Re: [lopsa-tech] C coding

2010-10-08 Thread Jim Hickstein
typedef enum { CODE_BLUE, CODE_RED } Code; extern Code condition; void check_condition() { if (condition = CODE_RED) { launch_missiles(); } } :-) I may have to go dust off my copy of _C Traps and Pitfalls_ by Andrew Koenig, a volume I heartily recommend to

Re: [lopsa-tech] Rules of Thumb or Common Sense in Network layout

2010-09-29 Thread Jim Hickstein
I don't think there's a two-word rule of thumb for this. It's a function of cost, speed, and distance. Doesn't BICSI have something to say about this? I've never paid the fees so I don't have the material, but I recall that this (structured cabling) was their area.

Re: [lopsa-tech] NIS/YP Replacement

2010-07-10 Thread Jim Hickstein
Hey - Reply-Send-Read-Think is *my* trick!!! Announce, develop, ship, test! ___ Tech mailing list Tech@lopsa.org http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/

Re: [lopsa-tech] Datacenter phone/headsets

2010-05-07 Thread Jim Hickstein
Andrew Hume wrote: i have been telecommuting seriously for 20+ years and follow eric allman's advice (offered 20 years ago, it might be different now). for headsets, the best in teh world don't cost a lot, so just get them. so i use plantronics st141 headsets (nowadays i use the wireless ones)

Re: [lopsa-tech] DNS functional testing

2009-10-20 Thread Jim Hickstein
Nathan Hruby wrote: and redundant (eg: 3 nameservers in the same vmware cluster are not redundant). Ooo! A new way to get this wrong! :-) I may have to add that to my list: http://www.emailthatworks.net/forum/read.php?3,31 ___ Tech mailing list