OT: USB Computer-to-Computer

[John Fields]

On Tue, 17 May 2005 23:54:47 GMT, Rich Webb
<bbew.ar@mapson.nozirev.ten> wrote:

Dang, John, and I had just un-killfiled you a few days ago, too.
Apparently I was mistaken.

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Well, no one's right _all_ the time!
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John Fields

 

[Clifford Heath]

Rich Grise wrote:

Oops - it still wants a BIOS password.
So I pull the battery jumper, let it sit for a few minutes

I have an HP with a cap across the battery which allows the
CMOS to last 15+ minutes with the battery removed. I had a
driver problem in XP that repeatedly killed the CMOS, so I
quickly worked out that after pulling the battery, I needed
to short the terminals to make the process go quicker .

 

[Watson A.Name - \"Watt Su]

"Clifford Heath" <no@spam.please.net> wrote in message
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Rich Grise wrote:
Oops - it still wants a BIOS password.
So I pull the battery jumper, let it sit for a few minutes

I have an HP with a cap across the battery which allows the
CMOS to last 15+ minutes with the battery removed. I had a
driver problem in XP that repeatedly killed the CMOS, so I
quickly worked out that after pulling the battery, I needed
to short the terminals to make the process go quicker .

Well, the MoBos that I've work on that have the three position berg
jumper lets you move the jumper from 1 - 2 to 2 - 3, so that it
apparently shorts the cap to ground.

I found that the old ATs used a battery that had a 47k resistor in
series with the lead. In order for the v drop across the resistor to be
less than a fraction of a volt, the current drain had to be very low,
only a few microamps.

 

[Rich Grise]

On Tue, 17 May 2005 18:32:34 -0700, Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun, the Dark Remover" wrote:

"Rich Grise" <richgrise@example.net> wrote in message

But I'm getting paid for four hours' work, so WTF? And the PHB is
happy, so he'll be off my back for awhile.

Shades of pointy-haired bosses and Dilbert. Much like where I work.

Hey, did you read that followup I left about the job opening for a
part-time computer tech? Number 2178 here:
http://www.rsccd.org/apps/rpub.asp?Q=439 or else www.rsccd.org, click on
business operations, and employment. # 2168 looks like a good job and
the pay is good. Hey, there's one for you, Rich. Number 2177, head
teachers.
Potty training, anyone? )

Yeah, I've bookmarked it, and am trying to work out the logistics of
commuting to Santa Ana while still living in the RV in the current
client's parking lot, (Whittier) and some other considerations.

Or I could admit that I'm just procrastinating.

Do I tell them, "I was referred by Watson Name"?

Thanks!
Rich

 

[Watson A.Name - \"Watt Su]

"Rich Grise" <richgrise@example.net> wrote in message
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On Tue, 17 May 2005 18:32:34 -0700, Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun, the
Dark Remover" wrote:
"Rich Grise" <richgrise@example.net> wrote in message

But I'm getting paid for four hours' work, so WTF? And the PHB is
happy, so he'll be off my back for awhile.

Shades of pointy-haired bosses and Dilbert. Much like where I work.

Hey, did you read that followup I left about the job opening for a
part-time computer tech? Number 2178 here:
http://www.rsccd.org/apps/rpub.asp?Q=439 or else www.rsccd.org,
click on
business operations, and employment. # 2168 looks like a good job
and
the pay is good. Hey, there's one for you, Rich. Number 2177, head
teachers.
Potty training, anyone? )

Yeah, I've bookmarked it, and am trying to work out the logistics of
commuting to Santa Ana while still living in the RV in the current
client's parking lot, (Whittier) and some other considerations.

Or I could admit that I'm just procrastinating.

Do I tell them, "I was referred by Watson Name"?

I don't think they'll ask who referred you, but you could tell them that
you saw the job opening on the website. This part-time job might have
some odd hours that mean you might be able to come in twice a week, for
ten hours each, or more like 19 hours total. Or they might ask you to
come in for a few hours in the morning and some in the evening. The
place is a lab and classroom so it will be occupied during both the day
and night. I've never worked in one, but at times I have to work around
one, say when I have to do work in a classroom and I have to find out
when there's no class so I won't disturb anyone.

There is opportunity for full-time work in the future. We are building
a new 3-story building out at our other campus that will be the LRC,
Library and Learning Resource Center. This 3-story bldg will have the
usual stacks of books but will also have a lot of PCs and media
equipment. When it opens in a year or so, they will need to hire more
techs.

And then there is the 2-story DMC, which is also being constructed.
When this Digital Media Center opens in a year or so, it will have the
up-to-date, state-of-the-art equipment and facilities for producing TV,
video and other media. I was over to the construction site, and they
are framing up the stages for sound and video, and each inside wall is
cinder block, to give good sound isolation. It's going to be a real
difficult job to pull cabling thru there, with all those cement walls.
The original plans called for fiber to the desktop, but they may not go
that route last I heard. In any case, it will have a high end server
farm to support the video production. Our existing video facilities in
a building at a nearby campus will be moving there when it opens, but I
figure that with the additional floor space, they will need more people
to do various jobs. So hire they will </Yoda>.

And often other people move up to a better job, leaving opportunities
for someone else. That's what happened in this particular job opening.
So there will be other opportunities. And there will be other people
applying for the jobs, so expect to have to compete with them to get the
job. Life's a bitch, and then you die. ;-)

Thanks!
Rich