Posts made by alexntg

@ITcrackerjack said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@ITcrackerjack said:

How dare you question him! He's been in IT...like...forever... Plus, he's an "IT Director". I really just hope his communication skills suck and not that he is actually like how he portrays himself.

Hard for it to be just communications skills. Arguing that the Internet was invented in 1998, many years after normal people were using it and decades after products we use were built for it is just crazy.

Yeah...you're right...there is no hope. Reading through his IPv6 thread now. WOW!

I think drugs (legal or otherwise) and/or some mental disorder that I can't categorize are involved.

@Dashrender said:

can you use the 'picture thing' with a domain logon? Is your SP joined to the domain?

Yes, you can use the picture/gesture login with a domain account.

@ajstringham said:

@Hubtech said:

unhappy at your current job? hey use it as a way to move to another job.

After today, I am thinking very hard that I may need to be looking, and not as casually as I have been.

A bit of note - You haven't been there for all too long. Unless you're a project-based or contract worker, short hops lend to look bad on resumes.

@JaredBusch said:

So now I need a place to stay. Any recommendations closer to the $100 price point? I'll be arriving ~8:30pm to LGA on Friday night and can take transit anywhere from there. Web search tells me to head to Jersey. and so did @Katie when I was planning to drive.

Hm, $100? Are you open to hostels? You can probably stay at one for <$100. There's the HoJo in Queens for $127. It's walking distance to the Long Island Railroad, or you can catch a taxi to a subway. Disclaimer: I haven't stayed there myself.

Not quite in the $100 range, when staying in NYC, depending on rates, I usually stay at:
Holiday Inn Long Island City http://www.holidayinnmanhattanview.com - New and spiffy, reasonable subway access
Country Inn in Long Island City http://www.countryinns.com/long-island-city-hotel-ny-11101/nynyquee - Clean, quiet, and incredibly easy subway access.
Holiday Inn Express JFK: http://www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/en/jamaica/nycjm/hoteldetail - They have a shuttle to the airtrain, which connects to the subway.

@nadnerB said:

Have fun with the meet up. I'd really like to come but it's just a bit too far for a leisurely weekend drive.

Just for lulz,
My closest city to NYC
City furthest from NYC

Better get digging!

@Carnival-Boy said:

@Minion-Queen said:

Now that I have the Surface pro2 I use that and one note.

The biggest problem I have with using a tablet for note taking in meetings is the lock screen. You go to write something and your tablet has automatically locked itself. So you have to unlock it. Which takes about ten seconds.

Are you using Windows 8? You can use the gesture-based login.

Paper? You violate the corpses of dead trees? Don't mind me; I can't write.

For anyone new/nervous/overwhelmed by NYC, let me know, and I'd be willing to meet up at your point of ingress to help with the transition.

@art_of_shred said:

Why, if that's the way it works, haven't guys figured out how to beat the system? Just date any girl that comes along and is desperate enough to date you. Then, dangle her like bait so the other girls get curious and move in closer. Then, grab one of them. Could it be that simple? Have I just unwittingly unlocked one of the secret hacks of the universe?

Been there, done that, and it got way complicated.

@Carnival-Boy said:

Does the old-fashioned process of advertising a vacancy and then having candidates apply no longer exist? Do employers now have to find employees rather than vice versa? I posted a vacancy on one of the UK leading job sites last week and have basically had zero response.

That's fairly accurate. When there were fewer job sites, it was easier to search them all and apply directly. There's always a company's own site, but those positions usually attract people interested in the company more so than people qualified for the positions. Now, with a dilution in job sites, it's hard for candidates to find the right listings. This is why recruiters are popular. It's becoming common for a company to partner up with a recruiting firm to find candidates for their open positions. I've seen the positive impact that doing so can have on a company.

@scottalanmiller said:

@Carnival-Boy For HR, in a case like that, I might lean towards two sites. That way you have the extra peace of mind that one is clearing for sharing and one is clearly now.

Is clearing for sharing anything like map finding behinding?

Defenestrate

I have my desktop and an iPad Mini.

It typically takes 1.5-2 months from posting a resume to start getting nibbles. I'm not quite sure why that is, but it is.

Go to the More section.

Go into Users, pick a user, then go into more Settings>Exchange Properties. In the email address section, you can add alternate email addresses.

@DenisKelley said:

@alexntg said:

@Dashrender said:

A week away - anything cool happen?

@scottalanmiller had a sex change operation, @Mike-Ralston eloped, @Minion-Queen became a Satanist, and @alexntg bought a Prius.*

*None of the above actually happened.

OMG, alexntg bought a Prius!

Oh, heck no! If I was going to go with a hybrid, I'd go for an Escalade.

@Dashrender said:

A week away - anything cool happen?

@scottalanmiller had a sex change operation, @Mike-Ralston eloped, @Minion-Queen became a Satanist, and @alexntg bought a Prius.*

*None of the above actually happened.

@RoguePacket said:

@RAM. said:

All People Seem To Need Data People
.... OSI!!!!

"Please Do Not Throw Sausage Pizza Away"

I learned it as:
"Programmers Do Not Throw Sausage Pizza Away." and "Please Do Not Tell Sales People Anything."

I'm getting sporadic 504s. Is one of the nodes in the cluster having performance issues?