Comments for TTC Shelbyville - Technical Blog http://ttcshelbyville.wordpress.com Your Future Starts Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:01:10 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Free SSL Certificate by ollyfaulkner123 http://ttcshelbyville.wordpress.com/2009/09/13/free-ssl-certificate/#comment-1357 ollyfaulkner123 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:01:10 +0000 http://ttcshelbyville.wordpress.com/?p=4239#comment-1357 Many websites and smaller companies simply cannot afford a SSL Certificate, so finding a <a href="http://www.ssl247.co.uk/ssl-certificate-signing-solutions/ssl-certificates/rapid-ssl/rapidssl-trial.php" rel="nofollow">Free SSL Certificate</a> is the perfect solution for the thousands of smaller sites that wish to find out what SSL can do for their business. Many websites and smaller companies simply cannot afford a SSL Certificate, so finding a Free SSL Certificate is the perfect solution for the thousands of smaller sites that wish to find out what SSL can do for their business.

]]> Comment on Need Cloud Storage, Store Your Files online with Go Aruna by Ramblinrick http://ttcshelbyville.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/need-cloud-storage-store-your-files-online-with-go-aruna/#comment-1354 Ramblinrick Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:39:25 +0000 http://ttcshelbyville.wordpress.com/?p=5335#comment-1354 Steve, Excellent find... Rick Steve,

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]]> Comment on Firefound Shows Location of Your Laptop or Computer by SMallard http://ttcshelbyville.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/firefound-shows-location-of-your-laptop/#comment-1351 SMallard Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:27:06 +0000 http://ttcshelbyville.wordpress.com/?p=5321#comment-1351 The big point i think is the IP address it is being used at and the ability to clear items. Steve The big point i think is the IP address it is being used at and the ability to clear items. Steve

]]> Comment on Firefound Shows Location of Your Laptop or Computer by Jon Ward http://ttcshelbyville.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/firefound-shows-location-of-your-laptop/#comment-1350 Jon Ward Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:24:17 +0000 http://ttcshelbyville.wordpress.com/?p=5321#comment-1350 yeah, don't put too much confidence in ip-based geolocation. it puts my home computer in the next town over. i'll have to admit, i'm fairly surprised that it placed you so close to your actual location. you can pretty much count on your ip resolving to the CO that provides dhcp for your account. that's for charter cable, it may be different for other methods of connecting, though. that's the main hurdle i've seen in my efforts to provide localized web services based on ip yeah, don’t put too much confidence in ip-based geolocation. it puts my home computer in the next town over. i’ll have to admit, i’m fairly surprised that it placed you so close to your actual location. you can pretty much count on your ip resolving to the CO that provides dhcp for your account. that’s for charter cable, it may be different for other methods of connecting, though. that’s the main hurdle i’ve seen in my efforts to provide localized web services based on ip

]]> Comment on Should we teach only Microsoft Products in IT? by Jon Ward http://ttcshelbyville.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/should-we-teach-microsoft-products-only-in-it/#comment-1330 Jon Ward Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:21:49 +0000 http://ttcshelbyville.wordpress.com/?p=5164#comment-1330 Time for me to chime in once again. Bottom line, your students are IT people. And.. it's arguable that Linux isn't for everyone. Certain versions of Linux are more friendly to Windows for people that aren't familiar with PCs in general. I've done my own research, about 75% of the people I've introduced to Ubuntu that didn't have experience with computers preferred it over Windows. They said it was easier to use, the GUI layout is more intuitive and finding software is not as challenging a task. I still don't understand what people find so difficult about installing software. 100% of the software a 'normal' person would need to use is in your package manager, Synaptic, where you can install it with a single click (if it's not already installed). Sure, you need to do some research to find the program you NEED, but once you find that, fire up Synaptic and install it. That being said, Ubuntu is not for me. I prefer more traditional Linuxes such as Gentoo and Fedora. Those OSes haven't tried so hard on the 'ease of use' but rather on pure functionality, which is what UNIX-based systems are intended for. Also, your students are IT-bound. That means no more easy-mode. IT professionals are the people that DO the hard stuff... That's what we're there for... That's why we make good money. If you're scared or unwilling to do the hard stuff, you gotta find another profession or look forward to a dead-end help desk job the rest of your life. I just got promoted... why? Because I have in-depth experience with UNIX (BSD, Solaris, OSX) and UNIX-like operating systems (GNU/Linux) along with a strong sense of root-cause analysis (a VERY important skill), networking, and both offensive and defensive security analysis and auditing. Look people (I'm talking to the students here), you're in school now and ignorance is tolerated, that's why you're in school, to become educated. Once you get out in the field, you're on your own. If you don't spend your free time reading, playing with, or hacking technology, you're going to find yourself left behind when promotion time comes around. It's a tough pill to swallow. When you leave school, you THINK you're well prepared, but no matter how much time Steve spends with you in the 18 months you're there, there's NO FREAKING WAY he can teach you all you need to know. In fact, he can barely scratch the surface and I know he tries his hardest so listen to the man. One last piece of advice, there is a single thing you can do to make yourself more valuable than you could ever realize. It's simple and you may not think much of it, but learn how to Google things instead of asking someone else how to do it. Get in the habit of Googling first, THEN asking someone if you still can't get it. When you're in the field, your coworkers are not your teachers, they're working and if they have to stop what they're doing every 10 minutes while you ask them a question even they probably don't know they answer to, you're going to make enemies very quickly and irritate the people you work with. In fact, IT INFURIATES SOME PEOPLE!!! Trust me, you don't want that. (No, I wasn't the one asking people questions every 10 minutes) Time for me to chime in once again. Bottom line, your students are IT people. And.. it’s arguable that Linux isn’t for everyone. Certain versions of Linux are more friendly to Windows for people that aren’t familiar with PCs in general. I’ve done my own research, about 75% of the people I’ve introduced to Ubuntu that didn’t have experience with computers preferred it over Windows. They said it was easier to use, the GUI layout is more intuitive and finding software is not as challenging a task. I still don’t understand what people find so difficult about installing software. 100% of the software a ‘normal’ person would need to use is in your package manager, Synaptic, where you can install it with a single click (if it’s not already installed). Sure, you need to do some research to find the program you NEED, but once you find that, fire up Synaptic and install it.

That being said, Ubuntu is not for me. I prefer more traditional Linuxes such as Gentoo and Fedora. Those OSes haven’t tried so hard on the ‘ease of use’ but rather on pure functionality, which is what UNIX-based systems are intended for. Also, your students are IT-bound. That means no more easy-mode. IT professionals are the people that DO the hard stuff… That’s what we’re there for… That’s why we make good money. If you’re scared or unwilling to do the hard stuff, you gotta find another profession or look forward to a dead-end help desk job the rest of your life. I just got promoted… why? Because I have in-depth experience with UNIX (BSD, Solaris, OSX) and UNIX-like operating systems (GNU/Linux) along with a strong sense of root-cause analysis (a VERY important skill), networking, and both offensive and defensive security analysis and auditing.

Look people (I’m talking to the students here), you’re in school now and ignorance is tolerated, that’s why you’re in school, to become educated. Once you get out in the field, you’re on your own. If you don’t spend your free time reading, playing with, or hacking technology, you’re going to find yourself left behind when promotion time comes around. It’s a tough pill to swallow. When you leave school, you THINK you’re well prepared, but no matter how much time Steve spends with you in the 18 months you’re there, there’s NO FREAKING WAY he can teach you all you need to know. In fact, he can barely scratch the surface and I know he tries his hardest so listen to the man.

One last piece of advice, there is a single thing you can do to make yourself more valuable than you could ever realize. It’s simple and you may not think much of it, but learn how to Google things instead of asking someone else how to do it. Get in the habit of Googling first, THEN asking someone if you still can’t get it. When you’re in the field, your coworkers are not your teachers, they’re working and if they have to stop what they’re doing every 10 minutes while you ask them a question even they probably don’t know they answer to, you’re going to make enemies very quickly and irritate the people you work with. In fact, IT INFURIATES SOME PEOPLE!!! Trust me, you don’t want that. (No, I wasn’t the one asking people questions every 10 minutes)

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