To everyone who has had something useful to say, thank you. Your suggestions are what I was looking for. I have found a few resources in my own searching's, but felt that having the eyes and minds of the/. crowd helping would yield far greater results.
As for the rest of you: I have long wondered how many/.'ers were real sysadmins and hackers and who wasn't. Thank you for removing all doubt I may have had about your status.
Several of you have tried to make an argument that I am under qualified for the job I've taken. I read over my submission again, and at no point do I say "I've never seen one of these new-fangled Windows machines before". My specialty has been with implementing Linux solutions to Windows networks via Samba. I have a fair grasp of Windows technologies and am quite comfortable in said environment. However, it would be foolhardy to assume that I know all there is to know about Redmond's offering.
It is made clear to me by your statements that either you are wishful thinkers straining to install Corel's distro or that you haven't the self motivation necessary to stay competitive in this field. To the later, I look forward to cleaning up your network once you've been dismissed.
I realize this is a bit off topic, but I felt that it would be unfair to those in similar straits watching if I didn't address these comments. Now, as promised, the links which I have found most useful.
http://www.ss64.com - A helpful listing and translation of Windows NT, BASH and Oracle commands.
http://isg.ee.ethz.ch/tools/realmen/index.en.html - Real Men Don't Click is a site by "a merry band of system managers from the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology" and catalogues their efforts to manage a Win2K network with Linux know-how.
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Though my glasses have never bothered me, I can certainly appreciate the view. Still, laser surgery seems like a lot of money and danger just to get rid of them.
I'm going to need a greater payback then 20/20; I'd better come out of that operation seeing in infrared.
I haven't bought a new album in over 3 years. Do I have a massive and evergrowing mp3 collection? No. Am I the ring leader in an international organization hell-bent on destroying the RIAA by making legal copies outlawed by illegal laws, sell them for their actual worth, and thus recieve all my selections from underling efforts? Hardly. Although...
I don't buy new albums because I have a radio. I know that if I turn on the radio, that one new song I like will be on. In heavy rotation. Right after Creed. And it will be on every station I change to until I can't stand it anymore.
Why should I buy Moby's "18"? I've heard "We Are All Made Of Stars" about a hundred million times, and it keeps getting more contrived every single time I hear it, not to mention that he's sucked since going mainstream; so what do you think? Do you think I should still go out and buy?
One last thing: why not just drop the facade and call "Alternative" music "Mainstream"?
That it took so long to catch on to this (It wasn't hard for me; I tried it within the first week of having cable), or that the/. crowd is being informed of this by CNet?
I tried going to college several times over the last 3 years, and it just doesn't work. When developing troubleshooting skills and creating a spiderwebbed personal knowlege base, toying with a collegic system is a fantastic inhibitor. I've found a simple truth because of this: if there's a degree on the wall, talk slow and use small words. Get a degree later, work now.
So what's the deal here. I've noticed a trend in these " must be stopped for the children's sake" causes. They seem to all stem from small towns in midwestern states (These witness', arcades in Indiana). So again I ask, what gives? Is there just a massive designate of the nations geography that needs to recieve a good smack upside the head for not being able to figure out how to manage their children? You take New York, LA, Chicago and everyone is fine. I'm just...I don't know. Ticked would be the word. Has anyone else noticed this?
After reading this article, I realized that I had no idea what my budget was for training. It was just ask and ye shall recieve. So I asked. Turns out, there isn't one. My entire IT budget is a bit of a slush fund. I work for the parent company with 6 subsidiaries. Each child company sets aside about 50,000 a year and my training, expenses, activities, purchases, whatever just gets pulled from whoever's budget it benifits the most. This makes for a 300,000 dollar a year budget! On top of that, my paycheck comes out of the operations budget for the parent company and is seperated from the above mentioned amount. So this now presents the question, am I working for the mafia?
I actually took a class in high school where we did that. We had the entire semester to spec out, build, install, setup, and network our machines (we worked in pairs, the old pc's wer 486's and quite done by fall '97). We shifted between reviewing protocols/standards and working towards our end goal. After a few weeks, we were holding Quakefests and making some extra cash with our newfound skills. To sum up, it worked for us and I'm willing to bet will work for your kids. Then again, you could just start of with some pron and let it flow from there.
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Perhaps you should avoid volunteering for Gammy's Bingo night, too.
Does registration require removing my shoes?
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Satisfy both your needs.
"One wonders how the US government would react if a foreign nation tried a similar approach."
You mean there are people in the States that haven't been per^H^Hrosecuted by the RIAA/MPAA already?
Where are the flying cars?! They promised me flying cars!
To everyone who has had something useful to say, thank you. Your suggestions are what I was looking for. I have found a few resources in my own searching's, but felt that having the eyes and minds of the /. crowd helping would yield far greater results.
As for the rest of you: I have long wondered how many /.'ers were real sysadmins and hackers and who wasn't. Thank you for removing all doubt I may have had about your status.
Several of you have tried to make an argument that I am under qualified for the job I've taken. I read over my submission again, and at no point do I say "I've never seen one of these new-fangled Windows machines before". My specialty has been with implementing Linux solutions to Windows networks via Samba. I have a fair grasp of Windows technologies and am quite comfortable in said environment. However, it would be foolhardy to assume that I know all there is to know about Redmond's offering.
It is made clear to me by your statements that either you are wishful thinkers straining to install Corel's distro or that you haven't the self motivation necessary to stay competitive in this field. To the later, I look forward to cleaning up your network once you've been dismissed.
I realize this is a bit off topic, but I felt that it would be unfair to those in similar straits watching if I didn't address these comments. Now, as promised, the links which I have found most useful.
I'm right there with you.
http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/2901
Though my glasses have never bothered me, I can certainly appreciate the view. Still, laser surgery seems like a lot of money and danger just to get rid of them.
I'm going to need a greater payback then 20/20; I'd better come out of that operation seeing in infrared.
it's a company we can all trust.
It's people!!
And some of us saw it coming and just started grabbing the potatoes with out any of that fancy training. Ah, the joys of real world experience.
- an assurance that the Linux client will be released
- a web page for the Linux Client where all updates will take place
Those sexy bitches. Sexy, sexy bitches.
I haven't bought a new album in over 3 years. Do I have a massive and evergrowing mp3 collection? No. Am I the ring leader in an international organization hell-bent on destroying the RIAA by making legal copies outlawed by illegal laws, sell them for their actual worth, and thus recieve all my selections from underling efforts? Hardly. Although...
I don't buy new albums because I have a radio. I know that if I turn on the radio, that one new song I like will be on. In heavy rotation. Right after Creed. And it will be on every station I change to until I can't stand it anymore.
Why should I buy Moby's "18"? I've heard "We Are All Made Of Stars" about a hundred million times, and it keeps getting more contrived every single time I hear it, not to mention that he's sucked since going mainstream; so what do you think? Do you think I should still go out and buy?
One last thing: why not just drop the facade and call "Alternative" music "Mainstream"?
All I could think was, "This poor, poor man."
That it took so long to catch on to this (It wasn't hard for me; I tried it within the first week of having cable), or that the /. crowd is being informed of this by CNet?
The one thing I can still do without the MPAA/RIAA on my ass, and they want to legislate it!
I tried going to college several times over the last 3 years, and it just doesn't work. When developing troubleshooting skills and creating a spiderwebbed personal knowlege base, toying with a collegic system is a fantastic inhibitor. I've found a simple truth because of this: if there's a degree on the wall, talk slow and use small words. Get a degree later, work now.
So what's the deal here. I've noticed a trend in these " must be stopped for the children's sake" causes. They seem to all stem from small towns in midwestern states (These witness', arcades in Indiana). So again I ask, what gives? Is there just a massive designate of the nations geography that needs to recieve a good smack upside the head for not being able to figure out how to manage their children? You take New York, LA, Chicago and everyone is fine. I'm just...I don't know. Ticked would be the word. Has anyone else noticed this?
Wait!
It's um . . . uh.
Crap!
Let me check my copy of "Slashdot Answers to Microsoft Questions For Dummys". Here it is!
What was the question?
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Funny. Ha. I get it.
(Hear that? That's bad karma coming my way.)
'Nuff Said.
Do you know what alien life form leaves a green spectral trail?
After reading this article, I realized that I had no idea what my budget was for training. It was just ask and ye shall recieve. So I asked. Turns out, there isn't one. My entire IT budget is a bit of a slush fund. I work for the parent company with 6 subsidiaries. Each child company sets aside about 50,000 a year and my training, expenses, activities, purchases, whatever just gets pulled from whoever's budget it benifits the most. This makes for a 300,000 dollar a year budget! On top of that, my paycheck comes out of the operations budget for the parent company and is seperated from the above mentioned amount. So this now presents the question, am I working for the mafia?
I actually took a class in high school where we did that. We had the entire semester to spec out, build, install, setup, and network our machines (we worked in pairs, the old pc's wer 486's and quite done by fall '97). We shifted between reviewing protocols/standards and working towards our end goal. After a few weeks, we were holding Quakefests and making some extra cash with our newfound skills. To sum up, it worked for us and I'm willing to bet will work for your kids. Then again, you could just start of with some pron and let it flow from there.
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