Heh, there is a reason I put 'pros' in quotes (albeit single quotes)... I recognize that a certification does not a professional make, but the meaning I was trying to convey is that to Joe Blow, the alphabet of certs is more impressive. A couple of my competitors really do know their stuff well, and more of them do not. I thought about this a lot, and I came to the conclusion that whether I'm a veteran sysadmin or a street bum, if I can really fix someone's computer, what's the difference to them, other than a few hundred bucks saved? Apologies to gklinger and others who may share his or her opinion, but I need to start somewhere.
"and I'm not talking about buying Slurpees for all our friends"
I only wish that was my chief concern. I don't have mouths to feed, but I do have a car, a college education (so that I may become a 'pro' myself someday!) and so on to worry about.
Side note: I thank you all for your comments and tips, and for your support and criticism. This is my first venture into writing to Slashdot and it's turned out absolutely great. (mod to awwwwwwww)
You have to include The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers... without the computer-rendered armies, the battle scene would have been impossible. Also, Gollum was done with CGI.
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Sweet! When do we get lemon-scented air-freshening kittens?
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapac ific/view/119428/1/.html
I used it in a paper I wrote last year.
Is that half a terabyte based on 1,024-byte or 1,000-byte units?
Heh, there is a reason I put 'pros' in quotes (albeit single quotes)... I recognize that a certification does not a professional make, but the meaning I was trying to convey is that to Joe Blow, the alphabet of certs is more impressive. A couple of my competitors really do know their stuff well, and more of them do not. I thought about this a lot, and I came to the conclusion that whether I'm a veteran sysadmin or a street bum, if I can really fix someone's computer, what's the difference to them, other than a few hundred bucks saved? Apologies to gklinger and others who may share his or her opinion, but I need to start somewhere.
"and I'm not talking about buying Slurpees for all our friends"
I only wish that was my chief concern. I don't have mouths to feed, but I do have a car, a college education (so that I may become a 'pro' myself someday!) and so on to worry about.
Side note: I thank you all for your comments and tips, and for your support and criticism. This is my first venture into writing to Slashdot and it's turned out absolutely great. (mod to awwwwwwww)
You have to include The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers... without the computer-rendered armies, the battle scene would have been impossible. Also, Gollum was done with CGI.