If I remember correctly, when you type "zwrite user", it sends a "ping" message into the system. If this ping is not acked, you get a message saying something to the affect that the user is not logged on or has messaging disabled. The default zwgc.desc file normally ignores (doesn't display) these messages. If you hack with your zwgc.desc file, you can get a message to pop up indicating someone is writing to you and you can even send a message back.
Hacking zephyr was an excellent way to avoid studying.
I agree. I've interviewed many people, and way too many of the people with an MS suck. Usually they have an undergraduate degree in something other than CS, and usually they are here on a visa. Out of the recent people hired, the two BS guys and a guy with an associates degree are the best performers. Heck, our intern is better than many of the MS people.
I don't have an answer for the AskSlashdot. My suggestion to help you be better than the people I'm bitching about, is to learn things outside of the classes. Practice programming, experiment with different languages and systems. The practical knowledge gained will be very useful.
Check out http://members.home.net/smsperling/ for RAM and CPU price indexes. The indexes are price per megabyte and price per megahertz using prices from online vendors.
That's a quote from Jurrasic Park when the girl sits down at the computer. A fellow geek and I say it whenever we've been forced to use Windows for a while and return back to the more familiar unices we use (Irix, Linux, Solaris, SunOS).
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If I remember correctly, when you type "zwrite user", it sends a "ping" message into the system. If this ping is not acked, you get a message saying something to the affect that the user is not logged on or has messaging disabled. The default zwgc.desc file normally ignores (doesn't display) these messages. If you hack with your zwgc.desc file, you can get a message to pop up indicating someone is writing to you and you can even send a message back.
Hacking zephyr was an excellent way to avoid studying.
I agree. I've interviewed many people, and way too many of the people with an MS suck. Usually they have an undergraduate degree in something other than CS, and usually they are here on a visa. Out of the recent people hired, the two BS guys and a guy with an associates degree are the best performers. Heck, our intern is better than many of the MS people.
I don't have an answer for the AskSlashdot. My suggestion to help you be better than the people I'm bitching about, is to learn things outside of the classes. Practice programming, experiment with different languages and systems. The practical knowledge gained will be very useful.
Check out http://members.home.net/smsperling/ for RAM and CPU price indexes. The indexes are price per megabyte and price per megahertz using prices from online vendors.
Holy shit! "free 300 off-peak hours"?? Now that's a good cellular plan! :)
A doom-like interface is much cooler than FSN.
That's a quote from Jurrasic Park when the girl sits down at the computer. A fellow geek and I say it whenever we've been forced to use Windows for a while and return back to the more familiar unices we use (Irix, Linux, Solaris, SunOS).
"This is Unix. I know this."