Posts made by NattNatt

Poocha...that's a scary amount of traffic to say it was while he was sleeping...

Still GTA V here, got a heist done last night which added a few hundred grand to my bank account...

@coliver said:

I ran into this trying to escape a file location in Windows using an Apache Tomcat web server.... there were like 5 backslashes before you got the file location.

Once saw a post on SW about someone naming their server and several folders Backslash so their folder path was "\Backslash\Backslash\backslash" or something similar...try explaining that one to someone over the phone..

@scottalanmiller said:

@NattNatt said:

would I need MCP before MCSA? Or should I go straight for MCSA?

Depends on your definition of "need." You don't need to do anything specific before attempting the MCSA. But the MCSA is just a cert given after you have a certain collection of MCPs. It's not a cert test on its own.

So you don't "need" an MCP to get the MCSA, but by starting down the path of the MCSA, you will get several MCPs.

After you get the MCSA, you still just go after a few more MCPs to move up to the MCSE.

Awesome, didn't realise that! Cheers for the help as always - will start looking towards what I want to do

@scottalanmiller said:

@NattNatt said:

Its all paid for by work, and every cert gives us a bonus, I've been looking through the stuff and I'm pretty confident I can beast it without much time to study etc as it's the basis of what I've been doing for the last few years - Working as internal support, so doing hardware stuff as well as everything else, plus gets me back in the mindset for exams (not done any for 5/6 years) But then I'll look towards doing Network+ and MCP/MCSA by the end of the year too - would that be a good combination?

If they are paying for everything, and they provide benefits for doing it, okay. Boy that is weird to pay extra for A+ and MTA.

Yes, for general learning and career foundation, Net+ and MCSA is excellent. I would push for a full MCSE, even if you don't want to work in the Windows world, it is a great cert to have. If someone is paying for it, go for it.

Hah yeah, the business is all about growth etc. so we have several trainers on site to help with stuff, plus a certified exam centre on site too

would I need MCP before MCSA? Or should I go straight for MCSA?

@scottalanmiller said:

@NattNatt said:

I'm looking into getting certs atm, I'm going for the A+ first as a true "base" solution, and then MTA/MCP/MCSA and Network+ - the Security+ looks a bit specialised for my role currently - we have an in house Security person who has all the top stuff for that...

I highly recommend against the A+ and MTA unless you have a very specific reason for needing them. The A+ is not an IT certification at all but is a bench cert for people who do hardware maintenance (think GeekSquad type roles.) Nothing wrong with the A+, but it doesn't apply to normal IT pros. Skip it and move on to the Network+ immediately. The A+ will typically just waste time and money that could be far better spent elsewhere.

The MTA is a high school certification (I'm not being obnoxious, that is actually what it is for.) Microsoft made the MTA for high school students or extremely rudimentary college freshmen to demonstrate interest and enough experience to qualify for classes or unpaid internships. It's not a professional cert, it's a "pre-professional educational assessment." If you have ever been paid for IT work or ever gotten into a college class or ever been an IT intern, you are past the usefulness of the MTA certs. The MCP is the entry point professional IT cert from MS and always has been.

Its all paid for by work, and every cert gives us a bonus, I've been looking through the stuff and I'm pretty confident I can beast it without much time to study etc as it's the basis of what I've been doing for the last few years - Working as internal support, so doing hardware stuff as well as everything else, plus gets me back in the mindset for exams (not done any for 5/6 years) But then I'll look towards doing Network+ and MCP/MCSA by the end of the year too - would that be a good combination?

I'm looking into getting certs atm, I'm going for the A+ first as a true "base" solution, and then MTA/MCP/MCSA and Network+ - the Security+ looks a bit specialised for my role currently - we have an in house Security person who has all the top stuff for that...

Just got in to work, wearing my usual attire of 3/4's and a polo shirt...I got some weird looks when I was clearing the snow off my car this morning...

@hobbit666 said:

still off here

I meant the website - home.bt.com

Yeah it all seems like its back up again now though...

@scottalanmiller said:

Can't believe that this one is still kicking around. What the crap is this?

wow...not seen that one yet... :')

@scottalanmiller said:

Just got my first work anniversary congrats.... this month is seventeen years with @ntg.

I was 7 when you started...just thought I'd throw that in there...

@scottalanmiller said:

This is the natural state of anything with a monopoly. Doesn't mean that they will not make an effort to show up on time, but it does mean that they have no reason to be concerned with customer service issues. Bad customer service is still better than what their competitor does... because they don't have one.

So much this, where I was working last one company had a monopoly on EVERYTHING telecoms...was mental, £90 a month for 5GB...and 8p a MB overage charge...I don't see why any government would agree to a monopoly on that scale...just kills it...

Just got into work - on a half day today, did an hour in the gym downstairs before coming to my desk too, good times! Now filtering tickets!

Did some photo editing this weekend, and played GTA and CS:GO

@brianlittlejohn Happy Birthday dude

@scottalanmiller said:

Nope, UK is just nutty in the underground.

Pretty much, Was there 2 weeks ago and there's another one "Hannah still giggles when she hears "Cockfosters" #LoveYourImperfections"

@Kelly said:

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@Kelly said:

I'd really like to play XCom 2, but I can't afford full retail at the moment.

isnt there a humble bundle with that in it atm..?

ah no, its the originals, enemy within and enemy unknown, sorry
https://www.humblebundle.com/

No worries. I had seen that earlier. That is a great bundle if I didn't already own everything in it. I wouldn't say I'm a Firaxis junkie, but I do own a lot of their games

I never got into them...I'm more a FPS guy, with occasional MOBA's...

I can get into an FPS now and then, although I haven't found one that compares to BF:BC2 yet. I got completely turned off on MOBAs with Heroes of Newerth. The communities are so negative.

Can't say I've heard of Heroes of Newerth...but dont think I'll check it out either lol, it's pretty much just DotA for me...BF3 was good, not played 4 though...

HoN was actually the first successor to DotA, but I haven't been back to it in years.

I remember playing the WC3 mod of DotA and loved it since then (much better now obviously...) :')

@Kelly said:

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@NattNatt said:

@NattNatt said:

@Kelly said:

I'd really like to play XCom 2, but I can't afford full retail at the moment.

isnt there a humble bundle with that in it atm..?

ah no, its the originals, enemy within and enemy unknown, sorry
https://www.humblebundle.com/

No worries. I had seen that earlier. That is a great bundle if I didn't already own everything in it. I wouldn't say I'm a Firaxis junkie, but I do own a lot of their games

I never got into them...I'm more a FPS guy, with occasional MOBA's...

I can get into an FPS now and then, although I haven't found one that compares to BF:BC2 yet. I got completely turned off on MOBAs with Heroes of Newerth. The communities are so negative.

Can't say I've heard of Heroes of Newerth...but dont think I'll check it out either lol, it's pretty much just DotA for me...BF3 was good, not played 4 though...

@Kelly said:

@NattNatt said:

@NattNatt said:

@Kelly said:

I'd really like to play XCom 2, but I can't afford full retail at the moment.

isnt there a humble bundle with that in it atm..?

ah no, its the originals, enemy within and enemy unknown, sorry
https://www.humblebundle.com/

No worries. I had seen that earlier. That is a great bundle if I didn't already own everything in it. I wouldn't say I'm a Firaxis junkie, but I do own a lot of their games

I never got into them...I'm more a FPS guy, with occasional MOBA's...

@NattNatt said:

@Kelly said:

I'd really like to play XCom 2, but I can't afford full retail at the moment.

isnt there a humble bundle with that in it atm..?

ah no, its the originals, enemy within and enemy unknown, sorry
https://www.humblebundle.com/