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[Giles]

So am I.  I got up 5 to work on stuff I had to do, and could do the square root of feck all….

[Chris]

Wow, sounds like the folks at Clook Internet were pooping bricks.  I know just enough IT geek-speak to recognize that they had a nasty crash going on…

Sorry it crushed your morning, too, Giles.

[madmonday]

so chris can you translate into laymen terms, or more appropriate monday mush so i can understand what the hell he said in that post?

[Chris]

My understanding is basically this:
they were doing standard upkeep (you know, changing the oil, replacing air filters, etc.) when one little black box crapped out.  They were scrambling to fix that one, but it caused other things to go bad, which caused even more things to go bad, and the next thing you know, they were sitting in the center lane of the LIE with a blown engine and a 4 mile traffic jam behind them at 5pm on a Friday.

[Giles]

And me giving them a severe case of shit via Twitter DM, probably did not help their mood….

[Chris]

Probably not.:)

I'm sure you were not alone, though.

This kind of thing isn't supposed to happen.  That's why they pay IT nerds lots of money.  An unexpected crash for a few minutes is one thing, but bombing the system for 10-12 hours is a huge sh!tstorm.  There are going to be a lot of angry meetings at Clook over the next few days, and a couple of people might even be updating their CVs…

[madmonday]

thanks for the explanation chris 

[Giles]

@Chris:

and a couple of people might even be updating their CVs…

They would be if their feckin server was working…..

[llvlaglne]

i love how chris explained it in "monday mush" lol LIE lol

[Jpo1932]

These companies spent more money lobbying in the year prior, then they paid in taxes.. Crazy stuff

FedEx (0.9% effective tax rate)
Corning
DTE Energy
Honeywell International
Mattel
El Paso
Wells Fargo
Boeing
Navistar International
NextEra Energy
CMS Energy
Interpublic Group
Verizon Communications
Consolidated Edison
DuPoint
Duke Energy
Wisconsin Energy
Baxter International
Ryder System
Con-way
American Electric Power
Integrys Energy Group
Tenet Healthcare
CenterPoint Energy
NiSource
Computer Sciences
PG&E Corp
Paccar
General Electric
Pepco Holdings (-57.6% effective tax rate)

[llvlaglne]

a very good reason why i wear iron heart to work…. this happened recently at my job site:

http://www.lohud.com/article/20120121/NEWS03/301210046/Rockland-Psychiatric-Center-patient-indicted-murder-charge-beating-death-hospital

[Omega Man]

You know where the money on lobbying goes, right  ;)?

[jacoavlu]

Thats a terrible thing to happen but I don't understand your point.

[llvlaglne]

i work in ward inhabited by criminals, sex offenders and rapists…. they're not all compliant with medication and sometimes therapeutic communication doesnt cut it. it gets rough at times. i'm in need of things that'll hold up, built to last and take a beating . anyways, due to this, i know psychiatrists and social workers will do more thorough investigations of whom belong there and who should be transferred to a more secure facility. i thought i'd post it for those who heard about it in the news. i was one of the first to respond to that incident

[Seul]

My brother does the same kind of work, lad… The stories I sometimes hear... He wears my 9634Zs though, so he should be good... 

[llvlaglne]

yea but there are some funny stories too lol. did i tell you guys about the first time i worked in an all male ward? late at night one guy kept asking me for hair grease…

[Seul]

When I poured the forum a drink, I mixed meself something new…

Working in the beverage dept. sure pays off… My new deck:

[llvlaglne]

by any chance, do you own a stein?

[Finn666]

booooooooooomtime…

[derivative666]

^looks like someone needs to update their roll call.