You get some twit from the Philippines who I'm trying to diagnose a router problem. For some reason it's not routing properly. I tell him, yes I've done routing for a couple of years now. No, it's not the damn computer, okay here, I've configured a static routing table.
"What's that? You're a CCNA? (something I had told him to try and prove my bonifides (never mind that I've been routing for 2 years)) Wow... I've been taking classes for a couple of years now hoping to get that!"
Arrrgh, it took me over 3 hours and 2 phone calls to finally have them tell me that oooops! Your product doesn't do what you're asking about.
And I wait, as the bits flow like dripping water into my hard drive. I think to myself..., is this a just as angsty remake of the original. Or will they make me believe again.
Business are looking to help out the bottom line. Look at it like this.
You make $100 in a year. This puts you into a tax bracket that costs you $25 in taxes. Net for the year, $75.
But if you spend $5 in software, and claim it as an expense, you drop a bracket and you pay only $15 in taxes. Net for the year $80.
Software is a capital expenditure and depreciates at 100% per year. So you can claim it all back. Hardware I belive depreciates at either 33% or 50%/ year. Maybe even more.
Now, governments are not in the business of making money, they are in the business of spending it. Our money! Gr! So, if they can spend less by going open source then by all means, I work in the public sector, and while we run a MS Desktop and combo MS/Novell(aie!) shop. (Along with Unix, Solaris, and a whole crapload of other stuff), if they went to an open source to save crap loads of taxpayer money? Sign me up for the Linux courses and away we go.
One day I went upstairs to my parents house and hooked up my old Commodre Vic 20!!! I got it when I was 4 from my parents! I had to fight for time on it playing omega race, radar Rat race with my father! I loved the tape player/storage device!
When ever I Go home I fire it up just to remember. PEEK and POKE were the best!
About Our Canadian Monopoly money then! Mwah!
Actually it's a good thing I think, makes it harder to counterfit, and eaiser to recognize at a glance.
What is really cool is the $AUD (australian) with the plastic style see through portion of their money.
~The Doc.
Anyone remember having their processor overheat and melt through their mobo? I wonder eventually when we'll have to have a cooling unit as big as a power supply. Honestly though if AMD can bring the production price down then why not look at it as an alternative. I think to myself though, how much longer before they surpass this? And as said previously, who cares when all you're doing is checking your email?
Add remove programs and away she goes. Not that it's still not there running in the background.
And Mod down for off topic, but it's so funny I can't help it. www.asksnoop.com. Shizzlify slashdot and prepare to cry.
How dare you. Who the hell do you think you are to compare what some maniac who slaughterd millions and millons of people to what M$ is doing? I'm more pro-MS than against it, but, your whole argument is invalidated by your asinine comment. Not much worse? Well, I'm sorry, I guess people take what OS and and SW they use very seriously nowadays to compare it to attempted genocide.
IN your reply to my double post, you stated that I could get my money back from M$ if I bitched. But I'd have to sign an NDA? Did you do this or someone you know?
(yeah I copied and pasted the former post) Blah.
And if I were to post up my resume in a newspaper add claiming I was an MCSE. I would love to see them send me a cease-Desist order.
The fact is till either M$ (and Novell and Cisco and and and) or the Engineering bodies cave, or the courts decide what's what. I is what I is and that's all that I is.
~DU
Ug, sorry, posted this in the wrong place. (@set me=Newb_Slashdot_poster)
The Peo Website cites the term Professional Engineer. Not just Engineer.
As well, what about all the CNE's? Or CCIE's? Slam them all down if that's the case? Oh, and what about Train Engineers? Those guys that drive the trains?
From Dictionary.com
*One who is trained or professionally engaged in a branch of engineering.
*One who operates an engine.
*One who skillfully or shrewdly manages an enterprise.
What about Genetic Engieers? According to the PEO site you will be CRUSHED for the impudence!
Now, that said, I'm not saying that MCSE's should use the term Professional Engineer. But then should the PEO (and other bodies) call up websters and say to them, 'Oh! You need to change your definition of the word to include this?'
I'm an MCSE, and worked my ass off for it. Spent a year in class TCP/IP DNS (protocol list up the wazzo) fundamentals and then working specifically with the OS to earn my Cert. I didn't braindump and hate all the buggers who do so. But the fact is, Until I get a letter from the PEO or M$ saying that I can't put on my resume that I am a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, I will continue to do so. Then if the PEO decides to take me to court, then perhaps we'll see if M$ is going to stick by the people who worked for their Certs.
This is my first post on Slashdot, (long time Reader) and I know that I'll probably be flamed by those who know better than I. But this was something that I Felt strongly enough about to say something about.
The Peo Website cites the term Professional Engineer. Not just Engineer.
As well, what about all the CNE's? Or CCIE's? Slam them all down if that's the case? Oh, and what about Train Engineers? Those guys that drive the trains?
From Dictionary.com
*One who is trained or professionally engaged in a branch of engineering. *One who operates an engine. *One who skillfully or shrewdly manages an enterprise.
What about Genetic Engieers? According to the PEO site you will be CRUSHED for the impudence!
Now, that said, I'm not saying that MCSE's should use the term Professional Engineer. But then should the PEO (and other bodies) call up websters and say to them, 'Oh! You need to change your definition of the word to include this?'
I'm an MCSE, and worked my ass off for it. Spent a year in class TCP/IP DNS (protocol list up the wazzo) fundamentals and then working specifically with the OS to earn my Cert. I didn't braindump and hate all the buggers who do so. But the fact is, Until I get a letter from the PEO or M$ saying that I can't put on my resume that I am a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, I will continue to do so. Then if the PEO decides to take me to court, then perhaps we'll see if M$ is going to stick by the people who worked for their Certs.
This is my first post on Slashdot, (long time Reader) and I know that I'll probably be flamed by those who know better than I. But this was something that I Felt strongly enough about to say something about.
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You get some twit from the Philippines who I'm trying to diagnose a router problem. For some reason it's not routing properly. I tell him, yes I've done routing for a couple of years now. No, it's not the damn computer, okay here, I've configured a static routing table.
"What's that? You're a CCNA? (something I had told him to try and prove my bonifides (never mind that I've been routing for 2 years)) Wow... I've been taking classes for a couple of years now hoping to get that!"
Arrrgh, it took me over 3 hours and 2 phone calls to finally have them tell me that oooops! Your product doesn't do what you're asking about.
And I wait, as the bits flow like dripping water into my hard drive. I think to myself..., is this a just as angsty remake of the original. Or will they make me believe again.
I keep trying to order that set and if i Hit the cancel button it won't confirm my order!
I don't know why!
~Docui!
Business are looking to help out the bottom line. Look at it like this.
You make $100 in a year. This puts you into a tax bracket that costs you $25 in taxes. Net for the year, $75.
But if you spend $5 in software, and claim it as an expense, you drop a bracket and you pay only $15 in taxes. Net for the year $80.
Software is a capital expenditure and depreciates at 100% per year. So you can claim it all back. Hardware I belive depreciates at either 33% or 50%/ year. Maybe even more.
Now, governments are not in the business of making money, they are in the business of spending it. Our money! Gr! So, if they can spend less by going open source then by all means, I work in the public sector, and while we run a MS Desktop and combo MS/Novell(aie!) shop. (Along with Unix, Solaris, and a whole crapload of other stuff), if they went to an open source to save crap loads of taxpayer money? Sign me up for the Linux courses and away we go.
Just some thoughts.
One day I went upstairs to my parents house and hooked up my old Commodre Vic 20!!! I got it when I was 4 from my parents! I had to fight for time on it playing omega race, radar Rat race with my father! I loved the tape player/storage device!
When ever I Go home I fire it up just to remember. PEEK and POKE were the best!
About Our Canadian Monopoly money then! Mwah! Actually it's a good thing I think, makes it harder to counterfit, and eaiser to recognize at a glance. What is really cool is the $AUD (australian) with the plastic style see through portion of their money. ~The Doc.
Maybe we should call the judge, or the telemarketers at 5~7PM to tell them what we think of all this. While they eat their Dinner. ~The Doc.
Anyone remember having their processor overheat and melt through their mobo? I wonder eventually when we'll have to have a cooling unit as big as a power supply. Honestly though if AMD can bring the production price down then why not look at it as an alternative. I think to myself though, how much longer before they surpass this? And as said previously, who cares when all you're doing is checking your email?
Add remove programs and away she goes. Not that it's still not there running in the background. And Mod down for off topic, but it's so funny I can't help it. www.asksnoop.com. Shizzlify slashdot and prepare to cry.
Everyone Keeps posting about the $150K / Work Fee. I'm still trying to find out where that comes from, can someone put up a link? Thanks!
How dare you. Who the hell do you think you are to compare what some maniac who slaughterd millions and millons of people to what M$ is doing? I'm more pro-MS than against it, but, your whole argument is invalidated by your asinine comment. Not much worse? Well, I'm sorry, I guess people take what OS and and SW they use very seriously nowadays to compare it to attempted genocide.
IN your reply to my double post, you stated that I could get my money back from M$ if I bitched. But I'd have to sign an NDA? Did you do this or someone you know? (yeah I copied and pasted the former post) Blah. And if I were to post up my resume in a newspaper add claiming I was an MCSE. I would love to see them send me a cease-Desist order. The fact is till either M$ (and Novell and Cisco and and and) or the Engineering bodies cave, or the courts decide what's what. I is what I is and that's all that I is. ~DU
I'll send my PayPal amount to you now to certify myself as person! ~DU
Ug, sorry, posted this in the wrong place. (@set me=Newb_Slashdot_poster) The Peo Website cites the term Professional Engineer. Not just Engineer. As well, what about all the CNE's? Or CCIE's? Slam them all down if that's the case? Oh, and what about Train Engineers? Those guys that drive the trains? From Dictionary.com *One who is trained or professionally engaged in a branch of engineering. *One who operates an engine. *One who skillfully or shrewdly manages an enterprise. What about Genetic Engieers? According to the PEO site you will be CRUSHED for the impudence! Now, that said, I'm not saying that MCSE's should use the term Professional Engineer. But then should the PEO (and other bodies) call up websters and say to them, 'Oh! You need to change your definition of the word to include this?' I'm an MCSE, and worked my ass off for it. Spent a year in class TCP/IP DNS (protocol list up the wazzo) fundamentals and then working specifically with the OS to earn my Cert. I didn't braindump and hate all the buggers who do so. But the fact is, Until I get a letter from the PEO or M$ saying that I can't put on my resume that I am a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, I will continue to do so. Then if the PEO decides to take me to court, then perhaps we'll see if M$ is going to stick by the people who worked for their Certs. This is my first post on Slashdot, (long time Reader) and I know that I'll probably be flamed by those who know better than I. But this was something that I Felt strongly enough about to say something about.
The Peo Website cites the term Professional Engineer. Not just Engineer.
As well, what about all the CNE's? Or CCIE's? Slam them all down if that's the case? Oh, and what about Train Engineers? Those guys that drive the trains?
From Dictionary.com
*One who is trained or professionally engaged in a branch of engineering.
*One who operates an engine.
*One who skillfully or shrewdly manages an enterprise.
What about Genetic Engieers? According to the PEO site you will be CRUSHED for the impudence!
Now, that said, I'm not saying that MCSE's should use the term Professional Engineer. But then should the PEO (and other bodies) call up websters and say to them, 'Oh! You need to change your definition of the word to include this?'
I'm an MCSE, and worked my ass off for it. Spent a year in class TCP/IP DNS (protocol list up the wazzo) fundamentals and then working specifically with the OS to earn my Cert. I didn't braindump and hate all the buggers who do so. But the fact is, Until I get a letter from the PEO or M$ saying that I can't put on my resume that I am a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, I will continue to do so. Then if the PEO decides to take me to court, then perhaps we'll see if M$ is going to stick by the people who worked for their Certs.
This is my first post on Slashdot, (long time Reader) and I know that I'll probably be flamed by those who know better than I. But this was something that I Felt strongly enough about to say something about.
~DU