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I don't get it. Why would anyone want that job. "Seeking workers. The pay is bad, the temperature is freezing, the locality is away from everyone and everything you know, the internet is more than terrible, the systems you'll have to manage are bad and government run so you can't upgrade them, it takes months to get deliveries and packages, we don't allow you to bring friends or family, it's also potentially dangerous. Any takers??"
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Jewel posted:I don't get it. Why would anyone want that job. "Seeking workers. The pay is bad, the temperature is freezing, the locality is away from everyone and everything you know, the internet is more than terrible, the systems you'll have to manage are bad and government run so you can't upgrade them, it takes months to get deliveries and packages, we don't allow you to bring friends or family, it's also potentially dangerous. Any takers??" It would be a hell of an adventure.
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Oct 17, 2015 03:40
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A ticket came in today... "Hi I'm one of the artists for the game Grim Fandango and I want to purchase your services" 
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Oct 17, 2015 03:41
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Jewel posted:I don't get it. Why would anyone want that job. "Seeking workers. The pay is bad, the temperature is freezing, the locality is away from everyone and everything you know, the internet is more than terrible, the systems you'll have to manage are bad and government run so you can't upgrade them, it takes months to get deliveries and packages, we don't allow you to bring friends or family, it's also potentially dangerous. Any takers??" Counterpoint: Penguins. Oh and seals too. 
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Oct 17, 2015 03:46
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Jewel posted:I don't get it. Why would anyone want that job. "Seeking workers. The pay is bad, the temperature is freezing, the locality is away from everyone and everything you know, the internet is more than terrible, the systems you'll have to manage are bad and government run so you can't upgrade them, it takes months to get deliveries and packages, we don't allow you to bring friends or family, it's also potentially dangerous. Any takers??" Because you get to do what very few people have done? Weird that the sense of adventure has been bred out of people.
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Oct 17, 2015 03:52
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The sense of adventure has mostly been replaced by the urge not to starve to death in a frozen hellhole because the people supplying you forgot that month. If something hasn't been done very often in this day and age, there's probably a reason.
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Oct 17, 2015 03:53
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Why would you want to golf on the moon? It'd be like golfing in a giant sand trap while wearing deep sea scuba gear.
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Oct 17, 2015 03:55
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Malachite_Dragon posted:The sense of adventure has mostly been replaced by the urge not to starve to death in a frozen hellhole because the people supplying you forgot that month. I mean I love The Thing too but there's ~1000 people living just at McMurdo, and short of getting drunk and passing out outside, there's nothing that particularly dangerous abut being there. Average lows this time of year are only -10F. It was -40F last winter here in Michigan.
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Oct 17, 2015 04:00
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Malachite_Dragon posted:The sense of adventure has mostly been replaced by the urge not to starve to death in a frozen hellhole because the people supplying you forgot that month. We're discussing McMurdo, not the South Pole base  (South Pole is actually heavily stocked before Winter sets in, due to the fact that they basically cannot fly in or out of the area during winter other than for 100% emergencies and even then it's a "well hopefully we can make it soon" type deal) Unsurprisingly, the people who run these bases have seem to have thought these things through!
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Oct 17, 2015 05:14
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GreenBuckanneer posted:A ticket came in today... 
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Oct 17, 2015 05:19
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Malachite_Dragon posted:The sense of adventure has mostly been replaced by the urge not to starve to death in a frozen hellhole because the people supplying you forgot that month. I don't think I'm very adventurous and I would totally want to give the South Pole stuff a shot I think. It's not like they're still living in quonset huts down there.
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Oct 17, 2015 05:33
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Basically he called in to purchase an online backup service, I was helping the newbies/lower tier out with calls, and I picked him up after he was talking to sales. Got him started on the product, installed it for him, noticed he had some art open in photoshop, whatever version they use now. I go "are you an artist" and he goes something like "yeah I've done some work, like the background art in Grim Fandango" My enthusiasm was not curbed, and I said something (in retrospect, I hope I did, and not something with expletives) of the effect of "Oh my god no way" a bit louder than I probably should have. He started talking about how he knows Tim Shafer personally and we talked about telltale and bioware and Deus Ex. He was also like "hey if you're ever in the area, you have my number right?" (related to getting a job in game development), to which I was like "uh yeah, sure, the system has your number  "He was pretty cool and even knew linux so I didn't have to dumb anything down for him. Made my day. I can't confirm or deny I didn't write down his information.
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Oct 17, 2015 05:46
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Sirotan posted:Counterpoint: Penguins. http://www.netflix.com/watch/80018331 Watch this and see if you still want to go.
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Oct 17, 2015 08:42
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ConfusedUs posted:It would be a hell of an adventure.
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Oct 17, 2015 09:08
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Antarctica would probably get old quick but if I was young and single it would be cool for a few months.
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Oct 17, 2015 13:21
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GreenBuckanneer posted:Basically he called in to purchase an online backup service, I was helping the newbies/lower tier out with calls, and I picked him up after he was talking to sales. That is awesome, and I admit that I'm a little jealous.
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Oct 17, 2015 13:55
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Sirotan posted:Counterpoint: Penguins. I actually got an interview for this a few years ago before my current gig. They specifically ask you if you like penguins, and any answer other than 'ehh, happy feet was ok, I guess?' gets you on the 'maybe, edging towards no' list. Apparently they have to deal with some people who are really enthusiastic about penguins trying to get jobs there. I ended up passing because a better job fell into my lap, and it turns out that trying for three days to get by on dialup grade internet was very much like a heroin addict giving up that sweet sweet tar.
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Oct 17, 2015 21:35
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If you are going to take a job with extremely limited internet access you can make a lot more as a contractor for the state dept overseas. Antarctica would be a unique experience though.
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lampey posted:If you are going to take a job with extremely limited internet access you can make a lot more as a contractor for the state dept overseas. Antarctica would be a unique experience though.
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Oct 18, 2015 19:24
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anthonypants posted:RIP Vilerat I'm pretty sure he had extremely unlimited internet access
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Oct 18, 2015 19:26
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PCOS Bill posted:I'm pretty sure he had extremely unlimited internet access Given that he was chatting with a few of us when Benghazi happened... yes.
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Oct 18, 2015 22:46
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PCOS Bill posted:I'm pretty sure he had extremely unlimited internet access 
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Oct 18, 2015 23:04
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LethalGeek posted:please please open your dumb troll mouth on this subject FireSight posted:Given that he was chatting with a few of us when Benghazi happened... yes. ^ He had enough bandwidth for casual usage and MMOs, that's kind of the opposite of how little bandwidth/latency there'd be available on the South Pole? The hell are you so hostile for?
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Oct 18, 2015 23:09
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Possibly because his death might be a sore subject for some and they're feeling you're treating it in a flippant manner? Whether or not you meant to, it came across that way.
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Oct 19, 2015 02:41
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McNally posted:Possibly because his death might be a sore subject for some and they're feeling you're treating it in a flippant manner? How the hell did you get that from "I'm pretty sure he had extremely unlimited internet access"? Considering he worked for the State Dept, that's not an unreasonable statement. Holy poo poo goons. Proteus Jones fucked around with this message at 06:02 on Oct 19, 2015 |
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Oct 19, 2015 06:00
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Please be respectful on these forums 
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Oct 19, 2015 06:41
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I was enlisted in the USMC working with some contractors for the navy, state dept and other agencies. State dept guys got paid the best but they were all making 150k+ in afg. If you are going to be in some desolate place you might as well come back with a lot of cash. Or you can live a normal life somewhere with internet access, normal food and family.
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Oct 19, 2015 08:18
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quote:We need a server which run both IIS and IE8. The initial request was for a Windows 7 Pro VM, but licensing issues will prevent this OS from servicing this need. IE8 is the key requirement for this box because it's providing PDF conversion services using a legacy tool. This tool depends upon IE8 to create pdf files.
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Oct 19, 2015 17:49
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Can we please rewrite the loving tool then? IE8 can eat poo poo. This is assuming you can't just use another tool.
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Oct 19, 2015 17:58
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You know what isn't worth exta $$$? Living in a war zone.
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Oct 19, 2015 19:08
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Sickening posted:You know what isn't worth exta $$$? Living in a war zone. Generally you're not actually living *in* the war zone. More like right next to it. How is it any different than living in the suburbs of, say, Detroit?
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McNally posted:Generally you're not actually living *in* the war zone. More like right next to it. Sharia law is an actual thing in one of them.
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Oct 19, 2015 19:16
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McNally posted:Generally you're not actually living *in* the war zone. More like right next to it. Detroit would be a nicer place to stay for one.
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KoRMaK posted:Sharia law is an actual thing in one of them. Yeah, that article was satire. Sickening posted:You know what isn't worth exta $$$? Living in a war zone. Wasn't actually a war zone when he went there, but risk of sketchy posting is kind of part and parcel of being part of the state dept. It was like someone from this thread working for State.
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nvm
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Sickening posted:Detroit would be a nicer place to stay for one. Less sand, true. Probably same level of infrastructure though.
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Oct 19, 2015 19:27
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Sickening posted:Detroit would be a nicer place to stay for one. You are doing this backwards.
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Raerlynn posted:Less sand, true. Probably same level of infrastructure though. Locals just as welcoming
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Raerlynn posted:Less sand, true. Probably same level of infrastructure though. You'd have to deal with Detroit's super lovely intersection design however :  Just examine it for a bit, look for the stoplights, and imagine trying to understand how you're not going to get hit driving through it. There are u-turns in this mix too.
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