The Comms Room

3:02 PM

It scares me that people think it's unsafe to teach kids firearm safety....

/gibbers nonsensically

Answer? A f@#in' water gun.

I have a nearly six year old. He is just starting to put his dishes away when he is done with a meal. And this guy wants to give him a @#$% gun.../shiver

If it don't shoot water or nerf darts, I don't want it near him.

Tom O'Connor

nerf gun is a good idea

i want a few in the office.

Bart Silverstrim

Joel Spolsky edited a comment on that parent firearm thing. Kind of surprised to see him doing that with 101 rep? Did he join just to edit that?

Tom O'Connor

Jeff seems to ask quite a lot of questions there.

Bart Silverstrim

With only 101 rep?

I always thought he was active in the programming/tech ones. Then again he might be in the cooking exchanges too, I think I vaguely recall him talking about cooking.

Chris S

3:15 PM

Well you can do whatever you want with your kid. I would never object to that. However; I would disagree if you tried to prevent two other adults from talking about teaching kids gun safety.... that's what bothers me.

Holocryptic

@ChrisS most people seem to think that if they keep things hidden, then Bad Things (TM) won't happen

Bart Silverstrim

I don't keep it hidden. I'm just not going to try to arm him. He's freakin' six.

Chris S

@Holocryptic Yeah; I know... I'm just not dumb. =)

Bart Silverstrim

We can't even get him to not squirt people with a water hose.

Holocryptic

@BartSilverstrim heh

Bart Silverstrim

3:17 PM

I'm not going to take him out at 13 and say, well, I know you're going to dip your feather in a few inkwells, so here's a condom and a hooker to get you trained.

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Chris S

Yeah; but what you do with your kid is outside the context of the question or why it was closed.

Holocryptic

old fogey voice If we were still hunters and gatherers, you'd be DEAD!!!

:)

Bart Silverstrim

Here's a gun. Try not to be impulsive and shoot daddy in the back of the head while he retrieves the target because "you forgot" or "you didn't mean to..."

Holocryptic

in my day.....

jscott

@BartSilverstrim Please remember to stay off the range when it is in use.

Tom O'Connor

3:19 PM

Take him to a driving range.

that's probably safer.

Unless you moonlight as the guy who drives round in the tractor.

Bart Silverstrim

How about I train him with a firearm the day he actually gets off his arse and picks up his room without having to be told, and I can go more than two days without hearing "I forgot..." or "I didn't mean to..." or "I accidentally..."

Holocryptic

@TomOConnor you want to stick him behind the wheel of a car?! That's bad parenting right there!

jscott

@BartSilverstrim If you don't keep your room clean, you aren't going to the range with me any who.

:)

Bart Silverstrim

You sofistikated sity folk use "ranges". We used @#$% soda bottles filled with water perched on rocks. And we thought it was damn cool.

Actually, no, I don't want to put him behind the wheel of a car.

I didn't teach the step daughter to drive either. I was afraid she'd #@% kill us.

Tom O'Connor

I learnt to drive my cousin's 1960 Massey Ferguson tractor at age 8 or so

Bart Silverstrim

3:21 PM

AND I hate to pay the @#% insurance on it, which was hiked up the wazoo, BECAUSE teens are a PITA behind the wheel.

Feeds

The Nubby Admin: Strange Visual Artifacts when using Windows Remote Desktop

posted on April 08, 2011 by Wesley David

I’ve noticed something strange while using RDP. Actually, I’m not sure if it’s the RDP protocol or Microsoft’s RDP client. When you use Windows Remote Desktop and view a folder’s contents using Windows Explorer, some of the text may display oddly in the various columns. This seems to happen mostly when the view is selected [...]

Bart Silverstrim

@Tom: And now look at you. You're a sysadmin. Something ain't right with you.

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Tom O'Connor

@BartSilverstrim I couldn't agree more.

Bart Silverstrim

While I don't encourage certain things...hey, son, how about we turn off spongebob and go blow shit up...I don't discourage things either.

If he wants to take up shooting when he's old enough to understand that we can't just automatically heal from bulletwounds like Transformers, sure, we'll go to a range.

jscott

I thought Transformers used lazers?

Bart Silverstrim

3:26 PM

And I don't agree with my daughter banging her boyfriend, I also acknowledge it's something she's going to end up doing. That's why it was made very very clear to her that if she gets pregnant, she's moving out and raising her own children and running her own household. You're old enough to do that you're old enough to not play house.

jscott

Or was that GI Joe?

Bart Silverstrim

@jscott: depends on the weapon. They had missiles, lasers, concussion blasters...each of the toys had a different specialized "gun" in most cases.

GI Joe and Transformers both had terrible aim.

They should both be armed with NERF guns.

Tom O'Connor

@BartSilverstrim My parents didn't like me banging my girlfriend either. Funny, they never objected about my boyfriends.

Perhaps they didn't like her.

I know I didn't.

Bart Silverstrim

That's probably the best reason bang her. :-p

@Jscott: one of the aerialbots even had a torque gun that twisted whatever it hit.

SmallClanger

"Sex is an act of aggression between two people who hate each other." :P

Chris S

3:29 PM

@TomOConnor Two guys have a hard time making "18 year mistakes", this fact is likely not lost on most parents.

Holocryptic

@SmallClanger no wonder I'm such a nice guy

Bart Silverstrim

Depends on the parents.

Tom O'Connor

I only got caught in the act once.

After that, mum learnt to knock on my bedroom door.

Bart Silverstrim

There were times I hoped my stepdaughter wasn't straight just because she sometimes acts so dingy she'll end up getting pregnant and dropping from school :-( She's a good kid and most of the time is fine, but sometimes it's just...what the hell are you thinking?!

Tom O'Connor

@BartSilverstrim "We hope you're a lesbian".. Well, that's certainly bucking the trend of unusual parent-child conversations.

Holocryptic

3:31 PM

@BartSilverstrim I think that about most of the teenagers up to about the age of 25

Bart Silverstrim

Hoped?

She's in college. There's still hope.

Holocryptic

@BartSilverstrim I was about to edit... no, what the hell were you thinking part.

Bart Silverstrim

That's the typical slack-jaw gibbering reaction I have when she does something that shows remarkable lack of foresight in her actions.

Tom O'Connor

Do most kids go through the emo/goth phase?

Bart Silverstrim

Thank the FSM that she doesn't have me speechless very often. Like I said, she's usually a good kid.

I don't think so, @tom

Tom O'Connor

3:33 PM

a cousin of mine is going through it atm, and we all think it's Weird.

Bart Silverstrim

Not "most".

Holocryptic

@TomOConnor my sister is still going through it. She's 25.

Tom O'Connor

Hah

Bart Silverstrim

They go through a rebel phase where they discover themselves and push for independence.

Tom O'Connor

I just started smoking pot for my rebel phase.

Holocryptic

3:34 PM

@BartSilverstrim not my sister. She just rebels.

Bart Silverstrim

Doesn't mean they'll end up wearing black and the heavy maekup and cutting themselves just to "feel" something.

Tom O'Connor

Then my mum asked me to roll her a joint. and that was the end of that rebellious phase.

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Bart Silverstrim

The stepdaughter never really went through that phase. She was given the freedom to do pretty much what she wanted, until she f$#s it up. Don't f$%$ up, you're okay.

voretaq7

@TomOConnor I drank and did lots of hallucinogenic drugs

Bart Silverstrim

She had nothing to rebel against. I was asking if she had any inclination whatsoever to be a lesbian. Not much she could do to piss me off except having her damn phone chirp every five minutes with a text message.

In which case I blasted that high pitch "teen tone" from my computer until she would leave the room.

Chris S

3:36 PM

I never really did the full on rebellion thing.. Just kind of wandered through life for a while there.

Holocryptic

I moved out. Smoked pot a couple times. Then I ended up moving back in. Then back out. Then back in again. sigh

Tom O'Connor

@BartSilverstrim Excellent!

Bart Silverstrim

My parenting would make others cringe. I said I don't care if she wants to become a stripper or work McDonalds for the rest of her life or become an architect or actress...as long as she is happy and supports herself and takes responsibility for what she does. That's what's important.

Holocryptic

@BartSilverstrim Nope. I think that's just fine. Especially that last part.

Chris S

I think I'd replace "I don't care" in the first part with "I wouldn't break my heart".... but otherwise agree.

I think I'd care if my kid was a stripper... Unless they made 6 digits working 3 days a week...

Bart Silverstrim

3:41 PM

The only things that really irk me are when she does something blatantly stupid or acts entitled/lazy around the house...she's at an age where she's going to need to start doing things on her own more and more soon.

Zypher

calls symantec support while looking up address and cleaning shotgun*

Bart Silverstrim

Teens seem to have a special relationship with the word "care".

See, Zypher is what happens when you give kids guns at age six.

Holocryptic

I need to get my shotgun back over here from Vegas....

Bart Silverstrim

I say I don't care if she does it because if I said it wouldn't break my heart, it would be re-interpreted later as "you don't want me to do it."

Zypher

@BartSilverstrim haha yes, i know to clean it before i go on a rampage :)

Bart Silverstrim

3:44 PM

And saying anything that could remotely be interpreted as encouraging a stepdaughter to become a stripper is probably not a good idea, even if she were making an easy six figures. Jus' saying.

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Thus...I don't care what she does, as long as she's happy doing it, and she's living with the consequences of her decisions, and it doesn't involve making bail.

Holocryptic

@ChrisS just make sure you know which strip joint and what hours. The horrifying possibilities otherwise are, well, horrifying.

Bart Silverstrim

@Holo: well...don't wave the money in her direction and she won't glom onto you.

In the buff.

They'll do that all the time normally. It's something teen daughters do when a parent pulls out the wallet.

Wallets and car keys. :-/

Chris S

@Holocryptic I don't think I can afford to go to strip joints where the Employees clear $700/night easily/consistently.

voretaq7

@ChrisS you'd be surprised what a stripper can get in tips -- they beat bartenders

Bart Silverstrim

Radio personality here said a study was done and found that most strippers day jobs were as a teacher.

And made something like $340/night.

Holocryptic

3:56 PM

ooooh, hot for teacher

voretaq7

@BartSilverstrim we had a math teacher in my HS who was a penthouse model.

Thankfully I never had her for a class. I probably wouldn't have passed.

Scott Pack

Ew. Though, at least it wasn't Hustler.

Chris S

@voretaq7 I knew two girls that did it back in college. On a really good night they could make $300; but that was only Friday nights... a normal day they'd be damn lucky to make $100. But this is a conservative town....

voretaq7

$100 a night isn't bad as a second gig

or as a college student who needs to pay for books - a week or two of that and your semester is covered.

Bart Silverstrim

whoops, $370 a shift. I can't find where he had the source, though.

Zypher

3:58 PM

bash.org/?926695

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Chris S

@voretaq7 Law of diminishing returns also applies... The "normal crowd" gets jaded if you're there too much apparently.

Bart Silverstrim

His post: "HELLO! There's a new report out based on a major study of the stripping industry. And they found: The most common side job for strippers is as a TEACHER, at 14.2% . . . less than one in 10 strippers are married . . . 13.5% have kids . . . they make an average of $379 per shift . . . and three-quarters are satisfied with their job. Now I know why I thought my 3rd grade teacher was HOT"

Zypher

screw the teachers my high school guidence counselor was seriouly hot ... i got into alot of trouble ... unrelated ... i swear

Bart Silverstrim

I hope she wasn't related.

AGH I JUST REALIZED SOMETHING!

Tom O'Connor

You forgot to pick the kids up from school?

Bart Silverstrim

4:03 PM

NO! We've been talking about strippers more than five minutes and no one said boobs!

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Zypher

AHG

BOOBS

2

Bart Silverstrim

/whew

Zypher

ok, so to summarize the morning ...

jscott

I don't recall anyone limiting the discussion to female strippers.

Tom O'Connor

Eeee. Moobs.

Zypher

4:04 PM

Age of consent, Teenage strippers, boobs, firearms, and how much strippers make ... I miss anything?

Bart Silverstrim

Okay, man-boobs.

recap of giggling over jacob and the flagging issue.

@Zypher It's Friday?

FRIDAY!

oh RIGHT

Tomorrow is Saturday!

Zypher

4:04 PM

►

Tom O'Connor

and sunday comes afterwards.

Bart Silverstrim

Had my bowl...check. Had cereal...check. Even picked a seat. Oh, yeah.

Holocryptic

Flagged.

Zypher

facepalm

Iain

@Zypher I'm so tempted to flag that

Bart Silverstrim

4:05 PM

Thought that was banned.

Get jacob in here...

What would be more awesome than a cover of Friday performed by a stripper draped in a flag with an automatic rifle right now...

I'd just sit back with my bowl of cereal and grin the rest of the day.

Chris S

@BartSilverstrim Winning the lotto for triple digit millions would be more awesome. =]

Bart Silverstrim

I said awesome, not miraculous.

Tom O'Connor

I read "I'd just sit back with my bowl of cereal and gin the rest of the day."

@Zypher 229,491 likes, 1,794,478 dislikes

Bart Silverstrim

Y'know...what would cereal with bacardi 151 instead of milk taste like?

hmm.

Zypher

i'm going with ... it's gonna taste like 151 and not cereal

Tom O'Connor

4:10 PM

►

Bart Silverstrim

Sounds like it needs to be tested.

FOR SCIENCE!

Tom O'Connor

SCIENCE! cheers

voretaq7

Life is like a bad margarita with good tequila, I thought as I poured whiskey
onto my granola and faced a new day.
		-- Peter Applebome, International Imitation Hemingway
		   Competition

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fortune(6) FTW

Tom O'Connor

haha

Holocryptic

had to lookup fortune(6)

And I've apparently shocked the room into silence. I'm like my own chat room smart bomb. Cool.

voretaq7

4:17 PM

@Holocryptic I WEEP!

really - I'm shedding genuine tears here! (well, not my own, but it's the thought that counts right? CLOBBERS USERS cry harder! I'm more upset than that!)

Holocryptic

@voretaq7 I know. My lameness knows no bounds.

jscott

Actually, I've been testing @Zypher 's dd bomb...

So far no luck, just dd: writing /dev/kmem': Bad address`

voretaq7

actually I think I might be the only one with fortune enabled in my whole company.

jscott

Tried maybe 50 times

Bart Silverstrim

@voretaq7 Did you try the learnin' stick?

Holocryptic

4:19 PM

@voretaq7 Or a boomstick?

voretaq7

@Holocryptic Those don't work: They pass out from blood loss and stop crying.

Holocryptic

@voretaq7 It's all about wound entry angle. It takes practice.

voretaq7

@Holocryptic wastedtalent.ca/comic/foot-tappers

Holocryptic

gonna go try some more troubleshooting. If anyone has suggestions on the question I just posted, it would be much appreciated.

@voretaq7 that's hilarious

voretaq7

@Holocryptic great comic. Totally worth wasting a day to read it all

SmallClanger

4:32 PM

@Holocryptic /me makes a vague suggestion about security filtering then hides under the desk.

Holocryptic

@SmallClanger hmm, we don't have much in the way of custom security. And the few sites I found refferencing PS scripting don't make any special mention of it besides ExecutionPolicy

SmallClanger

What does RSOP say?

DanBig

Blood loss, crying and weird entry angles, my the room has been busy today.

Holocryptic

4:50 PM

@SmallClanger RSOP shows the script in startup, but it wouldn't run. On my XP machine I just associated .ps1 with the PS shell program; by default it set to Notepad. I set the script as a local (vs domain) startup script, and rebooted. It's running a script but it seems to be stuck there. Maybe this just won't work.... Which would suck.

damnit. It got to login screen. I just checked and the program is still there...

SmallClanger

So it is running?

Holocryptic

What a pain in the ass program to uninstall via script

@SmallClanger something ran this time, when I associated the file type and the script as local. Before nothing happened.

SmallClanger

Hrm. If it's running but failing, I'd look at the search path and other env vars next.

Holocryptic

nothing in eventvwr. And the script runs as admin manually....

@DanBig you missed out on all the good flagging that when on yesterday after you left. It's been a real riot in here.

DanBig

Did that whiner continue to get flogged in here?

Holocryptic

5:00 PM

nah, he went and opened a couple questions on meta.so. We just mocked him while he wasn't here.

Bah. This is tiresome. I think I'm just going to have the temp go around to the computers and manually uninstall via ARP. Next time I think I'm going to have to spend a lot of time after hours researching ideas my boss has.

SmallClanger

Sorry I couldn't be much more help. Never tried to run PS through GPO, myself.

Holocryptic

@SmallClanger no worries. Thanks for trying. I've been beating my head on this for days, and my boss is getting impatient

Which kind of chaps my ass a little. It's not like there's a "timeline" that can be firmly established with this stuff. Especially when you have to research everything.

SmallClanger

Only other thing I can think of is to start with a minimal script that writes the environment to a file. It'd be a good start if you could get that to run.

Holocryptic

heh, the MSFT scripting forum I posted in has 14 replies so far, 3 scripts and no dice. Too funny.

SmallClanger

5:20 PM

Comforting to know you're not alone. :)

Holocryptic

hehe

To be fair, one of the scripts is the one Ben worked up for me, which was based off of the first script given to me. And all the scripts work, kind of. It's just a weird ass program.

SmallClanger

5:39 PM

Nice. I have a new 10Mb/s line in our US office. I can get 10Mb/s to a nearby server, 8Mb/s to a server in the UK, but only 2.8Mb/s to our office.

This is by netcatting a stream of random binary. Now if I netcat it to the UK server and then from there to our UK office, I get 8Mb/s...

coredump

5:56 PM

damn

trying to remember a phrase I read some days ago

about a property of a system about scalability

a system should be able of doing the barely minimum... or was it doing all its work without depending on other parts of the system...

bah

I forgot

Holocryptic

No TV and no beer make Homer go crazy

coredump

how do I see what blogs this room RSS subscribes to?

Zypher

@coredump can you see this link: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/info/127/the-comms-room?tab=feeds

coredump

@Zypher strange, I always see it posting something from MSDN or Technet and I can't see it on the feeds

Zypher

err

... you're right

digs deeper

Zoredache

6:11 PM

grumbles...

Chris S

@coredump I think it was removed on account of extremely low SNR

coredump

hmm

at least someone remember what blog it was?

Zoredache

@Zypher, why did they add links to the network profile almost everywhere except on chat.*? It sure seems like chat.stackexchange.com/users/135/zypher should link to your network profile...

Chris S

@coredump What, the technet blog?

coredump

uhum

they had a post on cloud computing that was very basic, but they had a key concept that was very good, and I simply forgot about it

Chris S

6:13 PM

@coredump blogs.technet.com/b/technet_flash_feed Same feed

coredump

Thanks

highscalability.squarespace.com/blog/category/example

Wow.

Did The Microsoft Stack Kill MySpace?

Zypher

@Zoredache no idea ... @coredump no idiocy killed MySpace ... that and CSS

hobodave

BAM

Holocryptic

@hobodave did you just add some pepper?

Zoredache

@Zypher, thats alright. I'll just complain on the blog and think of some update to add to my meta.stackoverflow post that I can use to bump it up in the active list...

hobodave

6:16 PM

I asked for my promotion, raise, increased responsibility, and a direct report today

Holocryptic

and...

Chris S

@coredump Yes, it was definitely all the technical issues the public never saw. Had nothing to do with Pedophiles, amazingly annoying backgrounds/music, community, or momentum.

Iszi

Quick query for anyone who wants to answer. I need a verbose yet concise phrase to describe "fan". "Fan" being a device used to circulate air. Context being "In the case where fecal matter impacts the ___________"

hobodave

@Holocryptic nailed it

she's going to get back to me on the raise though

I asked for 15%, I'm hoping she counters with 10%

Holocryptic

@Iszi High Velocity Gyrating Paddle Device

@hobodave sweet dude.

Iszi

6:17 PM

@Holocryptic I like it.

Zoredache

reciprocating turbulence generator

Holocryptic

@Zoredache oooh, I like that one.

hobodave

I've never had anyone report to me

Zypher

invest in beatin sticks

and maybe a cattle prod or two

Iszi

@Zoredache Nice one there, too.

Holocryptic

6:22 PM

go with the cattle prod. And in my (limited) experience, it's not too bad as long as you don't have to stand over their shoulder making sure they're doing something. I'm still working out the whole keep a task list thing going

Zoredache

@Iszi, you could combine them and get a 'high velocity paddle-based reciprocating air turbulence generator'. But that may be a bit overboard.

voretaq7

congrats @hobodave

Chris S

I'm of the opinion, if you're "supervising" someone working in a professional capacity and you have to constantly watch them to ensure they're doing something productive; save yourself the time, fire them and find someone who knows how to do their job. =]

hobodave

thanks! :D

I'm ecstatic, I can't even focus on work

coredump

@hobodave is pregnant?

Holocryptic

6:26 PM

@ChrisS I wish. Stuck with him for a little while longer. Just useful enough to keep around, just useless enough to anger me.

Zoredache

do you really want someone to report to you? Think of all the paperwork of doing reviews and so on.

hobodave

@coredump I just asked for a promotion, raise, and management responsibilities

Iszi

@Zoredache Yeah, that would violate the "concise" specification.

hobodave

@Zoredache I don't mind

coredump

@hobodave WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU DO THAT

hobodave

6:28 PM

lol

I want a new Benz

my boss is talking to her boss now, I wonder what he's going to say

Zypher

you don't have their offifces buged?

hobodave

lol no

Zypher

shakes head

hobodave

so I don't know if it was a cultural thing or what but I've noticed a lot of my applicants say things that are weird/borderline rude during phone interviews

e.g. I called this guy whose resume said his name was Muhammad, but his email From said Masud, and he answered the phone as Masud. I asked what he preferred to be called and he said "My friends and family call me Masud. You can call me Muhammad."

it made me chuckle

Zoredache

maybe that is a cultural thing?

hobodave

6:38 PM

perhaps, he could have just left off the first sentence entirely though

another thing I hear a lot is "Yea, sure, why not?"

and that is the response to questions where you usually wouldn't give such a meh answer

like, "Would you like a job?"

he used that a couple of times

voretaq7

@hobodave Son, we are disappoint!

also Re: "Yeah, sure, why not?" -- not what I want to hear from someone in an interview...

hobodave

same, but I've noticed that a lot of my Indian applicants make the same, or very similar, gaffes

coincidence?

besides that he was a pretty good interview

voretaq7

how does he feel personality-wise?

hobodave

i had a good feeling about him

hard to put that into words though

he asked good questions, and when I asked about his experience in X instead of just saying "no" like many others he'd say "No, I have never worked with X, but I did work with Y and I think that is very similar"

voretaq7

and were they similar things? or are we talking "I've never worked with AIX, but I was a Windows NT 3.51 admin for years, and I think that's similar"? :-)

hobodave

6:51 PM

yes they were

he compared Doctrine to NHibernate

voretaq7

ok then - good sign

hobodave

and Zend Framework to .NET MVC

and when I was explaining Git, he knew what a directed acyclic graph was

major brownie points

Holocryptic

wftv.com/news/27460794/detail.html?cxntlid

Naked robot shooting

hobodave

lol

Zoredache

7:14 PM

It really worries me when I see people using, or in this case miss-using the 'cloud computing' term on the lopsa mailling list...

Someone wants to do 'cloud computing' on locally hosted physical hardware...

Holocryptic

I heard cloud computing is powered by griffon farts. I'd agree with that assessment.

hobodave

lol

Iain

@Zoredache which are the better lopsa lists ?

Zoredache

I occasionally read the discussion and tech lists.

There are some useful posts there.

coredump

good image cues for high availability, anyone has any ideas?

Iain

7:26 PM

@Zoredache cheers - this reminded me I was signed up but hadn't done anything

DanBig

7:50 PM

I have a request. Anyone here that uses Facebook, care to "Like" my company page we are in the process of setting up? The reason i ask, is because we need 25 "Likes" to get a URL

Iain

@DanBig which companypage

DanBig

facebook.com/pages/AmbuPro-EMS-ePCR-Software/191659370877970

Iain

done - I was #4

DanBig

Thank you sir.

Cakemox

I hate getting downvoted to have rep not end in 0 or 5.

Iain

7:56 PM

@Cakemox I nolonger care

DanBig

Who here uses Verizon, and can recommend a good Android based handset with a physical keyboard? User will be migrating from a BB 8830

I was thinking the Droid Pro would be the closest

Zypher

@DanBig there are none

i've been looking for about 6 months

the Droid pro keyboard sucks

unless maybe if they are coming from a BB World edition

DanBig

It is the world edition

Cakemox

I looked at the HTC Desire Z, but then gave up on the physical keyboard.

Holocryptic

@DanBig done. I think. Done via BB cuz I cut facebook off via forward lookup zone shenanigans yesterday.

Cakemox

7:59 PM

I acutally type faster on the Nexus S than my old BB.

DanBig

Here's the thing. The user is inept with tech, has over 3K calendar appts and 3K contacts. Desktop manager shits constantly, and I honestly can't be bothered to troubleshoot the new issue that comes up monthly. He NEEDS something with EAS NOW, and also NEEDS a physical KB.

He needs his hand held with password resets, so I need to give him something that just works. (IB Apple)

Holocryptic

@DanBig what does your software do?

DanBig

It is electronic patient care reporting for ambulances and hospitals.

Holocryptic

interesting. Small company?

DanBig

Yes, very. 10 ppl

Holocryptic

8:12 PM

I follow a blogger who's got a pretty big following (as far as I can tell) and is (seemingly) prominent in the online EMS community. I can send you a link and maybe you can get him to demo it.

I obviously don't know him, but maybe you can get yourselves some more exposure.

DanBig

Sure, thanks.

Holocryptic

@DanBig ambulancedriverfiles.com

Bart Silverstrim

8:46 PM

Why does he need the physical kb?

Neat chat works from my phone :-)

Iain

chat is good on my iphone

Bart Silverstrim

That's what I'm using

Iain

I like the minimal style of the main SF site on my iphone too

Bart Silverstrim

Wife had a droid but I didn't like it.

Iain

we are mr & mrs iphone

Bart Silverstrim

8:49 PM

And what's the IB in IB Apple?

Wife switched shortly after I got one.

Iain

IB ?

Cakemox

Irritable Bowel?

Bart Silverstrim

She wanted to decide between this and that new thunderbolt android phone.

@danbig said it above.

Iain

I recently got Mrs an ipad as she liked the iphone so much - now it's a case of prise it from her cold dead fingers - she normally doesn't like tech

Bart Silverstrim

@lain-not the first time I've heard that.

@danbig-liked the page for you too

Iain

8:55 PM

I didn't ask if she wanted one I just bought it. If I'd have asked I've have got "What do I want one of them for ?"

Bart Silverstrim

I surprised myself how much I've liked my iPhone.

DanBig

Thanks guys, I'm outta here for the weekend.

Iain

@DanBig have a good one

@BartSilverstrim they are very nice pieces of kit - much better than the BB I had before

Bart Silverstrim

Never had a bb, never really wanted one.

Wife's android annoyed me...preferred my gen one iPod interface and responsiveness if touchscreen.

Iain

I had a pearl 8110 because of the GPS - it was good for tracking & logging my cycle rides

Bart Silverstrim

9:02 PM

Finally came iPhone for Verizon.

Been happy with it despite higher cell bill.

Iain

O2 have had them for a long time now 3 & vodaphone have them too

Holocryptic

9:48 PM

Can I expect funky network shenanigans if I have a 2003 DC along with 2008r2 DCs?

Ben Pilbrow

Nah, it just works

We've been running with that setup for just over a year, no problems at all

Holocryptic

damnit

I have a ton of shit just not working here

KDC errors and the like

Ben Pilbrow

Sounds..... lovely

Holocryptic

scripts running as expected on one client, not others

I'm so pissed right now

Because if I don't figure out how to make my script work, or a script work, I'm looking at manually removing that anti-virus by hand.

FML

Ben Pilbrow

Actually, regarding that...

Does this do anything for you? pastebin.com/EHq8YjLK

I'm not sure it'll work, but I just tried to convert that PowerShell thingy to VBScript

Zypher

9:56 PM

@Holocryptic which AV?

Holocryptic

@BenPilbrow line 22 char 3 cannot find the file specified code 80070002 source null

@Zypher Microsoft Security Essentials

fucking home edition bullshit

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