An interesting concept I found was the "knowledge half-life", in the IT industry it's estimated at about 18 months, meaning, every 18 months, half of your knowledge becomes irrelevant (outdated), thus the philosophy of "life long learning" is important in IT.
I don't subscribe to the half-life view 100%, but it's an interesting view. Also I think uni does not give you much real world knowledge, anyone with experience has an advantage. I take the view that a uni course shows an employer not that you know anything, but that you can be taught/trained/moulded.
That's my 2c, I've just finished 2nd year of an IT degree, so what do I know:)
thought i'd give this a go, and this is the first thing i saw: Google Desktop Search is not currently compatable with another program on your system. You will need to uninstall this program if you would like to install Google Desktop Search. The following may help identify your program:
Different network providers: CA ISafe LSP over [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]] MSAFD Tcpip [UDP/IP] C:\WINDOWS\System32\VetRedir.dll
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Click OK to report this problem to Google or click cancel to exit without reporting the problem.
[OK] [Cancel] ----- What the hell i this thing trying to do!? See that "VetRedir.dll" thats part of Vet Antivirus, I'm not uninstalling/disabling that. And have a look at this, just about stops anyone using a any virus/firewall software: http://desktop.google.com/support/bin/a nswer.py?an swer=10742
Thats a big delete to GoogleDesktopSearchSetup.exe
btw, you hit cancel, and it still tries to connect.
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I don't subscribe to the half-life view 100%, but it's an interesting view. Also I think uni does not give you much real world knowledge, anyone with experience has an advantage. I take the view that a uni course shows an employer not that you know anything, but that you can be taught/trained/moulded.
That's my 2c, I've just finished 2nd year of an IT degree, so what do I know :)
thought i'd give this a go, and this is the first thing i saw:
a nswer.py?an swer=10742
Google Desktop Search is not currently compatable with another program on your system. You will need to uninstall this program if you would like to install Google Desktop Search. The following may help identify your program:
Different network providers:
CA ISafe LSP over [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]]
MSAFD Tcpip [UDP/IP]
C:\WINDOWS\System32\VetRedir.dll
I01
Click OK to report this problem to Google or click cancel to exit without reporting the problem.
[OK] [Cancel]
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What the hell i this thing trying to do!? See that "VetRedir.dll" thats part of Vet Antivirus, I'm not uninstalling/disabling that.
And have a look at this, just about stops anyone using a any virus/firewall software:
http://desktop.google.com/support/bin/
Thats a big delete to GoogleDesktopSearchSetup.exe
btw, you hit cancel, and it still tries to connect.