FUN: a faux quote

Friday, May 30, 2008

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/15146

Come up with a faux quote, win a book!
by David K. Israel – May 28, 2008 – 4:49 AM

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If you missed our interview with David Pratt, author of the new book The Impossible Takes Longer: The 1,000 Wisest Things Ever Said by Nobel Prize Laureates, go check it out and then come on back because today, we’re giving away a copy to one creative reader. Here’s how to win the book:

Come up with a clever, witty, fake quote and attribute it to a notable person (real, mythological, fictitious, it’s up to you). For instance, what if the great mathematician Archimedes (of “Eureka!” fame), had said this one night after a satisfying meal with his wife:

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MY ENTRY:

“Free the slaves? But only in areas that I have no control over. And, that will make me an icon of freedom. Who’d believe that I freed any slaves at all? No one is that dumb!”

“Honest” Abe Lincoln,
who ‘freed’ the slaves,
to his Press Secretary,
right before he fired him and
threw him in a military prison
got suspicion of terrorism.

:-)

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JOBFINDING: Senior Systems Administrator

Friday, May 30, 2008

Senior Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:
– Perform as a project technical lead on numerous Information Technology (IT) infrastructure projects leveraging Microsoft technologies

– Identify areas of improvement in the server and client arena and implement enhancements when approved

– Troubleshoot, install, configure and optimize Enterprise server operating systems (NT, 2000 Server, 2000 Advanced Server, 2003 Web, 2003 application and 2003 Enterprise)

– Analyze information and respond with corrective action recommendations for system monitoring technologies

– Develop and maintain programs, scripts, and procedures for the automation of system administration tasks

– Plan, lead, and implement large and small scale projects across the enterprise

– Design, configure and operate Microsoft Active Directory in a large, complex organization

Qualifications:
– Five years of enterprise directory implementation and directory services administration, including Active Directory, as well as three years of Enterprise systems implementation and administration (Active Directory, Exchange, SQL Server)

– Five years of hands-on experience building and maintaining Windows 2000/2003 servers, including five years of IT Infrastructure Project Management experience with a strong understanding of LDAP and Microsoft’s Active Directory

– Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related IT field from an accredited college/university

– Strong understanding of DNS (both Microsoft Active Directory Integrated DNS and BIND implementations) and experience with configuring and troubleshooting Microsoft DNS is required

– Experience configuring and troubleshooting DHCP and WINS, as well as strong experience with LDAP query language and tools (LDP, LDIFDE, CSVDE)

– Proficiency with TCP/IP, NetBios, NTP, SSL, IIS, BMC Patrol, MOM 2005, NetBackup and experience creating Windows 2003 logon scripts (Vbscript) and Desktop Operation Systems (XP, Vista)

– Able to work overtime as needed and serve on-call rotation to meet business needs

– Experience in capacity planning, system monitoring, testing and upgrades, bug

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I have no more information. {Sargent Shultz says “I know nuthin, Nuting, Nothing at all”!} I put it all in the post. Writing me for more info is a waste of your time and mine.

If you’re interested, leave a blog comment with your name and email. I’ll either send you the contact info, or forward your info to them. Depending upon what they prefer. Either way, you’ll get something back from me.

Note: Don’t put your email in the comment itself unless you want spam from a trollbot. The comment form allows you to put your name, email, and website address.

You might want to include a link to a http://www.emurse.com/ resume or such similar site. I recommend making oneself easy to be found.

You might want to take time to write a short cover on it. You never know who reads these things. You might find your own lead from it (i.e., someone, looking to hire an X, finds me saying someone is looking for X, and ‘poaches’ all the people who responded.). YMMV

Good luck and good hunting.

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TECH HARDWARE: Strange event

Friday, May 30, 2008

This morning luggable was rebooted.

No reason apparent to me.

Did Microsoft push one of their mandatory take fixes? Was it related to Comcast’s problems yesterday? Have I been hacked?

Who knows?

Argh!

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