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vodkat
Jun 30, 2012



cannot legally be sold as vodka
i just want to let y'all know this is currently the best thread in yospos. keep it up :five:

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graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts

Iridium posted:

Changing track for a moment, the trains at Atlanta's airport used to (before the Olypmics) have this bitchin cylon robot voice that I wish it still had, and moreso, wish I could have as my version of Siri, conference call bridge lady, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOZX2xa9OhI

HELL YES this was rad as loving poo poo as a youngun

Agile Vector
May 21, 2007

scrum bored



ccs: dialed into a meeting I was walking to today and I:
lost connection
redialed
arrived
everyone else outside the office joined on the phone
we realized some should have a telepresence going
dropped ALL calls bc our system sucks
added the tp, then the calls
the tp failed to detect on the conf line, so we dialed the room tp
and dropped the calls
and dialed the calls again
the two guys adjusted an overly sensitive and jumpy camera for 5 minutes
and then were disrupted by someone bluffing their way into the conf room claiming a reservation
followed by the remaining 20 minutes of an hour meeting being meeting
:nutshot:

maniacdevnull
Apr 18, 2007

FOUR CUBIC FRAMES
DISPROVES SOFT G GOD
YOU ARE EDUCATED STUPID

YOU STARE INTO THE ABYSS. THE ABYSS STARES BACK AT.... 3.... PARTICIPANTS. IF YOU ARE THE ABYSS LEADER, PRESS THE POUND OR HASH SIGN NOW

Jimmy Carter
Nov 3, 2005

THIS MOTHERDUCKER
FLIES IN STYLE
i just discovered that the conference bridge system our entire division uses has desktop software that can control the meeting instead of fussing the keypad and boy has poo poo gotten better

*phone line in Taiwan goes crazy*
Hi steve i'm gonna mute your mic now thanks

downside: it doesn't sync with your address book so you have to manually enter names the first time you see someone's phone number but it's a small price to pay

(yes we have WebEx but nobody in the division uses it because it's easier to just send an email with the slide deck and "call this number enter this code")

Iridium
Apr 4, 2002

Wretched Harp
we opened the meeting with someone unable to join the presentation, and then quickly switched gears so that a PM that didn't call this meeting could ask a question and get a clarification on something from a meeting earlier in the morning.

we have 10 minutes to go and have not addressed the purpose of this meeting.

edit- 8 minutes to go and we are now basically rescheduling this meeting.

Iridium fucked around with this message at 15:52 on Sep 23, 2016

SO DEMANDING
Dec 27, 2003

HOLY loving poo poo OUR HOLD MUSIC CHANGED!! :aaaaa:

unpacked robinhood
Feb 18, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
thy goode music of holde

flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

graph posted:

HELL YES this was rad as loving poo poo as a youngun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-7-ENyE5yU

Captain Foo
May 11, 2004

we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

Agile Vector posted:

ccs: dialed into a meeting I was walking to today and I:
lost connection
redialed
arrived
everyone else outside the office joined on the phone
we realized some should have a telepresence going
dropped ALL calls bc our system sucks
added the tp, then the calls
the tp failed to detect on the conf line, so we dialed the room tp
and dropped the calls
and dialed the calls again
the two guys adjusted an overly sensitive and jumpy camera for 5 minutes
and then were disrupted by someone bluffing their way into the conf room claiming a reservation
followed by the remaining 20 minutes of an hour meeting being meeting
:nutshot:

lmao

FrozenVent
May 1, 2009

The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.
three hours into a four hour teleconference, someone put the line on hold

FrozenVent
May 1, 2009

The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.
an engineer flips through a printout of the document were working on, the salesperson looks at a read only version on skype

FrozenVent
May 1, 2009

The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.
so on page ... the ... we need to ... because ... maximum load ... schedule ... screenshot *PASSENGERS FOR DALLAS ON UNITED FIVE FORTY SIX* synergy

Asymmetric POSTer
Aug 17, 2005

Iridium posted:

we have 10 minutes to go and have not addressed the purpose of this meeting.

meetings exist to justify their own existence

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

mishaq posted:

meetings exist to justify their own existence

you sure? you have time to discuss this monday? can you should set up the bridge or should i?

Joe 30330
Dec 20, 2007

"We have this notion that if you're poor, you cannot do it. Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids."

As the audience reluctantly began to applaud during the silence, Biden tried to fix his remarks.

"Wealthy kids, black kids, Asian kids -- no, I really mean it." Biden said.
I'm the guy who joins the bridge and screams HELLO? HELLO?......... HELLO?

I'm also the guy that conferenced two bridges together and wouldn't own up to it

Thanks Ants
May 21, 2004

#essereFerrari


mishaq posted:

my DECT headset at work has really nice range so sometimes i take shits while on calls and get paranoid about whether or not mute is actually on

all the time, waiting on a support call with vmware? headset on, mute, taking a dump.

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

(and can't post for 10 years!)

several conferences in my buildinghave a poster that says "Start a meeting, share a story"

it's the dumbest poo poo

MrMoo
Sep 14, 2000

Sounds more like AA.

Agile Vector
May 21, 2007

scrum bored



'hi, my name is ag-'

*line cuts out as someone walks in a windy area*

*dozen messages appear asking for name again and one person cant see the screen share*

Satellit3
Oct 21, 2008

i got a new job recently, and last week i had to take an hour long hippa training. why i need hippa training is sort of nebulous in the first place but anyway this 'training' consisted of me sitting alone in a so-called collaboration space, watching a poorly compressed recording of a webx meeting. complete with beeps and boops, interruptions, and the occasional 500% volume blasts from the presenters mic. sweet.

Asymmetric POSTer
Aug 17, 2005

recorded meetings are always the best because 99% of the time they'll never be rewatched and then 1% of the time they will they're be terrible quality with all the distractions a disorganized conference call can have

maniacdevnull
Apr 18, 2007

FOUR CUBIC FRAMES
DISPROVES SOFT G GOD
YOU ARE EDUCATED STUPID

Satellit3 posted:

i got a new job recently, and last week i had to take an hour long hippa training. why i need hippa training is sort of nebulous in the first place but anyway this 'training' consisted of me sitting alone in a so-called collaboration space, watching a poorly compressed recording of a webx meeting. complete with beeps and boops, interruptions, and the occasional 500% volume blasts from the presenters mic. sweet.

hipaa :argh:

Satellit3
Oct 21, 2008

hippo

Necc0
Jun 30, 2005

by exmarx
Broken Cake

indigi posted:

there's no worse feeling in the world than knowing you just snitched on yourself. but who keeps porn in "My Pictures," wtf

probably the type of person dumb enough to have porn on their work computer

flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

Necc0 posted:

probably the type of person dumb enough to have porn on their work computer

fixing this is literally my job and it still amazes me every single time

enjoying a squelchy conference call being hosted in some schmuck's cubicle right on his desktop phone, it's pretty good

Thanks Ants
May 21, 2004

#essereFerrari


people in cubicles should be issued headsets and have the speakerphone features disabled.

Schadenboner
Aug 15, 2011

by Shine

Thanks Ants posted:

people in cubicles should be issued headsets and have the speakerphone features disabled.

loving this. If you aren't important enough to have your own door you don't rate for speakerphone either.

indigi
Jul 20, 2004

how can we not talk about family
when family's all that we got?
this is the best, funniest thread. I'm so glad that I don't have to deal with any of this poo poo

Millstone posted:

I'm also the guy that conferenced two bridges together and wouldn't own up to it

I don't really understand what this means but the fact that someone wouldn't own up to it made me assume it's hilarious so I laughed anyway

wyoak
Feb 14, 2005

a glass case of emotion

Fallen Rib

Thanks Ants posted:

people in cubicles should be issued headsets and have the speakerphone features disabled.
We have an open-plan office and there's nothing like a director with an office (but the door opened) having a call via speakerphone with one of their reports sitting 30 feet away, who also has speakerphone on

AWWNAW
Dec 30, 2008

a friend of mine was hosting a corporate web ex from his laptop that apparently had some infection. while he was presenting, a bunch of horse porn pop ups started appearing over the window he was sharing and he almost had a stroke. he didn't find out until later that the other attendees only saw gray boxes where he was seeing monumental horse cock

duTrieux.
Oct 9, 2003

Thanks Ants posted:

people in cubicles should be issued headsets and have the speakerphone features disabled.

sane companies actually do this.

there aren't many sane companies.

Bhodi
Dec 9, 2007

Oh, it's just a cat.
Pillbug

indigi posted:

I don't really understand what this means but the fact that someone wouldn't own up to it made me assume it's hilarious so I laughed anyway
I laughed at the idea of a guy joining two unrelated meetings together so everyone could hear each other so it's funny either way

Glans Dillzig
Nov 23, 2011

:justpost::justpost::justpost::justpost::justpost::justpost::justpost::justpost:

knickerbocker expert

duTrieux. posted:

sane companies actually do this.

there aren't many sane companies.

I know for a fact there's at least one govt agency that does this. hosed up because true

Glorgnole
Oct 23, 2012

AWWNAW posted:

a friend of mine was hosting a corporate web ex from his laptop that apparently had some infection. while he was presenting, a bunch of horse porn pop ups started appearing over the window he was sharing and he almost had a stroke. he didn't find out until later that the other attendees only saw gray boxes where he was seeing monumental horse cock

lorf

flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

AWWNAW posted:

a friend of mine was hosting a corporate web ex from his laptop that apparently had some infection. while he was presenting, a bunch of horse porn pop ups started appearing over the window he was sharing and he almost had a stroke. he didn't find out until later that the other attendees only saw gray boxes where he was seeing monumental horse cock

a developer of this software correctly predicted this problem and mitigated it

we truly live in a golden age

duTrieux.
Oct 9, 2003

flakeloaf posted:

a developer of this software correctly predicted this problem and mitigated it

we truly live in a golden age

he was probably sharing that specific application. if he had been sharing his screen instead he would have been hosed.

duTrieux.
Oct 9, 2003

let's no give webex any undue credit

AWWNAW
Dec 30, 2008

yeah he lucked out by sharing a specific window. to my knowledge web ex has no special horse cock realtime filtering

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Thanks Ants
May 21, 2004

#essereFerrari


AWWNAW posted:

while he was presenting, a bunch of horse porn pop ups started appearing over the window he was sharing and he almost had a stroke.

dude needs to realise there's a time and a place for that

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