Last night, the problem I saw was that Qwest couldn't connect to Verizon. Verizon in MA was basically hard down because of this. I got the Qwest guys and the Verizon guys working on it. Sucks to have a client in Hong Kong that calls me in the middle of the night when they can't get their email.
Because he can answer those "pointless questions." I doubt you'd fare well. He has a law degree from Yale and is a published author. His essay is full of excellent points. Perhaps you're jealous?
I guess they can't blame cattle mutilations on aliens anymore. "No human technology can produce this precision and with NO BLOOD!!" Maybe they've just been testing this one for a few years.
If you build your own machine, and something breaks, how will you be able to troubleshoot the problem? If you only have one machine and no spare parts, you can't swap out the memory to see if that's what's flaky, or whatever.
Big names like Dell aren't the answer either, as in my experience (admin over 300 dells among others) they just throw whatever they can find into the box. You can get better components elsewhere.
Your best bet, IMO is a whitebox (beige box?) vendor who is willing to work with you to get the exact parts you want and then stand behind it with a basic warranty.
Of course, I have 3 machines, all hand built. It all depends on how good you are with pc hardware (did you build 2 machines or 2000?) and how much is your time worth to you. I value learning (read breaking things and fixing them) higher than most people do, so I don't tend to choose the path of least resistance. YMMV
I already have a way of visualizing angles.. It's called Yahoo Pool. Lots of fun, and takes the shot to shot variance out of the game, so that you can focus on where you SHOULD shoot, rather than on your exact execution. it's helped my real game.
And yes, I know this is a little offtopic. Moderators: Save me from karma hell and mod this up!
Go to college. Major in Business and take a few computer courses that interest you on the side. Learn some programming and databases. During the summers, or whenever you can squeeze it in, get certified in something the college won't teach (cisco comes to mind). With a business degree, no matter WHAT changes in technology, businesses will ALWAYS be more interested in you. Programming is important as a systems admin, (scripting) and databases are important too. Most business functions for IT involve handling data, and that is done with code and databases (someone else's code). Unless you like the CS program at your local school, you probably won't finish it if you want to be a sysadmin. For me, I quit because I couldn't see the point of learning Calc 3, when I was already running a net/sysadmin and consulting business on the side. I went into contracting, and did OK, but as the market has tightened, it's harder to get a job with no degree. It doesn't matter that I'm smart, or a great sysadmin, the first line in the hiring process is an HR manager, who always wants to see "BS" on your resume. Having a business degree vs. CS allows you to go a lot further and manage a lot more people. I still love sysadmin, and don't want to be a paper pushing manager, but there is plenty of room for highly technical managers who get their hands "dirty" as necessary. Also, the older the person who is interviewing you, the more important BS is on your resume. You can go for an MBA pretty easily from a BS in business management, and then you're GOLDEN as a manager in a tech firm.
Cryptonomicon anyone? How about sealand? Seems this has been tried before. People like to hang on to their own data, but most aren't qualified to keep it secure (run a secure server, etc). The problem is that no one trusts any big organization to keep their data for them. Especially microsoft. Perhaps what we need is an open source distributed encrypted system. multiple mirrors on regular pc's all sharing the collective data set, and all encrypted.
So they've found a way to make the Brown Noise only hit one person? Fantastic!! Now I won't crap my pants every time 1 million kids play it on a recorder!
I want "Step up" books. I do not want "Windows XP for idiots", but "Windows XP for NT experts" or "Windows XP for Unix geeks" would be useful. The opportunity to build on existing knowledge would be quite helpful... I don't need every sysadmin book tell me how to do IP subnetting and weigh 30 pounds. A few chapters of "what's different" with an eye toward the already-skilled would be more effective and would sell well IMO.
Trees are the best, higher resolution and easier to carry in the bathroom, er "reading room."
The problem with the whole argument is the idea that people should conform to computers. The focus of interface development should be on understanding the needs and desires of users, and adapting to their way of communicating.
In case you haven't noticed, no one on Star Trek has any trouble interacting with the "computer." Sure, it's fiction, but it's also a reasonable goal. Not everyone on the show is capable of fixing it of course, but even kids know how to say "Make me some breakfast" to the replicator. The computer should be smart enough to offer options "would you like eggs again today, or maybe some nice hot pancakes?"
People are most effective when communicating with speech, since it is our oldest and most developed form of language. The technology exists NOW to do speech recognition, but I see very few efforts on actually turning this into something useful. Coders need to interact with linguists perhaps, and focus on english (as an example) as the programming language of humans. Getting a computer to understand "Bring up that cover letter I was working on the other day" is much more interesting (albeit difficult) than teaching a given person to click on this or type in that.
Experts will always need powerful tools to do the heavy lifting, but users just want "Coffee, one sugar" and don't give a crap how the replicator works. I expect that 95% of the linux gurus have never rebuilt the engine in their car, and many probably can't even change their oil. Knowing the intricate details of any one system forgoes knowledge of others. The less you have to know about how to drive a car to make use of it, the more time you have to learn and do whatever else you want. This also has the advantage of making your technology (car, linux, whatever) more popular than any other.
If we want people to use linux, we have to make it easier to use than anything else. Not because users are idiots, but becuase they have more important things to do than learn the correct spark plug gap, or the syntax for the patch command. It is the responsibility of technologists to bring technology to the people, not the other way around.
As a final side note, take a look at the reasons you want people to learn linux? Is it merely anti-microsoft evangelism? Do you want to make a new friend you have something in common with? Do you really give a damn what the user's objectives are anyway? An introspective look would do a lot for many snobby gurus.
Market capitalization of 4.6 billion for a company that makes no money is pretty excessive. Sure, it follows the trend of other "internet" tech stocks. Of course I don't have any problem with people cashing in on a big IPO skyrocket, but keep in mind how much you're paying for it. Is the company you're buying worth more than Hilton Hotels? Check out these companies and their market caps (in millions) to see what I mean:
Abercrombie & Fitch 3872 Adaptec 3616 Bed Bath & Beyond 4120 Bausch & Lomb 3562 Hilton Hotels 3277 ITT industries 3176 Knight Ridder 4163 Mead corp 4104 NCR corp 4321 Natl Semiconductor 4094 Pepsi bottling co 3360 Sigma-Aldrich 3382 Starbucks 3648 Tiffany 3062 Tommy hilfiger 3490 Toys R us 3652 Wendy's 3386
Redhat may do great things for the industry (and for my PC's) but most people I know have bought a hell of a lot more coffee from starbucks than cd's from redhat. It's all about the benjamins...
You can use DHCP forwarders on each subnet (more than one for redundancy) to solve this problem and use a single DHCP server. This limits broadcasts to their own subnet and "converts" a DHCP broadcast into a directed traffic from that point on. This feature is built into NT workstation among other systems. DHCP may have its problems, but this one is easily fixed.
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What software do you use for this? I have a client that needs a similar solution.
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Last night, the problem I saw was that Qwest couldn't connect to Verizon. Verizon in MA was basically hard down because of this. I got the Qwest guys and the Verizon guys working on it. Sucks to have a client in Hong Kong that calls me in the middle of the night when they can't get their email.
http://www.marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/newsmap.cfm
that works for me
nuff said.
Because he can answer those "pointless questions." I doubt you'd fare well. He has a law degree from Yale and is a published author. His essay is full of excellent points. Perhaps you're jealous?
It has come to my attention that some people are not reading goats.com or userfriendly.org. This tragedy must be dealt with immediately.
I guess they can't blame cattle mutilations on aliens anymore. "No human technology can produce this precision and with NO BLOOD!!" Maybe they've just been testing this one for a few years.
If you build your own machine, and something breaks, how will you be able to troubleshoot the problem? If you only have one machine and no spare parts, you can't swap out the memory to see if that's what's flaky, or whatever.
Big names like Dell aren't the answer either, as in my experience (admin over 300 dells among others) they just throw whatever they can find into the box. You can get better components elsewhere.
Your best bet, IMO is a whitebox (beige box?) vendor who is willing to work with you to get the exact parts you want and then stand behind it with a basic warranty.
Of course, I have 3 machines, all hand built. It all depends on how good you are with pc hardware (did you build 2 machines or 2000?) and how much is your time worth to you. I value learning (read breaking things and fixing them) higher than most people do, so I don't tend to choose the path of least resistance. YMMV
I already have a way of visualizing angles.. It's called Yahoo Pool. Lots of fun, and takes the shot to shot variance out of the game, so that you can focus on where you SHOULD shoot, rather than on your exact execution. it's helped my real game.
And yes, I know this is a little offtopic. Moderators: Save me from karma hell and mod this up!
Go to college. Major in Business and take a few computer courses that interest you on the side. Learn some programming and databases. During the summers, or whenever you can squeeze it in, get certified in something the college won't teach (cisco comes to mind). With a business degree, no matter WHAT changes in technology, businesses will ALWAYS be more interested in you. Programming is important as a systems admin, (scripting) and databases are important too. Most business functions for IT involve handling data, and that is done with code and databases (someone else's code). Unless you like the CS program at your local school, you probably won't finish it if you want to be a sysadmin. For me, I quit because I couldn't see the point of learning Calc 3, when I was already running a net/sysadmin and consulting business on the side. I went into contracting, and did OK, but as the market has tightened, it's harder to get a job with no degree. It doesn't matter that I'm smart, or a great sysadmin, the first line in the hiring process is an HR manager, who always wants to see "BS" on your resume. Having a business degree vs. CS allows you to go a lot further and manage a lot more people. I still love sysadmin, and don't want to be a paper pushing manager, but there is plenty of room for highly technical managers who get their hands "dirty" as necessary. Also, the older the person who is interviewing you, the more important BS is on your resume. You can go for an MBA pretty easily from a BS in business management, and then you're GOLDEN as a manager in a tech firm.
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Cryptonomicon anyone? How about sealand? Seems this has been tried before. People like to hang on to their own data, but most aren't qualified to keep it secure (run a secure server, etc). The problem is that no one trusts any big organization to keep their data for them. Especially microsoft. Perhaps what we need is an open source distributed encrypted system. multiple mirrors on regular pc's all sharing the collective data set, and all encrypted.
So they've found a way to make the Brown Noise only hit one person? Fantastic!! Now I won't crap my pants every time 1 million kids play it on a recorder!
Moderators: please save me from badkarmaland!
I want "Step up" books. I do not want "Windows XP for idiots", but "Windows XP for NT experts" or "Windows XP for Unix geeks" would be useful. The opportunity to build on existing knowledge would be quite helpful... I don't need every sysadmin book tell me how to do IP subnetting and weigh 30 pounds. A few chapters of "what's different" with an eye toward the already-skilled would be more effective and would sell well IMO.
Trees are the best, higher resolution and easier to carry in the bathroom, er "reading room."
The problem with the whole argument is the idea that people should conform to computers. The focus of interface development should be on understanding the needs and desires of users, and adapting to their way of communicating.
In case you haven't noticed, no one on Star Trek has any trouble interacting with the "computer." Sure, it's fiction, but it's also a reasonable goal. Not everyone on the show is capable of fixing it of course, but even kids know how to say "Make me some breakfast" to the replicator. The computer should be smart enough to offer options "would you like eggs again today, or maybe some nice hot pancakes?"
People are most effective when communicating with speech, since it is our oldest and most developed form of language. The technology exists NOW to do speech recognition, but I see very few efforts on actually turning this into something useful. Coders need to interact with linguists perhaps, and focus on english (as an example) as the programming language of humans. Getting a computer to understand "Bring up that cover letter I was working on the other day" is much more interesting (albeit difficult) than teaching a given person to click on this or type in that.
Experts will always need powerful tools to do the heavy lifting, but users just want "Coffee, one sugar" and don't give a crap how the replicator works. I expect that 95% of the linux gurus have never rebuilt the engine in their car, and many probably can't even change their oil. Knowing the intricate details of any one system forgoes knowledge of others. The less you have to know about how to drive a car to make use of it, the more time you have to learn and do whatever else you want. This also has the advantage of making your technology (car, linux, whatever) more popular than any other.
If we want people to use linux, we have to make it easier to use than anything else. Not because users are idiots, but becuase they have more important things to do than learn the correct spark plug gap, or the syntax for the patch command. It is the responsibility of technologists to bring technology to the people, not the other way around.
As a final side note, take a look at the reasons you want people to learn linux? Is it merely anti-microsoft evangelism? Do you want to make a new friend you have something in common with? Do you really give a damn what the user's objectives are anyway? An introspective look would do a lot for many snobby gurus.
Market capitalization of 4.6 billion for a company that makes no money is pretty excessive. Sure, it follows the trend of other "internet" tech stocks. Of course I don't have any problem with people cashing in on a big IPO skyrocket, but keep in mind how much you're paying for it. Is the company you're buying worth more than Hilton Hotels?
Check out these companies and their market caps (in millions) to see what I mean:
Abercrombie & Fitch 3872
Adaptec 3616
Bed Bath & Beyond 4120
Bausch & Lomb 3562
Hilton Hotels 3277
ITT industries 3176
Knight Ridder 4163
Mead corp 4104
NCR corp 4321
Natl Semiconductor 4094
Pepsi bottling co 3360
Sigma-Aldrich 3382
Starbucks 3648
Tiffany 3062
Tommy hilfiger 3490
Toys R us 3652
Wendy's 3386
Redhat may do great things for the industry (and for my PC's) but most people I know have bought a hell of a lot more coffee from starbucks than cd's from redhat. It's all about the benjamins...
You can use DHCP forwarders on each subnet (more than one for redundancy) to solve this problem and use a single DHCP server. This limits broadcasts to their own subnet and "converts" a DHCP broadcast into a directed traffic from that point on. This feature is built into NT workstation among other systems. DHCP may have its problems, but this one is easily fixed.