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You know you're a power-mad sysadmin...

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    Gary Wheeler
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    ... when you send a broadcast e-mail regarding an outage, even though no one is in the office yet, and won't be for another hour. :sigh:

    Software Zen: delete this;

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      ... when you send a broadcast e-mail regarding an outage, even though no one is in the office yet, and won't be for another hour. :sigh:

      Software Zen: delete this;

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      Nagy Vilmos
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      You still have people in the office at any time?


      Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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        You still have people in the office at any time?


        Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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        Gary Wheeler
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        The group affected by the outage (repairs to a SourceSafe 'data base') are all located in Dayton, Ohio, US. I'm the first in, usually around 6:00 a.m. The latest one in shows up around 8:30 to 9:00. We're on flex-time, so this isn't a big deal.

        Software Zen: delete this;

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          ... when you send a broadcast e-mail regarding an outage, even though no one is in the office yet, and won't be for another hour. :sigh:

          Software Zen: delete this;

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          LittleYellowBird
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          ... when you send a broadcast e-mail regarding an outage, even though no one is in the office yet, and won't be for another hour ... AND you post about it on the internet! ;)

          Ali "Tofu is the Dark Matter of the culinary world." - Henry Minute

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            ... when you send a broadcast e-mail regarding an outage, even though no one is in the office yet, and won't be for another hour ... AND you post about it on the internet! ;)

            Ali "Tofu is the Dark Matter of the culinary world." - Henry Minute

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            Gary Wheeler
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            Touché.

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              ... when you send a broadcast e-mail regarding an outage, even though no one is in the office yet, and won't be for another hour. :sigh:

              Software Zen: delete this;

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              ii_noname_ii
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              ..Just to make sure all the managers know you're in the office early, huh? ;P

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                ..Just to make sure all the managers know you're in the office early, huh? ;P

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                Dalek Dave
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                Yeah, that old trick!

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                  Yeah, that old trick!

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                  Gary Wheeler
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                  Well, you know what they say about old dogs/whores and tricks...

                  Software Zen: delete this;

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                    ..Just to make sure all the managers know you're in the office early, huh? ;P

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                    Gary Wheeler
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                    I doubt they give the proverbial rat's ass how early I come in, as long as I continue to be as productive as I am.

                    Software Zen: delete this;

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                      Well, you know what they say about old dogs/whores and tricks...

                      Software Zen: delete this;

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                      Dalek Dave
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                      They are cheap and they are good at the old tricks?

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                        They are cheap and they are good at the old tricks?

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                        Gary Wheeler
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                        You've described my consulting services perfectly.

                        Software Zen: delete this;

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                          ... when you send a broadcast e-mail regarding an outage, even though no one is in the office yet, and won't be for another hour. :sigh:

                          Software Zen: delete this;

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                          ii_noname_ii
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                          That's like saying: "You know you're a midget when you're under 130cm". I AM THE ALMIGHTY SYSADMIN! ALL PRAISE MEEE! MEEEE! MUAHAHAHAHAH! edit: MUUUUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

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                            I doubt they give the proverbial rat's ass how early I come in, as long as I continue to be as productive as I am.

                            Software Zen: delete this;

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                            BrainiacV
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                            NO! Bed checks MUST be performed! If you are not chained to your rower at the same time as everyone else, how can the ship go in a straight line? (Get the feeling I worked for too many asinine companies/managers?)

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                              ... when you send a broadcast e-mail regarding an outage, even though no one is in the office yet, and won't be for another hour. :sigh:

                              Software Zen: delete this;

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                              greldak
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                              Would be much better if it was to tell everyone that the email servers are going down in 15 minutes

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                                ..Just to make sure all the managers know you're in the office early, huh? ;P

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                                Snowman58
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                                And probably using a remote login from bed.....

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                                  ... when you send a broadcast e-mail regarding an outage, even though no one is in the office yet, and won't be for another hour. :sigh:

                                  Software Zen: delete this;

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                                  Stefan_Lang
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                                  Somehow reminds me of the recent discussion about the CP forums being down - on the CP forums ... :doh:

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                                    Somehow reminds me of the recent discussion about the CP forums being down - on the CP forums ... :doh:

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                                    patbob
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                                    Hey now, we have to laugh at each other for this kind of stuff... nobody else gets it :)

                                    We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.

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                                      ... when you send a broadcast e-mail regarding an outage, even though no one is in the office yet, and won't be for another hour. :sigh:

                                      Software Zen: delete this;

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                                      Robert Heffernan
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                                      You know you're a power-mad sysadmin... ...When the BOFH reads like your biography!

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                                        You know you're a power-mad sysadmin... ...When the BOFH reads like your biography!

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                                        Gary Wheeler
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                                        ... or they ask your permission to use your material.

                                        Software Zen: delete this;

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                                          Somehow reminds me of the recent discussion about the CP forums being down - on the CP forums ... :doh:

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                                          jsc42
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                                          Sounds like my local ISP: Its network status page always shows everything is working acceptably as it is not updated when there is a fault because no-one would be able to access the page until the fault is fixed. I also know of a large Data Centre which has an Up Time running into several years (probably decades now) as it excludes scheduled downtimes and unscheduled downtimes from its stats.

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