If having 100% uptime is that big an issue, my advice to you is to go out and buy a cheap pre-paid cell phone. Virgin mobile phones can be had for >$50 and only require $20 every 90 days to remain "active". And I may be reaching here, but if it's only for 911, the phone doesn't even have to be "active", it simply has to have power.
Speaking as someone who has several MS certs under his belt (and by no means an MS lover, I might add)
I would like to point out yet another over looked point.
These certifications are not cheap by any means. Assuming that she was self taught. Odds are good she still needed the course materials, someone still had to pay for tests, so on and so forth.
Furthermore, any of you who think that this was nothing more than a demonstration of just how easy it is to get certified, I issue this challenge. Go in and take the battery of tests yourself. Do it cold in fact.
Sure there is a lot of microsoft speak which muddies the waters, but even after you cut through it, this is still a difficult task, especially for someone so young.
And who cares if she wrote Bill a poem, when I was her age I ran around my house in my underwear with a tea towel for a cape.
I know it's been said before, and I vaguely recall Rob telling us all why he wouldn't do it at LinuxWorld...
But damnit, editors/posters (whatever their title is) should have to provide a reason for rejecting and article, even if it's just from a drop down list of pre-written reasons..
A friend of mine actually noticed the trend of some editors to post certain things over others and would post only when he knew the "right" editor was on.
"All this makes you wonder what other supercomputers are out there, not known to the press, and if it's time to increase the size of your private key and strengthen your encryption."
I friggin` hate comments like this. Being "secure" is nothing more than putting up enough barriers to frustrate/annoy someone long enough that they lose interest.
A comment like this implies that someone with this type of metal would have nothing better to do than read my email about the weekend.
Hey, that's gotta be some kind of record. Since/. only seems to kill servers running a poorly designed page (poorly designed in the sense that it is very resource intensive, lots of scripts for fruity UI and the like) and this site *should* be hosted on some decent hardware... I officially award them the
I don't post often, but this is a situation I have been in. At one point in my life I was managing a store and dating/living with one of my employees. The first month was horrible. Then, we figured out the secret (or so I believe).
At work, it's work. At home, it's home. Don't ever, ever mix the two. Ever. When you hit the time clock at the end of the day, your work life stays there, and home time begins. A simple rule that was hard to follow was no discussion of work at home, period.
I can honestly say there were days when I would tear her apart (verbally;) ) in my office, but when I got home, the days events stayed at work. Granted, the next day I would either get the silent treatment or the stink eye all day. But work stayed at work.
Here is why you are biting off way more than you can chew (IMHO) as a small (or any size) business owner, in order to succeed, you can not have any "off" time. There is no line where work time and home time are divided, because if you do, you face a considerably harder road ahead.
You also mentioned that it's your girlfriend...my advice? Consider not working together until your relationship is more solid. (please take no offense)
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damnit, that was my immediate thought.
It could also be said that MySpace is chock'full'o'women...but then again, who wants 'em?
If having 100% uptime is that big an issue, my advice to you is to go out and buy a cheap pre-paid cell phone. Virgin mobile phones can be had for >$50 and only require $20 every 90 days to remain "active". And I may be reaching here, but if it's only for 911, the phone doesn't even have to be "active", it simply has to have power.
Speaking as someone who has several MS certs under his belt (and by no means an MS lover, I might add)
I would like to point out yet another over looked point.
These certifications are not cheap by any means. Assuming that she was self taught. Odds are good she still needed the course materials, someone still had to pay for tests, so on and so forth.
Furthermore, any of you who think that this was nothing more than a demonstration of just how easy it is to get certified, I issue this challenge. Go in and take the battery of tests yourself. Do it cold in fact.
Sure there is a lot of microsoft speak which muddies the waters, but even after you cut through it, this is still a difficult task, especially for someone so young.
And who cares if she wrote Bill a poem, when I was her age I ran around my house in my underwear with a tea towel for a cape.
Oh, no.
Wait.
It's the weekly "Linux is/isn't ready for the (something)" article.
I hate you slashdot.
I know it's been said before, and I vaguely recall Rob telling us all why he wouldn't do it at LinuxWorld...
But damnit, editors/posters (whatever their title is) should have to provide a reason for rejecting and article, even if it's just from a drop down list of pre-written reasons..
A friend of mine actually noticed the trend of some editors to post certain things over others and would post only when he knew the "right" editor was on.
Meanwhile, I post a story about MechWarrior/Battletech pods for sale and I am rejected...
But hey, no grousing...
Didn't this guy get in trouble for the same thing Yesterday?
:)
"All this makes you wonder what other supercomputers are out there, not known to the press, and if it's time to increase the size of your private key and strengthen your encryption."
I friggin` hate comments like this. Being "secure" is nothing more than putting up enough barriers to frustrate/annoy someone long enough that they lose interest.
A comment like this implies that someone with this type of metal would have nothing better to do than read my email about the weekend.
This quote gets a rating of Retard, +10
The title is different, and it was posted by different people, it can't *possibly* be a dupe
This of course is for the home users. For business users, at a nominal fee a powerbook will be provided with backup software.
In other news recent posts to freshmeat indicate that IBM is looking for some 31337 wallpapers for Project Branding....
Hey, that's gotta be some kind of record. Since /. only seems to kill servers running a poorly designed page (poorly designed in the sense that it is very resource intensive, lots of scripts for fruity UI and the like) and this site *should* be hosted on some decent hardware... I officially award them the
/.'ers" award.
"Good Server, Bad Code, Evil
At work, it's work. At home, it's home. Don't ever, ever mix the two. Ever. When you hit the time clock at the end of the day, your work life stays there, and home time begins. A simple rule that was hard to follow was no discussion of work at home, period.
I can honestly say there were days when I would tear her apart (verbally ;) ) in my office, but when I got home, the days events stayed at work. Granted, the next day I would either get the silent treatment or the stink eye all day. But work stayed at work.
Here is why you are biting off way more than you can chew (IMHO) as a small (or any size) business owner, in order to succeed, you can not have any "off" time. There is no line where work time and home time are divided, because if you do, you face a considerably harder road ahead.
You also mentioned that it's your girlfriend...my advice? Consider not working together until your relationship is more solid. (please take no offense)