event, no one forces you to use Debian. If you think apt/deb is broken, you're entitled to that opinion.
I had a feeling someone would say that. They're not exactly widely available at the moment. That said, I would like to have a CRS-1 to play with, but I don't see it happening. 12000s with long range OC-48 optics are expensive enough.
I'm only 6 months out of college and I've seen 3 Cisco switches die (none of which I was responsible for).
The number 3 is unrepresentative of anything without saying how switches that's out of. In the past six months, I've probably seen more than three Cisco switches fail. However, that's in a deployment of close to two thousand Cisco devices... from the cheapest of the cheap to the most expensive of any. That said, devices usually fail for a reason. Maybe the closet has poor cooling (common) or maybe there's a lot of power spikes and dips (also common), or maybe you're just unlucky (you do have a service contract, right?).
Cisco, like most big companies, will try to scare anybody who doesn't know much into buying their stuff when it really isn't necessary.
As with anything, if you don't know what you're buying, you have no business purchasing it.
We use Voyence for configuration management of almost 2000 Cisco devices. It gets the job done, does diffing of configurations for easy to see changes, scheduled jobs, things like that. As an alternative, you can probably roll your own around something like CVS.
True, I'm a nerd, but I can't imagine anyone not enjoying changing some RAM or a SCSI hard disk occasionally. It may mean you may have more downtime and maybe even lose some money if your servers support your business, but money isn't everything in this world, there is happiness too, and I personally love to delve deep into hardware.
True, I'm an anatomy geek, but I can't imagine anyone not enjoying a self-performed heart bypass or defibrillation. It may seem like you are on the brink of death and maybe even lose some blood if your heart supports your arteries, but life and blood aren't everything in this world, there is happiness too, and I personally love to cut myself open and see what's going on inside.
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Besides, where but in Fortran can one experience working with trinary logic conditionals?
SQL for instance... Must account for a value being Null.
During high school I couldn't figure out what I wanted to do. By the time I applied, I knew I at least wanted to Electrical Engineering and applied and subsequently enrolled in Rutgers' School of Engineering. I then toyed with the idea of double majoring in Computer Science. Things became even more confusing once I started taking classes and had to formally declare a major. Even though I convinced myself I was doing Electrical Engineering, I ended up declaring as Mechanical Engineering. Why? Who knows? (Well, I do, as I'll explain.) I've even entertained the thought of doubling in Math or Physics. In the end it comes down to trying to satisfy a number of interests. I've always liked things mechanical, so the mechanical aspect is great. Uses tons of math, also great. The most subtle quality of MechE is the large large provision for using programming in your studies. In other words, I can have my cake and eat it too. I can learn about fun things and also do research in modeling and computational analysis. All the while, I don't disconnect myself from the computer world which I'll probably be working in. And if that changes, it also provides me the math background for my next interest, quantitative finance. After all, the partial differential equation for heat transfer looks an awful lot like the PDE for Black-Scholes.
Yea, I use it for letters and such. I like it because I don't have to fight with it (as much) as I do with any word processor. And to sweeten the deal, ispell supports LaTeX out of the box, so it knows to ignore LaTeX tags when spellchecking.
A lot of professors I've had discouraged notetaking. The best example of this was a physics class I took in which the professor provided excellent viewable and printable LaTeX created notes for each lecture. It worked out well. I usually didn't go to class and when I did I didn't have to take notes. (Yes, I still got an A).
Somewhat offtopic, but I don't know why people use anything else besides LaTeX or some variant to do math. AMS LaTeX really makes things easy and beautiful.
Your comments are anecdotal at best. Proper paper and ink combinations for inkjets will get prints that last as long or longer compared to the gold standard of Cibachrome. If I get prints from a minilab with contaminated fixer, those prints might fade too. However, properly done, either combination can produce good looking, long lasting prints.
I can't speak for Wolf/Ritz, but Walmart does not use Dye Sub. They use Fuji Frontier, which is a hybrid process utilizing traditional silver halide papers (i.e. Fuji Crystal Archive).
The sad thing is that even at the home of Teoma, everyone uses Google. Maybe because Google showers us with goodies and hires people. The only thing I ever heard about Teoma was in an open house lecture.
It is a stupid idea, there's no reason to buy this. I'll take my woodstove over this any day. Nothing like burning oak.
Yep, when I see the 2.5 MILLION DOLLAR ($2,500,000) payment to Cisco JUST FOR SUPPORT each year, I cringe.
Good catch. For those of you writing these "two out of three" things, here's your guideline: You must pick linearly independent attributes.
So, who's up for an order of bumper (router) stickers? If you only have some crappy routers, you can throw a nice sticker on it that says "My other router is your CRS-1."
Why? So I can have another password token for just a single site? No thanks. I have enough trouble not losing one Safeword card.
I've had nothing but CCO trouble for the past week. That combined with random problems have been frustrating. The lovely order of events:
1) A SUP (well, MSFC) dies in one of our 6000s. I try to open a TAC case.
2) I try to login to CCO. It doesn't really work. I login, but it tells me I'm not logged in. After a bunch of clicking and such, I can open a TAC case.
3) Since Cisco can't get its Smartnet act together, I need to jump through hoops to get the right contract on my account, again.
4) Finally open a case. Tech diagnoses immediately as an MSFC bug. Sends me a new SUP.
5) After a day of messing with the new SUP and wondering if I'm crazy, I decide they've sent me a DOA SUP.
6) Tech agrees, sends me a new SUP.
7) Try to use the RMA POWR tool to print mailing labels for the pair of bad SUPs fails. The tool has been down for three days now. Completely down.
8) Try to login to CCO for something else today and run into the password problem. Combine that with their password reset tool not working and I'm *very* *very* annoyed.
*Sigh* Guess all companies have bad weeks, but this is particularly sucky for Cisco.
"All tools are hammers. Except screwdrivers which are chisels."
So while Wachovia spent the last year or so moving AWAY from using a SSN to login to their site, Bank of America recently switched TO using SSNs. You'd think banks would have some sort of consensus on what sort of system to adopt, but obviously not. Oh, then there's ING Direct who, for some reason unbeknownst to me decides to not use usernames, not use SSN numbers, but use arbitrarily assigned "customer numbers" to login. When I sent them a long letter on why they should use something easy to remember to login, they never gave me a reply. So, people end up writing down their customer number or, in my case, calling up ING almost everytime I want to login to my account. Just give me a SecureID or Safeword password token and the problem is simply solved. I'll even pay for it!
The funny thing is, while I disagree with some finer points of yours, I agree with you overall. It is very difficult to find real networking programs and not just programs that teach networking on a votech level. As for your points about engineers, I work in networking and several people I work with are engineers (mostly mechanical). Engineering education is about learning to solve problems, not learning a specific skillset.
I have a pretty simple rule. If the place where I'm applying requires a CCNA or similar and will not even consider someone who doesn't have a certain cert, I don't want to work there. Does that put me at a disadvantage? Possibly. But more likely than not, it just improves the signal to noise ratio of any job offers I get.
It's problematic, for one thing. I'm not saying what YOU should do, I'm just giving my opinion. A lot of people do it, hopefully they realize the risk involved. The other problem with two drives on the same IDE controller is speed. So, no, what I'm saying is not ridiculous. If you want to avoid problems, I suggest fibre channel shelves with redundant fibre channel controllers in them.
I won't speak for everyone with or pursuing a degree in engineering*, but I would venture to say that most of us would consider an MCSE to be below us. Sorry, but that's how it is. I'm not going to waste my time studying for something only to sit for an exam along with high school dropouts. MCSEs are so watered down, they're not worth having. That and well, I don't have any desire to administer a Windows system. The same thing can be applied to other certs, however. CCNAs are not as bad, but getting there. At least when you hire an engineer* you have a reasonable belief that they made it through a four year, mentally challenging program covering various aspects of the mathematical sciences.
* By engineer[ing], I refer to the term which connotes a four or more year accredited engineering degree program consisting of things like four semesters of calculus, several of physics, and the various subject specific courses in a mechanical, electrical, chemical, etc. concentration.
Combine that with the fact that it looks like there are two drives per IDE controller and you have one mess of a file server. Lose one controller, lose two disks. NOT a good idea.
Yeah, and for that matter, can Debian at last quit pissing about how it's the One, True, Honest-To_God Pure, Holy, Sacramental, Big Kahuna Free Software Linux and everybody else is shit, now that they're going enterprise?
Be careful with your pronouns. I'm not sure who you mean by "their" as your statement implies that the Debian organization is going enterprise. This just simply isn't the case. The article speaks of a "trio of companies," not the Debian organization. This sort of makes your point moot, because Debian's official releases can continue to reject software that has licensing terms that don't mesh with Debian and people packaging their own distros, enterprise or not, can continue to roll in whatever they want. In any event, no one forces you to use Debian. If you think apt/deb is broken, you're entitled to that opinion.
I had a feeling someone would say that. They're not exactly widely available at the moment. That said, I would like to have a CRS-1 to play with, but I don't see it happening. 12000s with long range OC-48 optics are expensive enough.
I'm only 6 months out of college and I've seen 3 Cisco switches die (none of which I was responsible for).
The number 3 is unrepresentative of anything without saying how switches that's out of. In the past six months, I've probably seen more than three Cisco switches fail. However, that's in a deployment of close to two thousand Cisco devices... from the cheapest of the cheap to the most expensive of any. That said, devices usually fail for a reason. Maybe the closet has poor cooling (common) or maybe there's a lot of power spikes and dips (also common), or maybe you're just unlucky (you do have a service contract, right?).
Cisco, like most big companies, will try to scare anybody who doesn't know much into buying their stuff when it really isn't necessary.
As with anything, if you don't know what you're buying, you have no business purchasing it.
We use Voyence for configuration management of almost 2000 Cisco devices. It gets the job done, does diffing of configurations for easy to see changes, scheduled jobs, things like that. As an alternative, you can probably roll your own around something like CVS.
True, I'm a nerd, but I can't imagine anyone not enjoying changing some RAM or a SCSI hard disk occasionally. It may mean you may have more downtime and maybe even lose some money if your servers support your business, but money isn't everything in this world, there is happiness too, and I personally love to delve deep into hardware.
True, I'm an anatomy geek, but I can't imagine anyone not enjoying a self-performed heart bypass or defibrillation. It may seem like you are on the brink of death and maybe even lose some blood if your heart supports your arteries, but life and blood aren't everything in this world, there is happiness too, and I personally love to cut myself open and see what's going on inside.