I knew that stop sign emoji would be trouble...

If you go APC, be sure to install the biz version of Power Chute for monitoring the little ones. You need to USB them to the PC, but the biz power chute does more for alerting, etc. I kinda feel like there has to be a better brand, though... companies I've worked for have tended to default to APC because they are easy to find, but Easton and Tripp Lite seem to have more features from the little I have investigated.

@scottalanmiller said:

@Dashrender said:

Though, do you believe that they can never be trusted again?

Without a doubt, I could never trust them again. There are accidents, there are mistakes and there is this. I cannot fathom the rationale of anyone willing to do business with them after this. This isn't a bad business move, this was completely criminal. It would be liking hiring an employee that you just caught breaking into your house to rob you.

But when I say shit like this, everyone assumes I'm off the effing deep end crazy / paranoid / whatever. Lenovo now occupies the same "deserves to be kicked down a bunch of stairs" space where I put politicians...

@Nic said:

I think this has been a thing for a while:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_House_Harriers

That has nothing to do with being under the influence of hash... I am disappoint. I'm starting my own club...

@thecreativeone91 said:

@RojoLoco said:

What is your commission for selling these?

Doesn't look to be a referral code on that url.

True, but starting off with "I sold 5 of these so far" says there is some compensation involved for the OP.

What is your commission for selling these?

@mlnews said:

HitchBOT: Hitchhiking Robot That Toured Canada and Europe Destroyed in Philadelphia

The robot began its U.S. adventure in Massachusetts on July 17, and was documented in New York City and Boston. A photo of what is said to be the destroyed robot was posted to Twitter on Saturday.

More than 3,000 miles across Canada, many kilometers across several European nations and only 300 miles in the US before the robot was destroyed.

This is why other countries hate us. "Monkey smash foreign robot!!!!"

weekend plans - grill some amazing stuff, 4 hours of band rehearsal on saturday (new songs to learn and arrange), finish unpacking the kitchen stuff... sprinkle some beers on all that, that's my weekend.

Who actually downloads and saves porn? Unless they were pics of the wife...

FF before it stopped working right a few versions ago. I detest Chrome because of how it looks, so I use Opera. Please direct all slings and arrows to the fattest part of my a$$.

Remember.... 2 wrongs don't make a right, but 3 lefts do.

@MattSpeller said:

@scottalanmiller said:

I hate that phones are making people less literate.

At least spelling is greatly improved and eubonic and other creative spellings are becoming less main stream

All that progress has been trumped by the fact that you can teach your phone to use incorrect spellings for auto correct. Most people wouldn't know a spelling error if you slapped them with it.

@scottalanmiller said:

When is the last time that you heard someone say "Hey wait, Cisco gear is low up front value, bad ROI, bad resell value, overly expensive to maintain.... maybe we should get something better for cheaper!" Almost never, right? So, until that changes, this works really well for Cisco.

This is exactly how I explain Cisco. I'm glad my bosses agree...

@thecreativeone91 said:

Price is a kind expensive for what is is. You can get much better spec phones cheaper.

You can't put a price on "cool" ....
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oh, wait...

@coliver said:

@Carnival-Boy said:

@thecreativeone91 said:

We've got one of those users who likes to call 3-4 times a day saying the internet is slow.

Doesn't everyone have one of these users

That and callers who say "Is there a problem with the network because my computer is really slow today". There is never a "problem with the network" but this seems to be thing everyone mentions. It's not helped when people have a problem with a 3rd party system and the vendor says to them "can you check with the IT department and see if the network is ok". Or even "can you get the IT department to check the cables". The cables? WTF! Sort your crappy software before complaining about cables!

I have a vendor that does this all the time... "It must be something with the network." The last time they said we were getting odd database corruptions... turned out to be an error in the software that wasn't writing to the database correctly. The time before that they had some bizarre timeout issues on their client that was fixed with a software patch. Probably the network though.

My users ask "are you doing something to the server? because ______ doesn't work"...
Ok, 1) which server? there are like a dozen... and 2) i'm tired of telling you that your specific error comes from the poor configuration at the customer's site, I can't fix it.

I still have P4 Optiplexes running here.... so there ya go.

Y'all know that Sharnado 3 premieres next Wednesday, right?

The bosses are treating us all to wings and beer at a local spot... something like 50 taps and 150 bottles at any time. And we get to leave an hour early!

@MattSpeller said:

@dafyre very embarassed with a sore butt, otherwise fine

scared the shit out of us when she dropped

Ok... but why is her butt sore??? How long was she out? WHAT DID YOU DO??!!???!!?

@MattSpeller said:

YES.

This ended them.

http://www.logitech.com/en-ca/product/wireless-trackball-m570

This man speaks the truth. I have 2 of these, 1 work and 1 home. No pains, great mouse.

My boss hates using it, which I find hilarious.