The Comms Room

Kevin Soviero

13:01

Was there a Chrome update? As of today, "Chrome" shows as "X-www-browser", and all the menus look... different.

@cole Cool, I need to get a small computer to use as a XBMC for my living room, I already have one for my BR, but not for the living room.

BigHomie

@cole nice

Have you built it up yet?

cole

@BigHomie not yet, just got it last night.

Can't complain with free :)

Kevin Soviero

@cole Are you going to use OpenELEC, XBMCbuntu, or just set it up manually?

cole

@KevinSoviero thinking OpenELEC

I gotta check the memory and HDD on it. Thinking I'm going to need a bigger HDD?

Kevin Soviero

@cole Ever used it before?

cole

13:04

@KevinSoviero No I haven't.

Basil

morning

Kevin Soviero

@cole I stream everything on mine, so HDD is irrelevant.

cole

@KevinSoviero I could probably get away with streaming. I have Verizon FiOS 75/35

This is a Core2Duo probably 2GB of memory.

Oh sweet, it has 4GB

Kevin Soviero

@cole I have ATT Uverse 16/1, and I can stream fine... ;)

cole

Probably going to need to buy a card that does HDMI though

Colyn1337

13:07

@KevinSoviero i used to work in a place like that...... life was so much better after I left

cole

Half-sized card too - any recommendations?

Kevin Soviero

@Colyn1337 How long were you there for?

@cole Newegg?

Colyn1337

almost 3 years

cole

@KevinSoviero well, I meant for an actual card.

Kevin Soviero

@Colyn1337 I'll probably only stay for 2... If I'm not fired before that, that is.

@cole I know. ;)

cole

13:08

I just started blocking the guy out who sits behind me.

Colyn1337

how long have you been there?

Kevin Soviero

@Colyn1337 A month or so.

Nathan C

@cole If you want really cheap, newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814187208

Colyn1337

oh shit, it's still early

gtfo if you can

cole

@NathanC that should be fine I would think

Nathan C

13:09

Review says it can handle 1080p in XBMC...haha

Kevin Soviero

@Colyn1337 I can't, and we've wanted to stab each other since my first day.

Colyn1337

what you mean can't? oh wait, are u in a state with contracts?

cole

@NathanC haha

I've seriously checked out of work for the week. I don't want to brain.

Kevin Soviero

@Colyn1337 No, I only have like 6 months of actual experience, and no one else will hire me. :(

Nathan C

I don't want to brain either, but I have a nice pile of paperwork on my desk to go through...

Colyn1337

13:11

oh

mossy

Wazup peeps

Colyn1337

well, yea

Kevin Soviero

@cole i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/3631692800/h9449C8A3

Colyn1337

how long has this guy been there?

cole

Some reason robocopy is only copying 633GB of 953GB on our file server

sup @mossy

Kevin Soviero

13:11

@Colyn1337 3 years... He's the team lead.

Colyn1337

at its core, what is the driver behind the conflict?

Kevin Soviero

@Colyn1337 I don't know... I honestly have no clue, or I would have already fixed it. For all I know, I remind him of the guy who cheated w/ his wife or something...

mossy

@cole Oh ya know. Reading emails. Looking out the window. Thinking about how my life would be different if I was born into a rich family. Picking nose

Just thursday stuff

cole

@mossy ~*justthursdaythings*~

Oh what a deal:

mossy

hahah

cole

13:14

Oh wait

that's an 8

Brain, does not work.

mossy

Dont worry. I could take my eye off the placement of your mouse cursor. didn't even see.

cole

So I'm glad I got this free machine - now I can build my XBMC box for probably on $40 out of pocket and cancel cable :)

mossy

Nice.

Kevin Soviero

@cole cough 1Channel and IceFilms cough xbmchub.com/blog

cole

Starting to throw all my money at debt.

mossy

13:17

I have a question

ewwhite

wut?

mossy

What's the difference between XBMC and Plex?

Nathan C

@cole I'm working at an amusement park on weekends for extra cash ...and no, it won't be amusing.

mossy

I know plex is built off XBMC

Nathan C

;P

mossy

13:17

but why

cole

@NathanC I was thinking about driving for Lyft for extra $$

Nathan C

@mossy Cash, that's why. Plex has a paid subscription for the niftier stuff

mossy

@NathanC ah right.

Kevin Soviero

@NathanC Like what?

Nathan C

@cole I'm pulling 32 hours in 3 days this weekend...3 double shifts

ewwhite

13:18

@cole Get that $

cole

@ewwhite you can make like $500-$800 in a weekend.

Kevin Soviero

@NathanC Are you a salaried employee?

Nathan C

@KevinSoviero plex.tv/subscription/about

cole

Not sure I want to put that mileage on my car though.

@NathanC Gross.

Nathan C

@KevinSoviero No...this is for the summer job I got ha

ewwhite

13:19

@cole Uber and Lyft are popular here.

Nathan C

My girlfriend hooked me up with where she works. I was hired before I even filled out the application :P

cole

@ewwhite Uber is super popular in Boston.

I need to figure out some sort of side hustle

Dan

@cole Would it upset if you if I said I'm pulling in $3300 over a weekend this weekend. Boom!

mossy

@Dan Do share.

Dan

@mossy Big project at the "throw money at it stage" and they're paying me $lots for 3 days over the bank holiday

mossy

13:22

"throw money at it stage" is the best stage

Dan

It is for me

What's scary, though, is that I'm a subcontractor to an outsourcing provider through many levels so how much is the client paying for the privilege

Bob

@JennyD import this

cole

@Dan Not upset - good for you dude!

Colyn1337

@KevinSoviero That sucks... You might want to consider mentioning that to HR or something

Dan

@cole :)

Kevin Soviero

13:38

@Colyn1337 I did when I first got here, and they said they would move mountains to make things better... Then did absolutely nothing. shrug

Colyn1337

They likely talked to him and he reassured them that things would be different

ask to setup a meeting between the two of you

that's if you want to resolve this

and just lay out what he does and how it affects you

since you're new, you're voice will carry more weight on this kind of thing

if you wait till the issue's been going on for a while, then HR might suspect you

but for now, you're pretty much as clean as a baby

Also, some HR's are nothing more than BS'rs

so...... yea. Those situations suck

most career coaches will tell you to gtfo

Kevin Soviero

@Colyn1337 The thing is that I've had five jobs so far, and every single one has been so bad that people tell me to leave (all for different reasons, everything from travel to people issues)... I've just decided that this place is the least of all evils.

Colyn1337

:-/

Kevin Soviero

I don't know if it's the city I live in, or just bad luck on my part.

Colyn1337

Could be bad luck

so far in my career I've worked in 2 really awesome places

ewwhite

13:45

@Dan Heh, that's wednesday for me.

Colyn1337

but a whole hell of a lot of shitty ones

ewwhite

@Dan what are you working on?

Colyn1337

the first was a medical environment

and then this one

Dan

@ewwhite Dull as fuck as it happens - for these few days I'm filling in a s a "Wintel/AD Scripting Engineer"

Kevin Soviero

@Colyn1337 I've contemplated chucking my desk phone at his face... It would make me feel better, but HR might not appreciate the gesture.

Colyn1337

13:50

no

ewwhite

@Dan hardcore contracting

Colyn1337

they wouldn't

Dan

@ewwhite I'm a whore.

Colyn1337

if you're resigned to stay, then try to work thru HR to get it resolved

you shouldn't bear the brunt of his rap cause you remind him of someone

ewwhite

@Dan Me too. I'm on my fourth trip of the month. Heading to Los Angeles to install servers

RobM

13:51

@KevinSoviero sorry if I missed this but why are things so bad between you and this guy? Personality clash? He was promised a private office but instead has to share with you? He's a jerk?

Kevin Soviero

@Colyn1337 I don't actually know if that's what it is, just illustrating the point.

RobM

@dan how does a whore compare to a conslutant?

Kevin Soviero

@RobM "He's a jerk?" Ya, that one.

Colyn1337

oh gotchya

Dan

@RobM I'm just plain dirtier in whore mode. This weekend I'll do anything to get in, get paid and get the fuck out

Consluting is more for the long term, classy approach. All cuddles and kisses

RobM

13:52

@KevinSoviero so it's not a problem that can be fixed, short of a rivet gun, a vice, and several of his body parts then?

@dan heh... :)

Kevin Soviero

@RobM Don't think I haven't contemplated such things... ;)

RobM

two words to remember: Plausible deniability.

Kevin Soviero

@RobM So what you're saying is, that I should put botulism in his coffee?

Botulinum toxin

Botulinum toxin is a protein and neurotoxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. It is the most acutely lethal toxin known, with an estimated human median lethal dose (LD-50) of 1.3–2.1 ng/kg intravenously or intramuscularly and 10–13 ng/kg when inhaled. Botulinum toxin (BTX) can cause botulism, a serious and life-threatening illness in humans and animals. Three forms of botulinum toxin type A (Botox, Dysport and Xeomin) and one form of botulinum toxin type B (MyoBloc) are available commercially for various cosmetic and medical procedures. History Justinus Kerner des...

RobM

Hell no. I'm saying it would be a shame if botulism was to find its way into his coffee in a manner that was a complete mystery to you.

Colyn1337

o._

Kevin Soviero

13:56

@RobM lol... ;)

Colyn1337

0.o

Kevin Soviero

If he were to actually eat improperly prepared food and die from actual botulism, I'm so screwed...

RobM

And also that doctors would be less likely to test for Tetrodotoxin.

Dan

Are we about to see SF Chat in court for the first time?

Kevin Soviero

@Dan See my previous comment

RobM

13:58

I'm just spinning plot ideas for my new novel here. As long as none of you steal my poisoning plot ideas there's no need to worry the courts...

Kevin Soviero

@RobM If you need murder plots, let me know, I've got lots of inspiration.

RobM

gotcha

Kevin Soviero

On a related note, anyone here from Australia?

Jacob

@KevinSoviero Not at this hour. @Bob May be around, but it depends. Check around 5-7PM EST

@KevinSoviero I get Botox injections!

Kevin Soviero

@Jacob Really?

MikeyB

14:11

@Jacob In the penis to last longer in bed?

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Jacob

@KevinSoviero journals.lww.com/pedorthopaedics/Abstract/1993/07000/…

Yes

@MikeyB No...

MikeyB

@RobM Do look up potassium poisoning.

Bob

@KevinSoviero Oh hi

Jacob

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2656782

MikeyB

@Jacob Oh that's pretty neat.

RobM

14:12

@MikeyB weill do.

Kevin Soviero

@Bob Are there actually spiders and other poisonous things chasing you guys at all hours?

Ladadadada

@KevinSoviero I'm from Australia but I live in London.

Bob

@KevinSoviero Yes, but the ones you really have to watch out for are the drop bears.

Fall into one of their ambushes, and you're good as gone.

Ladadadada

@KevinSoviero Oh, that. Yeah, pretty much.

MikeyB

@Bob With drop bear insurance I'm protected if I ever travel to .au

Jacob

14:14

Drop bear

A dropbear or drop bear is a fictitious Australian marsupial. Drop bears are commonly said to be unusually large, vicious, carnivorous marsupials related to koalas (although the koala is not a bear) that inhabit treetops and attack their prey by dropping onto their heads from above. They are an example of local lore intended to frighten and confuse outsiders and amuse locals, similar to the jackalope, hoop snake, wild haggis or snipe hunt. Various methods suggested to deter drop bear attacks include placing forks in the hair, having Vegemite or toothpaste spread behind the ears or in th...

RobM

drop bears are why their primary spoken language over there is screaming

much like wild haggis attacks in the scottish highlands over here.

Iain

och aye the noooooooooo

RobM

:)

Iain

One of my friends is on holiday on Syke atm the view out of his holiday cottage isn't as spectacular as it should be

RobM

rain?

It was nice in Huntly last month.

Dan

14:20

It's very up and down here righ tnow

voretaq7

@Jacob Drop bears aren't fictional!

(and rubbing Vegemite behind your ears deters EVERYTHING)

Matt Simmons

It sounds weird, but vegemite and butter is really good on toast.

Just don't put on nearly as much as the Aussies tell you

I have a thing of vegemite that is probably 3 years old, and it's not running out anytime soon.

And it will still probably run out before it goes bad.

Bob

@voretaq7 Eh, we rely a lot on tourism. Can't really blame them for trying to make it seem safer. And it's statistically unlikely for any given tourist to die from a drop bear attack.

Iain

@RobM rain and mists - it's living up to it's Gaelic name

@MattSimmons s/vegemite/marmite/ and yeah

RobM

true enough

Michael Hampton

14:24

@MattSimmons Gaaah. Last time I tried to get hold of Vegemite, Customs seized it.

Matt Simmons

WHAT?

voretaq7

@Bob They rarely kill the tourists, but they kidnap babies and raise them as drop-bears :-)

Matt Simmons

@MichaelHampton Why?

voretaq7

@MattSimmons Violation of the hazardous materials import regulations I'm guessing :-)

Michael Hampton

@MattSimmons Hell if I know. Wasn't my lucky day? Customs agent wanted it for himself? They never told me.

Matt Simmons

14:25

That's silly. It's yeast paste

maybe.

The thing I always want to bring in and can't are Kinder Eggs.

voretaq7

►

@MattSimmons As opposed to Crueler Eggs?

RobM

Congratulations techtarget / computer weekly: Spamming the guy who runs the email system wins you a place on the domain-wide blacklist.

Wesley

@MarkHenderson Mongo... HQ not DB.

voretaq7

@Wesley God, Root, What is difference?

Matt Simmons

@voretaq7 ferrero.com/products/the-most-famous-products/kinder-surprise/…

ewwhite

14:28

@Wesley HISSS

Matt Simmons

@voretaq7 Dude, a User Friendly reference?

ewwhite

@voretaq7 Do you know anything about FreeBSD?

Matt Simmons

wow!

voretaq7

@MattSimmons Yeah, I looked them up

Seriously, you want to import those things here?

Matt Simmons

@voretaq7 Well, A) they're all sugar, but they taste good

@voretaq7 B) There's zero chance of someone choking on one

voretaq7

14:29

@MattSimmons Our ADULTS can't handle FUCKING PRETZELS and you want to give kids eggs with toys in them?

@MattSimmons TERRORIST!

Matt Simmons

flickr.com/photos/bandman614/10602194474/in/…

voretaq7

@ewwhite No, not a damn blessed thing. They changed the installer and everything I ever loved is gone :(

Matt Simmons

There is me, trying to get a Kinder Egg toy in my mouth

voretaq7

and pkgng makes me feel dirty!

ewwhite

@voretaq7 Can you tell me if this is correct?

voretaq7

14:32

@ewwhite maybe

ewwhite

I just don't know if FreeBSD's fdisk -l works the same way

or what the block devices will look like

Wesley

@voretaq7 Century Eggs!

ewwhite

@voretaq7 or if you have the snapvol property

mossy

@Wesley ohay. how's new job?

Wesley

@mossy Lots of "The fuck is this? The fuck is that?!"

Just trying to get the hang of where everything is.

Logins, information stores, workflows.

ewwhite

14:35

@voretaq7 geez, my plane just hit the wake of another aircraft

Wesley

Very cool people though.

Dan

@Wesley Oh hey, 'grats!

Wesley

@Dan Smooches

RobM

it's storming well here

Bob

@voretaq7 Nah, you got them mixed up with dingoes.

ewwhite

14:41

Flight attendant fell on her ass.

Internet still works

Iain

@ewwhite she has the internet in her ass ?

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ewwhite

@Iain We are in the cloud(s).

Iain

weirder and weirder

MikeyB

@ewwhite YO DAWG

ewwhite

@MikeyB yeah

Who wants a pimp job in Chicago that's probably well into the 6-figures?

Competitive salary
401(k) with company matching
Five weeks of paid vacation per year plus 10 paid holidays
Free breakfast, lunch, and snacks on a daily basis
Free gym membership

Have you ever made patch cables? If so, where and how many?

Bob

14:46

What's a 401(k)?

voretaq7

@ewwhite I think FreeBSD has snapvol

ewwhite

Have you ever installed Linux? If so, how?

voretaq7

@ewwhite how far did you get rolled?

Bob

Oh, retirement thingy.

ewwhite

@voretaq7 about 20 degrees to the left

freaked everyone out

voretaq7

14:47

@ewwhite . . . "non-standard separation"?

("we done got too damn close!")

ewwhite

@voretaq7 we're at 33,000 feet

this wasn't at takeoff

voretaq7

@ewwhite that is somewhat unusual

Bob

@voretaq7 "somewhat"

Nathan C

@ewwhite Damn, that looks like a job that even I could do with my limited experience

voretaq7

@Bob it happens from time to time, it's a pretty crowded sky

ewwhite

14:48

@voretaq7 Pilot got on and explained... "See, it's like a freeway... and we went into the wrong lane... and hit a rumble strip"

"My bad"

voretaq7

@ewwhite <adds to the list of explanations to never use>

"But it's OK, we missed the tree!"

how many people weren't wearing their seatbelts and got knocked around? :)

ewwhite

dude across the aisle spilled his cereal

I don't know how the folks in the back did

@NathanC welcome to finance

Nathan C

@ewwhite Based on what they're looking for it's probably one of those jobs that you spend half the day making cables and the other half in the ceiling running them

Bob

@voretaq7 I was happier not knowing that.

Nathan C

And occasionally dabbling in Linux making sure shit aint broke :P

voretaq7

14:53

@Bob This is why you keep the goddamn seat belt on at all times no matter what the little sign says.

ewwhite

@NathanC nope... it's a trading firm. You'll be idle most of the time (trading hours) other than helping with user requests

Bob

@voretaq7 That sounds like a good idea.

I don't know why people hate seatbelts so much :\

I don't even notice them anymore.

Nathan C

@ewwhite If relocation to chicago were an immediate option and I wasn't neck deep in a project I'd be all over something like that ha

ewwhite

@Bob old people

Dan

@NathanC Don't let yourself be caught by the fact that you're "doing something" at yoru current place, becuase we're always "doing something"

You can leave in the middle of a project without dicking people, it just takes care

voretaq7

14:56

@Bob I don't know why people insist on taking them off in an airplane. where the fuck are you going to go?!

Bob

@voretaq7 Makes me wonder if anyone was taking a shit during the incident :P

Nathan C

@Dan With this particular project I'm the main "knowledgebase" of sorts. If I leave the project is basically without its main contributor ha. But it's not really about that ...it's more of I don't think my girlfriend would like me moving to Chicago either :p so there's a lot of thoughts behind moving out of state. Eventually though...

voretaq7

@Bob Makes me wonder why men insist on trying to pee standing up on an airplane.

Nathan C

Like half the office will be out on PTO tomorrow :( I should've used the rest of mine too!

@Bob "It's...it's...*everywhere* "

damnit markdown, you had one job

ewwhite

@voretaq7 Mile-high, bitches!

Chris S

15:00

voretaq7

@ewwhite You can do that wearing the seatbelts.

MikeyB

@NathanC ITYM: "It's…it's… everywhere "

voretaq7

@ChrisS So far from civilization they need their own power generation equipment?

MikeyB

Yep need those damn spaces.

voretaq7

@MikeyB Stop trying to outsmart Markdown. Just accept that it hates you.

Nathan C

15:02

@ewwhite Because that went so well for this lady (kinda funny actually...)

Chris S

@voretaq7 MAL-WART

MikeyB

@voretaq7 It's not Markdown, it's chat.SE: link

ewwhite

@NathanC Article doesn't state if her partner was also arrested. He should have been charged with illegally entering the cockpit.

voretaq7

@ChrisS It's FINE!

WE'RE NOT CHANGING IT! :P

Nathan C

@ewwhite Oh myyyy

voretaq7

15:04

(I think there's one like that around here actually)

Chris S

Like any of the normal patrons would ever notice either

Tanner

@MikeyB Neat site

MikeyB

@NathanC "Virgin Airlines"

Nathan C

@MikeyB Not anymore!

ewwhite

HP... always full of surprises.

# ssh -l Administrator 172.16.1.35
[email protected]'s password:
User:Administrator logged-in to ILO2M23240547.mccartneyproduce.com(172.16.1.35 / FE80::B6B5:2FFF:FEEC:2858)
iLO 4 Advanced 1.40 at  Jan 14 2014
Server Name:
Server Power: On

Based on customer feedback, we will be enhancing the SSH command line
interface in a future release of the iLO 4 firmware.  Our future CLI will
focus on increased usability and improved functionality.  This message is
to provide advance notice of the coming change.  Please see the iLO 4

(building new server from the plane...)

voretaq7

15:11

@ewwhite Wow. I thought customer feedback went to /dev/null

ewwhite

Nice to see HP announcing an enhancement. I guess paywalls fund that sort of consideration

voretaq7

@ewwhite . . . you read the release notes yet? You might not like the enhancement

Chris S

@ewwhite Any idea how to get some of the plastic ear covers for a MSA60?

ewwhite

@ChrisS I can ask my parts guy. There's a steaming pile of HP MSA60's in the trash in the rear of his warehouse.

@DennisKaarsemaker Have you seen this yet?

Dennis Kaarsemaker

@ewwhite yeah, saw it last week

ewwhite

15:16

@ChrisS just a cosmetic thing?

@DennisKaarsemaker And have you made any use of ILO federation?

Dennis Kaarsemaker

@ewwhite our iLO's are more into communism I'm afraid.

Chris S

@ewwhite Yeah

ewwhite

Bob

this is scary

ewwhite

Bob

15:20

@voretaq7 ever had that? ^

voretaq7

@Bob in a much smaller plane, but yes

Bob

apparently strong crosswinds on takeoff

@voretaq7 how risky is it?

voretaq7

well it wasn't pleasant :-)

Bob

@voretaq7 I'd be more worried if you said it was :P

Chris S

This is why airports in the US have runways in multiple directions.

voretaq7

15:22

how risky - well when you have an unexpected 10kt jump in the crosswind a few feet off the ground (taking off or landing) it gets your attention :-)

Chris S

Also, must be a 3rd world country with as "level" as that runway isn't.

voretaq7

@ChrisS Most runways aren't.

cole

@Bob wtf is going on here?

Chris S

@voretaq7 I haven't seen a runway (that accepts planes that big) that bad in the US.

Basil

@cole @Bob Looks like a landing abort actually

voretaq7

15:25

@ChrisS Stand on the end of one some time and look down the runway :)

@Basil yeah it's an aborted landing

Basil

source: I play war thunder a lot...

cole

That's terrifying

Bob

@Basil Well, I did say apparently :P

Chris S

@voretaq7 I drive past one regularly where I can see down 2 of the runways. They aren't perfect, but they're pretty good.

voretaq7

@ChrisS Most aren't that bad, but plenty are

LGA and JFK are pretty flat because they're on reclaimed land, Newark.... well I guess it doesn't matter if your runway is "flat' when chunks of pavement are missing :P

Nathan C

15:30

As scary as something like that is, just think that you're flying around in a multi-ton metal can with wings through the air faster than any car can go

voretaq7

"Mommy, why do the patches on the wing say Budweiser?"
"Well son, this is an MD-80, it's older than you are and maintenance doesn't want to spend any more on it than they have to."

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@ChrisS Here's a good one - ATL

Nathan C

I'm confused...

serverfault.com/review/first-posts/124696

This is a "first post", but it points to serverfault.com/questions/595366/…

Dennis Kaarsemaker

@NathanC it's a trap

voretaq7

@NathanC it's an audit

Nathan C

Freaking audits...

Kevin Soviero

15:38

+1 for mentioning Cargo Cult System Administration. Any sysadmin who doesn't know that term and what it means should be fired. — Tonny 2 days ago

What is Cargo Cult System Administration?

Nathan C

@DennisKaarsemaker Trap...audit...same thing

Dennis Kaarsemaker

@KevinSoviero copy/paste thinking

Kevin Soviero

@DennisKaarsemaker Cargo Cult is short hand for copy/paste thinking? Who came up with that?

Iain

Cargo cult programming

Cargo cult programming is a style of computer programming characterized by the ritual inclusion of code or program structures that serve no real purpose. Cargo cult programming is typically symptomatic of a programmer not understanding either a bug they were attempting to solve or the apparent solution (compare shotgun debugging, deep magic). The term cargo cult programmer may apply when an unskilled or novice computer programmer (or one inexperienced with the problem at hand) copies some program code from one place and pastes it into another place, with little or no understanding of how th...

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Nathan C

@KevinSoviero “imitate the superficial exterior of a process or system without having any understanding of the underlying substance” --Wikipedia

So basically, "I have no idea what this does, but i'm gonna copy it anyway because that's how it's always done."

MikeyB

15:44

@NathanC It's fascinating how real Cargo Cults actually arose.

Escargo cults, anyone?

Nathan C

Yeah, I read that...

@MikeyB It explains the concept of assigning less competent people as subordinates... coughnorthkoreacough

Kevin Soviero

@MikeyB Snail cults?

ewwhite

Do any of you have a Dell R300

?

dawud

@KevinSoviero The term "cargo cult" comes from anthropolgy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult

ewwhite

16:06

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Q: Recover from a Punctured RAID array

here is my situation. I have a Dell Server with a Dell Perc 7i controller, (LSI Controller). I had a drive give me an Failure Predicted warning so I called their support and they came out and replaced the drive and the array rebuilt itself, pretty standard. Two weeks later, I have another driv...

Nathan C

@ewwhite Poor guy.

That reminds me... goes to check on servers

mossy

16:25

Just went to buy a helmet and jacket

girl selling the motorcycle gear was

10/10 would buy over priced shit from her again

Nathan C

16:37

Went in the server room to glance at all the drive lights...room was at 79F

My boss is expediting the air conditioning setup...it's there, just not on and somehow people keep forgetting to get the information for it >_>

Bob

@NathanC Wait, that's hot? o.O

Nathan C

@Bob For a server room, it is. They should be in the 68F-71F range from what I've read, although many places are higher

Chris S

79ºF = 26ºC

It's not that hot for newer server equipment... But it's approaching the limit of "normal"

Bob

Wait, misconverted 70.

Nathan C

Yeah, we put a couple fans and left the door open (which I hate doing, but the room outside the data room is A/C anyway) and the temps dropped a bit. Good interm solution until the AC works.

Bob

16:49

@NathanC I think that is our A/C temperature.

In human-inhabited areas anyway.

Chris S

Yeah, but you're a crazy Aussie

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