More shit that pisses you off: What does that say about the quality of your emails?

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FlapYoJacks: Feb 12, 2009

Things pissing me off yesterday:

Why did Freescale re-add a egl extension into Android that:

1) They don't use.
2) hosed up some code I was backporting?

It took me 3 days to hunt that fucker down and disable it.

# ? May 6, 2014 17:34

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# ? May 11, 2024 14:27

Che Delilas: Nov 23, 2009; FREE TIBET WEED

dogstile posted:

You lucky poo poo, well done

poo poo that is pissing me off? Got a particularly hard call placed into my name, a lab machine that's on the fritz and they're usually a pain to sort out. When I got told the ticket was being put into my name my colleague used the phrase "It's a hard problem so I instantly thought of you".

poo poo, that's not good.

Does this happen regularly? That sounds like leverage for a raise to me. "Hey boss, looks like I'm the only guy people trust to get the difficult poo poo done." I mean, I doubt it will work since I have vague recollections of you having a really lovely boss (I could be wrong - it tends to blur together in here), but no harm in trying.

# ? May 6, 2014 19:03

nitrogen: May 21, 2004; Oh, what's a 217°C difference between friends?

Sounder posted:

poo poo not pissing me off today, but making me laugh and laugh: after installing our new VoIP servers, our resellers spring new software requirements on us for their lovely server component.

- Do not run Antivirus on this server.
- Do not run a firewall on this server.
- Set an administrator account on the server to auto-logon.
- Better yet, make that a domain admin account.

Ha ha, you are adorable.

(I basically just said "yeah, no" and they backed off.)

gently caress vendors that are this stupid.

Asigra is one of the worst backup vendors I have ever worked with. They won't support any authentication module other than regular password. We have a requirement for RSA auth on all infrastructure devices, and they don't support it.

I mean, come on, its a goddamn module, it should be invisible to you. In fact, it takes effort to be this stupid, honestly.

# ? May 6, 2014 19:07

AlternateAccount: Apr 25, 2005; FYGM

There's basically nothing worse than a browser based java apps. Choose functionality or security, you only get one.

# ? May 6, 2014 19:26

Roargasm: Oct 21, 2010; Hate to sound sleazy
But tease me
I don't want it if it's that easy

I can configure the gently caress out of a desktop java environment :clint:

Can't wait until that is a worthless skill

# ? May 6, 2014 19:45

QuiteEasilyDone: Jul 2, 2010; Won't you play with me?

People who use "them" to refer to an ambiguous group.

Triage posted:

QED � Please check one of them with a laptop we have in inventory.

Especially when the last item in the ticket is "Acct. Manager Approved" and no mention of what the item was. I had no knowledge of a package that came in, so I requested clarification and got a classic response

quote:

Read the notes

I managed to determine the vendor listed on the proposal and spent a half hour going through internal inventory looking for anything from the same company on the return address

# ? May 6, 2014 19:48

HFX: Nov 29, 2004

Lareous posted:

We have an industry specific browser based program that just poo poo the bed.

Come to find out after I called their support line that "Oh it doesn't work in Java 7 yet roll back to Java 6".

It...was working fine in Java 7 until the most recent update. So I'm just supposed to waltz around with a gaping security risk until it's patched I guess.

EDIT: Oh and of COURSE it only works in IE.

I usually find that breaking due to Java changing versions is 99% of the time a sign of really crappy code.

In the Java vein, I've been finding need for things in Java 7 that would help reduce my development time / dependencies. I'd really even like Java 8. I decided to ask what is the plan for moving up from Java 6. The answer: We currently have no plan to move from Java 6. We may start such a plan in the next 6 months. Yes, they will start a plan to move to a Java version that will almost be out of date at that point.

# ? May 6, 2014 20:23

HFX: Nov 29, 2004

I have managed to double post and I am not sure how!

# ? May 6, 2014 20:23

capitalcomma: Sep 9, 2001; A grim bloody fable, with an unhappy bloody end.

QuiteEasilyDone posted:

People who use "them" to refer to an ambiguous group.

Oh god, ambiguous communication in general drives me crazy. When I get emails like:

quote:

"it didn't fix after applying the update"

with ZERO ADDITIONAL CONTEXT, I die a little inside. What's "it"? What update did you apply? What are you trying to fix? Why? What's the history of this case?

And of course these are the people who will get huffy when you request more information.

# ? May 6, 2014 20:33

Paladine_PSoT: Jan 2, 2010; If you have a problem Yo, I'll solve it

Sickening posted:

My boss the "IT Director" decided he was going to help me rack the new VNX san storage today. Its a two person job, so I don't mind at first but he proceeds then to try to lead this endeavor. His first attempt at commanding the show is him trying to use the wrong rails. I let him know that these are the wrong rails and he politely tells me that he believes they are correct and we will do it his way. After putting on the wrong rails we then proceed to try to jam the unit onto rails that don't fit. The unit doesn't fit and then he attempts to try to bend the rails to make it fit.

I finally say enough is enough and refuse to do anymore. I let him know that its not a big deal to change the rails and using the wrong rails is just wrong. I try to further explain that its an honest mistake because they aren't labeled but refusing to correct the mistake just doesn't make sense.

He plays around for a while doing god knows what and finally comes and get to me change the rails to the correct ones.

If you will it* hard enough, you can turn a wrong into a right and not have to admit it was wrong to begin with.

*Sometimes, willpower requires power tools.

# ? May 6, 2014 20:35

dogstile: May 1, 2012; fucking clocks
how do they work?

Che Delilas posted:

Does this happen regularly? That sounds like leverage for a raise to me. "Hey boss, looks like I'm the only guy people trust to get the difficult poo poo done." I mean, I doubt it will work since I have vague recollections of you having a really lovely boss (I could be wrong - it tends to blur together in here), but no harm in trying.

Actually, i'm due for a review soon, so i'm gonna bring it up. I'm getting an extra �1000 or so at least, won't settle for less.

# ? May 6, 2014 20:58

Collateral Damage: Jun 13, 2009

Sounder posted:

- Set an administrator account on the server to auto-logon.
- Better yet, make that a domain admin account.

Had an application installed the other day. The vendor insisted that the application should connect to SQL Server using 'sa'. :suicide:

# ? May 6, 2014 21:09

nitrogen: May 21, 2004; Oh, what's a 217°C difference between friends?

Collateral Damage posted:

Had an application installed the other day. The vendor insisted that the application should connect to SQL Server using 'sa'.

I think it should be legal to give a vendor an electric shock when they ask for things like this.

# ? May 6, 2014 21:45

FlapYoJacks: Feb 12, 2009

Collateral Damage posted:

Had an application installed the other day. The vendor insisted that the application should connect to SQL Server using 'sa'.

Rofl. Ok, I am glad sometimes that I work with semi-competent people who will listen to me when I tell them to gently caress off when it comes to certain poo poo like this.

The worst was when my co-worker used the get_fs function in a driver he wrote. That didn't last long. :v:

# ? May 6, 2014 22:14

wa27: Jan 15, 2007

I just had a conversation with someone who repeatedly said "Crisco" when referring to the Cisco secured email she uses.

# ? May 6, 2014 22:18

EAT THE EGGS RICOLA: May 29, 2008

wa27 posted:

I just had a conversation with someone who repeatedly said "Crisco" when referring to the Cisco secured email she uses.

There's a nonzero chance that she's doing it to gently caress with you, like my vendor who is a "Squirrel Server" expert.

# ? May 6, 2014 22:24

Volmarias: Dec 31, 2002; EMAIL... THE INTERNET... SEARCH ENGINES...

HFX posted:

I usually find that breaking due to Java changing versions is 99% of the time a sign of really crappy code.

Take a wild guess at the code quality of the majority of business apps.

There's a reason that I've stopped using "best" in lieu of "least worst".

# ? May 6, 2014 22:27

Paladine_PSoT: Jan 2, 2010; If you have a problem Yo, I'll solve it

EAT THE EGGS RICOLA posted:

There's a nonzero chance that she's doing it to gently caress with you, like my vendor who is a "Squirrel Server" expert.

Multiple Sclerosis Squirrel or Post-Grey Squirrel?

# ? May 6, 2014 23:35

Alereon: Feb 6, 2004; Dehumanize yourself and face to Trumpshed; College Slice

Paladine_PSoT posted:

Multiple Sclerosis Squirrel or Post-Grey Squirrel?

Don't forget Malaysian Squirrel!

# ? May 6, 2014 23:57

keseph: Oct 21, 2010; beep bawk boop bawk

Collateral Damage posted:

Had an application installed the other day. The vendor insisted that the application should connect to SQL Server using 'sa'.

It is so intensely tempting to rename sid 0x01, create a new non-sysadmin "sa" and hand them that, just to screw with them and see them try to figure it out (ideally through a screenshare).

# ? May 7, 2014 00:05

wa27: Jan 15, 2007

I hate executives that *must* have a phone with a physical keyboard. It was bad enough two years ago but now Verizon doesn't even sell the Droid 4 so I'm buying a new one from some weird seller on Amazon.

You're going to have to let go eventually, people. Learn to Swype or something!

# ? May 7, 2014 20:15

Lareous: Feb 19, 2008

We have a 70 year old semi-retired client that I aspire to be one day; he only has a landline phone, and he has the fax plugged into it (he does not use email). If we have to call him, and he's got the fax plugged in, we have to fax him to call us back. It's incredible.

# ? May 7, 2014 20:20

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Lareous posted:

he has the fax plugged into it (he does not use email)

Well he would be printing out all those emails anyway, so why not just cut out the middle man?

# ? May 7, 2014 20:25

Ynglaur: Oct 9, 2013; The Malta Conference, anyone?

Lareous posted:

We have a 70 year old semi-retired client that I aspire to be one day; he only has a landline phone, and he has the fax plugged into it (he does not use email). If we have to call him, and he's got the fax plugged in, we have to fax him to call us back. It's incredible.

I heard of a client of ours in Europe that's in the gold business or something. No email, no computers. You get a phone (landline, with a cord), a legal pad, and a pen. Go make money.

# ? May 7, 2014 20:31

Inspector_666: Oct 7, 2003; _{benny with the good hair}

Why the hell does Sonicwall not have Windows RDP as a Service Object in the OS by default? Adding it takes all of 10 seconds, but still.

wa27 posted:

I hate executives that *must* have a phone with a physical keyboard. It was bad enough two years ago but now Verizon doesn't even sell the Droid 4 so I'm buying a new one from some weird seller on Amazon.

You're going to have to let go eventually, people. Learn to Swype or something!

Yeah, thankfully the amount of support calls I have to go on to "help" irate old people with their ancient Blackberrys and vague, unreproducable problems has dropped to pretty much zero. Maybe that's due to my unwillingness to actually learn the system and thus inability to really fix them at all. I have the same policy for Sonos.

# ? May 7, 2014 21:27

Kyrosiris: May 24, 2006; You try to be happy when everyone is summoning you everywhere to "be their friend".

wa27 posted:

I hate executives that *must* have a phone with a physical keyboard. It was bad enough two years ago but now Verizon doesn't even sell the Droid 4 so I'm buying a new one from some weird seller on Amazon.

You're going to have to let go eventually, people. Learn to Swype or something!

As soon as Swype stops occupying half to 80% the drat screen when I try to use it and isn't an inaccurate piece of garbage, maybe I will. :colbert:

# ? May 7, 2014 21:32

Galler: Jan 28, 2008

Swiftkey fixes the second problem but definitely not the first.

# ? May 7, 2014 21:41

FlapYoJacks: Feb 12, 2009

code:

static struct regulator_init_data sw2_init = {
        .constraints = {
                        .name = "PFUZE100_SW2",
#if PFUZE100_SW2_VOL6
                     	.min_uV = 800000,
                        .max_uV = 3950000,
#else
                        .min_uV = 400000,
                        .max_uV = 1975000,
#endif
                        .valid_ops_mask = REGULATOR_CHANGE_VOLTAGE,
                        .valid_modes_mask = 0,
                        .always_on = 1,
                        .boot_on = 1,
                        },
        .num_consumer_supplies = ARRAY_SIZE(sw2_consumers),
        .consumer_supplies = sw2_consumers,
};

.always_on = 1
.boot_on = 1

It shuts it off. :psyduck:

# ? May 7, 2014 21:57

Alereon: Feb 6, 2004; Dehumanize yourself and face to Trumpshed; College Slice

Galler posted:

Swiftkey fixes the second problem but definitely not the first.

You can adjust the size of the keyboard by holding the "123" key and selecting Resize. This used to be exposed in the settings but isn't anynmore.

# ? May 7, 2014 22:23

Galler: Jan 28, 2008

Holy poo poo that's amazing. Thank you.

# ? May 7, 2014 22:27

sanchez: Feb 26, 2003

Inspector_666 posted:

Why the hell does Sonicwall not have Windows RDP as a Service Object in the OS by default? Adding it takes all of 10 seconds, but still.

It is there as "Terminal Services"

# ? May 7, 2014 22:40

Inspector_666: Oct 7, 2003; _{benny with the good hair}

sanchez posted:

It is there as "Terminal Services"

I'm not sure if that makes me :downs:

or not.

# ? May 7, 2014 22:58

Lord Dudeguy: Sep 17, 2006; [Insert good English here]

wa27 posted:

You're going to have to let go eventually, people. Learn to Swype or something!

Hold me back, everybody!!!! :siren:

You can have my LG Mach when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.

# ? May 7, 2014 23:13

Collateral Damage: Jun 13, 2009

Inspector_666 posted:

Yeah, thankfully the amount of support calls I have to go on to "help" irate old people with their ancient Blackberrys and vague, unreproducable problems has dropped to pretty much zero.

It's probably because the hardware in their Blackberries is two years old and has thus bricked itself like pretty much every Blackberry we've used has done within 1 to 12 months after its warranty expires.

When Blackberry is dead I'll take a number and get in line to piss on their grave.

# ? May 7, 2014 23:18

Prosthetic_Mind: Mar 1, 2007; Pillbug

I got an old friend of mine an interview where I work and helped him negotiate the offer he got to twice what he is currently making.

I learned yesterday that they withdrew the offer because he wouldn't budge on starting 2 months later than the date he originally set (which was more than a month later than when we wanted him to be able to come in) because they pushed back the project he's working on by 2 months at his old job. This is a place that overworks and underpays him, and then guilt trips him whenever he tries to take the little vacation he gets.
Some people you can't save. :dawkins101:

# ? May 8, 2014 00:33

Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

Prosthetic_Mind posted:

Some people you can't save.

Was going to post that before you said it.

# ? May 8, 2014 00:34

Daylen Drazzi: Mar 10, 2007; Why do I root for Notre Dame? Because I like pain, and disappointment, and anguish. Notre Dame Football has destroyed more dreams than the Irish Potato Famine, and that is the kind of suffering I can get behind.

Grab a bottle of whiskey and a handful of aspirin and put them in his hands and whisper "this way is easier" and walk away.

# ? May 8, 2014 02:46

mewse: May 2, 2006

I dealt with a machine with cryptolocker a few weeks ago that wasn't on our virtual infrastructure and had no backups, so I had to be the dude that phoned the user and said "all your data is gone, deal with it".

I described the problem to every guy on my 5-man team, even told my boss about it, it's the nastiest virus I've ever seen because it doesn't lock up the machine until it's encrypted everything, etc etc.

SOOO, I'm just the desktop support guy and a couple days ago, someone got cryptolocker on their virtual machine, and it encrypted files on all their mapped drives. Luckily, we have backups for our virtual stuff so I told our guy how it worked, and that he would have to restore the files.

I got sent to a very remote office by bush plane and apparently things just completely exploded while I was away and we got like a dozen cryptolocker infections.

I come back and our server guys, who make way more money than me, are dealing with the infection by scanning files from the server instead of dealing with the virtual desktops.

# ? May 8, 2014 03:11

incoherent: Apr 24, 2004; 01010100011010000111001
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something that didnt piss me off: Ops manager implemented a little c-level shaming over not approving Expensive IT purchases.

Sent the whole building home, full days pay, over a 7K sonicwall device.

# ? May 8, 2014 03:22

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# ? May 11, 2024 14:27

CitizenKain: May 27, 2001; That was Gary Cooper, asshole.; Nap Ghost

Collateral Damage posted:

It's probably because the hardware in their Blackberries is two years old and has thus bricked itself like pretty much every Blackberry we've used has done within 1 to 12 months after its warranty expires.

When Blackberry is dead I'll take a number and get in line to piss on their grave.

I have a Curve 8330 that will likely outlive me at this point. Company is pushing everyone into using their personal device and MobileIron, I feel as though if a cellphone is required for my job, they should loving buy it.

# ? May 8, 2014 03:42

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