We have an Auspex!
(C) Fri Oct 30 07:52:34 EST 1998 Venturing Crew 369
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We need some EquipmentJames D. CorderWe need 3 Disk Caddies for the Auspex 5000. If you have them and would like to donate them that would be GREAT! We also need about 35 to 40 Sun Workstations. Old IPC, IPX, ELC, SLC, 2s or 5s would also be GREAT!
I would like to thank NEC C&C Research Laboratories of Princton NJ for the gracious donation of an Auspex 5,000 (upgraded to a 6,000), and a Sun Microststem SPARCserver 690.
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Post Finances
The Adventure -$1,983.00
Floor Fund Need $2,500.00
Floor Fund On-Hand $2,588.76
Equipment Shipping -$259.75
$2,329.01
Electrical Fund $2,500.00
Elec. Fund On-Hand $0.00
Room Fund Needed $3,800.00
Room Fund On-Hand $0.00
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Up-an-Coming Crew Expenses>12/01/98 Crew Charter $30.00 >12/01/98 Crew Insurance $85.00 >Monthly The Adventure $75.00 Up-an-Coming Member Expenses>10/06/98 Registration $25.00 >10/13/98 Book Fee(1) $66.00 >11/10/98 Uniform |
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E-Mail EtiquetteJames D. CorderI have found that far to many people do not have E-Mail Etiquette. They do not understand the kind way to send and/or reply to a message. 1. Reply ToThe recipient of your mail should be able to hit their "reply to" and/or "reply to all" button and send the mail back. They should not have to re-intender your mailto address. 2. Headers & FootersAll E-Mails have headers and footers. If you are replying to a message remove the headers and footers of the first message, save band width. If you are forwarding a message leave enough header so that the recipient knows who made the original posting and how to contact them. 3. Carriage ReturnsIf your mail software doesn't put in carriage returns, [like most Micro$oft software] put them in for it. One of the biggest problems is when a Micro$ot mailtool is sending mail to a Netscape mailtool. The author thinks there are carriage returns. However, the Netscape viewer prints the message as one line and you have to do many right page changes. Many mail messages like this are simply deleted. If you want your messages read think of the reader. Many employers are lazy and will skip your mail for the next dudes... Transmission Control Protocol A Transport Layer Protocol In BriefEric Stewart TCP is a reliable data delivery mechanism that allows streaming connections with built-in error correction for use with IP (Internet Protocol). Thus yielding the familiar combination TCP/IP. This pair of protocols lie behind the better part of the internet as we know it today...not including other important and necessary standards such as DNS, BGP, ARP, 802.3, etcetera. Reliability (implicit) is achieved through PAR (positive acknowledgment with retransmission). If the machine sending the data (segment) does not receive a receipt from the recipient in a given amount of time, it will assume the data never arrived and will send an identical segment again until it is acknowledged or the application times out. The segment format is shown in diagram 1. Error detection and correction comes via the checksum recorded into each transmitted segment. The value of the checksum is dependent upon the data contained within the segment. The receiver uses the same method to compute the checksum as the sender. If the two checksums do not match, the recipient throws the segment away without acknowledging it's reception thereby resulting in a retransmission by the sender. Untainted segments or windows (see below) are acknowledged. TCP establishes a connection via a handshaking mechanism. Thereafter the transmitted data can be viewed and interpreted as a continuous stream of information. TCP uses a three way handshake. Each segment contains a flag field identifying the particular segment as SYN, ACK, FIN, etc. The handshake sequence is shown in diagram 2. Here host A desires to communicate with B and requests that B SYNchronize to an initial sequence number for the ensuing segments from A. Sequnce numbers allow the two hosts to interpret the data as a logical, ordered stream of information. Host B ACKnowledges receipt of the segment and states an initial sequence number for it's side of the conversation. Host A ACKs as usual and appends the initial data as well. Whenever either host has no more data to send, a similar handshake will take place with a (FIN)ished flag. Each segment contains a sequence number. This way the segments may be reassembled in the proper order should one arrive before the other. The initial sequence numbers (ISNs) may be chosen at random and as shown above, the real data begins at ISN+1. The acknowledgement number indicates how much data has been properly received up to a certain sequence number. Not every segment must be individually acknowledged. This idea uses the transmission window field. The window field, as set by the receiver during acknowledgement, indicates to the sender how many segments may be received before an acknowledgement is required. The receiving host may arbitrarily set the window size as needed including the zero size (pause transmission). Here, host B has already received 20 segs and has specified a transmission window of 30 segs. Host A is currently transmitting segs 30-40 and must stop and wait for an ACK at 50. If now ACK is received, the entire window is retransmitted. The use of the window field is tied to the MTU/MRU (maximum transmission/receiving unit of the medium) and the buffer sizes in use on each system. See diagram 3. One additional function of TCP is to deliver these segments to the appropriate application on the receiving host. 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Resumes & HiringJames D. Corder
First and foremost, I want to thank both of the above for thinking of 369 for their employee needs. I think what Dan & Bill did was awesome. That they thought the youth of 369 are so good that they would risk their reputation on our graduates. Dan even offered to give us the fee. WOW! The two different approaches above will return two different experience level of System Administrators. Neither is right or wrong. The question at hand is what level of staff member are you attempting to obtain? Dan is not asking for resumes or even applicants. He is testing the water to see if I or someone I know is interested. Bill is looking for a large batch of applicants to see if anyone fit his needs. Again, this is not wrong or even bad. It is different. Bill's approach will net the Juniors and Inters or those below $25.00 an hour. Dan's approach will net the Senior and Experts or those above $100.00 an hour. Both might get the SAs and Leads or somewhere in between. However, the question is: "What are you looking for?" The low level staff members that are happy with any old job will send out a mass of resumes to see who is biting. Therefore, anyone that is simply looking for "a" job will respond. They don't care what it is doing or what it is paying as long as they have a chance to get it. When I went to AT&T I did not give them my resume. Besides, they already had one when they called me. It was even an old out of date one. Nationwide [or their head hunter] called me. After I decided that it would be neat to pursue this relationship and after meeting with the owner of the head hunting firm, I gave her my resume. When looking for a contract, I do not want to waste my time. I want to make sure that there is a fit and that the company is willing to pay my salary. If a firm does not meet my criteria, why should I waist either of our times? You have to understand that some companies are looking for their "Most Senior System Administrators" while others are looking for "A Senior System Administrator." I can recall when my plans to convert a companies "titles" to industry standards, were the Senior System Administrator would have to meet the SAGE Guild's SR SA definition a VMS Administrator actually threatened to kill me, yes take my life! Unfortunately, neither the owner of the contracting firm nor the VP of the company would do anything:-( Thought they didn't, I do take threats on my life seriously! You must understand that Lead SAs and above, for the most part, do not send their resumes out. JR SAs and below do. You might have a title above a JR SA, but are you one? Check the pay scale out below and find where you fit? Check the "Emp Pay" column.
It is imperative you list the equipment. For example: Many Lead UNIX SAs and above will not work on Microsoft products. Therefore, if you list HTML you must state if it is on PCs, SUN, NT, HP, IBM, etc... If you want the big guys you have to play by "THEIR" rules! With the high end job you must list, within the first 3 minutes of the call, the pay rate, the equipment to be used, the control over the project, the amount and frequency of equipment purchased, and the flexibility of the work environment! Good luck finding your candidates. |
System Administration Hourly Pay Scale
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Cust. Cost Emp Pay Taxes & Ben. Emp C/B(a) Emp B(b) Profit
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Intern $ 28.00 $ 12.50/$26,000.00 $ 3.75 $ 2.94 $ 2.94 $ 5.87
apprentance $ 45.00 $ 20.00/ $41,600.00 $ 6.00 $ 4.75 $ 4.75 $ 9.50
Jr. $ 56.00 $ 25.00/$52,000.00 $ 7.50 $ 5.88 $ 5.88 $11.74
SA $ 68.00 $ 30.00/$62,400.00 $ 9.00 $ 7.25 $ 7.25 $14.50
SA MTSi(c) $ 78.00 $ 35.00/$72,800.00 $10.50 $ 8.13 $ 8.13 $16.24
SA MTS(d) $ 90.00 $ 40.00/$83,200.00 $12.00 $ 9.50 $ 9.50 $19.00
Lead SA $112.00 $ 50.00/$104,000.00 $15.00 $11.75 $11.75 $23.50
SA DMTS(e) $180.00 $ 80.00/$166,400.00 $24.00 $19.00 $19.00 $38.00
Sr. SA $280.00 $125.00/$260,000.00 $37.50 $29.37 $29.37 $58.76
Sr. SA DMTS $300.00 $135.00/$280,800.00 $40.50 $31.13 $31.13 $62.24
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Web AwardsJames D. CorderIt is nice to see that the work our Crew is doing is deeply appreciated. I am impressed that corporations are willing to take the time to present such awards for outstanding work and dedication to the Web. It is my opinion that these honors will inspire our youth to spend the extra time necessary to create a World Class Web Page instead of one that will simply do! Our Web Page started out as a competition with CompuServe to obtain the ability to create the Simon Kenton Council Web Page. Though the Council choose a professional organization [Mills-James] to create and maintain their site 369 still benefited from this race. Our site averages over 1000 hits a day. Many of our youth have received job offers due to putting their resume on-line. Our Web Page Won Some Awards! |
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