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@dafyre said

I have never had any issues not putting them in... But make sure you understand what they are at a bare minimum... Bonus points if you know how to calculate them.

Bah, that's why we have the interwebs

That's also why it's bonus points if you know how to calculate it.

I recall when I learned how to calculate it - for a while I just assumed anyone higher than me on the IT food chain must know this stuff - boy was I wrong.

I know, right? The only reason I remember is because my CCNA prof made sure we knew how to do subnet calculations on paper from day one.

I learned it when I was self learning Windows NT stuff. My company at the time was all Windows 3.1 and a bit Windows 95 with Netware on the servers. For some reason I really like NT 4.0 and bought some books and started learning.

Out of all the Microsoft Server versions I've used over the years, 2000 was my favorite with NT4.0 only falling out of the favorite slot because of the tiny boot partition, even at that time 2GB was kinda small.

I still prefer NT4 by far. 2000 was actually my least favourite.

Well, I used Server 2000 for a desktop back in the pre XP days, just to have a stable platform to game on Linux/UNIX world was always so much more stable.

Yes, I did the same thing. I moved to Windows 2000 as fast as possible. Win9x was so unstable...

That wasn't the transition, though. The Windows 9x world was consumer, Windows NT was business. Windows 2000 was the continuation of the already most of a decade old NT family. So had you moved to the NT world "as soon as you could" you would have done so before Windows 95 even released. Windows ME was the continuation of the 9x family, Windows 2000 was NT 5. So you jumped mid-stream.

Yes I know all that - I don't know why my office never really used NT3.51... we went from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95 to Windows 2000 at that office.

I personally tossed NT 4.0 in there.

I have always had the sense that most businesses did just that. 3.11 > 95 > 2000.

agreed - at least on the desktop side.

Every business I dealt with back then went that route.

I saw a lot of 95, but a lot of good businesses on NT 4 workstation, too. Definitely saw some leap from the DOS family to 2000 directly but saw NT 4 on the desktop more than anything else in the late 1990s.

I think I've seen 1 or 2 NT4 workstations... ever.

@scottalanmiller said in Skype for Linux version 1.15:

@gjacobse said in Skype for Linux version 1.15:

I really wish they would fix Skype for Windoze. Pretty tired of it crashing a time or four during the day, and keeps telling me there is an update available, but the update fails...

Ah, there is your problem. Windows. You know, @art_of_shred and @Minion-Queen claim that Skype on Windows is so good of an experience and no issues and that all the issues are on the Linux side. I thought that that sounded too good to be true.

We don't have any issues. Maybe once every 3 months I might have to restart the app cause it starts acting weird and might be looking for an update. I don't consider that outside the realm of stable functionality. As far as whatever other things Gene has going on that might make his system/apps unstable and cause his Skype to crash... I can't answer that. He likes to dabble with Linux and had a dual-boot setup last I knew.

@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@thanksajdotcom sounds like a good night for a glass of scotch

One Day Good Sir,.. One Day.

And I'm not even a scotch drinker.

Never too late to start. Not a healthy or cheap habit to acquire but I do find it's worth it.

Aye - that it be.

Better shared with proper company though,.. to which is few and far between. I not found (bought) many a scotch,.. or whiskey, bourbon - rarer still one that I find to my liking.

JB fuss be made - only seem to like it preference with Fireball or the similar I have made from a bottle of Irish Whiskey and Sweet Strips... Aye - syrup liken - but to me - tasty it be.

Why you talking like that? No one said anything about rum.

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@art_of_shred I think the point is completely lost in there. Electric vehicles are the future and they will be much better for the environment. While today's technology may not be perfect that is how we humans progress - one step at a time. It sounds like you are arguing that we shouldn't bother and just continue our destructive ways. That is not progressing anything.

Plus they are WAY quicker than a gas car!

OMG, a Tesla when the pedal gets pushed all the way down is like going over the big hill on a rollercoaster. Literally experienced that exact sensation riding in one in California in 2013 when I visited Pertino with @scottalanmiller and @Nick42

Nothing a gas powered car can't do, but not likely as efficiently as an electric.

Definitely not as efficient - or really even possible without a HUGE engine, etc, etc... power to mass ratio and all. Also electric has all of it's torque at zero RPM, pretty big difference.

Technically correct, but try going down a dragstrip in an 8 second alcohol-burning car. Your Tesla is no match for that power.

Really? Well a Tesla today might not be - but I would definitely bet that an all electric car can be made that would smash that thing. It boils down to battery capacity and speed at which it can dump that capacity to motors. If the electric motors can handle it, again, 100% torque at 0 RPM.

Both vehicles suffer more from tire traction at that point.

I'll agree, except that an 8 second car is getting 1/4 mile down the strip in 8 seconds. They aren't exactly suffering from lack of traction. lol

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@art_of_shred I think the point is completely lost in there. Electric vehicles are the future and they will be much better for the environment. While today's technology may not be perfect that is how we humans progress - one step at a time. It sounds like you are arguing that we shouldn't bother and just continue our destructive ways. That is not progressing anything.

Plus they are WAY quicker than a gas car!

OMG, a Tesla when the pedal gets pushed all the way down is like going over the big hill on a rollercoaster. Literally experienced that exact sensation riding in one in California in 2013 when I visited Pertino with @scottalanmiller and @Nick42

Nothing a gas powered car can't do, but not likely as efficiently as an electric.

Definitely not as efficient - or really even possible without a HUGE engine, etc, etc... power to mass ratio and all. Also electric has all of it's torque at zero RPM, pretty big difference.

Technically correct, but try going down a dragstrip in an 8 second alcohol-burning car. Your Tesla is no match for that power.

Can you drive that alcohol burning 8 second monster home?

No, but that isn't part of the "no car in the world" scenario.

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@art_of_shred I think the point is completely lost in there. Electric vehicles are the future and they will be much better for the environment. While today's technology may not be perfect that is how we humans progress - one step at a time. It sounds like you are arguing that we shouldn't bother and just continue our destructive ways. That is not progressing anything.

Plus they are WAY quicker than a gas car!

OMG, a Tesla when the pedal gets pushed all the way down is like going over the big hill on a rollercoaster. Literally experienced that exact sensation riding in one in California in 2013 when I visited Pertino with @scottalanmiller and @Nick42

Nothing a gas powered car can't do, but not likely as efficiently as an electric.

Definitely not as efficient - or really even possible without a HUGE engine, etc, etc... power to mass ratio and all. Also electric has all of it's torque at zero RPM, pretty big difference.

Technically correct, but try going down a dragstrip in an 8 second alcohol-burning car. Your Tesla is no match for that power.

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@Dashrender Right - so we have a problem with how we generate electricity. Not electric cars.

That was my entire point. Today's electric cars have not yet overcome the issue. They will likely be the better option in the future, but they are not today.

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@art_of_shred I think the point is completely lost in there. Electric vehicles are the future and they will be much better for the environment. While today's technology may not be perfect that is how we humans progress - one step at a time. It sounds like you are arguing that we shouldn't bother and just continue our destructive ways. That is not progressing anything.

Nope, I'm all for advancing technology and I hope sometime in the near future we can have efficient electric cars. Today is not that day, and by arguing for current electric vehicles like they are actually more efficient and better for the environment than gassers is flat-out garbage.

They are actually more efficient and pollute less, even given coal fired electricity. Batteries can be recycled. The whole car can be recycled, same with petroleum fired ones.

I don't buy that for a second, but there's no point in arguing it.

Don't take my word for it, that's F(@*#! cancerous. GO DO THE RESEARCH.

You can find studies that swear to either side of the debate. I have.

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@MattSpeller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@art_of_shred I think the point is completely lost in there. Electric vehicles are the future and they will be much better for the environment. While today's technology may not be perfect that is how we humans progress - one step at a time. It sounds like you are arguing that we shouldn't bother and just continue our destructive ways. That is not progressing anything.

Nope, I'm all for advancing technology and I hope sometime in the near future we can have efficient electric cars. Today is not that day, and by arguing for current electric vehicles like they are actually more efficient and better for the environment than gassers is flat-out garbage.

They are actually more efficient and pollute less, even given coal fired electricity. Batteries can be recycled. The whole car can be recycled, same with petroleum fired ones.

I don't buy that for a second, but there's no point in arguing it.

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@MattSpeller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@art_of_shred I think the point is completely lost in there. Electric vehicles are the future and they will be much better for the environment. While today's technology may not be perfect that is how we humans progress - one step at a time. It sounds like you are arguing that we shouldn't bother and just continue our destructive ways. That is not progressing anything.

Plus they are WAY quicker than a gas car!

OMG, a Tesla when the pedal gets pushed all the way down is like going over the big hill on a rollercoaster. Literally experienced that exact sensation riding in one in California in 2013 when I visited Pertino with @scottalanmiller and @Nick42

Nothing a gas powered car can't do, but not likely as efficiently as an electric.

@MattSpeller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@art_of_shred I think the point is completely lost in there. Electric vehicles are the future and they will be much better for the environment. While today's technology may not be perfect that is how we humans progress - one step at a time. It sounds like you are arguing that we shouldn't bother and just continue our destructive ways. That is not progressing anything.

Nope, I'm all for advancing technology and I hope sometime in the near future we can have efficient electric cars. Today is not that day, and by arguing for current electric vehicles like they are actually more efficient and better for the environment than gassers is flat-out garbage.

Does anyone realize that every energy conversion suffers loss? It's so ridiculously laughable to me every time people fire up the electric vs. gas vehicle debate. It generally requires fossil fuels to generate electricity (on a large scale), and then you get another potential drop when converting from AC to battery DC potential electricity. There is no magical "save the planet" clause that kicks in and gives you a conversion bonus for being "green", and when you're all done wasting energy to look like you've done the planet some great service, you throw your massive used-up lead-acid batteries in a landfill. Sure, technology keeps getting better, and there may come a point when we can produce all of our electricity w/o the use of fossil fuels, but until that actually happens in the real world, physics renders the argument invalid. I'll accept that using solar panels to generate the power to charge your car is a step in the right direction, but now you've added another layer of toxic batteries to the chain. And my 3 cars average about 350-400 miles per tank of gas, at roughly 25-30 mpg.

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Come on you Yankee's wake up it's boring on the forum

nah - it's icy here again this morning.

We're having a warm front or something. It was 30 degrees on my way to work this morning.

it's supposed to be in the 40's by Friday.

It's been a nice and balmy 75 the last day or two. Was beautiful weather for patching a leaky roof that turned into removing an entire section that had started rotting out.

I guess if you had to do it anyway, at least the weather cooperated.

@Grey said in what windows server should I choose for Active directory?:

@Alan said in what windows server should I choose for Active directory?:

@Grey This is my first IT job and started as a part-time help desk and part-time network tech . I don't have the experience but I do have a good background as I graduated with a computer engineering degree and got Cisco certs!
but this is my first step on getting experience

I wish you all the best as you start your career. I've a lot of experience in coming in after someone such as yourself, with limited experience, has set up an AD system and/or infrastructure, and I get paid as a contractor (at $150/hour) to clean up the mess. Typically, what I see is that someone had absolutely no clue how things actually work and set up login scripts instead of GPOs, only set up one domain controller, didn't set up any virtualization and had no plan for backups, if any were even implemented.

Since you're starting with a clean slate, I suggest you go with server 2016, and set that up on a robust hypervisor like Hyper-V (so you can leverage some license benefits and save money). Be sure to talk to your MS resale rep and get your licensing under control before you really embark on your design. Once you are satisfied that you and your reps have the licensing planned out, get a pair of domain controllers set up with both of them running DNS and DHCP -- do not use Cisco devices despite what your cert training said; just use helper addresses. Both servers should be set up and running as a peer (the concept of primary and secondary domain controllers is a dead concept, despite what your computer engineering degree or professors may have said). They will have the ability to fail over, and tehy should not be running on the same hypervisor platform (yes, you need 2 hypervisors -- 2 hosts). If your business is cheap, you can get away with a single hypervisor and 2 servers (guests) on them, though you need to explain the concept of uptime and service requirements to them if that's the case. Of course, it's the business that makes the decision on how much to spend and, I gather that they've hired a Jr. SysAdmin to do Sr. work, so they're likely unwilling to spend on infrastructure. Check with xByte and/or Stallard Tech to see if you can get some good second-hand equipment.

When you start adding systems to the domain, people are going to lose files and settings. They'll be in the workstation, but under a different profile. You'll have to migrate them. Check out Easy Transfer; it's part of Win7. I've used it before for exactly this kind of migration and it should do what you need.

You'll want to set up a file and printer server at some point; be sure to spec out storage with backup (Unitrends is my go-to) that's at least 50% over current capacity, if not more.

Once you have your AD servers and your file/print, you can look at exchange, or O365 to start leveraging more features of AD.

How are things going with regard to 2016? Does anyone here have much experience with it yet? I'm just curious, as I've not seen a lot from it yet.

@travisdh1 said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:

@art_of_shred said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:

9th circus is a joke. Always has been.

ftfy

thank you. I stand corrected.

@Dashrender said in BRRABill's Field Report With Linux:

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@dafyre said

I have never had any issues not putting them in... But make sure you understand what they are at a bare minimum... Bonus points if you know how to calculate them.

Bah, that's why we have the interwebs

That's also why it's bonus points if you know how to calculate it.

I recall when I learned how to calculate it - for a while I just assumed anyone higher than me on the IT food chain must know this stuff - boy was I wrong.

I know, right? The only reason I remember is because my CCNA prof made sure we knew how to do subnet calculations on paper from day one.

I learned it when I was self learning Windows NT stuff. My company at the time was all Windows 3.1 and a bit Windows 95 with Netware on the servers. For some reason I really like NT 4.0 and bought some books and started learning.

Out of all the Microsoft Server versions I've used over the years, 2000 was my favorite with NT4.0 only falling out of the favorite slot because of the tiny boot partition, even at that time 2GB was kinda small.

I still prefer NT4 by far. 2000 was actually my least favourite.

Well, I used Server 2000 for a desktop back in the pre XP days, just to have a stable platform to game on Linux/UNIX world was always so much more stable.

Yes, I did the same thing. I moved to Windows 2000 as fast as possible. Win9x was so unstable...

That wasn't the transition, though. The Windows 9x world was consumer, Windows NT was business. Windows 2000 was the continuation of the already most of a decade old NT family. So had you moved to the NT world "as soon as you could" you would have done so before Windows 95 even released. Windows ME was the continuation of the 9x family, Windows 2000 was NT 5. So you jumped mid-stream.

Yes I know all that - I don't know why my office never really used NT3.51... we went from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95 to Windows 2000 at that office.

I personally tossed NT 4.0 in there.

I have always had the sense that most businesses did just that. 3.11 > 95 > 2000.

9th circuit is a joke. Always has been.

@scottalanmiller said in What constitutes an IT Pro?:

In many US labor documents, they have to list "professionals and teachers" because teachers are "almost" professionals but can't be qualified for it exactly because they can't direct their own work in quite the right way to qualify, but they want them to be treated as professionals otherwise so state it in that way.

The standard professionals are doctors, lawyers, nurses (of a certain level), professors, pharmacists, civil engineers, CPAs and similar. You basically have to be forced into both base university education, must have a government or similar certification for work, effectively work in a high level government directed union like structure and work by "rules" rather than by "results." Very different than IT.

Correct: IT is not a "professional" industry. But, that's not what's represented in the term "IT pro". It's someone whose profession is in IT, the latter definition of "professional". If you say "I am in IT and therefore a professional", that would be flat-out wrong. But if you say your profession is in IT, then you are an "IT pro".

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Laughing horribly at the thought of why this sheep is going to town against it's Shepard...

".... And the dog? He just watched the whole thing happen...."

2 dogs and whoever is taking the video.

@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

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Grinding seems to be what most games on mobile devices are these days - Just not my thing.

Angry Birds was cool because it was about a single mission trying to do the thing. But walking all over a map to collect info to then assemble a puzzle - yeah I think I just put my finger on it.

I don't care for games that have a long term goal, nor do I care for twitch games (FPS).

Same here. I'm a GTA kind of player. Give me a gun, a car, and a target. Hunt around a map and talk to people to find a hidden key? Screw that. Imma blow some stuff up!

I hate shooters and twitch games. Just not my style at all. I am a huge JRPG style play or a RTS.

I'll agree with you on RTS, for sure.

Whats your poison sir?

I still love to play AoE2. We've actually got a small group going on it again. Lots of fun.

Wish that I had more time to play, been so busy

and sick.

Depending on who you ask that may be a permanent state for me

Different kind of "sick", but I get your meaning.