@JaredBusch said:

@NattNatt said:

@Dashrender said:

@RamblingBiped said:

@Dashrender said:

@RamblingBiped said:

The Altras have a HUGE toebox and extremely comfortable for longer runs where your feet might start to swell.

Interesting.. this is the problem I have with my latest pair of Nike's - the toe box is small.. .just walking hurts my feet. I typically wear size 12 normal - these are just small.

You should definitely give a pair of Altras a spin then, the extra room is amazing and they fit great otherwise. I like being able to "splay" my toes out when my foot strikes the ground, it feels a lot more natural than what you get from most other shoes. The Sketcher GoRuns are not joke either. I was skeptical about buying a pair until I put them on. They are so light it almost feels like they are not there. I've had them for a little over 5 months now and they are just now starting to really wear out to the point I shouldn't run anything over 2 miles in them.

wow, burning through a pair of shoes in 5 months... cra cra!

Yeah, mine used to be like that...I'd consider 5 months badly made, If I'm spending upwards of £20, I want a year minimum :')

I'll accept 5 months for a basic pair of shows that I wear daily. Then again, I only own a single pair of daily shoes, so I have to wear them always.

Me too, but my DC's have lasted over a year so far...

At least you're getting a decent pay out

@DustinB3403 said:

Did anyone else see on the news (local US news) that Microsoft is making a bid for Apple?

Hah :')

I've always classed backup as a conscious effort to make a copy of something for the sole purpose of being able to recover it if it all goes south...accidentally duplicating/storing in cache etc in my opinion isn't a backup as it isn't reliable...but then, some "backup solutions" can be far from reliable too!!

@scottalanmiller said:

@NattNatt said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@NattNatt said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@NattNatt said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@Jason said:

@scottalanmiller said:

That they are advertising a partnership with VMware honestly worries me a lot. That's the same "first red flag" that we had with CloudatCost and why we knew something was wrong there right away. VMware is not cost effective for a cloud provider.

Yep.. Allowing you to have your own private ESXi cloud is one thing.. (rackspace and most will do this if you give them enough $$$)..

But running the whole backbone infustructure on vmware is stupid.

Right, there are good reasons to choose VMware in house, especially for a large enterprise. But Vmware for a commodity public cloud AND using SAN... it was quite obvious that they were trying to buy software rather than having to have even a single person who knew how these things worked.

This cloud is run using openstack - we have a partnership with VMWare for some of our enterprise clients etc, we use all sorts of things depending on what the client wants - everything isn't run off VMWare - but we do have a few large clients that demand it, so we offer it... eCloudFlex is a new solution, built in house using openstack etc, designed for Linux mainly...gives a console as standard, but you can connect pretty much anyway you want (putty etc too) - I just use it as it's handy though, it spins up a new instance in about 30 seconds, so can mess, break stuff, then delete and re-create etc without fear...

What hypervisor are you using? OpenStack can be any, it's just the management layer on top.

I've been told it runs on KVM - I've sent a link to the forum to one of the guys at work that's more knowledgeable on these things (and wants to join the community!)

Cool. KVM is where nearly everyone new goes these days. Xen and KVM are really the only ones that make sense. VMware is way too expensive and limited, Hyper-V even Microsoft won't use for cloud (their cloud runs on Azure, which while related to Hyper-V is not actually Hyper-V.)

Yeah, I've not got experience personally with either of those yet, but then that's never been a part of my job, and it's generally stuff I taught myself when I was bored in order to progress myself, not for work purposes etc

They are the only things that we use ourselves. About thirteen years on Xen and one on KVM.

Will have to check them out and get learning then!

@scottalanmiller said:

@Minion-Queen said:

I hate April Fools day.... Really I'm getting divorced etc. is supposed to be funny?

I wonder how many people are going to think that it is an AFJ that we just moved to a farm in the remotest bit of Romania that you can imagine?

Hah, I would have if I didn't know you lol...

Some of the best ones I've seen are YouTubes SnoopaVision, AMD's Radeon R9 Micro Facebook post/GeForce's new Energy Drink and JaegerMeisters' JaegerEgg...

@scottalanmiller said:

@NattNatt said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@NattNatt said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@Jason said:

@scottalanmiller said:

That they are advertising a partnership with VMware honestly worries me a lot. That's the same "first red flag" that we had with CloudatCost and why we knew something was wrong there right away. VMware is not cost effective for a cloud provider.

Yep.. Allowing you to have your own private ESXi cloud is one thing.. (rackspace and most will do this if you give them enough $$$)..

But running the whole backbone infustructure on vmware is stupid.

Right, there are good reasons to choose VMware in house, especially for a large enterprise. But Vmware for a commodity public cloud AND using SAN... it was quite obvious that they were trying to buy software rather than having to have even a single person who knew how these things worked.

This cloud is run using openstack - we have a partnership with VMWare for some of our enterprise clients etc, we use all sorts of things depending on what the client wants - everything isn't run off VMWare - but we do have a few large clients that demand it, so we offer it... eCloudFlex is a new solution, built in house using openstack etc, designed for Linux mainly...gives a console as standard, but you can connect pretty much anyway you want (putty etc too) - I just use it as it's handy though, it spins up a new instance in about 30 seconds, so can mess, break stuff, then delete and re-create etc without fear...

What hypervisor are you using? OpenStack can be any, it's just the management layer on top.

I've been told it runs on KVM - I've sent a link to the forum to one of the guys at work that's more knowledgeable on these things (and wants to join the community!)

Cool. KVM is where nearly everyone new goes these days. Xen and KVM are really the only ones that make sense. VMware is way too expensive and limited, Hyper-V even Microsoft won't use for cloud (their cloud runs on Azure, which while related to Hyper-V is not actually Hyper-V.)

Yeah, I've not got experience personally with either of those yet, but then that's never been a part of my job, and it's generally stuff I taught myself when I was bored in order to progress myself, not for work purposes etc

@scottalanmiller said:

@NattNatt said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@Jason said:

@scottalanmiller said:

That they are advertising a partnership with VMware honestly worries me a lot. That's the same "first red flag" that we had with CloudatCost and why we knew something was wrong there right away. VMware is not cost effective for a cloud provider.

Yep.. Allowing you to have your own private ESXi cloud is one thing.. (rackspace and most will do this if you give them enough $$$)..

But running the whole backbone infustructure on vmware is stupid.

Right, there are good reasons to choose VMware in house, especially for a large enterprise. But Vmware for a commodity public cloud AND using SAN... it was quite obvious that they were trying to buy software rather than having to have even a single person who knew how these things worked.

This cloud is run using openstack - we have a partnership with VMWare for some of our enterprise clients etc, we use all sorts of things depending on what the client wants - everything isn't run off VMWare - but we do have a few large clients that demand it, so we offer it... eCloudFlex is a new solution, built in house using openstack etc, designed for Linux mainly...gives a console as standard, but you can connect pretty much anyway you want (putty etc too) - I just use it as it's handy though, it spins up a new instance in about 30 seconds, so can mess, break stuff, then delete and re-create etc without fear...

What hypervisor are you using? OpenStack can be any, it's just the management layer on top.

I've been told it runs on KVM - I've sent a link to the forum to one of the guys at work that's more knowledgeable on these things (and wants to join the community!)

@Dashrender said:

@RamblingBiped said:

@Dashrender said:

@RamblingBiped said:

The Altras have a HUGE toebox and extremely comfortable for longer runs where your feet might start to swell.

Interesting.. this is the problem I have with my latest pair of Nike's - the toe box is small.. .just walking hurts my feet. I typically wear size 12 normal - these are just small.

You should definitely give a pair of Altras a spin then, the extra room is amazing and they fit great otherwise. I like being able to "splay" my toes out when my foot strikes the ground, it feels a lot more natural than what you get from most other shoes. The Sketcher GoRuns are not joke either. I was skeptical about buying a pair until I put them on. They are so light it almost feels like they are not there. I've had them for a little over 5 months now and they are just now starting to really wear out to the point I shouldn't run anything over 2 miles in them.

wow, burning through a pair of shoes in 5 months... cra cra!

Yeah, mine used to be like that...I'd consider 5 months badly made, If I'm spending upwards of £20, I want a year minimum :')

Avoiding people/news outlets until at LEAST midday...

@Carnival-Boy said:

@scottalanmiller said:

Welcome to America. Lots of companies do that in the US.

I thought it was the land of the free? You have the right to bear arms but not the right to have facial hair?

They think they are...They are currently ranked 11th in terms of economic Freedom...and overall freedom is normally around the 7th mark for them...New Zealand is the "free"-est country overall IIRC

@Dashrender said:

@NattNatt said:

@Dashrender said:

@NattNatt said:

What style of shoes are we talking here....as in what are they for? Everyday use, sports use, smart use...? We need more details!!

daily drivers.... I wear Champion tennis shoes to work and pretty much everywhere. I have dress shoes for the rare time I need them, so I am looking for a replacement for my daily driver.

They don't need to be tennis shoes to replace them.. it's not like I'm going out running in them... so a damn comfortable non making my feet hot pair of shoes would be fine too.

M DC Pure SE are super comfy and last a long time for me, but I know that style isn't everyone's cup of tea

yep kinda plain

Yeah, some look better than others, I have a pair that seems to be discontinued, but they're black grey and white (can't be anything TOO exciting for work)...

@Dashrender said:

@NattNatt said:

What style of shoes are we talking here....as in what are they for? Everyday use, sports use, smart use...? We need more details!!

daily drivers.... I wear Champion tennis shoes to work and pretty much everywhere. I have dress shoes for the rare time I need them, so I am looking for a replacement for my daily driver.

They don't need to be tennis shoes to replace them.. it's not like I'm going out running in them... so a damn comfortable non making my feet hot pair of shoes would be fine too.

M DC Pure SE are super comfy and last a long time for me, but I know that style isn't everyone's cup of tea

@Lakshmana said:

There is no promise to job but if the training goes well means the selection process will begin if not i need to search a new job after 45 days.

Then yeah, I agree with the others that it sounds like a bad scam, and sounds like you might get screwed over...

What style of shoes are we talking here....as in what are they for? Everyday use, sports use, smart use...? We need more details!!

@coliver said:

@NattNatt said:

@Jason said:

@coliver said:

@Nic said:

Get a doctor's note saying you have a problem with skin irritation and ingrown hairs if you have to shave.

This is what a lot of my military friends are doing, although they do actually get serious skin irritation if they shave.

I do too.. I haven't shaved since October..

But I've had IT jobs in the past where I had to. My face always stayed red from the irritation.

I trim my beard down, but VERY rarely go clean shaven as I look about 15 afterwards...using an old school safety razor has reduced the inflammation etc I used to get though...

My wife bought me a butterfly razor two years ago for Christmas. Best shave I've ever had.

yeah, that's the type I use now - building up to getting a straight/cut throat Razor at some point...

@Jason said:

@coliver said:

@Nic said:

Get a doctor's note saying you have a problem with skin irritation and ingrown hairs if you have to shave.

This is what a lot of my military friends are doing, although they do actually get serious skin irritation if they shave.

I do too.. I haven't shaved since October..

But I've had IT jobs in the past where I had to. My face always stayed red from the irritation.

I trim my beard down, but VERY rarely go clean shaven as I look about 15 afterwards...using an old school safety razor has reduced the inflammation etc I used to get though...

@dafyre said:

My April Fool's Joke for tomorrow...

The only place I've been asked to shave was when I was a mechanic, never in IT...

@scottalanmiller said:

@NattNatt said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@Jason said:

@scottalanmiller said:

That they are advertising a partnership with VMware honestly worries me a lot. That's the same "first red flag" that we had with CloudatCost and why we knew something was wrong there right away. VMware is not cost effective for a cloud provider.

Yep.. Allowing you to have your own private ESXi cloud is one thing.. (rackspace and most will do this if you give them enough $$$)..

But running the whole backbone infustructure on vmware is stupid.

Right, there are good reasons to choose VMware in house, especially for a large enterprise. But Vmware for a commodity public cloud AND using SAN... it was quite obvious that they were trying to buy software rather than having to have even a single person who knew how these things worked.

This cloud is run using openstack - we have a partnership with VMWare for some of our enterprise clients etc, we use all sorts of things depending on what the client wants - everything isn't run off VMWare - but we do have a few large clients that demand it, so we offer it... eCloudFlex is a new solution, built in house using openstack etc, designed for Linux mainly...gives a console as standard, but you can connect pretty much anyway you want (putty etc too) - I just use it as it's handy though, it spins up a new instance in about 30 seconds, so can mess, break stuff, then delete and re-create etc without fear...

What hypervisor are you using? OpenStack can be any, it's just the management layer on top.

Honestly don't know - I wasn't involved in the build of it, just know what I've been told in demonstrations etc, will ask and see if I can find out for you if you want? I thought open-stack was the hypervisor and management layer tbh!