>So, you might be able to answer this question that I got on a PRAXIS exam
>to allow me to teach "data processing" at the high-school level in Oregon.
>
>Which of the following pairs of methods is used to locate and retrieve data
>and/or program instructions that have been stored on external storage devices?
>
>A. direct access and random access
Yes. These are the same thing. UNIX block mode, IBM BDAM
>B. random access and sequential access
Yes. In UNIX, block and character mode.
>C. indexed access and sequential access
Yes. IBM ISAM and serial.
>D. single access and duplex access
Yes, to non-RAID and RAID.
Oh, and how external are the storage devices? Same bus, same LAN,
Virginia and Oregon?
>
>All the questions were like this, by the way. ARGH. Maybe I should do my
>CCIE instead of Oregon teaching certificate. &;-)
>
>Priscilla
>
>At 11:56 AM 2/26/01, Howard C. Berkowitz wrote:
>>Not quite sure how I fit into this model. I'm 52, but I was about 18
>>when I first touched a computer, and 19 or 20 when I first did
>>something that was recognizable as network-related (terminal-based
>>timesharing).
>>
>>By 1970, I was doing early distributed computing (medical lab
>>instrument computers to database computers), pre-SNA IBM networking
>>from about '71, ARPANET and X.25 stuff in the early '70s, SNA when it
>>came out in '74, etc. Guessing that I did UNIX-based IP routing
>>starting in the early to mid 80's, and first touched a Cisco router
>>running 9.0 in 1992(?).
>>
>>So, in some respects I fall into the "old" category. It's hardly,
>>though, a problem of learning technology -- the more I know, the
>>easier it is to incorporate new concepts. Learning is as much, or
>>more, fun than it was when I was younger, because I've learned to
>>make it as much play as work, and how to do it efficiently.
>>
>>In all fairness, with what I do in my various "day" and "night" jobs,
>>it really isn't that important for me to memorize lots of the details
>>of individual commands. People tend to want me to figure out product
>>and solution designs, and/or how to learn, than to be hands-on.
>>
>>Understanding how people learn is important. My thinking about a
>>personal CCIE has evolved over the years. At this point, I very
>>consciously do not want to get a CCIE, because I can't be accused of
>>violating an NDA that I never signed. Also, having a CCIE wouldn't
>>particularly affect my compensation or my job prospects.
>>
>>To say that I can't teach someone what they need to know for a CCIE,
>>however, would be to suggest that Don Shula, Joe Gibbs, etc., were
>>ineffective NFL coaches because they weren't qualified to be starting
>>football players while they were coaching.
>>
>>It's also comforting to work with Vint Cerf or Scott Bradner, and
>>know that they are older and still playing!
>>
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