Posts made by Son of Jor-El

@RojoLoco said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@Son-of-Jor-El said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@Son-of-Jor-El said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

Job interviews always suck. They can be nerve wracking at times. Hopefully I did well in the one this morning.

They can be good for you, too. Often good learning experiences.

This is true. You try to give them some of what they want to hear without TRYING to sound like you're giving them something they want to hear LOL

Just like you're on a date...

We all want to get something out of the date, so yeah LOL

@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@Son-of-Jor-El said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

Job interviews always suck. They can be nerve wracking at times. Hopefully I did well in the one this morning.

They can be good for you, too. Often good learning experiences.

This is true. You try to give them some of what they want to hear without TRYING to sound like you're giving them something they want to hear LOL

Job interviews always suck. They can be nerve wracking at times. Hopefully I did well in the one this morning.

@art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:

@art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:

I love Ford Raptors too, so this is funny and sad all at the same time. More balls than brainsTypical Ford owner, that for sure! LOL

FTFY

I don't know man, I own a Ford and I'm not jumping off shit!! LOL

It was really more about the lack of brains than the presence of balls... just sayin'

Not a Ford fan, eh? When it comes to trucks, I have no such loyalties.

@art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:

I love Ford Raptors too, so this is funny and sad all at the same time. More balls than brainsTypical Ford owner, that for sure! LOL

FTFY

I don't know man, I own a Ford and I'm not jumping off shit!! LOL

@Dashrender said in Amazon S3 Outage shows the danger of doing things cheaply.:

@scottalanmiller said in Amazon S3 Outage shows the danger of doing things cheaply.:

@Dashrender said in Amazon S3 Outage shows the danger of doing things cheaply.:

@Jimmy9008 said in Amazon S3 Outage shows the danger of doing things cheaply.:

@scottalanmiller

@scottalanmiller said in Amazon S3 Outage shows the danger of doing things cheaply.:

@Jimmy9008 said in Amazon S3 Outage shows the danger of doing things cheaply.:

@scottalanmiller When a business person says "Was the server down" - they don't many the physical box. They mean whatever that box provides to them, or the customers, or whatever that box does... The fact that its not off, its rebooting, doesn't matter - 'what it does' was down... for four hours.

Yes and no. Was the server down? No, it was in a greenzone. I speak to business people only about this stuff, and "offline in a down time" is never considered "down". And an application down to the system team is "not down." Is the server down? "Nope, go look into your app."

I realize that in the SMB people tend to look at one person for all of the questions from networking to systems to apps, but in the enterprise, if someone asks if the server is down the question is about a server, not an application. If a business person wants to know about X, they ask about X - competent business people don't start digging under the hood and asking the wrong questions to "sound cool." If the car doesn't work, a competent business person asks "is the car working" to their mechanic, they do not say "check if there is enough oil" when they actually want to know if the car works - clearly not a relevant question.

Part of work is extrapolating what people mean, even if they asked the question in the wrong way. "Is the car working" covers fuel, seats, keys, doors etc, the same as "Is the server down" covers it being in a reboot state... yes, what that server does is down.

Sure - but at the same time it's your job to help break those people from lumping all those things together.

is the car working - answer - yes, the CAR is working, but the stereo is not. If they ask you why you said yes to the car is working, you explain that one has nothing to do with the other, and that it's important for them to understand that so they can ensure the correct people are looking at the actual problem.

That was my point. Don't just let them be wrong.

Right, I was driving your point home.

You drove the point to the house, then kicked it out without stopping

More knockouts...this one is fantastic!!

Youtube Video

I'm leaving here after 2. My last job was 6 years. Like everyone says...it depends.

Right now 100% that are running. I shut down a couple of Linux server that were no longer needed.

Back in the hunt for a job. I applied for one and they sent me one of those "self-assessment" exams...yuck!!! I hate puzzles! LOL

Did get an e-mail from the CEO wanting a phone interview. We'll see how that goes.

@MattSpeller said in AWS Outage Reported:

@Jimmy9008 said in AWS Outage Reported:

Have Amazon said what caused this yet? 'Tech spilled coffee on core equipment...', 'Powercut and generator failure at the same time'... any info at all?

They forgot to feed the hamster

Not seen anything yet tbh

Like this little guy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gIH94st0mY

This. I'm familiar with the story and I was surprised it took this long to tell it.

Youtube Video

I'll have to look.

Some of the more crazy knockouts I like seeing are the body shot ones. Roy Jones Jr. knocked out Virgil Hill with one I'll never forget.

Youtube Video

I love Ford Raptors too, so this is funny and sad all at the same time. More balls than brains, that for sure! LOL

I see the "Line of Death"!!

@art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:

Police chase ends with 18 year old driver doing a SICK jump!!

http://www.wmur.com/article/watch-chase-comes-to-incredible-end-as-truck-goes-airborne/9078095

Drive it like you stole it... err... never mind.

It reminded me of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKQdlXvbWSU

Brutal!!!

Youtube Video

Police chase ends with 18 year old driver doing a SICK jump!!

http://www.wmur.com/article/watch-chase-comes-to-incredible-end-as-truck-goes-airborne/9078095

@Dashrender said in YouTube offers new streaming service:

@Son-of-Jor-El said in YouTube offers new streaming service:

Nope.

It will be a great day indeed when you can someday pick only the channels YOU want instead of stupid packages.

That will likely never happen. Many channels only exist because they are part of a network. They wouldn't probably get enough funding on their own. I could be wrong though.

Na, you're right. It's too bad. We can dream, right?

Nope.

It will be a great day indeed when you can someday pick only the channels YOU want instead of stupid packages.