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  1. RandeKnight

    Vista DRM

    Hollywood won't be happy until they can wipe your memory of the movie you just saw as you're coming out of the theater." I've had that thought myself. Just leave the impression that it was a good movie and the punters'll go again and again. And then stop bothering with making the movie and...
  2. RandeKnight

    Code Stealers

    Since she's copying the code by hand, I'd do one of those old tricks. eg. @Putting a semicolon (or equivalent) way at the right hand side off the end of the margin. @Linking the script to a large library of routines. @Use some foreign characters that look the same as the base ascii, but aren't...
  3. RandeKnight

    Difficult Coworkers

    Other coworker: Is it about time for you to leave? Or do you have time to show me something? Difficult coworker: Yes." Immature, but can be considered correct as saying that it is yes to both. Probably needs a few lessons in being less rigid and more accomodating to the norms of human...
  4. RandeKnight

    The bird in the hand, or the two in the bush...

    Have you tried explaining to company A that you literally cannot live on what they are offering? Perhaps a compromise that if they pay the referral fee and a living wage, you will sign a contract to stick with them for 2 years on pain of repaying the fee?
  5. RandeKnight

    Future of E-Mail

    What, and not allow all those slick advertising come-ons? " Mostly the ads I get via email with images and graphics tend to be spam for shares. Nothing wrong with putting a URL in a text email however - if I'm interested, I'll click (or copy and paste) on the link. Rand
  6. RandeKnight

    Future of Unix because of Linux

    But as a consequence of this we're seeing the OS consume more and more hdd and ram space. It's getting slow and hungrier." True, but at least you have the option. You can still run linux off a 1.44M floppy if you don't need much more than a commandline. I'm running a mediacenter version...
  7. RandeKnight

    Skilled Worker Shortage

    This asked questions about the company - you should have researched where you wanted to work!" I keep coming across this hurdle in interviews. I don't care about the hierarchy of the company. I don't care about what countries it is in and what their market penetration is in each of them...
  8. RandeKnight

    Future of Unix because of Linux

    Don't you patch / update you Linux stuff?" Unlike windows, Linux only requires a reboot when you update the kernel. And in production environments this is a rare occurance, perhaps once every year or two years. It's not uncommon for the hardware to fail more often than you need to update the...
  9. RandeKnight

    Reverse DNS Lookup

    I suspect that this is more work than is needed for something that they can work around with a 5 second google - eg, google for 'Reverse DNS lookup' and the first response is for a service which will do it for you. I suspect you don't want to block port 80 to prevent them using such services...
  10. RandeKnight

    Re entering workforce

    I think the only place I've seen with proper training and career progression was for the government. Defence in particular. Otherwise, yes, it's all too common to have the information you need to do your job spread over a wide range of Word docs, databases, trusted people, and postit notes...
  11. RandeKnight

    New Horizons?

    I think it depends on how much of a self-starter you are. Some people can study by themselves for extended period and get the certs cheaply. Others find that a structured course which forces them to study for a certain number of hours a day is more effective. Personally I prefer self-study. It...
  12. RandeKnight

    Re entering workforce

    There are a few options : a) get some specialist certifications for something you have an interest in. You might get in where HR just pattern matches for them. b) Start at the bottom in helldesk. And in a mere 10 years you might be trusted to change the paper in the printer. c) Do some...
  13. RandeKnight

    So much free time and not a slacker

    I've currently got a lot of downtime...because I don't have the access to do my projects. a) can't install the version management tool, so I can't change any code. b) can't access the shared drive, so I can't update any documentation. c) can't email externally, so can't communicate with clients...

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