Topic: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread (Read 934669 times)

xolik · « **Reply #975 on:** August 08, 2006, 06:59:51 PM »

This is all too familiar.

(not my work, but the story is something I've been through countless times)

Scheherazade · « **Reply #976 on:** August 08, 2006, 07:08:07 PM »

o_O

Obviously, the green thing on the floor is a leper disguised as a green thing on the floor. You see it all the time.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #977 on:** August 11, 2006, 07:40:35 PM »

I'm doing the Escape From Alcatraz swim tomorrow morning.

hackess · « **Reply #978 on:** August 11, 2006, 08:22:29 PM »

Cool! Get pictures of you escaping!

dcrog · « **Reply #979 on:** August 12, 2006, 12:37:19 AM »

I thought there were sharks in them waters.

Get pics of them too.

12AX7 · « **Reply #980 on:** August 12, 2006, 05:52:34 AM »

See if you can borrow Xolik's necklace. Maybe that'll intimidate the sharks.

oh- and good luck!

TheJudge · « **Reply #981 on:** August 12, 2006, 12:40:07 PM »

Quote from: dcrog on August 12, 2006, 12:37:19 AM

I thought there were sharks in them waters.

With friggin' laser beams attached to their heads?

Scheherazade · « **Reply #982 on:** August 12, 2006, 01:35:24 PM »

Quote from: TheJudge on August 12, 2006, 12:40:07 PM

With friggin' laser beams attached to their heads?

Actually Judge, while you were frozen the sharks were put on the endangered species list. We tried to get some, but it will take months to clear up the red tape.

hackess · « **Reply #983 on:** August 14, 2006, 01:17:11 AM »

*placeholder for picture from GenCon of Kari Byron's ass*

pbsaurus · « **Reply #984 on:** August 14, 2006, 02:02:52 PM »

The swim was a blast. I don't have a waterproof camera, so no pics for you.

Stoater posted this over at BC.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #985 on:** August 14, 2006, 03:01:33 PM »

That

gif

ROCKS!

*yoink*

xolik · « **Reply #986 on:** August 14, 2006, 05:03:27 PM »

Today seems to be Cursed Monday. Two server failures, a borked workstation, web interface for a database program has had its SSL cert hosed and backups are iffy.

I do love my job, though, as there is ALWAYS something to do.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #987 on:** August 14, 2006, 05:25:18 PM »

On that note, I just had this discussion with a client earlier today:

Him: We lost [some mammoth amount] of data!!!!!!!!!

Me: (looks around) Uh... we don't host any of your data.

Him: No.

Me: So... this was on some local server or workstation you guys have onsite there?

Him: Yeah.

Me: Uh... okay?

Him: What can we do to get this back?

Me: What happened to it? Can't you restore from backup?

Him: The data was accidentally deleted, and we don't HAVE a backup, otherwise I wouldn't be CALLING you right now!

Me: Riiiiiiight. Uh.... well, what kind of server are we talking about?

Him: NT4.

Me: *stifles laughter* Um. Okay. Well, with no backup I think that data is probably lost unless you have some copy of it elsewhere.

Him: Aren't there programs that can do that sort of thing?

Me: What? Back up crucial data?

Him: NO! RECOVER DELETED FILES!!!!!!!

Me: Er.... yes, there are some out there, I suppose.

Him: Could you run one of those and get our data back for us?

Me: We don't have any here... that's not really what we--

Him: Then could you recommend any!?

Me: Not having used any, no, I couldn't... I--

Him: LET ME SPEAK TO [my boss]!!!!

Me: He's in a meeting.

Him: Fine! *click*

That's right, asshole. Delete data that's so important to your company that you don't keep a backup of it. Then call the company that hosts nothing for you but some POP email and get all pissed off at them when they can't help you with your borked data.

Moron.

xolik · « **Reply #988 on:** August 14, 2006, 05:48:39 PM »

Also good luck finding data recovery software that runs on NT that doesn't cost you an arm and a leg.

Oh, and between now and the last time I made a post here, yet another hard disk failed. This time, it's on an ancient server that doesn't even have hardware raid built-in. But we actually, you know, back up our data every night so it's no big deal.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #989 on:** August 14, 2006, 05:50:16 PM »

Quote from: xolik on August 14, 2006, 05:48:39 PM

Also good luck finding data recovery software that runs on NT that doesn't cost you an arm and a leg.

Oh, and between now and the last time I made a post here, yet another hard disk failed. This time, it's on an ancient server that doesn't even have hardware raid built-in. But we actually, you know, back up our data every night so it's no big deal.

Well of course. Because if you did not, you'd be calling ME, wouldn't you?

hackess · « **Reply #990 on:** August 14, 2006, 07:43:31 PM »

Clixx0r Kirk for More

Also: RPG Motivational Posters

Demosthenes · « **Reply #991 on:** August 14, 2006, 08:29:07 PM »

I grabbed most of the good ones from a different site a couple weeks ago. I set them up as a slideshow screensaver on my laptop that I take to HackMaster sessions when I GM.

One of my favorites is this one.

Crystalmonkey · « **Reply #992 on:** August 14, 2006, 11:35:07 PM »

Yeah I love that awesomeness one.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #993 on:** August 15, 2006, 02:41:21 PM »

Scheherazade · « **Reply #994 on:** August 15, 2006, 02:41:58 PM »

That's one way to change the subject.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #995 on:** August 15, 2006, 02:45:25 PM »

There's no changing the subject in this thread.

Scheherazade · « **Reply #996 on:** August 15, 2006, 02:51:23 PM »

You know what I mean.

Crystalmonkey · « **Reply #997 on:** August 15, 2006, 03:21:31 PM »

What were we talking about again?

Scheherazade · « **Reply #998 on:** August 15, 2006, 03:27:45 PM »

Erm...Captain Kirk's wang, as I remember.

Or was that just me...?

jeee · « **Reply #999 on:** August 15, 2006, 03:50:44 PM »

http://view.break.com/141305#TellAFriend

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