Mike Meyers > Quotes

“You can talk to a dog all day long, but he's just looking at you and thinking, 'Where's the ball?”
― Mike Meyers

“If you receive an e-mail from Amazon.com, ebay. com, or some other site (like your bank), don’t click on it! Like Admiral Ackbar said in Star Wars, “It’s a trap!”
― Michael Meyers, CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Exams 220-801 & 220-802

“If you want really great surge suppression, you need to move up to power conditioning. Your power lines take in all kinds of strange signals that have no business being in there, such as electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio frequency interference (RFI). Most of the time, this line noise is so minimal it’s not worth addressing, but occasionally events (such as lightning) generate enough line noise to cause weird things to happen to your PC (keyboard lockups, messed-up data). All better surge suppressors add power conditioning to filter out EMI and RFI.”
― Michael Meyers, CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Exams 220-801 & 220-802

“NOTE   Techno-babble is the use of (often nonsensical) jargon and technical terms to intimidate and silence a challenge to a technical issue.”
― Mike Meyers, CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Eleventh Edition

“I love it when I get a call from someone saying “The Internet is down!” as I always respond the same way: “No, the Internet is fine. It’s the way you’re trying to get to it that’s down.” Okay, so I don’t make a lot of friends with that remark, but it’s actually a really good reminder of why we run into problems on the Internet.”
― Michael Meyers, CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Exams 220-801 & 220-802

“Make sure your surge suppressor has a test/reset button so you’ll know when the device has—as we say in the business—turned into an extension cord.”
― Michael Meyers, CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Exams 220-801 & 220-802

“Less expensive SSDs typically implement less reliable multi-level cell (MLC) memory technology in place of the more efficient single-level cell (SLC) technology to cut costs.”
― Michael Meyers, CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Exams 220-801 & 220-802

“While casual gamers can get by with a standard desktop PC (like the thick client you read about earlier), those who take their gaming seriously want a powerful PC ready to pump out the latest graphics.”
― Michael Meyers, CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Exams 220-801 & 220-802

“These personal RAID motherboards might be common, but they’re not used too terribly often given that these RAID solutions usually provide only RAID 0 or RAID 1. If you want to use RAID, spend a few extra dollars and buy a RAID 5-capable controller.”
― Michael Meyers, CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Exams 220-801 & 220-802

“VMware Workstation runs virtually (pun!)”
― Michael Meyers, CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Exams 220-801 & 220-802

“RM RealMedia files play either just audio or audio and video. They are proprietary to RealMedia, a popular player often used on the Internet. You must have RealMedia Player installed on your computer to play these files.”
― Michael Meyers, CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Exams 220-801 & 220-802

“RAID controllers aren’t just for internal drives; some models can handle multiple eSATA drives configured at any of the RAID levels. If you’re feeling lucky, you can create a RAID array using both internal and external SATA drives.”
― Michael Meyers, CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Exams 220-801 & 220-802

“Don’t leave a PC unattended when logged in. In fact, don’t ever leave a system logged in, even as a limited user. God help you if you walk away from a server still logged in as an administrator. You’re tempting fate.”
― Michael Meyers, CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Exams 220-801 & 220-802