April 2005 - KCLUG

RE: FW: Red Hat Summit: Cool stuff offer ends April 30
by Jack 27 Apr '05

27 Apr '05

I'd like to go anywhere too, but I'll probably just dream about buying a new PC and paying off my lawyer. Although I really need to get a new (read used) laptop. Or at least a power cord for my current one. Anyone have a powercord for an IBM 380Z, they'd be willing to sell cheap? The other Brian ;') --- "Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO" wrote: > I'd like to go anywhere at this point, but I'll > prolly buy a new PC > instead and pay off my lawyer. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: kclug-bounces(a)kclug.org > [mailto:kclug-bounces@kclug.org] > >On Behalf Of Tim reid > > > > > > >> > >> I'm going. > >> > >> --------------------------------- > >> Frank Wiles <frank(a)wiles.org> > >> http://www.wiles.org > >> --------------------------------- > >> > > >> > > > >I'm not going > > > >/me ducks and runs > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kclug mailing list > Kclug(a)kclug.org > http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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RE: FW: Red Hat Summit: Cool stuff offer ends April 30
by Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO 27 Apr '05

27 Apr '05

I'd like to go anywhere at this point, but I'll prolly buy a new PC instead and pay off my lawyer. >-----Original Message----- >From: kclug-bounces(a)kclug.org [mailto:kclug-bounces@kclug.org] >On Behalf Of Tim reid > > >> >> I'm going. >> >> --------------------------------- >> Frank Wiles <frank(a)wiles.org> >> http://www.wiles.org >> --------------------------------- >> >> > >I'm not going > >/me ducks and runs >

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RE: Linux Certification
by Jonathan Hutchins 27 Apr '05

27 Apr '05

Maybe the Certificates for Linux Testing should indicate how much you paid for the test. That would be about as meaningful as anything else they say.

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FW: Red Hat Summit: Cool stuff offer ends April 30
by Jeremy Fowler 27 Apr '05

27 Apr '05

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RE: Linux Certification
by Jack 27 Apr '05

27 Apr '05

--- "Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO" wrote: > > ... If someone > got 100% on this test, I'd assume they can write > their own macros to > complete tasks and can remember exactly how to do > mail-merge in whatever > version of Office. MS tends to change how to > mail-merge from version to > version or move it around in the menus. Correction: MS tends to change how <insert any task on any app> from version to version or move it around in th menu or change/remove the shortcut key from version to version. ;') Something that is also beginning ot happen in certain OSS products. But the thing that annoys me the most is that some OSS graphical tools use strange shortcut keys that don't jive with the shortcut keys of the GUI and thus one often has to remember 1500 different shortcut keys just to "find" and "find again" in <insert editor of the day>. I mean really how intuitive is <ctrl><g> to "find again" some text in a page? thank you BlueFish. Not! Brian D. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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RE: Linux Certification
by Jack 27 Apr '05

27 Apr '05

--- Leo Mauler <webgiant(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > --- Jack <quiet_celt(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > --- Leo Mauler wrote: > > > Don't know much about this being a good way to > > > find out about prospective employees. Some of > > > us are very good at bluffing: about four years > > > ago I had never touched Microsoft Excel, and > > > yet I scored 88% on the test for it for some > > > temp agency. > > > > If you scored 88% on a programming test, I > > certainly wouldn't hire you. That would mean that > > someone would have to fix more than 10% of your > > code. Not an exciting prospect. > > I only mentioned it because at the time, I actually > scored higher than most of their applicants (who may > well have been bluffing, poorly, as well). > > Naturally a hands-on programming test would be much > more difficult. I didn't mean to imply that 88% is a bad score for using excel, or that you weren't worth your salt. I really only meant that it may not be hard to fake out a test, but if you reject anyone below say 97%, you've got a reasonable certainty that the person knows the material. Or is one really great guesser, in which case, the person might be worth hiring anyway. Anyone that can bluff a test and get a 97% on a test ought to be bright enough to handle the job at hand. ;') Brian D. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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RE: Linux Certification
by Jack 27 Apr '05

27 Apr '05

--- Leo Mauler <webgiant(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Which testing packages were you going to use? I > haven't explored that area of Linux distro > packaging. > I would probably use Keduca to create the tests. Or, I would simply take some functions and programs from my own inventory and take small modular sections, and make a test putting down the specs for the particular module/function and have them write a section or group of lines. There was a program I used a long time ago to learn C. It was quite well written. I've always wanted to reverse engineer it. It was a fill in the blank plus multiple choice test. The fill in the blank part was quite good at accepting alternate forms with the same functionality. Brian __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: database
by Leo Mauler 27 Apr '05

27 Apr '05

I, too, would be interested in this sort of information, as I might have a summer job indexing a local newspaper's back issues for the first time. They really don't care how its done as long as its searchable, so I originally thought "flat file". However, something more complex than a flat file certainly lends itself to better access options, and possibly easier updates (which might be worth a bonus from them). --- Tim reid <bewkard(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I'm thinking of programing/writing/whatever a > database to keep track of some information for > work. I think that I would like to keep track > of 7-12 fields of information, and be able to > set up reminders that are tagged to date > information. For instance, "you did such and > such 30 days ago...you can now file the claim, > here is the information that you recorded > earlier." > > How would i go about doing this, free as in beer, > in an open database format? Let me also mention > that I'm a total newb ;) > > TIA, > > Tim __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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RE: Linux Certification
by Leo Mauler 27 Apr '05

27 Apr '05

Okay, so certifications aren't going to happen for me anytime soon. :( --- Brad <brad(a)bradandkim.net> wrote: > On Mon, 2005-04-25 at 22:26 -0700, Leo Mauler wrote: > > Ouch, I thought the RHCT was only $256, I'm taking > > a class for that one and the instructor (at JCCC) > > says its only $256 for the RHCT. > > > > Obviously the RHCE is a lot more expensive. > > Looks like it is $349 for the RHCT. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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RE: database
by Leo Mauler 27 Apr '05

27 Apr '05

Here's an interesting question: if one uses SQLite and suddenly needs MySQL or something else more complex than SQLite, how complex will the conversion be? --- "Timothy A. Canon" <tim(a)crn.org> wrote: > Jim Herrmann wrote: > > > MySQL is probably the way for you to go on this > > application. It's OSS, dual license actually, > > but unless you are going to sell this application > > and use MySQL, you pay a license fee. At least, I > > think that's the requirement. Postgres, is under > > a BSD license, though, so you could check it out. > > Alternately, SQLite is in the public domain and has > a relatively small learning curve. > > <http://www.sqlite.org/> > > Check here to see if it is right for your situation: > > <http://www.sqlite.org/whentouse.html> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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