"The military is based around taking people who know very little and teaching via tech schools. We do quite well. We can take someone with virtually no computer knowledge and turn them into a basic sysadmin in about 6 months."
Heh, I have yet to meet a competent Sys admin in the Air Force thats been through that course. It's common to pull someone from their AFSC and put them into your 3C0 job to fix all the problems you guys create. The Sys Admin tech school is worse than ITT tech, especially after the combining of the admin (secretary...) and computer operator career fields. Heh, 6 month course? Its only 6 weeks at Sheppard AFB in Texas (and Keesler AFB in Mississippi).
As for the quality of Satalite T.V, mine is great. (Dish Network) I havent lost any signals (3 snow storms, and a heck of a lot of rain storms) since I got my setup. (Back in November 2003) Of course my signal is maxed out for both satalites (119E and W) =) The overall package is nice (I pay 54.00 for the top 100 plus all the HBO and Cinemax channels) I havent tried their DVR yet, but they are offering a HD DVR package with a HD T.V for $999, just have to convince the wife.;)
Not trying to be a troll (intentionally anyhow), but this has been known for a long time. Why is it so surprising? They even have a Unix department (*GASP*!!).
Dunno, seems a bit sporadic on my end (VERY slow) Everything else loads quite quickly. But you are right, it does load now, although very slowly. Oh well, I jumped the gun a bit.
As if Sco.com IS down. I cant get to it anyhow. And getting all those damn e-mails is annoying, who in their right mind is dumb enough to open an e-mail because of a message like this:
The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII encoding and has been sent as a binary attachment.
Please...
I've been bombarded by this damn Worm for the past 2 hours, pretty funny actually, they range from an e-mail saying that my client cant display 7 Bit ASCII so they included a binary file for me, or a simple message saying "hi heres a cool attachment" all from AOL addresses.
No, it's not the same. You are allowed to tape shows for personal use, not share them with everyone else. The same used to apply to MP3s, but alas, it wasnt meant to be. (We can thank people like you for that..)
(And just because you dont like a software company, it doesnt make it right to pirate their product. I dont like Lindows, but I dont go steal their software.)
These are just a couple of idiots looking for their 15 minutes of fame, and extra cash. This might be a new way to make millions overnight. Remember the DotCom-boom(R)*? Well this is the PatentBoom(R)*! Instead of Vaporware(R)*, you have Patentware(R)*, etc etc.
My useless 2 cents..
*Vaporware,DotCom-boom, PatentBoom, Patentware (C)2004 By Me.
This whole mess is pathetic. All of these Orange/red/blah blah terror alerts/terrorist counter measures just place the American public in a false sense of security. If they really wanted to they could hi-jack the plane, regardless of the security measures put in place. (Although, it would make it a bit harder for them).
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Heh, funny I'm in the Air Force as well.
"The military is based around taking people who know very little and teaching via tech schools. We do quite well. We can take someone with virtually no computer knowledge and turn them into a basic sysadmin in about 6 months."
Heh, I have yet to meet a competent Sys admin in the Air Force thats been through that course. It's common to pull someone from their AFSC and put them into your 3C0 job to fix all the problems you guys create. The Sys Admin tech school is worse than ITT tech, especially after the combining of the admin (secretary...) and computer operator career fields. Heh, 6 month course? Its only 6 weeks at Sheppard AFB in Texas (and Keesler AFB in Mississippi).
Good for IBM as they make the chips apple uses. The chips werent designed by Apple, just used by them.
As for the quality of Satalite T.V, mine is great. (Dish Network) I havent lost any signals (3 snow storms, and a heck of a lot of rain storms) since I got my setup. (Back in November 2003) Of course my signal is maxed out for both satalites (119E and W) =) The overall package is nice (I pay 54.00 for the top 100 plus all the HBO and Cinemax channels) I havent tried their DVR yet, but they are offering a HD DVR package with a HD T.V for $999, just have to convince the wife. ;)
Not trying to be a troll (intentionally anyhow), but this has been known for a long time. Why is it so surprising? They even have a Unix department (*GASP*!!).
Dunno, seems a bit sporadic on my end (VERY slow) Everything else loads quite quickly. But you are right, it does load now, although very slowly. Oh well, I jumped the gun a bit.
As if Sco.com IS down. I cant get to it anyhow. And getting all those damn e-mails is annoying, who in their right mind is dumb enough to open an e-mail because of a message like this: The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII encoding and has been sent as a binary attachment. Please...
Nope, you are right. They have been doing this for quite some time, they also offer Linux as an alternative as well.
I've been bombarded by this damn Worm for the past 2 hours, pretty funny actually, they range from an e-mail saying that my client cant display 7 Bit ASCII so they included a binary file for me, or a simple message saying "hi heres a cool attachment" all from AOL addresses.
Never said P2P was illegal.
No, it's not the same. You are allowed to tape shows for personal use, not share them with everyone else. The same used to apply to MP3s, but alas, it wasnt meant to be. (We can thank people like you for that..) (And just because you dont like a software company, it doesnt make it right to pirate their product. I dont like Lindows, but I dont go steal their software.)
These are just a couple of idiots looking for their 15 minutes of fame, and extra cash. This might be a new way to make millions overnight. Remember the DotCom-boom(R)*? Well this is the PatentBoom(R)*! Instead of Vaporware(R)*, you have Patentware(R)*, etc etc. My useless 2 cents.. *Vaporware,DotCom-boom, PatentBoom, Patentware (C)2004 By Me.
Heh, just started? I believe it did the moment they opened their mouth. =)
This whole mess is pathetic. All of these Orange/red/blah blah terror alerts/terrorist counter measures just place the American public in a false sense of security. If they really wanted to they could hi-jack the plane, regardless of the security measures put in place. (Although, it would make it a bit harder for them).
Big deal. This effects me directly how?