Yeah but... In some parts of the country, it will be a full-time job finding and keeping a "reliable contractor". Learning it yourself will mean you can fix it yourself even if the contractor is in Hawaii on vacation.
Intel Lan cards only. Don't cheap out on this one, buy them used on ebay if you don't have the money for new ones. Netgear 16 port 10/100 switch. Buy a 1000' foot spool of stranded, patch cord CAT5 cable, 200 RJ-45 connectors, a decent crimper and learn how to do your own cables.
If you're a windows shop, use XP pro and server 2003 small business. It will work and server 2003 can be set up with hot-swap mirror raid for almost nothing. Keep the server (and the desktops) behind the firewall.
Alas, I have no good suggestions for a cheap firewall router. If you use Linksys, keep a spare configured and ready to go.
No. Try again.. People quit M$ because they are sick and tired of dishing out bucketloads of money everytime they want to do anything, because they are sick of rebooting 400 times a day, because they are sick of BSODs.. And on and on and on...
Umm, not my experience. I run a small company with 6 machines running Win XP pro, two servers running Server 2003 and a few old Win98 boxes. None of them "reboot 400 times a day", in fact, none of them reboot even once a day. The Windows machines are solid, and the 2 Linux boxes outside the network running internet services are solid. Everything is solid and doesn't have to be rebooted. There's nothing wrong with running microsoft solutions if it's what works and is cost effective. Sure, you have to pay for Microsoft software and you don't get the source. That doesn't mean it doesn't work for some situations.
Most modern high clock frequency CPU's have an internal phase-locked oscillator (in this case 2.4ghz) that's synced to a low-frequency external crystal. The Front Side Bus frequency is about the highest you could detect external to the CPU.
Swimming underwater will take a great deal more effort since more body frontal area is exposed to water, which is denser than air. You will also have to expend more energy to either a) stay submerged, since you would be fighting your positive buoyancy or b) dragging along more weight to stay neutral buoyant.
I agree. It was a big bug. I spend days testing and a couple hours patching. My gripe was with the Chicken Littles that told the world that everything was going to shutdown. The programmers stood up, did their jobs, and the trains ran. It will be that way in the future too.
The dorks can play their silly simulation games and still not be prepared. Face it, if you want to be a terrorist, you've got to think like one. I doubt the CIE geeks pack the gear for that gig.
Depending on what your problem is. If you need to run XP apps and XP drivers then yes, this might be a good thing.
OTOH, if you need Server 2003 active directory support for your old win98 box, just download Active Directory Client Extensions and install it. Microsoft obscures it's existance to encourage new boxen and OS sales, but it's there and it works.
I thought they meant Lucas Electric, that Brit company that built electrical auto parts that crumbled to dust. You know the jokes, why do Brits drink their beer warm? They have Lucus refrigerators, etc, etc.
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That's right. Far more interesting stories were undoubtedly rejected.
Hope you're listening Taco, time for some fresh blood, editorial-wise.
I've been told (by a German brewery tour guide) that brewing is the second-oldest profession. Always sounded good to me.
Wow, so I'm a troll.
The question really was serious.
Is whether they invent God or discover metal first
Wow, I can't wait. I soooo love to shop online.
Google "derivative work" and "copyright"
Nice timeline, except you should have coded it recursively instead of shoving beans up your nose...
Yeah but... In some parts of the country, it will be a full-time job finding and keeping a "reliable contractor". Learning it yourself will mean you can fix it yourself even if the contractor is in Hawaii on vacation.
This is a call he'll have to make on his own.
Intel Lan cards only. Don't cheap out on this one, buy them used on ebay if you don't have the money for new ones. Netgear 16 port 10/100 switch. Buy a 1000' foot spool of stranded, patch cord CAT5 cable, 200 RJ-45 connectors, a decent crimper and learn how to do your own cables. If you're a windows shop, use XP pro and server 2003 small business. It will work and server 2003 can be set up with hot-swap mirror raid for almost nothing. Keep the server (and the desktops) behind the firewall. Alas, I have no good suggestions for a cheap firewall router. If you use Linksys, keep a spare configured and ready to go.
We called them "dickless workstations"
No. Try again.. People quit M$ because they are sick and tired of dishing out bucketloads of money everytime they want to do anything, because they are sick of rebooting 400 times a day, because they are sick of BSODs.. And on and on and on...
Umm, not my experience. I run a small company with 6 machines running Win XP pro, two servers running Server 2003 and a few old Win98 boxes. None of them "reboot 400 times a day", in fact, none of them reboot even once a day. The Windows machines are solid, and the 2 Linux boxes outside the network running internet services are solid. Everything is solid and doesn't have to be rebooted. There's nothing wrong with running microsoft solutions if it's what works and is cost effective. Sure, you have to pay for Microsoft software and you don't get the source. That doesn't mean it doesn't work for some situations.
Most modern high clock frequency CPU's have an internal phase-locked oscillator (in this case 2.4ghz) that's synced to a low-frequency external crystal. The Front Side Bus frequency is about the highest you could detect external to the CPU.
From http://www.pacificocean.ca/
Tallest wave: In 1933 sailors on a United States naval ship recorded a 112-foot-tall wave in the Pacific Ocean.
"Or, if you happen to be a job application consumer"
Learn the proper title.
If you're addressing your applications to "job application consumer", I can see why you're not having very good luck.
A better use for your time will be teaching the little ones how to use the shiny things correctly or not to touch them at all.
to swim the English Channel underwater?"
Probably never.
Swimming underwater will take a great deal more effort since more body frontal area is exposed to water, which is denser than air. You will also have to expend more energy to either a) stay submerged, since you would be fighting your positive buoyancy or b) dragging along more weight to stay neutral buoyant.
I agree. It was a big bug. I spend days testing and a couple hours patching. My gripe was with the Chicken Littles that told the world that everything was going to shutdown. The programmers stood up, did their jobs, and the trains ran. It will be that way in the future too.
Actually, people may very well already have died in network attacks
Spoken like a true Y2K Chicken Little.
If I wanted imagination, I'd read Niven.
The dorks can play their silly simulation games and still not be prepared. Face it, if you want to be a terrorist, you've got to think like one. I doubt the CIE geeks pack the gear for that gig.
No, right next to SacroTomato
It will mean next to nothing in a small to medium company, but might make a big difference someday in government or a large corporation.
Depending on what your problem is. If you need to run XP apps and XP drivers then yes, this might be a good thing. OTOH, if you need Server 2003 active directory support for your old win98 box, just download Active Directory Client Extensions and install it. Microsoft obscures it's existance to encourage new boxen and OS sales, but it's there and it works.
I think guards (and police) are perfectly happy to give up a little bit of their privacy knowing that if bad things happen, help can find them.
Sounds like you're never been in a prison.
I thought they meant Lucas Electric, that Brit company that built electrical auto parts that crumbled to dust. You know the jokes, why do Brits drink their beer warm? They have Lucus refrigerators, etc, etc.