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Jim Henderson wrote:
> Heh, a couple weeks ago, I wished I could have gotten out at 7:20.
Last time we had a catastrophic server failure, I was the only one with a
copy of the software already installed, so it was a red-eye flight at 2AM
with a sparcstation in my carry-on backpack, flying cross country to a
locked down machine room the size of a couple football fields in the middle
of Bumfork, Ohio, for 72 hours of awakeness keeping it running until a new
one showed up.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
My fortune cookie said, "You will soon be
unable to read this, even at arm's length."
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On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:47:27 -0800, Darren New wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Heh, a couple weeks ago, I wished I could have gotten out at 7:20.
>
> Last time we had a catastrophic server failure, I was the only one with
> a copy of the software already installed, so it was a red-eye flight at
> 2AM with a sparcstation in my carry-on backpack, flying cross country to
> a locked down machine room the size of a couple football fields in the
> middle of Bumfork, Ohio, for 72 hours of awakeness keeping it running
> until a new one showed up.
Oh fun. :-)
I've done 30-40 hours of continuously being awake when I was in IT, after
a while it becomes fun. But I'm glad I didn't have to drive home. :-)
I was teaching a class in NYC a few years ago, and one of the students
had to remotely build a server starting one night during class; he didn't
get in until noon, and he had a few choice words about the person who
decided that upgrading the system while he was out was a good idea.
The server was located somewhere in the central US, where he flew from to
take the class. I imagine there were words about the travel expense
being diminished because of the idiot who decided to upgrade the system.
Jim
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"Orchid XP v8" <voi### [at] dev null> wrote in message
news:49a7118c@news.povray.org...
[...]
> To this end, I spent 2 hours and 20 minutes on the phone to a guy in the
> USA while he dithered and dallied over what to do about the problem. (My
> repeated cries of "I really need to leave now" and "I've got an
> appointment to get to" and "can't we sort this out tomorrow?" fell on
> deaf ears.) I wouldn't mind, but I spent most of the time just sitting
> around listening to the guy muttering to himself and chatting to his
> collegues about the weather.
Not to mention the three hours you spent updating us about how unproductive
your day was...
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On 2/26/2009 2:14 PM, nemesis wrote:
> You should get a bit more attitude. Here, learn some:
>
> http://bofh.ntk.net/Bastard1.html
God bless the Bastard! :)
--
...Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com
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>> Still, at least Cute QA Girl brought cakes in today.
>>
>> Sweet, sugary Danish pastry... mmm, sugar...
> I though she left, or am I confusing things?
I posted a message a few weeks ago saying she was *going* to leave.
Tomorrow is actually her last day. (Hence, cake.)
And I'm going to be spending all day with my head in the server room, so
I won't even get to say goodbye...
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Darren New wrote:
> Last time we had a catastrophic server failure, I was the only one with
> a copy of the software already installed, so it was a red-eye flight at
> 2AM with a sparcstation in my carry-on backpack, flying cross country to
> a locked down machine room the size of a couple football fields in the
> middle of Bumfork, Ohio, for 72 hours of awakeness keeping it running
> until a new one showed up.
Uhuh. And tell me, did they pay you good money for that? Did they
appreciate what you did? Because my employer does neither of those things...
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Still, at least Cute QA Girl brought cakes in today.
>>>
>>> Sweet, sugary Danish pastry... mmm, sugar...
>> I though she left, or am I confusing things?
>
> I posted a message a few weeks ago saying she was *going* to leave.
> Tomorrow is actually her last day. (Hence, cake.)
>
> And I'm going to be spending all day with my head in the server room, so
> I won't even get to say goodbye...
>
take a break and step out to say goodbye
10 minutes isn't going to kill anyone
in the scheme of things, staying to work the 10 minutes won't fix the
problems 10 minutes sooner
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Relative normality has finally been restored. It's *so* nice to sit
around and do nothing for a while...
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>>> I though she left, or am I confusing things?
>>
>> I posted a message a few weeks ago saying she was *going* to leave.
>> Tomorrow is actually her last day. (Hence, cake.)
>>
>> And I'm going to be spending all day with my head in the server room,
>> so I won't even get to say goodbye...
>
> take a break and step out to say goodbye
>
> 10 minutes isn't going to kill anyone
Well, I saw her a few times today. All my attempts at talking to her
more or less failed. She more or less blanked me.
And now she's gone forever. I guess I'm stupid to miss her... but I do.
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>
>> Last time we had a catastrophic server failure, I was the only one
>> with a copy of the software already installed, so it was a red-eye
>> flight at 2AM with a sparcstation in my carry-on backpack, flying
>> cross country to a locked down machine room the size of a couple
>> football fields in the middle of Bumfork, Ohio, for 72 hours of
>> awakeness keeping it running until a new one showed up.
>
> Uhuh. And tell me, did they pay you good money for that?
Yes. For one thing, they paid off my house.
> Did they
> appreciate what you did? Because my employer does neither of those
> things...
Oh, I know. I just thought it was an amusing story.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
My fortune cookie said, "You will soon be
unable to read this, even at arm's length."
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