[KLUG Hardware] Re: Half as much memory as it says -- I'm a hardware fiend

[Bryan J. Smith]

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On Sun, 2002-12-01 at 21:18, Robert G. Brown wrote:
> Thanks for the rapid and very complete response! I guess there's no
> need to actually bring a thing to the meeting, and I have a choice of
> items to look for now.

<self-arrogance=3Don>

I'm a traditionally educated engineer which means that I understand how
a lot of this stuff works at the analog-digital (and lower) levels.=20
Then I combine that with my constant, 20+ year PC tech knowledgebase of
constant research and reading.  The result is that I feel I'm one of the
most best resources for computer hardware design, information and
troubleshooting.

While I was unemployed for 6 months, I ended up taking a half dozen or
so "computer technician evaluation exams" when applying for jobs.  I
used to comment the hell out of them, including finding errors and
pointing out poor assumptions and/or common mis-conceptions about
hardware and networking.

Even outside of the PC world, I'm very familiar with hardware.  There's
just so much to read and learn (again, I'm a hardware fiend).  If Sun
actually offered an exam on some of their hardware, I believe I could
pass it straight up (maybe a little review -- Sun exams test stuff you
will _never_ use -- like little/never used options).  Unfortunately,
they only offer 4-day, $3K labs for some of there more "hardware
certifications" (I've taken most of their "exam-only" certifications,
most tracks are "class-only").

Still amazes me how many people said when I called back a week after
applying for various PC Tech as well as one Sun position, "I have no
idea why we didn't hire you, you were obviously more qualified than the
person we hired."

One guy at a PC job even confessed, "I believe your qualifications
scared my supervisor."

--=20
Bryan J. Smith, E.I.            Contact Info:  http://thebs.org
A+/i-Net+/Linux+/Network+/Server+ CCNA CIWA CNA SCSA/SCWSE/SCNA
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Anything that needs to worry about coherency should be on the
system interconnect and treated like a CPU.  So why oh why does
the AGP bus exist for the GPU, which it is clearly a processor
that needs to worry about coherency too?  Furthermore, it would
benefit from the throughput of the system interconnect as well.
HyperTransport is the answer today, but Intel is not listening.


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