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(...) I can hardly wait for "deepness" to come out. Fire was *that* good. My only beef with Dr. Vinge is that he doesn't write as a full time job... Many of his works have decided libertarian bents (the tinker character is another John Galt, just (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) When I say we're hiring, I'm talking to everyone, not just you, Mike... :-) Travel can be very very rough. You need a supportive wife. Mine does not work *outside the house* but she works very very hard, she deals with all the stuff that (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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congrats!! i am closing in on the completion of my mcse, and looking forward to the end of the studying and testing. David Phillips (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I keep hearing that from various places. I'm beginning to warm to the idea, but I guess I won't know _for sure_ until I actually do it for a while. I know I don't want to relocate, at least not anytime soon. We're centrally located between the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Well, my consulting partner and I have decided to split up certs anyway, so I think I'll be getting the MCDBA first. 2 Exams to go for that - Admin and Design/Implementation. (...) Yeah, _everyone_ in my classes earlier this year was amazed (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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