I hate to say it but I don't really think there is any point staying in IT. The wages for many positions are going down to McDonalds level and personally I hate dealing with other people's problems which they have a habbit of blaming you personally for. Though if you don't mind this then go for renewing your Cisco certs, the worst that could happen is you would be out the $.
I also don't agree with the degree idea. I have my BSc in computer science and frankly very few places care (and some didn't even know what my A+ was). I'm glad I did it and feel that the knowledge I gained was worth the time/$/effort even if it doesn't get me a job. However, companies say things like X years experience with y required. Oh, and Y is always some specific version that didn't exist for X years. Though a CS degree could serve as a good stepping stone towards your MBA if that road floats your boat.
In any event, I'm pulling for you, we're all in this together.
Anyone who can't properly hook up an IDE disk (check the jumpers BEFORE you install it) shouldn't be attempting to both build a computer and install an OS they've never tried before under a deadline.
Come on, cut him some slack. Everyone knows to check the jumpers before you install the disk, but when you do that sort of thing day in and day out, it's easy to be careless and forget.
That said, I do agree with your point about installing a new OS under a deadline.
I only wish I had a machine that I could use for testing purposes. As it stands I am only able to install releases on this one.
That said, I am even more excited for the upcoming stable version of 5.x
It is practically universal knowledge that Linux is dying. Indeed Linux is hopelessly mired in an irrecoverable and mortifying tangle of fatal trouble. It is perhaps anybody's guess as to which distribution is the worst off of an admittedly suffering Linux community. The numbers continue to decline for Linux but Debian may be hurting the most. Look at the numbers. The loss of user base for Debian continues in a head spinning downward spiral.
All major marketing surveys show that Linux has steadily declined in market share. Linux is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If Linux is to survive at all it will be among hobbyist dilettante dabblers. In truth, for all practical purposes Linux is already dead. It is a dead man walking.
Hmm... you managed to turn a discussion of microsoft security issues into an atheistic rant... and got modded insightfull. What the fuck?
I normally don't respond to trolls but I don't have mod points to mod you off topic.
Damn...all the interesting stories appear on slashdot always show up after a huge bong hoot and a guy needs a HUGE one after that depressing outsourcing story.
used a pentium 233 running win98 and tried to do video editing. the teachers never figured out how to use it, so it sat unused. the problem was someone had sold them on the idea of thin clients so they tried to get away with legacy pentiums and 486s (I'm not kidding) running win98 and a dual p3 800 system with win2k advanced server. worst setup I have ever seen.
Anyways the point is they would have been far better off if they had gotten a few macs to do their video editing (it was a small enough school that 2 or 3 would be sufficient) and then just used their shitty 486s for their word processing.
my $0.02 anyways.
I'm a linux user that has recently given freebsd a try. I must say that I prefer it over linux. The only thing keeping me from switching full time is the lack of support for the triflex ide controller in my laptop (armada 7400). Linux just got it in 2.4.21 (maybe before in some patch somewhere). If anyone knows of a driver in development any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I also don't agree with the degree idea. I have my BSc in computer science and frankly very few places care (and some didn't even know what my A+ was). I'm glad I did it and feel that the knowledge I gained was worth the time/$/effort even if it doesn't get me a job. However, companies say things like X years experience with y required. Oh, and Y is always some specific version that didn't exist for X years. Though a CS degree could serve as a good stepping stone towards your MBA if that road floats your boat.
In any event, I'm pulling for you, we're all in this together.
Jared
Come on, cut him some slack. Everyone knows to check the jumpers before you install the disk, but when you do that sort of thing day in and day out, it's easy to be careless and forget.
That said, I do agree with your point about installing a new OS under a deadline.
Jared
Not sure why this was modded as a Troll. I think it was supposed to be funny. Jared
Then who would look at the grits screen?
1. remove support for non-M$ OSes 2. ???? 3. PROFIT!!
I only wish I had a machine that I could use for testing purposes. As it stands I am only able to install releases on this one.
That said, I am even more excited for the upcoming stable version of 5.x
It is practically universal knowledge that Linux is dying. Indeed Linux is hopelessly mired in an irrecoverable and mortifying tangle of fatal trouble. It is perhaps anybody's guess as to which distribution is the worst off of an admittedly suffering Linux community. The numbers continue to decline for Linux but Debian may be hurting the most. Look at the numbers. The loss of user base for Debian continues in a head spinning downward spiral.
All major marketing surveys show that Linux has steadily declined in market share. Linux is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If Linux is to survive at all it will be among hobbyist dilettante dabblers. In truth, for all practical purposes Linux is already dead. It is a dead man walking.
Fact: Linux is dying
if they remove support for all those operating systems what the hell good is it?
This is perhaps the worst idea I have ever seen. The internet is fine the way it is.
preach on dude!
Damn right!!
Hmm... you managed to turn a discussion of microsoft security issues into an atheistic rant... and got modded insightfull. What the fuck? I normally don't respond to trolls but I don't have mod points to mod you off topic.
Damn...all the interesting stories appear on slashdot always show up after a huge bong hoot and a guy needs a HUGE one after that depressing outsourcing story.
used a pentium 233 running win98 and tried to do video editing. the teachers never figured out how to use it, so it sat unused. the problem was someone had sold them on the idea of thin clients so they tried to get away with legacy pentiums and 486s (I'm not kidding) running win98 and a dual p3 800 system with win2k advanced server. worst setup I have ever seen. Anyways the point is they would have been far better off if they had gotten a few macs to do their video editing (it was a small enough school that 2 or 3 would be sufficient) and then just used their shitty 486s for their word processing. my $0.02 anyways.
That's when Dennis Ritchie developed Unix. Nope we can thank Ken Thompson for that one.
I'm using generic ata drivers with my laptop atm, it would be very cool if this sped up my performance at all.
I'm a linux user that has recently given freebsd a try. I must say that I prefer it over linux. The only thing keeping me from switching full time is the lack of support for the triflex ide controller in my laptop (armada 7400). Linux just got it in 2.4.21 (maybe before in some patch somewhere).
If anyone knows of a driver in development any help would be greatly appreciated.
Jared