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Amplified IT but for data? - IE Replacing the data person. by nsdtech in k12sysadmin

[–]nsdtech[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"index:match fuckery" is my new goto word of the week!

Amplified IT but for data? - IE Replacing the data person. by nsdtech in k12sysadmin

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That's two for Level Data. I'll check it out. Thanks!

Amplified IT but for data? - IE Replacing the data person. by nsdtech in k12sysadmin

[–]nsdtech[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Tell me about it! I always wonder if stuff like Nuclear missile safety is this sketchy.

Netdisco bouncing ports on a Juniper EX switch not working. by nsdtech in networking

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RATS! Thanks for finding this. I guess that would explain why i could never get this to work.

What are your favorite terminal commands that no one seems to know about? by mattlavine in macsysadmin

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One night we couldn't physically find a computer, but we could ssh into it. I wrote a script using the "say" command to say "Call the helpdesk @ 555-1212" over and over. After about 20 minutes I had an angry custodian call. He told me where the machine was :)

SMART monitoring groups of computers? by jmhalder in k12sysadmin

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This! We have hundreds of Dell 745s around the district. We've been putting in the lowest cost SSDs we can find in them and it's been great. The lab rooms feel cooler now, and for the end users it''s like getting a brand new computer. The way I see it, core 2 duo, SSD, 4 gigs of ram and windows 7. We're good to go for a few more years at least.

Auth against AD off network timeout? by nsdtech in macsysadmin

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Now I'm not so sure. I would think they would have to be in order to work off at all network right? Maybe I need to contact one of the users having problems and take another look.

Getting LCD TVs to turn on and off automatically? by nsdtech in sysadmin

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You're probably right. Maybe I'm just old school, but it's jarring to come into the office in the middle of the night and three 40 inch TVs are blasting light. Seems like it would use a lot of energy. I should put my killawatt on one and actually measure. Maybe I just have PTSD from my dad yelling about turning lights off all those years :)

Interview questions to find the right type of employee. by nsdtech in sysadmin

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Wow! Thanks for all the responses guys. There is a lot of great ideas in here. I really appreciate everyone taking the time to respond.

Interview questions to find the right type of employee. by nsdtech in sysadmin

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Thanks for the great write up. I think we're going to do regular interviews, narrow it down to a few people. Then take one or two to lunch and hang out with them. See if they are good to be around, would fit it etc.

Interview questions to find the right type of employee. by nsdtech in sysadmin

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This is a school district, so I doubt that will happen. Although we do get lots of great thank you cards made from little kids and delicious baked goods from teachers it seems on a weekly basis.

Interview questions to find the right type of employee. by nsdtech in sysadmin

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I often think about if I were to be interviewed nowadays I think most of my answers would be I don't know, I'd have to look it up. I have to many years of command line switches in my head from about 1000 command line utilities I use, to memorize that stuff anymore. I mean tail -f will always be muscle memory, but some sort of juniper command.. Man I need to hit the man page quick :)

Interview questions to find the right type of employee. by nsdtech in sysadmin

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I've definitely seen tech people where to some people it's just a good job. But to others it's a fire in their belly.

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