Sorry for the dumba** question, but here’s the situation.
Every job I’ve had, we’ve worked w/ a unix server set up w/ some distro of Linux. For the most part, I’ve just found myself interacting w/ the server through a terminal launched in a Windows desktop.
I haven’t had admin priviliges for the server; just basic priviliges to get in, get what I need, write what I need to, and get out.
Having not yet been put in a position to shadow the server admin, and facing experience requirements to get the position that I need to get that experience, I’m in a bind.

In the past, when doing client-server apps, I’ve just done little server applications and client applications on the same machine.
I haven’t run a server OS before, so I don’t really know how to go about looping it back to possibly act as both server and client on the same machine. This would be preferable. Alternately, I could set up a tiny, 2-3 comp at home LAN and work through that, if absolutely necessary.
For all intents and purposes, I’m a complete server admin newbie.
Any self-taught Linux server admins who managed w/o shadowing anyone or specific training classes out there? How did you do it? Thanks

Just looking for a difficulty scale here…

OS: XP, fully patched as of 9/8/09
Zone Alarm Pro, with OSFirewall enabled

Have an app execute with these options succefully:

1. modify tcp.sys and bind Svchost.exe with your own code so as to bypass Firewall’s “new program trying to access internet, acting as server”
2. install background service so as to avoid “new program registered for startup” that searches for known remote peers and atempts to connect to them
3. Harvest all IE, firefox, Skype, Steam username and passwords within a given time to send to remote peers
4. Bind all non-system executables with your own code, registering autoruns to every new usb drive
5. Hook into sector 0-63 in the MBR so if user formats, machine code still remains

Just looking for a difficulty scale here…

1) what about Motor City Machine guns, two new moves and still they say they aren’t talented. You thoughts

2) Tna womants tag team champion match was very boring for a normal show?

3) Booker T injured and leave at that time, isn’t it Retarded?

4) Tara fighting with someone else from fans maybe, stupid thing to happen?

5) Bobby lashley way of winning the match, wasn’t it very lame?

6) Isn’t Bobby the john cena of TNA?, I mean company wants him loved but he is hated.

7) What is with the pink wristbands (given for free 10 min before the show)? what’s your opinion on the pin on foleys match that reached 3 and wasn’t counted?

9)Don’t you think there were alot of mistakes for the PPV of PPVs (the wrestle mania of TNA)?

10)Ive waited for Bound for glory for very long and I wasn’t nearly satisfied, is this the best that TNA can do?

I bought some 80″ sheers for the dining room but hated the color when I put them up. Turns out, they’ll be perfect in the kitchen but they’re way too long. I have a sewing machine but I’m scared I’ll snag them. I like fabric glue but I’m not sure if it’ll work. There’s also binding tape, but I wonder if the iron will melt the fabric. The hem won’t show the way I plan to hang them (with 2 ribbons to pull up the length). Got any advice for me?

I need to replace our binding system (currently using a GBC wirebind system) and am hoping to get a comb bind – electric machine. It’s for an office of about 50 people, we bind about 50 proposals (3 – 60 pages) a week on average. Any tips would be helpful!