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stuxracer posted:My company finally got around to blocking SA from being accessed from our network when I was on vacation for Turkey day. You unfun meanies Mine (who never blocked anything before) seem to have somehow blocked i. and forumimages. but not the actual forum. Since they were just using openDNS the problem was solved by a quick change to Google DNS. The joys of local admin I guess. Actually I really should start posting about what's going on here, but perhaps not AT work 
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loving Cisco licensing. Sourcefire officially moved their licensing to Cisco, which is an enormous pain in the rear end as they don't use the same format. Every time I want to license a device now, I have to open a support ticket with Cisco and then wait for a representative to contact me.
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Dec 15, 2014 17:05
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It is annoying when you get put on a project to design a system and then support staff want to ignore anything about it as if you should be the one who supports it after implementation.
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Dec 15, 2014 17:08
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Demonachizer posted:It is annoying when you get put on a project to design a system and then support staff want to ignore anything about it as if you should be the one who supports it after implementation. Protip: act as if they are going to be supporting it (they are) and give them all the opportunity in the world to offer suggestions into your design. Buy-in is the number one make-or-break issue for the success of a project. Ask the support people over and over again how they'd design it if they were in charge. Even take their advice sometimes. Then when you turn it over to them, you aren't just throwing it over the fence to them, but delivering their own solution to them on a silver platter through the front door.
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Dec 15, 2014 17:15
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Agrikk posted:Protip: act as if they are going to be supporting it (they are) and give them all the opportunity in the world to offer suggestions into your design. Buy-in is the number one make-or-break issue for the success of a project. This. This a million times. You don't need to let them design it, but they need to understand it when you design it differently than they would have done.
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Dec 15, 2014 17:45
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poo poo pissing me off: Bitlocker. It's such a piece of poo poo that our IT department has acknowledged this and given us a self-service recovery page so we can unlock our laptops when it has to repair. In other words, every time I get a Windows update, I have to run through the recovery process.
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Dec 15, 2014 18:27
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Demonachizer posted:It is annoying when you get put on a project to design a system and then support staff want to ignore anything about it as if you should be the one who supports it after implementation. Is there an official roll out? Is there criteria for hand off to support? Is there acceptance testing and sign off by the customer? The times when I have seen support act like that (and acted that way myself) has been when they get day 1 issues related to design or implementation dumped on them.
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Dec 15, 2014 18:34
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We have projects right now where there is no direction on issues because the project is completely hosed. The reason is that loving up projects that big and expensive would have serious negative repercussions for the people who were supposed to run them. So instead of admitting that they're hosed, they pretend there are only isolated edge cases, rather than systemic problems.
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Dec 15, 2014 18:42
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guppy posted:We have projects right now where there is no direction on issues because the project is completely hosed. The reason is that loving up projects that big and expensive would have serious negative repercussions for the people who were supposed to run them. So instead of admitting that they're hosed, they pretend there are only isolated edge cases, rather than systemic problems.
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Dec 15, 2014 18:46
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I can't eat without feeling like I'm going to throw up, even though it hasn't happened yet. Nose stuffy, head cloudy, sinuses draining, dizzy when I stand. Sent an email this morning, I am off today, and probably tomorrow. Still getting a ton of emails about what is the status of this, what's up with this? I... don't know. Guess I'll find out Wednesday?
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Dec 15, 2014 19:03
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Spazz posted:poo poo pissing me off: Bitlocker. It's such a piece of poo poo that our IT department has acknowledged this and given us a self-service recovery page so we can unlock our laptops when it has to repair. In other words, every time I get a Windows update, I have to run through the recovery process. Weird. How are your devices set to unlock at boot? We have 40+ devices using Bitlocker (they're all just automatic unlock using TPM) and I can only think of one device that's ever had a problem, which was caused by it shutting off during a Windows update install.
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Dec 15, 2014 19:14
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MC Fruit Stripe posted:I can't eat without feeling like I'm going to throw up, even though it hasn't happened yet. Nose stuffy, head butty, sinuses draining, dizzy when I stand. Sent an email this morning, I am off today, and probably tomorrow. I... Don't know why you're still checking your emails? You've sent in notice, you can rest.
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Dec 15, 2014 19:22
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I unfortunately cannot do the I.T. Director job the old HR VP wanted me for. It was in the Valley though so I dodged a traffic bullet.
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Dec 15, 2014 20:34
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augh so much sales I'm taking overflow calls 30 calls in the last 2 hours
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Dec 15, 2014 22:55
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Microsoft audits are so much fun. Its nice to know that anything that comes up from this audit is 100% on my boss as he (by his own choice) tried to run it all himself before I was hired. I have tried many times before this to get licensing under control but our licensing is split between 10 different accounts and I was getting push back in trying to investigate it. My boss did say the magic word that made me assume our company is about to owe a metric poo poo ton of money. In broken english he said "MSDN" in a reply to something I said.
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Dec 15, 2014 23:28
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Japanese Dating Sim posted:Weird. How are your devices set to unlock at boot? We have 40+ devices using Bitlocker (they're all just automatic unlock using TPM) and I can only think of one device that's ever had a problem, which was caused by it shutting off during a Windows update install.
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Dec 15, 2014 23:53
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Are larger companies any better about ownership? In the last two weeks, both antistatic mats I use (at two separate offices) have gone missing. I found them today, in our hardware lab. Apparently it's easier to just steal mine then order new ones.
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Sickening posted:Microsoft audits are so much fun. Its nice to know that anything that comes up from this audit is 100% on my boss as he (by his own choice) tried to run it all himself before I was hired. I have tried many times before this to get licensing under control but our licensing is split between 10 different accounts and I was getting push back in trying to investigate it. My boss did say the magic word that made me assume our company is about to owe a metric poo poo ton of money. In broken english he said "MSDN" in a reply to something I said. I am a ghost from the past who is not employed on planet earth, but when I paid for my Microsoft licensing this year (Desktop OS + Office license based on FTE count, Server 2012 R2 licenses based on processors) they extended some old subscription that I have never seen a bill for from a company that might not exist. It's a volume license for every single Microsoft product including 150x 2012 R2 Datacenter licenses, Sharepoint, the absolute works. I have no idea what's going to happen if they notice it, but I'm hoping it's not a retroactive bill. I tried my best to pay them 
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Daylen Drazzi posted:Wow, it's like some people don't understand the basic "if someone isn't paying me, then I'm not going to do anything for them" concept. My "Not my job" contracting rates are $500 hr 8 hour min, with the stipulation that it works around my current jobs hours. Needless to say I've never had to help a place I used to work at. If they wanted my expert advice they should have ponied up more cash when I quit, or in one case not layed me off. Note, I don't exactly expect anyone to ever pay that contracting rate, it's just my polite way of saying "gently caress off."
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poo poo that is absolutely not pissing me off: the avalanche of contact and play I've been getting on my job search I've started just... yesterday. I've gone on 3 calls of which I've gotten 2 follow ups scheduled for the immediate future or tomorrow with agencies that seem to be tripping over me for a more seniorish role. Everything is awesome and my coworkers think I'm suspiciously happy.
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the spyder posted:Apparently it's easier to just steal mine then order new ones. Sounds about right.
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Rhymenoserous posted:My "Not my job" contracting rates are $500 hr 8 hour min, with the stipulation that it works around my current jobs hours. Needless to say I've never had to help a place I used to work at. If they wanted my expert advice they should have ponied up more cash when I quit, or in one case not layed me off. Never say "no." Just make the price of "yes" high enough that it's worth your while.
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Dec 16, 2014 00:51
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Actually, I had a boss that billed his previous company something like $200/hr for consulting work. And they paid.
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psydude posted:Actually, I had a boss that billed his previous company something like $200/hr for consulting work. And they paid. Depending on what he was doing, that not only easily fits within a budget, but is probably a reasonable rate compared to competitors.
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poo poo pissing me off? I just spent £160 on clothes, and now the USB port on my phone is dead. I can solder, but not something that bloody small, so now I have to find a repair shop in the run up to xmas.
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The server team is fighting me on specific switch ports for this rollout. Not the number of ports they get, but specific ports. 1 and 2, no less. It's layer loving 2, I'm handling the cut sheets, who the gently caress cares?
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Lum posted:poo poo pissing me off? At least you'll be well-dressed when you go looking!
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Ynglaur posted:At least you'll be well-dressed when you go looking! Nah, they're coming from Australia, where it's currently summer, so I can't even wear them for six months. (Yes, Black Milk got more of my money.) It's fine though, I get paid early for xmas (this friday) and I doubt the phone will be fixed by then.
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Lum posted:I can solder, but not something that bloody small, so now I have to find a repair shop in the run up to xmas. Do repair shops hibernate or migrate south in the winter or something? 
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Lum posted:poo poo pissing me off? I know how special your exact model of phone is to you, but isn't that model so old now that they should be cheap to get off eBay?
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evobatman posted:I know how special your exact model of phone is to you, but isn't that model so old now that they should be cheap to get off eBay? I was thinking "I probably have a Note II or something around that should holder her over if it's a problem.. oh wait, hardware keyboard.".
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Crowley posted:I was thinking "I probably have a Note II or something around that should holder her over if it's a problem.. oh wait, hardware keyboard.". Your tablet will sell a bunch of illegal guns to her?  (more like  really)
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Lum posted:Nah, they're coming from Australia, where it's currently summer, so I can't even wear them for six months. (Yes, Black Milk got more of my money.) Best dressed goon (pun partially intended). I'd forgotten about early Christmas payday, I always consider it more of a liability than anything and try to pretend I haven't had the money yet.
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Crowley posted:I was thinking "I probably have a Note II or something around that should holder her over if it's a problem.. oh wait, hardware keyboard.". I do have about 8-10 HTC Desire Z lying around here with nothing but slight cosmetic wear. Best quality phone HTC ever made when it came to the electronics. E: Today was early christmas payday, with only half tax payment, so I smiled when I checked my account and saw 32,768 kr. Then my smile went away after I fueled up the car on the way to work and paid off all the christmas stuff I put on my credit card. evobatman fucked around with this message at 10:03 on Dec 16, 2014 |
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the spyder posted:Are larger companies any better about ownership? In the last two weeks, both antistatic mats I use (at two separate offices) have gone missing. I found them today, in our hardware lab. Apparently it's easier to just steal mine then order new ones. gently caress no. I had a proper meltdown (possibly a warning sign) when someone had swiped my scissors, tape, and writing pen for the umpteenth time. After stomping off out of the office to go get some coffee I returned to find not only the missing stuff, but another two rolls of tape that I suspect had been "borrowed" previously. After that, people started asking if they could take my stuff. It wasn't as if there was much of an issue getting replacements. Just had to walk a few meters and ask for replacements from purchasing, who held all the office stationary. It was just easier for everyone else to make me do it.
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I'm out of my job on Friday. Do we have a replacement lined up? Nope. Have we even finished the interview process for any applicant? Nope. It's been two months of notice period, guys. I realise that the language I work in is pretty fuckin' rare, but you can get someone to learn it in the space of a week, and it surely can't be that hard to find someone who knows reasonably well how businesses work and what's involved in programming CRM stuff or - god forbid - how to bash out some printer code. I've done what I can to prepare handoffs and guides for the people I'm leaving behind - obscure bits of the system only I know about - but they're already overworked and we obviously aren't going to find the time. At least I don't have to sit in any meetings this week, I guess. Weatherman posted:Do repair shops hibernate or migrate south in the winter or something? We're not good at winter here. I'd be pissed at entire train lines closing for Christmas and the New Year except, well, see above.
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LordVorbis posted:gently caress no. I had a proper meltdown (possibly a warning sign) Definitely a warning sign. I had something similar happen to me (meaning, I reacted in a very uncharacteristic way to something quite minor), and it was such a shock that I put in my notice at the start of the next week. I had been wanting to quit for a while before that, but the way I snapped really woke me up to the fact that that job was doing damage to my state of mind. I hate the office as an anthropological ecosystem. High school was not the worst time of my life, but I sure was glad when it ended. Imagine my surprise when the first corporate job I had out of college was just high school again, complete with school bully (That was my boss. He bragged about being a high school bully. Bragged! To the people in the office! It was his default management mode).
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Yeah that's the first thing I learned at my first job out of college: all of sociopaths and dumbasses from highschool had to get jobs somewhere. Adults are just teenagers who have more sex and bigger bills to pay.
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My coworker has confused me for 1Password, and expects me to keep his login information straight for him. BRB, having a giant key tattooed on my face.
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evobatman posted:Today was early christmas payday, with only half tax payment, so I smiled when I checked my account and saw 32,768 kr. Then my smile went away after I fueled up the car on the way to work and paid off all the christmas stuff I put on my credit card. That's in NOK, right?  Otherwise I'll have to bash some heads and demand a raise.
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