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- Images: At LinuxWorld, it's Nerds vs. Geeks
- Samba co-creator Jeremy Allison hosts the annual LinuxWorld Golden Penguin Bowl. As always, it's Nerds vs. Geeks.
- Tags: Nerds, LinuxWorld, Jeremy Allison, Samba
- Image galleries 2007-08-15
- Managing the odd man out
- Managing the odd man outWe have a programmer who's does high quality work. Problem is that his personality is a very poor fit for our department. We're a small IT organization - only 4 people (hiring 3 more this year) and he stands out like a sore thumb...
- Tags: angry_white_male
- Discussion threads 2006-04-09
- Why Nerds Are Unpopular
- Why Nerds Are Unpopularhttp://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.htmlI thought this article was well written and hit many of the issues common to life in public school. My favorite quote from the article is "Kids are sent off to spend six years memorizing meaningless facts in a world ruled by a caste of giants...
- Tags: gralfus
- Discussion threads 2005-10-19
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- Network Engineering & Resources Development Specialists Case Study: Montgomery County Traffic Management Center
- Montgomery County, Maryland with a population of 870,000, 3,000 miles of roadways, and a major mass transit system is part of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Their backups took well over 36 hours every week. Recovery required from 6 hours to a day or more, assuming the tapes were readable....
- Tags: Network, Tape, Backups, Networking
- Case studies
- Converting numbers into formatted strings in VB.NET
- suck my diksuk it!!! u nerds and ur computers.....ur all so bumbaclots....dungadinga
- Tags: computer, e-mail, hjahs@..., manager, Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, password, poo, suk
- Discussion threads 2006-10-10
- Singularity! - A Tough Guide to the Rapture of the Nerds
- A wiki guide to the science fiction concept of a technocultural SIngularityThis post originally appeared on an external website by Jay Garmon
- Tags: Science Fiction, Wiki, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Online Communications, Internet, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2005-12-05
- School violence
- It seems to be getting worse in the last few years. Is it because of all the on air news about it? Or has the new generation of nerds, fat kids and kids that just want to do their own thing? I was the kid that was picked on in...
- Tags: help others, self help, off-topic, Spock, zlito@..., violence
- Discussion threads 2006-11-21
- Why geeks and nerds are worth dating...
- An oldie but a goodie, resurrected via Reddit: 10 Reasons why Dating Geeks and Nerds is Worth It.While geeks and nerds may be awkward, theyre well-meaning 9 out of 10 times.Theyre useful. In this tech-savvy world, its great to have a b/f who can make your laptop, desktop, and...
- Tags: Electronics, Geek, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-08-01
- The Bluesmobile via Google Earth and LEGO
- The Blues Brothers taught us many things -- always pay your taxes, always help out those you love even if it means fighting some neo-Nazis, never date a woman who owns a bazooka -- but the main lesson many of us took from the film was that retired cop cars...
- Tags: Google Inc., LEGO Co., Google Earth, Bluesmobile, Fax, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-07-31
- Bone2 (exe)
- Take drugs in an infinate space random world, puzzle your way through this shooter type game looking for Nerds to fight, there is a wide selection of drugs available for to you to use while you follow the Hitlist, accumulate money and drugs every time you play Bone 2. Beat...
- Tags: Drug, Nicholas Nel, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-06-03
- MySQL Matters to Slashdot
- Slashdot is a popular, traffic-heavy website for the open source community, highlighting news for nerds and stuff that matters. Slashdot utilizes four MySQL databases: a four-gigabyte, four-CPU primary database that performs most of the data reads and writes, another for replication, one for static content and another for back-up. MySQL...
- Tags: MySQL, Slashdot, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies
- Video: Married couple's first (lightsaber) fight
- What?This is just sad! I find it hard to believe that anyone that geeky would be able to find a mate!!! And that raises the question of "should they be allowed to mate?"Lame!!It was cute for about the first 15 to 20 seconds. As usual, the geeks went...
- Tags: Corporate communications, video, TX_Admin
- Discussion threads 2007-05-18
- Network Engineering & Resources Development Specialists Case Study: Reliable Limousine
- Reliable Limousine is a major provider of Limousine services to organizations in the Washington, DC area and the Maryland and Virginia suburbs of DC. As the business grew, it was becoming difficult for the company's computer systems to keep up. The old system was a home grown DOS-based system that...
- Tags: Network, Reliable Limousine, Networking
- Case studies
- Palm etta
- this palmetto guy is like the real head nerd GEEK! WOW. ima nerd ima nerd ima nerd ima nerd ima geek. i lost my glasses!Don't press your luck...noob!let this be your first and final warningPIFOK.......and it's us nerds and geeks that help idiots like y'all.I can see why you were...
- Tags: fireco52@..., Palm Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-07-26
- How to hack your beloved nerd
- Not everyone who reads this blog is a geek, but if you aren't a geek but are browsing Geekend, it's probably because you've got geeks in your life and want to understand them better. Well, Rands In Repose has summoned up The Nerd Handbook to help. This...
- Tags: Geek, Blogging, Productivity, Internet, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- Shutdown Day
- Computers computers, most of those in the IT industry especially techies will admit that it’s very rare for a day to go by without them using a computer. Could you go a day without one? Now’s your chance to find out and participate in ‘Shutdown Day’. The...
- Tags: computer, News
- Blog posts 2007-03-03
- Iron Man vs. Open Source
- First, I must apologize. I know this is old news. But today I saw the Iron Man movie (quite awesome, I must say) and was inspired when I came home and did a search, "Iron Man open source" on Google. I was surprised that I actually had a lot of...
- Tags: Software, Movie, Tony Stark, Open Source, Jack Wallen
- Blog posts 2008-05-04
- Voice over IP independents plummet, major players pushing them out?
- Comcast was Number One in VoIP subscriber growth for calendar year 2006, outselling Vonage two-to-one. VoIP popularity is rising (note Digium, the company backing the VoIP open-source software Asterisk, and their new PBX replacement). But with the impending demise of cut-rate SunRocket on August 5th, Vonage has...
- Tags: Comcast Corp., Vonage Holdings Corp., IP, SunRocket, VoIP Popularity, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking, Lea Rush
- Blog posts 2007-08-01
- frame relay vs managed IP VPN
- We are currently using frame relay to connect 27 remote sites to a central host. The cost averages around $230 per site for a DSO. We are considering moving to a managed IP VPN network proposed to us by Bellsouth and AT&T. Has anyone else here made that sort of...
- Tags: Daygo_171, frame relay, IP, IP VPN, networking, SBC, VPN
- Discussion threads 2004-12-01
- Linux Professional Report - May 2000
- The monthly guide to Linux environments on www.techproguild.comFeatured Daily Drill DownThe Linux Database Server Demystification pt 1Executive SummariesBeginning with BASH, part 1: The basicsThe StarOffice font deuglification project, part 3: Implementing TrueType fonts for StarOfficeBuy Pogo or buy nothing!TechProGuild ColumnsA Voodoo3 card, Red Hat 6.1, and a little thing called...
- Tags: StarOffice, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Jack Wallen, Jr., Linux, Red Hat Inc., Red Hat 6.1, Linux 101
- Technical articles 2000-04-01
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