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| Topic | why can't i make more than a single line's worth of a line-break anymore? |
| BlazinBlue88 10/06/17 3:52:26 PM #3 | I think they got rid of it. This site is going to hell. --- |
| Topic | Another Friday, another work from home day. |
| BlazinBlue88 10/06/17 3:51:26 PM #4 | lol perfect accompaniment. Me, Koga, and 3 puppies on a bed. --- |
| Topic | Another Friday, another work from home day. |
| BlazinBlue88 10/06/17 3:40:22 PM #2 | Where did the day go? I feel like I just started the fun. I'm out of wine. Plz send help. --- |
| Topic | I am gonna die with student loan debt |
| BlazinBlue88 10/06/17 11:58:59 AM #38 | Godnorgosh posted... The CCENT exam, aka ICND1, is not a waste of money. That's the first exam you take if you opt for the two-exam route, which is generally recommended for first-timers. The composite exam might be better if you're just recertifying, but it's much more difficult than ICND1 and 2 individually. I'm open to corrections. Everything I've heard from friends is to stick with CCNA as your entry level cert. Like I said, I'm not in the networking field so I'm going on hear say. 3khc posted... And you earned this positions simply by doing certifications? No.I have a bachelors and two associates in CS. Most places do want you to have either an A+ cert or an associates. Networking field is a little different where they are so cert focused that you can get by without a college degree. Hell if you earn a CCIE, you are guaranteed a $100k+ salary from what my networking friend told me. That's also what he has and makes. There is a point in your career where they no longer care what degree you have. Only the work experience you have. Degree is to get your foot in the door. Which....I'm sure is the case for a lot of career fields. So take on as many responsibilities outside the scope of your job that your boss will give you. Every project you work on is another feather in your cap to put on your resume. Learn to automate/simplify your day to day tasks as much as possible so you can tell your boss that you're bored and want more things to do. If your job doesn't allow for growth, then get a new job. This also goes back to the job hopping advise I said a few posts ago. --- |
| Topic | I am gonna die with student loan debt |
| BlazinBlue88 10/06/17 11:50:28 AM #36 | Heineken14 posted... Ah, nice. Sounds a bit like my old job as a server admin. Back doing "desktop" support for an oil refinery making way more money and so far, doing way less work, with way better benefits. lol Yeah all my previous jobs were sys admin so I'd be doing hardware support, vm support, and helpdesk support. Now I only focus on the hardware. No helpdesk, Active Directory, Exchange, or phone system support. The only thing I care about regarding VMs is whether they are on or off. Everything after the login is the problem of the SRE team. I'm focused on host and storage uptime only. --- |
| Topic | CE, what do you think is an appropriate amount to spend on an engagement ring? |
| BlazinBlue88 10/06/17 11:45:15 AM #9 | I think my wife's ring was around $3.5k. Canary diamond in a ring of sapphires(my birthstone). I don't think the canary was natural. I think it was treated yellow after the fact which is why it's on the cheaper side. You honestly can't tell a difference between that color and a natural color so she didn't care. --- |
| Topic | What's a good wedding gift for your bride? |
| BlazinBlue88 10/06/17 11:40:54 AM #13 | Is buying a wedding gift for your bride a thing? I assumed the honeymoon would be enough. --- |
| Topic | I am gonna die with student loan debt |
| BlazinBlue88 10/06/17 11:25:43 AM #26 | 3khc posted... BlazinBlue88 posted...3khc posted...What exactly do you do again? I always notice you have a lot of info on CS/CE/IT. @3khc Currently we've been doing a huge data center hardware refresh so I've been going in everyday and doing project/planning/implementation work to install and configure hardware. Then migrating production servers from the old hardware to the new hardware without a loss of connection has been really cool. "Oh you know that important server that your team spends all day working with? Yeah I moved it magically to the new hardware without you even noticing. Enjoy all of your new resources bruh." I enjoy being able to build our entire infrastructure environment from the ground up with consultants that help me do best practice work. Then deliver it to all of our programmers and database people for them to enjoy. SQL guy: "Dude! It used to take me over 5 minutes to run that database query. Now that you've move it to the new stuff, it only took that query 5 seconds!" Basically I like making people happy by giving them better tools to do their jobs. Then I sit back with my headphones and make sure the hardware doesn't randomly crash on itself. --- |
| Topic | I am gonna die with student loan debt |
| BlazinBlue88 10/06/17 9:58:01 AM #24 | 3khc posted... What exactly do you do again? I always notice you have a lot of info on CS/CE/IT. Data Center Engineer. Went the System Admin career path and moved into Data Center operations earlier this year. --- |
| Topic | Another Friday, another work from home day. |
| BlazinBlue88 10/06/17 9:56:11 AM #1 | Bout to crack open a bottle of wine while hanging out on the bed with my dogs all day. Will be on Youtube until my afternoon drunk nap around 2pm. --- |
| Topic | When Harrison Ford has to pee... |
| BlazinBlue88 10/06/17 9:48:07 AM #2 | |
| Topic | I am gonna die with student loan debt |
| BlazinBlue88 10/06/17 9:38:57 AM #22 | Vermander posted... I'd like to get my CCNA but I just got out of school last year and I've been trying to take it easy this year and enjoy life and earn some experience. While I was in school I was working two jobs and going to class full time, and its nice to have a more relaxing job. Sounds like you have plenty of time now to study for a cert then. 1 full time job and part time studying. Get used to that lifestyle because you'll need to continue studying to either get new certs or recertify you existing certs. You're just being lazy. If I was only making a paltry $13.50 then I sure as hell would be getting that cert as quick as I could so I could make more money and actually enjoy my life than stress over bills. 3khc posted... @BlazinBlue88 how difficult is it to learn networking for cisco certs if the person knows nothing about it? I'm not in the Networking field so I wouldn't know personally. General consensus is about 3 months. Cisco's CCNA used to be the entry level cert but then they introduced the CCENT. Most employers only care for CCNA and up. I say study for the CCENT but don't waste your money on the exam. Once you get the networking foundations under your belt then focus on the CCNA. --- |
| Topic | I am gonna die with student loan debt |
| BlazinBlue88 10/06/17 9:24:52 AM #15 | Vermander posted... I only have an associates in IT/Networking You don't need to get a college degree to get into networking. It's all about those Cisco certs. If your current job is in your career field then you can(more often than not) get your employer to pay the cost of the exams. Also job hop every year or so. You make more money taking your work experience to other jobs than waiting to get promoted/raise at the same place. Seriously, networking has the one of the best salary/amount of years experience needed ratios in IT. As long as you have the Cisco certs then they'll rain down the money on you. My friend went from a bs $35k network tech support job to a 6 figure network architect job in 4 years because he spent all his time studying for the next level of Cisco cert. --- |
| Topic | Remember Limewire? |
| BlazinBlue88 10/06/17 9:02:25 AM #62 | Back_Stabbath posted... i remember the viruses from that shit Wow, first time I've ever heard of someone else using WinMX back in the day. I used Napster then WinMX. After WinMX got shut down, I remember my dad downloading the patch that allowed the service to continue working. Used that until torrents became the thing to do. I only used Limewire a handful of times at college because it was easy to run off of a usb. --- |
| Topic | When did you first get high-speed internet? |
| BlazinBlue88 10/06/17 8:50:13 AM #5 | DSL didn't reach my parents house until Fall '06. Prior to that, we had 56k dial up since about '98. They still have the same 10mbps download DSL to this day. I moved out in '12 and have had either cable or fios since. --- |
| Topic | Stock Market & Cryptocurrency General Topic 1.0 |
| BlazinBlue88 10/05/17 9:58:22 AM #16 | ARK is where it's at. Smartbridges will be necessary in the future. Also storing your ARK coins in the official wallet will earn you ARK interest. HypnoCoosh posted... ETH and LTC I've been able to afford. You don't need to buy an entire coin. Just because BTC is $4k a coin, doesn't mean you can't buy $50 worth of it. --- |
| Topic | Mario Kart for the Wii is the worst in the main series (console games) |
| BlazinBlue88 10/05/17 12:36:59 AM #38 | TheMarthKoopa posted... BlazinBlue88 posted...You are wrong. My wife and I continue to play MK Wii a few times a week and blue shells average about 4 per race. "Want to know how I know you're wrong? Because I say so!" Lol stfu --- |
| Topic | Drive Shaft? |
| BlazinBlue88 10/05/17 12:28:33 AM #7 | I've never understood the lyrics. Wtf does "you all everybody" even mean? --- |
| Topic | My fucking disc drive didn't come with screws |
| BlazinBlue88 10/05/17 12:27:30 AM #10 | I feel like you've already made this topic a couple months ago. You didn't have a cable then either. --- |
| Topic | Mario Kart for the Wii is the worst in the main series (console games) |
| BlazinBlue88 10/05/17 12:24:52 AM #34 | TheMarthKoopa posted... dave_is_slick posted...No. You are wrong. My wife and I continue to play MK Wii a few times a week and blue shells average about 4 per race. --- |
| Topic | CE 2nd Biannual LUElinks invite GIVEAWAY!!! |
| BlazinBlue88 10/04/17 11:00:52 PM #22 | When do I win my invite? --- |
| Topic | How much does it cost you to feed yourself for 2 weeks? |
| BlazinBlue88 10/04/17 8:57:19 AM #9 | The grocery bill for my wife and I is about $250 a month. She cooks all the time so we're just buying fresh veggies and chicken breast most of the time. Wine is also factored into that $250. We go through around 3 bottles a week. Aldi is a blessing. Great quality food at a low cost. --- |
| Topic | If you're using emojis you better not be over there age of 23 |
| BlazinBlue88 10/04/17 12:07:46 AM #17 | Kanaya413 posted... BlazinBlue88 posted...I'm 29 and when I send my wife an eggplant and a peach, she knows what's up. Great wave is right. --- |
| Topic | CE 2nd Biannual LUElinks invite GIVEAWAY!!! |
| BlazinBlue88 10/04/17 12:06:15 AM #15 | Kinny100 posted... BlazinBlue88 posted...I'd like an invite. I won't shit post but I'm an old as dirt gfaqs member that's chill like Chester Cheetah. Will always tell people they're pretty and use appropriate grammar when giving such compliments. I was a heavy lurker before it became infamous. When I was on it, it was just a normal active social board. Missed out on all the sign ups, LL, etc. --- |
| Topic | If you're using emojis you better not be over there age of 23 |
| BlazinBlue88 10/04/17 12:01:37 AM #6 | I'm 29 and when I send my wife an eggplant and a peach, she knows what's up. --- |
| Topic | Her: "Even if we can't be together, you're the love of my life." |
| BlazinBlue88 10/04/17 12:00:40 AM #6 | The topic title is stupid. Girl spouting a bunch of worthless BS. Either you like me or you don't. It's not that complicated. --- |
| Topic | CE 2nd Biannual LUElinks invite GIVEAWAY!!! |
| BlazinBlue88 10/03/17 11:59:13 PM #12 | I'd like an invite. I won't shit post but I'm an old as dirt gfaqs member that's chill like Chester Cheetah. Will always tell people they're pretty and use appropriate grammar when giving such compliments. --- |
| Topic | I noticed Jet Set Radio Future is always labeled as a sequel to the original. |
| BlazinBlue88 10/03/17 4:03:32 PM #6 | Kitt posted... BlazinBlue88 posted...Yeah re-imaging is the proper term.Remake would be the same game but with updated graphics or addition content. Didn't I basically say that? --- |
| Topic | I noticed Jet Set Radio Future is always labeled as a sequel to the original. |
| BlazinBlue88 10/03/17 1:45:05 PM #4 | Yeah re-imaging is the proper term. Remake would be the same game but with updated graphics or addition content. --- |
| Topic | Anyone ever made your own Tabasco sauce? |
| BlazinBlue88 10/03/17 9:30:24 AM #22 | Tabasco is trash. --- |
| Topic | Anyone ever made your own Tabasco sauce? |
| BlazinBlue88 10/03/17 7:12:52 AM #15 | Not Tabasco but I make a mean pepper mango hot sauce using scorpion peppers. --- |
| Topic | when does dark souls git gud? |
| BlazinBlue88 10/02/17 5:13:43 PM #7 | It clicked for me after fighting the Taurus demon. --- |
| Topic | Guys I woke up and the right side of my chest and right arm hurt pretty bad. |
| BlazinBlue88 09/29/17 2:55:56 PM #3 | Slept on it wrong. --- |
| Topic | Rate Eggplant Parmesan |
| BlazinBlue88 09/29/17 2:31:20 PM #2 | I love eggplant! --- |
| Topic | I just called Girlfriend support. |
| BlazinBlue88 09/29/17 2:29:36 PM #4 | Good think about my wife being brutally honest, don't have to worry about the "faking it" scenario. I know without a doubt when I've pissed her off. --- |
| Topic | I've worked from home today but don't think I've done any work. |
| BlazinBlue88 09/29/17 2:27:37 PM #6 | Wedge Antilles posted... Careful, gonna get yourself promoted to management at that rate. lmao VipaGTS posted... Sounds like the life. I'll just say that I really like my job. Even when I'm stuck in the office. Silver Bearings posted... I hope you don't get paid for this farce. I certainly do. In addition to the things I should be doing today, my main priority is to make sure the server hardware haven't thrown up any errors today. --- |
| Topic | I've worked from home today but don't think I've done any work. |
| BlazinBlue88 09/29/17 2:20:02 PM #1 | It's all been drinking wine, eating peanut butter cups, and watching Game Grumps while 3 dogs are sleeping against me. --- |
| Topic | How old was CJayC when the message boards were introduced? |
| BlazinBlue88 09/29/17 2:17:14 PM #12 | Sleeping Dogs is an amazing GTA clone. Def buy at $4.49. LUE was the most popular social board at the time by a wide margin. I miss how it was before all the trolling and harassing that made it infamous. --- |
| Topic | Guys, how do you make an impressive resume.. so impressive that the company |
| BlazinBlue88 09/29/17 1:06:17 PM #18 | SK8T3R215 posted... Go to a recruiter Correct answer. --- |
| Topic | How do people with office jobs not get bored shitless? |
| BlazinBlue88 09/28/17 7:57:26 PM #78 | Twin3Turbo posted... FFVII_REMAKE posted...Office jobs that pay you $100K to work a few hours everyday then dick around for the last 6 hours. Besides the 4-5 busy days you mentioned then you've described my job to a tee. The biggest thing in an office job is spreading 2 hours of work across 8 hours. Course my job doesn't require me to be in the office all 8 hours like most. I can just come and go as I please. Oh I'm a Data Center Engineer in case anyone was wondering. Spend my free work time on gfaqs, listening to music, working on my Retropie, and studying for my certifications or python for fun. --- |
| Topic | Forget the N64 classic. Sega should make a Dreamcast classic tbh |
| BlazinBlue88 09/28/17 2:21:47 PM #13 | Caution999 posted... DevsBro posted...Oh yeah I forgot about Crazy Taxi. ....you mean a taxi service? lol --- |
| Topic | Do you leave your computer not shut down for 5 months? |
| BlazinBlue88 09/28/17 2:20:41 PM #10 | Laserion posted... BlazinBlue88 posted...Use Task Scheduler to schedule a reboot once a week at 3am or something. That'll automate and fix this issue. Sleep probably. Hibernate. Idk DevsBro posted... If you're gonna schedule it, you're gonna get a whole lot of angry users whose project you just erased. Honestly, there should be restarts anyway because of Windows Update. Unless TC doesn't do updates in his environment. >_> If students lost work because they expected it all to be there the next day then lol on them. For teachers, he should condition them to not do that through emails and warn them that pcs will be rebooted every X amount of time at X'clock. --- |
| Topic | Do you leave your computer not shut down for 5 months? |
| BlazinBlue88 09/28/17 1:39:10 PM #4 | Use Task Scheduler to schedule a reboot once a week at 3am or something. That'll automate and fix this issue. --- |
| Topic | Have you found it frustrating to do tech support? |
| BlazinBlue88 09/28/17 1:23:37 PM #19 | @Error1355 You've done helpdesk work for a number of years right? How much longer you planning to stay in the game? --- |
| Topic | Have you found it frustrating to do tech support? |
| BlazinBlue88 09/28/17 12:19:44 PM #12 | LinksLiege posted... Never did it for employment, only to help family. Advice never helped. Instructions never helped. More often than not the problem would come back after not too long. (i.e. They'd fuck it up again.) I've tried something similar to this before. The response is always, "well you know more than I do. You can figure it out." >_> --- |
| Topic | Why buy a new console and full priced games when you can get previous gen? |
| BlazinBlue88 09/28/17 11:40:04 AM #3 | I love my PS3 Slim. Like the size and top slider tray. PSN Flash sales all the time on PS3 games to fill it's HDD up with. --- |
| Topic | Have you found it frustrating to do tech support? |
| BlazinBlue88 09/28/17 11:38:37 AM #10 | nbda3A4eWFR2 posted... I wouldn't be a phone bitch tech support. I think I'd suicide before the hour was out. Yeah that was my tech support roles. Helpdesk support, server support, telephone system, and everything else under the sun. All the responsibility and power which is great but you have people coming to you for everything. You'll have shit like a production server down and at the same time a user that locked themselves out of their computer. Obviously, the server is more important so you're working on that while the user is putting in a complaint with their boss/your boss that you aren't doing your job cause you aren't helping them. If you were to focus on her, your boss/higher exec would be flipping out because the prod server issue wasn't being resolved. You literally can't win when you're in that job situation. Job specialization is your friend. Be in charge of a little bit and have everyone else do everything else. --- |
| Topic | Have you found it frustrating to do tech support? |
| BlazinBlue88 09/28/17 11:14:45 AM #6 | I did a lot of family/friend tech support stuff for free when I was in college. Then as I got into my IT career, I started charging a little bit. Now that I'm 8 years into my career and thankfully out of a tech support role, I'm sure as hell not going to do it in my spare time. Not even for money. Only tech support I do is for my wife because obligations. --- |
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