Re: Re:

Was going to say...

Follow up question.

If it starts getting really bad, how do you think the proctors would feel
about cracking open a beer? :P

On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Chris Breece <cbreece1_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks bro... Makes sense... it is in tobacco country after all.
>
> Follow up
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Ryan West <rwest_at_zyedge.com> wrote:
>
>> You can smoke in RTP.
>>
>> Sent from handheld.
>>
>> On Jun 6, 2009, at 7:27 PM, "Chris Breece" <cbreece1_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > "There were great options on the menu but I settled for 2 burgers
>> > and some
>> > chips. I
>> > ate as quickly as i could and requested to excuse my self for a
>> > cigarette."
>> >
>> > This is off topic... but I've wondered this for some time. Once you
>> > start
>> > your exam, can you leave for a smoke, or toliet etc. Or am I going
>> > to wear a
>> > headband lined with nicotine patches?
>> >
>> > Chris
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 4:33 PM, nAyYAR <nyrhh_at_hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Ryan, I suppose so :-( or could be Monday
>> >>
>> >> --------------------------------------------------
>> >> From: "Ryan West" <rwest_at_zyedge.com>
>> >> Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 5:16 PM
>> >> To: "NayYar Hakeem-Habeeb" <nyrhh_at_hotmail.co.uk>
>> >> Cc: <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
>> >> Subject: Re:
>> >>
>> >>> Does this mean you'll have to wait till Sunday for your results?
>> >>>
>> >>> Sent from handheld.
>> >>>
>> >>> On Jun 6, 2009, at 11:10 AM, "NayYar Hakeem-Habeeb" <
>> nyrhh_at_hotmail.co.uk
>> >>> >
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Good Morning
>> >>>> Group,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I've just recovered from my
>> >>>> visit to Brussels yesterday, to summarize my whole experience
>> >>>> this was
>> >>>> more of
>> >>>> a psychological stress test than a test of technical knowledge
>> >>>> depth (so
>> >>>> i've
>> >>>> been told until i realized first hand)
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> The day before: Arrived at the hotel the
>> >>>> evening before took a walk down to Cisco which was just a few
>> >>>> meters
>> >>>> behind
>> >>>> the
>> >>>> hotel i was staying. Did a little revision the night before at the
>> >>>> hotel.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> The morning: We got called in and
>> >>>> assigned our rack numbers moved in to our desk. I must say the
>> >>>> sizes of
>> >>>> the
>> >>>> screens were of great help. They were 21" screens which really
>> >>>> aided
>> >>>> in carry out the exercise and isolating faults.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I don't think of the time
>> >>>> i've spents on this planet and through out my educational journey
>> >>>> that
>> >>>> I've experienced anything remotely close to what I experienced
>> >>>> yesterday, Its impossible to describe even though I had
>> >>>> practiced quite
>> >>>> frequently to control such panic attacks -in short, I was broken
>> >>>> (at
>> >>>> least
>> >>>> initially before I fought back). Basically, I spent the first
>> >>>> 2-3hrs
>> >>>> looking
>> >>>> for
>> >>>> my mouse on the table - (Oh it was on my desk alright i'd didnt go
>> >>>> anywhere).
>> >>>> At
>> >>>> this point I realized I was heading for failure without the
>> >>>> slightest
>> >>>> chance
>> >>>> of
>> >>>> success , and only then did I step back and look back at the
>> >>>> journey up
>> >>>> to
>> >>>> this point. Was i prepared to fail without an attempt? The
>> >>>> dreaded OEQ
>> >>>> went
>> >>>> well
>> >>>> so I had one leg in? eventually I got my act together shortly
>> >>>> before
>> >>>> lunch. I
>> >>>> was just about to start redistribution when I heard the proctors
>> >>>> voice
>> >>>> saying
>> >>>> .... 3min to lunch .... good time to save configs. OK, this IS IT.
>> >>>> During my
>> >>>> preparation I knew that section was not something I rush and it
>> >>>> would
>> >>>> usually
>> >>>> take me some time 20-1hr depending how complicated it is. Within
>> >>>> those
>> >>>> 3min I
>> >>>> put the requirements in my head and pondered over it at the
>> >>>> lunch table.
>> >>>> There
>> >>>> were great options on the menu but I settled for 2 burgers and some
>> >>>> chips. I
>> >>>> ate
>> >>>> as quickly as i could and requested to excuse my self for a
>> >>>> cigarette. I
>> >>>> had
>> >>>> about 15min to come up with a solution to this redistribution and a
>> >>>> method to
>> >>>> approach the remaining sections if i still wanted to put up a
>> >>>> good fight
>> >>>> ..... shortly before lunch time was up I had my plan for
>> >>>> redistribution
>> >>>> and
>> >>>> how to approach the last section. Also a previous configuration
>> >>>> fault in
>> >>>> my
>> >>>> core!!!
>> >>>> Went back in working as I
>> >>>> should have been from the start, keeping track of time. I had
>> >>>> made up my
>> >>>> mind that if my redis. solution didnt work within 20min i would
>> >>>> give up
>> >>>> the
>> >>>> points and move and just enable minimal connectivity .... i
>> >>>> dumped my
>> >>>> solution
>> >>>> in a text file and went over it again again before applying. The
>> >>>> solution met
>> >>>> 80% of the requirement and i had to put additional changes in to
>> >>>> cover
>> >>>> the
>> >>>> remaining req. this lifted me mentally.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> ........ to be continued
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
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