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@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@DustinB3403 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
So the wind just knocked out power to a UPS that runs our phone system, a XS box, and our network switches.
Wonderful!
Good thing you have a UPS.
Kinda, sorta, maybe has a UPS.
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The UPS has been in place for 7 years... and the unit warned us that the batteries were shot.
So being a 7 year old UPS, I say just replace the whole thing with a new one.
Management opts to spend for replacement batteries.
We install the new batteries, and it still complains the batteries are shot. "Oh well, lets see if it works" is what I'm told.
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So I get an email about people not being aware that technology ages and needs to be replaced regularly, and I reply 15 minutes after receiving this email, about how tech needs to be refreshed regularly.
And 5 minutes after that the wind knocks out the power.
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@DustinB3403 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
So I get an email about people not being aware that technology ages and needs to be replaced regularly, and I reply 15 minutes after receiving this email, about how tech needs to be refreshed regularly.
And 5 minutes after that the wind knocks out the power.
In other news, IT admin fired today after sassing employees and then causing and focusing a wind storm to knock out power and prove his point.
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@MattSpeller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@DustinB3403 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
So I get an email about people not being aware that technology ages and needs to be replaced regularly, and I reply 15 minutes after receiving this email, about how tech needs to be refreshed regularly.
And 5 minutes after that the wind knocks out the power.
In other news, IT admin fired today after sassing employees and then causing and focusing a wind storm to knock out power and prove his point.
Breaking News: IT Tech stopped pressing Return on world ending computer. We're all dead.
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@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@MattSpeller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@DustinB3403 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
So I get an email about people not being aware that technology ages and needs to be replaced regularly, and I reply 15 minutes after receiving this email, about how tech needs to be refreshed regularly.
And 5 minutes after that the wind knocks out the power.
In other news, IT admin fired today after sassing employees and then causing and focusing a wind storm to knock out power and prove his point.
Breaking News: IT Tech stopped pressing Return on world ending computer. We're all dead.
And it's the tech's fault
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@MattSpeller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@MattSpeller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@DustinB3403 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
So I get an email about people not being aware that technology ages and needs to be replaced regularly, and I reply 15 minutes after receiving this email, about how tech needs to be refreshed regularly.
And 5 minutes after that the wind knocks out the power.
In other news, IT admin fired today after sassing employees and then causing and focusing a wind storm to knock out power and prove his point.
Breaking News: IT Tech stopped pressing Return on world ending computer. We're all dead.
And it's the tech's fault
My mother in law somehow thinks that each person she talks to at Comcast IS Comcast and I just don't agree with that mindset. I understand the service is shit and their techs are shit, but what do you think you're going to get paying $30k a year? It's the same reason you dont ask people at best buy what to buy. If they knew what they were doing they wouldn't be making $9 an hour.
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@MattSpeller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@DustinB3403 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
So I get an email about people not being aware that technology ages and needs to be replaced regularly, and I reply 15 minutes after receiving this email, about how tech needs to be refreshed regularly.
And 5 minutes after that the wind knocks out the power.
In other news, IT admin fired today after sassing employees and then causing and focusing a wind storm to knock out power and prove his point.
I would totally focus and cause a wind storm to prove my point if I could...
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@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@MattSpeller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@MattSpeller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@DustinB3403 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
So I get an email about people not being aware that technology ages and needs to be replaced regularly, and I reply 15 minutes after receiving this email, about how tech needs to be refreshed regularly.
And 5 minutes after that the wind knocks out the power.
In other news, IT admin fired today after sassing employees and then causing and focusing a wind storm to knock out power and prove his point.
Breaking News: IT Tech stopped pressing Return on world ending computer. We're all dead.
And it's the tech's fault
If they knew what they were doing they wouldn't be making $9 an hour.
^ This right here is very important to remember. That vendor guy who's telling you how to spec out your gear wouldn't be selling it if he knew how to spec and install it.
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@DustinB3403 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
So I get an email about people not being aware that technology ages and needs to be replaced regularly, and I reply 15 minutes after receiving this email, about how tech needs to be refreshed regularly.
And 5 minutes after that the wind knocks out the power.
In other words: all your gear rebooted ?
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@dafyre said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@DustinB3403 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
So I get an email about people not being aware that technology ages and needs to be replaced regularly, and I reply 15 minutes after receiving this email, about how tech needs to be refreshed regularly.
And 5 minutes after that the wind knocks out the power.
In other words: all your gear rebooted ?
Sounds like.
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@dafyre said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@DustinB3403 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
So I get an email about people not being aware that technology ages and needs to be replaced regularly, and I reply 15 minutes after receiving this email, about how tech needs to be refreshed regularly.
And 5 minutes after that the wind knocks out the power.
In other words: all your gear rebooted ?
There's rebooting, and there's rebooting
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@dafyre said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@DustinB3403 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
So I get an email about people not being aware that technology ages and needs to be replaced regularly, and I reply 15 minutes after receiving this email, about how tech needs to be refreshed regularly.
And 5 minutes after that the wind knocks out the power.
In other words: all your gear rebooted ?
Only some of it, not my production servers as they have a separate UPS.
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Wind you say?
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My dad just told me that he saw a semi get blown over and blown down Route 63 near the NTG HQ.
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for anyone that cannot see it.. that green house is nearly 3 feet off from where it was.
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Dad said that they hit 70 mph in NY.
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confirmed 50+ gusts here, the news said this morning.
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Talk about getting blown away...
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@dafyre third day in a row here.
