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Comment on Let’s Debug It: Final Interview Test - Decrypting Your Own Offer Letter by lisaksimone

lisaksimone — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:38:35 +0000

@DGentry - sorry for missing your comment - thanks! And the job is working out well.

Comment on Let’s Debug It: Final Interview Test - Decrypting Your Own Offer Letter by lisaksimone

lisaksimone — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:37:26 +0000

@Richard - yeah, I think my and your stories are pretty common. I have access to a couple of computers, but am more motivated to keep my hard drive backed up twice. I know this computer won’t last forever, and the software on it is getting stale!

Offtopic: Too many view points in the note and referenced posts. I’m not particularly rabid in general on gender in tech of what color my toys were, although I do get bent at specific times when I know I’m being discriminated against. Once I had a colleague I’d never met in person, but worked with via email and phone (hard core engineering) quite frequently. I suspect that relationship suffered much less than the stereotype because I could seem more like a guy.

One good point in all the related posts was to expose all children to tech early on and to connect the dots between what they see on the computer with what’s behind the screen. There are tons of programs for kids of all ages - I love the Lego Mindstorm. And tons of apps online for kids to make movies, graphics, etc. Part of our job is to provide continuity from that fun to formal education so kids can see where they could end up. And that there IS a college degree for making all those cool online movies.

Comment on Let’s Debug It: Final Interview Test - Decrypting Your Own Offer Letter by Richard Hendricks

Richard Hendricks — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:33:28 +0000

We had a similar issue recently with the latest version of Quicken, which required the latest Vista service pack, which would not install for (reasons removed to protect the guilty (namely me! hint: Don’t ever slam your hand down next to a computer on a desk. ) ). We ended up purchasing a new, larger HD for more iTunes goodness and got XP7 x64 installed on the new HD, which was remarkably painless, and got it back up and running. Quicken could then merrily install and all was happy.

Makes for a good argument to have a cheap secondary computer nearby to use for a debug station. I have at least 4 computers in the house and 2 in the office so if one craps out, I can research with a backup one.

Nowadays the debug/research station job can be taken over by a netbook or capable smartphone.

Offtopic: Saw this recently, and was wondering your take on the topic: http://www.facebook.com/notes/felicia-day/women-in-tech/435105009635

Comment on Let’s Debug It: Final Interview Test - Decrypting Your Own Offer Letter by DGentry

DGentry — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:36:44 +0000

Necessary sleuthing notwithstanding, I’m glad to hear you got the completed offer.

Comment on Yo, Today is December 31, 1969? by Cindy

Cindy — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:32:19 +0000

A couple of weeks ago around 2:00 a.m., my son received a phone call on his cell phone. He was asleep at the time, so could not answer the call. When he tried to call the number back, he just gets the failed call message. The call was dated Dec. 31, 1969. The time the call was placed was 9 a.m. The call was from Turkey. We live in the U.S. Weird huh? I noticed that text messages were mentioned here, but not cell phone calls.

Comment on Yo, Today is December 31, 1969? by lisaksimone

lisaksimone — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 22:10:45 +0000

Brianna

What you cut-and-pasted is not a virus, so no need to worry. It’s simply another example of the problem I reported in this post. The website you visited has the software error and it is in no way a virus or anything you have to worry about. It’s just a really common mistake!

Lisa

Comment on Yo, Today is December 31, 1969? by Brianna

Brianna — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 22:04:06 +0000

hi, i’ve been suspious that my computer had a virus lately. what do u think of this? please e-mail back

Currently viewing: WILL POWER TALISMAN - WILL POWER TALISMAN TRIANGLE with BLACK CORD and SP Bail
This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 31 December, 1969.

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Comment on Yo, Today is December 31, 1969? by Real Life Debugged » Blog Archive » Let’s Debug it: But I Can’t Show You! Just Call Network Solutions

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:13:47 +0000

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Fri, 14 May 2010 15:44:40 +0000

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