http://www.rayd.org/forums/ Rayd Forums: Recent Posts en Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:27:34 +0000 http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/306#post-2038 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 02:15:52 +0000 ChaserX 2038@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>Merry Christmas from Denmark :)</p> <p>Been cold and snowy here since before I arrived, and continued on through the Riggans coming in Monday night. Kinda screwed with some of our travel plans...and that's even despite the constant work we've seen from the road crews.</p> <p>Hope everyone has a great New Years celebration as well! </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/306#post-2037 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:04:42 +0000 eXcalibur 2037@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>Merry Christmas!<br /> We're down here in Claxton for Christmas this year, 68 degrees yesterday for the high! </p> <p>April and I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas as well. </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/306#post-2036 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:35:12 +0000 Lewnatick 2036@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>We hope that all of you have a wonderful Christmas, no matter where you are!</p> <p>:wavey: </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/305#post-2035 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:09:07 +0000 codered 2035@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>CHUNK LOVES FALCOR!!</p> <p><img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/wVTMTQiLnjms861qUYci2TEuo1_500.jpg" /> </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/304#post-2034 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:36:10 +0000 Ardentfrost 2034@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>I did laugh at that. </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/304#post-2033 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:15:13 +0000 darkphetus 2033@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>Found this on a forum I visit, it may be an email forward, but I don't care, it's funny.</p> <p>I had this idea that I was going to rope a deer, put it in a stall, feed it up on corn for a couple of weeks, then kill it and eat it. The first step in this adventure was getting a deer. I figured that, since they congregate at my cattle feeder and do not seem to have much fear of me when we are there (a bold one will sometimes come right up and sniff at the bags of feed while I am in the back of the truck not 4 feet away), it should not be difficult to rope one, get up to it and toss a bag over its head (to calm it down) then hog tie it and transport it home.</p> <p>I filled the cattle feeder then hid down at the end with my rope. The cattle, having seen the roping thing before, stayed well back. They were not having any of it.</p> <p>After about 20 minutes, my deer showed up -- 3 of them. I picked out a likely looking one, stepped out from the end of the feeder, and threw my rope. The deer just stood there and stared at me. I wrapped the rope around my waist and twisted the end so I would have a good hold. The deer still just stood and stared at me, but you could<br /> tell it was mildly concerned about the whole rope situation. I took a step towards it, it took a step away.. I put a little tension on the rope and then received an education. </p> <p>The first thing that I learned is that, while a deer may just stand there looking at you funny while you rope it, they are spurred to action when you start pulling on that rope. That deer EXPLODED. </p> <p>The second thing I learned is that pound for pound, a deer is a LOT stronger than a cow or a colt. A cow or a colt in that weight range I could fight down with a rope and with some dignity.</p> <p>A deer-- no chance.</p> <p>That thing ran and bucked and twisted and pulled. There was no controlling it and certainly no getting close to it. As it jerked me off my feet and started dragging me across the ground, it occurred to me that having a deer on a rope was not nearly as good an idea as I had originally imagined.</p> <p>The only up side is that they do not have as much stamina as many other animals.</p> <p>A brief 10 minutes later, it was tired and not nearly as quick to jerk me off my feet and drag me when I managed to get up. It took me a few minutes to realize this, since I was mostly blinded by the blood flowing out of the big gash in my head. At that point, I had lost my taste for corn-fed venison. I just wanted to get that devil creature off the end of that rope.</p> <p>I figured if I just let it go with the rope hanging around its neck, it would likely die slow and painfully somewhere. At the time, there was no love at all between me and that deer.</p> <p>At that moment, I hated the thing, and I would venture a guess that the feeling was mutual.</p> <p>Despite the gash in my head and the several large knots where I had cleverly arrested the deer's momentum by bracing my head against various large rocks as it dragged me across the ground, I could still think clearly enough to recognize that there was a small chance that I shared some tiny amount of responsibility for the situation we were in, so I didn't want the deer to have to suffer a slow death, so I managed to get it lined back up in between my truck andthe feeder - a little trap I had set before hand ... kind of like a squeeze chute.</p> <p>I got it to back in there and I started moving up so I could get my rope back.</p> <p>Did you know that deer bite? They do! I never in a million years would have thought that a deer would bite somebody, so I was very surprised when I reached up there to grab that rope and the deer grabbed hold of my wrist.</p> <p>Now, when a deer bites you, it is not like being bit by a horse where they just bite you and then let go.</p> <p>A deer bites you and shakes its head--almost like a pit bull. They bite HARD and it hurts.</p> <p>The proper thing to do when a deer bites you is probably to freeze and draw back slowly. I tried screaming and shaking instead. My method was ineffective. It seems like the deer was biting and shaking for several minutes, but it was likely only several seconds.</p> <p>I, being smarter than a deer (though you may be questioning that claim by now), tricked it. </p> <p>While I kept it busy tearing the tendons out of my right arm, I reached up with my left hand and pulled that rope loose. That was when I got my final lesson in deer behavior for the day.</p> <p>Deer will strike at you with their front feet. They rear right up on their back feet and strike right about head and shoulder level, and their hooves are surprisingly sharp. I learned a long time ago that, when an animal--like a horse--strikes at you with their hooves and you can't get away easily, the best thing to do is try to make a loud noise and make an aggressive move towards the animal. This will usually cause them to back down a bit so you can escape.</p> <p>This was not a horse. This was a deer, so obviously, such trickery would not work. In the course of a millisecond, I devised a different strategy. I screamed like a woman and tried to turn and run. The reason I had always been told NOT to try to turn and run from a horse that paws at you is that there is a good chance that it will hit<br /> you in the back of the head. Deer may not be so different from horses after all, besides being twice as strong and 3 times as evil, because the second I turned to run, it hit me right in the back of the head and knocked me down.</p> <p>Now, when a deer paws at you and knocks you down, it does not immediately leave. I suspect it does not recognize that the danger has passed. What they do instead is paw your back and jump up and down on you while you are laying there crying like a little girl and covering your head.</p> <p>I finally managed to crawl under the truck and the deer went away. So now I know why when people go deer hunting they bring a rifle with a scope to sort of even the odds.</p> <p> </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/303#post-2032 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:56:31 +0000 ChaserX 2032@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>Alright, next Friday (the 6th) at 6 PM. </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/303#post-2031 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:51:02 +0000 ChaserX 2031@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>Nah, she wasn't talking about the rehearsal dinner. She said something about making reservations to get nails done, makeup, whatever for next week. I guess that came up after asking about a time for the rehearsal dinner? Either way, the dinner will still be at the clubhouse, and the actual rehearsal at the Bradford House. :D</p> <p>I told the coordinator sometime around 6 or 7, but whatever is easiest for everyone. I'll probably give her a call tomorrow depending on what I hear. </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/303#post-2030 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:38:16 +0000 NeatAnita 2030@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>Your sister texted me with this info... and from her response, it sounded like she already made some kind of reservation? I don't know which reservation she made for... I told her 6 would be fine with us. </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/303#post-2029 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:26:24 +0000 ChaserX 2029@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>What's a good time for you guys for the rehearsal junk to start next Friday? I need to call the lady and let her know. Shouldn't take long...maybe an hour. Then I've got an old family friend from Sicily who's gonna make some dinner for everyone...not a long drive from the wedding location. About 15 minutes back to the neighborhood. Dinner will be in the big clubhouse there, etc.</p> <p>Come to a consensus and let me know. I won't be at work that day, so anytime is good for my family and Nina's family. </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/302#post-2028 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:04:52 +0000 Ardentfrost 2028@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>Added Joe and Tim as users.</p> <p>Added forums to the analytics </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/302#post-2027 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:40:12 +0000 darkphetus 2027@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>add me. <a href="mailto:darkphetus@gmail.com">darkphetus@gmail.com</a> </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/302#post-2026 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:18:43 +0000 Ardentfrost 2026@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>I've added Google Analytics to the main page. If any rayd members would like access to the report, just email me your google login and I'll add you. </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/301#post-2025 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:05:46 +0000 Ardentfrost 2025@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>I've run a few yum updates on the Rayd server to address some recent security issues, particularly with openssh. </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/300#post-2024 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:43:49 +0000 codered 2024@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>Looks like I will not be able to do that week either. I'll be out of town for work.</p> <p>May reschedule for the following Wednesday - October 21st. Stay tuned. </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/300#post-2023 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:51:16 +0000 Ardentfrost 2023@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>That's mine and Mel's anniversary, so we're out that time. </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/300#post-2022 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:14:26 +0000 codered 2022@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>I was thinking about hosting the first meeting on October 14th (date is tentative at the moment). Please let me know if that date works for you guys or if another night would be better.</p> <p>I might do a 30 minute quick overview of Fibre Channel over Ethernet and the latest and greatest from Cisco, Brocade, and various storage vendors that offer these solutions. Most of you may not see any of this for another year or two. My company has just really started diving into it ourselves.</p> <p>The last hour+ can be used for Q&#38;A on randon topics or just discussing what everyone is currently working on - certs or work-related.</p> <p>Let me know about the date/time and we'll go from there. </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/290#post-2021 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:14:08 +0000 Craigdb 2021@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>Sorry it has been a little crazy down here but my phone number is 912-308-8787 </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/299#post-2020 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:04:26 +0000 Ardentfrost 2020@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>As a reminder: 1PM, our place, bring cash to repay us for pizza. If there are any specific pizza requests, let us know. Otherwise it'll probably be pepperoni and sausage. </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/300#post-2019 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:36:59 +0000 codered 2019@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>I was thinking of having the first meeting the week of October 12th. Would that work for everyone? What night is best for everyone? What time?</p> <p>We can order pizzas, sandwiches, or whatever. Or we can all just bring our own dinner. Whatever works.</p> <p>In regards to format, I was thinking of doing something like a "lunch-and-learn" or "user group" type of meeting. We would spend the first 30 minutes doing a sub-informal presentation on whatever technology that we find interesting that week. And then spend the next hour+ doing random Q&#38;A.</p> <p>Or, another way is to have a forum where everyone submits their questions ahead of time and we build an agenda based on those topics.</p> <p>The main goal here is to give everyone visibility into fields or topics that you don't come across everyday. It gives us all the deversability and flexibility to change with an every-growing job market and keeps us all from getting pigeon-holed.</p> <p>At the same time, it allows us to become even stronger subject matter experts in our current fields by teaching each other what we already know. Because, if you can teach something confidently, then you are going to have to know what you're talking about.</p> <p>The point here isn't to create a bunch of IT generalist. It's to create a bunch of strong SMEs that have a holistic view of information technology and have the ability to apply that to their careers. </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/300#post-2018 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:16:07 +0000 codered 2018@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>For starters, why don't you look into this:</p> <p><a href="http://www.symantec.com/business/training/certification/path.jsp?pathID=250-365" rel="nofollow">http://www.symantec.com/business/training/certification/path.jsp?pathID=250-365</a></p> <p>It should be a rather easy one for you to get. 49% to pass. Test is $150.</p> <p>Tons of clients looking for NetBackup Expertise. This would be great for your resume.</p> <p><a href="http://bit.ly/EIIqa" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/EIIqa</a></p> <p>Other ideas:</p> <p>The two of us could also take a deep dive into FCoE. I'm pretty sure you're going to come across it very soon.</p> <p>Cisco and Brocade are starting to publish certs and accreditations based on FCoE on both Nexus and Fabric OS product lines. </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/300#post-2017 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:27:06 +0000 darkphetus 2017@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>like going to the gym, i always start these types of things with good intentions, but invariably it falls to the wayside. i dont even have an idea what i would study and/or get certified in that would significantly help me out. any ideas? </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/300#post-2016 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:58:21 +0000 Ciara 2016@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>I'd be interested. Am studying for my CCNA Security exam at the moment, and it would be cool to have input/help with it. </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/300#post-2015 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:59:38 +0000 ChaserX 2015@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>I'd be interested...obviously I'd simply be an observer, but it'd be a good way to sponge some insight/knowledge. </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/300#post-2014 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:19:15 +0000 codered 2014@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>I'm all for that. My schedule is also fairly flexible. So if there are other scheduling constraints that you guys have, I'd like to try to work around those.</p> <p>I would still like to hear from some others as to whether or not you would be interested.</p> <p>Let me know. </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/300#post-2013 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:47:04 +0000 Ardentfrost 2013@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>I think it's a neat idea, but I just don't think I would have time to participate reliably.</p> <p>Perhaps if it were executed a little differently... maybe leveraging Google Groups (or the yet-to-go-public Google Wave) or some other collaboration assisting program/method. </p> <p>Just a suggestion. It'd make scheduling easier (which we always have trouble with). </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/300#post-2012 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:20:09 +0000 codered 2012@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>I thought I'd throw this idea out there to see if there's any interest:</p> <p>Do any of you guys have any interest in putting together a study group that meets every 1-3 weeks? It could be as little as helping each other pass that next certification test, or as much as a "user group" type meeting - formal presentations each meeting on a different topic.</p> <p>I've pretty much tapped out the resources that I have at work. My coworkers and I have gotten so busy that we rarely get to spend time during the work day "goofing" around in the lab.</p> <p>Venue for this can be workplace (if permitted), homes (presentations on big screen TV), or virtual (think GoToMyPC and Skype).</p> <p>I'd like to keep the virtuals at a minimum just because people tend to get distracted with other things. Maybe a virtual every 3rd or 4th time if necessary.</p> <p>Joe - we could include you on the virtuals or even via the same medium for "in-person" meet ups.</p> <p>Michael - this would be good for you to gauge your interest in IT and see what area you might be interested in tackling.</p> <p>Any thoughts or comments on this would be greatly appreciated.</p> <p>BTW, we don't have to call it RaydU... just threw that up there to catch the eye. </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/299#post-2011 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:44:17 +0000 Ardentfrost 2011@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>Sounds good. </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/299#post-2010 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:40:07 +0000 AnnaP 2010@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>SWEET!!! How about 1? </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/299#post-2009 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:01:04 +0000 Ardentfrost 2009@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>Cool, then Joe and Anna, tell us what time. I assume it'll still be at mine and Mel's house. </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/299#post-2008 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:24:37 +0000 ChaserX 2008@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>I won't be going to the Tech game, especially since it would mean I wouldn't get to see you guys before you left. I probably won't have the chance to see ya before I move, so I'll be sure to hangout this Saturday. Just tell me when and where. </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/290#post-2007 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:23:14 +0000 ChaserX 2007@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>Craig, I need your cell phone #. I wasn't sure if you still visited Rayd or not until you made this post a few weeks back. Wanted to invite you to my wedding, whether you can make it or not. </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/299#post-2006 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:45:46 +0000 Ardentfrost 2006@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>I thought so, yeah. Not 100% on Michael. </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/299#post-2005 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:57:33 +0000 AnnaP 2005@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>I know Taylor and Anita are going to the game, but are Val, Tim and Michael? </p> http://www.rayd.org/forums/topic/299#post-2004 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:23:57 +0000 Ardentfrost 2004@http://www.rayd.org/forums/ <p>The GT game is at noon, so that takes out just about all rayd folk except me and Mel.</p> <p>We're down for whatever, you guys decide... but it'll just be us I imagine. </p>