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(...) Good points. It can be argued that massive flame-war threads *are* indicative of the level of community. If only because people care enough to get into long-winded pointless debates. (...) Not sure about this, except to look for posts with (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) A resounding "yes" on all counts. Cool, thanks! :-, Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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[ (X)FUT lugnet.off-topic.geek and lugnet.admin.general ] Steve: [...] (...) Few or many messages per thread? - few messages per thread could mean - quick correct answers - nobody cares to discuss anything - many messages per thread could mean - (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Doh! I had no idea there was a function to do it already! DaveE (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I think NetTerm is what you're looking for. <URL:(URL) The "phone book" is less than user friendly, unless they've fixed that since I last looked. (I use ssh exclusively these days, so it's SecureCRT for me. (actually, a great terminal (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Hey all, I'm getting fed up with my current Win32 telnet emulator. Having broken my teeth on Telix and Telemate (DOS dialup term apps), I'm noticing a surprising lack of features in every telnet emulator I've come across. I am currently using (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Oh, no argument there. MS's cert stuff is certainly a cash cow for them, and so pitifully unprofessional compared to other companies' like Novell's. NT 4 came out when - 1996? The training materials I used this year contain errors, typos, and (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I meant that M$[1] was the one continuing to suck the money out of the industry by pushing certification stuff on people and companies. --Todd [1] I have to write "M$" for Microsoft, to avoid confusiong with MS for Mike Stanley :-) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yep, that's the impression I got. The 2 people I know who passed it probably know half what I know and they thought it was cake. (...) Thanks! I've only been playing with NT since a year or so after 4.0 came out, and only been working with it (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Dunno - is that a rhetorical question? I'm not sucking much money at all out of the industry right now, although I hope to be sucking a lot more (DO NOT quote that out of context John Neal) out of it within the next 6 months. Then again, the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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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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| | Re: Evolutionary programming to build LEGO bridge
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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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