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Ursine Asylum posted:I'm actually unreasonably pleased that my wife is learning how to Google more effectively. It's also pretty when she pops up on GTalk to tell me about a problem she had that she was going to bug me about, but spent half an hour Googling and figuring out the answer herself. Gotta be honest and brag. . . My wife started a blog, bought a domain, learned some basic DNS and hosting, installed wordpress. Had this poo poo going for a year before I noticed it. Now we get free foodstuffs from her blog.
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KennyG posted:Our StyleCop would reject you GNU style for life. code:
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# ? Aug 20, 2013 02:44 |
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Great the vAPP for my ICM class decides out of the blue it is just going to stop passing port 80 traffic, and class starts Thursday, well good thing I have some scipts. Also gently caress pfsense
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A payroll software came in... We recently upgraded this client's server and found out the application couldn't print to the default printer stating that the string was too long. The shared printer name was probably about ~50 characters in length and it looks like the new server name pushed it over it's limit. You ask how a program in 2013 could be this terrible? Just look at it.
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That...that is certainly something. Copyright 1987, holy poo poo. It looks like that's the last time they updated the UI, too. I wonder what that codebase must look like.
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I'm thinking the first copyright year is also the year they fired their graphic designer. E:f,b
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# ? Aug 20, 2013 05:24 |
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That looks like it'd be right at home in Windows 3.1. Sweet lens flare!
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WHERE MY HAT IS AT posted:That...that is certainly something. Copyright 1987, holy poo poo. It looks like that's the last time they updated the UI, too. I wonder what that codebase must look like. NO gently caress YOU!!! They added a TViewer button, so it's obviously all up to standards! -1 Observation Skills.
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# ? Aug 20, 2013 05:30 |
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That background is nauseating... imagine that on a crappy 1997 CRT. I would love to read the software requirements too. Something like: Requires an IBM compatible 386 or better with 4 megs of RAM VGA graphics card Hard disk drive
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tjl posted:That background is nauseating... imagine that on a crappy 1997 CRT. Actually more like 192 GB of RAM to support the clientside database that loads everytime you do anything.
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# ? Aug 20, 2013 05:32 |
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SEKCobra posted:Actually more like 192 GB of RAM to support the clientside database that loads everytime you do anything. Put the virtual memory in the real memory I can litterally hear the autism from the lone programmer/developer who is propping that software up.
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# ? Aug 20, 2013 05:58 |
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incoherent posted:Put the virtual memory in the real memory Aww, now I want to make a ramdisk to put my swap file in.
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Paladine_PSoT posted:Aww, now I want to make a ramdisk to put my swap file in. That's actually a way to make use of more than 4 GB of RAM on 32-bit operating systems.
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Factory Factory posted:That's actually a way to make use of more than 4 GB of RAM on 32-bit operating systems.
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# ? Aug 20, 2013 07:04 |
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I'm in the process of 'ing by volunteering for a project which should in theory put me in position A1 for the job that will be here when my company formally take over (a wee step up the ladder for me) I've been on site for a couple of weeks now and so far I've found out there are 40 data cabs here. We need to pull 1 or 2 fibres to each cab to ensure info sec compliance with Gov. Policies (which existing infrastructure is non-compliant with, but I'm not allowed to touch it so I hope I get a written letter saying if we (the Gov.) audit we will ignore x y and z but that is the least of my worries at the moment) one slight problem is the latest duct map I have located was drawn in '91 - the contractors mapping the ducts have already a found several blocked ducts so we are going to have some budget 'changes' - glad I didn't write that budget. The local on site IT guy isn't really IT at all, his job seems to be to listen to people's problems them tell them to call the support number on their wallpaper so he hasn't a clue but he did enquire about IT manager roles going forward So during my initial survey I found an entire network he didn't know was there because he doesn't support it but on the positive side looking at the fibre panels it suggests there is more there is one way to skin this cat in terms of getting fibres about. All that is before I mention we placed our WAN order on day 0 and the lead time leaves us about 9 days (not working days either) between BT SLA for installing the WAN and go live day for our company taking over. On the positive side I'm raking in mileage claims at the moment and my hotel resides on a golf course!!
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# ? Aug 20, 2013 07:09 |
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anthonypants posted:I'm afraid I have some bad news for you. PAE-equipped 32-bit OSes that poor schmucks have to work with.
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# ? Aug 20, 2013 07:16 |
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Here is something that should probably go in the OP, company_loyalty.txt
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# ? Aug 20, 2013 07:22 |
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So a new job opportunity call came in. I got a call for a non- IT job to do dispatching work for a fuel company in the city. Gonna follow up with them tomorrow, but if i get it, im looking at a 60-75% pay increase plus real benefits. blackswordca fucked around with this message at 08:33 on Aug 20, 2013 |
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blackswordca posted:So a new job opportunity call came in. Jesus christ do it do it now don't ask questions just do it
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blackswordca posted:So a new job opportunity call came in. Wait so a logistics/call-center job that pays way more than your IT job? loving do it already!
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Cute, we've had our first special snowflake complaining that her special snowflake purple handwriting-like font in Outlook keeps reverting to Arial, black, 11pt. Hi, I'm your BoFH, welcome to group policy The great thing is though, although I kind of agree (agreeing with Marketing, the horror!), the standardisation was decreed by Marketing, who were fed up of everyone tinkering with their fonts and colours. So I get to say "I'm sorry, if you have a problem with it please talk to Marketing"
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# ? Aug 20, 2013 09:03 |
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Old magician trick: Mash them in the face with GPO while directing the anger at another dept.
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# ? Aug 20, 2013 09:17 |
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A dept who has caused me a lot of grief over recent months. It's beautiful.
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# ? Aug 20, 2013 09:33 |
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E: double post sorry. Everything is glitching on me today.
GargleBlaster fucked around with this message at 10:14 on Aug 20, 2013 |
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GargleBlaster posted:Cute, we've had our first special snowflake complaining that her special snowflake purple handwriting-like font in Outlook keeps reverting to Arial, black, 11pt. Hi, I'm your BoFH, welcome to group policy Blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while. I get physically ill when I see anything but Calibri, Arial, Times or Courier (or their Mac equivalents) come through. I did once get a Comic Sans quote from a vendor rep. When he followed up, I said I'm sorry but my company only deals with professionals and we went with another vendor. I didn't tell him that his product was 50% more expensive and had 30% fewer features because that would have drowened out the real message. Comic Sans is only OK if you are Matt Groening.
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# ? Aug 20, 2013 10:39 |
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On a related note, is there a way to make outlook default to pasting text unformatted?
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# ? Aug 20, 2013 11:54 |
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incoherent posted:Put the virtual memory in the real memory Waay back in the dark ages of IT one of my friends did Novell installs for a living, and got an order to set up an insane server with a whopping 128 MB RAM. Of course we installed Windows 3.11 on it just to try it out. It wasn't fast at all. Then we got the bright idea to make a RAMdrive for the (required) swap space. Then windows got pretty fast. Then we got another bright idea, and put the entire Windows-folder on the RAMdrive. That made it seriously fast! Then Windows crashed, took the machine down with it, and we had to reboot. Then we shrugged and went back to making Doom II mods.
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BurgerQuest posted:On a related note, is there a way to make outlook default to pasting text unformatted? Option, Mail, Editor Options gets you to that screen
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# ? Aug 20, 2013 12:41 |
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Ticket resolved.
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Crowley posted:Waay back in the dark ages of IT one of my friends did Novell installs for a living, and got an order to set up an insane server with a whopping 128 MB RAM. Of course we installed Windows 3.11 on it just to try it out. We just got rid of our Novell file and email servers last year.
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GreenNight posted:We just got rid of our Novell file and email servers last year. Ours are still running and will be running at least until next year, and there are no plans to retire the Groupwise server. I want both to die horrible screaming deaths. Maybe I'll fill the file servers with McAffee binaries.
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Crowley posted:Waay back in the dark ages of IT one of my friends did Novell installs for a living, and got an order to set up an insane server with a whopping 128 MB RAM. Of course we installed Windows 3.11 on it just to try it out. Ah yes, when RAM was $32 a MB, ah crap Doom II, well Doom was fun to mess with.
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A puppy came in... Again... I did the needful, and petted his squishy puppy face. I have also added a sign stating that "cute animals found leashed to my loving datacenter racks become property of the dev team supervisor". I got a new house and I’ve always wanted a dog. I am not sure what I should do to resolve the puppy in the datacenter issue.
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AcidRonin posted:A puppy came in... A sacrifice left to appease the angry servers?
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SEKCobra posted:Wait so a logistics/call-center job that pays way more than your IT job? loving do it already! I am.. Im just rewriting my resume which is more IT focuses to be more general. But I am gunning for it. basically its a supervisory position. Ill be responsible for a specific client or board and will have a bunch of drivers and equipment I have to keep track of. blackswordca fucked around with this message at 15:24 on Aug 20, 2013 |
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captkirk posted:A sacrifice left to appease the angry servers?
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AcidRonin posted:I mean nothing beats walking in to the datacenter with my first undrunk coffee in my hand in the morning and seeing this chipper golden retriever puppy staring at me like "oh, good morning human, my owner tied me to this weird blinky thing. Sure is noisy in here isn’t it? Also is this thing what has all the lights on it food? These trees are strange…. do you have bacon?". I want to know what went through the mind of whoever brought their dog in here. Also, i want to fire building security. I think step 1 is relocate said cute animal away from the like millions in taxpayer dollars he might pee on. Maybe they figured it would be okay with the raised floor? Also, gold retriever puppy? Steal it.
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# ? Aug 20, 2013 15:07 |
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One of the best things about working from home is doing so with a puppy on your lap. One of the worst things is doing so with a puppy sitting staring at you with a "why won't you play with me?" look on its face.
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blackswordca posted:I am.. Im just rewriting my resume which is more IT focuses to be more general. But I am gunning for it. Let's be honest here; if the position was blowing sailors at the docks for £6/hr, I think most people would recommend you took it instead of staying where you are. Good luck
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AcidRonin posted:I mean nothing beats walking in to the datacenter with my first undrunk coffee in my hand in the morning and seeing this chipper golden retriever puppy staring at me like "oh, good morning human, my owner tied me to this weird blinky thing. Sure is noisy in here isnt it? Also is this thing what has all the lights on it food? These trees are strange . do you have bacon?". I want to know what went through the mind of whoever brought their dog in here. Also, i want to fire building security. I think step 1 is relocate said cute animal away from the like millions in taxpayer dollars he might pee on. The owner of our company routinely brings her 2 chihuahuas into the office and lets them have free reign. It's incredibly irritating, but I can't imagine them getting into our server room. Thank god for small miracles. She also sneaks them past building security in her purse. I can't wait for the day that one of the guards asks her why her purse is yipping.
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