@travisdh1 said:

@scottalanmiller said:

Ah yes, I believe that those, like WD, are still RAID 5 only.

STILL!? Just shoot me now.

Last that I knew. They promised us some demos back at SpiceWorld 2014. We've been waiting for two years for them to arrive. They've stopped talking to us, we've asked a few times but radio silence.

They've switched from being community friendly to having their bulldog in Germany pushing RAID 5 as the best thing since sliced bread in public, so it looks like their "sell RE drives and put them in RAID 5 to hide the cost" strategy has replaced their "get good feedback" strategy.

Well, that's certainly true.

@ardeyn said:

Usually, this can be easily explained. If a topic is a request for help, then the early posts are trying to pinpoint what's wrong. Then, the longer it takes to narrow down the issue, the more specific the questions get and the more complex the proposed solutions.

Basically it indicates a shift from the OP explaining what was posted to the non-OPs explaining what is needed.

@lhatsynot said:

😞 I dont do IT work anymore... I guess I'll be leaving now.

Darn PMs 😉

@mlnews said:

SAM is such a slacker.

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lol

@scottalanmiller I would've been laughing my ass off as it played.

It's old, but a hysterical video.

This one is great lol..

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@travisdh1 said:

@Dashrender said:

@JaredBusch said:

@Dashrender said:

@johnhooks said:

Since I set up my PBX, I have pretty much had zero calls hit my phone. It's worth it just for that.

The staff just hands out anyone's name and transfer like mad.. no matter how many times I ask them not to.

That is the job of Management/HR not you.

Well - in that case, the management doesn't care - so I guess I'll always just be getting the crap calls.

Start forwarding them to 214-666-4321, and hit mute, so you can listen in on what goes down 😈

lol - that would be funny.

@travisdh1 said:

Which is how we get to today, where government has near direct control of business. Or is it business has near direct control of government? Either way, it's just bad for the little guy.

I think this thinking is what allows it to happen. The fault cannot be that of the government nor can it be of business. They act as they are told and are predictable. The fault is always with the people. Always.

The problem is, business has control of the people. This is at the request and permission of the people, of course. But that is the essential problem. It's a democracy, the people control the government. But the businesses control the people. The people could stop it anytime they want, but they don't want.

@dafyre said:

@wirestyle22 said:

@Jason said:

So I've always wondered, why do so many people treat IT Staff (Technicians, Network/server admins and even directors) like crap? Is is because employees think these positions are below them or what?

Most people have trouble managing their expectations I find. There is also a disconnect with users where they think you caused their problem when in reality you are there to fix it.

And they expect the fix to be as simple as you waving your magic wand.

I have been know to proximity fix things. 😉

Wow that's a decently long outage

Yeah, I can't wait til I have my first sleeve full...

@scottalanmiller said:

My dad had the best stories ever, though. He used to machine his own rockets and make his own fuel. A lot like in "October Sky." He once set the barn on fire when he was a kid trying to launch a new rocket in a rain storm from inside the barn.

He has told me that story. Hilarious.

Replacement iPad

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Been good here all morning.

@coliver said:

No arguments to the cost. This would have the same feeling as the dockworker rights did a few decades ago. Even though, as has been shown in several studies, technology doesn't kill jobs it just moves them to other, higher paying, industries.

But does make them have to actually work. If your job is not to work but only to be a line item on the public's bill, well then there is nothing better than that.

@nadnerB That is like the biggest fear ever.

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