The Comms Room

Nathan C

17:00

There...ordered a new battery and screen protectors for my phone

It's so difficult to find legit OEM batteries on Amazon...seriously.

ewwhite

Supermicro needs better product names.

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"Oh, my 10274-WRFT+ was a HUGE upgrade over my XJ900's!!"

Iain

@ewwhite bikeroutetoaster.com/BRTWebUI/Course/683532 long planned ride on Wednesday

There's a 20 mile ride to the station at the start too

ewwhite

@Iain Oh, Americans are sooooo bad with Geography

Iain

@ewwhite Yes, it's not in the USA

ewwhite

@Iain shame

Iain

17:12

SHould be fun if not a bit hard, 20 miles then an hour on the train then 100 mile cycle home

ewwhite

not bad at all

Jacob

@ewwhite How often are you in pretty bad wind conditions? 10-15mph+

ewwhite

@Jacob often

one direction usually

Travis

@NathanC So if you ERP craps itself and doens't work what's the back up plan?

BigHomie

@ewwhite truth

Jacob

17:15

@ewwhite Yeah, I have that problem. Anything special you do to counteract it?

ewwhite

nope

Jacob

I've noticed spinning faster helps.

well that in general too

ewwhite

Thanks ewwhite :) You've helped me a lot over the last week. — user3513346 4 mins ago

Warm-fuzzies... my job is done

cole

I like Seattle but not sure if I would move here.

Jacob

@cole Seattle is supposed to be great for bikes

ewwhite

17:20

too hilly

cole

so hilly

Jacob

@ewwhite I'm moving out to the Shenandoah region.

cole

I liked Bellevue a lot actually.

Jacob

Though I bet Seattle is a bit worse

@cole The big M!

cole

Definitely easier to drive around Seattle than Boston though.

I've noticed (almost) all the parking around Seattle uses a kiosk that accepts debit/credit cards - which is awesome.

Leaving here in a bit to go day drink with @RyJones & @Magellan

Michael Hampton

17:25

@Jacob It's not quite as flat as Hampton Roads but it's not all that hilly unless you go up into the mountains...

Nathan C

@Travis Repair it until it's back up

Jacob

@MichaelHampton google.com/maps/@38.5905041,-79.1312143,9z/data=!5m1!1e4 But I can drive to the mountains...

And then bike

@MichaelHampton The wind here is pretty tough sometimes. Yesterday, 20 miles completely exhausted me.

BigHomie

> and all i was trying to do was scoot them up a little, all i was trying to do was not shit my pants as she forced my knee up into my chin over and over again, all i was trying to do was not further destroy the nails she'd already had to fix twice. i kicked half a gallon of water into that poor woman's unsuspecting face.

# 3 Pedicures lol

Michael Hampton

@Jacob Well, yeah. Though if you're actually living somewhere in the I-81 corridor, well, that's a big long flat valley.

Travis

@NathanC What if it can't be repaired?

Nathan C

17:29

@Travis Restore from backups and trudge on

Jacob

@MichaelHampton I could walk to I-81....

So yeah , but down south it's not like that.

Michael Hampton

@Jacob Heh, well, I guess my definition of 'flat' allows for a few rolling hills...

Jacob

@MichaelHampton I mean like way south Abington or Bristol

Michael Hampton

@Jacob Oh yeah, south of, say, Staunton all bets are off.

Jacob

@MichaelHampton You know a lot about Virginia. I'm going to presume you lived here at one point?

Michael Hampton

17:33

@Jacob I've traveled extensively through there, lived in Tennessee, hiked the A.T. and was in Shenandoah in 2012...

Travis

@NathanC Going a step further. What if you restore from backup and 5 minutes later the crash happens again. Keep restoring every 5 minutes?

Nathan C

@Travis welp.jpg

:P

BigHomie

@Jacob @MichaelHampton either of you fans of the Waffle House?

Michael Hampton

@BigHomie I never miss a chance to eat at Waffle House. Pity there are none within hundreds of miles of here.

Jacob

@BigHomie That shithole? I've never and will never eat in one.

Travis

17:35

@NathanC Reason I ask is this is exactly the same mentality that is going on with my company. You answered the questions exactly like they have.

BigHomie

@MichaelHampton Ha, same here, was hopin' it was not just me.

@Jacob Locals.

Nathan C

@Travis We also have a direct line with the programmer of the software who's written utilities to bring it back from the dead on more than one occasion

freiheit

@BigHomie Is Waffle House like International House Of Pancakes?

Travis

@NathanC Yeah we don't have that. Our direct line is through our reseller who said the programmer has mentally checked out and isn't helping that much any more.

Jacob

@freiheit It's like a really lowend IHOP

Michael Hampton

17:38

Waffle House

Waffle House Inc. is a restaurant chain with over 1700 locations found in 25 states in the United States. Most of the locations are in the Southern United States, where the chain remains a regional cultural icon. Waffle House is headquartered in unincorporated Gwinnett County, Georgia, near Norcross. History The first Waffle House opened on Labor Day weekend, 1955 at 2719 East College Avenue in Avondale Estates, Georgia. By 1949, he became a regional manager with the now-defunct Memphis-based Toddle House chain, and moved to Atlanta. He met Tom Forkner when buying a house from him in Avo...

freiheit

@Jacob IHOP is already pretty low end... So that's scary sounding...

Michael Hampton

@freiheit It's much better at three in the morning.

Travis

@freiheit Typically IHOP wait staff have more teeth. The total tooth count of all Waffle House employees may equal one employee at an IHOP :)

Nathan C

@Travis Yeah my boss is on the phone with the guy working on getting it back up and running

Jacob

@MichaelHampton But it's so dirty

Michael Hampton

17:39

@Jacob It's only dirty looking.

freiheit

@MichaelHampton Well, at 3 in the morning there's not a lot of options...

Travis

@NathanC Nice. My boss (owner) recommended we start hand writing the checks instead... He forgets that there is this thing called ACCOUNTING and General Ledgers that still require the info..

Jacob

@freiheit Not true here.

BigHomie

@freiheit it's like a Coney Island that specializes in Waffles and other breakfast deluctables

Nathan C

IHOP or shudder Denny's around here is 24/7...

BigHomie

17:42

@NathanC ^ ?!?!

freiheit

@Jacob Around here's it's basically Denny's or home for food at 3am... Maybe a taco truck that caters to bar employees... Maybe another similar diner that I can't remember the name of right now...

BigHomie

@NathanC It's 24/7 Coney's all throughout Detroit

Michael Hampton

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BigHomie

@MichaelHampton Yeah, I past that one just outside MI on the way to Ohio every time. Is it too much to put one here? Really??

Jacob

@freiheit If we're talking about regular restaurants. IHOP, Waffle junk, a few local diners, and pretty much everything at the ocean front is open through 6 am

Michael Hampton

17:44

Go to Atlanta, they have a Waffle House every 20 feet, about as dense as Starbucks in NYC.

cole

I saw a Waffle House in FL - did not go there.

Nathan C

@BigHomie Denny's is a similar chain...but depending on where you go, the quality and cleanliness of it can be offputting heh

Michael Hampton

BigHomie

Went to my first Waffle House in Louisville. Pecan Waffle and Chili Cheese Omelet, awesome.

@NathanC Denny's??!?!?!

vs Waffle House?!?!?!

meh, to each his own.

Ry Jones

@cole drinking at 11:30 in the morning? I like your style.

Michael Hampton

17:46

If I was starving I'd still pass by half a dozen Denny's to get to a Waffle House.

cole

@RyJones why else go to Yard House!?

Going to leave here in a few - says about 40 minutes to get there from Issaquah

Nathan C

@BigHomie No Waffle House up here, so I can't compare :P

Ry Jones

@cole The wifi?

Jacob

@MichaelHampton I must admit waffle house would be my choice over denny's.

Ry Jones

40 minutes is reasonable.

it will probably take a little less but parking will be confusing

cole

17:47

Yeah that's what I figured

BigHomie

@NathanC You gotta go man, take a trip, how far away are you

Nathan C

@BigHomie ...Maine. So, a good 3+ hours to the nearest one most likely

Jacob

You all just need to head to Virginia and eat at a Waffle House. I'll eat in the IHOP down the street.

cole

Why is my throat so soreeee

I heard Waffle House is nasty

Ry Jones

@cole too much screaming with the band?

Jacob

17:49

@cole It is

cole

@RyJones nah - I think I'm allergic to something here.

Alrighty heading out

see you soon @RyJones

Travis

Is there a safe way to test that a SAN "hot spare" disk works? Simple as just pulling a disk out of the array? RAID 10..

Michael Hampton

@cole Of course it's nasty, the food is extra greasy and some of the restaurants might even still allow smoking. That's the whole point!

Jacob

Waffle House Index

The Waffle House Index is an informal metric used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to determine the impact of a storm and the likely scale of assistance required for disaster recovery. The measure is based on the reputation of the Waffle House restaurant chain for staying open during extreme weather and for reopening quickly, albeit sometimes with a limited menu, after very severe weather events such as tornados or hurricanes. The term was coined by FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate in May 2011, following the 2011 Joplin tornado; the two Waffle House restaurants in Joplin rem...

BigHomie

@NathanC Totally worth every mile.

Nathan C

17:55

Oh lookie, Amazon's trying to be Paypal...how cute.

Michael Hampton

@BigHomie *not an actual Waffle House

BigHomie

Whoops

@NathanC Totally worth every mile.

Travis

@NathanC Makes sense. Already an enormous online retailer. Now they get more money

Nathan C

@BigHomie Heh, 9 hours from Portland...lol

Jacob

@MichaelHampton Have a road bike? You should come ride blue ridge or skyline drive

Michael Hampton

17:59

@Jacob Not happening this year, unfortunately

Jacob

@MichaelHampton No?

Frankly, that's better, because it's already insanely hot.

Michael Hampton

@Jacob I'll have a vacation in two weeks from now, and then I have so much to do I'll be too busy to do much of anything until maybe next spring

Jacob

@MichaelHampton I'll be here and by then I may even be fit enough to ride it myself...

Michael Hampton

@Jacob Don't worry, when I go out to ride, everyone is going to know it :)

Jacob

@MichaelHampton What does that mean?

Michael Hampton

18:05

@Jacob That means you'll see it pinned to the star wall, probably

Jacob

@MichaelHampton I thought you rode locally often? At least some of your comments suggested that.

Michael Hampton

@Jacob Well, sure. I mean a real long distance multi-day or even multi-week ride.

Jacob

@MichaelHampton Oh, good point.

Michael Hampton

Sometime in the next few years I at least want to do STP and RAGBRAI

Ry Jones

@MichaelHampton STP used to shut down Microsoft for a few days

Jacob

18:10

@MichaelHampton While we talk about plans. I'm hoping to start a cycling team at my reboot attempt at college.

@MichaelHampton It would be neat if some of got together and rode something like that.

Michael Hampton

Yeah. Which one of you owns an old school bus?

freiheit

@Jacob Competitive team, or just a riding club?

Jacob

@freiheit Both? I'd love to try competitive when I get into a bit better shape.

Michael Hampton

@freiheit Just a riding club, I'd think... the Bastard Operators from Hell

Jacob

@freiheit USACycling has entire book on how to do it.

freiheit

18:15

@Jacob From what i hear, a casual riding club at a college is very easy (it's just like any other club), but getting proper competitive stuff going on is a lot more complicated...

@Jacob "complicated" and "entire book" sorta mean the same thing. :)

Jacob

@freiheit Yeah, I imagine it would be, but I'm hoping that a friend who's much better than I am attends the same school for initial support.

@freiheit Most people aren't going to consider casual in the same way as I do.

For starters, I don't even get on my bike without Cycling shorts

Iain

@freiheit how is the training for your century coming along ?

Jacob

@freiheit What have you heard?

Michael Hampton

Damn, I'd rather be out there.

freiheit

@Jacob Just a little bit on FB from a kid that started up a road cycling club at the university I work at...

@Iain I'm a terrible person and abandoned that plan this year due to too many other commitments stressing me out too much.

Jacob

18:30

@freiheit Competitive or otherwise?

freiheit

@Jacob Casual as in "Let's meet up next Friday at 9am over by the basketweaving building and go for a medium-pace 50 mile spin around the neighborhood. Maybe this route: [link to map on ridewithgps]"

Iain

@freiheit :(

freiheit

@Jacob The road bike club here is non-competitive. I believe the mountain bike club is competitive, but I don't hear as much about them...

Chris S

@MichaelHampton I might consider biking if West Michigan was flat like that.. But we have hills everywhere.

Iain

@MichaelHampton I'll be here on Wednesday google.co.uk/maps/@53.111445,-3.536067,3a,75y,81.91h,89.51t/…

@ChrisS hills are good they make you stronger

Chris S

18:36

@Iain or tired....

Iain

@ChrisS always

but the joy of ascent is the descent :)

Chris S

yeah.... nope

Iain

it's a bummer that some of our local hard ascents have truly crappy descents :(

mossy

@ChrisS Can confirm. Biking in West Michigan hurts

Jacob

@mossy Aren't you mountain biking though?

Iain

18:40

pain is temporary

HopelessN00b

Pain is weakness leaving the body.

...

Except when it's not.

mossy

@Jacob Yeah.. never turns out like those YouTube videos that you watch. I always end up in a bush out of breath hoping for help

Jacob

@mossy Did you get clipless pedals?

@HopelessN00b I always thought that was a stupid quote

mossy

yea

Michael Hampton

"Get a bicycle. You won't regret it. If you live." -- Mark Twain

HopelessN00b

18:44

@Jacob Well, consider the source. A bunch of jarheads pumping each other on to do one more rep or get through the crucible, etc.

In those contexts, correct. In the context of me stomping on a user's head until the stupid leaks out into the ground.. not so much.

Jacob

It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and can coast down them.... Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motorcar only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.

-Ernest Hemingway

mossy

Jacob

@mossy Riding in groups. Hopefully someone is intact enough to call emergency services.

Dennis Kaarsemaker

@HopelessN00b too much stupid. The ground can't absorb it all.

Jacob

@freiheit I can't see the casual group being too difficult. The school prides itself on bikeability (and low crime...), so there are tons of people with them. Competitive is likely to be a different story

ewwhite

19:01

devops

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Basil

@MichaelHampton "Get a bicycle, @wesley" -- Mark Twain

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Jacob

@Basil He just has to have it built

Michael Hampton

@Jacob Oh yeah? I well remember the old shitmobile I used to own, that could only get up to 45 when climbing the mountains in West Virginia.

ewwhite

@Jacob very wesley-like... didn't finish the job

6

Jacob

@MichaelHampton I remember the prius that would only get to 86 going up those same hills

HopelessN00b

19:12

@Jacob Ah, the deadly, deadly Prius.

Jacob

@HopelessN00b The Uni rented it to take us to the ACM competition. Seeing as I was the only one who had driven those roads I drove...

I'm not even disclosing how fast the Tacoma went..

Michael Hampton

@Jacob Well, one of the great things about the Midwest is it's so flat that you can easily get up to 120+ on the back country roads and there's absolutely nobody around...

Jacob

@MichaelHampton Or on the NJ turnpike.... I admit NOTHING

Michael Hampton

@Jacob Speeding in NJ? The statute of limitations is only one year...

Jacob

@MichaelHampton Which if I was admitting to anything wouldn't be expired.

picconf.org/2014

Michael Hampton

19:20

@Jacob 164 miles? 90 minutes? Rush hour in Kansas City? No problem.

Jacob

@MichaelHampton I've seen that number elsewhere +-1mph...

Michael Hampton

That little ride wasn't too bad except for all the damn trucks. I had to keep slowing down to 80 or 90.

Jacob

@MichaelHampton What were you driving

Michael Hampton

@Jacob a Honda Civic 2-door

Jacob

@MichaelHampton ~~nice~~ EW!

Michael Hampton

19:26

It was black, too, just like that picture

@Jacob Oh, it got up and went.

Jacob

@MichaelHampton If my VPN venture takes off, I'm going to buy a road bike and a Jag XFR in that order

BigHomie

@MichaelHampton Looks like somethin' a sysadmin would drive

Michael Hampton

@BigHomie Wasn't even my car, it was my passenger's car. She was running late... :)

Jacob

@MichaelHampton Oh and our first IPv6 location will be up soon.

Michael Hampton

@Jacob Cool

Jacob

19:28

@MichaelHampton Comcast is doing IPv6 now right?

Michael Hampton

@Jacob Yup, I've had native IPv6 here for a short while now

Jacob

@MichaelHampton That will be useful for a project...

Michael Hampton

Just let me know when..

Anyway, then there was Dunkin' Donuts

and White Castle

Jacob

@MichaelHampton Dunkin Dounts!

Sadly I don't consume such foods these days...

Michael Hampton

@Jacob Yep. When I lived in Iowa my roommate and I would sometimes make road trips to the nearest Dunkin' Donuts. And pick up White Castles while there.

Jacob

19:34

@MichaelHampton 200 miles. That's dedication

Michael Hampton

@Jacob There were no Dunkin' Donuts in Iowa at all. Just this shit called Donutland. So we'd go on Sunday and bring back dozens of them for our coworkers on Monday, and even a day old they were better than the local stuff.

Nathan C

Damnit...I ordered S3 mini screen protectors by mistake -_-

Michael Hampton

The White Castles we kept for ourselves...

Jacob

@MichaelHampton My dad and I had to drive to Indianapolis to pickup a motor overnight for a building and we stopped at White Castle. It wasn't all that great honestly.

Michael Hampton

@Jacob It's an .. acquired taste

Jacob

19:37

@MichaelHampton It was good, but it wasn't like the best burger EVAR!

Michael Hampton

@Jacob Naw, that's Fuddruckers

Jacob

@MichaelHampton Both of ours closed!

Nathan C

And it already shipped...oops.

Michael Hampton

Fortunately that is only a 35 mile road trip.

Jacob

@MichaelHampton That's going to be the tough part of Bridgewater. What do you mean I have to get on the interstate for 10 miles for place !?!?

Michael Hampton

19:41

@Jacob Get used to it, you're going to be going to Harrisonburg for everything.

Jacob

@MichaelHampton I KNOW! it's going to suck

I can bike to my local game shop

Michael Hampton

You can bike into town if you're adventurous...

Jacob

@MichaelHampton But atleast it's better than West Virginia

@MichaelHampton That road is a highway, and while the shoulder is paved it still doesn't look fun.

Michael Hampton

@Jacob It's a nice wide shoulder all the way. That's the easy part. The hard part is getting around Harrisonburg.

ewwhite

Who can interpret what's happening here?

 1385  06-06-2014 13:34:03  mail -s joel [email protected] < joel.txt
 1386  06-06-2014 13:35:04  last art
 1387  06-06-2014 13:35:18  last art > arturo.txt
 1388  06-06-2014 13:35:45  mail -s arturo [email protected] < arturo.txt
 1389  06-06-2014 13:37:37  cat wtmp.1 | grep jog
 1390  06-06-2014 13:38:01  cat ttylog | grep jog
 1391  06-06-2014 13:39:01  more secure | grep jog
 1392  06-06-2014 13:39:22  more secure.1 | grep jog
 1393  06-06-2014 13:39:54  more secure.1 | grep jog >> joel.txt

Jacob

19:45

@MichaelHampton Why? the hills?

Michael Hampton

@Jacob Crowded streets, no shoulders or bike paths to speak of, and crossing I-81 will be a complete misadventure no matter where you try it.

Jacob

@MichaelHampton You can't take a bike on the Interstate...

@MichaelHampton I go big, I ride in the lane.

Michael Hampton

@Jacob Not in Virginia anyway. But you still have to get from one side to the other sometimes.

BigHomie

@ewwhite randomness, somebody downloading mail, checking network connection

Jacob

@MichaelHampton You can't bike on the interstate anywhere? It's in the UVC

ewwhite

19:48

@BigHomie nope... @MichaelHampton knows

Jacob

@ewwhite That'd be an exploit

Michael Hampton

@ewwhite Someone's getting the login history for various users...

@Jacob In federal regulations there is actually NO prohibition to riding on the interstate, but they do ALLOW states to prohibit it.

BigHomie

@MichaelHampton what was the giveaway

Jacob

@MichaelHampton That's just nuts.

BigHomie

Windows == Security event logs

Jacob

19:50

@BigHomie Secure is where that is logged

Michael Hampton

@Jacob Not really. You should try it sometime.

BigHomie

@Jacob so jog and art are user names

art I can see short for arturo

Michael Hampton

And don't be too shocked if you try to get bicycling directions from, say, Flagstaff to Albuquerque and the first thing it tells you to do is get on I-40.

Dan

Who's around to give me a little bit of business advice? @ewwhite?

ewwhite

@Dan yessss

Jacob

19:52

@MichaelHampton Nope nope nope nope

I do NOT have balls that big!

ewwhite

@MichaelHampton @Jacob Client asked how to see previous logins. I point him to an SF question...

@MichaelHampton what's the better away for him to be doing what he's doing?

Michael Hampton

@Jacob Oh, it's not that hard. You just have to watch out for construction zones...

ewwhite

@Dan yesssss?

Michael Hampton

@ewwhite Is there a better way? That's probably about where I would start.

Dan

@ewwhite Here's the deal - I'm currently contracted to a consultancy I'm really enjoying working with. My contract ends end of next week - the problem is, I'm expensive. No problem on site because they earn more money, but they offered to pay me a retainer to get me on board (Yes, really) with some "offline" days being billed at a higher rate and some at a lower rate (Basically, they guaranteed me x% of my time at $highRate). (Part 1 /2)

ewwhite

19:55

@MichaelHampton at LW, we had full session logging on all Linux jump servers.

Michael Hampton

►

Jacob

@MichaelHampton We also do full session logging.

Michael Hampton

It's usually deserted...

Dan

They're now debating whether there's enough work to keep me. I know they like me because they've said, and the main customer I've worked with loves me. The question is, do I just sit abck and wait for an answer. Or, do I show some of my cards now and some goodwill and make myself a little cheaper by losing the % guarantee? (I don't need it financially, and I didn't expect them to offer it)

Michael Hampton

@ewwhite Well there you go.

Jacob

19:56

@MichaelHampton Recall a Hampton Road interstate or hell even on I-81. Even in the middle of bumfucknowhere it's packed.

ewwhite

@Dan I have a client who has offered me up-to 80 hours/mo. But in exchange for the consistent billing, I lowered my rate to $175/hr.

Michael Hampton

@Jacob I-81 is a mess because of all the commercial traffic. It really needs two more lanes added along its entire length, and that isn't going to happen.

Dan

@ewwhite And to think I felt bad about my hourly billing to you!

Jacob

@MichaelHampton When was the last time you where on it?

ewwhite

@Dan so it's fine. They are trying to be flexible with you...

Dan

19:58

@ewwhite Thing is, we're not actually at the negotiating stage - I'll definitely offer it (And maybe more) if they do say they can't proceed with a new contract, but I don't know if it's better to be proactive rather than reactive. In a relationship sense, if not a strictly business one

Michael Hampton

@Jacob 2012

ewwhite

and you can keep the business. The better question is: what will they do if you're NOT around?

this becomes the bargaining point...

Dan

@ewwhite Go elsewhere, I just like them

ewwhite

the aforementioned client had to hire TWO $115k+ Linux engineers because I didn't take their full-time offer

and I'm still helping out...

Michael Hampton

U&L is having an election

Dan

20:00

So do you think I should wait until they show their cards at the end of this week, or should I drop the MD an e-mail with my goodwill gesture?

ewwhite

don't wait for them to seal your fate

Jacob

@MichaelHampton There's so much roadwork on it now

ewwhite

present an offer @dan

but then again, you UK people are weird

Michael Hampton

@Jacob Oh, so they're finally expanding it?

Dan

@ewwhite We are, but I was edging towards that. That you think I should, just makes me more keen to

Jacob

20:02

@MichaelHampton Nope, just repaving

ewwhite

@Dan most of my customers don't negotiate

Jacob

Virginia doesn't want to bother with that road..

ewwhite

but when they do, I'm open

Dan

@ewwhite You mean you just lay down a figure?

Michael Hampton

@Jacob Well that's not all that helpful

Dan

20:03

To be honest, if this was just normal work I wouldn't really care - but they seem to be a genuinely good company to work with and they might be able to get me engaged in some more exotic work than I could find by myself. Like, recently, I've been working with a massive telecomms provider on quite a cool project. Doubt I would have landed that as an individual

Jacob

@MichaelHampton Nope, and trucks ride the left lane so you have to be quick on the pedal to pass, and oh you just passed a state trooper have a ticket.

ewwhite

@Dan then do what makes sense. maximize opportunity

minimize opportunity cost.

Dan

@ewwhite Cheers, good to have a second opinion :)

Michael Hampton

@Jacob Virginia's been ignoring I-81's overcrowding for almost 20 years now. Then VDOT will start up the process again, and cancel the contract, go back to square one. Over and over and over.

Jacob

@MichaelHampton Forget I-81, what about 64 at the HRBT.

They are finally repaving that

Dan

20:06

bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-27770334

Holy shit

Michael Hampton

@Jacob For the first time since it was first built, probably.

Jacob

@MichaelHampton but the backups are the LA/NYC/DC level

Michael Hampton

@Jacob OH, I guess there is a safe bike lane over I-81 in Harrisonburg.

@Jacob Well you've basically got 64 and 664. What else can you do to get across?

Jacob

@MichaelHampton that's it

I guess you could drive up and around

but then I-64 will still be backed up

Michael Hampton

@Jacob Hell, when I lived in Virginia Beach 664 didn't even exist

Jacob

20:11

@MichaelHampton When did you live here and why

@MichaelHampton It's not utilized because people don't want to drive out through Suffolk

Michael Hampton

@Jacob Wheni was a kid in the 80's, but only for about six months, and I don't really remember why

Jacob

@MichaelHampton It's changed a bit since then...

Ry Jones

it was nice dining with @cole and @magellan

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Michael Hampton

@Jacob Oh, I'm quite sure it has

Jacob

Bridge/Tunnel Stoppage: WB on I-64 at Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel West in Norfolk. 2 lanes closed. Potential Delays.4:12PM

Tweeted by 511hamptonroads on June 9, 2014 at 8:12 PM

2 minutes ago

Michael Hampton

20:15

@Jacob Not surprising.

And, to tie this all together, how the fuck are you supposed to cross with a bicycle?

Jacob

@MichaelHampton You don't

Well

Michael Hampton

You ride up 25 miles to the ferry, and then 25 miles back on the other side? No thanks

Jacob

@MichaelHampton no more ferry

gohrt.com/routes/route-961.pdf

^^ You take the bus, but it has free wifi

Michael Hampton

@Jacob I guess that would work.

Jacob

Though you're likely to be shot and bike stolen before you make it to the norfolk station

Michael Hampton

20:18

@Jacob No more ferry? Shit, that means you ride almost all the way to Richmond before you can cross

Or get killed on the bus

Jacob

@MichaelHampton /on/before you get to the station

Michael Hampton

@Jacob Yeah, no thanks

Jacob

@MichaelHampton You could always take the train that doesn't go anywhere. gohrt.com/services/the-tide

freiheit

@Jacob I like riding a bike. Riding a bike is pretty awesome. Riding a bike is not worth getting shot for.

Jacob

@freiheit Avoid Norfolk, Va esp. on your bikes

They want VB to build the rest of it

Basil

20:22

So I just switched to dual monitors

One of them is old and shitty-ish, so has a lower resolution. Higher screen-size, though- they're both 19 inches, but the older one it a bit taller, bottom pixel to top

BigHomie

Jacob

@freiheit Atleast we have the only interstate bike routes

Which I think should use the blue shield

Ry Jones

@Jacob we have them here in the Seattle area

freiheit

@Jacob So, you're totally well set up for cyclists to entirely bypass your area?

Ry Jones

mtsgreenway.org trails

but people do MTS on I90 as well

Jacob

20:25

@freiheit Everything bypasses this area

freiheit

@Jacob No, you have the first official interstate bike route

Jacob

@freiheit To which I can't even find on a map

freiheit

@Jacob opencyclemap.org/…

BigHomie

20:42

RAID 10 or 50 for a SAN?

Ry Jones

I thought those terms were deprecated?

freiheit

@BigHomie It depends

BigHomie

@RyJones honestly I wouldn't know, but it's not like I said optical or floppy :p

@freiheit # of drives?

Basil

@BigHomie Raid 10 has no valid use anywhere except on a server.

or a very low end san

freiheit

@BigHomie It depends on # of drives, storage needs, expected write patterns, storage controller, amount of flash/battery-backed cache...

BigHomie

20:49

@freiheit I see, when would you use one over the other? Personally this is for a lab, not production, but it'd be nice to know

freiheit

@BigHomie Also, for most SAN-connected storage arrays, I'd expect them to be large enough that you shouldn't be getting anywhere near any RAID1 or RAID5 variants. RAID6 (or maybe some kind of crazy double-parity raid 4 if you're a netapp).

@BigHomie Well, RAID1 will perform better with random small writes all over the place than RAID5 will. RAID5 performs best with large sequential write patterns (or, at least, raid-stripe sized writes) RAID5 would have to do a lot of unnecessary parity calculations with many small writes. All of that can become a non-issue if you throw enough write cache at it...

BigHomie

@freiheit gotcha, makes perfect sense b/c of the parity

freiheit

@BigHomie And, of course, if you have big drives and a lot of them, you want RAID6 and sufficient hot spares, since you want to minimize the odds of a second drive failing before the RAID5 rebuild is done (and the odds are higher than you think, since the rebuild will be reading from sectors that may have not been read from in a long time)

BigHomie

@freiheit .. second drive failing before the RAID5 rebuild is done.. yeah I was reading about some horror stories

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