Computer releated things you dont understand...

thelonecrouton · 24 Apr 2007 at 19:55

Chrisp7 said:
Linux = a joke unil you can install things as easily as Windows/OSX

Eh? You can install stuff easier than in Windows, don't know about OSX, up to and including the OS itself... just use something Debian/Apt based like Ubuntu.

Me, I'm clueless about how to get my crappy IPcam to be visible through my router to the outside world. Done all the port forwarding/triggering malarky, it's not ActiveX-only like some of the cheaper models that wont ever work through a proxy like we have at work, damn it's driving me mad... :mad:

InvaderGIR · 24 Apr 2007 at 20:00

paradigm said:
IPv6 is giving me a headache at the moment.

It's not that bad, I wrote a small paper on it (small being like 4 sides of A4

) as an assignment for my course...we had to pick a new(ish) tech and write about it...I got 88%, 70% being a 1st.

What I don't understand: Dells!

InvG

arty · 24 Apr 2007 at 20:23

Seriously, Win32 programming - particularly WinForms. At the moment I'm coding some pretty heavy-duty multi-threaded algorithms for a living, but ask me to knock up anything more than a simple Windows-based app and I'm a complete dunce. It's not like I've not tried to learn before, it's just that it just seems such a mess that I can't get my head around it.

Am I alone in this?

For the record, I've chucked out GTK programs without a problem, it's just Windows GUI stuff I'm lousy at. Not tried Cocoa (Mac OS X) yet.

arty

SideWinder · 24 Apr 2007 at 20:25

Networking, Linux and programming of any kind.

Meatball · 24 Apr 2007 at 20:25

AcidHell2 said:
3d drawing software, I really want to learn one off them. But I struggle to find any tutorials which are any help.

I'm going to find a book this month and try again.

and unix, used it a bit and could do the basics fairly easily, but it is so different to windows.

I'm sure there's many more, but those two stand out the most.

Same here! I've NEVER understood how 3D software modeling works, no matter how many "easy" tutorials I've read. I tried Milkshape3D but couldn't even use that!

Kreeeee · 24 Apr 2007 at 20:30

Web design, photoshop and 3D modelling. They are either too saturated in terms of job opportunities or too dull for me to bother learning. Networking and Human Computer Interface are my forte.

arty said:
For the record, I've chucked out GTK programs without a problem, it's just Windows GUI stuff I'm lousy at. Not tried Cocoa (Mac OS X) yet.

arty

Windows GUI is naff!

Una · 24 Apr 2007 at 20:37

arty said:
Seriously, Win32 programming - particularly WinForms. At the moment I'm coding some pretty heavy-duty multi-threaded algorithms for a living, but ask me to knock up anything more than a simple Windows-based app and I'm a complete dunce. It's not like I've not tried to learn before, it's just that it just seems such a mess that I can't get my head around it.

Am I alone in this?

For the record, I've chucked out GTK programs without a problem, it's just Windows GUI stuff I'm lousy at. Not tried Cocoa (Mac OS X) yet.

arty

No I agree about the win32 API it is pretty archaic now.

Malt_Vinegar · 24 Apr 2007 at 20:41

I work with Apps and Software licensing mainly. I also know core business systems like AD/Exchange/Citrix pretty well.

I always build my own machines and have modded and overclocked in the past. I dont fiddle with hardware much anymore, unless one of the Ops guys cant figure something out, or if one of my own machines goes Pete Tong.

Im just starting to learn more about networking on a corporate scale. However, home and small business networking i have nailed.

My career grounding was in hardware support, fixing laptops, servers, machines, and troubleshooting network hardware and structure. From this i moved into a 1st line helpdesk, then 2nd line. I now work a much more active role and am involved with project managment. I am taking my MCSE this year, perhaps a bit late, but i feel i need to have it on my CV.

There will always be things you dont understand. However, i find that the best way to deal with it is just to have a go

An example for me recently. I have been tasked with project managing a software inventory for the company. I needed a database, but hadnt touched them since school! So i went home, fired up access, read a few tutorials and couple of hours later i had a working database. It was rough around the edges, but the structure was sound. A bit of tidying up and its working very nicely

Psyk · 24 Apr 2007 at 20:44

Una said:
No I agree about the win32 API it is pretty archaic now.

I suppose it's being superceded by .Net. Well sort of, the .Net implementation probably uses the Win32 API internally.

Una · 24 Apr 2007 at 20:49

Psyk said:
I suppose it's being superceded by .Net. Well sort of, the .Net implementation probably uses the Win32 API internally.

Sure but some thing you can't do easily from .Net for example hooking system events without using an unmanaged dll. If I was writing windows programs these days I would use .NET without a doubt.

joeyjojo · 24 Apr 2007 at 20:52

How do processors work!? :confused:

That is all

noob · 24 Apr 2007 at 20:52

I have met countless noobs who think because they can build a PC they know everything.

Rebelius · 24 Apr 2007 at 21:03

noob said:
I have met countless noobs who think because they can build a PC they know everything.

I've met countless people who think because I can build a PC I'm some sort of PC God. I tell most of them that it's really easy and if something fits then it's usually right. Sometimes I just shrug and smile though.

Psyk · 24 Apr 2007 at 21:06

joeyjojo said:
How do processors work!?

That is all

Basically you can arrange transistors in a way that makes them act as logic gates, then you can arrange logic gates in such a way that it can do calculations and so on.

Moredhel · 24 Apr 2007 at 21:14

If the R in RAID stands for Redundant, why is there no redundancy in RAID 0? Always been confused by that one. :confused:

iCraig · 24 Apr 2007 at 21:18

noob said:
I have met countless noobs who think because they can build a PC they know everything.

Similar to the ones who think they know everything but actually know nothing.

Overheard conversation:

"My IT teacher has got us making our own website, but he said we need to learn HTML properly if we're to do the more advanced stuff. What's HTML?"

"It stands for Hot Text Media Language and it's what websites are programmed in. Everything in computers is programmed you see. Like Windows is programmed in Java and C++ and websites are programmed in HTML, or the new one, extra HTML or XHTML."

semi-pro waster · 24 Apr 2007 at 21:20

Moredhel said:
If the R in RAID stands for Redundant, why is there no redundancy in RAID 0? Always been confused by that one.

Some people do call it AID0 but it runs via a Raid controller so it gets called Raid almost purely because it is part of a multiple disk array. At least that is how I rationalise it.

Mp4 · 24 Apr 2007 at 21:21

I’m a quick learner if shown something, but as to learn by myself and keep the knowledge (read books) on php, or any code just goes right through one ear and out the other.
Hardware / Networking / Problem Solving … love it!

iCraig · 24 Apr 2007 at 21:23

semi-pro waster said:
Some people do call it AID0 but it runs via a Raid controller so it gets called Raid almost purely because it is part of a multiple disk array. At least that is how I rationalise it.

You also don't want to be overheard by people when you tell your mate that you've decided to upgrade to AIDS.

pyro · 24 Apr 2007 at 21:29

AcidHell2 said:
3d drawing software, I really want to learn one off them. But I struggle to find any tutorials which are any help.

I'm going to find a book this month and try again.

and unix, used it a bit and could do the basics fairly easily, but it is so different to windows.

I'm sure there's many more, but those two stand out the most.

Video tutorials are for the win, and from my experience 3d stuff only needs a lot of time, just untill you know what you are doing, after that you spend hours and hours making the damn thing look nice!

paradigm said:
IPv6 is giving me a headache at the moment.

Not the same, of course, but it simply amazes me when I think that I can set up my webcam, and that image can go from my computer, run through thousands of kilometers of wires, circuit boards, and computers, to finaly reach my friend's computer in less than a second.