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On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:19:31 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
>Relative normality has finally been restored. It's *so* nice to sit
>around and do nothing for a while...
FYI
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7915212.stm
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Stephen
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On 2/27/2009 9:42 AM, Stephen wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:19:31 +0000, Invisible<voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
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>> Relative normality has finally been restored. It's *so* nice to sit
>> around and do nothing for a while...
>
> FYI
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7915212.stm
I actually agree. If you're bored at work, you aren't earning your keep.
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www.pacificwebguy.com
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Chambers wrote:
> I actually agree. If you're bored at work, you aren't earning your keep.
I think we've already figured out that I'm in the wrong job. :-P
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http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:14:59 -0800, Chambers <ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> wrote:
>On 2/27/2009 9:42 AM, Stephen wrote:
>> On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:19:31 +0000, Invisible<voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>
>>> Relative normality has finally been restored. It's *so* nice to sit
>>> around and do nothing for a while...
>>
>> FYI
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7915212.stm
>
>I actually agree. If you're bored at work, you aren't earning your keep.
I've had one job where if I was bored then I'd earned my keep.
Seriously, in almost 40 years of working I've had one job where the bosses were
pleased to see any of us reading or watching TV. That was when I was working in
the newspaper industry as a maintenance engineer. If we were working it meant
that there was a problem. It is the way it should be but seldom is.
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Stephen
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scott wrote:
>
> For something so important you should probably look into getting a
> backup server to switch in if one fails in some way or another. Even
> our *email* server has a backup that supposedly automatically switches
> in if the original one fails for any reason...
>
On top of that we have a cold-stand by -machine for each different
server hardware (also active devices) we're using, so if some server eg.
loses a motherboard, just swap the disks to c-sb and continue working,
so there's no rush for 1hr oslt response times from the service.
-Aero
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Stephen wrote:
> I've had one job where if I was bored then I'd earned my keep.
I know one guy who got a job watching for light bulbs to burn out - in
particular, the lights that tell airplanes not to run into things.
Apparently, having an automatic mechanism to tell you the red lights on
radio masts and buildings and such have burned out isn't sufficient. You
also have to have someone in the room to make sure the automatic mechanism
doesn't fail.
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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 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:17:35 -0800, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>Stephen wrote:
>> I've had one job where if I was bored then I'd earned my keep.
>
>I know one guy who got a job watching for light bulbs to burn out - in
>particular, the lights that tell airplanes not to run into things.
>Apparently, having an automatic mechanism to tell you the red lights on
>radio masts and buildings and such have burned out isn't sufficient. You
>also have to have someone in the room to make sure the automatic mechanism
>doesn't fail.
I'm quite sure that I wouldn't like that job, being bored and having to be
attentive. I prefer jobs where you can do home jobs when there is nothing
official to do. As, I'm sure, you can imagine. ;)
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Stephen
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Stephen wrote:
> I'm quite sure that I wouldn't like that job, being bored and having to be
> attentive.
I think he had something like an hour or more to react to the problem, and
only if the automated systems didn't kick in. But yes, it sounded like a
pretty boring job. :-)
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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 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:35:40 -0800, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>Stephen wrote:
>> I'm quite sure that I wouldn't like that job, being bored and having to be
>> attentive.
>
>I think he had something like an hour or more to react to the problem, and
>only if the automated systems didn't kick in. But yes, it sounded like a
>pretty boring job. :-)
High Pressure job, then :)
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Stephen
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>> 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...
LOL!
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