Agreed – multi mon rocks – I’d never go without
again! Other than that I stripped everything down – I’m mainly
using my favorite laptop (Tablet) but got another one sitting around, one desktop
which I’m rarely using (mainly for larger downloads or processing I don’t
want to bother my main machine with), and a 64bit Barebone which is only
optimized to run Virtual Server R2 – this is where I do most of my
testing. At my desk I have the setup that way that the keyboard of my tablet
goes about 45° up from the table, the rear at the same hight as the TFT besides
it which is the second monitor. Bluetooth mouse and keyboard. I have the Tablet
Screen and TFT in multi-monitor mode, and when I want to ink a lot I just turn
the screen and I’m ready to go on a angled surface. Still able to use the
second monitor and keyboard/mouse. Downside: I tend to try Inking or using the pen for moving windows
on the TFT, which just doesn’t work. Guess the first times my look was
pretty stupid when realizing that it didn’t work. Ulf From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe Yep the equipment comes in handy. I gave most of my machines to a
couple of my brothers once the virtualization software really became stable.
They thought they hit the jackpot. I always try to maintain 1600x1200 or better, even on laptops with
smaller screens. On the touching the screen thing, I can't do it. Fingerprints on a
monitor really irritate me. I wore contact lenses for years because I couldn't
stand glasses because they got smudges on them. When I was told I was destroying
my eyes from wearing contacts for 20+ years I went and got Lasik because I
still was unhappy about smudged glasses. I have little monitor cleaning pads in
my top right drawer. When I maintain an office and had people coming in and out
someone would always inevitably touch my screen to point at something
to help me find it. Right after they my cube I usually would pull out the
windex and paper towels. :o) To bring this back around to tech... I love dual monitors, I don't
know how I get anything done without them especially when working on
documentation. It is easily worth the cost of a second monitor to set it up in
terms of the productivity gains, at least I feel that is so. I was talking to
~Eric once and he was telling me he was using 3 monitors on a single system.
That rocks. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Milburn That’s funny – and no wonder you do so much from
home. Hard to script or code without a lot of real estate…. I often start touching my laptop screen after using a PDA or
touchscreen terminal for a while. All laptop screens should be
touchscreen. Flat panels too, for that matter. I digress… My main monitor is a 21” CRT because we don’t have flat
panels that big, and I always run it at 1600x1200. Same at home, but I do
have a Dell 20” FP at home, as well – but it only does 1200x1024 -
what’s the point?? J From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe My main desk that I was talking about has an
XP home built P4 machine with 2x 21" Dell 2001FP Flat Panel
monitors and I usually have either my HP NC6000 work laptop or HP DVR8000Z on
the desk next to the monitor and keyboards (right now it is the DV8000Z running
a memory exerciser). My biggest complaint is that when I am working on the PC
doing something on the right monitor and I look at the laptop on the far right
I move the mouse from the right screen and hit the edge of the left screen and
get confused for a second when it doesn't make it to the laptop screen. Other than that there is quite a bit of other hardware spread
around the house with 3 machines running ~1000GB of disk each (thanks to low
disk prices at Sam's club). Electric bill usually runs about $130 a month. The Den has all
heater vents blocked and stays quite warm all by itself. joe From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Milburn Ok I gotta ask, Joe you said monitors plural… how many
computers and monitors do you guys have in your desk? I can’t
imagine that I win… I certainly don’t have any 100+ VMs like I saw
Joe mention… but I’ll start… I have 6 computers, 1 laptop,
and one touchscreen POS terminal, in my office and running right now. 2
of those have VMs, and so does the laptop but it’s tied up for 3 or 4
hours running longhorn server setup so I can try again now I know there is a
wireless add on component hidden somewhere… I have 4 monitors plus the
laptop and touchscreen. And I have one other POS terminal and 2 other PCs
on standby. This doesn’t count the lab. I’ll bet that, regardless of some of the looks I get when
people peek in my cube (no, not office), that this is pretty standard… Rich ----------------------------------------------------------------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe Oh great Gil thanks... now I have to clean Coca-cola off my
monitors. :o) Good to see you back Todd. You working for Ringling Bros now?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Kirkpatrick But at least you're not bitter... -g From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Myrick, Todd
(NIH/CC/DNA) [E] In my experience, when good directories go bad, it is usually due
to three things.
Runner ups would be ADC for Exchange, Clowns posing as
Administrators, Clowns posing as DNS experts, Clowns posing as Security
experts, and no disaster recovery solution. Todd Myrick Brushing off the dust of my MVP status. From: joe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] When I read Al's post I thought of you Wook, I figured, hey Wook
could use a creative presentation name... ;o) I would say “When Bad Things Happen To Good
Directories” is more on par with "When Bad Things Happen To Good
People", say like when your nanny gets a flat tire. "When Good Directories
Go Bad" is more like when your good little daughter hits her teen
years and starts going out to parties in fish net stockings and Big Red gum.
:o) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee, Wook Sorry, I already did that one. My first DEC presentation was
entitled “When Bad Things Happen To Good Directories”. J Wook From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] when good directories go bad…sounds like a catchy title for a
presentation, Joe. I think of directories and identity management
infrastructures a little like networks: you rarely do get to design one from
scratch, you’re always tweaking an existing one. And I agree that
tweaking the existing ones are a lot more interesting than designing from a
blank slate. The analogy could be taken too far, but like networks,
directories and authentications systems are always morphing due to new
technologies, new tools, adding or removing applications. Lots of fun. Al Maurer From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe I would say focusing on the design of big directories is
pigeon-holing a little too much. There are only so many big directories that
need to be designed. I personally find much more fun in diagnosing good
directories that have gone bad than trying to design them. I design if I have
to but it isn't what I like. Plus often with the design, it is rarely the case
where you actually have all of the info though someone will tell you you do.
You find out you don't later on when someone starts complaining or something
starts breaking. I am not sure I would go so far to say it is something you let the
tools handle though. A lot of the tools out there still aren't doing the
greatest job and there are many companies that don't want to spend the millions
on those tools that they would be charged for them instead having a few really
good people handling it. A tool doesn't see bad things coming when someone is
coming at you with the next great thing they want to plug into the AD. If the
tool does catch it, it is way too late in the integration cycle. Plus, what if
the tool isn't catching the problem? Someone has to be knowledgeable enough
too. If you depend solely on your tools to keep your AD running well it is
possible you are going to get cut pretty good. When I did Ops, I had several
tools that watched what had been determined needed to be watched and then I
would just go off and sample things to decide if there was something that maybe
could be watched that we weren't watching. That could take the form of just
watching a network packets on a DC or a client subnet for an hour or so or just
walking the event logs event by event or walking through looking at objects in
the directory. Whatever. To get into those positions you want to get in with the companies
already mentioned and jump about (and try not to hurt the customer too much
with your learning) or find a big company and take whatever entry position you
can get and prove yourself and grow into bigger/better positions. Don't expect
to, for instance, walk into Walmart and become their AD guy. Maybe you get in
as desktop support and get to know the right people and make suggestions on how
things can be better and work your way up. You could possibly walk into a
company and be there expert right off if your experience is greater than what
they currently have or your resume indicates it or they are desperate. But it
could end up biting you in the end if you don't turn out to be what they
expected. Companies can get mighty pissy if they find out down the road that
they are paying 100k+ to someone who would normally be lucky making $45k. joe From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Douglas M. Long I
am trying to figure out how one gauges their AD experience. For example, I have
designed, implemented and maintained an AD/Exchange environment of 5000 users
with 1000 workstations from the ground up, alone. The environment is only 3
sites, with little complexity. I now work for a company maintaining a directory
of about 150 users and 150 workstations. And the more local AD people I talk
to, the more confident I am that I know quite a bit about AD compared to them
(only talking about the people I have met…not generalizing the entire
industry). Although
I am not a guru like some on this list, I would like to get myself to the place
where I can say “yeah, I can design your 50,000 user / 15 site
infrastructure.” Or is that even possible? Is a project of that size
several directory experts working together? I
honestly believe that I could perform such a task, but knowing that I would
make some mistakes that a VERY experienced person would not. So,
I guess my question is: How
do I get to where I want to be? Consult? Try to get a job with the biggest
company I can? There
may be no real answer, but I thought it was worth asking because I have been
thinking about it for a couple of months and don’t know where to start to
move forward, and this is the only place I know that has people that I consider
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