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22 Eargesplitten posted:All of us that do automation or programming will be up against the wall for still having jobs when the rest have been automated away. Ah, but who do you think will have programmed the firing-squad bots?  "You are scheduled for execution. At this time I am to ask for your blindfold and cigarette preferences, and for your last words." "My last words are Klaatu Barada Nikto." "Standing down."
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Zil posted:Neither, that is reserved for whomever keeps deciding that faxing is acceptable in the year of our lord 2017. You'd think I'm using dark magic when I print to our other office via network print, rather than fax. I've got one coworker on board but the rest are still faxing away because it's what they've always done. I don't know if our office phone service is straight unlimited, but I sure hope so because it's long distance between the offices. Is long distance still a thing? I just realized I've had mobile only for so long I don't even know for sure anymore.
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turn left hillary!! noo posted:You'd think I'm using dark magic when I print to our other office via network print, rather than fax. I've got one coworker on board but the rest are still faxing away because it's what they've always done. I don't know if our office phone service is straight unlimited, but I sure hope so because it's long distance between the offices. It is if you refuse to upgrade your plan. I Just got my wife's uncle off the plan he had been on for 25 years and the free long distance is blowing his mind
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turn left hillary!! noo posted:You'd think I'm using dark magic when I print to our other office via network print, rather than fax. I've got one coworker on board but the rest are still faxing away because it's what they've always done. I don't know if our office phone service is straight unlimited, but I sure hope so because it's long distance between the offices. Long distance is still a thing to worry about on 4 things: 1. Your grandma's plan she hasn't changed since she moved to her house in 1968. She's probably also still paying a phone rental fee every month to that one AT&T spinoff company who manages that. 2. Dirt cheap basic landline services some people get. These usually charge extortionate rates for actually using the line but if you barely use it it only costs $5 a month or something. 3. A business line that's basically the grandma from number 1. The guy in charge just keeps approving the expense with occasional calls to get lower rates so it's not the full price from 40 years ago, but he never bothers to get the long distance charges removed. 4. People who try to min max these things. They get a special rate plan from their phone company in exchange for forgoing things like long distance calling and caller ID. When they make long distance calls they use one of those services from the 90s like 10-10-3480 or whatever they were that only charges 9 cents a minute. Or they use those prepaid long distance credit card things from one of those places that still carries that.
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Well, I learned something new today, thanks guys. I don't know that it'll be useful at all, but at least my curiosity is satisfied.
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Jul 23, 2017 04:45
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It's madness that faxing is still a thing in 2017.
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A refugee from the old Tony company just started at my place and the first thing he asked me was where the fax machine was.  EDIT: I didn't ask him about Tony. I expect he'll be in that job until he dies.
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Entropic posted:It's madness that faxing is still a thing in 2017. The entire medical insurance industry *is* madness.
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We're a manufacturing company and we give the option for email, fax, or EDI for sending us orders, the majority of our old gently caress off customers is fax. But we have XMedius, so all the faxes just go to an email box anyways.
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A call came in from the fire department at 3:30 in the morning. Apparently our UPS let the magic blue smoke out, which triggered the fire alarm and brought down the entire office. I'm out of town and the office manager had to deal with it. Called an electrician who tried to restart the UPS and caused it to arc over.  No injuries, but the UPS is toast. This will be a fun week.
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Collateral Damage posted:A call came in from the fire department at 3:30 in the morning. Now, I'm not a professional IT guy like most of you, so I don't know how it's done in "the biz," but my personal rule is that if a device was ever on fire you should just replace it. This goes double for devices that carry enough current to kill you.
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Deuce posted:Now, I'm not a professional IT guy like most of you, so I don't know how it's done in "the biz," but my personal rule is that if a device was ever on fire you should just replace it. This goes double for devices that carry enough current to kill you. Never underestimate how cheap some people are. Or "I CAN FIX THIS, I SWEAR" types.
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Deuce posted:Now, I'm not a professional IT guy like most of you, so I don't know how it's done in "the biz," but my personal rule is that if a device was ever on fire you should just replace it. This goes double for devices that carry enough current to kill you. Letting out smoke isnt necessarily on fire. Could have been a big rear end fuse as well.
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Jul 23, 2017 16:18
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Reminds me of a ticket from my last job. 
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Deuce posted:Now, I'm not a professional IT guy like most of you, so I don't know how it's done in "the biz," but my personal rule is that if a device was ever on fire you should just replace it. This goes double for devices that carry enough current to kill you. At least it sounds like the batteries were fine.
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Collateral Damage posted:Not sure if the electrician was made aware that it had been smoking. It's also a big room UPS, not a rack unit. Replacing it is going to be a project.
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Well I just went and checked on it after getting back. DC is fine, nothing's burnt. No smell of anything burnt in the air, so I doubt there actually was any smoke and my office manager is just exaggerating things, since the smell of ozone and burnt plastic tends to linger. UPS is unhappy though. 
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Collateral Damage posted:Well I just went and checked on it after getting back. DC is fine, nothing's burnt. No smell of anything burnt in the air, so I doubt there actually was any smoke and my office manager is just exaggerating things, since the smell of ozone and burnt plastic tends to linger. I don't know, Reactor number 1 not responding seems pretty serious. 
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Jul 23, 2017 21:47
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Resonance Cascade imminent!
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spankmeister posted:Resonance Cascade imminent! Just so long as you don't accidentally trigger a Helvetica Scenario. Hope there aren't too many calcium atoms in that UPS...
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Zil posted:I don't know, Reactor number 1 not responding seems pretty serious. Better than number 4.
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Zil posted:I don't know, Reactor number 1 not responding seems pretty serious.
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darthbob88 posted:That's rector, not reactor. Darn near killed 'er!
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Had the best support phone call possible today. Me: Service Desk, how can I help you? Her: Never mind, I just remembered my password! Thank you very much! Me: Have a good day! *click*
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Dear copy company rep, Surely, you can appreciate that I have found a new company that will both automate our entire print system and save us several thousand dollars a year, while I have been waiting for your techs to email me a list of user codes for close to 6 months now. Surely, you can appreciate that this new company will charge us using accurate count readings that are verified with me before billing, as opposed to your company's method of simply estimating print counts and rounding up. Surely, you can appreciate that I have sent you many emails and phone calls over the last few months informing you of my intention; messages that you never responded to. So please, don't walk into my office crying crocodile tears and complaining that you were "blindsided" by this development. This is business, and this is how it goes. Sincerely, Larchesdanrew P.S. Classy move mentioning your recently deceased husband in an effort to make me feel guilty.
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Maybe she wanted your body and that was her way of telling you she is available.
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larchesdanrew posted:Dear copy company rep, Why did you even take the meeting?
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Steakandchips posted:Why did you even take the meeting? I don't consider it a meeting when someone just comes into my office.
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He must have agreed to see her, it's a school, randos off the street should not be allowed to just walk in to the school.
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Jul 24, 2017 17:08
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Are you going to turn away a grieving widow, you heartless bastards?
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spog posted:Are you going to turn away a grieving widow, you heartless bastards? Yes.
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spog posted:Are you going to turn away a grieving widow, you heartless bastards? Yes.
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larchesdanrew posted:Dear copy company rep, RJ Young?
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Malek posted:Darn near killed 'er! Ahahahahahahah this made my Monday morning. Laughing way harder than I should be right now.
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spog posted:Are you going to turn away a grieving widow, you heartless bastards? yes
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iospace posted:Yes. AV/Post combo
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spog posted:Are you going to turn away a grieving widow, you heartless bastards? If that's the card they want to play, they should be laughed at. Loudly. Provided the boss is away, or sympathetic. If they're not gonna treat the death of their spouse with the gravity it deserves, why should you?
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Steakandchips posted:He must have agreed to see her, it's a school, randos off the street should not be allowed to just walk in to the school. I see you've never walked anywhere while wearing a hard hat and carrying a clipboard.
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spog posted:Are you going to turn away a grieving widow, you heartless bastards? Dude, she works in sales; even if she's telling the truth, it's not like she has human feelings.
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spog posted:Are you going to turn away a grieving widow, you heartless bastards? Every goddam time. In Dell support news: hopped on the live chat to order a replacement DIMM for a server. The person suggested that we clear the error log, swap the DIMM with another, and then see if the error pops up again. Sure, I'll get right on that with a production node in the middle of a Monday.
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