Best posts made by coliver

@Tim_G said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

"Jack of all trades. Master of none."

That's because that's not the full quote.

“A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.”

Experience is always more preferable then certificates.

@Grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

New fueling issues at Logan. Getting delayed more.

I have this feeling that your kids have more air miles than all of Alabama's residents.

Put together.

@IRJ said in Florida Highway Patrol chases down Miami Cop at 120mph:

@NerdyDad said in Florida Highway Patrol chases down Miami Cop at 120mph:

Why such an old story? The incident happened in 2011 and the story was finally published in 2014. Last I noticed, my calendar said 2017.

Because I just heard about it, and really the timeframe is irrelevant to the news story. It's not like an IT article from 2011.

Because police corruption is timeless.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/07/lets-encrypt-to-start-offering-free-wildcard-certificates-for-https/

Cool!

@nerdydad said in I.T Question for Parents:

@coliver said in I.T Question for Parents:

@msff-amman-itofficer said in I.T Question for Parents:

@dashrender

@dashrender said in I.T Question for Parents:

@msff-amman-itofficer said in I.T Question for Parents:

Hello,

I wish all the best to your children but I wondered this, especially for small kids (I dont have any):

1. Would you like your kids to be I.T Smart as you and be in the I.T Field ? I actually would hate it, I would want them the farthest thing from I.T so we can leave the house once a while.

What does this have to do with leaving the house? Granted, if your hobby is something on the computer, you're more likely to stay indoors, but it doesn't mean you're relegated to never going outside.

I think this has more to do with exposure to those other things.

2. Abit related to 1, if you teach them how to be smart in using I.T devices, It is scary for me seeing my brother child seeing all those weird videos supposedly target-ted for children on You-tube and ...

How to use devices doesn't mean you're smart in IT, it just means you learned how to use a device. A person who can make an iPad sing doesn't mean they are an IT Pro.
What weird videos are you talking about? Of course as a parent, it's your job to monitor what your children are viewing. I'm pretty sure YouTube has a child friendly mode for things like this.

how soon kids age of 4 can navigate smart phone or tablet, but how can we combat this? Offline content perhaps, any other good ideas .

What are you trying to combat? Their use of technology? why? It's the world we live in. Should they have more skills than just how to operate a smart phone/tablet, sure, but should you reduce their skill there? I don't think so.

Is there something about your own life you are unhappy with, that you think forcing yourself to do outdoor activities will make you happier? or any non IT activities that will make you happier?

What about shit like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYDWLuoE-vA
Youtube Video

For some reason its all the rage for some kinds of kids, they are obsessed with it. The thing is you cant monitor them all the time, btw I heard 2 parents complained over this in Canada and Jordan.

What does that have to do with IT?

I think what he's going at is, how does a parent keep stuff like this away from his children?

It depends? Be around when your kid is on the computer? Limit the amount of screen time they are allotted? Actually do some parenting? You aren't going to stop kids from watching objectionable content, but you can do a good job explaining to them why you think it is objectionable.

@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:

McDonald's Rick and Morty Szechuan sauce stunt backfires
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41543636

It was probably the remaining stock from 1998.

This kind of sounds like a "throw everything at the wall and see who we get" type of job posting.

@thanksaj said:

What's the migration? @coliver

Finally got the local phone company to move our numbers from a PRI over to SIP Trunks... Only been waiting since early October... Turns out they need to do it when they have someone on staff (since you know having someone come in would be too much)...

So I will be moving from our legacy, out-of-support, and slowly failing Nortel system to a FreePBX based VoIP system.

@thanksaj said:

http://mangolassi.it/user/coliver/settings
That should take you to the page.

Yep found it shortly after I posted. I guess I had never dug into the settings too far... ML is much more responsive now that I've turned pagination on.

@jimmy9008 said in Would You Hire Someone in IT Who Does Not Have a Home Lab:

I have a laptop, but no real home lab. I have done the odd thing I've been really interested in, but not often.

IMO, if I need to learn something for work - I learn at work/on the job.
If I don't need to learn something 'IT' for work, i'm most likely not going to spend time learning it at home - I have no use for it.

^ of course, at the point it is needed for work, if, then I will learn at work as its needed.

Why spend valuable free time with family learning something that you will possibly never ever use. Learn something when its needed and save wasted time learning something that's never needed.

Because you are genuinely curious and passionate about technology? I will probably never use KVM on the job but I would like to know how to do things in it if I ever do need it. Many technologies that I implemented in my home lab I have brought to my job as a resource.

Need leading text...

PS > $os = get-wmiobject win32_operatingsystem
PS > $os.ConvertToDateTime($os.InstallDate) -f "MM/dd/yyyy"

Edit: For some reason the code indent isn't working.

Just got this from Unitrends. My fiance will love it for coffee in the morning.

This was announced here several weeks/months ago. It's a good option when you're looking at other things like VMWare VSAN or HP's VSA.

Well... that is disturbing.

• Image the disk
• Rip out the hard drive
• Replace with a larger drive
• Deploy cloned image

CloneZilla would be able to do this if you have enough storage space somewhere for the full image of the disk.

@NetworkNerd said:

As a gift to her, I was torn between standing up a home PBX and building a VSphere test lab. But then I realized she would not appreciate either one. Oh well...I'll think of something else.

Go with the home PBX... nothing says I love you more then inexpensive calling and dedicated voicemail in your home.

@scottalanmiller said:

A Linux course would be very tough, but not impossible. Knowing exactly what to teach would be necessary.

LVM or SELinux.

@IRJ said:

These people don't need email notifications and they will consume the bulk of emails.

Holy crap I spend way too much time on this forum.