I really liked your header. All the non tech folks I know seem to think that "fixing computers" is all IT folks do. I gave up trying to explain that I'm a Network Engineer not a PC Tech(although that's pretty much how I got started). I do however, really enjoy watching eyes glaze over when the same people people ask me what's the difference and I try to explain what my day to day work entails.
I couldn't agree with you more. I think many non-tech folks don't realize all the extra "homework" involved in IT work in order to, as you rightly put it, "fall behind more slowly". Sadly enough, my fulltime IT job doesn't offer nearly the challenges with respect to emerging technologies. Since my job is to support their current operations, my employer isn't very sympathetic or supportive of spending money on things that they can't either recover some cost on or that they don't see an immediate way to improve their current operation or of course make imeediate bucks off of.
I'm in agreement 100%. I've spent nearly 30 years in Computers and Electronics and as time has progressed I've seen much more emphasis on degrees and certifications than actual experience and ability. Maybe this has been more true in the last 3 or so years due to the economic state of the U.S. Never the less, I've worked with quite a few folks fresh out of college or with MCSE's and no experience who believe that by virtue of their "credentials" they deserve to earn more than seasoned veterans with track records. I think there has to be a relationship between salaries and and actual achievements in the workplace.
in an effort by both factions to discredit the other. I don't find it relavant to today. If I'm not mistaken, people change with time. There are many, more important issues to focus on besides this crap.
Besides the only service record I really give a rats ass about is mine.
I agree. Hell I have a TV for watching TV and a stereo for listening to music. I'll assume your question(s) is rhetorical... I believe we all know the real answer!
I wish I did. They were flat and slightly larger than the disk(about the size of a slimline jewel case). You put the disk in and slid the whole shebang into the CD-ROM. I remember them being used by Toshiba and Sony and some others. Good protection, but damned inconvenient. If I ever see 0one or find one again I'll get a pic and post it or send it to you.
enjoy,
Ron
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I, for one, welcome our new self-wiring supercomputing masters.
I was goining to go space truckiing today, I guess I'll wait.
I believe it's called brute foce cybernetics. First create a need and then fill it. Sounds like the Microsloth way!
who knows what would happen if enough got into the wrong hands.
I wanted to be a brick layer, but went with IT instead. Sometimes I wonder.......
I really liked your header. All the non tech folks I know seem to think that "fixing computers" is all IT folks do. I gave up trying to explain that I'm a Network Engineer not a PC Tech(although that's pretty much how I got started). I do however, really enjoy watching eyes glaze over when the same people people ask me what's the difference and I try to explain what my day to day work entails.
I couldn't agree with you more. I think many non-tech folks don't realize all the extra "homework" involved in IT work in order to, as you rightly put it, "fall behind more slowly". Sadly enough, my fulltime IT job doesn't offer nearly the challenges with respect to emerging technologies. Since my job is to support their current operations, my employer isn't very sympathetic or supportive of spending money on things that they can't either recover some cost on or that they don't see an immediate way to improve their current operation or of course make imeediate bucks off of.
If only that could happen, what a wonderful world it would be.
I'm in agreement 100%. I've spent nearly 30 years in Computers and Electronics and as time has progressed I've seen much more emphasis on degrees and certifications than actual experience and ability. Maybe this has been more true in the last 3 or so years due to the economic state of the U.S. Never the less, I've worked with quite a few folks fresh out of college or with MCSE's and no experience who believe that by virtue of their "credentials" they deserve to earn more than seasoned veterans with track records. I think there has to be a relationship between salaries and and actual achievements in the workplace.
is what this article is.
in an effort by both factions to discredit the other. I don't find it relavant to today. If I'm not mistaken, people change with time. There are many, more important issues to focus on besides this crap. Besides the only service record I really give a rats ass about is mine.
Unfortunately, windows has a MUCH broader market base and many Windows lusers tend to have more money than sense.
I agree. Hell I have a TV for watching TV and a stereo for listening to music. I'll assume your question(s) is rhetorical... I believe we all know the real answer!
the technophobe or technophile? Just curious and felt like picking nits.
"The Great Firewall of America" it has a nce ring to it; I wonder if you could see it from space?
I still tend to believe that NASA projects are a much better way to spend my tax dollars as opposed to the Iraq debacle.
That old brute force cybernetics thing..... create a demand and then fill it.
for lawyers of the extraterrestial beings to show up with a cease and desist order for spamming THEM with SETI signals.
timeshifting? I want time travel in my car!
A: at least twice apparently
was press vinyl backups of my vinyl records.
I wish I did. They were flat and slightly larger than the disk(about the size of a slimline jewel case). You put the disk in and slid the whole shebang into the CD-ROM. I remember them being used by Toshiba and Sony and some others. Good protection, but damned inconvenient. If I ever see 0one or find one again I'll get a pic and post it or send it to you. enjoy, Ron
"having to periodically wipe your system and reinstall... is a small price to pay..." Are you smoking crack? This is obviously a TROLL.
Like the older CD-ROMs in the cassettes?
Of course now that microshaft has pulled the SP2 due to coompatibilty issues with numerous software packages, it's a moot point. Way to go Redmond!