Re:This is exactly why I got an MS in CS
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no kidding... i think i would shoot myself in the head if i had to do BIOS programming.
get it through your head people....different strokes for different folks. i have friends that *gasp* love nt admin jobs. me, i love my job as a unix admin, but hate coding (except of course in perl).
there is no REAL CS job. as long as you enjoy what youre doing, then your job is cool.
Re:try and get a non tech to understand the darksi
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why do i get the feeling it will be something of an addition to the dust puppy history listed in the "cast" section of userfriendly....just more detailed and funny:)
I must agree here. I'm a big fan of linux, but it still cannot match solaris in *most* critical environments. solaris is refined, and linux is not (although i think this line will fade in a few more years). linux will have its day, but for now, i will stick with solaris for my mission critical boxes.
"...the computer industry is desperate for well-trained graduates..."
umm, no. the computer industry is desperate to find people that they can underpay (recent graduates) to do the same job as other people that might want a realistic amount of money for the job.
let's face it, most B.S. degrees will dance a jig when offered 40k straight out of school. what they dont know is that they are being seriously low-balled.
a recruiter (who was quite impressed with my skill set) once brought negotiation prices down by $30k per year when he found out that half of my experience was done while going to school. now, we all know that this company is still going to charge the client the same amount for my services, but its just another way to increase their cut of MY paycheck.
and people wonder why attendance might be down. heh! spend those four years as an apprentice and make twice the money of any grads!!!
actually, I think that most (intelligient) people do not look at a degree as "proof of skills" but rather as "proof of dedication and/or discipline". I have no problem getting jobs in IT and I have a 6 year quantum chemistry degree. My degree doesn't say a thing about my IT skills, but it does show that I am able to suffer short-term hell-type situations to attain a higher goal.
oregon trails and green screens
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I suddenly find myself reminiscing lunch breaks (junior high school) spent sitting in front of the Apple IIe with the cool green monochrome playing oregon trails....heh
wonder if anyone ever thought of a hybrid quake and oregon trails....instead of your oxen dying from lack of food, you get pissed off and launch rockets at them and turn them into dinner!
then we have to look forward to calling it Perl/Tk/Wall/Linux *grin*
seriously, though. i think RMS deserves great recognition for what he has done, and i think that, for the most part, people give him this recognition (except for those who are just entering the world of linux and think that redhat made gcc *grin* )
but aside from that, i think that he is patting himself on the back too much, when he should be letting others pat him on the back instead!
im sorry, the 3c905b is great for windoze, but c'mon folks, stick with the 3c905 for linux (i am unfortunate enough to be running with a PII Dell optiplex that has one of those on-the-mobo 3c905b interfaces at work.... i tried linux on it, and it just puked. packets dropping everywhere...timeouts....etc)
As an OEM and a linux builder, i find it hard to believe they are even offering this NIC when they could just as easily (and affordably) use the straight 905!
Congrats for being able to get out of your own little hell-hole... and an overall great article for mainstream!!
but i must say that as a person who is relatively new to the IT industry (Im a *NIX admin for one of the largest banking firms in the nation), even i kinda didnt like the whole thing about yuppy cities and $100 shoes.
I mean, let's face it, a good fraction of IT professionals make 6 figures....so it just doesnt make sense to keep shopping at Kmart and trying to NOT fit in around the office. and those *yuppy* cities happen to be where most of the money and opportunity is.
I think everyone who browses through this realizes that it is done in fun (with lots of sarcasm in between). just read it and laugh at the funny parts:) and ignore the stereotypes that you dont happen to fit into
yaaay!! my favorite dish is in the jargon file!!
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laser chicken n. Kung Pao Chicken, a standard Chinese dish containing chicken, peanuts, and hot red peppers in a spicy pepper-oil sauce. Many hackers call it `laser chicken' for two reasons: It can zap you just like a laser, and the sauce has a red color reminiscent of some laser beams. The dish has also been called `gunpowder chicken'.
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no kidding... i think i would shoot myself
in the head if i had to do BIOS programming.
get it through your head people....different
strokes for different folks. i have friends
that *gasp* love nt admin jobs. me, i love
my job as a unix admin, but hate coding (except
of course in perl).
there is no REAL CS job. as long as you enjoy
what youre doing, then your job is cool.
hehehe....
exactly!
yea yea yea....
long live the puppy with hands!
why do i get the feeling it will be something of an addition to the dust puppy history listed in the "cast" section of userfriendly....just more detailed and funny :)
I must agree here. I'm a big fan of linux, but it still cannot match solaris in *most* critical environments. solaris is refined, and linux is not (although i think this line will fade in a few more years). linux will have its day, but for now, i will stick with solaris for my mission critical boxes.
funny, i'm looking at my newer pink floyd albums, and the band still seems to be called "pink floyd" even though roger waters is not in the band.
"...the computer industry is desperate for well-trained graduates..."
umm, no. the computer industry is desperate to find people that they can underpay (recent graduates) to do the same job as other people that might want a realistic amount of money for the job.
let's face it, most B.S. degrees will dance a jig when offered 40k straight out of school. what they dont know is that they are being seriously low-balled.
a recruiter (who was quite impressed with my skill set) once brought negotiation prices down by $30k per year when he found out that half of my experience was done while going to school. now, we all know that this company is still going to charge the client the same amount for my services, but its just another way to increase their cut of MY paycheck.
and people wonder why attendance might be down. heh! spend those four years as an apprentice and make twice the money of any grads!!!
please tell me its not so!!
my desktop at work now has linux in addition to NT....company has no clue. many others have done the same thing here.
actually, I think that most (intelligient) people do not look at a degree as "proof of skills" but rather as "proof of dedication and/or discipline". I have no problem getting jobs in IT and I have a 6 year quantum chemistry degree. My degree doesn't say a thing about my IT skills, but it does show that I am able to suffer short-term hell-type situations to attain a higher goal.
I suddenly find myself reminiscing lunch breaks (junior high school) spent sitting in front of the Apple IIe with the cool green monochrome playing oregon trails....heh
wonder if anyone ever thought of a hybrid quake and oregon trails....instead of your oxen dying from lack of food, you get pissed off and launch rockets at them and turn them into dinner!
:D
if he wants the name to be GNU Linux that badly, then he really SHOULD start his own distro :) honestly, no joke intended here!
then we have to look forward to calling it Perl/Tk/Wall/Linux *grin*
seriously, though. i think RMS deserves great recognition for what he has done, and i think that, for the most part, people give him this recognition (except for those who are just entering the world of linux and think that redhat made gcc *grin* )
but aside from that, i think that he is patting himself on the back too much, when he should be letting others pat him on the back instead!
I think Dell threw the beach house in so the top techies at RedHat would be more willing to compromise *grin*
im sorry, the 3c905b is great for windoze, but c'mon folks, stick with the 3c905 for linux (i am unfortunate enough to be running with a PII Dell optiplex that has one of those on-the-mobo 3c905b interfaces at work.... i tried linux on it, and it just puked. packets dropping everywhere...timeouts....etc)
As an OEM and a linux builder, i find it hard to believe they are even offering this NIC when they could just as easily (and affordably) use the straight 905!
Congrats for being able to get out of your own little hell-hole... and an overall great article for mainstream!!
but i must say that as a person who is relatively new to the IT industry (Im a *NIX admin for one of the largest banking firms in the nation), even i kinda didnt like the whole thing about yuppy cities and $100 shoes.
I mean, let's face it, a good fraction of IT professionals make 6 figures....so it just doesnt make sense to keep shopping at Kmart and trying to NOT fit in around the office. and those *yuppy* cities happen to be where most of the money and opportunity is.
just my $0.02
I think everyone who browses through this realizes that it is done in fun (with lots of sarcasm in between). just read it and laugh at the funny parts :) and ignore the stereotypes that you dont happen to fit into
laser chicken n.
Kung Pao Chicken, a standard Chinese dish containing chicken, peanuts, and hot red peppers in a spicy pepper-oil sauce. Many hackers call it `laser chicken' for two reasons: It can zap you just like a laser, and the sauce has a red color reminiscent of some laser beams. The dish has also been called `gunpowder chicken'.
I wish sites like this were around when I first started using linux... woulda helped immensely!