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Sirotan posted:It's me, I'm the A Calendar of those seals! 
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Sirotan posted:It's me, I'm the As somebody who used to wire up LAN parties: gently caress you 
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Oct 16, 2014 14:07
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peak debt posted:As somebody who used to wire up LAN parties: gently caress you Hey now. This is a cubicle setup and thus has the power capacity for it. I mean, someone in the building has a mini-fridge in their cubicle. No, seriously. It's sitting on the desk.
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Oct 16, 2014 14:28
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If you lot used the correct voltage it wouldn't be a problem  . Speaking of LAN parties though, gently caress people who mislabel circuits, and gently caress people who put outlets running on 5 circuits in a room so that outlets along one wall are evenly split across 4 circuits, but the other walls all share the same circuit.
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Oct 16, 2014 14:35
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Lightning Jim posted:Hey now. This is a cubicle setup and thus has the power capacity for it. I mean, someone in the building has a mini-fridge in their cubicle. No, seriously. It's sitting on the desk. My cube is in the IT room, it's wired to be able to handle a higher electricity draw. Well, it probably is. Haven't blown a breaker yet!  For real though I have like 4 cups of tea a day. How else do you expect me to get the perfect steeping temperature for oolong?
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Oct 16, 2014 14:43
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I wonder if I should get another electric kettle. Mine is pretty loud, so I have to keep it in the kitchen. But that means that I invariably boil water 2-3 times before I manage to actually make a cup of tea.
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Oct 16, 2014 14:50
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IndustrialApe posted:Well this was a new one: an international student decided he wanted some tea and instead of going to the vending machine for some hot water, he plugged in his own water cooker. Currently there's 2 computer labs without working computers or lights.
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Oct 16, 2014 14:53
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Sirotan posted:My cube is in the IT room, it's wired to be able to handle a higher electricity draw. Well, it probably is. Haven't blown a breaker yet! High five tea all day at work buddy.   A ticket came in:  I got an e-mail with a bunch of misspellings about an "unpaid invoic". I couldn't open the pdf the first time so I tried it three more times. And then sent it off to someone else to try to open. And then kept trying myself. And now my computer won't work!Sigh.
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Oct 16, 2014 14:58
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teachat trigger warning, this is tea made from a bag with limescaley water from a 10 year old tea urn and semi-skimmed milk
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Oct 16, 2014 15:06
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The DVLA (UK DMV equivalent) phone system has no hold mechanism. If nobody's free you just get a curt "None of our 267 operators are available. Goodbye." Fantastic when you've got something urgent to do and the website tells you to phone them. All the offices got closed a few years ago so you can't even go in person.
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Oct 16, 2014 15:07
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Collateral Damage posted:If a single kettle can bring down two labs I think you need to get an electrician on site asap before something catches fire. That sounds like your electrical wiring is majorly hosed up.
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Oct 16, 2014 15:30
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I have a Teavana glass mug I keep at my desk. Twist ending I drink  out of it.
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Oct 16, 2014 15:36
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Entropic posted:Electric kettles do use a surprising amount of power (like > 1600 watts), but that really shouldn't be enough to trip circuit breakers in a computer lap. They hover around 1KW actually, but that's beside the point. Even well planned circuits are gonna get wrecked by this kind of load since you plan the amount of outlets on a circuit on "expected load", if you know your workstations draw 200W peak (modern low end training stations hover around this, or laptop+monitors and a few chargers) you're going to happily put 10-15 outlets on a 20 amp circuit. Put a 1KW load on that and you will trip the breaker.
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Oct 16, 2014 16:06
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internet jerk posted:I have a Teavana glass mug I keep at my desk. Twist ending I drink You monster. deimos posted:They hover around 1KW actually, but that's beside the point. My Zoujirushi uses about 700w to come to a boil, and then 90w to maintain a constant temp. They even sell vacuum sealed models that don't require any power to keep warm.
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Oct 16, 2014 16:33
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jammyozzy posted:The DVLA (UK DMV equivalent) phone system has no hold mechanism. If nobody's free you just get a curt "None of our 267 operators are available. Goodbye." Be fair: they based in Swansea and hold technology is pretty advanced for them. Be grateful that they even have electricity and phones at all.
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Oct 16, 2014 16:58
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A call came in: "Do I have a Bort Reader?" After a few rounds of confused questioning, she corrects herself: "Or wait, is it Abdob?" which is when I clue in that she's failing to read "Adobe". Literacy: not a requirement to work in a financial institution.
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Oct 16, 2014 16:59
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deimos posted:They hover around 1KW actually, but that's beside the point.
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Oct 16, 2014 16:59
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Fenrisulfr posted:A call came in: "Do I have a Bort Reader?" After a few rounds of confused questioning, she corrects herself: "Or wait, is it Abdob?" which is when I clue in that she's failing to read "Adobe". That sounds more like dyslexia, not illiteracy.
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Oct 16, 2014 17:02
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Flipperwaldt posted:My electric kettle is 2400W and is in no way exceptional here in Europe. Where the guy posting about the tripped breaker lives as well. Yeah yeah, you can boil water for tea in 3 minutes or less. Shove it up your nose.  That's why we need the Zojirushis (also, Sirotan for being Zojirushi buddies), because waiting for a 15-amp kettle (more like 10-12 really) to boil water means we'll have fallen asleep by the time it boils.
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Oct 16, 2014 17:03
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I've got a Panasonic electric kettle just like Sirotan's and we've never had any issues. Hell, we're all thin clients for end users, so the occasional under-desk space heater doesn't kill the entire office. Also, chiming in on the hold music bandwagon - we started using one of those free conference call services, and it lets you select your own hold music for free. I started out with Computerworld by Kraftwerk, One Step Beyond by Madness, and some random j-rock before settling on the Star Wars cantina band. "The biweekly manager's meeting. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious."
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Oct 16, 2014 17:06
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So I'm 90% sure that someone reported our parent company for software piracy. quote:we have to provide a statement to Microsoft regarding the # of MS Office licenses that we own. quote:They're going to need each and every license key unfortunately & they are conducting the inventory using a third party next week. This was initiated by Microsoft I don't think Microsoft comes in for an inventory of your office licenses out of the blue. I know we're compliant because we are archaic and buy a license per laptop (yay OS X) but now I get to waste time and pull license keys. I'm pretty sure they use a site license so they could have gone over but I don't know if that pings Microsoft.
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Oct 16, 2014 17:16
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Being in an English office, every single room that has workers here has a kettle that boils in around 10 seconds, with decent milk and hundreds of teabags readily available. Its a small perk, but its a nice one.
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Oct 16, 2014 17:19
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MJP posted:I've got a Panasonic electric kettle just like Sirotan's and we've never had any issues. I've found that under-desk heaters breed like rabbits. It starts with one and suddenly the entire department is using them and the breaker flips when someone prints or uses the microwave in the break room. Hold music chat: I called my bank this morning to get an issue with my debit card fixed. Their hold music itself was pretty good, some instrumental jazz/swing stuff. Aside from the initial "Our agents are busy, It will take less time to wait on the line then to hang up and call back" message once, any music interruptions was a voice claiming to be the CEO telling jokes.
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Oct 16, 2014 17:24
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Fenrisulfr posted:A call came in: "Do I have a Bort Reader?" After a few rounds of confused questioning, she corrects herself: "Or wait, is it Abdob?" which is when I clue in that she's failing to read "Adobe". A ticket came in: Do I have a Bort Reader?
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Oct 16, 2014 17:29
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dogstile posted:Being in an English office, every single room that has workers here has a kettle that boils in around 10 seconds, with decent milk and hundreds of teabags readily available. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenger_2#Crew_and_accommodation quote:Similar to every British tank since the Centurion, and most other British AFVs, Challenger 2 contains a boiling vessel (BV) for water which can be used to brew tea, produce other hot beverages and heat boil-in-the-bag meals contained in ration packs.[12] This BV requirement is general for armoured vehicles of the British Armed Forces, and is unique to the armed forces of the UK.
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Collateral Damage posted:If a single kettle can bring down two labs I think you need to get an electrician on site asap before something catches fire. That sounds like your electrical wiring is majorly hosed up. It's actually one room that's split in two smaller lab with a glass pane, your point still stand though. It shouldn't have happened, despite all the other devices that were being plugged in on top of the computers and the kettle. Oh well, sent it to facilities and IT. I am merely the librarian.
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Oct 16, 2014 17:31
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"Could you tell me how you dragged one file from window to the other again? I can't see both at the same time." "Unmaximise one of the windows." "Oh right!" I guess moving files around is an advanced IT skill? Oh well, it's something to keep me busy in my sudden extra two hours of work today when the boss emails me from home at 4:50 and said, "Can you stay till 7PM? We need cover! Oh, also I need you in at 7AM tomorrow because the early shift guy is on holiday. You'll need to get a door key and fob from the caretaker, else you won't be able to get into the building." Glad I got ascension on my iphone...
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Oct 16, 2014 17:38
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pr0digal posted:So I'm 90% sure that someone reported our parent company for software piracy. drat it looks like I was wrong. It's something about a SAM Engagement. But it's "Microsoft Funded" The Volume License scheme makes no sense for OS X environments, there is little to no benefit. Also hold music chat: our COO had me remove ours. Now it's just two beeps. People hang up all the time. pr0digal fucked around with this message at 18:00 on Oct 16, 2014 |
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Oct 16, 2014 17:44
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pr0digal posted:drat it looks like I was wrong. It's something about a SAM Engagement. Yeah, we were randomly audited 6 months ago by Microsoft as well. It seems like the second you buy a Volume license you're on the chopping block for a random audit. The best part was the auditing firm was located in New Zealand. They wouldn't read my questions and I kept getting a "You have 2 weeks to rectify your licensing problems". I kept telling them the old server had be decommissioned and I was compliant. Took a drat phonecall at like 6pm EST to talk to someone.
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Oct 16, 2014 18:01
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Fenrisulfr posted:A call came in: "Do I have a Bort Reader?" After a few rounds of confused questioning, she corrects herself: "Or wait, is it Abdob?" which is when I clue in that she's failing to read "Adobe". Was she out of Bort license plates?
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Oct 16, 2014 18:06
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Sirotan posted:It's me, I'm the And I love those water heaters so much - can't live without one at home.
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Oct 16, 2014 18:06
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dogstile posted:Being in an English office, every single room that has workers here has a kettle that boils in around 10 seconds, with decent milk and hundreds of teabags readily available. What exactly constitutes indecent milk? Does it curse at you while you pour it or something?
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Oct 16, 2014 18:26
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IndustrialApe posted:It's actually one room that's split in two smaller lab with a glass pane, your point still stand though. It shouldn't have happened, despite all the other devices that were being plugged in on top of the computers and the kettle.
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Oct 16, 2014 18:36
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LeftistMuslimObama posted:What exactly constitutes indecent milk? Does it curse at you while you pour it or something? American cow milk or soya, I'd guess.  Perfect username post combo for you, haha.
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Oct 16, 2014 18:40
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eat a bowl of dicks, eat a bowl of dicks! eat a bowl of dicks ADP eTime, eat a bowllllllllll of dicccccccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkksssssssssssssssss!
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Oct 16, 2014 18:45
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LeftistMuslimObama posted:What exactly constitutes indecent milk? Does it curse at you while you pour it or something? Milk that doesn't come in a bag. 
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Oct 16, 2014 18:49
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Skim milk. It's water pretending to be milk.
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Oct 16, 2014 18:50
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LeftistMuslimObama posted:What exactly constitutes indecent milk? Does it curse at you while you pour it or something? Skim milk or UHT milk. The first is water, the second is just loving strange.
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Oct 16, 2014 19:05
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notwithoutmyanus posted:American cow milk or soya, I'd guess. American cow milk from the place that had to request the fda increase the amount of allowed blood and pus in milk so they could keep selling theirs?
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Everybody in my office wants to get a coffee machine but the bosses won't let us. Thankfully there's a deli on the first floor, but still.
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