Talk About Work Thread

*sigh.. total hatred for Dell Servers right now. Had a power surge at work, that caused a power outtage so we had to run on battery. When the battery died, the ungraceful shutdown pratically corrupted every single Dell Linux Red Hat box we had. EXT3 sucks.

None of our solaris boxes had this issues....

1 week of work out the tube. Well... almost.. managed to recover the stuff.

gaijin mark wrote:So, I call this customer and I ask, "Is this (the customer's name)?" Answer, "No", I ask , "Is this(the customer's phone #)?" Answer, "I don't know" I ask, "Does (customer's name) live there?" Answer, "Yes, but she's not home right now" I was really tempted to say, " I'm going to cancel your DSL because obviously you're too stupid to know how to operate a computer!!!" :beatyou: [/list:u]

gaijin mark wrote:Incredibly stupid - Part II - I called this customer and asked, "Is (customer's name) there?" The person that answered said, "Just a second" This other person comes on the line, I ask, "Is this (customer's name)?" He answers, "There's no one here by that name" and hangs up! What the hell was that first guy thinking ?!!? :beatyou:

Weird customers :sweat: :shakehead:

Buruburu wrote:*sigh.. total hatred for Dell Servers right now. Had a power surge at work, that caused a power outtage so we had to run on battery. When the battery died, the ungraceful shutdown pratically corrupted every single Dell Linux Red Hat box we had. EXT3 sucks.

None of our solaris boxes had this issues....

1 week of work out the tube. Well... almost.. managed to recover the stuff.

Man, that sucks. :bleh:

Does EXT2 have that problem too? I'm using it and I don't have a UPS.

Shindou wrote:@ KouSeiya: that sux, wanna swap with my exam? :sweat:

Nah, I haven't been to school in over a year. Oh well, at least I make $90 for this and I'm not restricted to the house :sweat: No calls tonight but the season is changing and people are going crazy.

tabana wrote:
Man, that sucks. :bleh:

Does EXT2 have that problem too? I'm using it and I don't have a UPS.

I wouldn't doubt it. EXT3 is simply EXT2 with indexing. Problem IMHO is that it doesn't have atomic writes.

krim wrote:we actually are trying to get more map researchers... basically, you try to find a piece of property on a map.

that sound easy. do u guys have a website where I can view details? It sounds WAY better than my crappy job that pays soley on commission :usuck: :bleh:

i dont think we have anything posted, but here's our website
http://www.nationwide-totalflood.com/

i think we have ads in the paper.

found our listing on Monster.com

krim wrote:i dont think we have anything posted, but here's our website
http://www.nationwide-totalflood.com/

i think we have ads in the paper.

found our listing on Monster.com

righteous. tHaNx :dancing:

Buruburu wrote:

I wouldn't doubt it. EXT3 is simply EXT2 with indexing. Problem IMHO is that it doesn't have atomic writes.

Thanks. I guess I should backup and buy a UPS ASAP. :)

wierd, one of the other departments just hired a ex-bf of a friend... i dont think he recognized me though. :beaten: :hehe:

I just came from a job interview...it was one of those role playing kind of

interview. It was much simpler than i expected, so much so that now i'm

having doubts about how i performed :fingerscrossed:

On the train back, i thought of answers i didn't give but should have :beatyou:

Oh well at least i have a job right now if that's any consolation.

They gave me a $1 raise.

:puppydog:

I guess beggars can't be choosy..

WOW. i think my last raise wasn't even 50 cents... though i did have a large one before that.

Wow. Still better than me. It looks like if I want a raise, I'll have to steal the office furnitures and sell them. :hehe: j/k ;)

Happy workers' day!

Ohlala wrote:I just came from a job interview...it was one of those role playing kind of

interview. It was much simpler than i expected, so much so that now i'm

having doubts about how i performed :fingerscrossed:

On the train back, i thought of answers i didn't give but should have :beatyou:

Oh well at least i have a job right now if that's any consolation.

Most of the times an interview is just to know you a little better. If you're going to fit well with the others. You should be ok. :say_gdluck:

Yay! I was just informed that I submitted the winning name for our next-gen workstation GUI. $100 for me. :victory:

(hopefully its not taxed. :sweat: :beaten: )

krim wrote:Yay! I was just informed that I submitted the winning name for our next-gen workstation GUI. $100 for me. :victory:

(hopefully its not taxes. :sweat: :beaten: )

Maybe they should have offered you a choice, $100 or a free tank of gas

a tank of gas would only last me 4 days... even after the $100 gets taxed (it will be i just heard), i should get at least 2 weeks of gas outta that. :beaten:

Yeah, so a few people whos entries didn't get selected are ALREADY talking $hit... it's been less than an hour since the announcement.

and the talk of the lack of creativity comes from the group who decided to name our servers after "Duck Tales" cartoon characters and their workstations after the CARE BEARS.

Duck Tales and Cares bears... :bleh:


I prefer using idol names. :mrgreen:

My school had food items: taco, tomato, garlic, pizza... :mrgreen: