Topic: Your Job: The Movie (Read 177871 times)

Mongrel · « **Reply #2540 on:** February 24, 2013, 12:16:42 PM »

Oh man, I should troll the fuck out of them with that.

Thad · « **Reply #2541 on:** February 24, 2013, 02:15:30 PM »

Welp, nameservers are down at my old company.

My initial theory was that my old boss accidentally allowed the primary domain to expire, because whois says they're set to expire on 02-23-2014 -- suggesting maybe they expired on 02-23-2013 and he just renewed them and we're waiting for propagation. But then I noticed it also says the record was last updated on 04-08-2009, which I think means it was renewed all the way through 2014 back then, meaning the date is just a coincidence. (Also, the whois gives IP's for the nameservers and they're not responding to ping, suggesting it's not just a DNS resolution issue.)

On the one hand, I am so, so glad that I don't work there anymore.

On the other, I like to think this is not a mistake I ever would have made.

On the third hand, I did in fact send him an E-Mail (through the secondary domain, which is still functioning) and tell him I'm available if he needs an extra set of hands.

Anyhow, my domains are down for the moment. And so are all the other customers'. Again -- glad I'm not the guy having to deal with end users. (Aside from my Web development clients, who let me know there was a problem in the first place.)

François · « **Reply #2542 on:** February 24, 2013, 05:51:39 PM »

Quote from: Mongrel on February 24, 2013, 12:16:42 PM

Oh man, I should troll the fuck out of them with that.

They'll believe it.

Gordon Freeman Calls Coast to Coast AM (Original)

Brentai · « **Reply #2543 on:** February 24, 2013, 07:39:29 PM »

The fact that he makes the logical leap from "portals" to "travel through other worlds" kind of makes me wonder if he's not playing along.

Mongrel · « **Reply #2544 on:** February 24, 2013, 07:42:11 PM »

Quote from: Thad on February 24, 2013, 02:15:30 PM

Welp, nameservers are down at my old company.

My initial theory was that my old boss accidentally allowed the primary domain to expire, because whois says they're set to expire on 02-23-2014 -- suggesting maybe they expired on 02-23-2013 and he just renewed them and we're waiting for propagation. But then I noticed it also says the record was last updated on 04-08-2009, which I think means it was renewed all the way through 2014 back then, meaning the date is just a coincidence. (Also, the whois gives IP's for the nameservers and they're not responding to ping, suggesting it's not just a DNS resolution issue.)

On the one hand, I am so, so glad that I don't work there anymore.

On the other, I like to think this is not a mistake I ever would have made.

On the third hand, I did in fact send him an E-Mail (through the secondary domain, which is still functioning) and tell him I'm available if he needs an extra set of hands.

Anyhow, my domains are down for the moment. And so are all the other customers'. Again -- glad I'm not the guy having to deal with end users. (Aside from my Web development clients, who let me know there was a problem in the first place.)

Looks like they're back up now, because your avatar is working again.

François · « **Reply #2545 on:** February 25, 2013, 05:59:46 PM »

Quote from: Brentai on February 24, 2013, 07:39:29 PM

The fact that he makes the logical leap from "portals" to "travel through other worlds" kind of makes me wonder if he's not playing along.

Noory is a lot more savvy than he lets on, but his career is proof that the opposite is true for his audience.

(i used to listen because it made me laugh)

MarsDragon · « **Reply #2546 on:** March 02, 2013, 11:03:41 AM »

HP's slow implosion is finally hitting my team and holy shit things got fucked up in a hurry.

Polishing up my resume has turned from "eh it would be nice when I can get around to it" to "ESCAPE PLANS NOW".

Anyone want a web developer? I'm mostly frontend now and I've supported shit all the way back to IE6 (but I'd really like to not do that ever again). Or someone that can help me write a good resume because I have no real faith in my skills to do that.

Brentai · « **Reply #2547 on:** March 02, 2013, 12:14:28 PM »

As always, my company has a ton of openings for people willing to live in South Orange County (which seems to be the sticking point for most people).

R^2 · « **Reply #2548 on:** March 02, 2013, 01:40:46 PM »

The media panic over contaminated meat had one of the residents ask if we'd checked the beef we get for traces of horse.

True beef, or not true beef. That is equestrian.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #2549 on:** March 02, 2013, 03:16:29 PM »

Really, the horse meat/beef scandal seems to delight and amuse me. I'm not a vegetarian or vegan by any measure, but it seems rather hypocritical of me to complain about what animals we're killing to eat. Much more scandalous is the idea that you're not getting 100% what it says on the box, but again, that's been a problem for meat and nearly every food for quite some time.

TA · « **Reply #2550 on:** March 02, 2013, 03:21:56 PM »

It's quite a bit more complicated than that, as far as edibility and health concerns go. What you can put in a cow is under-regulated but still practically Halal compared to what you can put in a horse that's not intended for human consumption.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #2551 on:** March 02, 2013, 03:34:15 PM »

Well, yeah, and the reason for that is because We Do Not Eat Horse. I'm just more amused by the moral double-standard that comes with the idea of what we consider acceptable to kill and eat, which leads to his kind of situation in the first place.

It's the same kind of reaction I have when people express disgust with Asian countries because "they eat dog over there."

Büge · « **Reply #2552 on:** March 02, 2013, 03:50:03 PM »

Quote from: R^2 on March 02, 2013, 01:40:46 PM

True beef, or not true beef. That is equestrian.

Why aren't you making money off your humour?

Classic · « **Reply #2553 on:** March 02, 2013, 03:59:20 PM »

Tis nobler this way.

Malikial · « **Reply #2554 on:** March 02, 2013, 04:04:04 PM »

Wait, wait, are we doing puns again?

Lottel · « **Reply #2555 on:** March 05, 2013, 12:09:32 PM »

Someone called and complained about me today. Said I was rude and hostile. They didn't say it was because they were just some random dude on the street wanting me to give them a ride. And when I refused, they approached my vehicle anyway.

Still got in trouble.

Ziiro · « **Reply #2556 on:** March 12, 2013, 06:25:11 AM »

New job is incredibly stressful. Already at the point where I'm having nightmares about it. At least I get my benefits soon.

Thad · « **Reply #2557 on:** March 12, 2013, 06:52:33 AM »

Sorry to hear it. Good luck and I hope it beats the alternative.

Brentai · « **Reply #2558 on:** March 12, 2013, 01:17:56 PM »

"Can you just start working 60 hours a week?"

"I'm already working 60 hours a week."

...

"Can you work 80 hours a week?"

R^2 · « **Reply #2559 on:** March 12, 2013, 01:56:03 PM »

"Nope."

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