> Depends on the band really. Some bands like The > Greatfull Dead used to let you hook right into > the mixing board to record the concert...which > is why there are so many good Dead bootlegs out there.
Good news for all the Brittney Spears and Justin Timberlake fans! You can now own a CD copy of the concert you have just seen!
Trick is its the CD that you already own that the artists have just spent the last 74 minutes miming to.
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> But a bollard/barrel isn't the same thing as a cone, is it?
No, cones dont explode when you BFG them.
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In Australia we refer to them as "cones" too. In some parts they are still known as "Witches Hats".
Having said that, if you ask your mates if they'd like to join you to pull a couple of "Witches Hats", they wouldn't know what you were on about.
(Hopefully, this is not a oblique surf culture reference).
Spot on, these are requirements to be a software engineer, but if your resume said something like:
a) Java b) Cisco IOS c) Shell scripting d) Windows 95-Windows XP e) Redhat Linux f) SCO Unixware g) Soldering RS-232 plugs h) CVS
I wouldn't give you a second look, because those are skills related to at least three different disciplines. Sure, there are people who are experts in all of those, but if they neither have girlfriends nor post to slashdot.
> I think most managers up the ladder are > generalists, not specialists.
I think most managers are useless.
A good manager is a specialist... in management.
To be a good IT manager, you have to let the al lot of the tech stuff go. Its not like "hey, I know a bit of windows and a bit of cisco and a bit of Solaris" its "I know how to define goals and how to best use the people and resource I have to achieve those goals".
This does not mean getting the whip out.
I was cynical about the value of an MBA until I started one. There is a lot of sound management theory that is actually based on real things like psychology and mathematics. It not a "science", but its consistent.
Nothing, not even formal education is more voluble than a high level certification in your chosen area.
Emphasis mine.
An RHCE is worth more than a Linux+ because its a damn site harder.
A CCNA is worth... well.. not much... except as the prerequirement for a CCNP. An MSCE is fine if you want to support windows, but the combination of an MSCE, A+ and CCNA isn't really that great. You are better off investing all your time and effort into one stream. Generalists are dime a dozen.
Note that if you are a support engineer, these certs are good for you. If you want to code, get a degree.
> I find it a real shame because I genuinely used > to believe that Britain jouralists had a strong > sense of integrity and impartiality. Not any more.
Its not often that I look at a mod and thing "cool", but this is. I don't know why. I have no better reason than it makes me feel all tingley in the same way that Transformers did when I was 7.
Slashdot Mirror
I can see the promotion now:
"Buy a coke bottle, get free pr0n!"
Mmmm.. coke bottle pr0n.
> Depends on the band really. Some bands like The
> Greatfull Dead used to let you hook right into
> the mixing board to record the concert...which
> is why there are so many good Dead bootlegs out there.
Good news for all the Brittney Spears and Justin Timberlake fans! You can now own a CD copy of the concert you have just seen!
Trick is its the CD that you already own that the artists have just spent the last 74 minutes miming to.
> But a bollard/barrel isn't the same thing as a cone, is it?
No, cones dont explode when you BFG them.
In Australia we refer to them as "cones" too. In some parts they are still known as "Witches Hats".
Having said that, if you ask your mates if they'd like to join you to pull a couple of "Witches Hats", they wouldn't know what you were on about.
(Hopefully, this is not a oblique surf culture reference).
Yeah, I know its off topic, but it fits in so well with the SlashDot "Business Plan", I figured I had to share it somehow.
> Do you know:
> a) CORBA
> i) COCOMO/FPA or any other
Spot on, these are requirements to be a software engineer, but if your resume said something like:
a) Java
b) Cisco IOS
c) Shell scripting
d) Windows 95-Windows XP
e) Redhat Linux
f) SCO Unixware
g) Soldering RS-232 plugs
h) CVS
I wouldn't give you a second look, because those are skills related to at least three different disciplines. Sure, there are people who are experts in all of those, but if they neither have girlfriends nor post to slashdot.
Nyet!
She missed her chance. Argentina was burning through one president every 6 weeks until Kirschner came along.
> You know, some people are actually *happy* doing
> the same thing for 10 years.
Just look at The Rolling Stones.
Axa sues Google in trademark row
> I think most managers up the ladder are
> generalists, not specialists.
I think most managers are useless.
A good manager is a specialist... in management.
To be a good IT manager, you have to let the al lot of the tech stuff go. Its not like "hey, I know a bit of windows and a bit of cisco and a bit of Solaris" its "I know how to define goals and how to best use the people and resource I have to achieve those goals".
This does not mean getting the whip out.
I was cynical about the value of an MBA until I started one. There is a lot of sound management theory that is actually based on real things like psychology and mathematics. It not a "science", but its consistent.
> BTW, do you have children?
This is slashdot.
There are certain things you have to do before having children... and Im not referring to painting the spare room yellow.
Just after "Where's the milkman"
or
"I've come over to fix the television".
"Its in the... bedroom".
The CCIE has no prereqs. It states that on the website. This is for historical reasons.
The CCNA has no prereqs. Its the entry level cert.
The CCNP and CCDA require the CCNA
The CCDP requires a CCDA.
Cisco won't send you the certificate if you don't fulfill the prereqs.
> Once you get a temp job make yourself indspensable.
Reading between the lines, that means changing all the root and administrator passwords and not writing them down anywhere, except in your will.
> You can get women to pay you? I can't even get a poor woman.
You need to think about an "older" woman.
Maybe about 60 years older than your current demographic.
Emphasis mine.
An RHCE is worth more than a Linux+ because its a damn site harder.
A CCNA is worth... well.. not much... except as the prerequirement for a CCNP. An MSCE is fine if you want to support windows, but the combination of an MSCE, A+ and CCNA isn't really that great. You are better off investing all your time and effort into one stream. Generalists are dime a dozen.
Note that if you are a support engineer, these certs are good for you. If you want to code, get a degree.
> users bill at $150/hour
If you want, I can call you up with "broken coffee cup" holder questions, and I'll only charge you $100/hour.
You haven't been reading the Microsoft hype, have you?
If a large company migrates to OOo, there is a good chance that it will become a smaller company.
At which point OOo is a better deal, so they grow to become a larger company.
> It's amazing how much it grows on you despite
> the initially underwhelming first impressions.
They say the same thing about herpes.
But does it run Linux?
FBDIRLP !
(First But Does It Run Linux Post)
> then about 20 minutes murdering each other and
> burning down the town tavern.
You should have just asked the DM to lower the legal drinking age.
> I find it a real shame because I genuinely used
> to believe that Britain jouralists had a strong
> sense of integrity and impartiality. Not any more.
You must be a "Sun" reader.
Its not often that I look at a mod and thing "cool", but this is. I don't know why. I have no better reason than it makes me feel all tingley in the same way that Transformers did when I was 7.
Hey!
Everything I know about SCO I learnt from Press releases!
So I'll my $699 insurance policy will keep me safe when Darl comes around and makes you wipe Linux from your X-box!
(No, I am not being serious, but I understand that its Monday morning, so I figgered I'd include a disclaimer for those of us still asleep).