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| 2008/5/18-23 [Politics/Domestic/Gay, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:49994 Activity:nil |
5/18 John Yoo fans:
http://www.esquire.com/print-this/features/john-yoo-0608
"Protesters in Guantánamo orange have disrupted his class and dogged
him in public forums. I talked to another Berkeley law professor who
refuses to attend faculty meetings with him. “Until he atones,†he
said, “I don't want to be in the same room with him.†But Yoo shrugs
it all off. He likes living among liberals, he says. "Liberals from
the sixties do a great job of creating all the comforts of life --
gourmet food, specialty jams, the best environmentally conscious
waters." - danh
\_ I'm waiting for Coultier, Limbaugh and Savage to declare him
a hero. |
| 2008/5/18-23 [Industry/Jobs] UID:49995 Activity:low |
5/18 My sister is majoring in Information Systems Management at UC Santa
Cruz (She flunked the math for CS), and is thinking about becoming a
sys or network admin. How does one learn that stuff? Are there any
good books? Speaking of which, does anyone need a summer intern
for such a position? -jrleek
\_ E-mail me her resume. I was told it's too late now, but if we like
her we can use her next summer. The next cycle starts in (I
believe) January. --dim
\_ jrleek, is she hot? If so, it's best you don't send her
to dimitrious.
\_ If she's a flake she's better off trying to find a low end
coding job. *In general* programmers go home at the end of the
day. Sysadmins *tend* to carry pagers, work 24/7 rotation on-call,
etc. And finally, there are different kinds of admins. Windows?
Unix? Networking? Office support? Engineering? Production?
Does she even have an interest in technology? If not, she'll be
happier in the short, mid and long run doing something else even
if it pays less at first. She won't advance in a tech field if she
has no interest in technology.
\_ I didn't mean to give the impression that she has no interest
in technology. And wacky sys admin hours and overwork would
probably suit her fine. She's not THAT kind of flake. -op
\_ System administration is a craft; it's learned by doing. Her best
bet would be to find a way to practice sysadmin skills. At Cal,
the OCF and CSUA provide such opportunities. Something similar
might exist at UCSC, or look for a community or non-profit that
needs someone to set up machines for them. -tom
\_ This is very good advice. She may need to volunteer for a while
to get the skills down, but she should dive in hands first and
hit up her big brother for more tips and hints when she hits the
inevitable wall. Believe it or not, there are entry-level
SysAdmin jobs, if you're willing to work for experience. --e-red
\_ Yes, but it's a little late to ask now. Next year? What year
is she?
\_ Yeah, I know it's late, but hope springs eternal. She was
expecting a programming internship, but didn't keep on it and
they found someone better. Which is not unusual for her.
She's a junior, she has a summer next year before she
graduates though. -jrleek
\_ We probably could have used her, but I cannot make a
budget request now. That had to be done a month ago or
more. It's hard to find good students, but I have some
concerns:
1) Why did she want a programming internship if she's
not intending to be a s/w engineer? That's a big red
flag for anyone hiring for IT positions that are not
developer positions.
2) Is she really as flaky as you are making her out to be?
Your description of her situation and how it came to
be does her no favors. Yes, she's young yadda yadda yadda.
\_ 1) The programming internship was offered by a relative.
And heck, right now she know more about programming
And heck, right now she knows more about programming
than administration. It's not like she knows what
it's really like to do either as a full time job.
2) Eh, as her older brother, I'm probably a little harsh,
but yeah, she can be kinda flaky. It think she'd
be fine at a job though. She has done TAing a such
things, that seems to have gone well.
but she tends not to follow up on things that she
isn't concentrating on right now. I think she'd
probably do ok at a real job, but isn't A-list
material.
but yeah, she can be kinda flaky. I think she'd
be fine at a job though. She has done TAing and such
things, and those seem to have gone well. |
| 2008/5/18-23 [Uncategorized] UID:49996 Activity:nil |
5/18 why is john stossel such an asshole? |
| 2008/5/18-23 [Science/Battery] UID:49997 Activity:low |
5/18 I'm looking for a good rechargeable AA battery system. What do you guys
use? I'm thinking of getting a bunch of AA NiMH and a really good
charger that can do a full drain/recharge cycle to reduce memory
effect as well as battery tender since NiMH seems to lose 10% charge
per week, or AA Li-Ion with normal chargers. What do you guys think?
\_ http://www.steves-digicams.com/nimh_batteries.html
\_ http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=79302
The candlepower guys are scary about batteries. It's pretty
strange how much variance there is between simalarly rated
batteries, both in prefered load and total wattage.
\_ I wouldn't bother with "regular" NiMH, unless your usage
pattern is "charge, use aggressively within a week,
repeat." The obvious choice for the low-self-discharge
type is the Sanyo Eneloop, but I've had success with
cheaper Hybrio stuff (batteryjunction.com). I hear the new
MAHA Imedion are very good, too. As for the charger, I own
two MAHA C401FS as well as a MAHA C9000. I think C9000 is
a neat toy and useful at times, but most of the time, I
stick to C401FS. I hear LaCrosse charger is fine, too, as
long as you avoid the earlier revision.
\_ How's the usability for MAHA? I've heard a lot of bad
things, like having to input 48 keystrokes to charge
4 batteries properly. LAME.
\_ Yeah, it takes fair amount of key presses to make it do
interesting stuff, but I don't find it annoying at all.
\_ I recently got a LaCrosse charger, and love it.
\_ Eneloops are awesome, now you can use rechargables electronics
that don't need new batteries every month.
\_ How are Eneloops different from other NiMH rechargable
batteris? I bought the Eneloop package from Costco
(AA and AAA batteries and charger in blue plastic case), and
I'm using it just like the other rechargable batteries
(e.g. Panasonic NiMH) that I have. I haven't been paying
attention at its performance.
\_ Regular rechargables lose charge very quickly even if
they aren't used. (Like within a month.) It makes
them pretty much useless for electronics that don't
get regular use (or have a low power draw). Eneloops
on the other hand keep their charge for years. Also
they seem to last longer under high draw usage than cheap
rechargables do, even ones rated the same mah or higher.
\_ I don't use rechargeable. Alkalines are pretty cheap nowadays
and they last 2-3X as long. Besides, 1.5V >> 1.2V. This whole
1.2V thing really renders rechargeable useful for only a short
amount of time before they drop to unusable voltage.
\_ Alkalines drop to 1.2V very quickly. Rechargables stay at or
above 1.2V just as long as alkalines.
\_ doubtful. I get about 30 flashes with a brand new NiMH
rated at 2200mA, whereas I get over 100 flashes with
alkaline. As a photographer, I can't afford to have to
switch batteries all the time, or an extra clunky 12V
NiMH pack at 5-8 pounds on my belt.
\_ http://batteryboulevard.com/alkaline-aa-15-volt-vs-nimh-aa-12-volt-smackdown
Also it really depends on the NiMH batteries you use.
\_ Again, whatever people say is still FULL OF SHIT
unless they provide an exact voltage/amp chart
of different appliances in respect to time. What is
the curve, drop off point, etc. You can't just say
X is better than Y or vice versa without knowing
exactly what the driving appliance is, and what the
useful voltage for that appliance is, and what the
chart looks like. Full of shit. Aspolito you're full
of shit as expected. Try again.
\_ Oh aren't you a cranky little pissant. There are
plenty of battery geeks who have done voltage over
time charts that support me. I frankly don't give
enough of a shit to hunt down the data for some
asshole. Fuck it. Keep using non rechargable
batteries. It's not like they aren't a major
source of environmental damage and toxic landfill
waste.
\_ Ok I lied. I do give enough of a shit.
http://www.powerstream.com/AA-tests.htm
\_ Cool link, and thanks for trolling, and
you're a fucking loser.
\_ People with any social skills apologize
when they attack someone and are proven
wrong. You may want try it someday.
\_ dude, you're STUPID
\_ Are you saying he's stupid because
he's still conversing with a dick?
\_ you got trolled !op
\_ Trolls are still dicks.
\_ Thanks for the link. It seems that NiMH
is superior to all but Lithium? I guess
the Energizer Lithium is not rechargeable?
-jrleek
\_ Lithium batteries do bad things when
recharged poorly. Explosivly bad things.
\_ On a somewhat related note, I have a MAHA C401FS and Maha Powerex
and Duracell batteries I got a few years ago. I really haven't used
them all that much (maybe 20 times). There was a period of
maybe a year where I didn't use them at all. A few months ago,
I had occasion to use them again, but the batteries and/or
charger seem not to be working anymore (the batteries don't seem to
hold a charge for long). I read recently that these NiMH batteries
need to be charged on a regular basis, or else they lose their
ability to hold a charge? This seems really lame. My batteries
are only maybe 3 years old. Anyone else seen this happen?
\_ I recently found some pretty ancient energizer NiMH batteries
(6+ years old?) that I hadn't used for at least 3-4 years
and they still seem to work well.
\_ You need to 'refresh' them, ie, go through several
charge/discharge cycle to bring back the full power.
Some chargers like the LaCrosse do this automatically
for you when you select that mode. |