@johnhooks said:

This is a beauty http://www.djfixxx.com/

That might be worse than http://empiresoftware.tk/ (I finally got that kid booted from SW)

Why do I hear a 56k dial up sound in my head?

@johnhooks said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@johnhooks said:

The "IT Director" at a small cable company I worked for in Florida told me he was trying to "move away" from virtualization. He was complaining because they were "getting slow."

I bet he failed to show any ROI on that move!

Ha he's a disaster. This was the only business in the world with guaranteed income and they still screwed it up. They had a contract with about 6 small HOA's in the area. They were the only cable company allowed to provide cable, internet, and phone (unless it was something like dish). They bragged about their FTTH setup, except they had horribly antiquated equipment that would break if you looked at it sideways.

They were upgrading their Minerva on demand system. Instead of migrating all of the data, they (he) just wiped it clean and installed the new system. So at 2:00 in the afternoon the VOD system went down, all of the movies were gone, and if you were in the middle of a movie too bad. So now the VOD content has to be downloaded again from their providers, BUT all of the old content that won't be released again was gone. So all of the Game of Thrones episodes that were released and weren't being released again were gone.....

They also literally ran their company off of an Access "database" that was designed by some lady who must have thought Access was some fancy spreadsheet application. The database only met the first normal form and that's because it's pretty much impossible to not meet it with a relational database. All of the notes for each address (they kept all of the information on houses as well since they did the installs and had some strange way of doing it) were kept in one memo field on each record. They printed out the actual form in access as work orders and kept paper copies. So when that giant memo clob was corrupted (which happened a good bit for many records) the only data we had was a printed snapshot of that memo field.

^^^ None of this is any surprise after you said "Florida". Down there, a stack of DVD backups in the microwave counted as "secure data disposal, in alignment with our contractual obligations and state laws". Not even joking. Didn't even have a dedicated "data disposal" microwave... just the one in the break room.

Really been a Ween kick lately. Such great songwriters, and ultimately silly to boot. This album is one of my faves.

Youtube Video

I had never really delved into that pool of cray cray.... wow. Endlessly entertaining.

When a refurb is done by the original manufacturer, I am more likely to buy it (assuming it includes a dead solid DOA warranty - return with no questions for refund, not an exchange).

@DustinB3403 said:

The Kilt isn't the issue, the contest rules are say vague that this poor guy is going to end up eating the worlds hottest pepper.

And sadly, it won't be his mouth that burns.... yes, that too, but you wouldn't believe the capsaicin bomb that hits your stomach when you eat really hot, fresh peppers. Put them in a sauce or stew and it burns your mouth more. By itself, it burns the mouth a bit, but then it feels like construction going on in your GI tract after a half hour. He might just start tripping off it. Either way, I expect to see footage of the event.

@scottalanmiller said:

This one is pretty funny, not aware of the hot spare. Over five years on SW and never saw a hot spare come up before.

That guy was convinced he had a million $ idea... but the existence of hot spares burst that delusion bubble.

"Everything in this world is either blue or not blue." - My crazy, yet wise middle school Latin teacher.

Which is worse? Washing your hands in a restroom sink where you just heard someone have a 15-20 sneeze sneezing fit or skipping the restroom sink for the handi wipes in your own desk?

(is there a totally grossed out emoji?) :ewwww:

@DustinB3403 said:

@RojoLoco said:

Is it quittin' time yet? Because I have a dinner reservation at 7:15 with a lovely lady...

It's quitin time when you say it's quitin time.

Awwww shit! I's the foreman!

Is it quittin' time yet? Because I have a dinner reservation at 7:15 with a lovely lady...

@DustinB3403 said:

@RojoLoco said:

@MattSpeller said:

@RojoLoco *Lube Pump Included

OMG and one of the suggested products features @MattSpeller riding an inflatable T-Rex....

WTH it's not orange.

You have to order the "warming" lube to get the orange barrel....

@IRJ said:

Jessie and Wheezy just doesn't sound right.

My new rapper name = Young Wheezy, the tuberculosis kid.

@Nic said:

@RojoLoco said:

So... @Nic and @nic's mom.... New Year's Eve babies.....

Lol yeah - I wasn't planned either, so they screwed up, while, uh, screwing

That's one of my favorite games as an adult.... "What holiday is 9 months before your birthday???"

I feel like these 2 versions should have rhyming names.... Wheezy and Jeezy! And the new version, SNEEZY!!!!

So... @Nic and @nic's mom.... New Year's Eve babies.....

@MattSpeller said:

@RojoLoco "Inflatable Dinosaur T-REX Adult Fancy Dress Costume"

I'd hate to see the less fancy version, good lord

But why, oh why, was that suggested on the 55 gallons of lube page???????

@MattSpeller said:

@RojoLoco *Lube Pump Included

OMG and one of the suggested products features @MattSpeller riding an inflatable T-Rex....

@MattSpeller said:

@RojoLoco Hello RojoLoco and welcome to our webstore!

From your web history we've determined you'd be interested in... astroglide

Nope, I use the CVS brand.... but close

@Dashrender said:

RojoLoco - are you willing to pay all of the websites you visit so they don't have to use ads to make the money needed to have those websites?

That right there is the rub. I don't mind static none blocking/interfering ads. But the advertisers know that those ads are skipped over 99.99% of the time or more.

The big 4 network stations (ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox) are all ad based stations. Of course now days the cable and satellite companies pay them too, but the majority of their money comes from advertisers. And it's a medium where it works well enough.

So I don't have an issue with their being ads on the page. But when an ad free page takes .7 seconds to download and an ad riddled page takes 45+ seconds even on 50+ Mbit/s internet connections, we have a problem.

"All those sites I visit" that aren't already subscription based (netflix, et al.) can get their scrilla from everyone else. I refuse to participate in the ad-based dumbing down of the planet. I never visit those TV sites you mentioned (fox, abc, etc), so I feel no guilt. Why should I feel bad if an industry I would see burned alive doesn't get 0.0000472% of their "due" revenue because I'm smarter than their ads?

FK YOUR ADS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FK THEM RIGHT IN THE A$$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!