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  • T Thunderbox666

    yeah... just a little too late... however I did suggest it a few months ago, but it fell on deaf ears

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    Paul Conrad
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    Thunderbox666 wrote:

    suggest it a few months ago, but it fell on deaf ears

    I am in that situation right now. I've made some advises and so far deaf ears only.

    "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon

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      Thunderbox666 wrote:

      I am still the IT guy here for 2 more days...

      Hopefully, it'll be a fast two days :rolleyes:

      "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon

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      Thunderbox666
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      Paul Conrad wrote:

      Hopefully, it'll be a fast two days :rolleyes:

      yeah but for some reason I think it will go far too slow for my liking... Oh well.. this time next week I will be on my way to Tasmania and I can forget this ever happened :-D

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        Thunderbox666 wrote:

        suggest it a few months ago, but it fell on deaf ears

        I am in that situation right now. I've made some advises and so far deaf ears only.

        "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon

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        Thunderbox666
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        Don't you just hate upper management who think that, because they can run some aspects of the business, they know everything about everything? They kind of remind me of teenagers... Teenagers know everything about everything, then as they get older, know nothing.

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        • T Thunderbox666

          Paul Conrad wrote:

          Hopefully, it'll be a fast two days :rolleyes:

          yeah but for some reason I think it will go far too slow for my liking... Oh well.. this time next week I will be on my way to Tasmania and I can forget this ever happened :-D

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          Lost User
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          Thunderbox666 wrote:

          I will be on my way to Tasmania and I can forget this ever happened

          You'll forget a lot more than that!!

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            Thunderbox666 wrote:

            I will be on my way to Tasmania and I can forget this ever happened

            You'll forget a lot more than that!!

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            Thunderbox666
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            I will have to to fit in down there

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            • T Thunderbox666

              Don't you just hate upper management who think that, because they can run some aspects of the business, they know everything about everything? They kind of remind me of teenagers... Teenagers know everything about everything, then as they get older, know nothing.

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              Paul Conrad
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              Thunderbox666 wrote:

              upper management who think that, because they can run some aspects of the business, they know everything about everything?

              That is precisely what I deal with. I do have one client who wants to mirror two databases, no big deal, but they want to do it in MS Access. I've explained over and over that SQL 2008 will do the trick once it is released.

              "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon

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              • T Thunderbox666

                Paul Conrad wrote:

                Hopefully, it'll be a fast two days :rolleyes:

                yeah but for some reason I think it will go far too slow for my liking... Oh well.. this time next week I will be on my way to Tasmania and I can forget this ever happened :-D

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                Paul Conrad
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                Thunderbox666 wrote:

                I think it will go far too slow for my liking...

                Not if you socialize with your fellow CP-ians on company time for the next two days :-\

                "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon

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                • T Thunderbox666

                  So our companies website was hosted with a local ISP in town. A couple of weeks ago they stopped taking new customers and stopped selling any hardware. Today our website went down. When I tried to contact them, their email and their website are down, phones are disconnected and all the ftp and ip's are not responding. I rang another company who do a lot of work with this ISP and they said that the ISP is closed down without the view to re-open. So now we lost our website and have to make another one. :mad:

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                  Out of interest - which ISP?

                  Take a chill pill, Daddy-o .\\axxx (That's an 'M')

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                    Joe Woodbury wrote:

                    fill in the insult

                    Stupid / negligent / an idiot / all of the above? The reason we didn't bail is that we took their word that it was only temporary. My company has used this company for over 7 years, so when they assured us it was only a temp thing and wouldn't effect anything, why shouldn't we believe them?

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                    El Corazon
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                    Thunderbox666 wrote:

                    The reason we didn't bail is that we took their word that it was only temporary.

                    Q: Are you closing up shop? Thought: If we answer yes, we loose companies, money, and make the last few months miserable and we might as well close doors now and walk away... but if we answer no, we may be lying, but we will squeeze a few more months of profit out of the business, close the doors and walk away and they will never know we lied.... A: No, of course not.

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                      Thunderbox666 wrote:

                      The reason we didn't bail is that we took their word that it was only temporary.

                      Q: Are you closing up shop? Thought: If we answer yes, we loose companies, money, and make the last few months miserable and we might as well close doors now and walk away... but if we answer no, we may be lying, but we will squeeze a few more months of profit out of the business, close the doors and walk away and they will never know we lied.... A: No, of course not.

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                      El Corazon wrote:

                      Q: Are you closing up shop?

                      Thought: Don't say anything stupid... Don't say anything stupid... Don't say anything stupid... Don't say anything stupid... A: Yes we are closing up shop! Thought: D'OH!!

                      -------------------------------------------------------- Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!!

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                      • T Thunderbox666

                        So our companies website was hosted with a local ISP in town. A couple of weeks ago they stopped taking new customers and stopped selling any hardware. Today our website went down. When I tried to contact them, their email and their website are down, phones are disconnected and all the ftp and ip's are not responding. I rang another company who do a lot of work with this ISP and they said that the ISP is closed down without the view to re-open. So now we lost our website and have to make another one. :mad:

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                        Member 96
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                        Google's cache may just be your friend in a case like that without a recent backup.


                        "It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson

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                        • T Thunderbox666

                          So our companies website was hosted with a local ISP in town. A couple of weeks ago they stopped taking new customers and stopped selling any hardware. Today our website went down. When I tried to contact them, their email and their website are down, phones are disconnected and all the ftp and ip's are not responding. I rang another company who do a lot of work with this ISP and they said that the ISP is closed down without the view to re-open. So now we lost our website and have to make another one. :mad:

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                          killabyte
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                          Guess u will back up important stuff from now on then huh?

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                          • T Thunderbox666

                            So our companies website was hosted with a local ISP in town. A couple of weeks ago they stopped taking new customers and stopped selling any hardware. Today our website went down. When I tried to contact them, their email and their website are down, phones are disconnected and all the ftp and ip's are not responding. I rang another company who do a lot of work with this ISP and they said that the ISP is closed down without the view to re-open. So now we lost our website and have to make another one. :mad:

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                            peterchen
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                            who don't make backups (sorry)

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                            • L Lost User

                              Out of interest - which ISP?

                              Take a chill pill, Daddy-o .\\axxx (That's an 'M')

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                              Thunderbox666
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                              Are we allowed to name and shame? Its one in Bathurst, NSW if that helps


                              "There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth" ~ unknown "All things good to know are difficult to learn" ~ Greek Proverb "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary" ~ Vidal Sassoon

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