@BMarie said:

Sometimes technically erks me!

Technology is great...when it works. I feel like we need to append "as intended for proper use" to that phrase...

This FTW! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oSR8Gqn4qU

@JaredBusch said:

@thanksajdotcom said:

Spending time on Facebook? Why should they care? If it doesn't impact productivity or damage the company in some way, they really shouldn't.

Because it IS theft by definition. You are stealing company resources to view this on your company computer.

And every moment when you are getting paid and NOT doing a task defined by your position (via job description, or boss said so, whatever) you are stealing from the company. You are paid to do tasks defined by your position. Nothing else.

Yes the football around the watercooler is also theft.

See, you have a very strict and black/white definition of how people should work. This is what is wrong with most businesses. They objectify how time is spent, not the results produced. Sure, someone might spend 8 hours a day, 5 days a week working diligently and only taking their scheduled breaks, but maybe they're moving slower than they could. Maybe they must constantly refocus and therefore, even though they work non-stop, their quality suffers.

People should be judged by the results they deliver, not how they obtain said results. If I can do my job in 6 hours a day to a very high standard, and it takes someone else the full 8, why should I have to be "working" the other 2? If you're hourly, that is one thing. However, if you're salary, this is totally backwards. Even hourly, if you're in a call center where you are waiting for phone calls or cases to come in, you are still working.

Those micro-breaks to check Facebook are not stealing, their QA. Sure, MAYBE less work gets done, but I would dare say the work that gets done is better quality.

@Minion-Queen said:

That looks cool together.

It's got purple in it. Of course you love it! But thanks...

You can't fix stupid.

@IRJ said:

@nadnerB said:

Grandma bought my son a mustache pacifer

So that's a pacifier?! Epic!

@MattSpeller said:

Upon further research, it appears that I'm just a ubuntu noob. Please disregard.

Yeah, server runs MUCH faster and more lightweight than full blown Ubuntu.

@art_of_shred said:

So you want to put album sales and concert ticket sales head to head between Coldplay and Journey? Good luck with that one. I think maybe you're too young to remember what music used to be like and the cultural impact it had. Sorry, but those days are long gone. Welcome to the digital age. No one is wearing Coldplay concert tee's.

Coldplay is good, definitely. But I agree. They are nowhere to being even close as in the same league as Journey. Besides, 30 years from now, you won't hear people still talking about Coldplay with the same enthusiasm, and "Don't Stop Believing" will still play on the radio with the same impact to people that it had decades before.

@RAM. posted a good article on his site I thought I'd share. It's short and to-the-point.
http://www.goblinbyte.com/2015/03/what-hell-aj.html

Enjoy!

Thanks,
A.J.

@Minion-Queen said:

KEEP the beard. I do remember you with the stache. You are better off now.

ROFL! WE NEED PICS!!

The coupon here (http://mangolassi.it/topic/4295/cloudatcost-50-off-upgrades-limited-qty/3) still works. Upgrading to a Dev3 for my web server from a Dev2.

When the Giants played the Patriots in the Super Bowl a few years ago, and killed their almost perfect season, you know all the Dolphins fans were Giants fans for a night.

I'm trying to change the run mode on one of my servers and it will not allow me to get it out of safe mode. I've been able to with my other servers by not this one. It's a Linux server running Ubuntu 14.04 on a Dev3 package. Any ideas @AmanBhogal ?

Pretty much...

It worked in FF...son of a...

@NetworkNerdWifey said:

@thanksaj Spent many years working retail, and Christmas music seasons were always my favorite!!!! LOL

Also, I was asking about the videos not because it's a bad thing, but they are really huge on my screen so it took me forever to navigate this thread. Just wondered why they weren't smaller, kind of like embedded videos on FB.

Just how the frames are built I guess. FB has two sidebars, one on each side. Then they size the videos down really small. There aren't any of those limitations here.

@scottalanmiller said:

@thanksajdotcom said:

Also, don't be afraid to challenge Scott.

Change that to be afraid NOT to challenge Scott. Although far less as an intern than a staffer, but the sentiment is important. We are an idea company, not a hierarchy. I get emergency technical veto power when pushes comes to shove, but if I'm arguing with you, that means I'm not in a position to put the brakes on - keep arguing. If you have a good point, it should be defensible.

One of the things I always respected most about you.

@NetworkNerdWifey said:

@thanksaj It wasn't an overwhelmingly high percentage.....does that help? Nick said the same thing at first, but then he thought about it and then came around to the idea. LOL I don't know - I just gave you what the test said. maybe I didn't answer all the questions strongly enough.

shrugs Well, maybe you're one of those people who is both an introvert and extrovert. It just depends on the situation.

@scottalanmiller said:

Thanks.

Most people who are at your level expect you to take their word as gospel and feel that they cannot be wrong. You take the approach that should be taken, which is still open-minded. If you're right, which you are 98% of the time, you can defend yourself. On the off-chance you're wrong or there is an even better way to do something, you learn something and become even better.

How I feel when @scottalanmiller doesn't post for a few hours and then he just shows back up online with a fury...