I ordered six small boxes of granola bars from Walmart a few months ago. Since it got shipped by FedEx, I had the box diverted to a FedEx Store. The store clerk brought out a 24" x 24" x 6" box. Packing paper took up most of the space inside. All six boxes fit inside my backpack. I told the store clerk to recycle the box and packing paper for another customer.
I wasn't surprised. The class was meant to qualify students for the A+ certification. Never mind that you're supposed to have six months of work experience. A 16-week course doesn't cut it.
Even a brand new IT graduates knows computers should be plugged into UPS devices that protect against this.
I took a PC hardware course in college. The instructor had six "server" PCs on a cart plugged into a $5 power strip. He left the cart plugged after the last class for Friday. A electrical storm passed through over the weekend. Monday morning he found a blackened power strip and six dead PCs.
Remember, kids, don't plug your "servers" into a $5 power strip and hope for the best.
Not necessarily. I've been in a few of these "career changing event" over the years. If I make a mistake, I step forward, take responsibility and fix the problem (if I can). Mangers are less likely to punish someone who comes forward immediately. In other cases where blame must be assigned, I've already documented my actions and sometimes the action of those around me. If my CYA is stronger than everyone else's, I'm not going to get blame for something that I didn't do.
Operational error. Backup systems need to be periodically checked to see if they still working as designed. If the backup system got tested and failed to work, then it would then be a design error.
Not downtown San Jose in Silicon Valley. Most people who live downtown don't work downtown as tech jobs are located in the surrounding towns (Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Palo Alto and San Francisco). Downtown San Jose is practically empty during the day. That's the exact opposite to San Francisco that has an extra 2M+ people during the day.
All the baby boomers will be retired, retirees will outnumber workers, and two-third of the federal budget will go to Social Security and Medicare. There won't be enough workers to drive all these senior citizens to their beauty and golf appointments. Hence, self-driving cars in 2034.
This is human error because a contractor accidentally turned off a power supply that caused a world-wide outage? It should be operational error for allowing such a single-point of failure to exist.
What do you think goes on in the back end of transit buses today?
The transit system for Silicon Valley would declare a bio hazard and take the bus out of service. The new buses have anti-bacterial seat covers that won't absorb fluids, making it easier for the cleaning crew to spray down the interior with bleach.
You were just told that you were "the most significant" person on Slashdot, and in your haste to pound out a reply between fistfuls of Cheetos, you just asserted that your "asshat" troll is the MOST SIGNIFICANT person on this site.
I'm always willing to help someone get ahead on Slashdot, especially when it comes to being thrown underneath the bus.
Failure to realize an AI has already replaced you.
For the record, I've never claimed to be disabled for employment purposes. Although I attended Special Ed for eight years, I was misdiagnosed due to an undiagnosed hearing loss. Since I started my technical career, no employer has ever asked about my pre-college education. As an IT support contractor, my job ends when the contract ends. If the client wants to replace me with an AI, I don't care as I'll be on my next job.
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You shouldn't eat so much granola bars.
I eat five granola bars per week. Six boxes is a three-month supply.
You ordered six small boxes of granola bars from Walmart and had it shipped via Fedex?
My purchase qualified for free shipping. Walmart sent via FedEx Post to my PO box. Since it was sent via FedEx, I had it diverted to the FedEx Store.
I ordered six small boxes of granola bars from Walmart a few months ago. Since it got shipped by FedEx, I had the box diverted to a FedEx Store. The store clerk brought out a 24" x 24" x 6" box. Packing paper took up most of the space inside. All six boxes fit inside my backpack. I told the store clerk to recycle the box and packing paper for another customer.
You're a middle-aged man counting Slashdot karma points?
Nope. I'm a middle-aged man who wrote a Python script to scrap my comment history. I'll run the script and post the stats when I get home.
Almost forget... 3) Kiss my shiny metal ass!
[...] is how you maintain your Karma Houdini status.
1) I've been on Slashdot for 18+ years and, accumulated 9K+ in karma points.
2) I'm consistently up voted more than I'm down voted by the mods.
Yes, buy a Monster power strip for $50.
That's exactly what the instructor did. :/
I wasn't surprised. The class was meant to qualify students for the A+ certification. Never mind that you're supposed to have six months of work experience. A 16-week course doesn't cut it.
Even a brand new IT graduates knows computers should be plugged into UPS devices that protect against this.
I took a PC hardware course in college. The instructor had six "server" PCs on a cart plugged into a $5 power strip. He left the cart plugged after the last class for Friday. A electrical storm passed through over the weekend. Monday morning he found a blackened power strip and six dead PCs.
Remember, kids, don't plug your "servers" into a $5 power strip and hope for the best.
text book example of a "career changing event"
Not necessarily. I've been in a few of these "career changing event" over the years. If I make a mistake, I step forward, take responsibility and fix the problem (if I can). Mangers are less likely to punish someone who comes forward immediately. In other cases where blame must be assigned, I've already documented my actions and sometimes the action of those around me. If my CYA is stronger than everyone else's, I'm not going to get blame for something that I didn't do.
Drinking blood is the next big thing to keep old people young.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/10/julia-caples-drinking-blood_n_3416983.html
thank GOD the 7.343564675 billion OTHER people on the planet dont live in silicon valley, its not like they matter MORE or anything. jesus.
The San Francisco Bay Area is only 4M+ people short of being declared a megacity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megacity
Design error you probably mean?
Operational error. Backup systems need to be periodically checked to see if they still working as designed. If the backup system got tested and failed to work, then it would then be a design error.
Not downtown San Jose in Silicon Valley. Most people who live downtown don't work downtown as tech jobs are located in the surrounding towns (Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Palo Alto and San Francisco). Downtown San Jose is practically empty during the day. That's the exact opposite to San Francisco that has an extra 2M+ people during the day.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/13/us/california-today-san-jose-an-immigration-success-story.html
All the baby boomers will be retired, retirees will outnumber workers, and two-third of the federal budget will go to Social Security and Medicare. There won't be enough workers to drive all these senior citizens to their beauty and golf appointments. Hence, self-driving cars in 2034.
That doesn't help if there is one master switch, in case of (for example) fire, and he activated it.
More like a extension cord stretched across a busy walkway just waiting for someone to trip on it.
This is human error because a contractor accidentally turned off a power supply that caused a world-wide outage? It should be operational error for allowing such a single-point of failure to exist.
What do you think goes on in the back end of transit buses today?
The transit system for Silicon Valley would declare a bio hazard and take the bus out of service. The new buses have anti-bacterial seat covers that won't absorb fluids, making it easier for the cleaning crew to spray down the interior with bleach.
You were just told that you were "the most significant" person on Slashdot, and in your haste to pound out a reply between fistfuls of Cheetos, you just asserted that your "asshat" troll is the MOST SIGNIFICANT person on this site.
I'm always willing to help someone get ahead on Slashdot, especially when it comes to being thrown underneath the bus.
No moron, the least insignificant person on this site literally is you.
That would be criemer, an asshat who wants to be me. As Casey Neistat says in his video, success is when people want to be you. I'm so proud.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iQ8BGw13So
Near space is a lot further out than outer space.
Trump obviously got the idea to bomb the sun from watching "Sunshine" on TV.
Failure to realize an AI has already replaced you.
For the record, I've never claimed to be disabled for employment purposes. Although I attended Special Ed for eight years, I was misdiagnosed due to an undiagnosed hearing loss. Since I started my technical career, no employer has ever asked about my pre-college education. As an IT support contractor, my job ends when the contract ends. If the client wants to replace me with an AI, I don't care as I'll be on my next job.
[...] a functionary who was hired to fill the disabled human quota [...]
What's my disability then?
Must be a slow news day with no important going on.
If you want entertainment, read criemer!