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(...) That's one line of reasoning. Given the tales of woe I've been hearing from sysadmins all over the world, though, anyone with half a clue tries to move to unix adminning as soon as humanly possible. You've certainly got the necessary clues, so (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I want to learn - period. We have more SQL Server implementations on campus than anything else, especially Oracle. So yes, given my present circumstances, I am sure I want to go this way. I could decide to start working towards some sort of (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) This is the part where I scream in horror and recoil violently. Adminning MS is bad enough, but MS databases... Are you _sure_ you want to go that way? (...) They probably haven't thought of it - I know of other university admins who get those (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Am I to understand that MLCAD can be run on a Mac? Does it use the ldraw parts library? (cross-posting to .geek to see if the geeks can help me) -John (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) That's what libraries are for. :) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:38639005.70A15C...ger.net... (...) You can "hardly" wait for the "soft"?..:-) Selçuk (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I used to mainly buy paperback as well, and used at that. I still buy used paperbacks, but with the various coupons and promotions I find on the web, I've been buying new hardbacks from B&N, Borders, Amazon, etc for usually 1/4 - 1/3 cover (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I'm trying to create 'lights' on my web page that turn off when the user has been to a page. The lights are inside individual layers (one for each link) inside a layer containing an image map that contains the hotspots that link to the various (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Well, when I meant come out I meant paperback, I'm too cheap to buy hardcover. It would break me, I go through a lot of books... (...) Whoa, that's cool! (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) "A Deepness in the Sky" is out in hardcover now. Will be out in paperback soon, check your favorite online book-seller ; ) I was at a local (San Diego) signing for Deepness, and he happened to mention that he wrote the entire thing (~1000pp) (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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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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