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    • DustinB3403D
      DustinB3403 @BRRABill
      last edited by gjacobse

      @BRRABill said:

      "And here we go again" LOL

      Are you Jeremy_b?

      I honestly don't care, but to moderate someone giving advice because someone is butt-hurt is f[moderated]ing stupid.

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      • BRRABillB
        BRRABill @DustinB3403
        last edited by gjacobse

        @DustinB3403 said:

        @BRRABill said:

        "And here we go again" LOL

        Are you Jeremy_b?

        I honestly don't care, but to moderate someone giving advice because someone is butt-hurt is f[moderated]ing stupid.

        No I was chuckling at that comment someone had stuck in the middle of that whole thread.

        I guess upon looking it is appears as though I was saying that.

        Stupid non emotional typing.

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        • BRRABillB
          BRRABill @DustinB3403
          last edited by gjacobse

          @DustinB3403 said:

          I honestly don't care, but to moderate someone giving advice because someone is butt-hurt is f[moderated]ing stupid.

          And totally agreed unless it resorts to terrible name calling and personal attacks.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @BRRABill
            last edited by

            @BRRABill said:

            "And here we go again" LOL

            Yeah, I disliked that one because I know why it was said - not because it was another newbie posting the same mistakes without having taken any effort to know what the accumulated community knowledge was, but because we were trying to inform that newbie of that knowledge. He was basically "Oh brother, here we go again not just congratulating someone and not holding them to a high standard."

            Which I understand why people are tired of the bar being held high, but likewise, we are tired of people asking the same questions and making the same mistakes without learning. It's not a rare one, this. It comes up, quite literally, daily. So it isn't like he would have to had stuck around. ANY effort would have shown him that this would have been the response. An algorithm could have done the response, it is so canned by now.

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            • JaredBuschJ
              JaredBusch @DustinB3403
              last edited by

              @DustinB3403 said:

              FYI my account is now in moderation, because I'm being honest, trying to have a adult conversation about the topic at hand.

              Your account is probably in moderation for being an asshat. Not only were you rude about it in the thread that was removed, you saved the screenshot and reposted it in another thread.

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              • DustinB3403D
                DustinB3403 @JaredBusch
                last edited by

                @JaredBusch said:

                @DustinB3403 said:

                FYI my account is now in moderation, because I'm being honest, trying to have a adult conversation about the topic at hand.

                Your account is probably in moderation for being an asshat. Not only were you rude about it in the thread that was removed, you saved the screenshot and reposted it in another thread.

                Yeah; Well you're a prick. How do you like them apples?

                FYI the pic was returned to the condition in which it was, without the OP's information.
                😛

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                • DashrenderD
                  Dashrender @DustinB3403
                  last edited by

                  @DustinB3403 said:

                  @JaredBusch said:

                  @DustinB3403 said:

                  FYI my account is now in moderation, because I'm being honest, trying to have a adult conversation about the topic at hand.

                  Your account is probably in moderation for being an asshat. Not only were you rude about it in the thread that was removed, you saved the screenshot and reposted it in another thread.

                  Yeah; Well you're a prick. How do you like them apples?

                  FYI the pic was returned to the condition in which it was, without the OP's information.
                  😛

                  Don't Sweat JB, Dustin - he's an asshat at times too. 😉

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                  • brianlittlejohnB
                    brianlittlejohn
                    last edited by

                    We are all asshats at times... that is what makes ML great!

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                    • JaredBuschJ
                      JaredBusch
                      last edited by

                      I have never claimed to be perfect. But acting all innocent here is certainly an inaccurate portrayal.

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                      • DashrenderD
                        Dashrender @JaredBusch
                        last edited by

                        @JaredBusch said:

                        I have never claimed to be perfect. But acting all innocent here is certainly an inaccurate portrayal.

                        Absolutely - and I did see some of the thread - Scott and Dustin where their normal selves (I would have been too if I had posted). The problem with forums is a lack of emotional balance from ton, facial expressions, etc.

                        Take that piled on with millennials wanting to be coddled all the time, and we have an overly sensitive situation.

                        It does take an overly large amount of effort to write a post that while not being PC is also not potentially viewed as condescending or any other adjective you want to use.

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                        • DustinB3403D
                          DustinB3403 @JaredBusch
                          last edited by

                          @JaredBusch said:

                          I have never claimed to be perfect. But acting all innocent here is certainly an inaccurate portrayal.

                          I've never acted innocent here. Simply stating for those watching the topic that might be wondering why I'm not responding to the topic.

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                          • BRRABillB
                            BRRABill
                            last edited by

                            I took a few asshatty comments when I first came here, and then realized...Hey, nothing personal. I'm sure anyone here would have a drink after acting like an asshat. It's what we do.

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller
                              last edited by

                              This poor guy inherited a setup with a failed RAID 5 array and no working backup system. The array rebuilt but the filesystem had corrupted during the extended array failure. Whoever was there before him really set that company up well.

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                              • Reid CooperR
                                Reid Cooper
                                last edited by

                                Ouch, that one is going to be rough. He's very lucky that he did not lose the entire array.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller
                                  last edited by

                                  Okay, really? I think this is what is called being an "askhole". Guys comes in with zero knowledge of what to do and asks the community what RAID level to select. Everyone, literally every single person, gives the same advice: RAID 6 or RAID 10. Every person.

                                  When he finally responds he has clearly not read one thing on the thread and just says thanks... installing RAID 5 now.

                                  I looked through the thread, what he decided to do was never mentioned once. Not as a joke, not by someone who didn't know better, not as a warning... in no way was it possible that he was confused. He simply asked a question, ignored that people responded and did the dumbest possible thing. He is exactly Hyacinth Bucket asking Richard how his day was.

                                  http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1423518-raid-questions

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                                  • stacksofplatesS
                                    stacksofplates @scottalanmiller
                                    last edited by stacksofplates

                                    @scottalanmiller said:

                                    Okay, really? I think this is what is called being an "askhole". Guys comes in with zero knowledge of what to do and asks the community what RAID level to select. Everyone, literally every single person, gives the same advice: RAID 6 or RAID 10. Every person.

                                    When he finally responds he has clearly not read one thing on the thread and just says thanks... installing RAID 5 now.

                                    I looked through the thread, what he decided to do was never mentioned once. Not as a joke, not by someone who didn't know better, not as a warning... in no way was it possible that he was confused. He simply asked a question, ignored that people responded and did the dumbest possible thing. He is exactly Hyacinth Bucket asking Richard how his day was.

                                    http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1423518-raid-questions

                                    You should have recommended RAID 0 and told him to hot swap after his data was copied over.

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                                      nadnerB
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                                      • travisdh1T
                                        travisdh1 @nadnerB
                                        last edited by

                                        @nadnerB said:

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                                        I've been known to ask people what they'd do, just to eliminate that option. Thankfully I don't have anyone handy for that sort of thing where I'm working now.

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                                        • mlnewsM
                                          mlnews
                                          last edited by

                                          Saw one today... guy appears to have had a Dell salesman do the system design. Ended up spending $22,000 to get an IPOD that was super fragile and was a full 3-2-1, because it was a SAN not a DAS IPOD! And they sold VMware licensing on top of it. So the total cost of $22K provided a system that did less than they could have done for $3K. $19K of lost money on that one sale.

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                                          • DustinB3403D
                                            DustinB3403 @mlnews
                                            last edited by

                                            @mlnews said:

                                            .... $19K pure profit gain on that one sale.

                                            I've FTFY.

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