@Minion-Queen said in MangoCon...Thank you:

AWW You are all welcome! All the lack of sleep and planning headaches were worth it in the end.

It was awesome to watch it all come together and have you all look like you were having fun (though Friday was rough for all).

Next year the heavy night of drinking will be FRIDAY NIGHT not Thursday

Document it and ensure your direct manager knows what is going on.

@Minion-Queen said in Don't Stay in School:

@dafyre said in Don't Stay in School:

@Dashrender said in Don't Stay in School:

@dafyre said in Don't Stay in School:

@Dashrender said in Don't Stay in School:

@scottalanmiller said in Don't Stay in School:

@Dashrender said in Don't Stay in School:

I'll definitely agree that anything past probably 8th grade, and perhaps much less than that, are really needed by the common man.

Probably a mix. Few 8th graders are anywhere nearly prepared to talk politics. Things like geography and history are necessary for even basic functional citizenship (unless we remove democracy, then we don't have to educate every individual to all of these things - democracy comes at an incredible price.) Math needs to at least go to algebra. Science we go way, way too far. Computing we rarely even bother to introduce in any meaningful way. English lit... way too far.

I definitely understand where you are coming from - and I'll fully admit to my general lack of knowledge in history - but would dropping the general requirements for history really change much in the world we live in today?

History gives us good examples of things that have been tried and worked, or things that have tried and failed... In technology, government, business...

of course - but do these lessons get learned by the masses today? At bare minimum, finding a way to improve delivery and retention of this knowledge is required.

If this were before the time of Google and online encyclopedias, I would agree with you. I think now, though, that teaching someone HOW to find that wealth of knowledge rather than making them retain it is better in some regards. Not that they should never be taught the history. But in the teaching, show them how to search for and learn from history.

According to my son this was one of the best things I taught him how to do: research on google.

One of my Grad professors told the class that 90% of a systems admin job was researching stuff via Google. If you couldn't research then you weren't cut out to work in IT.

@jaredbusch

Emilia had her first hike today.

Nothing to see here. Just chillin'.

@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I want someone to look at me like @Dashrender looks at @scottalanmiller ....

Also when are we getting a caption contest for this.

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/02/lenovo-pcs-ship-with-man-in-the-middle-adware-that-breaks-https-connections/

@scottalanmiller said in Negotiating for a Job You Are Leaving:

Pressurized air is clear. If it was pressurized in a can, we sometimes call it canned air.

@Nic said:

"Get pregnant at Oracle Day!"

Oracle is definitely trying to penetrate the market.

They had someone come and do a presentation at a career fair at the local college when I was in highschool. The guy was a "CIO for a large company in the midwest." I can't remember the company he was working for but when you searched his name nothing really came up. His speech was about how great ITT Tech was and how it introduced him to so many opportunities.

A few of the technically inclined students talked to him after the presentation turns out he was a CIO for a manufacturer in the midwest that had 2 servers and ~50 desktops... I had been managing more at my internship. He was so proud of his SBS 2000 infrastructure, it was 2008, that was "highly available". That conversation clued me in to what ITT Tech really was.

Mango juice and vodka... like a screwdriver but more mango-y. Actually... that doesn't sound half bad. I may have to pick up some Mango juice for this weekend to try it.

@JColeKen said:

@JaredBusch Around $3,500-$4,000, not including the automatic transfer switch.

Oh... man that is inexpensive... might need to look at that in the near future. I've learned so much from this AMA.

@MattSpeller said:

@coliver ugh, I just unclenched - glad to hear it haha

The best part... the first run we came across was when we were tearing apart our spare bedroom. I pulled on it with a claw hammer and had a delightful spasm on the other side of the room. We couldn't figure out which breaker it was tied to... turns out it wasn't tied into the circuit panel anywhere and was attached to the main somehow. Not a electrician but ours was swearing up and down the basement when he saw what was done. #oldhomehorrorstories.

Phone interview tonight... trying not to over think it.

@gjacobse said in Hackers Caught on Camera Breaking Into Laptops:

@Minion-Queen said in Hackers Caught on Camera Breaking Into Laptops:

Sigh do I need to give you people more to do?

Hey Meow,.. I think we have plenty to do. Especially meow that we are so close to MangoCon. I'm meow starting to pack up what I will need.

I was not expecting this when I woke up this morning. Good job everyone!

Getting legally married in a few hours prior to getting "married" on Saturday.