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jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
edited November 2006 in Technical Stuff and Help
I work in IT and have some decent knowledge about computers. hopefully other smart people around here can help answer questions as well.

lets have it.
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  • aNiMaLaNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    I also work in IT and this could easily turn into a thread where we laugh at all the stupid IT questions we get throughout the day as it is.
  • jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=IXVA6Q6owq0
  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle Posts: 10,724
    IT people unite!

    I hate it when I have to explain what alphanumeric means. I mean "Alpha + Numeric" I thought this was self explanatory?
    NERDS!
  • turnedmyworldtoblackturnedmyworldtoblack Posts: 151
    IT also :). Where are all the people whos speakers are broken because their volume is down?
  • jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    I was attempting to configure a firewal today and 3 different laptops I was using didnt work. after further investigation I noticed the power supply wasnt plugged it.

    nice work Sr. Network Admin. nice work.
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    All-in-One printers suck. I'm ashamed I even bought one.
  • aNiMaLaNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    I love any issue that ends with "Turn your computer back on."
  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    Pop Quiz nerds!

    What routing protocol is used to connect via the shortest number of hops?

    What routable protocol in the TCP/IP suite creates a connection-less link?

    What type of memory requires light to erase it?

    What re-writable memory maintains it's data after power-cycling?

    What flying creature crashed the first computer?

    What was the first PC?

    How much did Microsoft purchase DOS for?

    Bonus Question!
    What famous phreaker invented the "blue box"?
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • ItsEvolutionBaby74ItsEvolutionBaby74 Posts: 490
    Ahnimus wrote:
    What type of memory requires light to erase it?

    Flash Memory...
    "Feel it rising, yeah next stop falling!"

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  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    ItsEvolutionBaby74 wrote:
    Flash Memory...

    Good one, that was an easy one though ;)
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  • ItsEvolutionBaby74ItsEvolutionBaby74 Posts: 490
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Good one, that was an easy one though ;)

    I know :D but I don't work in IT ;)
    "Feel it rising, yeah next stop falling!"

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  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    ItsEvolutionBaby74 wrote:
    I know :D but I don't work in IT ;)

    Well that's really good then!

    You could probably look most of them up online, I tried to formulate them to make that harder.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • ItsEvolutionBaby74ItsEvolutionBaby74 Posts: 490
    jlew24asu wrote:
    I work in IT and have some decent knowledge about computers. hopefully other smart people around here can help answer questions as well.

    lets have it.

    A question, I've been thinking about starting a bunch of webpages, I know HTML, a little XML, and basic JavaScript, but is PHP any use? And if so where can I learn it? I also know a little C++ but not enough that it would be useful, if it is at all usable for my purpose.
    "Feel it rising, yeah next stop falling!"

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  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    ItsEvolutionBaby74 wrote:
    A question, I've been thinking about starting a bunch of webpages, I know HTML, a little XML, and basic JavaScript, but is PHP any use? And if so where can I learn it? I also know a little C++ but not enough that it would be useful, if it is at all usable for my purpose.

    You don't use C++ for web development. I personally like PHP, it interfaces with MySQL well.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • JamalJamal Posts: 2,115
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Pop Quiz nerds!

    What routing protocol is used to connect via the shortest number of hops?
    OSPF?

    What re-writable memory maintains it's data after power-cycling?
    Well, that would be the Non-Volatile memory

    What flying creature crashed the first computer?
    Windows :D


    Hi, I am a student ICT-electronics
    might later specialise in networking


    nice to meet the 'nerds' on the board :p
    Surf little waves big... Charge big waves hard

    - Antwerp '06, Nijmegen '07, Werchter '07
  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    Jamal wrote:
    Pop Quiz nerds!

    What routing protocol is used to connect via the shortest number of hops?
    OSPF?
    Correct! OSPF or Open Shortest Path First

    What re-writable memory maintains it's data after power-cycling?
    Well, that would be the Non-Volatile memory
    Correct! NVRam or Non-Volatile Memory, I would have also accepted EEPROM, Electrically Erasable Programable Read Only Memory

    What flying creature crashed the first computer?
    Windows
    Incorrect! This creature predates windows by a few billion years.

    Thanks for participating!
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • JamalJamal Posts: 2,115
    Thanks, good initiative, but the first crash was caused by a bug in a computer the size of an entire room

    not quite sure about the nature of the bug tho, could've been a fly, I suppose
    Surf little waves big... Charge big waves hard

    - Antwerp '06, Nijmegen '07, Werchter '07
  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    Jamal wrote:
    Thanks, good initiative, but the first crash was caused by a bug in a computer the size of an entire room

    not quite sure about the nature of the bug tho, could've been a fly, I suppose

    That's a very very close guess. It was actually a Moth.

    "In 1946, when Hopper was released from active duty, she joined the Harvard Faculty at the Computation Laboratory where she continued her work on the Mark II and Mark III. Operators traced an error in the Mark II to a moth trapped in a relay, coining the term bug. This bug was carefully removed and taped to the log book September 9th 1945. Stemming from the first bug, today we call errors or glitch's [sic] in a program a bug. [2]"
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_bug
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • JamalJamal Posts: 2,115
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Pop Quiz nerds!
    What routable protocol in the TCP/IP suite creates a connection-less link?
    UDP, took me some time to find my book of datacommunications :p, wasn't quite sure
    Surf little waves big... Charge big waves hard

    - Antwerp '06, Nijmegen '07, Werchter '07
  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    Jamal wrote:
    UDP, took me some time to find my book of datacommunications :p, wasn't quite sure

    Correct! User Datagram Protocol!

    Good stuff, I'm suprised you know the network answers, perhaps you should pursue a career in networking.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • JamalJamal Posts: 2,115
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Good stuff, I'm suprised you know the network answers, perhaps you should pursue a career in networking.
    Thanks, I've been taking that into serious consideration, seeing how it's my best class and, imo the most interesting one
    I simply adore cables and hardware :p, maybe a little backhand programming in Perl
    Surf little waves big... Charge big waves hard

    - Antwerp '06, Nijmegen '07, Werchter '07
  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    Jamal wrote:
    Thanks, I've been taking that into serious consideration, seeing how it's my best class and, imo the most interesting one
    I simply adore cables and hardware :p, maybe a little backhand programming in Perl

    I don't know any Perl, but seriously web development has many more opportunities. My company hires web developers all the time, but hardly ever needs network people. We have about 3 network people to 100 developers.

    I love networking too, I went to school for CCNA, I didn't finish the exams but I learned it all anyway. Still, I've been here for almost 9 months waiting for an opening in technology ops and I don't think I will get it if it does open. If I was confident in my JavaScript abilities I could be making $35/hr right now.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    Answers!!!
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Pop Quiz nerds!

    What routing protocol is used to connect via the shortest number of hops?
    Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)

    What routable protocol in the TCP/IP suite creates a connection-less link?
    User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

    What type of memory requires light to erase it?
    Flash Memory

    What re-writable memory maintains it's data after power-cycling?
    Non-Volatile RAM or EEPROM

    What flying creature crashed the first computer?
    A Moth

    What was the first PC?
    MITS Altaire 8800

    How much did Microsoft purchase DOS for?
    $50,000 USD. Microsoft was later sued by the developer Tim Paterson for $1,000,000 USD.

    Bonus Question!
    What famous phreaker invented the "blue box"?
    Al Gilbertsan

    I always thought the Woz invented the "blue box" but apparently he just made it famous. Steve Wozniak did invent the first single-board, microprocessor based, microcomputer the Apple I.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • JamalJamal Posts: 2,115
    Ahnimus wrote:
    My company hires web developers all the time, but hardly ever needs network people. We have about 3 network people to 100 developers.

    I love networking too, I went to school for CCNA, I didn't finish the exams but I learned it all anyway.
    Well, yeah, but that's why we learn every aspect of what could be IT.
    Going from CCNA (how cool is that) to Multimediatechnologies, to programming, to webtechnology(we're seeing php right now), databases, statistics&quality, ethics, and so on ...

    So we're basically ready for anything, once we've graduated(with ccna cert.)... apart from some deeper understanding in the field you will actually work in.

    Thanks for the tip anyway
    Surf little waves big... Charge big waves hard

    - Antwerp '06, Nijmegen '07, Werchter '07
  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    Jamal wrote:
    Well, yeah, but that's why we learn every aspect of what could be IT.
    Going from CCNA (how cool is that) to Multimediatechnologies, to programming, to webtechnology(we're seeing php right now), databases, statistics&quality, ethics, and so on ...

    So we're basically ready for anything, once we've graduated(with ccna cert.)... apart from some deeper understanding in the field you will actually work in.

    Thanks for the tip anyway

    That's interesting, there are many IT fields, too many to count on your hands, and many people are not able to cross fields. It's good to have that knowledge though.

    I have 3 primary areas of interest, Networking (Strongest), Building/Repair (Middle), Programming/Web Development (Weakest).

    Just don't ask me to configure Active Directory or set User Permissions.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • LizardjamLizardjam Posts: 1,121
    I didn't know there were so many IT people on this board! So, how many of you are girls? I'm in IT too. I LOVE it! I didn't know that was your field as well Animal!
    bugs in the way...I feel about you

    "New music, new friends. Pearl Jam."

    I like our socks. I hear we make a fine sock. I always say, You might not love our records, but I think you'll like our socks. - Stone

    "This record is us speaking out in class." -EV on PJ
  • JamalJamal Posts: 2,115
    Ahnimus wrote:
    I have 3 primary areas of interest, Networking (Strongest), Building/Repair (Middle), Programming/Web Development (Weakest).

    Just don't ask me to configure Active Directory or set User Permissions.
    Yuck, active dir...

    subnets and interface configuration's more my kind of thing.


    anyways, also, great tribute to all women-IT-ers, there's only one in my class and only two in my whole year, restecp
    Surf little waves big... Charge big waves hard

    - Antwerp '06, Nijmegen '07, Werchter '07
  • LizardjamLizardjam Posts: 1,121
    Jamal wrote:
    Yuck, active dir...

    subnets and interface configuration's more my kind of thing.


    anyways, also, great tribute to all women-IT-ers, there's only one in my class and only two in my whole year, restecp

    In my department, I'm one of three girls. IT department. When we go out in the field to work on equipment it's ALL guys and they completely ignore us until they realize why we're really there!
    bugs in the way...I feel about you

    "New music, new friends. Pearl Jam."

    I like our socks. I hear we make a fine sock. I always say, You might not love our records, but I think you'll like our socks. - Stone

    "This record is us speaking out in class." -EV on PJ
  • JamalJamal Posts: 2,115
    Lizardjam wrote:
    In my department, I'm one of three girls. IT department. When we go out in the field to work on equipment it's ALL guys and they completely ignore us until they realize why we're really there!
    Aw man, that sucks, well, I bet they're completely baffled about how well you girls do your job!
    When you say you're one of three girls, how many men do there work in you IT dept?
    just for statistical point of view, see ...
    Surf little waves big... Charge big waves hard

    - Antwerp '06, Nijmegen '07, Werchter '07
  • LizardjamLizardjam Posts: 1,121
    Jamal wrote:
    Aw man, that sucks, well, I bet they're completely baffled about how well you girls do your job!
    When you say you're one of three girls, how many men do there work in you IT dept?
    just for statistical point of view, see ...

    6 guys. We're a small department even though we support 1500+ users/servers!! :) We're a busy bunch. I love this field.
    bugs in the way...I feel about you

    "New music, new friends. Pearl Jam."

    I like our socks. I hear we make a fine sock. I always say, You might not love our records, but I think you'll like our socks. - Stone

    "This record is us speaking out in class." -EV on PJ
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