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(...) Yeah, that's how I'm leaning. I've done the entry-level jobs that would probably look for A+. Not doing those now, not looking to do them in the future. (...) I hear you. Now I just need to get UTK to spring for Cisco training... (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Employment purposes. I do a great job at whatever I put my mind to, and believe me, if I just wanted to pat myself on the back for exceeding at something I could come up with something a LOT more fun to do than any computer-related (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Try this: $string = lc $string; Alternatively, I think this will work also: $string =~ tr/[A-Z]/[a-z]/; But if you *REALLY* want to make it look impressive (to a 1st-year programmer anyway :-), you could do: @upchars = qw( A B C D E F G H I J (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Any nice easy way to make a string all lower case? ("nice easy way" being defined as being less than 5 lines...)I seem to remember being able to use 'pack' to do that in some fashion or another... and of course I foolishly tried: "$string =~ (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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A+ is worth it only if your employer pays for it. Doesn't get you anything as far as hiring purposes. If you've used computers since you were a child, you should pass this in 5 minutes. It's an easy test. When I hired a lot a year or so ago I was (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) What good is any certification program which exists that its proponents may suck even still more money out of the industry? --Todd (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) A+ is the certification equivalent of an entry level position. It's easy to pass if you know much of anything about basic PC/printer hardware and whatever the current Microsoft O/S is. (win3.1 when I took it) If you have any certifications (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Buegs the question: Are you getting certified for employment purposes, or just for self-inflicted brownie points? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Well, I'm sure the Microsoft-bashers won't care, but I aced the Server in the Enterprise exam today. That gives me another MCP cert. I'll ace Workstation on Friday then move on to TCP/IP, Proxy, and Net Essentials. Probably go ahead and knock out (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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This is what I was talking about last week. Glad you found it. The bridge animation appears to move in non-whole stud increments which is (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) How are kids placed in different classes? Do the teachers nominate them? Is there a test? Don't be afraid to ask a teacher, guidance counselor, administrator, school board member, or even your parents about this stuff. It definitely shouldn't (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Huh. Well, often test taking skill is different from either intelligence or ability to get As. Are you doing really well in your current class (100% or above if you teacher believes in extra credit)? If so, you might want to talk to your (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Jeremy: (...) Since they just use evolutionary programming to _design_ constructions, I doubt that they would ever need Mindstorms. Their claims about the lightness of the table[1] is most dubious. Alone the fact that it isn't symmetric. And just (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I saw this on Slashdot today. Seems some folks calling themselves the "Dynamical & Evolutionary Machine Organization", and funded partially by the Office of naval Research, are using Lego bricks and evolutionary programming to determine optimal (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) one (...) of the year since 2nd grade (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) And you're in the same school system? Did you take a test of some sort? (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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When I was in 6th grade I was the 2nd smartest person in my math class and one of my friends got C's while I got A's and B's but when we went to Middle School he got Pre-Algerbra and I got general Math. Is there any explanation for this? and this (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: MI/X (Was: LeoCAD for Linux (Was: Compiling MPD Builder/Splitter for DOS/Win?))
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(...) (URL) program. A little slow the last time I tried it, but free. (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: MI/X (Was: LeoCAD for Linux (Was: Compiling MPD Builder/Splitter for DOS/Win?))
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[ FUT lugnet.off-topic.geek ] Doc: (...) I don't get as far as connecting to _any_ Linux machine. (...) Where can I pick that up? Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Tim Berners-Lee speaking Oct. 5 in Boston
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This coming Tuesday, Tim Berners-Lee will be speaking about his book Weaving the Web at MIT, 7 p.m. MIT 34-101, Edgerton Center, 50 Vassar St. between Main St. and Mass Ave., Cambridge. --Todd (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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