On 25 Jul 21 09:10:30, Mark Hofmann said the following to Nick Andre:

- Fix for weird "program too big to fit in memory" problems on Windows.

Cool! I'm curious as to what you found was causing that and if you saw it your system?

Yes it started happening here...

Nick

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On 28 Jul 21 13:07:16, Sean Dennis said the following to Nick Andre:

Very minor code improvements. "Bad Tic's" are stored in the BADTICS subdirectory.

What about inbound TICTAC files?

Sorted by flavour and cheapness of the sender.

Nick

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Hello, Nick!

Replying to a message of Nick Andre to Sean Dennis:

Sorted by flavour and cheapness of the sender.

If it's in Fidonet, probably overly bitter and the sender is so cheap they'd wash used toilet paper if they could ...

Later,
Sean

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On 10 Mar 22 17:14:05, Sean Dennis said the following to Nick Andre:

Very minor, almost trivial stuff:

Did you get bored again in front of the computer? <G>

It was actually done late last night, logged in at lunch to press "publish".

Nick

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Hello Nick,

10 Mar 22 17:31, you wrote to me:

It was actually done late last night, logged in at lunch to press "publish".

I used to get yelled at when I was in school at ITT Tech for SSHing into my server at home by the school's IT tech (an older guy). I really pissed him off when I set my SSH port to 443. He couldn't prove otherwise.

I'd sit in class, bored as I already knew this stuff, and would work on the BBS and chat on IRC using irssi.

I actually could have been kicked out of school for doing that but they let me do it because I'd help teach some of the classes. <G>

-- Sean

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I used to get yelled at when I was in school at ITT Tech for SSHing into
my server at home by the school's IT tech (an older guy). I really pissed him off when I set my SSH port to 443. He couldn't prove otherwise.

I'd sit in class, bored as I already knew this stuff, and would work on
the BBS and chat on IRC using irssi.

That experience reminded me of a similar situation I had back when I was 18 years old. I graduated from HS, went into a summer tech program that also did job placement and was employed before the end of the calendar year.

I started working professionally in IT at age 18, but felt I had to at least experience a few college classes since my work offered to pay for them.

Two classes I took. One was 'C' programming and the other was one you had to take if you wanted a degree, which was some type of health class.

Both classes made me discover I wasn't missing anything by not going to college and I hated both of them. The 'C' class lowered my grade because I used logic routines they had not covered in class. It wasn't by problem that I already knew this stuff and was taking it just for the credit. Total BS.

The health class assigned me to do a report on alcoholism which I was sitting in class drinking a rum and coke.

The two experiences confirmed that college was not for me. I never looked back and did just fine.

- Mark

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Mark Hofmann wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

The two experiences confirmed that college was not for me. I never
looked back and did just fine.

I waited 24 years before going back to school. I only got the piece of
paper to help my career. I didn't really need it.

-- Sean

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|03Quoting message from |11Digimaus |03to |11Mark Hofmann
|03on |1112 Mar 22 01:32:42|03.

Mark Hofmann wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

The two experiences confirmed that college was not for me. I never looked back and did just fine.

I waited 24 years before going back to school. I only got the piece of paper to help my career. I didn't really need it.

I'm thinking of trying the online school thing soon. i just want to get
certs. i need something that won't take long and will have a good payoff.

it sucks microsoft retired mcse mcsa and other certs.
i need to find out what cert would be good for me

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Hello Jas,

14 Mar 22 06:36, you wrote to Digimaus:

it sucks microsoft retired mcse mcsa and other certs.
i need to find out what cert would be good for me

I'd highly recommend CompTIA's A+ and their Network+, Security+, and Linux+ certs. My A+ cert has allowed me to get jobs I'd not have otherwise. I have a lifetime A+ cert as I received mine in 2005.

You can verify my cert by going to http://verify.CompTIA.org and entering 8N5TR992ZCVQ528B for the code.

-- Sean

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|03Quoting message from |11Sean Dennis |03to |11Jas Hud
|03on |1114 Mar 22 18:29:26|03.

Hello Jas,

14 Mar 22 06:36, you wrote to Digimaus:

it sucks microsoft retired mcse mcsa and other certs.
i need to find out what cert would be good for me

I'd highly recommend CompTIA's A+ and their Network+, Security+, and Linux certs. My A+ cert has allowed me to get jobs I'd not have otherwise. I h a lifetime A+ cert as I received mine in 2005.

You can verify my cert by going to http://verify.CompTIA.org and entering 8N5TR992ZCVQ528B for the code.

i kinda want to try to work at an amazon location and do next to nothing.
so i want a technical job but i dont want to be glued to a computer all day.
i want to have some physical stuff where i fix their doodads.

or i'll fix their workstations.

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Re: Re: Very minor D'Bridge release availabl
By: Jas Hud to Sean Dennis on Mon Mar 14 2022 06:55 pm

i kinda want to try to work at an amazon location and do next to nothing.

If I didn't know better, I would think you have just turned into a
millennial, or a Spaniard. Having a job which consists in sitting all day doing nothing is pretty much the Spanish dream (just as becoming the best you can be was the American dream, and genociding jews was the German dream).

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To: Arelor
Re: Re: Very minor D'Bridge release availabl
By: Arelor to Jas Hud on Tue Mar 15 2022 04:27 am

From Newsgroup: Micronet.MIN_BBS

Re: Re: Very minor D'Bridge release availabl
By: Jas Hud to Sean Dennis on Mon Mar 14 2022 06:55 pm

i kinda want to try to work at an amazon location and do next to

nothing.

If I didn't know better, I would think you have just turned into a millennial, or a Spaniard. Having a job which consists in sitting all day doing nothing is pretty much the Spanish dream (just as becoming the best you can be was the American dream, and genociding jews was the German dream).

i've busted my ass and done more than 40 hrs a week my entire working life. that's about 27 years. last year i was doing 50-60 hrs. i had no life and i didnt enjoy life. i quit my job of 17 years and they didnt give one shit that i was leaving even though i gave them everything. what i have to show for it is fucked up hands and knees.

I want to enjoy life now that i'm 45 years old.
i don't want to sit in a chair and do nothing, but i also dont want to do frustrating fruitless work. i dont want to work harder so other people can work less.

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On 14 Mar 2022, Sean Dennis said the following...

Hello Jas,

14 Mar 22 06:36, you wrote to Digimaus:

it sucks microsoft retired mcse mcsa and other certs.
i need to find out what cert would be good for me

I'd highly recommend CompTIA's A+ and their Network+, Security+, and Linux+ certs. My A+ cert has allowed me to get jobs I'd not have otherwise. I have a lifetime A+ cert as I received mine in 2005.

A+ in 1999 for me. Pretty useful if i need to change jumpers for a com port IRQ....;)

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HSM wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

A+ in 1999 for me. Pretty useful if i need to change jumpers for a com port IRQ....;)

What I learned to get the A+ has been and continues to be helpful for me.
I'm glad I got it.

-- Sean

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I'm thinking of trying the online school thing soon. i just want to get certs. i need something that won't take long and will have a good payoff.

You ever think of doing HVAC or something, its easy work and the schooling is pretty simple for the most part.

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Lux wrote to Jas Hud <=-

You ever think of doing HVAC or something, its easy work and the
schooling is pretty simple for the most part.

Damn good money too from what I've heard.

-- Sean

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To: digimaus
Re: Re: Very minor D'Bridge release availabl
By: digimaus to Lux on Wed Mar 16 2022 01:31 pm

From Newsgroup: Micronet.MIN_BBS

Lux wrote to Jas Hud <=-

You ever think of doing HVAC or something, its easy work and the schooling is pretty simple for the most part.

Damn good money too from what I've heard.

this is another one where i'm missing the original message.

no, i dont want to get into HVAC. i dont want to crawl on my knees into attics and shit. i also dont want to work inside people's old houses and their fucked up systems.

also there's a lot of people doing it around here, and it seems like they have grouped multiple jobs into one.
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Jas Hud wrote to digimaus <=-

no, i dont want to get into HVAC. i dont want to crawl on my knees into attics and shit. i also dont want to work inside people's old houses
and their fucked up systems.

If you do corporate HVAC systems, you could spend most of your time working
in the open ceiling before anyone else has dibs, and they'll have to route around your ducting.


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To: Kurt Weiske
Re: Re: Very minor D'Bridge release availabl
By: Kurt Weiske to Jas Hud on Thu Mar 17 2022 08:18 am

From Newsgroup: Micronet.MIN_BBS

Jas Hud wrote to digimaus <=-

no, i dont want to get into HVAC. i dont want to crawl on my knees

into
attics and shit. i also dont want to work inside people's old houses and their fucked up systems.

If you do corporate HVAC systems, you could spend most of your time

working
in the open ceiling before anyone else has dibs, and they'll have to route around your ducting.

I'm an electronics tech and i've worked on some aspects of HVAC. My friend also did that for years. HVAC is not something i'm in HVAC and I don't
think it's a hot occupation for my area, nor does it pay what i'm looking for. I've done everything except truck driving pretty much. from 18 through 29-30 I would have a regular job and then take off the summers to work for my family's hotel business. I'd get paid in cash, make good money and have a great time.

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You ever think of doing HVAC or something, its easy work and the schooling is pretty simple for the most part.

Damn good money too from what I've heard.

If you like working holidays and emergency calls you can make an absolute killing doing it.

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no, i dont want to get into HVAC. i dont want to crawl on my knees into at and shit. i also dont want to work inside people's old houses and their fu up systems.

No no not residental do the bigger stuff. The large systems are cake, the compressors are all on racks and the componenets are spread all over the pad spaced out. No attic, no knee work.

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To: Lux
Re: Re: Very minor D'Bridge release availabl
By: Lux to Digimaus on Sun Mar 20 2022 09:28 pm

From Newsgroup: Micronet.MIN_BBS

You ever think of doing HVAC or something, its easy work and the schooling is pretty simple for the most part.

Damn good money too from what I've heard.

If you like working holidays and emergency calls you can make an absolute killing doing it.

or like being on roofs.
mikeredd did that for years.
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To: Lux
Re: Re: Very minor D'Bridge release availabl
By: Lux to Jas Hud on Sun Mar 20 2022 09:31 pm

From Newsgroup: Micronet.MIN_BBS

no, i dont want to get into HVAC. i dont want to crawl on my knees into at and shit. i also dont want to work inside people's old houses and their fu up systems.

No no not residental do the bigger stuff. The large systems are cake, the compressors are all on racks and the componenets are spread all over the pad spaced out. No attic, no knee work.

still. fuck that.
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Hello Lux,

20 Mar 22 21:28, you wrote to me:

If you like working holidays and emergency calls you can make an
absolute killing doing it.

That's what I did in IT too. I'd make doubletime working on holidays and usually time and a half being on-call overnight.

-- Sean

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To: Sean Dennis
Re: Very minor D'Bridge release availabl
By: Sean Dennis to Lux on Mon Mar 21 2022 10:40 am

From Newsgroup: Micronet.MIN_BBS

Hello Lux,

20 Mar 22 21:28, you wrote to me:

If you like working holidays and emergency calls you can make an absolute killing doing it.

That's what I did in IT too. I'd make doubletime working on holidays and usually time and a half being on-call overnight.

all my overtime is doubletime and i'm getting hourly bonuses too. it allows me to work a shorter schedule.

hope it's like this in the summer. i havent done shit for years during the summer.

i'm getting old. it's time to live life and enjoy it.
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If you like working holidays and emergency calls you can make an absolute killing doing it.

That's what I did in IT too. I'd make doubletime working on holidays and usually time and a half being on-call overnight.

Talking call ins is honorable, I was the only one taking call ins for 2 1/2 years at my old job, No matter what time in the night. It got so frequent I just ended up taking the night shift to ensure the place ran smoothy 24/7 and it did right up to the covid shutdown.

The best thing was they paid you 4 hours just to punch in plus your time.
So 4 1/2 hours to replace a fuse and leave only to get called back 3 minutes into driving home, worked another two hours on another machine got paid 10 1/2 hours plus I worked a 10 hour shift already that day. Do this two to four times a week I was making some serious loot.

Unfortunatly the Government also made some serious loot. :|

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To: Sean Dennis
Re: Very minor D'Bridge release availabl
By: Sean Dennis to Jas Hud on Mon Mar 14 2022 06:29 pm

From Newsgroup: Micronet.MIN_BBS

Hello Jas,

14 Mar 22 06:36, you wrote to Digimaus:

it sucks microsoft retired mcse mcsa and other certs.
i need to find out what cert would be good for me

I'd highly recommend CompTIA's A+ and their Network+, Security+, and Linux+ certs. My A+ cert has allowed me to get jobs I'd not have otherwise. I have
a lifetime A+ cert as I received mine in 2005.

You can verify my cert by going to http://verify.CompTIA.org and entering 8N5TR992ZCVQ528B for the code.

so do the newer certs expire like all the other ones do?
i am looking to see what i can do this summer online.
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Hello Jas,

05 Apr 22 22:55, you wrote to me:

so do the newer certs expire like all the other ones do?

Unfortunately, yes.

-- Sean

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On 18 May 23 23:16:31, Sean Dennis said the following to Nick Andre:

Very minor improvement to personal mail notification in the Idle screen.

I read that and heard in my mind "You've got mail!"

I work with someone who has that as the email notification on their phone, every hour it goes off...

Nick

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Hello Nick,

Friday May 19 2023 06:17, you wrote to me:

I work with someone who has that as the email notification on their
phone, every hour it goes off...

Wow. That'd get annoying really fast.

-- Sean

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On 19 May 23 11:52:03, Sean Dennis said the following to Nick Andre:

I work with someone who has that as the email notification on their phone, every hour it goes off...

Wow. That'd get annoying really fast.

I disabled both audio and vibration notifications on calls, emails and now texting. I'm actually one step away from turning off ALL notifications.

Some moron I have to work with for a customer of mine is using Imesage on a Mac, so what he does is type one sentence, presses enter, another sentence, presses enter etc. over and over. This shows up as individual texts on my Iphone thus it just gets "stupid" with the noise and buzzing.

Nick

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Nick Andre wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

Some moron I have to work with for a customer of mine is using Imesage
on a Mac, so what he does is type one sentence, presses enter, another sentence, presses enter etc. over and over. This shows up as individual texts on my Iphone thus it just gets "stupid" with the noise and
buzzing.

UGH! I'd shut it all off too. Look at it when you can.

Shawn

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