Aah yes, the UDE system... I'd much prefer CCQ myself as well. Although I never had an MtG problem, I still fear MiG's that were sold to some unfriendly countries.
What the heck does all THAT mean? I must be getting old....
It seems to me that the more time passes, the less I understand around here. Funny how that happens.
That may well be the case. What I do know is that:
a) I haven't found an eBook format I like yet. PDF's are ok, sorta kinda. Not nearly as easy to use a real book with indices though.
b) Screen real estate is precious. I've got a 23" LCD at home, and a 24" LCD at work, and frankly, I wouldn't want to have a training manual or two open on the screen while I'm trying to get some work done. I have much more "physical desktop" space than I do screen real estate, and that's important too. I can have two or three books open on my desk, while my screen is dedicated to the task at hand.
Just something flexible about paper books, 'tis all... Oh, and I can highlight and dog-ear them too.:)
Because I actually -prefer- paper training guides/manuals/etc. You know, with those fancy "Table of Contents" things, and that nifty "Index" in the back.
I've been to a lot of technical training, and by far, the training books are what -really- tell you how something works. I much prefer to open the book, look up something in the index, while I have the product/etc. up on my screen. It's a lot easier to work that way for me.
One of the biggest delays we had building a new data center was in acquiring the transfer switches.... even once the generators and UPS systems were installed, they're useless without the transfer switches. There was about an 8-month lead time on those, and heaven help you if one of them arrives DOA.:)
And friends, somewhere in Washington enshrined in some little folder, is a study in black and white of my fingerprints. And the only reason I'm singing you this song now is cause you may know somebody in a similar situation, or you may be in a similar situation, and if your in a situation like that there's only one thing you can do and that's walk into the shrink wherever you are,just walk in say "Shrink, You can get anything you want, at Alice's restaurant.". And walk out. You know, if one person, just one person does it they may think he's really sick and they won't take him. And if two people, two people do it, in harmony, they may think they're both faggots and they won't take either of them. And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. They may think it's an organization. And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day,I said fifty people a day walking in singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. And friends they may thinks it's a movement.
And that's what it is , the Alice's Restaurant Anti-Massacre Movement, and all you got to do to join is sing it the next time it come's around on the guitar.
Sorry, I guess we don't count, we're only a Forune 20.
Want stagnant? Talk Sun. What have they done with their Enterprise in the last 4 years? Dual-core, whoop-de-doo. Performance is still in the toilet. Hell, you STILL can't get decent IO on the E25k! (66mhz bus, max. yuck.)
Wait till you see Montecito. I have, and it's impressive.
SX2000 is pretty incredible. Performance is stellar. The Integrity line is anything but stagnant.
And for OpenVMS? I think you need to check your support agreements there, bud. We have a very large OVMS deployment, and like everything else HP, it's rock solid.
I still have some love for Solaris, but for pure-play performance, sorry, HPUX takes the cake. And wait till 11iV3.
Sun needs a serious kick in the backside to get themselves back in the game. IBM and HP are both quite strong, and frankly, eating their lunch.
Nobody cares about the 2 CPU low-margin stuff. High-end is where it's at, and that's where HP shines.
StarOffice 2 hasn't been around for quite a few years. It's from the days long before Sun bought Star Division. You know, back when they were a German company, and Hans was doing the tech support...
I remember doing an install of StarOffice 4 for Macintosh, and having a big red stop sign pop up with a message "ACHTUNG! DAS INSTALL IST KAPUT!"
I have touched a Cubix machine in ~10 years (since my Banyan VINES days...) but they were "the" go-to company for blades, long before we called them blades.:)
It's really pretty darned incredible. One command, and your TSM environment is rebuilt. We use the DR capabilities multiple times per year. Works great.
TSM is by far the best backup product I've ever used.... ever.
I just don't worry about getting my data back -- I know it's safe. It's NEVER a concern.
And even if the onsite tape(s) are damaged, TSM is smart enough to call out for the offsite copy so it can rebuild a new onsite copy. Slick. Really, really slick.:)
I wouldn't even -look- at other products if you're a large enterprise.
Our HR department receives the resumes and forwards them to us (the technical team the person will be working on) for review. We then schedule the interviews and make recommendations.
+50,000 moderator points, you're right on the money here.
The Behavioral questions tell me more about the person than how they compiled a module into Apache. Who cares? I need someone I can -work- with. I can teach the technical things, but I'm not Pavlov.
In all seriousness, I look for two things in candidates: 1) Will you fit with my team; and 2) Did you lie on your resume? If it's on your resume, expect questions about it. You should've seen the face on the guy who claimed to have built a Beowulf cluster (seriously.) When I started asking questions about interconnects and latency, he clammed up and admitted to having installed some Linux flavor or another (which one doesn't matter), but not really -doing- anything.
Just don't lie to me. It's OK to tell me you don't know something, but don't claim to be an expert in it on your resume.:)
I'm going to have to work with you day in and day out. I don't want to work with a primadonna. I want to work with someone who's going to do what it takes to get the job done.
Personality matters.
Where I am, we (the technical people) conduct the interview. Word of advice: If it's on your resume, you'd better be able to explain it. I seriously dislike people who put things on their resume they don't understand. (Example: What's the difference between IP and IPX? ans: IPX is IP Extended)
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Pretty much. It seems that after I zipped past the 18-24 demographic, things went right past me. And that was some years ago ....
Aah yes, the UDE system... I'd much prefer CCQ myself as well. Although I never had an MtG problem, I still fear MiG's that were sold to some unfriendly countries.
....
What the heck does all THAT mean? I must be getting old
It seems to me that the more time passes, the less I understand around here. Funny how that happens.
That may well be the case. What I do know is that:
:)
a) I haven't found an eBook format I like yet. PDF's are ok, sorta kinda. Not nearly as easy to use a real book with indices though.
b) Screen real estate is precious. I've got a 23" LCD at home, and a 24" LCD at work, and frankly, I wouldn't want to have a training manual or two open on the screen while I'm trying to get some work done. I have much more "physical desktop" space than I do screen real estate, and that's important too. I can have two or three books open on my desk, while my screen is dedicated to the task at hand.
Just something flexible about paper books, 'tis all... Oh, and I can highlight and dog-ear them too.
Because I actually -prefer- paper training guides/manuals/etc. You know, with those fancy "Table of Contents" things, and that nifty "Index" in the back.
...
I've been to a lot of technical training, and by far, the training books are what -really- tell you how something works. I much prefer to open the book, look up something in the index, while I have the product/etc. up on my screen. It's a lot easier to work that way for me.
I must be getting old
One of the biggest delays we had building a new data center was in acquiring the transfer switches .... even once the generators and UPS systems were installed, they're useless without the transfer switches. There was about an 8-month lead time on those, and heaven help you if one of them arrives DOA. :)
Not only does this article not mention systems such as Intellivision, but they even show an Intellivision cartridge in the Atari 2600's slot!!
What a poor article. Really.
Please provide an example (just one would be sufficient) of where law enforcement has had Onstar shut down a vehicle.
Just one please.
Not conjecture, not hypotheses, but an actual example.
Write a quick AppleScript to pop up a dialog box and then run softwareupdate from the command-line ...
This way, the user knows what's going on, and the patches get installed.
Do a "man osascript" from the commandline. Good stuff.
Yes. Yes it is.
And friends, somewhere in Washington enshrined in some little folder, is a
study in black and white of my fingerprints. And the only reason I'm
singing you this song now is cause you may know somebody in a similar
situation, or you may be in a similar situation, and if your in a
situation like that there's only one thing you can do and that's walk into
the shrink wherever you are
anything you want, at Alice's restaurant.". And walk out. You know, if
one person, just one person does it they may think he's really sick and
they won't take him. And if two people, two people do it, in harmony,
they may think they're both faggots and they won't take either of them.
And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in
singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. They may think it's an
organization. And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day,I said
fifty people a day walking in singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and
walking out. And friends they may thinks it's a movement.
And that's what it is , the Alice's Restaurant Anti-Massacre Movement, and
all you got to do to join is sing it the next time it come's around on the
guitar.
Sorry, I guess we don't count, we're only a Forune 20.
Want stagnant? Talk Sun. What have they done with their Enterprise in the last 4 years? Dual-core, whoop-de-doo. Performance is still in the toilet. Hell, you STILL can't get decent IO on the E25k! (66mhz bus, max. yuck.)
Wait till you see Montecito. I have, and it's impressive.
SX2000 is pretty incredible. Performance is stellar. The Integrity line is anything but stagnant.
And for OpenVMS? I think you need to check your support agreements there, bud. We have a very large OVMS deployment, and like everything else HP, it's rock solid.
I still have some love for Solaris, but for pure-play performance, sorry, HPUX takes the cake. And wait till 11iV3.
Sun needs a serious kick in the backside to get themselves back in the game. IBM and HP are both quite strong, and frankly, eating their lunch.
Nobody cares about the 2 CPU low-margin stuff. High-end is where it's at, and that's where HP shines.
really?
:)
I guess you haven't seen the Integrity line then. Serious performance, blows away both the Sun and IBM UNIX systems. Superdomes rock.
I hadn't heard of techtown, but as soon as you mentioned Wayne State, I knew who the brainchild was .....
WSU is very, very lucky to have Dr. Reid as their President. That's a guy with vision. And boy, does he love his technology!
We were sorry to see him leave in '97, but all of the good things that have happened at Montclair State in the last 10 years were from his vision.
Good luck Dr. Reid, glad to see you're still pushing the envelope!
Don't you mean StarOffice 8?
:)
StarOffice 2 hasn't been around for quite a few years. It's from the days long before Sun bought Star Division. You know, back when they were a German company, and Hans was doing the tech support...
I remember doing an install of StarOffice 4 for Macintosh, and having a big red stop sign pop up with a message "ACHTUNG! DAS INSTALL IST KAPUT!"
Ahh, good times.
Great, except that WiFi signals are radio (sound) waves, not light waves.
:-)
Now, the big question is, what happens in supersonic flight?!
(Yes, that's a joke folks.)
Cubix?
...) but they were "the" go-to company for blades, long before we called them blades. :)
I have touched a Cubix machine in ~10 years (since my Banyan VINES days
Try TSM. DR is one of its strongest suits!
It's really pretty darned incredible. One command, and your TSM environment is rebuilt. We use the DR capabilities multiple times per year. Works great.
Hear hear!!
.... ever.
:)
TSM is by far the best backup product I've ever used
I just don't worry about getting my data back -- I know it's safe. It's NEVER a concern.
And even if the onsite tape(s) are damaged, TSM is smart enough to call out for the offsite copy so it can rebuild a new onsite copy. Slick. Really, really slick.
I wouldn't even -look- at other products if you're a large enterprise.
Not here, at least.
Our HR department receives the resumes and forwards them to us (the technical team the person will be working on) for review. We then schedule the interviews and make recommendations.
No HR involvement at that point.
+50,000 moderator points, you're right on the money here.
:)
The Behavioral questions tell me more about the person than how they compiled a module into Apache. Who cares? I need someone I can -work- with. I can teach the technical things, but I'm not Pavlov.
In all seriousness, I look for two things in candidates: 1) Will you fit with my team; and 2) Did you lie on your resume? If it's on your resume, expect questions about it. You should've seen the face on the guy who claimed to have built a Beowulf cluster (seriously.) When I started asking questions about interconnects and latency, he clammed up and admitted to having installed some Linux flavor or another (which one doesn't matter), but not really -doing- anything.
Just don't lie to me. It's OK to tell me you don't know something, but don't claim to be an expert in it on your resume.
I understand it to be right across the street from HP's campus, which means it's over by N. Wolfe.
+50 points, you get it.
Security is as strong as the weakest link in the fence. And if one of your folks uses their wife's name as a password, then you're hosed.
Disabling password-login for root, but allowing SSH trusted keys from a trusted host works well.
You get a cigar too.
:)
:)
TSM's a great *GREAT* piece of software. Lots to love, especially the fact that your data magically comes back out of it.
Portable Backupsets are awesome. If you haven't tried them yet, what are you waiting for?
I hope so, but my faith is somewhat shaken after the last round of interviews ... and the "IP Extended" person wasn't even the worst one! :)
:)
the person who described DNS as a method to dial up was pretty interesting
Guess what? Your personality matters too.
I'm going to have to work with you day in and day out. I don't want to work with a primadonna. I want to work with someone who's going to do what it takes to get the job done.
Personality matters.
Where I am, we (the technical people) conduct the interview. Word of advice: If it's on your resume, you'd better be able to explain it. I seriously dislike people who put things on their resume they don't understand. (Example: What's the difference between IP and IPX? ans: IPX is IP Extended)
There are plenty of jobs, just don't lie to me.