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Internet's down at this site we manage, so I look at the site and see one PC is online. It's a security PC, so it might be on the backup line. Remote in to see what's going on:  Yeah!
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| # ? Dec 21, 2010 19:19 |
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Lord Commissar posted:Yeah! My birthday, my choice!
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| # ? Dec 21, 2010 19:34 |
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"Cuckhold?" I can hold it just fine myself, thanks!
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| # ? Dec 21, 2010 19:36 |
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Lord Commissar posted:Internet's down at this site we manage, so I look at the site and see one PC is online. It's a security PC, so it might be on the backup line. This is gold.
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| # ? Dec 21, 2010 19:36 |
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Lord Commissar posted:Internet's down at this site we manage, so I look at the site and see one PC is online. It's a security PC, so it might be on the backup line. Please tell me this will be a PowerPoint slide at an upcoming meeting.
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| # ? Dec 21, 2010 19:37 |
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I looked up "ANR" in this context and wish I hadn't. Thanks!
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| # ? Dec 21, 2010 19:50 |
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Oh hell yeah. The things I've seen on remote sessions. I rely pretty heavily on webex/go2assist, etc. for support and at least once a week I find nice little gems. The Outlook preview message pane that shows up in the bottom right hand portion of the screen is best. Just last week I saw, "Got a pirated copy of Win7. Come see me at lunch". This was a corporate client.
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| # ? Dec 21, 2010 19:53 |
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This got posted in our in-house IRC just now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAG39jKi0lI I'm amazed!
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| # ? Dec 21, 2010 19:55 |
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Bonzo posted:I rely pretty heavily on webex/go2assist, etc. for support and at least once a week I find nice little gems. The Outlook preview message pane that shows up in the bottom right hand portion of the screen is best. While I worked on my department VP's computer once a mail popped up from HR explaining why they couldn't convert me from a contractor to full time. 
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| # ? Dec 21, 2010 19:59 |
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That's brilliant!
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| # ? Dec 21, 2010 20:00 |
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Midelne posted:I looked up "ANR" in this context and wish I hadn't. Thanks! I had trouble thinking of a word that would establish the proper context, but Google was able to make just the right suggestion! 
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| # ? Dec 21, 2010 20:24 |
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Rohaq posted:One of my favourite variations of this in my notes used to be 'Keyboard/Chair Interface Error'. I originally got it from this thread, but my favourite is "Layer 8 problem"
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| # ? Dec 21, 2010 20:25 |
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captkirk posted:I originally got it from this thread, but my favourite is "Layer 8 problem" I've never heard this and it is now my favorite!
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| # ? Dec 21, 2010 20:35 |
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xarph posted:While I worked on my department VP's computer once a mail popped up from HR explaining why they couldn't convert me from a contractor to full time. wow, what was the excuse? "he works while the rest of us look like poo poo for slacking"?
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| # ? Dec 21, 2010 20:40 |
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notwithoutmyanus posted:wow, what was the excuse? "he works while the rest of us look like poo poo for slacking"? Probably some non-competition clause in his employment agreement with the contracting firm.
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| # ? Dec 21, 2010 20:42 |
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Midelne posted:
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| # ? Dec 21, 2010 20:45 |
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Midelne posted:I looked up "ANR" in this context and wish I hadn't. Thanks! Yikes, I got my co-worker to do it.
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| # ? Dec 21, 2010 20:50 |
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kensei posted:Yikes, I got my co-worker to do it. Your co-worker is a sexual deviant.
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| # ? Dec 21, 2010 20:57 |
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captkirk posted:I originally got it from this thread, but my favourite is "Layer 8 problem" Some of our more technically-savvy users understand PEBCAK and ID10T errors, but most of them aren't smart enough to understand the OSI layers.
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| # ? Dec 21, 2010 21:02 |
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xarph posted:This got posted in our in-house IRC just now: Immediately forwarded to my peers at work. It's even better coming from Ronnie.
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| # ? Dec 21, 2010 21:21 |
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I just got asked to help install a floppy drive in a computer. Normally this wouldn't be a big deal, but the guy asking me has ancient machines in his lab because, "they still work". When I say ancient I'm talking just a few months ago I configured and deployed the newest machine in his lab, a GX110 running Windows 2000. The computer in question is a Hewlett Packard Vectra CS with an 8086, 64k of RAM, 20mb HDD, and a 5.25" floppy running DOS 3.2. We rigged up the 3.5" floppy, but he doesn't have the Vectra setup.exe file he needs in order to configure the machine to recognize the floppy. Walking into his lab is like walking into some 1950s sci-fi flick.
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| # ? Dec 21, 2010 21:25 |
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I decided to dirty power down an exchange 2007 server so I could swap out a UPS battery.. Gooo me . . . eseutil /p done.. now doing eseutil /d. . . only a few more scans after that...
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| # ? Dec 21, 2010 21:27 |
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 "Hey ! Make sure $user isn't on the Executives mailing list !" He isn't, what happened ? "I sent an email to the Executives and two other people and this other guy got it ! <forwards screenshot of address list>" gets mail headers from recipient, headers from complainer mysteriously never arrive... opens ticket with mail hosting provider gets quick response showing a much longer recipient list than the screenshot did forwards response to "I don’t recall using BCC, but let’s call it a day on this one and I will stay alert for similar future issues. Thanks for pushing it with them, and with the possibility this was operator error, my apologies just in case." "I can settle the issue with a copy of the headers from the sent message."Thanks for making me go through ANOTHER loving firedrill over nothing. Also thanks for directly lying to me. I do appreciate, a bit, the effort to sugarcoat it, but this is bullshit.
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| # ? Dec 21, 2010 23:18 |
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Lying directly to you shortens The Bullshit Loop! 
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| # ? Dec 22, 2010 00:43 |
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So, the CIO handed me an envelope earlier. I was not expecting a Christmas Bonus this year since I've been here less than 6 months. It was not a bonus... it was however a pay raise of $6k from Jan 1.  EDIT: Everyone got a CD from the CEO for Xmas "Tom Petty's Greatest Hits" whaa.. EvilMuppet fucked around with this message at Dec 22, 2010 around 04:55 |
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Lum posted:It's up there with "Oh hi Susan, you look different today", when you're working on a user's PC for jokes that get tiresome after the hundredth time. Best way to stop that, or at least make it entertaining, is to pretend to miss the joke entirely and start explaining that you aren't Susan and how she looks totally different to you.
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| # ? Dec 22, 2010 02:47 |
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EvilMuppet posted:So, the CIO handed me an envelope earlier. I was not expecting a Christmas Bonus this year since I've been here less than 6 months. It was not a bonus... it was however a pay raise of $6k from Jan 1.  Congratulations. I'll have to wait until I finish my first year, with is another six months off yet.
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| # ? Dec 22, 2010 02:56 |
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I saw the boss handing out bonuses this week, but I didn't get one. Then again, I've only been here 3 weeks, so I didn't expect anything. I did get a $150 gift certificate to Amazon in a raffle and my employer pays my health insurance, and I mean everything: deductibles, copay, premiums, everything.
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| # ? Dec 22, 2010 02:58 |
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No bonus, potentially losing our foosball table, and the holiday party was moved to Jan 5th. 
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notwithoutmyanus posted:there will never be enough equivalents of pebcak - it's just making sure the users don't catch it/having a rotation. Usually a 12 month rotation does good. Picnic. Problem in chair, not in computer. But yeah, layer 8 issues will never be beaten.
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| # ? Dec 22, 2010 06:27 |
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Stonefish posted:But yeah, layer 8 issues will never be beaten. Of course not, Layer 8 issues can be any of a score of problems. - Interface problem - Error in the initial build - Compile errors - Kernel panic - Memory leaks - Connections errors etc.
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| # ? Dec 22, 2010 06:52 |
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Crowley posted:Of course not, Layer 8 issues can be any of a score of problems. That's all layer 7 though.  (With maybe exception to the last one, which could be 3-7.)
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ESC 2010 Never Forget
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less than three posted:That's all layer 7 though. I've seen plenty of memory leaks and kernel panics in layer 8. 
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| # ? Dec 22, 2010 08:01 |
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I know I'm double posting, but..Graphic Designers posted:We have a huge Appe-related problem up here. Come ASAP! I rush to the scene, and...  We're really happy about finally having a Mac-guy in the IT department, so we got you some Apple cake. The cake is big enough for the entire IT department (those who are at work today). I like this place. 
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enotnert posted:Ahhhhh none of the servers we've bought in the past 6 years have ps/2 ports, but you know, getting this ps/2 vga kvm makes perfect sense because it's 5 bucks cheaper. It is 2010, nearly 2011 time to either learn DRAC or equivalents or use a crash kart. Unless it is an IP kvm. No bonus, no party, no raise.
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AcridWhistle posted:It is 2010, nearly 2011 time to either learn DRAC or equivalents or use a crash kart. Unless it is an IP kvm. I'm trying to convince them to purchase me a decent dell IP kvm before I even install the 4 new servers I got (since I've got to derack like 4-5 decommed servers anyways). How do I normally handle things on the rack? Well since we don't put the pretty front covers on or anything, yeah. . . crash cart. Old 15" dell LCD + keyboard+trackpad on USB. Works a lot better than the crap KVM we've got that only actually switches to the machine properly 1 out of 10 times.
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este posted:No bonus, potentially losing our foosball table, and the holiday party was moved to Jan 5th. This sounds like grounds for a worker strike. Of course, I'm insanely jealous that you have a foosball table to begin with. An email came in: quote:Support,  They're learning!
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Battery powered heater that does not require electricity? How the gently caress does that work and has anyone got the patent yet?
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| # ? Dec 22, 2010 14:34 |
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Lum posted:Battery powered heater that does not require electricity? This with this and this
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Sorry but the first item you linked requires electricity.
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