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ookiimarukochan posted:Smallprint buried in the clickthrough license you hit "OK" to when you first boot up the machine, and the standard "what do you mean, other countries have laws that are different to America?" thing that burns so many large software companies. Basically this. You have to explicitly OK it, although given that 99% of people just brainlessly click OK I'm not sure that's informed consent.
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ratbert90 posted:Yeah that's the thing that gets me. You can learn to surf. Your kids can learn to surf (then go to UCSD). Your dog can learn to surf.
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Roargasm posted:You can learn to surf. Your kids can learn to surf (then go to UCSD). Your dog can learn to surf. Alternatively, he could enjoy the pleasant 0degF weather in Holland today! Drink at one of the only places in the neighboring town with a liquor license, because it just recently became not-a-dry-county! (Michigan is actually nice in the summer, but right now is not that)
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Son of a bitch. Intel EoL'd the E3-1220 v2. Now what am I going to stick in those Gen 8 Microservers to get non-poo poo performance out of them?
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Feb 19, 2015 15:35
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Buy CPUs for any servers you have in stock now, then order any future servers with LGA1150. LGA1155
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Collateral Damage posted:Buy CPUs for any servers you have in stock now, then order any future servers with LGA1150. I'll be glad to order LGA1150 servers when HP makes a Gen9 Microserver....
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Getting exhausted with trying to communicate with our product management. Me: "Hey dudes! In the recent firmware you guys put an 8TB cap on iscsi containers. Six customers in the past week are mad because they can't roll back to the uncapped firmware revisions and would like new firmware that uncaps iscsi volume sizes again. Here are the documented tickets." PM: "Hello 5er. Thank you for your feedback from customers. We understand that performing the firmware update alters the iqn and forces customers to disconnect then reconnect the initiators. This will not be changed." Me: "Our team is aware of that issue and it hasn't created problems. The problem is with the iscsi cap now being at 8TB." PM: "We did not cap iscsi in the previous firmware; the cap has always been there." Me: "It has not. See this case with screenshots attached of the customer's 10TB volume from only a month ago." PM: "Well. The cap should have been there. We debugged it by making sure it appropriately works and (emphasis mine) we don't see customers needing the feature." Me: "Despite six customers on separate documented cases being outraged at the cap? Here are two more customers and their respective cases that came in since our dialogue started." PM: "We are not seeking to change this at this time. Please educate customers accordingly." Me: (with the VP that the PMs report to now cc'd) "We are now up to ten total customers demanding either firmware rollback options, or update removing the iscsi volume cap." Three days, no reply. Me: "Good day gentlemen, where are we at with this?" PM: "No solid eta but there will be a patch next week with the iscsi uncapped." gently caress this dumb lazy earth.
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That is exceptionally lovely. So the customers that have containers larger than 8TB are now left with non-functional storage?
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Haha I love it. "we don't see customers needing the feature." Yeah, because we open tickets just to talk to someone.
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Well, I'll admit, I dragged out an old problem that's been resolved; but it took close to four months for them to fix. And I carry a slight stigma of being a disruptive prick for it. The thing that inspired my memory is that I'm having current problems communicating with them because most of the time fresh patches drop in which new bugs or problems are introduced, they will spend 2 or 3 emails completely misdirecting like how my story started out. It is transparent as hell it's a tactic, and not the reading mistake they think they're getting away with. I can't be specific with details due to nondisclosure but it's something I've been going through again this week.
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Feb 19, 2015 18:18
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5er posted:Well, I'll admit, I dragged out an old problem that's been resolved; but it took close to four months for them to fix. And I carry a slight stigma of being a disruptive prick for it. I don't have to communicate with customers directly therefore this isn't my problem. Love, your friendly neighbourhood project manager.
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Feb 19, 2015 19:02
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The same recruiter has called me three times in two weeks for the same crappy mobile device management job I don't want.
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Feb 19, 2015 19:40
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Pissing me off today: Backups restoring too slow. Why? Thought I was updating a dev server... quote:update auth_user set password = '' where id > 3 Oh hey.. that's the production database.
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Feb 19, 2015 19:50
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Gounads posted:Oh hey.. that's the production database. At least your users won't complain right
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Feb 19, 2015 20:40
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Jeoh posted:http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/19/superfish_lenovo_spyware/ Poked around, don't have that on any of the 1-off Thinkpads or Thinkstations that we have ordered in the past year.  Our bulk ordered workstations are shipped w/o an OS installed, so those aren't worth worrying about. I just drop images on them when they come in the door.
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Feb 19, 2015 20:52
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The company I work for had a major crash last week and we are still recovering because lolnobackups. I've been insisting on backups since I started in IT 2 years ago, but I have no authority or backing. Since even after the crash still nothing is being done I made I found an old supermicro server and got Linux running on it so I can backup at least our windows servers to it. Problem? I don't have any drives for backup space. Requested them yesterday so that means I will probably get them in 3 weeks. Good news is I'm in contact with a recruiter over a new gig.
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Feb 19, 2015 21:40
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Agrikk posted:Funny. When I saw "professional headshot", the first thing I thought of was to get a screenshot of a CS:S sniper kill. Photoshop Phriday to the rescue!
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Feb 19, 2015 22:02
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A software vendor with which I worked changed their conference line service a few months ago. Do you know what's worse that listening to hold music? Listening to lovely news and advertisements. Who buys this type of service--which customers and partners use when working with this vendor--and think that it's a good idea?
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Feb 19, 2015 22:04
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Dick Trauma posted:The same recruiter has called me three times in two weeks for the same crappy mobile device management job I don't want. Hello DEEK Truma, would you care for a job in mobile device uh management? It iss good job!
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Feb 19, 2015 22:07
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ratbert90 posted:Hello DEEK Truma, would you care for a job in mobile device uh management? It iss good job! Don't forget that the job req says that it needs at least 15 years in iOS development.
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Feb 19, 2015 22:23
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Dick Trauma posted:The same recruiter has called me three times in two weeks for the same crappy mobile device management job I don't want. Are Blackberry still hiring or is this someone looking for someone to babysit their Airwatch white elephant?
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Feb 20, 2015 00:06
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We're right at the end of a contract with a client. We made their mobile app, they're a successful web app already. Their license for the font that we use globally just expired, they don't want to renew it because they say it's too expensive. They are now paying us design and development time to fix everything that the new PD font messed up (almost everywhere). Great money saving guys.
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Feb 20, 2015 00:59
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peeNamaste posted:We're right at the end of a contract with a client. We made their mobile app, they're a successful web app already. Their license for the font that we use globally just expired, they don't want to renew it because they say it's too expensive. They are now paying us design and development time to fix everything that the new PD font messed up (almost everywhere). Great money saving guys. Should've used Comic Sans.
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Feb 20, 2015 01:38
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Had my final interviews today for the job I've been chasing. Was there for 1.5 hours. Met with the CFO and that went well. Like the others he shared plenty of info about how the company runs and specific projects they need to get started. After him it was the CEO and a managing director that he grabbed to bring with him. That also went well. When the CEO begins by saying "From your prior interviews it's clear that you know what you're talking about" that's a good thing. I hope they make their decision soon. I'm getting cabin fever.
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Feb 20, 2015 03:48
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Dick Trauma posted:Had my final interviews today for the job I've been chasing. Was there for 1.5 hours. Met with the CFO and that went well. Like the others he shared plenty of info about how the company runs and specific projects they need to get started. After him it was the CEO and a managing director that he grabbed to bring with him. That also went well. When the CEO begins by saying "From your prior interviews it's clear that you know what you're talking about" that's a good thing. I never asked. Is it local or would it require a move. If it's the former, at that level, that can be a plus in your favor as well. Sounds like things are going well. Good on you.
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Feb 20, 2015 03:54
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It's local enough that I walked there for my interview. 
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Feb 20, 2015 05:13
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Dick Trauma posted:It's local enough that I walked there for my interview. I'm pulling for you
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Dick Trauma posted:It's local enough that I walked there for my interview. You know you're going to have to change your AV if you land this thing, right? I'm thinking something with rainbows and unicorns, but with dark, ominous clouds in the background.
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Feb 20, 2015 05:48
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^ We've been here before. His last job was all donuts and rainbows until it wasnt anymore. The highs and lows of Dick Trauma's career.
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After the Tony job most anything would've felt like donuts and rainbows. This one just represents employment, money and title. If I can get more out of it I'll be glad but I'm not looking for donuts and rainbows. Hell, I've never been looking for that but I've seen some very low lows in my employment over the last 20+ years and it'll be a long time before I say "Stop! I'm getting too much satisfaction from my job!"
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Oh dear. It happened again. Today I got a letter that said "please confirm that you are available for server change x on Saturday(tomorrow)". That was the rear end end of a month long conversation with basically everyone except me that was supposed to do the actual work. I told them no, of course I am not available. And now I am going to buy alcoholic beverages.
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Ynglaur posted:A software vendor with which I worked changed their conference line service a few months ago. Do you know what's worse that listening to hold music? Listening to lovely news and advertisements. Who buys this type of service--which customers and partners use when working with this vendor--and think that it's a good idea? I completely understand it and see why they think it would be a good idea -- you have a captive audience that's waiting for their call to be picked up. What they don't realize is by the time your call gets picked up, you're so pissed off about listening to them try to sell you poo poo that you're ready to tear the head off the poor CSR that answers. I wish all phone vendors had a hold music toggle button. Press a button, it just plays a beep every 10 seconds indicating you're still on hold. That way I can actually focus on other poo poo instead of having to listen to elevator music. Whizbang posted:Should've used Comic Sans. I was
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Adding to the list of people I want to punch in the face. Our 'senior engineer' who's been with the company for 20 years and probably makes close to 6 figures calls helpdesk from home. Can't get email on his phone. At some point someone gave him a bookmark to our Outlook Web Access on his wifes iPhone. After an hour of troubleshooting he ends up just coming into the office and giving helpdesk the phone. They try setting it up through the mail app but it wasn't working, it's on iOS 5 or 6. So he said he'll come back Monday and let us do whatever. Before he leaves he sends out this dramatic email about how email isn't working on his phone and he won't be able to check it until Monday (nobody here works weekends, not even production, so who cares?) Helpdesk guy asks him if he has a computer at home, he said yes but they don't have internet so they just use his wife's phone to go online. He doesn't have a cell phone Buy a loving cell phone you moron. Or get Internet. Even slow rear end DSL for $29.99. You make like 90k a year you gently caress. If it was up to me I wouldn't even allow people to put company email on their spouse's phone. gently caress.
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Feb 20, 2015 16:27
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Bob Morales posted:If it was up to me I wouldn't even allow people to put company email on their spouse's phone. gently caress. Agreed.
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Bob Morales posted:Adding to the list of people I want to punch in the face. This reminds me of one of the professors at the college I went to who was known as an eccentric old gently caress, but it wasn't until I took my first class with him (computer architecture) that I found out just how much of one. This guy has a PhD in computer science and HAS NEVER OWNED A COMPUTER. He wrote up all his notes by hand and xeroxed them to hand them out, our final project was to write a paper, and one day someone drew a train on the blackboard loving around before class and he spent the entire class talking about trains and railroad companies and how did we know that was his all consuming hobby? He taught programming classes too. I don't know how the gently caress you grade a program if you don't have a computer, and staying after hours to use the lab ones is kind of madness.
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Someone else's manager just emailed every manager in the building to kvetch about code that I sent to QA last night. I called my QA buddy, and she agreed that my logic looked sane, we looked through what it was doing, and she said to leave it as is. Pulling everyone else down does NOT pull you up. 
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Ugh... gently caress printers, especially Brother. I know they are the forum favorite, and I used to like them as well. But the newer series that replaced the HL-52xx/53xx models have been nothing but poo poo. Out of 15ish HL-54xx/HL-61xx series printers we have had, only 1 has made it past 50k pages without complete fuser failure or various parts of the main drive breaking. Yet another one destroyed itself today at 22k pages. Only 2 more left to go!
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stevewm posted:Ugh... gently caress printers, especially Brother. I know they are the forum favorite, and I used to like them as well. But the newer series that replaced the HL-52xx/53xx models have been nothing but poo poo. How long do they live? Recommended Monthly Print Volume‡ 500 to 3,000 pages
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Got back from lunch. As soon as I sit down, boss comes in. Hey, we were looking into making our database work better, and I went ahead and changed some values in the dev environment and was looking to try them in production since it seemed to help. MySQL is using more memory and since we have 16 GB and it was only using 800M or so it looks good! How about you send me an email with these changes first.quote:From: CTO The CTO is notorious for not having any clue what he's doing (he copies and pastes code off of various tutorial websites most of the time). Unsurprisingly, that happened here too. MySQL's documentation explicitly says that having a query cache larger than a hundred MB is often a bad idea and hurts performance, and here we're setting it to 500MB. The "key_buffer_size" is only for MyISAM tables. The only MyISAM tables our server happens to have are the built-in MySQL ones, and it's already served well by the current 16 MB value (with a 100% cache hit rate). So basically his "ideas" would have increased server memory usage by over 2 GB for a huge decrease in performance. I get the sinking feeling that if I hadn't gotten back from lunch when I did they would've just ran it on production.  (Oh, and they consider one of the other "developers" to be a Linux expert/DBA, when all he does is follow a checklist to set up a specific product. I don't even know any more.) While there are actual tune-ups to be made (specifically the innodb variables could be increased to match our data size), most of the performance hits come from the fact that we're running text-search queries on basically unindexed data several times a second (and the queries often take longer than that, so buildup happens). Oh well.
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Bob Morales posted:How long do they live? 2 years at most... Our usage is within that range, which is why I was using that model. The highest used printer averaged around 1,600 pages per month. Many of them failed just outside the 1 year warranty period. For the ones that did fail inside the warranty period; Brother sent refurbed replacements. The replacements where often worse; breaking before the toner cartridge ran out. Usually from fuser failure. A part that is supposedly rated for 100k pages.
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