What Are You Doing Right Now
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@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
sigh Tech Support (TS) at some places...
ME: I have these specific questions about your device; detail list of equipment and questions
TS: Yes, please see our guide at (web url).
ME: Why yes,.. Yes they are. I have seen this guide,.. however I had additional questions. could you please take a moment to address them? I have read your guide - the one included with the device and the one online. They did not address my questions...
sigh
TS: I'm sorry sir, that answer is not in my script. I am grossly underqualified to support anything, the only skills I have are talking on the phone and reading from a premade document.
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@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
sigh Tech Support (TS) at some places...
ME: I have these specific questions about your device; detail list of equipment and questions
TS: Yes, please see our guide at (web url).
ME: Why yes,.. Yes they are. I have seen this guide,.. however I had additional questions. could you please take a moment to address them? I have read your guide - the one included with the device and the one online. They did not address my questions...
sigh
TS: I'm sorry sir, that answer is not in my script. I am grossly underqualified to support anything, the only skills I have are talking on the phone and reading from a premade document.
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But then I have to give you:
https://flushyourdns.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/cropped-help-desk-theorem1.jpg
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@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Diversify.
Hardware and Software divisions. He could have had both.Microsoft and hardware... I give you the MS Surface... A great idea,... but poorly built... they suck - the drivers suck... and the reliability is crap (opinion from what I have supported / seen)
And then there are those Microsoft phones.
Win98, ME, Vista...but - i digress
Yeah, their track record on software is decent, but far from rock solid, too.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Diversify.
Hardware and Software divisions. He could have had both.Microsoft and hardware... I give you the MS Surface... A great idea,... but poorly built... they suck - the drivers suck... and the reliability is crap (opinion from what I have supported / seen)
And then there are those Microsoft phones.
Win98, ME, Vista...but - i digress
Yeah, their track record on software is decent, but far from rock solid, too.
As of late, they're not doing bad at all. (Windows 10, Server 2012 R2)...
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Woohoo!!! I got my TSA pre check approved!!! No more shoe removal for me at the airport.
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@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Woohoo!!! I got my TSA pre check approved!!! No more shoe removal for me at the airport.
Now it's on to the full body cavity searches. .
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@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Woohoo!!! I got my TSA pre check approved!!! No more shoe removal for me at the airport.
Now it's on to the full body cavity searches. .
Just ignore the husky nurse in the corner that wears the white rubber gloves.
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Got my PureCon (its actually called Pure Accelerate, but I'm calling it PureCon) ticket, just booked plane tickets and the hotel. This thing is actually happening.
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@NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Got my PureCon (its actually called Pure Accelerate, but I'm calling it PureCon) ticket, just booked plane tickets and the hotel. This thing is actually happening.
Not to be confused with PurCon, the convention for old lonely spinsters.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Got my PureCon (its actually called Pure Accelerate, but I'm calling it PureCon) ticket, just booked plane tickets and the hotel. This thing is actually happening.
Not to be confused with PurCon, the convention for old lonely spinsters.
I thought that one was about a water filter.
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I'm drawing up some generic quotes for server systems, still considering options and choices.
Support etc.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
PurCon
Reading through the "What Can I Bring?" page on the TSA website and some of this stuff is like "Somebody must have attempted it at least once before to be put on this list."
Some of the things that I have already found are:
- Gravy (yes, the liquid that you put on food such as mashed potatoes or chicken fried steak)
- Fidget Spinners (already has made the list)
- Duct Tape (well that must have been an interesting trip)
- Dynamite (really? Who are you, Yosemite Sam?)
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Literal excerpt:
Light Saber
Sadly, the technology doesn't currently exist to create a real light saber. However, you can pack a toy light saber in your carry-on or checked bag. May the force be with you. -
@NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Literal excerpt:
Light Saber
Sadly, the technology doesn't currently exist to create a real light saber. However, you can pack a toy light saber in your carry-on or checked bag. May the force be with you.Little do they know....
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Reading about SR-IOV
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Flight booked for mangocon 2017!!!
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I'm continuously amazed how on SW you can go a month without a specific question then two the same one just minutes apart. It's like nearly all discussions come in waves, but from disconnected people. I don't understand the effect.
Example is today there are two topics that popped up within ten minutes of each other... both are looking at if connecting iSCSI directly to a VM to bypass the datastore is a wise idea. I've not seen that come up in weeks or months, but two in a few minutes. Chances are, another will happen later today.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I'm continuously amazed how on SW you can go a month without a specific question then two the same one just minutes apart. It's like nearly all discussions come in waves, but from disconnected people. I don't understand the effect.
Example is today there are two topics that popped up within ten minutes of each other... both are looking at if connecting iSCSI directly to a VM to bypass the datastore is a wise idea. I've not seen that come up in weeks or months, but two in a few minutes. Chances are, another will happen later today.
Link?
From what I've learned, it seems like the way to utilize iSCSI storage for a VM is to connect the iSCSI storage to the hypervisor and put a VHD on it for the VM to use, rather than trying to connecting iSCSI directly to a VM.
I am using iSCSI storage for the VHD that's the "data" drive for a VM that's a file server (among other things). For a couple of days, my iSCSI storage will be used for all of my VHDs while the new local RAID 10 initializes. Then my iSCSI storage will be for backups.
