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kce
5:01 PM
@Basil - I threw my two cents in as well. Thanks againf or the awesome answer...
 
@kce Any time :)
 
@Iain That day was my first strava recording.
 
@kce Also, because the Netapp snapshots are API compliant, you can make the applications Netapp aware. We have Netbackup using snapshots for its backups, for example
Same with SQL
 
kce
@Basil - Meaning you do whatever it takes within the operating system to make your application happy and then make the snapshot via ZAPI?
 
@Skyhawk :( Want to join the SF Strava group ?
 
5:05 PM
@Iain It's cute since you can see the crash followed by the ambulance ride. Unfortunately, mobile device didn't come on the helicopter with me. (Nor wallet, nor keys.)
@Iain Sure.
 
@Iain I was thinking about making a sysadmin strava group.
 
@Skyhawk What's your account name ?
 
@Iain "1HandsomeMofo@strava.com"
 
@Wesley do it
 
@Iain checking
 
5:07 PM
@Iain no!
 
@ewwhite I know you don't you ignored my invite :(
 
@Iain I appear to show up simply as Miles Erickson.
 
@Iain Oh, I just don't ride anymore: Because: ghetto
 
@ewwhite Ever since you met that unicorn.
 
@mfinni thanks dude - perfect for what I needed
 
5:10 PM
@MikeyB sweet!
 
@ewwhite I thought it was because: winter but now it's spring so get off your fat arse ...
 
@ewwhite So pick up a ghetto-appropriate bike and get out and fucking ride
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It's spring? Could have fooled me... someone really ought to mention it to the coldfront that moved into the area.
 
gloats
 
@HopelessN00b Last week it was summer. This week is spring again.
 
5:12 PM
@HopelessN00b You have a problem with snow in April? Talk to the groundhog punk.
@freiheit . . . I'm envisioning something Death Race style
 
@voretaq7 Foamy's under-achieving, passive aggressive cousin?
 
@Wesley There was snow on the ground here this morning....
 
@Iain It snowed last night
 
I can't even spell snow.
 
@Wesley The beneficiary of my weather induced rage.
 
5:13 PM
@voretaq7 Nah, 80s singlespeed with an ugly paintjob and a lock that weighs more than the bike is generally ghetto enough...
 
No wait, not beneficiary. The other one. Oh what's the word.... VICTIM! Yes, that's it. The victim of my weather induced rage.
@freiheit . . . a lock that weighs more than an 80s fixie? So....
 
@voretaq7 Move to Arizona. Get some sun, buy a gun, and have some fun.
 
@ewwhite bummer
 
But I'm going to go cash some checks, then take my bike to the suburbs for a ride
 
One of those, @freiheit?
 
5:14 PM
@Iain it was 70+ degrees saturday and sunday here... then snow
 
This coming weekend it'll be in the 60s here. Heat wave!
 
@Wesley I don't want skin cancer
 
This is Global Warming, right?
 
@voretaq7 Shoot a republican and wear their skin. Guaranteed SPF 45+
 
kce
Anyone else work or have worked at a "startup" or SMB?
 
5:15 PM
@kce maybe
 
@ewwhite Because of Stupid Right Wingers we call it "climate change" now (because they don't seem to understand that "global warming" means "Fucked up weather patterns, sometimes more snow, sometimes more deserts"
 
No startups, I would call this place a small-ish business.
 
@voretaq7 I don't talk to groundhogs, I poison them. Freaking pests.
 
@kce If by startup you mean "Faux business terminally incapable of making enough money to pay people so they hand out equity like candy on Halloween" then yes.
 
@kce I've worked at pretty much everything. Wanna know the secret? They all suck.
 
5:16 PM
@voretaq7 It's just a matter of where you want the blood blister and if teeth are involved.
 
@voretaq7 Nah, you need something you can beat people with more easily. :)
 
(The ones you start and run yourself suck the most - not because everything is done wrong, but because making sure it's getting done right is a soul-killing experience)
 
kce
How long do you "discovery"? I mean how long do you wait before you start pushing for infrastructure changes? We have way to much XP but I don't want to come off like I'm the new sheriff in town.
 
@kce XP? Mention it immediately
 
@voretaq7 In fairness the plant goes through warming and cooling phases; this is far from the most green house gasses ever in the atmosphere; and the "damage" we're doing is almost guaranteed to fix itself over the next few hundred thousand years, maybe a few million at the most.
 
5:17 PM
Anything else? 3 months.
@ChrisS that's predicated on us, ya know, stopping....
 
@kce Anything out of service and easily exploitable gets an immediate "Hey guys, I reformatted everything yesterday" =P
 
or going extinct
 
@kce Meaning some applications have backup modes that support storage snapshots. Just plug in what it needs to issue the command and access its snapshot, and it'll be as application consistent as it gets
 
if humanity goes extinct a lot of problems are solved.
 
5:18 PM
@ChrisS Well, sure, when we kill ourselves off, the carbon should start slowly getting bound up again.... :)
 
@voretaq7 Like long lines at the ATM.
 
@voretaq7 We'll run out of Fossil fuels by then.
 
kce
@voretaq7 - That was about my timeline as well. Business has expanded but I don't know if their IT infrastructure has expanded to match it. Practices that make sense when you have 30 employees don't when you have 120.
 
@kce You changed jobs?
 
kce
@Wesley - Like a mercenary, yes.
 
5:19 PM
@ewwhite I think we actually still have several ships on the lakes that we're redirecting freight around...
 
@kce Nice!
 
kce
@Wesley - Thanks!
 
@ChrisS if we don't kill ourselves before that with freak weather and expanding deserts leading to mass starvation in the next hundred or so years.
but what the fuck do I care - VHEMT baby.
 
I need more caffeine
 
@voretaq7 Yeah, yeah... That's what we call "Details"
 
5:20 PM
@Basil :(
 
@ChrisS no, "de-tail" is what I'm going to do to the groundhogs.
 
@BigHomie You like PowerShell ISE?
 
("it's like oxtail, only you have to de-tail a lot more groundhogs to make a good stew...")
 
kce
@Wesley - Actually so yeah. My position at in GUBERMENT is open if you want it. Cisco UCS, NetApp, VMware, ConfigMgr annnnddd other assorted fun
 
@Skyhawk invite sent
 
5:21 PM
@Iain thanks!
 
@kce 3 months is generally a good timeframe unless the problem is egregious (like "XP-past-EoL" or "Fuck, everything's heartbleeding!")
 
@kce Relocation package to East Bumblefuque, Yukon provided? =P
 
I've never worked in an organization where I didn't have at least a basic idea of the infrastructure and some priority projects after 3 months. If your infrastructure is small it may take less time :)
 
kce
@voretaq7 - They want to hold off on XP because they want to replace those machines with a thin client solution. I'm a fan of the 80% solution now instead of the 100% solution later but I think I'll bring it up again.
 
I would love to be the sole sysadmin of a company... Oh those poor employees...
 
kce
5:24 PM
@Wesley - Actually, yeah. You could probably negotiate relocation compensation.
 
@KevinSoviero Worst job ever.
 
@kce Just take the initiative and fix everything. "Hey guys, I noticed you were still on XP, so I spun up an SCCM server and migrated everything to Windows 7 for you. And then set the disk to read only, so it's like a thin client. You're welcome."
 
@Skyhawk Tell me about it. But at least it's a job.
Sort of.
 
@Skyhawk Really, why?
 
kce
@HopelessN00b - In previous jobs that approach has gone very poorly for me.
I think I'm just going to sit tight for a few months. XP be damned.
 
5:25 PM
@KevinSoviero Needing to negotiate down from an expectation that you're in town and on call 24/7/365?
 
@kce So are you getting paid, and paid more than at your last job?
 
Is pretty much everyone using an Excel spreadsheet for inventory of their servers?
 
@KevinSoviero Because you become the computer bitch for everything and end up doing nothing but teaching people how to type the right shit into IE. Or access the menu they want in Excel. Or remind them where a fileshare is. It usually ends in blood.
 
kce
@Wesley - About the same but a much more appropriate work environment for me.
 
@cole Graphing paper and an engineer pen.
 
5:26 PM
@Skyhawk That's just how it is at all jobs... At least all the places I've worked are like that.
 
@cole Not in a good way, but yes.
 
@kce So you can drink in the office? Sweet! =P
 
/sigh
The company I left here for had a custom .NET inventory system - it was actually pretty slick.
 
@cole Well, you could use our official inventory method instead.... Orion SolarWinds. Blech.
 
kce
@Wesley - Well I do happen to work for a company invovled in the manufacturing industry... of malted beverages
 
5:27 PM
@HopelessN00b we're a Solarwinds shop
 
@Travis Heck yeah
 
@cole So you know why it makes a shit inventory system, then.
 
@cole Ever used OCS? We used it when I volunteered at that high school, it worked out pretty well for us.
 
@HopelessN00b correct.
 
@mfinni WOD = ?
 
5:27 PM
@KevinSoviero That doesn't work well for pilots, cyclists, outdoorsmen, people who drink, people who have sex, people who have children, etc. I don't fit the 24/7/365 demographic.
 
@kce So still Alaska or did you move?
 
@BigHomie Workout of the Day. crossfitthetaj.com
 
@KevinSoviero I've seen it just didn't seem to fit for us either
 
@KevinSoviero Pretty much the only thing you can be is a hardcore gamer who never leaves one place.
 
@mfinni Gotcha
 
5:28 PM
Same w/ Racktables
 
@Skyhawk Or in my case a hardcore electrical engineer wanabee.
 
@Skyhawk That doesn't work for people who... live. Six months before you're muttering to imaginary friends and trying to hang yourself from a ceiling fan.
 
@Skyhawk Not to mention, at a small shop, you're much less likely to be paid for the 24/7/365 support you do.
 
@Skyhawk I agree - now that I actually have all these hobbies, I never want to be the only sys admin.
 
@cole The UI sucks but the data collection is OK. You can query the DB directly with SQL if you can get past the horrible table names.
 
5:29 PM
@Skyhawk Racktables or OCS?
 
kce
@Wesley - Alaska. Not quite ready yet for the lower 48. Although @Zoredache had a pretty good offering in Ancortes
 
@cole OCS
 
@kce Anacortes is practically Canada anyway.
 
The interface is super clunky. I may just write something myself.
 
kce
@Wesley - Yeah. I've been there once or twice. Nice but just too many dang people
 
5:30 PM
@kce Did someone say Alaska?
 
kce
@Skyhawk ...yes?
 
@Skyhawk We did this cool thing with OCS where we used it to pull data about every workstation and then used Python to automatically piece together where each printer in the entire school likely was... It worked out pretty well.
 
@Wesley Anacortes is crazy beautiful. And it's where my airplane lives.
 
@Skyhawk I dunno, but if I see her Alaska! cue laugh track
 
Ah
 
5:31 PM
That's gross. Eww.
 
@Skyhawk ....yep.
Apparently they're stimulating their server to climax.
 
@cole HOW IS SERVER FORMED?!
 
STACK OVERFLOWED
 
@kce what's the timeline for the thin client? It may make sense if we're talking a 6-month horizon
 
@cole Hand overflow? (Ewww.)
 
5:33 PM
Gross.
 
@mfinni I've heard counting lift totals for competition, never counted for a daily workout. have to get the ball rolling consistently, have fallen off after marriage
 
kce
@voretaq7 - I think that's where there at. I dunno. I have only been here three days. I can't tell if they move fast or not.
 
I'm completely useless today.
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@BigHomie I hear that marriage causes everything to fall off.
 
@cole Just today? <ducks>
 
5:34 PM
@voretaq7 more useless than normal.
 
@Wesley very close
 
Every time I try to be productive my brain is like "haha that's cute... DISTRACTED!!!! "
GOD DAMMIT MARKDOWN, SERIOUSLY.
 
I wish there was a way to proclaim how much you like someone, and move in together, etc. w/o having to actually get married...
 
My tiny shell script is not achieving what it should.
 
so, I just had to use yum to repair dnf.
 
5:35 PM
@KevinSoviero There is? and why??
 
It's not the size of the shell script, it's how you execute it.
 
@cole I was useful once, but then the Local 321 Bottlewashers Union disbanded and things have never been the same.
 
@cole That's how I've been today as well...
 
@Jacob show teh codez
 
Staying single is best.
 
5:36 PM
@Jacob Marriage sucks, and I don't want to stay with the same person forever...
OR pay alimony after a while
 
@mfinni are you into Rippetoe
weird way to phrase it I know
 
So just tangled my arm up in my iPhone cable - yep, that's how today's going.
 
@cole You're morphing into a crazy cat-dude.
 
@dawud that sounds dirty
 
@BigHomie Heh - I've watched some of his stuff on the youtubes. Since I go to a CF gym, I mostly just follow the in-house coach programming. I've stopped-and-started the Wendler 5/3/1 program several times, seem to never have the time to complete a wave
 
5:38 PM
@Wesley Disregard females, acquire felines.
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@cole Have you tried a cordless model? All the rage now
 
@cole cats are cheaper than ex wives
 
@RyJones sure are.
 
@KevinSoviero That seems counter to society, but not my concern. Usually that's how it works, but uh what's wrong with just asking to have {person} move in.
 
@dawud You could make a trance song out of that. yum-DNF-yum-DNF-yum-DNF-yum-DNF-yum-DNF-yum-DNF
 
5:39 PM
@mfinni Same here, I get up pretty far then just fall off for whatever reason
 
@mfinni this cable is 3ft long but really, I have no excuse except I can't brain today
 
@RyJones headbonk
 
#catsordie
 
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5:39 PM
@Wesley yeah my cat does that all the time, like I'm gonna give him more insulin or something
 
@Jacob Nothing, but others frown on not being married before moving in together... Or is that just a Texas thing?
 
My next tattoo:
 
@KevinSoviero why do you care what other people think?
 
 
@Wesley he doesn't look dumb, he looks suicidal
 
5:40 PM
@cole #Dogsareprettycooltoo
 
@RyJones I think I'm supposed to, right? Social creatures and all that.
 
@Jacob Heartbleed Doge?
 
@Jacob truth, I wish I could have a dog too
 
@voretaq7 nah.
 
@KevinSoviero I dunno, what does google say?
 
5:41 PM
@voretaq7 The face of a dog who gave up on life.
 
@Jacob I was internet famous for a day
 
Looks like OCS you need agents though
 
@Wesley "Owner installed XP on my water bowl. Life not worth living."
 
@voretaq7 Considering how many ATMs are running XP, once that dog is done with his fork I'll need it next.
 
So suddenly work is caring about how many XP machines we have. Um...we still have 2000 and NT4, really guys?
 
5:43 PM
@cole That's it's own heartbleed. More like "Gaping hole in my aorta" kinda thing.
 
Security Through . . . oh whaterver!
 
 
@Wesley yeah, they're pretty gaping here.
It's like they locked the front door but left all the windows and back door open.
 
@cole We talking goatse levels?
 
@Wesley Ya.
 
5:44 PM
@cole Security threat level: GOATSE
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@Wesley surprisingly, both are red.
anddd that was gross.
 
Anyone here have a GSD (German Shepherd Dog)? I don't think I can have any other dog, they're like wolves w/o the whole getting-mauled-in-your-sleep thing.
 
@Jacob daw
 
@Jacob Breed?
 
@cole I've like to make a threat dashboard that goes from "snow white" to "Mr. Hands" on a scale of 1 to 10
=P
 
5:46 PM
Just let the star wall be a reminder of why @Wesley and I should not be in The Comms Room at the same time.
4/16/2014 - Never Forget.
 
@KevinSoviero American Shepard/White German Shepard
 
@ewwhite how was your trip to Seattle?
 
@cole Well at least @MattBear isn't here at the same time or Spolsky would hulk-stomp the StackExchange server racks.
 
@Jacob I thought so...
 
@KevinSoviero Meaning?
 
5:47 PM
2 mins ago, by Kevin Soviero
Anyone here have a GSD (German Shepherd Dog)? I don't think I can have any other dog, they're like wolves w/o the whole getting-mauled-in-your-sleep thing.
 
@cole We have probably 20 workstations with XP on them...
But it seems like when I get somewhere with a conversation about giving them the ol' boot, it kinda dies silently
 
@KevinSoviero Missed that.
 
@NathanC You don't want to know our number.
 
I had a German Shepard/Lab mix. Best dog ever. Playful but smart. She did have a thing for sneaking up on me and biting my Achilles tendon though...
 
maybe those XP machines will need "unfortunate" accidents
@cole Well, considering site-wide we have less than 100, % wise it's pretty high
 
5:49 PM
@Tanner That's how they herd, I've seen them do that to kids, but never adults...
 
1,750
 
She might maul you, but she won't maul us.
@cole What?
 
@Jacob we have 1750 XP machines
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@cole That's the number of XP boxes you have?
holy fuck.
 
@Tanner 5500+ person company.
 
5:50 PM
Well, I feel a lot better about the 12 I have to replace this weekend...
 
You guys think SF has weird rules. Try asking "why" on Skeptics
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Q: What did I miss when asking this question? Is it actually inappropriate to ask "Why?"

MDMarraThe question is here: Did the US ban the Volkswagon XL1 for being too fuel efficient? More than one person has commented on it saying that asking about motivation is off topic. That's fine, my actual question isn't asking someone to read minds. If the car is indeed banned for sale in the USA, th...

 
@cole You know that Support for XP ended right?
 
@Jacob ......yes.
 
Wow this is actually pretty neat
 
We also have NT4 and 2000
 
5:51 PM
Set up a GeoIP block for all countries outside the US/Canada...hopefully that'll curb some of the spam
 
So, I'm more confused why the company suddenly cares.
 
And yes it appears to appear in chat correctly.
PUN INTENDED
 
@KevinSoviero I have two of the beasties!
 
@mfinni you have an apartment in JP, right?
 
@cole Yup - half a house, really.
 
5:55 PM
@mfinni was it hard finding a place that allowed dogs?
Can't find fuck all in Franklin that allows dogs.
 
@mfinni Two GSD in half a house? Geez, I would hate to see your house in summer ;)
 
@cole Nope, we dealt with a broker/realtor that knows a lot of dog-friendly owners
 
@mfinni ah good to know.
 
@cole Move to Austin, if an apartment doesn't allow dogs, they're out of business in a week
 
@KevinSoviero Yeah, it's a furnado. We bought a pricey Miele vacuum, does a good job.
 
5:56 PM
For those of you not on /r/sysadmin, this thread is a goldmine: reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/235hf3/…
 
@KevinSoviero I've thought about it - heard Austin is actually very liberal.
 
@cole Not as much as the west coast, but pretty good.
 
@KevinSoviero yeah, which is fine - Boston is pretty liberal but not as much as the west coast either.
 
@JohnD Oh my .Someone is rather happy living on the edge.
 
@JohnD I knew a guy who was the Sr. at a fairly well known art gallery. Users relied on terminal services and thin clients for their every day computing usage. He got fed up with A/V issues so worked hard over time to bring everyone down to regular user levels, made a permissions profile for each application, and then removed A/V. Never had a problem.
 
5:59 PM
@mfinni We have a big back yard, they run wild and free while I'm at work... I think they like it...
 

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