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    Contract-to-hire or direct hire?

    Any staffing folks in the house? Need some advice. There is a position open at a local company and they have the opening posted directly on their website. I have also been working with a consulting firm who has presented me with this position as a con-2-hire. They have not yet...
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    Career advice needed - Money vs Comfort

    I have it made where I am now but I have another job possibly on the table. Had a good interview but no offer yet. Is it worth 10k a year plus better growth opportunities to leave a cushy job with many freedoms? The new position would be a better 'career' move but it just seems weird to...
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    AWD or Convertable?

    Thinking about moving from the hardtop to the roofless DSM (Eagle Talon / Mitsubishi Eclipse). All things being equal, I would basically be trading AWD for a droptop. Both are well modified with built motors, big turbos etc etc. This is my 'toy' car. Only driven on nice days. I do not...
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    Convertable or hardtop?

    Here is the scenario: I have an AWD 97 Talon. Nicely modded (no rice), fast and in great condition. I have a friend that wants to trade me his 98 Eclipse spyder. All things being equal, I would basically be trading AWD for a droptop. I do not drive the Talon in winter, hell I...
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    Is that Copper or Fiber?

    Help me shut down a debate with a co-worker. Found this PIC of a data center cable disaster on Gizmodo yesterday. I commented that is a hellova lot of weight in copper. Co-worker says, "I think that is fiber because we used to use yellow fiber like that" I think he is nuts. The 'look'...
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    Origin of 'Cooter'

    So the term 'Cooter' came up in conversation referring to female genitalia. We got to thinking just where the heck that came from. Was it coined before or after the Dukes of Hazard days? Anyone have any insight?
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    P4 NW 2.6 running only 1.6

    Ok guys kinda newb to CPU troubleshooting, sorry if I screw this up. I have a P4 2.66Ghz and I noticed the other day that it was only running at 1.6Ghz. Looking into the BIOS (P4VM800) I find: 133 FSB with 12x muti. [LOCKED] There are no EIST/speed stepping options. I upgraded to...
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    Worst screw-up at work

    I had a nice one yesterday. Attempting to remove an OSPF neighbor from a 6506 router. Pasted line one router ospf 100 Meant to paste line two No network 10.228.0.0 0.0.1.255 area 0 Actually pasted No router ospf 100 DOH! 63 customer sites now unreachable. RELOAD DAMNIT...
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    Job offer today

    Working at a company via temp/consulting for 6 months. Company is going to make me an offer for fulltime today. The bargainer in me says never take the 1st offer. I am not seeing any downsides to making a counter offer. They know me, they want me. I can't imagine that they would tell me...