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Judge Schnoopy posted:Faxes are stupidly popular with lawyers because state and county governments require documents be faxed. Because they can't be digitally edited after they're digitally edited and printed, or something, who loving knows it's the dumbest practice ever and wastes time and money. Especially when as lot of people digitally fax stuff from PDFs using online services. VOIP Faxing, basically free at this point. Kill all fax machines, and analog lines. BlueBlazer fucked around with this message at 05:10 on Sep 27, 2015 |
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Knormal posted:I saw a fax on the machine yesterday that came from a Mr. Flucker. I had a customer with the first name Fanny. I decided to be mature about it, up until the point that I called the customer and her non-English speaking mother picked up the phone. She just kept repeating "MY FANNY MY FANNY MY FANNY" at me while I struggled to keep a straight face. I had to take a break afterwards because I am a literal child. e: I also just found a picture of my favorite name ever, RUBAB BUTT Renegret fucked around with this message at 13:25 on Sep 28, 2015 |
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GM: So is [supervisor] aware of any of this, yet? (re: wifi project) Me: Not yet. I'm still trying to figure out a way to break the news that won't end in him throwing a fit and sabotaging the whole project. GM: ....Maybe you'd better let me tell him, first. Me: As long as he doesn't commandeer the whole thing. GM: Oh, of course not. Just leave it to me. GM is a cool dude.
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Immediately change the default login credentials on any gear you get. Don't give the fool a chance to throw a spanner in the works. If he throws a shitfit, bring up your lack of access to admin credentials for things then jocularly uppercut him.
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larchesdanrew posted:GM: So is [supervisor] aware of any of this, yet? (re: wifi project) Eagerly awaiting your next post of "[supervisor] busts into my office, tells me that they don't need WiFi. GM sheepishly followed him, and slowly nods while adverting his eyes."
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Woogles posted:Immediately change the default login credentials on any gear you get. Don't give the fool a chance to throw a spanner in the works. Wouldn't this be par for the course anyway?
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Jerry Cotton posted:Wouldn't this be par for the course anyway? You'd think so but saying that is force of habit for me now. I've seen things, man. Things you'd probably believe.
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Jerry Cotton posted:Wouldn't this be par for the course anyway?
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anthonypants posted:Linux-powered light fixtures The idea seems weird at first but then who needs sound on a light fixture anyway 
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Jerry Cotton posted:The idea seems weird at first but then who needs sound on a light fixture anyway A good joke.
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I'll stop with that 40000-year-old joke once I get a Linux where sound works on every machine I want it on (without rolling my own LFS).
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I've only ever gotten sound to work properly on one laptop. I think the laptop was cursed, because everything else including wireless also worked with no effort.
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Woogles posted:Immediately change the default login credentials on any gear you get. Don't give the fool a chance to throw a spanner in the works. This was the plan aaaaalllll along. But he'll be so insulted by the whole thing, he'll likely never want anything to do with it. He does the same thing with the ticketing system. Volmarias posted:Eagerly awaiting your next post of "[supervisor] busts into my office, tells me that they don't need WiFi. GM sheepishly followed him, and slowly nods while adverting his eyes." This is probably more likely 
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Nagios server failed it's file system check on boot so now it's unhappy I have no idea who shut the drat thing down but it wasn't me, now I'm getting the feeling whoever it was didn't do a proper shutdown.
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pr0digal posted:Nagios server failed it's file system check on boot so now it's unhappy Mine did that recently. We had two power outages that were long enough to drain the UPS batteries so the server lost power. The Nagios server is a complete mess and I can't get anything working in it at this point. I'm trying to just wipe everything out of it and start fresh.
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pixaal posted:Careful with getting fired, without a reference from a manager it can be hard to get a job sometimes. When leaving my previous (first) job I kept telling people no I still work there you cannot contact my hiring manager unless its the last part and would not hear anything back from them. She also had a policy of just hanging up if anyone called related to a reference in the first place, which screwed a coworker over that quit due to being stressed out there. Literally every interview I've been on I've asked them not to contact my current employer because I don't want them to know I'm jumping ship. I've also never had them call my references, ever.
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Rhymenoserous posted:Literally every interview I've been on I've asked them not to contact my current employer because I don't want them to know I'm jumping ship. I've also never had them call my references, ever. I thanked my boss for giving me a reference when I got an offer for a new job, and he had absolutely no idea what I was talking about because even though they demanded references they never called them.
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EAT THE EGGS RICOLA posted:I thanked my boss for giving me a reference when I got an offer for a new job, and he had absolutely no idea what I was talking about because even though they demanded references they never called them. My first ever job at a loving retail place I was working at for beer money in college called my references. That was the only place ever contacted references from me. A part time job ringing up groceries. That was the first and only place that contacted my references.
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Renegret posted:My first ever job at a loving retail place I was working at for beer money in college called my references. That was the only place ever contacted references from me. A part time job ringing up groceries. Likewise, the only place I know of that actually called references was when I was a product jockey at Best Buy in University. Even the bar I worked at didn't call my references.
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When I was working with a recruiter trying to get a job during my 3 month stint at being unemployed the recruiting company called my references, but the place that I ended up getting a job at(on my own, without a recruiter) flat old told me when I came in to interview that the references were pretty much just a formality and they never really call them.
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Woogles posted:If he throws a shitfit, bring up your lack of access to admin credentials for things then jocularly uppercut him.
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A buddy of mine always put me down as a reference (he got a degree in finance/accounting) and I've gotten a few calls over the years.
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Got the Nagios server back up, /etc/fstab had an entry referencing a drive that didn't exist anymore so it was freaking out. Once I updated /etc/fstab with the correct drive name it came back up. Of course now it's SQL database is throwing fits and that's above my level. Though Nagios does have a SQL repair script I'm going to wait until I hear back from the admin above me before running it. pr0digal fucked around with this message at 17:46 on Sep 28, 2015 |
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My godfather owns a water company down here, the kind that sell the big water cooler jugs? I've done a little tech support for him over the years, and he said I could use him as a reference and claim I was their sysadmin. My current job called my references when I applied. My old supervisor claimed he had never heard of me
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Renegret posted:I had a customer with the first name Fanny. Two customer accounts come to mind which I've codified as; BUTT01 COCK01 I'm sure there was another, I was challenged about it but I said the name of their company includes those words and I'm just following procedure
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Super Slash posted:Two customer accounts come to mind which I've codified as; haha Internally we use the first letter of your first name, last name naming scheme for e-mail and tickets. One day I had a ticket escalated to me from user abutt. I made sure to show everyone here and laugh because, after all these years, I'm still a literal child.
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Renegret posted:haha Lemme tell you about the CEO of a game developing studio that uses first name, last initial for their emails
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larchesdanrew posted:This is probably more likely If this happens, pick up your poo poo, and walk out. No words, just walk out. When they call you up asking why you walked out, tell them they obviously think that the CE is clearly better at anything IT related than you are, and obviously he has it 100% under control, so there's absolutely no need for you to be there for anything. When they start fighting you, tell them the only way you'll come back is if you get access to all IT systems, and that the CE gets access to nothing. Though the reality is that you really need a new job before this will happen because you probably can't afford to do that.
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FYI, the internet is down. Edit: https://isitup.org/facebook.com Dr. Arbitrary fucked around with this message at 20:16 on Sep 28, 2015 |
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:FYI, the internet is down. Oh poo poo How will I post on funny computer forum now?
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Migishu posted:If this happens, pick up your poo poo, and walk out. No words, just walk out. Yeah, I wish I had that sort of leverage. The bottom line, though, is that anyone in power believes just that. CE is hated, but he's a goddamned genius to them, especially the GM. Here's how the conversation will play out: GM: Well, he researched it and wrote up the information for me, and he says that blah blah is going to be the best option. CE: He doesn't know anything about it. We can do everything he wants to do with a $30 router from Office Depot without having to run any cables. GM: Oh, we can? So we can get this whole project done for $30? CE: Well, yeah. GM: Why don't we just do that then? No sense in paying someone thousands of dollars to do something we can manage for $30. That's absolutely as far as it will go. No matter how much research and number crunching and planning I do, it will take just one little fart of a suggestion from CE to be taken as the best option with positively no follow-up or defense on his part. I honestly don't even care that it gets done. The only reason I'm doing this is that it's an opportunity to research, plan, and deploy an entirely new branch of infrastructure so I can have the experience and be able to brag about it on my resume. At the very least, I can ransom my resignation and if they call my bluff I can get a job doing cable drops around the state.
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Right now you've got some good projects on your résumé. Do you have a LinkedIn?
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:FYI, the internet is down. poo poo must've hit the fan down there, the last time this happened was... what? Years ago?
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:Right now you've got some good projects on your résumé. Do you have a LinkedIn? I do, but I haven't really touched it since I set it up. The only people I'm networked with are people from high school, and all they do is endorse me for teaching skills.
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larchesdanrew posted:I do, but I haven't really touched it since I set it up. The only people I'm networked with are people from high school, and all they do is endorse me for teaching skills.
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larchesdanrew posted:I do, but I haven't really touched it since I set it up. The only people I'm networked with are people from high school, and all they do is endorse me for teaching skills. Maybe this weekend you should get on there and make sure your profile is as complete as possible. Try to get All-Star for completeness. Make sure you add all the skills you want to use in the future. Don't add skills that you hate. Don't worry too much about endorsements. Any time you talk to a recruiter, link them on LinkedIn (unless they're sleazy) It's one of those self promotion tools you just have to learn to use.
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:Do a thing I will make goons proud
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Migishu posted:Oh poo poo Very carefully.
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larchesdanrew posted:I will make goons proud Larch, On second thought, 
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Segmentation Fault posted:poo poo must've hit the fan down there, the last time this happened was... what? Years ago? It went down on the 24th for a few hours as well.
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