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SirGreenThumb

SirGreenThumb

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minnesmoker said:
Nice! The same ctrl/function/windows/alt layout as my T410. (I'm back on an old R60 now -- the T410, although advertised as "able to withstand high G-Force impacts" was NOT able to withstand the G-force generated when I chucked it into the floor.) I've only upgraded to the .5 TB an 4GB RAM (maxed out) allowed -- but Linux Mint does great!
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Yes, it does. I think any system can use mint with no problems. The system requirements are pretty low and it is designed very well. Do you often use terminal?
 
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minnesmoker

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SirGreenThumb said:
Yes, it does. I think any system can use mint with no problems. The system requirements are pretty low and it is designed very well. Do you often use terminal?
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I always have a terminal open. There are just so many things that don't "feel" right when you point-and-click. Like Cron, SSH, and Perl scripting! (I like Kate, but prefer either Joe or vi -- Emacs is just too full of itself.) I've run BSD, Slackware, Windows XP and Windows 7 on here -- I like Dragonfly, but don't really feel that it's the most efficient on a desktop/laptop -- even if it's dedicated to building firewalls based on Dragonfly.
 
Unclebaldrick

Unclebaldrick

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SirGreenThumb said:
Yea, I didn't realize how much patients it takes to succeed in this business.

Cant go get my brick weed yet, my middleman cant get a hold of crappy dealer yet. Some people just seem like they don't want to make any money.
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He's never early
He's always late
first thing you learn is that you always gotta wait
 
futant

futant

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minnesmoker said:
Fresh outta school, and brought yer own toilet paper? Probably workin' on a G-contract while in school, too?

Seriously though, right now I can't seem to find a sales person, that's where we've hung. I'm not very personable -- customer says "My computer's running slow, and I keep getting porn spam." I say something like "well, maybe you shouldn't be clickin' those spams, dumb shit." Not exactly the way to "drum up business."

The biggest defense is stopping stupid people from being themselves. Convincing them that they actually SHOULD protect their data's the hard step. I think what we need is a hot early 20's female sales rep, woo them, and show them their vulnerabilities. I actually have a nice starter list, locally, of businesses that aren't exactly complying with data integrity laws.
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Job market stays the way it is right now up here minne, I may knock on your door. I'm not a young female hotty but I rock a suit, and can truly charm with patience.
 
SirGreenThumb

SirGreenThumb

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futant said:
experience beats toilet paper :P

P.S. get your VCP cert kid, trust me.
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I have experience. 20 years of it. The certs I have are sufficient for what I do. Those certs helped me get into my field of study before even graduating. I based my degree on security and vmware was included within most of my course work. It was actually fun use to bypass the lockdown browser. But I could really care less about getting a vcp cert.

Edit: I'm far from a kid
 
futant

futant

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SirGreenThumb said:
I have experience. 20 years of it. The certs I have are sufficient for what I do. Those certs helped me get into my field of study before even graduating. I based my degree on security and vmware was included within most of my course work. It was actually fun use to bypass the lockdown browser. But I could really care less about getting a vcp cert.

Edit: I'm far from a kid
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Apologies about the kid thing, the posts came off like you were just getting out of school with fresh certs, I misread.......
Ya I'm trying to steal your job then. :)
 
SirGreenThumb

SirGreenThumb

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futant said:
Apologies about the kid thing, the posts came off like you were just getting out of school with fresh certs, I misread.......
Ya I'm trying to steal your job then. :)
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I'll be graduating this fall and I've obtained my certs along the way. However, I've been doing this work for a very long time. I actually used to work for GM, but kept getting fired then rehired and I got sick of it so I decided to go to college and get my degree so I could do what I really love.

Its cool though, cause he's looking for a sales person,I'd be more of a consultant type. Like minne I have issues dealing with stupid people. :lol:
 
futant

futant

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SirGreenThumb said:
I'll be graduating this fall and I've obtained my certs along the way. However, I've been doing this work for a very long time. I actually used to work for GM, but kept getting fired then rehired and I got sick of it so I decided to go to college and get my degree so I could do what I really love.

Its cool though, cause he's looking for a sales person,I'd be more of a consultant type. Like minne I have issues dealing with stupid people. :lol:
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I do too my friend (stupid people) but after a decade of doing infrastructure support and SAN management for the Finance industry there is no anger left in the tank.... just pity
 
SirGreenThumb

SirGreenThumb

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futant said:
I do too my friend (stupid people) but after a decade of doing infrastructure support and SAN management for the Finance industry there is no anger left in the tank.... just pity
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I've tried and tried. I just end up biting my tongue and walking away. I got so tired of going and repairing my mothers pc that I created a restore point on her desktop for her to click to revert back to my original config that actually works. She spends so much time on facebook (hackers paradise) and she gets so many viruses and redirects its insane. I literally had to secretly block any sort of porn sites on her pc cause my step dad liked to get on her comp and look up porn. He would clear the history, but cmd tells all. ahemm.. Dumbasses. :lol:
 
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minnesmoker

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Man I'd love to get together with a few of the old-school IT pros.

I'm working with nothing but experience and desperation to make income -- I don't need to make it big-time. Just comfortable. I AM lucky, worked on both sides, and know what grey areas lack solid infrastructure.

Oh, and I've toyed with the idea of bit-coin. I mean, anonymous, privacy service that requires a credit card?
 
SirGreenThumb

SirGreenThumb

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minnesmoker said:
Man I'd love to get together with a few of the old-school IT pros.

I'm working with nothing but experience and desperation to make income -- I don't need to make it big-time. Just comfortable. I AM lucky, worked on both sides, and know what grey areas lack solid infrastructure.

Oh, and I've toyed with the idea of bit-coin. I mean, anonymous, privacy service that requires a credit card?
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I feel ya. The business I'm planning on opening is security based administration and an all around pc repair while doing freelance on the side for extra money. That's where the ethical hacking cert comes in.

Are you talking about creating another anon based payment process to convert cash to bit-coin? I wish I would have sat on the coins that I had, I would have bank right now. 835.00 per atm.
 
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minnesmoker

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SirGreenThumb said:
I feel ya. The business I'm planning on opening is security based administration and an all around pc repair while doing freelance on the side for extra money. That's where the ethical hacking cert comes in.

Are you talking about creating another anon based payment process to convert cash to bit-coin? I wish I would have sat on the coins that I had, I would have bank right now. 835.00 per atm.
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Nah, straight bit-coin billing. Basically like charging a customer in S. America or Europe. Convert from USD to Bitcoin on the billing date. I can accept checks, cash, and credit cards, but all of those leave a trail. If a person is seeking actual anonymous security, they can't really get it any other way. Cash isn't even exactly anonymous -- unless it's a bit less legitimate than "grey area."

PC Repair? Most PCs are in businesses, or gamer systems, not a lot of money there -- unless you wanna' get into replacing USB ports, screens, and WiFi antennas on phones and tablets. Security Administration as consulting work is the way to go, and the way I'm going.
 
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