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kce
5:03 PM
Huh. They haven't filled my old position so they re-classed it at a pay schedule that's the equivalent of a 15% increase. Interesting.
 
lol coworker sleeping in his cube.
 
@cole classic @cole
 
What?
 
that can only happen at your company
from 10 to 2 admins, and one of them is sleeping
 
Alright compressing 120GB at USB 2 speed ... this is gonna take a while
 
5:05 PM
@Jacob 3000 miles? So, like, a 1 week bike ride?
 
kce
I wonder if I should interview for old new position?
At the very least for the LOLs.
 
@MichelZ this is my life.
 
@cole that's why a say it's a "classic @cole"
 
@cole Take a pic and forward to your boss?
heh
 
@NathanC nah... take a pic, send to coworker an threaten to forward it to boss
blackmail baby
 
5:10 PM
@Jacob better than Delta.
 
@NathanC they're good friends, won't matter.
That's why he still has a job.
 
kce
@cole I'm impressed. Your co-worker is fully committed.
Think of like this - a job is an exchange of your time for someone else's money. He's getting a great exchange rate.
You, with all your crazy ideas of professionalism, are getting a terrible exchange rate.
 
Dan
@MichelZ I believe it's due to paravirtualisation, but I may be wrong. As ithappens, doens't look like the root cause
 
@kce Seriously lol
 
evenin' gents
 
kce
5:16 PM
My cynicism is beginning to get the better of me.
 
@kce Yup. Made up my mind as well. Gonna spend the next 5 years head down and not worry about stupid stuff other people are doing. Just do my job well, stock up the cash, and retire to the country near a small city and open a little brewery or brewpub.
 
@Magellan that's a good plan.
 
@Magellan evening
 
@voretaq7 not really
 
@RyJones howdy. got some pictures of moose eating the shrubs in my mother-in-law's neighbor's yard this weekend. those things are damn big.
 
5:25 PM
@Magellan saw those on twitter or g+, don't remember. Impressive animals
 
kce
@Magellan, Yeah. Things just seem to go from bad to worse for me.
I just think I'm in the wrong field.
And/or my expectations need to be adjusted.
 
google is fucking with me. They have very detailed instructions on how to download, build, and debug gerrit, and they don't work. I think it's a long con to keep productivity down.
 
5:47 PM
Anyone using vmware's autodeploy for esxi and using WDS also? Does it work together?
 
That's...weird. Virtualbox is reporting VT-x is disabled on my machine at home...but I've never actually disabled it.
Can't install W10 without it :(
 
@NathanC Usually comes that way
 
@Jacob Well, I've had virtualbox before and it's worked
 
@NathanC Where's the preview link? I couldn't seem to find it
 
5:50 PM
fuck vmware
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damit
 
@RyJones Thanks
 
today is the worst monday - ever
 
@MichelZ its Wednesday
 
@Nick it's monday
 
ugh
stupid site doesn't have an actual download
 
5:54 PM
@MichelZ I think your computer needs a ntp update mate :p
 
I'm showing Monday here too...
 
@Nick Wednesdays are the worst kind of Mondays
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facepalms
 
@Jacob CPU-Z reports VT-x in the instruction list...so that's odd.
 
@NathanC does that mean capable or enabled?
 
5:55 PM
@NathanC Is it disabled or not?
 
@MichelZ nah Fridays are worst than Monadays
 
Well, unfortunately I can't double-check without booting into the BIOS...which I can't do remotely. ;)
 
@NathanC no KVM?
 
@Nick Nah, not on my home desktop
 
@NathanC why not? :D
 
5:56 PM
It probably got reset when I was having issues before...I'll just have to fix it when I get home
 
Windows 10 Tech Preview is live: windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/…
 
@cole late :P
 
@cole old
 
Whatevs, I was doing work!
 
also: nothing interesting in there as far as I can see
 
5:59 PM
It's more like 8.2
 
they showed everything already in the presentation
 
developer just pushed untested code to production again... what.an.idiot
... to the user authentication system
 
@Nick Devs shouldn't have access to production. Jokes on you!
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@Jacob they dont they have a repository which they are specifically told "ONLY PUSH IF YOU ARE 5000% SURE" and the production server pulls the code
 
@Nick That's the same as access
 
6:04 PM
Meh, MS detection tool says it's not enabled. Guess it's a dive into the BIOS tonight.
 
@Jacob I prefer the term "Hotfix access" :p
... but they use that for every update
 
@Nick Call it want you want. But you can't really complain.
 
@Jacob You're entitled to your opinion, but there is no amount of money that would make me endure yet another Delta Airlines flight in my lifetime.
 
@voretaq7 Why? What airline do you fly now?
 
In all the misery that is commercial air travel in this country Delta stands out as singularly bad.
@Jacob None if I can possibly avoid it. Southwest (or Jet Blue if forced) here on the east coast, usually United when I have to go somewhere those two won't take me even though they suck pretty hard.
 
6:07 PM
oh no... new employee didn't realize dynamic distribution groups in Exchange existed...
 
Why is delta so bad?\
 
I never liked united
 
I know why Microsoft went with Windows 10 ....it's because 7 ate 9.
 
(and they used CC instead of BCC)
 
Bob
6:07 PM
@ewwhite CC ALL THE THINGS
 
@Jacob I've never met a happy Delta employee - they're more miserable than the passengers. Also at least around here (NY) they seem to have a problem with "on time performance", at least that's been my experience.
 
yes... everyone@produce-schlong.com
 
@NathanC not sure if rimshot or sadtrombone...
 
@ewwhite nice
 
@ewwhite ah just realised it was a new emplyee
 
6:09 PM
@DennisKaarsemaker :D
 
Did he really sit and type all the emails in?
 
Folks it's very simple: Microsoft is having a hard enough time in Germany, they really didn't need "Windows? NEIN!" marketing trouble.
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or exchange did it for him?
 
@voretaq7 true :)
 
@Nick Address book, select all, copy, paste into "TO"
 
6:09 PM
@Nick naw, it would say all
 
@voretaq7 ah never used exchange
 
@voretaq7 German retailer "Metro" also spiked the name for the new UI. Germans, amirite?
 
@DennisKaarsemaker I like this.
 
@Nick you don't use exchange, you use Outlook
@RyJones fuck germans?
 
6:11 PM
yo
 
@voretaq7 including all distribution groups
 
Been since March 2006 since I've listened to Rammstein.
 
@MichelZ No thanks, I've seen their porn. Those people are CRAZY.
 
@MichelZ thunderbird, with namecheap email hosting :) (They do use openExchange ... but I dont use the web interface)
 
6:11 PM
@MichelZ nah those guys have weird toilets
 
I'm imaging all our machines over to OS Win X
 
@MattBear so its windows with Darwin kernel? :p
 
@Nick not sure yet.... doing an office wide multicast right now
once the first machines done I'll be able to tell you
 
I feel like stabbing someone today -.-
 
@Nick use a spoon
and stab em in the nono bits
or "upgrade" them to Vista
 
6:23 PM
Heh, Windows 10 questions have already started appearing on SU
bets on when SF will start seeing them trickle in?
 
@NathanC no bet.
preemptively create a tag that says "Questions will be closed until it is actually released"
 
@DennisKaarsemaker no, people that are working on Windows 10 rollouts may actually have interesting Windows 10 specific questions
I mean, that's what the preview is for, right? Us?
 
Damn...it took my Pi 3 hours to update
 
@NathanC to win 10?
 
6:29 PM
@DennisKaarsemaker ....yes.
 
someone at google found me at server fault and on linkedin, and now he wants to have a conference call about a job as data center manager in Belgium
I don't even
 
@NathanC if its a fresh install a trick I have learned to reduce the update is apt-get purge wolfram-engine
That thing is literally 300 MB per update
 
@Nick It was just a crapload of package updates...I haven't booted the Pi in months
 
@RyJones just spun up a Win X VM
 
kce
@pauska Belgium is right next to Norway right?
 
6:33 PM
@kce yeah, kind of like new york being right next to florida
 
kce
@pauska I mean all you Europeans speak German anyway right?
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Should be an easy transition.
 
Does Win10 not come with Betta wallpaper??
 
@pauska welp
Win 10 here we come, baby! Here's hoping 10 isn't the number of hours it takes to download...
 
@pauska you can get from norway to belgium without crossing any other country :)
 
6:37 PM
merry Christmas to me
@tombull89 around an hour
 
Win10 REALLY should be called 8.2 or 8.3 (if you think the 8.1 Update should have counted as 8.2) - I'm unimpressed so far, just what the 8.x should have been in the first place
 
kce
@pauska Do Norwegians consider themselves Europeans?
 
Bob
@ChrisS Remember that it's a tech preview, not RTM
 
@MattBear "TAPE ALL FOUR SIDES" sees two sides taped #yolo
 
@Bob True, but previous tech previews changed very little from the RTM.
 
Bob
6:38 PM
Final release will likely include more changes. e.g. WDDM 2.0 support.
 
@kce you sure had a lot of interesting questions.. are you serious or just mucking around? :)
 
Also, I should be clear that I'm mostly unimpressed because it's just what people have been screaming about for the last two years. There doesn't seem to be anything else in there. Also, most of the changes can be done to Win8.1 via 3rd party software.
 
Bob
Actually, I would've expected WDDM 2.0 in the tech preview... hmm.
 
woot
 
6:39 PM
@MattBear awwww man... I really want one
 
Bob
@ChrisS What was significant in Win7 apart from what people have been complaining about Vista?
 
linux guy falls back into darkness as a windows discussion arises
 
@Bob Well when you give it a name like "Vista" it looks weird to have a "Vista 2.0" or "Vista.1"
 
@ChrisS there is a page for enterprise customers that explains briefly what changes we can epexct
 
Bob
@ChrisS No one ever accused Microsoft of having a linear name progression.
 
6:42 PM
I should give MS kudos for responding to customer needs (or caving to corporate pressure, however you want to spin it). It is what I expected and looks like something completely usable again.
 
More MDM support (intune), enforce encryption across devices (if you copy a file out of a bootlicker device then the receiving device must also be encrypted) and.. uh I can't remember more
 
@voretaq7 I'm gayer than a gay thing, apparently.
 
just search for the technical preview of win 10 for enterprise.. they're releasing it shortly
 
@pauska It's already on technet
 
@MichaelHampton !?
 
6:43 PM
@DennisKaarsemaker It's not gay if it's on the moon.
 
I don't see it when I log in to the eval center..
 
@pauska I downloaded it almost an hour ago!
 
@MichaelHampton the enterprise version?
 
@pauska they have the server preview on azure already
 
6:45 PM
ooh there it is
@MattBear what nimble model did you get?
 
kce
@pauska No. I'm serious with this one. Do Norwegians think of themselves of Europeans?
Or are you kind of like the Alaska of Europe? "Well, we're kind of part of Europe but not really"
 
@pauska CS 220
 
@kce that's the UK
 
@kce West of the Urals is Europe, no question.
 
@pauska Not on Technet yet. Nor Dreamspark.
 
6:47 PM
@kce No, not everyone in Europe speaks or understands german. No, belgium is not a connected country to Norway (Sweden, Finland and Russia are), and yes, Norway is a part of Europe and we think about ourselves as europeans
and scandinavians..
 
kce
@pauska I was joking about the german...
 
@ChrisS I found it in the technet eval center now..
 
kce
I'm stupid but not that stupid.
 
Oh, wasn't there 30 minutes ago
 
@kce :)
there is technical previews of hyper-v server and system center aswell
 
6:49 PM
so... should I upgrade the entire office to Win X?
today!
 
kce
@pauska I was just in Croatia/Bosnia and I was kind of fascinated by the idea of European-identification. Like how do all these people with very different histories, culture and language self-identify as European? It just seems strange to me.
 
awww we have to reorganize the rack to fit the nimble
:(
 
kce
Lots of people in the US, self-identify as residents of their respective States moreso than the US. Maybe because the US lacks a cohesive cultural history?
I dunno.
 
@MattBear the 220 is out of sales.. are you sure it's a 220?
@kce I have no idea really.. I suck at history
 
@kce seriously?
 
kce
6:53 PM
@pauska Me either. It's just interesting to me.
 
@kce mostly because the federal government is a bunch of corrupt bureaucratic asswads, and we would rather not be associated with that mess
 
kce
@MichelZ Seriously what?
 
not that the states are that much better....
@pauska pretty sure, one sec
 
@kce all europeans speak german?
@kce and you can click on the little arrow to the left of the message, takes you to the one where it responds to
 
the new nimble series have like 60% better performance.. so I would double-check it and rape the vendor if they sold you an old box
 
6:55 PM
@kce I did not know that about Europeans..
 
@pauska IS manager ordered it, I'll go check the model number now
 
kce
@MichelZ That was a joke. The same with the Belgium one. I also know that Norway is geographically located in Europe. I just wondered if Scandinavians "identify" as being European.
Considering that Norway and Iceland aren't even EU members.
 
@kce you never know with americans.... ;)
WTFBBQOMGVMWARE
i cannot copy or move a machine, but it boots up fine
I need a hammer
 
outbid by £0.01 fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
 
6:59 PM
@kce well mate, I don't really know what identifies someone as european.. We have the EEA across european countries (even Norway and Iceland) to promote growth across the borders
The European Economic Area (EEA) provides for the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital through three of four member states of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway), and 27 of 28 member states of the European Union (EU), with Croatia provisionally applying the agreement pending its ratification by all EEA countries. It was established on 1 January 1994 following an agreement between the member states and the European Community, which later became the EU. It allows EFTA states which join to participate in the EU's internal market without being...
it basically means open borders and work permits for everyone inside the EEA
the only exception is the UK.. they're somewhat half-members of the EEA
Norway is benefiting greatly of it, since we can get much much cheaper labor for construction etc (usually Poland)
 
@pauska see that nice little grey spot in the middle? That's me. Switzerland. :)
 
kce
@MattBear What's the storage going to be used for?
 
@MichelZ you are Switzerland? :p
 
@Nick Yes, I am
 
7:07 PM
@kce ESXi
@kce yeah, I'm seeing the new models, trying to find a price comparison
I think he got a deal on the 220 which is why he ordered it
 
kce
@MattBear - VSAN?
 
ok
 
kce
@MattBear Or just regular old storage?
 
make sure you update it before you create any volumes.. they default to triple parity in the new releases without any performance penalty
(for future safe support of 3TB+ drives)
 
@kce yeah vsan
can you find a pricetag for the CS 300?
 
kce
7:12 PM
@MattBear Sweet. I wish I had cool stuff to do.
 
VSAN? Isn't that supposed to be used with local disks on servers?..
 
that look right?
because:
@pauska sorry vmotion
ok, we got the 220 cause it was $37k and we didn't need the IOPS
the newer model was about 50k
 
I see
 
@kce Bored as heck there? =/
 
kce
@Wesley Yeah.
 
7:21 PM
Think about this question for five seconds and no more before you answer:
What do you envision as a job that would make you reasonably content in the IT field?
That was horrible grammar, but you get the idea.
Don't think too hard.
 
@Wesley sup, N00b
 
:17947191 Ah, so it's less about IT and more about the structure.
Bosses aren't bad in themselves, but this one is kind of a dick?
@kce Okay, cool. Could be worse I guess?
 
@kce WTF?
 
kce
@Wesley Hey. Getting paid.
Life's good.
Not a jerk.
@MichelZ Sorry. I still can't figure out how to see what message you are referencing.
 
@kce the 4 that you removed
 
7:25 PM
@kce Hover over his message and it'll highlight what he was referencing, or there's a tiny little arrow next to his message that you can click to auto scroll back to the message referenced.
 
kce
@MichelZ @MichelZ Uh. Yeah. I mean I was expecting to at least be included in that converstation.
 
@kce I can't even see your messages... because you removed them :)
 
kce
@MichelZ Ah. Don't worry about it. I was just complaining.
I really shouldn't even be on CHAT
all I do here is bitch.
 
@kce we all do... so what :D
 
kce
and there's nothing I can really do since I'm a job hopper
 
7:28 PM
that's bad
 
kce
Job-hopping?
I have a whole rant about that.
 
yeah, recruiters don't like job hoppers
at least I don't
 
kce
@MichelZ Dude. I'm done with IT. Like I'm done with life. FUCK IT.
 
@kce that sounds like something a shrink should help you with
 
kce
It's such bullshit. Everyone's like "You got to move fast, and aggressively pursue opportunities" and then people are all pissed off when you go do that.
 
7:30 PM
hehe
 
kce
If you're not learning something new you should be looking for new work
and then you go and do it and people are like oh "you're a job hopper".
 
yah, it's like democrats and republicans...
what's good for one is not necessarily good for the other
 
kce
Anyway. Work is dumb. Time to start enjoying life.
It's just frustrating.
 
work can be
 
kce
I don't ever remember any of my other jobs being as bad as IT. I think I wasn't "personally" invested.
 
7:35 PM
switch to a new one.. take a year off and go fishing.. life is too short to be agonized by work, we spend way too much time of our life doing it
@kce how many IT jobs have you had?
 
@pauska speaking of new jobs, when are you gonna start @ google? :)
 
kce
@pauska Four. (1 year in a Gov. position, 2 years in a municipality position, 1 year in a Gov. position, 6 months in small business. currently)
 
@MichelZ heh, I'm probably going to send him a mail and thank him for the interest.. nothing more than that
 
kce
@pauska I'm just having difficulty adjusting to adulthood.
 
They probably pay shit, I don't wanna move to belgium and Linux is maybe 10% of my knowledge.. my focus is MS software
 
7:38 PM
@pauska maybe they are planning Goozure
 
@kce Can't you move away from alaska and get a job in a medium sized business?
SMB is usually tough and very little motivating.. that's my experience. Never worked for gov, but nearly everyone I know who does it either hate it (people are lazy) or love it (because they are lazy)
 
kce
@pauska Well as people have rightly pointed out, my history of short terms of employment makes it really hard. I moved to a SMB shop to have the chance to be encumbered at the expense of developing my skills. But politics and structures are everywhere
so now I'm kind of stuck and am in the process of coming to terms with it.
 
I see.
well, just try to make the best of it. Maybe you can convince them to pay for certifications etc.. they'll benefit and you'll benefit
 
kce
It's not bad. I'm just a bit frustrated.
I thought some leave would cure me but.. no.
 
@kce :(
there are some options... what would you like to be doing?
 
kce
7:42 PM
It's all good. I just need to develop some patience.
@ewwhite I think I'm going to go back to trade school in a year or two.
 
@kce you could also find another job that has a training budget or something ;)
 
kce
@FalconMomot That's true but... "job-hopper".
It's all good. I'm done.
I just needed to vent.
 
kce
Work is good. Life is good.
 
I think people care too much about staying in the same place, but people who actually hire people don't.
 
kce
7:45 PM
I'm just laboring under the delusion that I'm a special snowflake.
 
you might be :P
 
kce
Likely so.
 
I work at an entire company of them; it works pretty good.
 
Anyone have an idea of the differences between Technical Preview and Technical Preview for Consumer?
 
7:55 PM
@tombull89 I'm pretty sure those are the same
 
kce
@HopelessN00b I'm not good enough to deserve the kind of things I think I should.
 
There's a separate Enterprise Preview, but I think the "Consumer" or just "Technical Preview" are the same
 
@kce <shrug> People don't deserve a damn thing. You get what you can get. So worry about what you can get, not what you deserve.
 
@ChrisS I thought so too, but...
 
kce
@HopelessN00b That's true to some extent.
 
7:59 PM
@tombull89 Well, clearly, one's intended for consumers, and the other is intended for an unspecified audience. Wait, I see whitespace... so maybe the "technical preview" is just intended for white people?
 

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