time will come as this generation quickly moves up the ladder and becomes the decision makers; the value of Linux and BSD will not be overlooked as it is today.
it's the same reason unix took of the way it did in the first place. college students worked with it all the way through school, and brought it with them to the workplace. for years apple attempted the same thing. when i was going to school microsoft was doing the exact opposite by suing broke college kids who were using pirated copies of windows. i haven't heard of them doing this lately, but it doesn't pay down the road to sue your future customers.
I also like to keep a soldering iron and mulitmeter, but i guess that depends on the work you do.
other weird stuff I keep:
1. One of those little mirrors your dentist uses, so i can see whats behind a mess of wires, read lables on the back of racked routers, etc.
2. a pickle grabber. ESSENTIAL. looks like a clicky pen, but with prongs comming out. it's great for grabbing screws you drop in the case.
3. a little magnet. again, for picking up screws. just be careful with magnets.
4. duct tape....because, well, it's duct tape.
I bitch about MS as much as anyone, but I do have to hand it to them when it comes to sql server. I haven't had a chance to play with 2005 yet, but 2000 on a dedicated win2000 machine is about a stable server as you can get in the price range.
i also appreciate the the ability to use access to link tables to it, so that i can quickly write front ends using access/vba. vbasic and c# are nice, but when i need something NOW, you can't beat access projects.
Exactly. In college there was no course on "Windows" or "Unix." You learn theory in class, and how to use the actual systems by going to the lab and getting your hands dirty.
It sounds like you are in the exact position as me.
I work for a good sized family owned business (70+ full time employees, 5 locations). My boss was a friend of the owner and hired years ago when they were still small to take care of 1 midrange computer shared between 3 offices with little IT experience, let alone a relevant degree. 15 years later he finds himself as the IT manager.
Contrary to my initial fears, he actually gives me pretty much free control to do what i need to do and is very open to buying equipment i suggest. Also since I have more technical knowledge, he's constantly sending me to training courses for systems we have in place. As a result they paid for the last half of my mcse and all of my mcdba.
In short, if he knows he can trust you, he'll become dependent on you and you'll be indispensable.
*do not* ask the government to do it for you because you are too lazy to keep an eye on your children's Internet viewing.
I completely agree. If you can't sit there with your brat while they're on the internet, then you are too irresponsible to have children.
There are already enough wholesome places in the world to take your kids. Computers and TV are not there to act as baby sitters for you.
Years from now the internet as we know it is going to be so full spam, dead links, and every idiots personal blog and webpage that (hopefully) hobbiests are going to start over with a new grassroots network similar to what the internet was before www. Or better yet, go back to old fashion bbs.
Like me, most recent college grads i know who got an mcse did so to help find a job or get a higher rate. i myself have an mcse and mcdba, but only use freebsd and debian on my own equipment. they are not like the a+ exams, you have to be competent to get your mcse.
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time will come as this generation quickly moves up the ladder and becomes the decision makers; the value of Linux and BSD will not be overlooked as it is today.
it's the same reason unix took of the way it did in the first place. college students worked with it all the way through school, and brought it with them to the workplace. for years apple attempted the same thing. when i was going to school microsoft was doing the exact opposite by suing broke college kids who were using pirated copies of windows. i haven't heard of them doing this lately, but it doesn't pay down the road to sue your future customers.
I have two of these things, they're awesome. I even got a third one for my boss for that little extra brown nosing.
The post office can also be used as a means of distributing (illegel) material. So the RIAA should stop supporting them by writing letters....
I also like to keep a soldering iron and mulitmeter, but i guess that depends on the work you do. other weird stuff I keep:
1. One of those little mirrors your dentist uses, so i can see whats behind a mess of wires, read lables on the back of racked routers, etc.
2. a pickle grabber. ESSENTIAL. looks like a clicky pen, but with prongs comming out. it's great for grabbing screws you drop in the case.
3. a little magnet. again, for picking up screws. just be careful with magnets.
4. duct tape....because, well, it's duct tape.
I bitch about MS as much as anyone, but I do have to hand it to them when it comes to sql server. I haven't had a chance to play with 2005 yet, but 2000 on a dedicated win2000 machine is about a stable server as you can get in the price range. i also appreciate the the ability to use access to link tables to it, so that i can quickly write front ends using access/vba. vbasic and c# are nice, but when i need something NOW, you can't beat access projects.
They can probably put a transmitter in the usb key just like most car keys have now.
Exactly. In college there was no course on "Windows" or "Unix." You learn theory in class, and how to use the actual systems by going to the lab and getting your hands dirty.
It sounds like you are in the exact position as me.
I work for a good sized family owned business (70+ full time employees, 5 locations). My boss was a friend of the owner and hired years ago when they were still small to take care of 1 midrange computer shared between 3 offices with little IT experience, let alone a relevant degree. 15 years later he finds himself as the IT manager.
Contrary to my initial fears, he actually gives me pretty much free control to do what i need to do and is very open to buying equipment i suggest. Also since I have more technical knowledge, he's constantly sending me to training courses for systems we have in place. As a result they paid for the last half of my mcse and all of my mcdba.
In short, if he knows he can trust you, he'll become dependent on you and you'll be indispensable.
I thought it was Shit Passed As Meat
*do not* ask the government to do it for you because you are too lazy to keep an eye on your children's Internet viewing.
I completely agree. If you can't sit there with your brat while they're on the internet, then you are too irresponsible to have children. There are already enough wholesome places in the world to take your kids. Computers and TV are not there to act as baby sitters for you.
Years from now the internet as we know it is going to be so full spam, dead links, and every idiots personal blog and webpage that (hopefully) hobbiests are going to start over with a new grassroots network similar to what the internet was before www. Or better yet, go back to old fashion bbs.
Like me, most recent college grads i know who got an mcse did so to help find a job or get a higher rate. i myself have an mcse and mcdba, but only use freebsd and debian on my own equipment. they are not like the a+ exams, you have to be competent to get your mcse.
The most important unanswered question: WILL IT HAVE THE ANY KEY???