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The server room at my new place is a good size but there's way too much old crap in there. I just had 8 old UPS units picked up for recycling that were left behind by the prior tenant. And what did I find once that stack of junk was removed? Powered up, plugged into nothing for god knows how long. All the prior tenant's telco stuff was left behind, including a Definity system with all the cards still in place. That's coming off the wall this weekend and then I can put a storage unit there. After that I can go through all the cabinets and drawers with the office manager and clean out the flotsam and jetsam and organize whatever's left.
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Holy poo poo. I'm old enough to have used dial-up modems plenty, but that is the biggest one I've ever seen.
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Apr 7, 2015 20:16
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Japanese Dating Sim posted:Holy poo poo. I'm old enough to have used dial-up modems plenty, but that is the biggest one I've ever seen. That was a pretty common size for U.S. Robotics. I think I had an older Hayes that was bigger than that.
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Apr 7, 2015 20:18
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Japanese Dating Sim posted:Holy poo poo. I'm old enough to have used dial-up modems plenty, but that is the biggest one I've ever seen. I'm either showing my age or unimpressed but that looks like a regular ol' fax modem. Its an old one but nothing too out of the ordinary.
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Apr 7, 2015 20:24
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I had my 2014 review today and got a 19% raise which is unheard of in this company. I guess bringing a circa 2004 company into TYOL 2015 turned some heads because we don't have systems failing on a daily basis anymore.
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Apr 7, 2015 20:24
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I have two job interviews, both of which I'd be happy to work at
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Apr 7, 2015 20:47
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AT&T used to strap some big loving modems on their MIS routers
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Apr 7, 2015 22:05
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Anyone used Towerstream? They're offering me 100/100 for $699 a month, compared to the $1k we're paying Telepacific for a 10 meg line. I don't have any experience with microwave.
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Apr 7, 2015 22:12
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Gyshall posted:I'm either showing my age or unimpressed but that looks like a regular ol' fax modem. Its an old one but nothing too out of the ordinary. yeah, looks like a normal V92bis USR, I still have most of the command set burnt into my brain after doing years of tech support in the mid 1990s. AT0 ATDT08450801000 bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz fzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz BONG! BONG! etc etc
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Apr 8, 2015 00:01
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Apr 8, 2015 00:06
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Today I actually did some poo poo. All phone poo poo, but at least I wasn't just escalating every single call. On the down side, I found out that scripts are disabled on my PC. So much for my auto-refreshing ticket window plan.
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Apr 8, 2015 00:54
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Dick Trauma posted:The server room at my new place is a good size but there's way too much old crap in there. I just had 8 old UPS units picked up for recycling that were left behind by the prior tenant. And what did I find once that stack of junk was removed? I started college with a 286 with a full length ISA 2400b Hayes compatible. When I graduated, I still had that 286 with this speed demon.  My SLIP and PPP account speed was the stuff of legend.
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Apr 8, 2015 01:09
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Crosspost from poo poo that pisses you off thread.. So Firefox 37(and up) disable TLS1.0 by default. In managed hosting there are still in the wild many many application delivery devices(load balancers) that do not support TLS1.2 when performing SSL offoading.  This is gonna be so much fun when the majority of the public start reporting they can't connect to https://www.ferretsweaters.com after they update FF and our customers start putting in tickets with their hair on fire that their site no longer works for their users. OTOH, here come the load balancer upgrade maintenances and increased billing for newer/more powerful/flexible devices!! These configs must be replicated manually since it's usually cross vendor upgrade paths. 
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Apr 8, 2015 01:13
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22 Eargesplitten posted:Today I actually did some poo poo. All phone poo poo, but at least I wasn't just escalating every single call. Windows scripting host or javascript? If your ticket window is a webpage, the js dev console is probably still enabled, and auto refresh is easily small enough to type in by hand
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Apr 8, 2015 02:35
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Anyone in Kentucky looking for a job or know any good recruiters? I need to fill up to three positions in the LEX area over the next few months. Help desk, Sysadmin, Sr Systems/Network Admin roles. I was not aware my first task at the new job was major house cleaning...
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Apr 8, 2015 05:23
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evol262 posted:Windows scripting host or javascript? If your ticket window is a webpage, the js dev console is probably still enabled, and auto refresh is easily small enough to type in by hand I was trying to powershell it. I'll try javascript. It will give me something else to do tomorrow, even if it doesn't work.
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Apr 8, 2015 06:08
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22 Eargesplitten posted:I was trying to powershell it. I'll try javascript. It will give me something else to do tomorrow, even if it doesn't work. You might try opening powershell bypassing the execution policy. code:
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Apr 8, 2015 16:08
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the spyder posted:Anyone in Kentucky looking for a job or know any good recruiters? I need to fill up to three positions in the LEX area over the next few months. Help desk, Sysadmin, Sr Systems/Network Admin roles. I was not aware my first task at the new job was major house cleaning... I was going to say shoot me an email, but I'm 135 miles from there and it would be a 2-1/2 hour drive. In other news, every loving person on the Messaging team has received multiple emails and calls from a headhunting company trying to fill an Exchange Engineer position in Columbus. Considering they were only offering around $25/hr I think I've figured out why they're having problems with people laughing at them or just hanging up.
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Apr 8, 2015 21:51
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So I got a call about a position that sounds good. Wife asked what company, and I have her convinced it's for Playboy. I might be dead before the interview. I just wanted to share that.
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Apr 9, 2015 01:09
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People still buy porn?
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Apr 9, 2015 01:11
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Nah. People just buy it for the articles.
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Apr 9, 2015 01:24
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:So I got a call about a position that sounds good. Wife asked what company, and I have her convinced it's for Playboy. The datacenter for a major Porn billing company is in my area. I think that'd make work a little weird at time. "Heey... why are you looking at ***s***fu****.com at work?" "They say that there's an unreasonable amount of delay when you click on the 1 day trial subscription, look, it's been sitting on this page for over a minute!" "Oh, carry on then... carry on."
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Apr 9, 2015 01:56
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:The datacenter for a major Porn billing company is in my area. I think that'd make work a little weird at time. Welcome to life at pretty much any hosting provider ever.
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Apr 9, 2015 02:00
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Are there websites that aren't porn or animal videos or somethin?
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Apr 9, 2015 02:18
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Well that was fun while it lasted. Turns out her google-fu is pretty strong and they don't have a presence at all around here so she called my bluff. Also I couldn't keep a straight face, particularly when I told her one of the benefits is a "personal bunny" which is basically just a secretary in a bunny outfit.
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Apr 9, 2015 02:23
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Toshimo posted:Welcome to life at pretty much any hosting provider ever. Especially funny when the CEO comes over and has a laugh at that poo poo. There are a few good things about working in Hosting.
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Apr 9, 2015 02:27
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Minor victory! I was promoted to team lead on a trial basis a long rear end time ago. At the time I really had minimal leadership experience and wasn't even sure if I'd like it, so both sides were OK with taking it slow before making anything official. It ended up going great, but of course, the "trial period" stretched on and on and I never got a pay raise or actual title change. Brought this up with my boss a month or two back. ~12% raise finally came through today, backdated to that conversation. Feels good man. I only wish I had done it sooner  Tab8715 posted:People still buy porn? A guy I know on another forum is a NOC tech at Penthouse or something like that. So apparently! MC Fruit Stripe posted:Are there websites that aren't porn or animal videos or somethin? no
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Apr 9, 2015 02:32
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Docjowles posted:Brought this up with my boss a month or two back. ~12% raise finally came through today, backdated to that conversation. Feels good man. I only wish I had done it sooner
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Apr 9, 2015 03:21
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Last minute assignment to spend a week halfway across the country. My boss was super apologetic, but gently caress it, I enjoy traveling. Y'all need to get in on this consulting racket. You get paid money to point out everything that's hosed up with an organization, but you don't have to stick around to actually fix it.
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Apr 9, 2015 03:28
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:So I got a call about a position that sounds good. Wife asked what company, and I have her convinced it's for Playboy.
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Apr 9, 2015 04:41
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Misogynist posted:A number of my good friends used to work for Playboy's web operations team in both Chicago and New York. Old coworker heads IT for fleshlight
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Apr 9, 2015 05:14
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What are the odds I'd be able to purchase an owned but unused domain? There isn't a whole lot of information on WHOIS and I emailed the guy but he hasn't responded. GoDaddy offered me some $60 professional acquisition service but I think I'd check here first...
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Tab8715 posted:What are the odds I'd be able to purchase an owned but unused domain? There isn't a whole lot of information on WHOIS and I emailed the guy but he hasn't responded. My computer doesn't work very good, what could it be?
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Apr 9, 2015 12:04
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Tab8715 posted:What are the odds I'd be able to purchase an owned but unused domain? There isn't a whole lot of information on WHOIS and I emailed the guy but he hasn't responded. AFAIK, unless the owner wants to sell, or lets it expire there's not much that can be done.
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psydude posted:Last minute assignment to spend a week halfway across the country. My boss was super apologetic, but gently caress it, I enjoy traveling. It really is living the dream.
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Apr 9, 2015 12:48
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psydude posted:Last minute assignment to spend a week halfway across the country. My boss was super apologetic, but gently caress it, I enjoy traveling. Are you (and anyone else in the consulting business) able to talk a little more about that side of the industry? I'm only about 4 or 5 years into my IT career, the balance of my work slowly shifting from more break-fix to implementation, but consulting seems like a much more appealing end-game than project management (or any other type of tech related management for that matter). Are consulting companies common, or are independent/self employed consultants more the rule? Are there any career decisions you would have made earlier to put yourself in a better position for consulting work?
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Today is my last day at my current job and they're putting forward an offer to keep me on the books as a casual employee to assist them with any SCCM issues/remediation. I've never done a "casual" gig before. Is there anything I should watch out for or specify in my contract before I give them the ok? My next job is a full time with 24/7 after hours support though I've been told after hours calls are very very rare. I'm a little worried that I could get burned out or running into conflicts.
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Sacred Cow posted:Today is my last day at my current job and they're putting forward an offer to keep me on the books as a casual employee to assist them with any SCCM issues/remediation. I've never done a "casual" gig before. Is there anything I should watch out for or specify in my contract before I give them the ok? My next job is a full time with 24/7 after hours support though I've been told after hours calls are very very rare. I'm a little worried that I could get burned out or running into conflicts. While not common, my company has restriction on side work that is grounds for instant termination. They aren't very upfront about it either. I would make sure that they know that you have a new full time position and that you most likely can't respond during business hours. I would determine some sort of SLA so they know that can't call you with a high priority issue and demand you drop what you are doing to address it.
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What's a good, free network inventory tool that isn't spiceworks and doesn't require extensive configuration? Something that can just troll SNMP or NMAP.
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psydude posted:What's a good, free network inventory tool that isn't spiceworks and doesn't require extensive configuration? Zabbix's SNMP discovery is surprisingly good, and configuring it for alerting/etc isn't necessary at all, though what it actually does even in a basic configuration is a little overblown for what you probably need.
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