What Are You Doing Right Now
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I had an XP laptop like this that was used to reprogram the clutch on a 300 Ton punch press.
If the unit ever lost power, the clutch to lock down, and the machine couldn't operate until the clutch was reset (reprogrammed?)
Anyways XP laptop, custom cable from the laptop to an RJ45 plug to the internals of this machine, open a program, and push the settings to the machine, and everything was working again.
Oddly the manufacturer / support guy for the 300 ton press said we should never have to use "that program" to do that.
When pushed to fix the issue, they came back with "we can't fix it"..
So yeah....
Cloned the drive, and instructions, for the day when that laptop dies.
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@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I had an XP laptop like this that was used to reprogram the clutch on a 300 Ton punch press.
If the unit ever lost power, the clutch to lock down, and the machine couldn't operate until the clutch was reset (reprogrammed?)
Anyways XP laptop, custom cable from the laptop to an RJ45 plug to the internals of this machine, open a program, and push the settings to the machine, and everything was working again.
Oddly the manufacturer / support guy for the 300 ton press said we should never have to use "that program" to do that.
When pushed to fix the issue, they came back with "we can't fix it"..
So yeah....
Cloned the drive, and instructions, for the day when that laptop dies.
Yikes - No way to 'port' to Linux?
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Kicked off a 346,150 / 92GB file Sync between my NAS and an external drive. Should only take about 18 hours to complete.
Next step is to clean up the NAS as it's full of dups and crap..
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@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
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@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Just got handed an XP laptop with "crucial files that aren't backed up anywhere"... so this file copy better go super smooth or I'm boned.
why are you boned?
By the dictum of "blame the messenger"... if these files fail to copy, it will surely be my fault that they hadn't been backed up anytime for over a decade before I worked here.
The messenger was the guy bringing you the laptop. Be mad at him. Ask him why he classified them as "worthless files." Don't give him time to blame you, be upset now.
I'm just going to copy the files and go on about my day. The laptop is a Dell Precision, so it's a tank. The data is in no real jeopardy except that it has no backup copies to take its place. Soon, that will be rectified.
what? What was wrong with it? Why did they bring you the laptop in the first place?
They realized they had no backups of anything on it... including some of our original source code for our internal products.
So there really wasn't anything wrong - well short of there were no backups - so you rectify that by making backups.. and give the unit back.
Gonna wipe and reimage the laptop after the backup... but it belongs to the owner, so whatchagonnado? I have great bosses, so if I need to make a quick backup to cover their asses, no problem. They got my back and I got theirs, so much that I won't make a fuss about 12 year old files that were never backed up.
I guess we were under the impression that you would be blamed and possibly fired if this data was unrecoverable. If that's not the case, well, then let them do whatever they want, as long as it's no risk to you.
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Just got handed an XP laptop with "crucial files that aren't backed up anywhere"... so this file copy better go super smooth or I'm boned.
why are you boned?
By the dictum of "blame the messenger"... if these files fail to copy, it will surely be my fault that they hadn't been backed up anytime for over a decade before I worked here.
The messenger was the guy bringing you the laptop. Be mad at him. Ask him why he classified them as "worthless files." Don't give him time to blame you, be upset now.
I'm just going to copy the files and go on about my day. The laptop is a Dell Precision, so it's a tank. The data is in no real jeopardy except that it has no backup copies to take its place. Soon, that will be rectified.
what? What was wrong with it? Why did they bring you the laptop in the first place?
They realized they had no backups of anything on it... including some of our original source code for our internal products.
So there really wasn't anything wrong - well short of there were no backups - so you rectify that by making backups.. and give the unit back.
Gonna wipe and reimage the laptop after the backup... but it belongs to the owner, so whatchagonnado? I have great bosses, so if I need to make a quick backup to cover their asses, no problem. They got my back and I got theirs, so much that I won't make a fuss about 12 year old files that were never backed up.
I guess we were under the impression that you would be blamed and possibly fired if this data was unrecoverable. If that's not the case, well, then let them do whatever they want, as long as it's no risk to you.
I would get blamed, but my previous statement was mostly comedic. I'd have to really screw up to get fired, they like me around here.
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Doing the ever-important IT duty of moving furniture in another's office to help them determine the best configuration of their desk.
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@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Doing the ever-important IT duty of moving furniture in another's office to help them determine the best configuration of their desk.
Wait - could you change the light - it went out a month ago and I haven't called Facilities yet.
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For the most part, I am "facilities" for our suite
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Playing developer still. Need to fix printing yet before I can call it done.... printing, the worst part of html!
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@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Kicked off a 346,150 / 92GB file Sync between my NAS and an external drive. Should only take about 18 hours to complete.
Next step is to clean up the NAS as it's full of dups and crap..
Just 54,946 more files to go,...
Forgot to mention.. this is only about half of what needed to be transferred. there are about another lot to copy,.. but not sure how many files or how much space yet.
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@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Kicked off a 346,150 / 92GB file Sync between my NAS and an external drive. Should only take about 18 hours to complete.
Next step is to clean up the NAS as it's full of dups and crap..
Just 54,946 more files to go,...
Forgot to mention.. this is only about half of what needed to be transferred. there are about another lot to copy,.. but not sure how many files or how much space yet.
Just kicked off part two,.. 698 files or 70GB .. Yikes,.. sure there are tons of dup, and ISO or video files,... one file / folder at a time... de-dup and sort / delete.
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@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Playing developer still. Need to fix printing yet before I can call it done.... printing, the worst part of html!
@scottalanmiller may know a printer expert.
But yes, printing in HTML is still a big PITA. Would PDF export be a way to go?
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That thing is crazy!
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
That thing is crazy!
No monsters in your kids room with this thing.
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@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
That thing is crazy!
No monsters in your kids room with this thing.
And probably the only flashlight that requires a good sunblocker
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That light is so bright I'm surprised that it doesn't knock him backwards.
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@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Playing developer still. Need to fix printing yet before I can call it done.... printing, the worst part of html!
@scottalanmiller may know a printer expert.
But yes, printing in HTML is still a big PITA. Would PDF export be a way to go?
@thanksajdotcom is a guru on Printers....
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WOW - it's like a stadium light in his hand.
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@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Playing developer still. Need to fix printing yet before I can call it done.... printing, the worst part of html!
@scottalanmiller may know a printer expert.
But yes, printing in HTML is still a big PITA. Would PDF export be a way to go?
I got it working well enough for now. PDF might be an option depending on the feedback I get.
