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| Thread ID: 35188 | 2003-07-04 12:25:00 | OT : what do you do for a living? | beetle (243) | Press F1 |
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| 157540 | 2003-07-05 10:17:00 | well last year i was a student (Dip Internet Tec) NATCOLL next year i'm going to uni (Comp Science) this year i'm working at the biggist net cafe in CHCH where i am one of the IT staff looking after 145 PCs (mainly NT system Win2k) i have 3 old PCs and 1new one (9month old) Custom Ordered i didn't put it together but i can open the PC whenever i want (and i do) |
sc0ut (2899) | ||
| 157541 | 2003-07-07 06:29:00 | > well if i had poor english > i would not be admitted into higher education or > would i ? :) Don't be too sure... I've been at uni for six years now, and some of the teachers would have difficulty, let alone the students, in constructing a proper sentence. I think if you can sign your name accurately best out of three times, you can pretty much get by in "higher education". |
Lizard (2409) | ||
| 157542 | 2003-07-07 06:58:00 | Computer Network Engineer: 500 user network, 50+ servers and 30+ Wan Links. History: 20 Years in IT, last 10 in Networks. Love Windows, for giving me a job for life. I am in an affair with Linux, looking to get engaged soon. Windows keeps pulling me back though, because of Gaming and work commitments. OS History: S/360, WangOS, S/370, SpectrumBasic, CP/M, DOS, Win2x, Win3x, UnisysOS, SunOS, Win9x, AIX, Linux, WinNT, Win2K, WinXP, Win2K3. Best Thing in Career: TCP/IP Standard and associated protocols. Worst Thing in Career: SPAM, SPAM, SPAM.... Hope for future: Windows is just another shell on Linux kernel. |
KiwiTT (4082) | ||
| 157543 | 2003-07-07 07:04:00 | I was a DJ in the 80's hence my Sinndisco handle. I'm really a Telecommunications Technician with 16 years in the industry over the last 23 years. PC's have been a hobby since my trusty TRS-80, from the days when you didn't just run programs, you wrote them as well! I have 5 PC's, all with different Windows Operating systems and all on the same network. I built the network after passing the CompTIA Net+ exam just for the experience. Still only a newbie when it comes to Networking | sinndisco (4059) | ||
| 157544 | 2003-07-07 08:37:00 | I work in GIS at the Tauranga District Council. The GIS might have "IS" in it, but it doesn't mean I rip computer open or anything like that - we've got a completely seperate IS dept that does all that :p. GIS stands for "Geographic Information Systems" and put really simply it's computer-based maps :D Officially my title is GIS Officer - boring huh :) I love my job, it is so much fun, and the people are pretty cool too LOL I wouldn't care to count the number of computers (going and not) in my house, but I've got 3 that are used more than once a year ;) two of them quite often. They're all basically home-built, although one of them (not this one) DID start out as a Gateway machine (still has the original m/board, CPU, PSU and case, not much else). Actually I think the other one (also not this one) started out a PC Direct machine :D but I doubt there's anything original in there anymore apart from the case and PSU :). As I'm on a role I'll also add that I'm 25, married for just shy of 3 years, and have a 1 year old daughter (born the same day that the latest version of Press F1 went live) who has the same name as me :D. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 157545 | 2003-07-07 10:48:00 | Good to see you got a job,Mike.Wondered what had happened.Must've missed that post! :-) |
Neil McC (178) | ||
| 157546 | 2003-07-07 11:44:00 | I am a Medecins Hose Sans Frontieres. Hose doctor for Pirtek. I need a laptop but waiting for the price of P111 ones to drop. I have only had two and a half computers a DX386 and P111 600 which got lightening struck. The P111 was a Macrocom and choice but got lightening struck. Insurance replaced everything except the monitor and the metal case. It is now 1200 Gigapro. tedheath |
tedheath (537) | ||
| 157547 | 2003-07-07 11:50:00 | Amatuer Job Hunter... Funnily enough, the world does not look kindly upon a 16yr old with a ton of experience in multiple fields, yet no paper to prove it... I built a semi-dream PC on a $850 budget a while back (No monitor or OS) and succeded. Have a P300 which I use to burn CD's, which has no monitor and is controlled solely via RealVNC.. Its also nice to have a PC running Windows in the room for 'just in case, testing' times.. I also have an Athlon Laptop :-) |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 157548 | 2003-07-07 12:54:00 | Hey Chill I'm like you, 17, a ton of experience in computers but no papers! So I have to work at Woolworths (they suck, don't work there!). What a waste of young talent eh? No wonder theres a brain drain. I got a Antlon 1800XP (running @ 1897Mhz for BF1942), 256MB DDR RAM, CDRW, 17", GF4 MX440, 40GB HDD. $1200 from QMB (they rock), put it together myself, best day of my life. Still works too!;) |
hamstar (4) | ||
| 157549 | 2003-07-07 19:13:00 | I write - for various forms of printed media (books, newspapers, magazines). Sometimes on the subject of computers & telecommunications, sometimes not. I raise daughters (tho' that phase of my life is about to come to an end when the youngest leaves home in a few years). I have ...well, we have, three unremarkable Windows PCs (it's a "generational" thing) and a laptop, all ready-made but most having had an upgrade or two by various professionals - installing extra memory is the most adventurous thing I've done in the hardware dept. The machines tend to get passed down the family, from me to my partner, whose computing demands are somewhat less than mine and...well, the theory was, the oldest would then get passed to the offspring; but catch them using a PC the size of a milk-crate; when they need one, they borrow the laptop, which nominally belongs to my partner, is "only" a couple of years old and much more powerful than the one on her desk. And yes, always mean to try Linux, hesitate at that boundary of setting up the machine, knowing I'm going to have to take several tries at it before it will work. Keep asking "have you done with the oldest machine yet, or has it still got some of your files on it?" "I don't know; there might still be something there I need." So we stay a "Windows shop" for the time being. Argus |
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