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The answer to "I am bored 8 hours a day" is EVE Online
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Sepist posted:Side note, does anyone know of an easy to configure monitoring tool that does sound alarms on poo poo like high disk space or a process not running? These guys are trying to reinvent the wheel asking me to build a custom monitoring "command center" from the ground up when I think the simple solution is a nagios plugin. BaseballPCHiker posted:Nagios. Thanks Ants posted:Zabbix Zenoss
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Jun 3, 2016 02:35
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Custom built mess of Powershell scripts that are set to run on a schedule.
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Jun 3, 2016 02:41
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Methanar posted:My boss, the IT projects manager, is not privileged to having any admin credentials to the network. Those belong to the incumbent. When I asked WTF it was hushed down and I got the sense that I shouldn't ask about it again. That pilot project with the thin clients isn't actually my project but just one of the dozen things sitting in limbo with the incumbent that has been around for 15 years that I offered to help with. Going to my boss and antagonizing a situation where I'm obviously unwelcome where he probably doesn't have the authority to act on it anyway seems like a bad idea. Then you're working in a lovely, toxic place that you'll learn nothing and go nowhere at. If you can't have an honest, direct discussion with your boss about changing processes then you should either 1) get the gently caress out of there, or 2) just collect a paycheck and do some consulting remotely while you're at work. because you're hosed.
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Jun 3, 2016 02:49
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go3 posted:The answer to "I am bored 8 hours a day" is EVE Online Encouraging suicide seems a tad extreme.
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Jun 3, 2016 03:11
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go3 posted:The answer to "I am bored 8 hours a day" is EVE Online Why settle for boring, every day spreadsheets when you can have multiplayer spreadsheets?
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Jun 3, 2016 03:18
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Thanks Ants posted:Zabbix is on my list of things to look at that aren't Nagios but I have little experience with using/configuring it. Wait, you can configure audible alarms in Zabbix?! Can someone tell me how please?
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Jun 3, 2016 03:33
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:Custom built mess of Powershell scripts that are set to run on a schedule. This, except use PS Remoting or WMI so it's centralized to one server with a bunch of XML config files for each thing you want to monitor. System Center Operations Manager IBM Director Wait, yeah, write your own if all you want to do is monitor disk space and services. vRealize w/ VmWare is pretty nice for general troubleshooting but not alerting.
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Jun 3, 2016 03:43
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Powershell has audible alarms!code:
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Jun 3, 2016 03:43
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:Powershell has audible alarms! 
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Jun 3, 2016 03:48
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:Powershell has audible alarms! I need to get PS remoting set up at my office. Between this and the PS Clippy thing...
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Jun 3, 2016 04:22
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go3 posted:The answer to "I am bored 8 hours a day" is EVE Online EVE Online: Turning 8 hours of boredom into 12 hours of boredom.
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Jun 3, 2016 05:23
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:Powershell has audible alarms! 
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Jun 3, 2016 06:26
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Have you tried turning it off and on again? Now I just need to figure out how to change language and automated tech support is go.
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Jun 3, 2016 06:47
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Japanese Dating Sim posted:Not really the same thing, but I know a few of my friends haven't filed homestead exemptions on their houses for property tax. In CA the homeowner exemption is about $70 in tax savings. Compared to MN it can be up to a 40% reduction in property taxes. In some states there is no tax savings so they could just be used to how it is where they are from originally.
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Jun 3, 2016 07:35
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Inspector_666 posted:Encouraging suicide seems a tad extreme. He's not saying he should move to Benghazi to do so.
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Jun 3, 2016 11:33
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LochNessMonster posted:He's not saying he should move to Benghazi to do so. Too soon.
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Jun 3, 2016 11:59
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LochNessMonster posted:He's not saying he should move to Benghazi to do so. Dude. 
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Jun 3, 2016 12:16
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LochNessMonster posted:He's not saying he should move to Benghazi to do so. I've maintained that Vile Rat would probably want people to make fun of him even in dying, but that's just nonsensical.
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Jun 3, 2016 14:17
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psydude posted:Why settle for boring, every day spreadsheets when you can have multiplayer spreadsheets? I started playing EVE as a hobby so I could stop constantly thinking about work and the endless stream of side projects I get tasked with, like making a custom web app to replace some stupid bulky spreadsheet. Fast-forward 2 years and I was once again making a custom web app to replace a stupid bulky spreadsheet... for EVE. EVE IS REAL 
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Jun 3, 2016 15:03
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:Powershell has audible alarms!
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Jun 3, 2016 15:53
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:Powershell has audible alarms! This is the best thing in the world. Scheduled tasks for everybody!
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Jun 3, 2016 16:03
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I haven't posted in or followed in this thread since my days when I was first getting my career in IT started but I remember you lot seeming like a pretty smart group. For a variety of reasons I am currently looking at moving on from my current position on the network team for a software vendor. I've actually had a surprisingly difficult time finding something new within my skillset given that I'm in a fairly major metropolitan area (Portland, OR) but I finally have a good solid bite from a small ISP. At least thus far they don't seem to mind too terribly that my experience is alnost entirely with interior routing protocols- specifically EIGRP- instead of the BGP they almost certainly use. As I've been doing my research on the company I've been realizing more and more that I really don't know what the warning signs are with these smaller companies. It looks to me like they resell a lot of services for other providers in the area and looking at their office on Google maps they really are quite small, but from speaking with one of their managers for a phone interview it does sound for sure like they have their own physical infrastructure so if does seem like they are the real deal. From everything I can see these guys look like a good fit for me right now but I really want to go into this with my eyes open. Any advice?
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Jun 3, 2016 16:07
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Come hang out in #oregoons on synirc.
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Jun 3, 2016 16:16
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Pendent posted:I haven't posted in or followed in this thread since my days when I was first getting my career in IT started but I remember you lot seeming like a pretty smart group. Seconding that you come hang out in #oregoons on synirc, and you can PM me if you want - I work for an ISP in the PDX area that made the transition to Cloud Solutions and would be happy to chat.
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Jun 3, 2016 16:56
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anthonypants posted:You can also add $Talk.Volume = 50 or something, which is helpful if you're trying to run this on someone else's computer in order to drive them insane. An old coworker used to come in super early and hide an EvilTron around the office (TLDR it's a little speaker that randomly makes creepy noises like a creaking door or "I can see you", just barely loud enough to hear). He'd move it every couple days so by the time someone was close to catching on, it was gone. It was glorious. Over the course of a month everyone started asking each other "hey did you hear something weird in the conference room? It was like dripping water but I could never find it" "Nah didn't hear that, but I swear my cube mate is talking to himself more" etc. The whole place was slowly descending into madness.
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Jun 3, 2016 17:49
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:Custom built mess of Powershell scripts that are set to run on a schedule. oh, you mean Nagios on Windows?
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Jun 3, 2016 17:52
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Docjowles posted:An old coworker used to come in super early and hide an EvilTron around the office (TLDR it's a little speaker that randomly makes creepy noises like a creaking door or "I can see you", just barely loud enough to hear). He'd move it every couple days so by the time someone was close to catching on, it was gone. It was glorious. Over the course of a month everyone started asking each other "hey did you hear something weird in the conference room? It was like dripping water but I could never find it" "Nah didn't hear that, but I swear my cube mate is talking to himself more" etc. The whole place was slowly descending into madness. I am now sorely tempted to get an EvilTron to plant in my NOC for general amusement. We're so quite most of the time that it should be quite entertaining if it's trigger timer isn't too short  . It's a drat shame you can't set it on a timer or clock though.
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Jun 3, 2016 17:58
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:Powershell has audible alarms! I once snuck this into a script that my coworker was reviewing and it scared the everliving poo poo out of him. A++++ would code again.
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Jun 3, 2016 18:01
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:Powershell has audible alarms! Enter-PSSession -ComputerName computer -Credential user Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Speech $Talk = New-Object -TypeName System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer $Talk.Speak('Never going to give you up. Never going to let you down. Never going to run around and desert you.') You need some group policy to allow remote execution of powershell and blah blah blah, but yes, it works.
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Jun 3, 2016 19:15
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Sickening posted:Enter-PSSession -ComputerName computer -Credential user And just to show you how much of an rear end in a top hat I am, I am currently sending justin beibers "oh baby" to one of my desktop guys for being a dick to his coworker today. Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Speech $Talk = New-Object -TypeName System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer $Talk.Volume = 100 $Talk.Speak('You know you love me, I know you care. Just shout whenever, and I will be there. You are my love, you are my heart. And we would never ever ever be apart. Are we an item. Girl quit playing. Were just friends. what are you saying. Say theres another and look right in my eyes. My first love broke my heart for the first time. And I was like. Baby, baby, baby oh. Like baby, baby, baby no. Like baby, baby, baby oh. baby, baby no. I thought youd always be mine. mine.') Sickening fucked around with this message at 19:36 on Jun 3, 2016 |
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Jun 3, 2016 19:23
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Finally, a worthwhile use for powershell.
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Jun 3, 2016 21:49
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Arsten posted:This is wrong. I will grant two caveats: IANAL and that my employer experience is limited to three states, but all three of those states are "at will" states, which are the most lenient to the employers. I'm also not a lawyer nor a manager and my experience is strictly limited towards the US Midwest for about a decade. That's not the best sample size but I've had the opportunity to be just under the Exec. Manager / Co-Owner and my mother who's now retired was the site manager for hospitals / nursing homes. I've learned a great deal from both of them professionally and one of things I caught onto was the "The Myth of unemployment after getting fired". Neither of them had no issue fighting against previously terminated direct reports. Out of a few dozen terminations the only ones I recall that received unemployment was when the co-owner didn't show up to the UE hearing because the schedule interfered with his golf outing. "There always something wrong with his computer! He must have been breaking it!" isn't going to fly but a simple printout of a user's consistently late morning sign-activity is certainly going to be found more solid. Other notes such as "3/9/2014 - 3:34PM Bob Contoso used inappropriate language with our client Fabrikam. Bob was warned his behavior was unprofessional in person and through email." and with several more such as these notes, putting the offender on a Performance Improvement Plan Bob's unemployment petition will likely fail. This isn't a binder's worth of documentation. Arsten posted:When terminated for any reason, file for unemployment. If challenged by your previous company, speak with a UE lawyer about your chances to win - and be honest with the UE lawyer. It'll cost you less in the long run. I wouldn't disagree either but try not to get fired from your employer if you're able to help it. It wouldn't care to gamble on calming unemployment after termination.
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Jun 4, 2016 02:45
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CrazyLittle posted:You're also assuming that a reference's personal contact info won't change in 10 years. The *cough-linkedin-cough* comment is pretty much on the nose here, but consider that LinkedIn started in 2002, only really caught on recently, and my resume stretches back a lot longer than that. Right but how often does everyone change their personal phone number or email? Beyond that, unless your applying for some Exec / C-Level Position what employer that invested in contacting references you worked with over ten years ago?
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Jun 4, 2016 02:53
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Tab8715 posted:"There always something wrong with his computer! He must have been breaking it!" isn't going to fly but a simple printout of a user's consistently late morning sign-activity is certainly going to be found more solid. Other notes such as "3/9/2014 - 3:34PM Bob Contoso used inappropriate language with our client Fabrikam. Bob was warned his behavior was unprofessional in person and through email." and with several more such as these notes, putting the offender on a Performance Improvement Plan Bob's unemployment petition will likely fail. That would be "Binders full" of information. If you make that series of notes, you have to back it up with evidence. Do you have a printout of the email discussing this with Bob with you? And, while a time clock record of being constantly tardy is useful, you need evidence of corrective action to go along with it. If you just have a series of notes going "in person" and no evidence backing up that some sort of corrective action plan, then the company will usually get ruled against. If you don't have that binder full of evidence on why he was fired, Bob's getting UE and what you noted is illustrating exactly what my point was: Have evidence on everything you did prior to termination. If you get into a he said-she said at the UE hearing, the company loses by default in most states. When you say "The Midwest" you include a lot of land that is handled completely differently. In Illinois and Wisconsin, for example, you can terminate for-cause for almost anything you have documented - unless you're unionized, in which case the union contract is supposed to stipulate what constitutes cause. In Kansas and Iowa, they have lists of for-cause situations. If you fall outside of that list (or don't have it documented  ) it's not for cause.
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Jun 4, 2016 13:52
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You can play .wav files remotely too. code:code:Methanar fucked around with this message at 16:40 on Jun 4, 2016 |
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Jun 4, 2016 15:52
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CLAM DOWN posted:I once snuck this into a script that my coworker was reviewing and it scared the everliving poo poo out of him. A++++ would code again. Try setting $Talk.Rate to -10 next time. Does anyone know where to get additional voices? I've got David and Zira, but I bet it would sound awesome if there was a Javier or something.
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Jun 4, 2016 19:04
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Arsten posted:That would be "Binders full" of information. If you make that series of notes, you have to back it up with evidence. Do you have a printout of the email discussing this with Bob with you? And, while a time clock record of being constantly tardy is useful, you need evidence of corrective action to go along with it. If you just have a series of notes going "in person" and no evidence backing up that some sort of corrective action plan, then the company will usually get ruled against. If you consider that a binder's worth I understand but to me it's no more than 20-30 pieces paper. A corrective action plan is the same a performance improvement plan. Yes, the Midwest includes a lot of different states with wildly different regulations but overall my experience has shown me if you're fired collecting unemployment is an uphill battle. On personal level, given how life may throw unexpected curve balls I'd err on the side of cation and wouldn't give out the advice to anyone that if they're fired they'll be able to collect unemployment. I'd tell them to talk to a lawyer, always apply but don't hold your breath and having 6-months savings is absolutely essential. I think this horse has been beaten to death and it's time to move on. Excellent discussion. 
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Jun 5, 2016 02:34
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Tab8715 posted:If you consider that a binder's worth I understand but to me it's no more than 20-30 pieces paper. A corrective action plan is the same a performance improvement plan. Yes, the Midwest includes a lot of different states with wildly different regulations but overall my experience has shown me if you're fired collecting unemployment is an uphill battle. My experience has shown me, more often than not, employers simply don't have their poo poo together. But I'm sure that's because we work in wildly different company environments. I always recommend filing because of that experience and then, if denied, talk honestly with a UE lawyer. And no discussion is complete until you get blood from a stone!
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My new job's dress code is basically no flip-flops and shorts have to cover the knees. This is just bizarre. I worked at a pizza place with a stricter dress code.
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