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azurelunatic) wrote2002-04-11 02:18 pm
azurelunatic) wrote2002-04-11 02:18 pm
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Silly Hyper
Found Neighbor in the labs this morning and giggled at him repetitively about all the stuff that's currently up. He doesn't mind it too much when I repeat myself, which I have a habit of doing when I'm giddy and giggly. Darkside is a little weirded by my intense goofs on NRE which aren't directed at him. His reactions promise to be interesting.
I may be more interested in programming for the psychological mapping aspects of it, rather than "what you can do with it".
We had a test in Architecture & Operating Systems (take it apart and put it together A+ cert class) today. Eleven computers, all with little things wrong inside the box. Poke nose in and figure out. Ten minutes to a station, less if you were swift. All or nothing on ten; extra credit on the eleventh. Hari and I got 80% +4/5 extra credit.
We had problems that included: loose RAM, loose processor, loose cables, unplugged power button wire, swapped-around cables, unplugged power from drives, jumpers mis-set, "It Works Better When You Plug It In", RAM in the wrong place, a simulated bad video card (knew what it was, just not how to go about fixing it... turned out to be paper in the slot), and an inadvertent bad keyboard, which wasn't part of the test.
I came out of the test with an Azz-grin on, the one that very much unsettles some people.
I think that's a good measure of career choice opportunities. If a test in the class leaves me with an Azz grin, I might enjoy doing it realtime, for real pay.
I may be more interested in programming for the psychological mapping aspects of it, rather than "what you can do with it".
We had a test in Architecture & Operating Systems (take it apart and put it together A+ cert class) today. Eleven computers, all with little things wrong inside the box. Poke nose in and figure out. Ten minutes to a station, less if you were swift. All or nothing on ten; extra credit on the eleventh. Hari and I got 80% +4/5 extra credit.
We had problems that included: loose RAM, loose processor, loose cables, unplugged power button wire, swapped-around cables, unplugged power from drives, jumpers mis-set, "It Works Better When You Plug It In", RAM in the wrong place, a simulated bad video card (knew what it was, just not how to go about fixing it... turned out to be paper in the slot), and an inadvertent bad keyboard, which wasn't part of the test.
I came out of the test with an Azz-grin on, the one that very much unsettles some people.
I think that's a good measure of career choice opportunities. If a test in the class leaves me with an Azz grin, I might enjoy doing it realtime, for real pay.
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