It would explain why they didnt notice? Im no coder, can someone explain how boot.ini would just magically get replaced without it being deliberate to start with?
When i began worked for a wISP earlier in the year i quickly moved from using windows on my laptop to Linux. Id always wanted to try it out (and i always loved multiple desktops!) so I jumped right in.
Something that is, to a lot of people, eye candy, proved very useful to me: the cube desktop. When in the field I didnt always have a place to put a mouse, and got very used to using the trackpoint on my thinkpad. With the desktop cube able to freely rotate, i could very quickly move away from what i was working on, grab and rotate to what i wanted to see and do it faster than using any other method.
As a bonus, it all runs VERY smooth on my T40, which is old by any standard with a 1.5ghz Pentium-M and a radeon 7500. I bumped the ram to 1.5gb and am more than happy with it, and the way the OS runs with any bells and whistles I care to turn on (this is with Ubuntu)
for the pricetag youd think they could save some fucking space for you and just give you a restore DVD or two. its a huge premium for the end user to have to pay so they can save on some pressed optical media.
Reminds me of a wISP in Kansas i worked for. They have a great admin who (im told by a few sources) makes about 20 bucks an hour. No benefits (the assholes with their own offices, who get very, very little done, ooooooh full benefits, with a phone and gas allowance). He came in when they had about 400 customers in 3 service areas.
Now they have (last I heard) more like 1500 in a dozen areas, and hes the *only* admin. In addition to having more, crappy work to deal with because the service areas the company acquired were garbage, hes required to work more and more hours (without overtime pay) to help resolve service issues.
Hes getting pissed. I really hope he saves some cash and moves away to get paid what hes worth, because a number of people agree hes easily worth twice what hes getting.
its a very complicated, and new, technology. you may recall, if you read their blurb on what hardware and software the site runs on, that they still use RH9 on some boxes. Obviously theyre too far behind for "filtering" of any sort....
well now *i* feel better. i had awful instructors at my school and never learned anything past some basic algebra. so i still dont know any thing past some very basic algebra. at least i didnt bother wasting time to learn all of it just to forget it. god, thatd be depressing, i dont know how i could let myself live if i did that...
Thanks for the pointers:) Ill try and get some basic equipment and a couple old boxes i can put linux on so i can start playing around asap and get a bit familiar with things. I'm interested in networking, but not entirely certain what direction i want to go with it so getting some practical experience will benefit me in more ways than one.
About 40% of the people testing passed on the first try. I was surprised, since most of them seemed clueless in class. Another 20% passed on the second try. Those people are going to show their CCNA on their resume (heck, I do).
I intend to begin a CCNA class in the spring myself. The only network-related experience I have is as a tech for a wireless ISP where I worked for a year. I worked closely with our admins (both of whom *are* experienced and seem quite knowledgeable) and enjoyed learning about (and dealing with) the networking basics that I was introduced to.
I have no cisco experience whatsoever. *but* I want to learn, and dont really see a way to get a job without experience...or a certificate. I dont know why sometimes people look down so much at those who get certs without having a lot of experience, doesnt it mean they *want* to learn? I *want* to learn about networking, though more especially *nix administration. Because of this Im running Linux at home(ubuntu, debian, and soon centOS) and reading all I can, and its the only way I can learn anything, but it doesnt solve the problem of having practical experience:(
im using beryl in feisty and im certain its the culprit in the random freezes i experience. however, ive gotten to like working with the cube on my laptop
when i had a desktop with a large 19" monitor, i didnt bother with it. but on the 14" thinkpad i have i enjoy it and it doesnt freeze so often as to make me consider turning it off.
What I did not mention was the heat index was 114F and it was during a period of serious drought. All creeks were dried up and there was not a pool of water that I could find
you forgot to add "and i *liked* it!"
if youre going to be hardcore. sound hardcore;)
i dont know about tv outs on the 7500, but the T40 thinkpad has a mobile 7500 in it and the performance is quite good enough to happily run Beryl with its fancy cube and whatnot. i was surprised. its not useless, by any stretch, even if the tv out doesnt work.
i was thinking "interference" but i havent kept on top of how super-special-awesome 802.11n is supposed to be. is there something about it that allows it to work magnificiently when everyone in an area is trying to run 10 or 15 APs at once with 802.11n equipment?
Seriously. I worked for a Wireless ISP in Kansas that is in the midst of expansion and acquistion and the President only *recently* got service from his own company, and was until then using that of the competition, because we hadn't been able to negotiate a deal for tower space to hang our own equipment in his area, and the nearest area from which his service area is now bridged (Town 1 is a service area with the T1, and has a 5 mile wireless bridge to Town 2, which is quite small, and the home of the president of the company)
He is, however, much happier with his own service. The competition has oversold their bandwidth and was quite slow, with lousy response times.
And you guys know WHO ELSE had an opinion that differed from his...
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Ive been wondering lately about certifications. I had an abrupt change in my life recently and will be able to (finally) get a decent education if I work things right on my end. However, Im late in arriving home and settling....too late to begin general ed at a community college. Id like to start in the spring and begin work on a 4- year degree (im primarily interested in network administration) but that leaves me a number of months to do something else.
I was thinking I might study for some basic certs (in addition to trying things out on a Debian box I just got) in the meantime. I thought Id go for A+ and Network+ just to get started, while I work on other things in my own time. Is it a waste of time? I grew up a gamer and have dont pc building/troubleshooting a bit for years, and just spent a year working with a WISP in Kansas and gained an interest in networking.
But im conflicted when I read that some people thing certs are worthless...even though presently I dont know enough to get either right now, Im not sure if I should put effort into it, or just *work* in the meantime (long story short: i have 2 kids, live with my parents all of the sudden, and am mostly broke) and get started on an education in the spring? Perhaps I could independently study what I need for the certs ad take the tests after a while?
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You blasphemous motherfucker, take it back!
what planes need is a Cone of Silence for each passenger. Puhhhhleeeeaasse
It would explain why they didnt notice? Im no coder, can someone explain how boot.ini would just magically get replaced without it being deliberate to start with?
well someone just got schooled. you show him!
...because the geek squad will find all the porno.
No no no youve got it all wrong. Its like this:
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day.
this is *not* mine.
Sit on my face, and tell me tha--- Oh god my eyes... THE BURNING! it burns so bad!
When i began worked for a wISP earlier in the year i quickly moved from using windows on my laptop to Linux. Id always wanted to try it out (and i always loved multiple desktops!) so I jumped right in.
Something that is, to a lot of people, eye candy, proved very useful to me: the cube desktop. When in the field I didnt always have a place to put a mouse, and got very used to using the trackpoint on my thinkpad. With the desktop cube able to freely rotate, i could very quickly move away from what i was working on, grab and rotate to what i wanted to see and do it faster than using any other method.
As a bonus, it all runs VERY smooth on my T40, which is old by any standard with a 1.5ghz Pentium-M and a radeon 7500. I bumped the ram to 1.5gb and am more than happy with it, and the way the OS runs with any bells and whistles I care to turn on (this is with Ubuntu)
for the pricetag youd think they could save some fucking space for you and just give you a restore DVD or two. its a huge premium for the end user to have to pay so they can save on some pressed optical media.
Im going to remember to make that very point next time the misses balks at anal...
the TIAFEDHSM? Big box of fail. Try for "catchier"
Reminds me of a wISP in Kansas i worked for. They have a great admin who (im told by a few sources) makes about 20 bucks an hour. No benefits (the assholes with their own offices, who get very, very little done, ooooooh full benefits, with a phone and gas allowance). He came in when they had about 400 customers in 3 service areas. Now they have (last I heard) more like 1500 in a dozen areas, and hes the *only* admin. In addition to having more, crappy work to deal with because the service areas the company acquired were garbage, hes required to work more and more hours (without overtime pay) to help resolve service issues. Hes getting pissed. I really hope he saves some cash and moves away to get paid what hes worth, because a number of people agree hes easily worth twice what hes getting.
its a very complicated, and new, technology. you may recall, if you read their blurb on what hardware and software the site runs on, that they still use RH9 on some boxes. Obviously theyre too far behind for "filtering" of any sort....
Good thing Im unemployed and don't have to deal with silly things like "communicating with humans"
well now *i* feel better. i had awful instructors at my school and never learned anything past some basic algebra. so i still dont know any thing past some very basic algebra. at least i didnt bother wasting time to learn all of it just to forget it. god, thatd be depressing, i dont know how i could let myself live if i did that...
Thanks for the pointers :) Ill try and get some basic equipment and a couple old boxes i can put linux on so i can start playing around asap and get a bit familiar with things. I'm interested in networking, but not entirely certain what direction i want to go with it so getting some practical experience will benefit me in more ways than one.
I intend to begin a CCNA class in the spring myself. The only network-related experience I have is as a tech for a wireless ISP where I worked for a year. I worked closely with our admins (both of whom *are* experienced and seem quite knowledgeable) and enjoyed learning about (and dealing with) the networking basics that I was introduced to.
I have no cisco experience whatsoever. *but* I want to learn, and dont really see a way to get a job without experience...or a certificate. I dont know why sometimes people look down so much at those who get certs without having a lot of experience, doesnt it mean they *want* to learn? I *want* to learn about networking, though more especially *nix administration. Because of this Im running Linux at home(ubuntu, debian, and soon centOS) and reading all I can, and its the only way I can learn anything, but it doesnt solve the problem of having practical experience :(
next time the court gets Rick Roll'd
im using beryl in feisty and im certain its the culprit in the random freezes i experience. however, ive gotten to like working with the cube on my laptop
when i had a desktop with a large 19" monitor, i didnt bother with it. but on the 14" thinkpad i have i enjoy it and it doesnt freeze so often as to make me consider turning it off.
you forgot to add "and i *liked* it!" if youre going to be hardcore. sound hardcore ;)
i dont know about tv outs on the 7500, but the T40 thinkpad has a mobile 7500 in it and the performance is quite good enough to happily run Beryl with its fancy cube and whatnot. i was surprised. its not useless, by any stretch, even if the tv out doesnt work.
i was thinking "interference" but i havent kept on top of how super-special-awesome 802.11n is supposed to be. is there something about it that allows it to work magnificiently when everyone in an area is trying to run 10 or 15 APs at once with 802.11n equipment?
Seriously. I worked for a Wireless ISP in Kansas that is in the midst of expansion and acquistion and the President only *recently* got service from his own company, and was until then using that of the competition, because we hadn't been able to negotiate a deal for tower space to hang our own equipment in his area, and the nearest area from which his service area is now bridged (Town 1 is a service area with the T1, and has a 5 mile wireless bridge to Town 2, which is quite small, and the home of the president of the company)
He is, however, much happier with his own service. The competition has oversold their bandwidth and was quite slow, with lousy response times.
And you guys know WHO ELSE had an opinion that differed from his...
I was thinking I might study for some basic certs (in addition to trying things out on a Debian box I just got) in the meantime. I thought Id go for A+ and Network+ just to get started, while I work on other things in my own time. Is it a waste of time? I grew up a gamer and have dont pc building/troubleshooting a bit for years, and just spent a year working with a WISP in Kansas and gained an interest in networking.
But im conflicted when I read that some people thing certs are worthless...even though presently I dont know enough to get either right now, Im not sure if I should put effort into it, or just *work* in the meantime (long story short: i have 2 kids, live with my parents all of the sudden, and am mostly broke) and get started on an education in the spring? Perhaps I could independently study what I need for the certs ad take the tests after a while?
Anyone? :)