| cyberanger | acidic: Welcome to the Tennessee LoCo | 00:26 |
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| cyberanger | Unit193: another power loss? | 00:26 |
| Unit193 | cyberanger: Computer just being crappy (Works off and on. I'm just hope I can get it into a working streak) | 00:30 |
| Unit193 | Did I miss anything fun? ;) | 00:30 |
| cyberanger | well, remind it of what happened to the last one, sit rusting in a landfill, or smelted down in india, the key is negetive reinforcement ;-) | 00:31 |
| cyberanger | maybe it'll get the message | 00:31 |
| cyberanger | Unit193: I think not | 00:31 |
| Unit193 | It just lost connection again... (I can catch it fast so it doesn't disconnect from IRC) Unplug USB, plug back in | 00:48 |
| cyberanger | seems not much of an issue with a server at a data center | 00:57 |
| cyberanger | granted, even with that my computer can still go on the fritz, just nobody on IRC notices | 00:58 |
| Unit193 | Both of them are :P And I don't have the income for that :P | 00:59 |
| cyberanger | yeah, volunteer IT, forgot | 01:06 |
| Unit193 | Once a week and it's still fun! (+ $4 at the crappy food place and discount too ^_^ pop is good...) | 01:08 |
| Unit193 | 32oz for 1.09 (without the discount) | 01:08 |
| cyberanger | I enjoyed it mostly | 01:10 |
| cyberanger | (my folks work at hospitals, nursing) | 01:10 |
| Unit193 | cyberanger: Don't know why it popped now, but I also get cool crap from the hospital (Some sadly don't run *ubuntu all that well {Optiplex GX260}) | 03:53 |
| cyberanger | nice | 03:54 |
| cyberanger | yeah, you definately don't want hot steamy crap, that's the bad kind ;-) | 03:54 |
| cyberanger | always nice to see effort being rewarded | 03:55 |
| Unit193 | Haha! Old but not bad :D This Latitude D810 is really nice! | 03:55 |
| cyberanger | I take it they are dell fans | 03:58 |
| Unit193 | And you see that as bad? They get business class in bulk (swappable parts) | 04:00 |
| cyberanger | No, I just haven't seen many bussinesses I've dealt with running dell is all | 04:05 |
| cyberanger | IBM (now Lenovo) and Panosonic Toughbooks & HP servers mostly | 04:06 |
| cyberanger | desktops seem less brand loyal, and include dells, but I think I see more HP (slightly) followed by dell & after that is emachines and one alienware (dude was a graphics designer, favored macs but his employer loved domain controllers) | 04:08 |
| cyberanger | I love linux, but if I kept to linux at work, the bills wouldn't be paid | 04:09 |
| cyberanger | so I snatch any linux job I can first, then get whatever is left | 04:09 |
| cyberanger | (well, I should say former work, downsizing) | 04:10 |
| Unit193 | Eh, you got kicked out? (Maybe bad wording here...) | 04:11 |
| Unit193 | (This is the one I hate to see http://paste.ubuntu.com/642358/ but I see way too much on Sigma) | 04:12 |
| cyberanger | Unit193: not the best wording, too many techs, for too little work | 04:18 |
| cyberanger | too much payroll for too little income | 04:19 |
| cyberanger | I'm not sales, I'm not a revinue generator, I'm in repair, meant to fix what's broken, too many fixers for too little problems is all | 04:20 |
| Unit193 | cyberanger: Sorry to hear/bring it up, you seem like a really nice guy and I hope you find another job that you even like soon! (I was saying maybe my wording isn't the best) | 04:21 |
| cyberanger | yeah, and I wasn't the only one, it's been a little while, no suprise, in time there will be another | 04:22 |
| cyberanger | and you didn't bring it up I did | 04:44 |
| cyberanger | it happens | 04:49 |
| cyberanger | our age group has high unemployment, my age (21) is only slightly better than 16 (earliest the US Gov't counts) to 19 | 04:51 |
| cyberanger | it's not desired, but expected | 04:52 |
| Unit193 | B-cause we (the young) is stupids ;) | 05:02 |
| cyberanger | more like we lack (proof of) good work ethic, compared to our older colluges, we can afford a few more hardships | 05:10 |
| cyberanger | we have our whole life ahead of us | 05:10 |
| cyberanger | after a point the skills you have are relied on more, we can have whatever skills we're trained for | 05:12 |
| cyberanger | it's not great, but it is somewhat realistic, if you've done one thing for 5-10 years, you don't need training, you have it or not | 05:14 |
| cyberanger | and they don't spend much training on them, for that matter | 05:14 |
| Unit193 | I'm going to have to get some college/certs if I'm going to go into IS/IT, else I'll have to get a crappy job :/ | 05:21 |
| cyberanger | I've heard they're largely ignored, let my linux+ expire for the time being | 05:26 |
| cyberanger | it might have been an edge with something else next to it | 05:27 |
| Unit193 | I don't mean to pry, but what type of college/certs did you get/do you have? (Feel free to ignore this one) | 05:28 |
| Unit193 | I'm going to kill this... -_- (I just KNOW it's going to drop out again before the morning) | 06:23 |
| cyberanger | I plan on finishing everything, but in progress (with work being a better value for the tight budget, doing that as much as I can) | 06:30 |
| cyberanger | I have a Computer Information Science Degree being worked on, had a Linux Plus cert (they expire every 2 years, retest to renew, but I can't afford to retest atm) | 06:31 |
| cyberanger | Unit193: ^ | 06:31 |
| cyberanger | sorry, had to run for a little bit | 06:31 |
| Unit193 | cyberanger: Thanks and no problem! As I would like to go into mostly the same (?) line of work as you, it's nice to know what others can get work with :) | 06:32 |
| cyberanger | Unit193: I got work with nothing, at first | 06:33 |
| cyberanger | and my linux+ cert probally fell in less value compared to actual experience | 06:33 |
| cyberanger | (I've been the president of my local LUG (an easy feat, ask when the next meeting is, and your appointed/drafted club president till the next meeting, which your sole duty is to set up ;-)) | 06:34 |
| Unit193 | I'm going to see if I can get a job at where I volunteer (I have been told to apply, but I haven't yet :/ ) | 06:35 |
| cyberanger | (and then my various roles here, in this LoCo) | 06:35 |
| cyberanger | and finally, chatting the IT Dept up (rarely does HR mind, since I still formally apply through them, but I see IT at confrences and such, no intent to bypass the chain any) has shown knowledge that HR wouldn't screen for | 06:36 |
| cyberanger | Unit193: at this hospital? | 06:37 |
| Unit193 | Yep! | 06:40 |
| cyberanger | are you out of high school, graduate? | 06:41 |
| Unit193 | Yes I am | 06:41 |
| cyberanger | then if I were you, if they want you to apply, I'd apply | 06:46 |
| cyberanger | somebody has your back, usually good to follow the advice, with that kind of support | 06:47 |
| Unit193 | The person is no longer in charge of interviews, but he had a few good points and is the Domain Admin | 06:49 |
| cyberanger | and a reference, that will look good to the current interviewer (unless there is some presonal feelings one tends to avoid) | 06:52 |
| Xpistos | ... cricket noises ... | 15:46 |
| orias | *crunch* | 15:54 |
| Xpistos | \msg cyberanger are you around? | 16:32 |
| wrst | ha ha :) | 16:34 |
| wrst | cyberanger: is all knowing he's always around, Xpistos ;) | 16:34 |
| Xpistos | wrst: it's true he answered me telepathically and I know now what I must do ... | 16:35 |
| wrst | ha ha | 16:56 |
| === pace_t_zulu_ is now known as pace_t_zulu | ||
| wrst | greetings pace_t_zulu | 18:54 |
| pace_t_zulu | hey wrst | 18:58 |
| pace_t_zulu | i am all over the place lately | 18:58 |
| wrst | glad you stopped by ;) | 18:58 |
| pace_t_zulu | thanks man :) | 19:19 |
| cyberanger | Wow, the one day I'm offline is the day everyone messages me, darn | 22:21 |
| cyberanger | wrst: except when you need him (me) it seems | 22:21 |
| wrst | ha ha cyberanger | 23:40 |
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