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Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
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Thu, 30 Dec 1999 16:23:52 GMT
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On Thu, 30 Dec 1999 15:37:58 GMT, cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com (Mike Stanley)
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> Jasper Janssen <jasper@janssen.dynip.com> wrote:
> > How much of that money is for the "sysadmin's beer fund"?
>
> No comment.
Very wise. Are the elevators in your buildinmg controlled by the
network? How about the halon systems?
"After a few hours the thumping dies down. I guess those [backup tape
- ed] safes really _are_ airtight."
> > Yeah, but single platform locations don't exist. Everyone wants on the
> > 'net.
>
> True, true. Not quite what I meant, thinking of single platform
> in-house, but I get what you're saying.
Well, yes, I knew that's what you were saying. I just think it's a
flawed argument ;)
> I've avoided Exchange because we don't use it anywhere I know of on
> campus and because I heard so many bad things about it I figured I
> could afford to skip it. Kinda depressing when about 1/4 of the
> jobs I was looking at last night mentioned Exchange administration.
At least you can easily skip those, then. Hey, in today's market, it's
about choosing an employer, not being chosen by one ;)
> Yeah, it is better than _nothing_, but not by much. "I got an NT
> domain to work with 2 PCs" isn't quite what you need to prepare you
> for real enterprise-level admin stuff. Maybe small office 10 node
> admining - maybe.
It's not that hard to get 5 or 6, or 20, NT capable (barely) PCs for
one or two grand. That should be enough to do serious load testing on
a lightweight (ie, pentium-I) server, surely?
But really, what you need is an upgrade path - start off under a
competent admin at a medium-to-large site, move up to adminning a
small net, then to medium and eventually large networks.
> Well, the only way to get really good at it. Still, most employers
> (I hope) are looking for people who have been swimming for a few
> years rather than people who've read a book about it and are willing
> to jump into the deep end without a lifeguard handy.
That's not a good thing, yes. I do know that an MCSE with a small
amount of demonstrated clue is definitely enough around here to land a
few jobs as part-time admin of small networks around here, as well as
an easy way to get into second-tier support.
> > They have an agency in New York where they sell them ($12.000 for the
> > two-door, bit more for the 4-door version). Considering the probable
> > transatlantic shipping costs on these babies (well over a ton of
> > cast-iron...), that's quite reasonable.
>
> Ah. Well, no, I doubt I'll be importing a stove. Maybe if Rachael
> really wanted one, I guess, but probably not.
They're really quite nice - if you intend to live on a farm, or a
manor house, or in the woods.
They can run on wood, natural gas, oil, coal, or pretty much any
common fuel with the appropriate burner module, and burn 24/7.
They've got two large hot plates and 2 (or 4 on the larger model)
ovens at various temperatures.
They last absolutely forever. One woman I saw had one that had been
running for 60 years - she was getting afraid to shut it down for fear
it wouldn't start again :).
Takes a bit of practice to cook with them, though.
ObGeekToy: Compaq Armada 1750 - P-II/300, 64 megs of RAM, 4 gigs of
disk, 13.3" TFT 1024*768, CD, floppy, network, the works. And I only
get to install it, not play with it :=(.
Jasper
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