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    Paulo Augusto Kunzel
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    It finally happened. I thought i was just a part of IT jokes but someone finally complained to me "The system doesn't work on the server is shut down". I think my internal system crashed because my mind went into a loop trying to find a way to handle this user complain without recurring to violence. Has anyone got a real situation like this?

    There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell

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      It finally happened. I thought i was just a part of IT jokes but someone finally complained to me "The system doesn't work on the server is shut down". I think my internal system crashed because my mind went into a loop trying to find a way to handle this user complain without recurring to violence. Has anyone got a real situation like this?

      There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell

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      Well, here is the correct response[^]. You can jump straight to the last statement! ;)

      Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
      Anonymous
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      The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
      Winston Churchill, 1944
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      I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
      Me, all the time

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        It finally happened. I thought i was just a part of IT jokes but someone finally complained to me "The system doesn't work on the server is shut down". I think my internal system crashed because my mind went into a loop trying to find a way to handle this user complain without recurring to violence. Has anyone got a real situation like this?

        There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell

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        Argonia
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        Yes once, the power was off for couple hours. Like a good girl I sat in the corner(my desk is there) and read a book about visual c++ probably older than me .

        Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true

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          Well, here is the correct response[^]. You can jump straight to the last statement! ;)

          Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
          Anonymous
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          The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
          Winston Churchill, 1944
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          I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
          Me, all the time

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          Paulo Augusto Kunzel
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          Muuu-hahahahahahahh That was a good one. Thanks for that, it kind of made things a bit better today..:thumbsup::thumbsup:

          There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell

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            Yes once, the power was off for couple hours. Like a good girl I sat in the corner(my desk is there) and read a book about visual c++ probably older than me .

            Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true

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            Argonia wrote:

            a book about visual c++ probably older than me

            *twitch*

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            • P Paulo Augusto Kunzel

              It finally happened. I thought i was just a part of IT jokes but someone finally complained to me "The system doesn't work on the server is shut down". I think my internal system crashed because my mind went into a loop trying to find a way to handle this user complain without recurring to violence. Has anyone got a real situation like this?

              There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell

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              Chris Quinn
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              I've been asked to retrieve a list of records that are not in the database!

              ========================================================= I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka. =========================================================

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                It finally happened. I thought i was just a part of IT jokes but someone finally complained to me "The system doesn't work on the server is shut down". I think my internal system crashed because my mind went into a loop trying to find a way to handle this user complain without recurring to violence. Has anyone got a real situation like this?

                There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell

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                Keith Barrow
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                Paulo Augusto Künzel wrote:

                Has anyone got a real situation like this?

                So common, IT has spawned counter-measure weaponry: LART[^]* Clue-By-Four[^] * I think this is an acronym for Luser[^] Attitude Readjustment Tool.

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                I just find him very unlikeable, and I think the way he looks like a prettier version of his Mum is very disturbing.[^]

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                  Well, here is the correct response[^]. You can jump straight to the last statement! ;)

                  Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
                  Anonymous
                  -----
                  The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
                  Winston Churchill, 1944
                  -----
                  I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
                  Me, all the time

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                  Keith Barrow
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                  Snopes is wrong. This did happen, to me, though only after the joke. The joke had literally just done the rounds at the Social Services department I worked in at 2000. I'd spent 15 mins trying to diagnose the problem (it was at a relatively remote site[^] and we tried to help over the phone as much as possible) , so in desperation I asked the lass on the phone to plug in a desk-lamp: "I don't have one". "How about a fan" - she had one, but she said "I don't think it'll work", when I asked why: "we're in a power cut". At this point I assumed it was the only lass in our office playing a practical joke, as she often did, so I was going to deliver the punchline (which in the version I head described the user as too elephanting stupid to own a computer). At that point the presumed joker walked through the office, if she had been a second later I'd have lost my job. I asked the girl on the phone how she thought the PC would work in a power cut - at this point I think it dawned on her how stupid she been as she gave a rather weak "I thought I'd just make you aware" as a response and hung up. Thanks to the joke, no-one believes me (except the people who were in the room as the conversation happened), but there it is. [Edit] Having read the Snopes link fully, it says it is the last line of the joke that didn't happen. So I suppose it remains false, though it nearly happened.

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                  I just find him very unlikeable, and I think the way he looks like a prettier version of his Mum is very disturbing.[^]

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                    It finally happened. I thought i was just a part of IT jokes but someone finally complained to me "The system doesn't work on the server is shut down". I think my internal system crashed because my mind went into a loop trying to find a way to handle this user complain without recurring to violence. Has anyone got a real situation like this?

                    There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell

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                    This was sent to us yesterday from our manager. Meetings[^] SFW. Tim

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                      This was sent to us yesterday from our manager. Meetings[^] SFW. Tim

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                      Is your manager's name Leslie? :rolleyes: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4790709/Youre-The-Expert-Can-You-Or-Can-You-Not-Do-This.aspx[^] http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4790969/Expert.aspx[^] Honourable mention[^], but no video link.


                      "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

                      "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer

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                        Is your manager's name Leslie? :rolleyes: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4790709/Youre-The-Expert-Can-You-Or-Can-You-Not-Do-This.aspx[^] http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4790969/Expert.aspx[^] Honourable mention[^], but no video link.


                        "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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                        Keith Barrow
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                        I was looking for something appropriate for a double Leslie Neilsen such as this. I got this oddly titled youtube vid: double shot mould injection groupon london weather leslie nielsen [^] Nothing to do with him at all. Such Disappoint.

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                        I just find him very unlikeable, and I think the way he looks like a prettier version of his Mum is very disturbing.[^]

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                          It finally happened. I thought i was just a part of IT jokes but someone finally complained to me "The system doesn't work on the server is shut down". I think my internal system crashed because my mind went into a loop trying to find a way to handle this user complain without recurring to violence. Has anyone got a real situation like this?

                          There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell

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                          Paulo Augusto Künzel wrote:

                          I thought i was just a part of IT jokes but someone finally complained to me "The system doesn't work on the server is shut down".

                          There might be a few missing words in what you quoted, but it could be a valid complaint. How gracefully does your app handle the case where a server is no longer accessible? You can display a nice error message, or you can crash and burn and lose the user's work in progress.

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                            Paulo Augusto Künzel wrote:

                            I thought i was just a part of IT jokes but someone finally complained to me "The system doesn't work on the server is shut down".

                            There might be a few missing words in what you quoted, but it could be a valid complaint. How gracefully does your app handle the case where a server is no longer accessible? You can display a nice error message, or you can crash and burn and lose the user's work in progress.

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                            Paulo Augusto Kunzel
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                            Hi, I wish it was not handled :sigh: , but it does say that it can't connect to the server. Actually it has been worked on to display the message in Portuguese. The problem here was that they were concerned about the energy bill.

                            There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell

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                              Hi, I wish it was not handled :sigh: , but it does say that it can't connect to the server. Actually it has been worked on to display the message in Portuguese. The problem here was that they were concerned about the energy bill.

                              There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell

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                              So, somebody shut down a server to save power?? What sort of setup are they running? Introduce these people to virtualization. Here at home, I have 10+ virtual machines running 24/7 off of one consumer-grade computer that registers on my UPS at a mere 65W.

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                                So, somebody shut down a server to save power?? What sort of setup are they running? Introduce these people to virtualization. Here at home, I have 10+ virtual machines running 24/7 off of one consumer-grade computer that registers on my UPS at a mere 65W.

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                                Paulo Augusto Kunzel
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                                Hahaha.... Now you are getting a grasp of what I mean.. I could try that as an explanation, but having them using a server was already hard. I might wait a bit longer for that.

                                There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell

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                                  Hahaha.... Now you are getting a grasp of what I mean.. I could try that as an explanation, but having them using a server was already hard. I might wait a bit longer for that.

                                  There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell

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                                  It's a little mind-blowing that people expect total resilience in the software they use, but they're willing to do things that break a production environment to save a few bucks.

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                                    It's a little mind-blowing that people expect total resilience in the software they use, but they're willing to do things that break a production environment to save a few bucks.

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                                    Paulo Augusto Kunzel
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                                    Why use the hammer if the forehead has been working sssoooo welwlewwweeellll! :wtf:

                                    There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell

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                                      I've been asked to retrieve a list of records that are not in the database!

                                      ========================================================= I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka. =========================================================

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                                      PIEBALDconsult
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                                      Some years back, either here or somewhere else I read a story about a company that wanted to add people to their database before they visited so they'd already have the data and not have to spend time getting the data when a new customer contacted them... :sigh: Sooo.... you want to add everyone in the world on the off chance that they might some day want to do business with you? :wtf:

                                      You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.

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