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[abarbarian]

Think like a computer nerd.

 

Impossible for a barbarian. I guessed it was your test results. Though how you managed a lowly 20% is beyond me.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

No. Actually, it's an ascii message written here in hexadecimal. Geeky, huh?

 

Oddly enough, though... if I don't heed the advice of this message, I could very well score a 20% on that next exam.

[ross549]

I was gonna say it wasn't hex, but then I saw an F.

 

Adam

[V.T. Eric Layton]

It says, "I really should be studying."

 

And after scoring a 400 (passing is 804) on a sample exam I just took a few minutes ago, I'd have to agree.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

yes, it's difficult sometimes to trudge along, but trudge we must!

ps

i like your nocturnal slacker signature

 

Thanka... Thanka vury much!

 

Trudging along now...

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Oh boy! Just got a new book for the library and cert study list...

 

 

Only $8 (shipping and all) for this brand new book... the CD packet has never been opened. COOL!

[abarbarian]

By gum that were a grand find. You do realise that you have an average of ten test Q's a day till the end of the month in that book. Good bedtime reading.

[amenditman]

Most of the series are really good.

 

I am using the RHCSA/RHCE version from that series.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

To bad I can't just absorb them by holding them to my forehead for 5 minutes.

[ross549]

Sleep with them under your pillow. Voila! Learning by osmosis?

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Sleep with them under your pillow. Voila! Learning by osmosis?

 

Or lumpy pillows.

[ross549]

Whatever it takes....

[V.T. Eric Layton]

http://youtu.be/nPL7nN99jno

[Guest LilBambi]

You could always do what Merlin Jones did in The Monkey's Uncle (Disney) when he created a sleep learning system.

 

Here's the theme song on Youtube: Annette & Beach Boys - The Monkey's Uncle (stereo):

 

 

http://youtu.be/BIU04Y5iBx8

[abarbarian]

 

Sounds like you got the wrong trappings mate.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

[amenditman]

After you've prepared to the point of exhaustion, head exploding, etc.

A bit of rest and relaxation is good for test prep.

So, study, study, study, for weeks if necessary.

Then take a break and don't even think about it for two or three days.

Then walk into your exam relaxed and confident that you've done all you can.

 

Ace it!

[abarbarian]

amenditman is right ! You need a couple of days rest here,

 

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Thanks for all the cheering, folks. It's a waste of your typing efforts, I'm afraid.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

OK, tomorrow's the big day... the day when I have to reschedule my ICND2 exam again. The big dilemma is for how long should I postpone it? 30 days again? 60? 90? Forever?

[securitybreach]

Just until your're ready......

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Yup. That would be the best option.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

OK, I rescheduled for Tuesday 30 July. That will give me about eight weeks or so to get back on track.

[abarbarian]

So how are you doing with this opportunity of a lifetime ?

[amenditman]

How 'bout an update, Eric.

Enquiring minds A bunch of busy body, know it alls want to know.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

I haven't cracked a book in days.

 

I'm reading Jules Verne's Mysterious Island.

 

NOTE: Posts replying to the books and reading side-topic split off to here --> http://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/index.php?showtopic=63295

[abarbarian]

How 'bout an update, Eric.

Enquiring minds A bunch of busy body, know it alls want to know.

 

Yaeh we are all on tenderhooks here.

 

“The time has come

The walrus said

To talk of many things:

Of shoes- and ships-

And sealing wax-

Of cabbages and kings-

And why the sae is boiling hot-

And whether pigs have wings.”

Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

Edited July 25, 2013 by abarbarian

[V.T. Eric Layton]

UPDATE: The dream is over. Reality had blanked it completely. There are no jobs in this field in my area. No one is hiring full time. No one is hiring anyone over 45 years old.

 

Ebbity-ebbity-ebbity... That's all, folks!

 

[Guest LilBambi]

 

Don't give up! Keep trying!

 

If nothing else, you got a nice network refresher.

[Corrine]