I have no degree and work as a corporate systems administrator for a billion dollar company. I started off attending a local community college with plans to transfer to a four-year school. As part of my community college classes I interned in the IT department of a mill for this company. After the intern time was through, I was asked to stay on to help with a project. From there I became an independent contractor for a couple of years and then was hired on. Over the past few years I've worked my way up to being one of two systems administrators that handle the corporate level systems. I never finished even finished community college. I have to thank my internship for getting my foot in the door, but I've made it to this level without a degree.
Wow. Didn't know that. I didn't watch DS9 often. The hybrid idea was used in the novels and also the old role-playing game from FASA.
Ok, how about this: After years of defeat from the dreaded Federation, the scientist of the Klingon Empire came up with a method to trigger "spontaneous evolution" among the citizens of the Empire to make everyone meaner, larger, uglier, stronger...and now with ridges!
Actually this was explained. The TOS Kingons were Kingon/Human hybrids that were created to help the klingons better understand the humans so as to conquer them. During the TOS series the Federation only had contact with these hybrids. The Hybrids were treated as secondary citizens in Klingon culture, and finally deemed unnecessary.
Amen to that, evil_roy! I work in an IT department for a manufacturing company. I do website design and maintenance, network support, and database support. I'd give everything I have to keep this job instead of having to take a job out on the production floor. They're the ones with stress; working in a hot mill, pushed to meet production deadlines, ACTUAL PHYSICAL LABOR, and shift work. When meeting a deadline on a website revision is your main point of stress...realize you have a cake job! Be Thankful!
Because, to the typical slashdotter, it would mean dropping their smug and supperior attitude once they realize they're nowhere near as intelligent as they once thought.
The slashdot community is full of people that feel superior than others because they understand a small little niche of knowledge that the mojority of the population doesn't. They see themselves as too intelligent for racial stereotyping, but will easily fall prey to assuming people without their knowledge in computers and linux are far infrerior to themselves. If you ever feel the need to make this assumption think about how this person may know more about something else than you. Try to supress your ego, and you'll see that person is not stupid.
Forgive me for being 'uncool' by disagreeing, but this article is horrible. No malicious content to the virus!? It's initial intent was a DOS attack on whitehouse.gov. It was rather lame in it's attack, but that was still malicious. Also, it's complete crap that MS came out of this looking good. It was another high-publicity security hole for one of their systems. No matter how it was handled this still made them look bad to the general public. Also, there was a considerable slow down on some Internet backbones due to the whitehouse.gov attack; and some slowdown on a few backbones Wednesday afternoon due to attacks by a variant of this worm attacking other gov't sites. I don't mean this as an attack on anyone, but just remember that no matter how you feel about a certain topic, don't let you feelings and opinions cloud the facts.
This post is a "3, insightful"!?? Slashdot reader prejudice, inferiority complex, and self-importance has reached a new level. Kuro5hin was right. Oh...let me mod myself fo you: 1, Troll.
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I have no degree and work as a corporate systems administrator for a billion dollar company. I started off attending a local community college with plans to transfer to a four-year school. As part of my community college classes I interned in the IT department of a mill for this company. After the intern time was through, I was asked to stay on to help with a project. From there I became an independent contractor for a couple of years and then was hired on. Over the past few years I've worked my way up to being one of two systems administrators that handle the corporate level systems. I never finished even finished community college. I have to thank my internship for getting my foot in the door, but I've made it to this level without a degree.
Wow. Didn't know that. I didn't watch DS9 often. The hybrid idea was used in the novels and also the old role-playing game from FASA.
Ok, how about this: After years of defeat from the dreaded Federation, the scientist of the Klingon Empire came up with a method to trigger "spontaneous evolution" among the citizens of the Empire to make everyone meaner, larger, uglier, stronger...and now with ridges!
It worked for Lay's potato chips.
Actually this was explained. The TOS Kingons were Kingon/Human hybrids that were created to help the klingons better understand the humans so as to conquer them. During the TOS series the Federation only had contact with these hybrids. The Hybrids were treated as secondary citizens in Klingon culture, and finally deemed unnecessary.
This comes from the novels.
Amen to that, evil_roy! I work in an IT department for a manufacturing company. I do website design and maintenance, network support, and database support. I'd give everything I have to keep this job instead of having to take a job out on the production floor. They're the ones with stress; working in a hot mill, pushed to meet production deadlines, ACTUAL PHYSICAL LABOR, and shift work. When meeting a deadline on a website revision is your main point of stress...realize you have a cake job! Be Thankful!
Wow. I can't even spell "superior". I guess I better drop my smug attitude too.
Because, to the typical slashdotter, it would mean dropping their smug and supperior attitude once they realize they're nowhere near as intelligent as they once thought.
If you want to use big words, it's best to use real ones and not make up your own. ;)
The slashdot community is full of people that feel superior than others because they understand a small little niche of knowledge that the mojority of the population doesn't. They see themselves as too intelligent for racial stereotyping, but will easily fall prey to assuming people without their knowledge in computers and linux are far infrerior to themselves. If you ever feel the need to make this assumption think about how this person may know more about something else than you. Try to supress your ego, and you'll see that person is not stupid.
Damn! Just ruin it for everyone.
>say much more then then that the appeals court >denied the delay. I don't mean to anger anyone but the correct word would be 'than', not 'then'.
Forgive me for being 'uncool' by disagreeing, but this article is horrible. No malicious content to the virus!? It's initial intent was a DOS attack on whitehouse.gov. It was rather lame in it's attack, but that was still malicious. Also, it's complete crap that MS came out of this looking good. It was another high-publicity security hole for one of their systems. No matter how it was handled this still made them look bad to the general public. Also, there was a considerable slow down on some Internet backbones due to the whitehouse.gov attack; and some slowdown on a few backbones Wednesday afternoon due to attacks by a variant of this worm attacking other gov't sites. I don't mean this as an attack on anyone, but just remember that no matter how you feel about a certain topic, don't let you feelings and opinions cloud the facts.
This post is a "3, insightful"!?? Slashdot reader prejudice, inferiority complex, and self-importance has reached a new level. Kuro5hin was right. Oh...let me mod myself fo you: 1, Troll.