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Didn't know where I should insert this into the thread... (...) V. Vinge: "A Fire upon the Deep" - anyone who's ever been upset by a non- sensical off-topic post should read this Hugo Award winner ;) I've even had some conversations with Dr. Vinge (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Sounds like a good idea to me! We're hiring. You need to like to travel, though. (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Welcome, Mike... There's a buncha advice that goes around, but you won't KNOW you need it for about a year :-) Looking at my file of quotes, I'm interested to find that after all this time, the oldest ones seem the most useful: MAN IS A TOOL-MAKING (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Hmmm... "Micksee Stanley"? :-, Congrats, of a sort. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
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(...) Really? My memory must be failing. Old age or something. (...) Uhm, exactly. I thought you were saying otherwise, so that was a bit of a misunderstanding. Actually, a) happens 100% as far as I can see, but b) is rarer. (...) Heh. My "simple (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Hrmmm, when I whip it into shape, I will. :) Makes me wonder .... maybe we need .off-topic.job-networking ? ;D (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Welcome to the dark side. Send me your resume ;) -- Asher Kobin Microsoft Software Security Engineer, Windows Platform (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Congratulations, Mike. Don't have too much fun! Watch out for that Satan guy! :) Scott S. (...) ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn CAD Operator Affiliated Engineers, Inc. "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and a bug free Y2K!" :) Work Page: (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Well, I did it. Now I'm going to enjoy a few days off then start working on my resume and probably spend a few days at work while everyone else is gone so I can get some quality work done on my new servers and workstations. Wondering when my (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
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(...) I wish. I may end up paying for some of these myself - $50 would be a lot nicer than $100. (...) Actually, MCSE+I is 9 exams. So I'll have 3 more to go. :( Only one after that to MCDBA, tho. (...) Really? Everyone I've spoken to, either on the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
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(...) Well, yeah. Though it might have been $50/test, I'm not actually sure. (...) MCSE always was 7 tests, since realistically you want +I added as well ;) (...) Not what I've heard, but employers and neighbourhoods vary. (...) Tempus fugit, (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
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(...) Just realized that might sound bad. Let me elaborate, and yeah, this may show how dumb I've been to stick around, or it may show, for those who know me, that I'm paranoid about going without insurance, and my wife only recently got her (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Matthew Miller <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote: [snip] The things *I* care about. Sheesh. (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yes, I know. Or "loose change" if you prefer. My father, b. 1918, Gostynin, Poland, grew up while Pilsudski was running things. only boy in a family of 7. In the resistance, captured and internned by the Germans, fought fires in Berlin on a (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Psh. Stupid entomologists. It's any little creepy crawly gross thing, probably invertebrate. "Insects" are a definite subset of "bugs". It's unclear how this meaning came about, but it's very likely a transfer from the other noun "bug" (the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Doesn't mean 1. Or 0. Or -1. Probably also doesn't mean 2. Could mean 7, if they're distinct. Or 100, under some circumstances. (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) And much easier to say! (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Thanks, I'll try to keep that in mind when I read your name.(I always pronounced Todds name as Layman, and yours as Penzak. I used to think the word Several ment the number seven, until recently have I learned it means any number below seven) (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) [snip] (...) Heh, that's pretty funny. "Larry Little Coin." (Well, it made *me* laugh....) as evah, John C. (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Do you have some ancestors in Eastern europe? Your name means "little coin". That's what we used to call the pirate coins when I was a kid. "Penizek" (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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