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no biggie just get one of those sweet parallel to serial to usb converters that are so popular.
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atomicthumbs posted:noticed something odd in the incoming queue Is that a vendor supplied backup solution, or am I reading that wrong? Or is the Mac actually part of the joke? It's late and I'm upset about College Clownball. You'll probably need to get a SCSI to USB adaptor. So start inventing one.
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flosofl posted:Is that a vendor supplied backup solution, or am I reading that wrong? Or is the Mac actually part of the joke? It's late and I'm upset about College Clownball. Sir, this is a computer repair shop
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Oct 9, 2016 02:22
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I'm sure there's some really important files on there.
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Oct 9, 2016 03:03
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Jesus H. I had to add Ethernet cards to a lab full of LC IIIs in like 1998, and they were 5 years old then. I can't even imagine how one would get documents off one of those now. FTP if it boots, and can you can find FTP software for it?
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Oct 9, 2016 08:17
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Well what you'd do if you had access to a SCSI card in a more modern PC, is to yank out the hard drive and then image it to a file you can use in an emulator like Basilisk II. Basilisk II can also be setup to directly boot from an attached SCSI drive in Windows.
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Oct 9, 2016 16:08
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NeuralSpark posted:Jesus H. Fortunately Fetch is evergreen. Now just find a floppy
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Oct 9, 2016 18:06
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I was out Thursday with sick kids. I was out Friday with sick me. I was stuck in bed all weekend, praying for a merciful end. I woke up this morning completely refreshed and ready to catch up on everything I was behind on. I woke up bright and early, got dressed, and headed into work several hours early to get a head start on some projects. Ahh. Nothing compares to an empty campus at 5:30. No phone calls, no one "catching me" in the hallway to help with their bullshit non-issues, no director to fuss about things that are out of my control. Just two and a half hours of peace and quiet. 6:30 rolls around and all is still quiet. The receptionist should be coming in soon, but she keeps to herself. 7:30 rolls around and all is still quiet. She's probably off today. Another 20 minutes or so and thing will liven up. I've accomplished a lot, though. It's 8:30 and all is still quiet. Where is everyone. Oh, yeah. School's closed today. Welp.
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Oct 10, 2016 14:24
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Happy genocide day larchesdanrew!
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Oct 10, 2016 14:26
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That's loving hilarious. Well, enjoy your productive half-day I guess!
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Oct 10, 2016 14:37
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On the plus side, you were able to catch up on a bunch of work so that's not so bad when you think about it? I volunteered to work today during Canadian Thanksgiving. Our office hours are 8am to 7pm, so I have a 11hr shift ahead of me. At least I'll have banked a day and a half off. Plus, gives me the chance to catch up on some work (which I'm totally doing and not just browsing the forums, honestly!)
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Oct 10, 2016 14:39
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Time to say there was some important maintenance to be done when no one was on the system!
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Oct 10, 2016 14:40
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Migishu posted:On the plus side, you were able to catch up on a bunch of work so that's not so bad when you think about it? Absolutely documenting this for comp time. SEKCobra posted:Time to say there was some important maintenance to be done when no one was on the system! This is actually perfect because I've got to image a bunch of office worker's computers so I can install new machines, but they're never not in their office long enough for me to do it.
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Oct 10, 2016 14:43
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larchesdanrew posted:Absolutely documenting this for comp time. I am not working on a day off no matter how productive it would be. gently caress that.
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Oct 10, 2016 14:45
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Sickening posted:I am not working on a day off no matter how productive it would be. I've technically been off for four days now. I'd rather come in on an actual off day to avoid the shitstorm of backlog coming in tomorrow
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Oct 10, 2016 14:49
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larchesdanrew posted:I've technically been off for four days now. I'd rather come in on an actual off day to avoid the shitstorm of backlog coming in tomorrow Being that you were sick all weekend you would still benefit more from another day of rest. It would be more mentally healthy to not spend your day off working. The work can wait.
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Oct 10, 2016 14:51
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To be fair, there's something quite relaxing about doing some work with no one to pressure you. Plus, it might be good for him to walk around and stretch considering he's been bedridden for the past few days. I would emphasize, though, not pushing yourself.
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Oct 10, 2016 15:12
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larchesdanrew posted:Oh, yeah. School's closed today. Work's closed today. Got an automated notification of a major outage. God it was creepy walking into a vacant basement... with a 100-year boiler rumbling... and the glow of an exit sign to light my path. I was half-expecting the furnace from Home Alone to scream "HELLOOOOO DUDEGUYYYYYYYY". 
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Oct 10, 2016 16:03
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Pretty much all my clients are open today! Yay working in media. Except the people who were supposed to make sure the machine I'm supposed to set up today is actually here it seems. Nothing like showing up on site to connect and configure a machine and finding a very annoyed person at the desk instead. Sorry they gave you no notice that your desk is being stolen by another department!
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Oct 10, 2016 16:42
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The only days off I get are on Fridays and I already have them off. 
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Oct 10, 2016 16:47
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The immune system can wait, re-imaging office computers cannot
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Oct 10, 2016 17:24
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atomicthumbs posted:noticed something odd in the incoming queue Look at dat yellow pizza box 
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Oct 10, 2016 17:42
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Actually, working on a general off day sounds great as long as you have no plans, it means more money as well as no one around to bother you.
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Oct 10, 2016 18:01
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I'm at work, but none of the other techs are so guess how much fun I'm having
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Oct 10, 2016 18:09
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Today's officially not a company holiday but everyone's in holiday mode anyway. So technically it's business as usual but nobody's actually doing anything.
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Oct 10, 2016 18:12
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Renegret posted:Today's officially not a company holiday but everyone's in holiday mode anyway. Your avatar keeps getting better and better. And of course nobody is doing anything, they're all ghosts!  Meanwhile I'm racking up billable hours waiting for client IT to stop playing musical chairs with a machine and actually deliver it to where it's supposed to be. But it's in midtown and I'm downtown so that could take the next 4 or 5 hours. pr0digal fucked around with this message at 18:19 on Oct 10, 2016 |
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Oct 10, 2016 18:16
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pr0digal posted:Your avatar keeps getting better and better. for bonus points, I can re-use it for Christmas as the Ghost of Help Dogs Past. Holy poo poo I'm so bored today. It's really making up for the clusterfuck we had yesterday (utility pole fire fused three fiber trunks together, no way to fix it other than a clean cut down all three of them in the middle of the day)
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Oct 10, 2016 18:19
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Renegret posted:Today's officially not a company holiday but everyone's in holiday mode anyway. So, business as usual.
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Oct 10, 2016 18:28
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Zamboni Apocalypse posted:So, business as usual. ............yes
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The top analyst requested a computer for home, the primary usage to be remoting into his Mac Pro here at work that's running Windows 8.1. He seems to understand that little horsepower is required since the Mac Pro is the computer doing the actual work. All the home machine needs to do is start the session. So he asked for a 27" 5k iMac. At first he was ok with an i5 then he said "Well, just in case it should be as powerful as possible and like my Mac Pro it should boot to Windows. Just in case." He quickly optioned it up until it was over $3k. I sent the quote to the CEO who quickly approved it, like he does all requests for this analyst. They're the only emails of mine he responds to in less than a week. My quest to spend as much money as possible continues!
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Dick Trauma posted:The top analyst requested a computer for home, the primary usage to be remoting into his Mac Pro here at work that's running Windows 8.1. He seems to understand that little horsepower is required since the Mac Pro is the computer doing the actual work. All the home machine needs to do is start the session. Sounds like your analyst really needs an infrastructure overhaul of the entire company.
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His Mac Pro was originally quoted by Bill at something like $18k, just before I started this job. I reviewed the quote and got it down to $8k+ while still meeting the analyst's needs. Knowing what I know now I would've let it slide right by, especially considering that the CEO had already approved that monster quote. 
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We've had n issue with our software where certain office 2013 and 2016 updates break functionality in our product's email integration*. This has been happening since the beginning of June to our customers who host their own instances in house. In July it began showing up on our test servers for the cloud users; bug reports and work orders were filed in July with the cloud admins. Over the weekend, they upgraded a bunch of our highest paying private server customers to Office 2013, and guess what started happening? Guess who's claiming they've never heard of the issue?  *Well, everything still technically works, but it pops up an extra dialogue box that needs to be cleared every time you use that function, which is annoying on its own but for the grandmas and grandpas using our software is also mysterious and scary and unusable.
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So much accomplished. Installed some document cameras, imaged the computers, researched and filled out PO requisitions I've been putting off, replaced some faulty UPSes in the dorms, and finally got around to being able to look over some applications that have come in. All before lunch. I never realized how much I keep getting pulled away from my duties by everyone else's issues
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Oct 10, 2016 19:45
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larchesdanrew posted:So much accomplished. Installed some document cameras, imaged the computers, researched and filled out PO requisitions I've been putting off, replaced some faulty UPSes in the dorms, and finally got around to being able to look over some applications that have come in. All before lunch. This is why help desk exists in most places constant interruption destroys productivity and kills your ability to prioritize or complete work.
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Oct 10, 2016 20:01
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SEKCobra posted:Actually, working on a general off day sounds great as long as you have no plans, it means more money as well as no one around to bother you. My favorite thing about working 2nd-tier holidays in Boston was I always had a seat on the subway and all the pandhandlers downtown took the day off too.
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Oct 10, 2016 20:05
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larchesdanrew posted:So much accomplished. Installed some document cameras, imaged the computers, researched and filled out PO requisitions I've been putting off, replaced some faulty UPSes in the dorms, and finally got around to being able to look over some applications that have come in. All before lunch. Now document all of this and show your boss what happens when you have no interruptions. Then ask for a help desk monkey.
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larchesdanrew posted:So much accomplished. Installed some document cameras, imaged the computers, researched and filled out PO requisitions I've been putting off, replaced some faulty UPSes in the dorms, and finally got around to being able to look over some applications that have come in. All before lunch. "Look what happens when you don't micromanage everything I do"
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Raerlynn posted:Now document all of this and show your boss what happens when you have no interruptions. Then ask for a help desk monkey. Boss: "Oh, then from here on out you'll come in on weekends so you can catch up"
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MJP posted:Boss: "Oh, then from here on out you'll come in on weekends so you can catch up" Larch: "Do you come in on weekends to work on anything? No? Then gently caress yourself"
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