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    • wirestyle22W
      wirestyle22 @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @Tim_G said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      Is Robert5205 being serious?

      Wow. Just refreshed the page.

      Yeah, advice fail right there 😞 I mean I get his point, but I don't agree. It's "you don't know how to do your job to a minimum level of competence, so let's just gloss over that and give bad advice since it's too hard to treat you like a professional." If I gave that same advice people would be all over me for being condescending and thinking that the OP was too "dumb" to do his job. But other people treat him like a child and it's considered normal.

      @Tim_G said it best. There is no rush for him to move immediately. It's not a disaster recovery scenario so it presents itself as an excellent learning experience, which should ultimately be his end goal.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @dbeato
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        @Eltolargo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

        @scottalanmiller Sometimes Robert makes that point.

        Yeah, but not too often. 🙂 I do feel that in this case, excusing bare metal install is a form of condescension. Not holding the OP to the level of a peer but "dumbing down" the advice for him.

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        • dbeatoD
          dbeato @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller Yeah, it is like the last gasp of advice that doesn't insult you but insults you. I like Robert's comments from the most part since they are well thought.

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          • wirestyle22W
            wirestyle22 @dbeato
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            @Eltolargo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

            @scottalanmiller Yeah, it is like the last gasp of advice that doesn't insult you but insults you. I like Robert's comments from the most part since they are well thought.

            Is that what my future is going to be? I'm going to acquire all of this knowledge and then resent people who ask me for it? It's like sitting on a tower of gold but never spending any of it and then you die. What's the point?

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            • dbeatoD
              dbeato @wirestyle22
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              @wirestyle22 It shouldn't be 🙂

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              • wirestyle22W
                wirestyle22
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                Do they alias certain commands in linux because its easier than actually changing them?

                type ls shows that ls is actually 'ls --color=tty' as an example

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @dbeato
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                  @Eltolargo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  @scottalanmiller Yeah, it is like the last gasp of advice that doesn't insult you but insults you. I like Robert's comments from the most part since they are well thought.

                  Generally, yes. And I see where he is going here, I just don't agree. I feel like it is setting the guy up for more failure.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @wirestyle22
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                    @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                    @Eltolargo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                    @scottalanmiller Yeah, it is like the last gasp of advice that doesn't insult you but insults you. I like Robert's comments from the most part since they are well thought.

                    Is that what my future is going to be? I'm going to acquire all of this knowledge and then resent people who ask me for it? It's like sitting on a tower of gold but never spending any of it and then you die. What's the point?

                    No, you'll resent people who ask for it but don't believe you 🙂

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @wirestyle22
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                      @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                      Do they alias certain commands in linux because its easier than actually changing them?

                      type ls shows that ls is actually 'ls --color=tty' as an example

                      It's because changing them would be inappropriate.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller
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                        No prices and no detailed specs, but for those that want something to look at....

                        http://sam-sd.com/sam-dr/

                        Oh, and no logo either, lol.

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                        • wirestyle22W
                          wirestyle22 @scottalanmiller
                          last edited by wirestyle22

                          @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          Do they alias certain commands in linux because its easier than actually changing them?

                          type ls shows that ls is actually 'ls --color=tty' as an example

                          It's because changing them would be inappropriate.

                          Can you elaborate a little bit? Isn't the point of the --color modifier to make it easier to see things like broken hard links? Seems like it should just automatically a part of ls and they agree or it wouldn't be an alias--or would it?

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @wirestyle22
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                            @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            Do they alias certain commands in linux because its easier than actually changing them?

                            type ls shows that ls is actually 'ls --color=tty' as an example

                            It's because changing them would be inappropriate.

                            Can you elaborate a little bit? Isn't the point of the --color modifier to make it easier to see things like broken hard links? Seems like it should just automatically a part of ls and they agree or it wouldn't be an alias

                            But that doesn't change the command. It's the same command, just an alias. Modify it however you like. It's just changing "options", not the code. To change the command itself would be forking it and making it a new command totally and each distro would have to maintain their own codebase for forever - instead of just selecting a setting.

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                            • wirestyle22W
                              wirestyle22 @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              Do they alias certain commands in linux because its easier than actually changing them?

                              type ls shows that ls is actually 'ls --color=tty' as an example

                              It's because changing them would be inappropriate.

                              Can you elaborate a little bit? Isn't the point of the --color modifier to make it easier to see things like broken hard links? Seems like it should just automatically a part of ls and they agree or it wouldn't be an alias

                              But that doesn't change the command. It's the same command, just an alias. Modify it however you like. It's just changing "options", not the code. To change the command itself would be forking it and making it a new command totally and each distro would have to maintain their own codebase for forever - instead of just selecting a setting.

                              Thanks

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller
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                                We are just 31 posts away from the 40K mark!

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                                • GreyG
                                  Grey @NattNatt
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                                  @NattNatt said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                  Breakfast

                                  http://i.imgur.com/ryWyZmo.gif

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                                  • GreyG
                                    Grey @scottalanmiller
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                                    @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                    @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                    @Tim_G said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                    Is Robert5205 being serious?

                                    Wow. Just refreshed the page.

                                    Yeah, advice fail right there 😞 I mean I get his point, but I don't agree. It's "you don't know how to do your job to a minimum level of competence, so let's just gloss over that and give bad advice since it's too hard to treat you like a professional." If I gave that same advice people would be all over me for being condescending and thinking that the OP was too "dumb" to do his job. But other people treat him like a child and it's considered normal.

                                    You should leave spiceworks' community for a week. Don't log in there, do do anything relating to it, and see what happens.

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                                    • wirestyle22W
                                      wirestyle22 @Grey
                                      last edited by

                                      @Grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      @Tim_G said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      Is Robert5205 being serious?

                                      Wow. Just refreshed the page.

                                      Yeah, advice fail right there 😞 I mean I get his point, but I don't agree. It's "you don't know how to do your job to a minimum level of competence, so let's just gloss over that and give bad advice since it's too hard to treat you like a professional." If I gave that same advice people would be all over me for being condescending and thinking that the OP was too "dumb" to do his job. But other people treat him like a child and it's considered normal.

                                      You should leave spiceworks' community for a week. Don't log in there, do do anything relating to it, and see what happens.

                                      You ever see a neutron star collapse into itself?

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                                      • KellyK
                                        Kelly @Grey
                                        last edited by

                                        @Grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        @Tim_G said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        Is Robert5205 being serious?

                                        Wow. Just refreshed the page.

                                        Yeah, advice fail right there 😞 I mean I get his point, but I don't agree. It's "you don't know how to do your job to a minimum level of competence, so let's just gloss over that and give bad advice since it's too hard to treat you like a professional." If I gave that same advice people would be all over me for being condescending and thinking that the OP was too "dumb" to do his job. But other people treat him like a child and it's considered normal.

                                        You should leave spiceworks' community for a week. Don't log in there, do do anything relating to it, and see what happens.

                                        @Dominica speaking to the doctor: "I don't know what happened. One day he was fine, and the next his blood pressure dropped so low he lost consciousness."

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                                        • GreyG
                                          Grey @wirestyle22
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                                          @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                          Do they alias certain commands in linux because its easier than actually changing them?

                                          type ls shows that ls is actually 'ls --color=tty' as an example

                                          You can save a config file (e.g. .tcshrc) to a network location and then import that to your home directory whenever you log in to a new location if you want to have the same aliases everywhere.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @wirestyle22
                                            last edited by

                                            @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                            @Grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                            @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                            @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                            @Tim_G said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                            Is Robert5205 being serious?

                                            Wow. Just refreshed the page.

                                            Yeah, advice fail right there 😞 I mean I get his point, but I don't agree. It's "you don't know how to do your job to a minimum level of competence, so let's just gloss over that and give bad advice since it's too hard to treat you like a professional." If I gave that same advice people would be all over me for being condescending and thinking that the OP was too "dumb" to do his job. But other people treat him like a child and it's considered normal.

                                            You should leave spiceworks' community for a week. Don't log in there, do do anything relating to it, and see what happens.

                                            You ever see a neutron star collapse into itself?

                                            Yup, just this morning on the way to the office.

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