How Mac, Windows and Linux see each other

[Catty1]

failblog.org

http://mthruf.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/job-fails-and-how-i-view-all-of-these-people-who-make-charts-bored.jpg

[phesina]

EXCELLENT!!!!! Thank you, Candace!

[ToBeEvergreen]

Haha, gotta admit.. the "What Windows users think of Macs" one hits home for me. :P Very funny!

[smokey the elder]

*snerk* Too funny!

[Karen]

Haha, gotta admit.. the "What Windows users think of Macs" one hits home for me. :P Very funny!

Think again! I've been a Mac user probably longer than you've been alive! ;)

[Alysser]

haha, love the Blue screen of death for the windows one! That's so true of how I think.

Macs :love:

[CountryWolf07]

I don't hate Windows, but I can't stand Windows anymore after converting to Macs! Will never go back to it, I am forever a Mac user. :)

[Roxyluvsme13]

I don't hate Windows, but I can't stand Windows anymore after converting to Macs! Will never go back to it, I am forever a Mac user. :)
I agree! However, I'm not a huge fan of Windows at all anymore.

I've gotten the Blue screen of death on windows before, so yes, that's how I see all of them :p.

[Puckstop31]

I don't hate Windows, but I can't stand Windows anymore after converting to Macs! Will never go back to it, I am forever a Mac user. :)

Until you get to work. ;)

I love Macs, I do. I have two on my office desk. But they do not get used for actual business purposes very often.

[Puckstop31]

Wait until you all see Windows 8. It is VERY, VERY early beta that I have access to due to being a Microsoft partner.

All I can say is its gonna change some things. Imagine your profile going from you phone, to your Xbox, to your PC and then back to your phone. Same data, same look, same apps... It is going to revolutionize the workplace because your workplace can literally be anywhere you want it to be.

iCloud is going to look like a tinker toy by comparison. (I use iCloud and I like it, BTW.)

[Lady's Human]

To hell with that. I live out in the boonies for a reason. I do NOT want that kind of "accessibility" and find it incredibly narcissistic for people to think they're that bloody important that they need to bring work home with them on their phone.

It just ain't that damned important.

Work is work, home is home, and the two don't mix.

I want my phone to be a phone, I want my computter to be a computter.

[Puckstop31]

To hell with that. I live out in the boonies for a reason. I do NOT want that kind of "accessibility" and find it incredibly narcissistic for people to think they're that bloody important that they need to bring work home with them on their phone.

It just ain't that damned important.

Work is work, home is home, and the two don't mix.

I want my phone to be a phone, I want my computter to be a computter.

Yes it is.

For those of us who dont have a union to secure us.... We work 70 hours a week, for reason.

Better yet, my wife and my family understand how and why I work. I NEED to be connected, 24x7. 14 people and their families depend on me. Its the cross I bear to be FREE dude. No union. No master. ME.

The 2 DO mix. They do. You just have to learn how to make it work. We have.

Fire away.... But your attitude shows why unions are bad for the economy.

[blue]

^^^Linux user and looks about right to me.

http://files.myopera.com/akpostal/albums/857054/apple%20secret%20to%20success.jpg


I love Macs, I do. I have two on my office desk. But they do not get used for actual business purposes very often.

Do they each have their own keyboard and mouse or do you use a switch?


Wait until you all see Windows 8. It is VERY, VERY early beta that I have access to due to being a Microsoft partner.

The Developer Pre Release, or something closer to Alpha? I thought the beta wasnt due till CES 2012. The pre release is still pretty clunky but I see the potential for Winslow users and businesses, everything with one OS. If they pull it off it will be a huge WIN.

ETA: Just reread the Developers Release, its a late Alpha build.

[Lady's Human]

Yes it is.

For those of us who dont have a union to secure us.... We work 70 hours a week, for reason.

Better yet, my wife and my family understand how and why I work. I NEED to be connected, 24x7. 14 people and their families depend on me. Its the cross I bear to be FREE dude. No union. No master. ME.

The 2 DO mix. They do. You just have to learn how to make it work. We have.

Fire away.... But your attitude shows why unions are bad for the economy.

Sorry, no one needs to be connected and available 24/7/365.

I didn't take my work home prior to being employed by the Post Office, and I refuse to take work home now.

I find being connected to a wire 24/7 a truly bizarre definition of freedom.

[CountryWolf07]

Sorry, no one needs to be connected and available 24/7/365.

I didn't take my work home prior to being employed by the Post Office, and I refuse to take work home now.

I find being connected to a wire 24/7 a truly bizarre definition of freedom.

Do I need to be connected 24/7/365? Yes. I'm a freelance photographer and artist. But my main reason? I'm deaf. How else am I going to be able to communicate with people? I don't talk on the phone. It's unbelievably tough for me to do that. It is a whole bunch of gibberish when I try. I'm thankful for email, cell phones (texting plan, of course), and computers. I don't know what I would do if I had no access to any of it. Technology is incredible that way.

[blue]

This thread has shown the difference between the Entrepreneur, and the Union.

Has the Post Office endorsed #OWS?

[Lady's Human]

This thread hasn't shown that at all.

You have no idea what I've done or how long I've worked.

What this thread shows is how easy it is to stroke one's own ego and paint with broad brushes.

[blue]

This thread hasn't shown that at all.

You have no idea what I've done or how long I've worked.

What this thread shows is how easy it is to stroke one's own ego and paint with broad brushes.

Actually it does and your last post drove the nail for me.

It doesnt matter what you have done and how long you have done it.

ETA: So I take it the Postal Union is in favor of #OWS then, thanks.

[Lady's Human]

First, I had no idea what in hell you were talking about with the hash tag. I don't twitter,facebook, etc.

Second, "The Postal Union" doesn't exist.

[Lady's Human]

BTW, what's the biggest failure a leader can make, Puck.......Leadership 101, think about it....

Why 70 hour weeks should never exist for competent business leaders, and why there should be no reason whatsoever to be connected 24/7/365 for business purposes.

[blue]

First, I had no idea what in hell you were talking about with the hash tag. I don't twitter,facebook, etc.

Second, "The Postal Union" doesn't exist.

No hash tag was intended my apologies. #OWS=Occupy Wall Street. ETA: I dont twitcher, Facepalm, etc, either. Again sorry for confusing Luddites, and yourself.

You are Union, correct? You work for the Post Office, correct? The Union you are a part of, that works for the Post Office exists, the name of it doesnt matter.

[Lady's Human]

Given that:

1) The IS an International Postal Union, which goes by that name (but isn't probably what you think it is)

2) There are at least 6 Unions/associations which represent Postal employees (not counting teamsters contract carriers, etc)

3) Each Union is made up of Locals, each with their own executive boards, and each executive board has their own voice

The terminology does matter.

[blue]

Given that:

1) The IS an International Postal Union, which goes by that name (but isn't probably what you think it is)

Awesome!


2) There are at least 6 Unions/associations which represent Postal employees (not counting teamsters contract carriers, etc)

Fantastic!


3) Each Union is made up of Locals, each with their own executive boards, and each executive board has their own voice

The terminology does matter.

Fawtacular!!!WIN!!!

You are beholden to a union, how does that make you free?

[Lady's Human]

How am I "beholden" to anyone?

[blue]

How am I "beholden" to anyone?

Again I am sorry, I thought you where a member of a Union. My mistake.

[Lady's Human]

I am a member in a Union. I'm also an officer in a Union.

None of which makes me "beholden" to the union for anything.

[blue]

I am a member in a Union. I'm also an officer in a Union.

None of which makes me "beholden" to the union for anything.

be·hold·en [bih-hohl-duhn]
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[Lady's Human]

I understand completely what the word means.

I'm still trying to understand how a Union member is anymore "beholden" to anyone than a non Union member?

[blue]

I'm still trying to understand how a Union member is anymore "beholden" to anyone than a non Union member?

Perhaps that is on purpose. I have found many union members are purposely obtuse.

You rely on your union to get what you get. I rely on myself to get what I get. Who do you think has more freedom?

[Lady's Human]

I rely on my Union to get what I get?

Entschuldigen zie bitte?

The Union didn't teach me the skills to get the job, didn't take the test for me, didn't go to interviews for me.

You purposely are failing to understand. I'm not being obtuse at all, I'm being clear as crystal.

I'm not beholden to them for anything. It so happened that a job I wanted was a Union represented job in a business which I have found much to my displeasure desperately needs a Union or Unions (look up the great postal strike and the reasons for it........).

There is work outside the postal service, there is life outside the postal service. It is a means to an end, not the end itself.

[blue]

I rely on my Union to get what I get?

Entschuldigen zie bitte?

The Union didn't teach me the skills to get the job, didn't take the test for me, didn't go to interviews for me.

You purposely are failing to understand. I'm not being obtuse at all, I'm being clear as crystal.

I'm not beholden to them for anything. It so happened that a job I wanted was a Union represented job in a business which I have found much to my displeasure desperately needs a Union or Unions (look up the great postal strike and the reasons for it........).

There is work outside the postal service, there is life outside the postal service. It is a means to an end, not the end itself.

You are a Union Member. I am not a Union Member. The Union makes your decisions for you. I make my own decisions.

If the Union decides you need to be in contact 24/7/365, you will have no choice. But wait, you are a Union Officer, you make the rules then? I can understand your position now. The Union Rules dont apply to you because you make the rules as an Officer?

To make it simple.

Union Mindset: group think.

Individual Mindset: self think.

The above is my opinion, and you continue to prove it to me as proof.

I do not get, and probably never will, the union mindset. I dont need some dic in a suit to negotiate my pay and benifits. I can do that on my own.

[Lady's Human]

The Union makes my decisions for me? Damn, thanks for telling me. ROFLMAO!

If the Union decides I have to be in contact 24/7/365 they can kiss my lily white......

It has nothing to do with me being an officer or a member. I don't like the rules? Very simple, I leave the Union.



The above is my opinion, and you continue to prove it to me as proof.

English good speakly command you language have.

[blue]

The Union makes my decisions for me? Damn, thanks for telling me. ROFLMAO!

Since you are an officer you get to make those decisions. I bet you are laughing.


If the Union decides I have to be in contact 24/7/365 they can kiss my lily white......

Again you are an officer, you make the rules.


It has nothing to do with me being an officer or a member. I don't like the rules? Very simple, I leave the Union.

If I made the rules I woudnt leave either.


English good speakly command you language have.

I do. Your Yoda speak sucks.

[Lady's Human]

1) wasn't yoda speak.

2) You repeatedly question my integrity by stating that as I make the rules, I don't have to follow them.

Go screw yourself. Integrity does exist.

[blue]

1) wasn't yoda speak.

Mine was, and yours sucked


2) You repeatedly question my integrity by stating that as I make the rules, I don't have to follow them.

Dont feel alone, I view all of you union members as Marxist or socialist. Your posts are not changing my opinion.


Go screw yourself. Integrity does exist.

I really hope you are the exception to the rule but your posts are not making me very hopefull that union members value freedom.

ETA: You are still using Windows 98 or earlier arent you.

[Lady's Human]

I must be the oddest damned marxist in History.

I'll just add that to the pile of labels I've earned, mostly incredibly contradictory, and laugh.

I think about the only thing I haven't been called lately is a trotskyite..........I'll have to work on that one. Other than that, Nazi, Facist, John Bircher, lib, repugnican, I think I've got 'em covered.

Btw, in answer to you OS inquiry, I'm using DOS 4.00.

[caseysmom]

For the record I am in a union and am on call 24/7, those two things are not connected.

[blue]

I must be the oddest damned marxist in History.

You arent. You as a union member are pretty common.


I'll just add that to the pile of labels I've earned, mostly incredibly contradictory, and laugh.

I think about the only thing I haven't been called lately is a trotskyite..........I'll have to work on that one. Other than that, Nazi, Facist, John Bircher, lib, repugnican, I think I've got 'em covered.

Btw, in answer to you OS inquiry, I'm using DOS 4.00.


I believe I called you a Luddite.

[Lady's Human]

I believe I called you a Luddite.

I prefer troglodyte or neanderthaler, thank you.

[caseysmom]

Come on guys be civil.

[Lady's Human]

I see no need to remain civil with someone who questions my integrity .

[caseysmom]

I see no need to remain civil with someone who questions my integrity .

Okay so maybe just ignore the school boy tantrum that seems to be happening tonight :D

[Lady's Human]

I think a Teamster stole his girlfriend.

[caseysmom]

I think a Teamster stole his girlfriend.

hahahahaha okay I am glad I wasn't drinking something when I read that....

[blue]

I see no need to remain civil with someone who questions my integrity .

I did not question your integrity, in any way, shape, or form.

[Lady's Human]

Yes, you did.




If the Union decides you need to be in contact 24/7/365, you will have no choice. But wait, you are a Union Officer, you make the rules then? I can understand your position now. The Union Rules dont apply to you because you make the rules as an Officer?

and


Since you are an officer you get to make those decisions. I bet you are laughing.

Again you are an officer, you make the rules.

If I made the rules I woudnt leave either.

I'm an officer in the Union, not a Congressman from California. The rules apply equally across the board, and you're stating that as an officer I'm somehow "above" the rules.

[smokey the elder]

Could we tone down the testosterone, please?:p;) How did this go from a computer nerd joke to an electronic cage match about unions?

Anyway, I tend to agree with the one cartoon that implies that Apple always has its hand out.

[Lady's Human]

Maybe tone down the sexism as well?

[blue]

you're stating that as an officer I'm somehow "above" the rules.

Because you are.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Yes it is.

I NEED to be connected, 24x7. 14 people and their families depend on me. Its the cross I bear to be FREE dude. No union. No master. ME.



Oh the cross I bear...I simply MUST be connected 24X7X52 or the whole world will fall in upon itself and disintergrate into a ball of fire.:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Are you really that important??? Fourteen people and their families and their families onto the tenth generation will starve...be lost without your devine intervention!:D:D:D

ROTFLMAO at your sense of self-importance.

I own my own business. I have clients who pay me very well. I am "free".

In fact, I am so free...I do not need to be available 24X7X52...

As if that is a measure of freedom or importance....:D:D:D

Let me know if you need advice on how to take care of clients better - so they don't need you 24X7X52!

[Lady's Human]

Because you are.

No, I'm not, but no one will ever get that through your thick skull.

Quite the contrary, if I break the rules, I can be brought up on constitutional charges by the membership and removed.

[blue]

Oh the cross I bear...I simply MUST be connected 24X7X52 or the whole world will fall in upon itself and disintergrate into a ball of fire.:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Are you really that important??? Fourteen people and their families and their families onto the tenth generation will starve...be lost without your devine intervention!:D:D:D

ROTFLMAO at your sense of self-importance.

I own my own business. I have clients who pay me very well. I am "free".

In fact, I am so free...I do not need to be available 24X7X52...

As if that is a measure of freedom or importance....:D:D:D

Let me know if you need advice on how to take care of clients better - so they don't need you 24X7X52!

He knows his clients and they are different then yours. Your clients can wait until you decide to meet their needs, his cant. I may have a better understanding of Puck's business then you do.


No, I'm not, but no one will ever get that through your thick skull.

Quite the contrary, if I break the rules, I can be brought up on constitutional charges by the membership and removed.

Actually you are, Im not saying you actually break the rules, but if you do and enough members agree with you its fair game. You are a much smaller example of Obama. Whats worse is you have given up even more of your free will to be an officer of your union.

[Lady's Human]

Actually you are, Im not saying you actually break the rules, but if you do and enough members agree with you its fair game. You are a much smaller example of Obama. Whats worse is you have given up even more of your free will to be an officer of your union.

What an amazing leap of irrational thought.


<golfclap>

[Edwina's Secretary]

He knows his clients and they are different then yours. Your clients can wait until you decide to meet their needs, his cant. I may have a better understanding of Puck's business then you do.


Just curious...what makes you think you have a CLUE about my clients...or anything else for that matter.:D:D

Unless he is a doctor treating the terminally ill of course....:D:D:D

[blue]

What an amazing leap of irrational thought.


<golfclap>

Nothing irrational about it. Ive never been a union member


Just curious...what makes you think you have a CLUE about my clients...or anything else for that matter.:D:D

Unless he is a doctor treating the terminally ill of course....:D:D:D

Because I understand the business he is in better then you do, and you actually rely on business owners like him to do your business.

[Lady's Human]

Nothing irrational about it. Ive never been a union member


And the haze gets thicker......

[blue]

And the haze gets thicker......

No haze, I am not a group thinker.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Oh blue...you are always good for a laugh...thanks

[blue]

Oh blue...you are always good for a laugh...thanks

So you let your IT guy take vacations?

Im happy I amuse you. How amused will you be the next time you cant get to the data you need to do your job and your IT Guy is in the Congo?

ETA: Unless you are an even bigger Luddite then LH and still use the stone and tablet you learned to write on.

[Puckstop31]

Oh the cross I bear...I simply MUST be connected 24X7X52 or the whole world will fall in upon itself and disintergrate into a ball of fire.:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Are you really that important??? Fourteen people and their families and their families onto the tenth generation will starve...be lost without your devine intervention!:D:D:D

ROTFLMAO at your sense of self-importance.

I own my own business. I have clients who pay me very well. I am "free".

In fact, I am so free...I do not need to be available 24X7X52...

As if that is a measure of freedom or importance....:D:D:D

Let me know if you need advice on how to take care of clients better - so they don't need you 24X7X52!

You are so cute when I get under your skin :p Thanks for showing just how very little you know about the IT business. LOL But good try!

You really are in the wrong field. You should be a spin doctor. Wait....

[Karen]

So you let your IT guy take vacations?

Im happy I amuse you. How amused will you be the next time you cant get to the data you need to do your job and your IT Guy is in the Congo?

ETA: Unless you are an even bigger Luddite then LH and still use the stone and tablet you learned to write on.

Blue, you are wrong. Just want to correct one point that you have repeated. LH is NOT a Luddite. Has not been since childhood, is not now, was not raised to be, and never will be. Got that? I have been his sister his whole life, you can trust me on that one.

[lizbud]

Oh the cross I bear...I simply MUST be connected 24X7X52 or the whole world will fall in upon itself and disintergrate into a ball of fire.:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Are you really that important??? Fourteen people and their families and their families onto the tenth generation will starve...be lost without your devine intervention!:D:D:D

ROTFLMAO at your sense of self-importance.




You noticed that too huh? :D :D

[Catty1]

*sigh* I thought it was a cute cartoon....:rolleyes::(

[sparks19]

Oh the cross I bear...I simply MUST be connected 24X7X52 or the whole world will fall in upon itself and disintergrate into a ball of fire.:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Are you really that important??? Fourteen people and their families and their families onto the tenth generation will starve...be lost without your devine intervention!:D:D:D

ROTFLMAO at your sense of self-importance.

I own my own business. I have clients who pay me very well. I am "free".

In fact, I am so free...I do not need to be available 24X7X52...

As if that is a measure of freedom or importance....:D:D:D

Let me know if you need advice on how to take care of clients better - so they don't need you 24X7X52!

What is your deal? Are you always this miserable or just on pet talk?

Chin up... life isn't that bad :)

[Edwina's Secretary]

What is your deal? Are you always this miserable or just on pet talk?

Chin up... life isn't that bad :)

Not to worry Sparky. I am as happy as a lark. Probably because I do not have the weight of 14 families on my shoulders!:D:D:D

Sorry but that is just soooo funny. Thanks for bringing it up again!

[sparks19]

well then maybe I'll just send some of this snow your way so you'll chill out :)

[Edwina's Secretary]

well then maybe I'll just send some of this snow your way so you'll chill out :)

Not to worry...it is a gorgeous day here. Not too hot. Nice coastal breeze.

Perfect California chilling weather! Would you like some of my gorgeous sunshine to perk you up?:)

[sparks19]

No way :) I love the snow :D It's my favorite kind of weather

[caseysmom]

I am on call 24/7, if I didn't respond bad things could happen, I am not self important it is a fact of the nature of the IT work that I do.

Its not bad planning or bad training or whatever, stuff happens. If you haven't done someone's job you shouldn't judge.

[Puckstop31]

I am on call 24/7, if I didn't respond bad things could happen, I am not self important it is a fact of the nature of the IT work that I do.

Its not bad planning or bad training or whatever, stuff happens. If you haven't done someone's job you shouldn't judge.

Its just the nature of the beast in IT. Many of our clients are 24x7 operations. E-Commerce server dies at 3am, costing them $3,000/hour its down... You bet im taking that call. Could I be a 'better' IT provider and get them into a 99.999% up time environment? Sure. But, because I really understand small business I just know better than to even offer it to certain clients, because some of that technology is REALLY expensive.

Anyway....

Sure, to many of you that does not seem like freedom. To me, it is. I am my own boss and get to enjoy a great life. Even better, I get to help share that success with 13 other great people!

The End. :)

[sparks19]

I am on call 24/7, if I didn't respond bad things could happen, I am not self important it is a fact of the nature of the IT work that I do.

Its not bad planning or bad training or whatever, stuff happens. If you haven't done someone's job you shouldn't judge.

This is true. Computer problems don't stop at 5 pm. Bad weather can hit any time and can be catastrophic for servers and the like lol. especially when you get an unexpected 8-10 inches of snow before halloween LOL.

As anyone who has ever used a computer can attest to.... computers go down at the most inopportune times lol

[Edwina's Secretary]

I am on call 24/7, if I didn't respond bad things could happen, I am not self important it is a fact of the nature of the IT work that I do.

Its not bad planning or bad training or whatever, stuff happens. If you haven't done someone's job you shouldn't judge.

I am sure there could be a company that has a business model that puts the entire fate of the organization on one person's 24/7/52 availability.

But other than a sole proprietor, I cannot imagine why.

And it certainly would not be a company I would want my family dependent upon!

[wombat2u2004]

Wow, this a good thread. Just like the war all over again.
Commos against capitalists

[wombat2u2004]

What is your deal? Are you always this miserable or just on pet talk?

Hee hee. Losers have nothing to be happy about :D

[wombat2u2004]

Sure, to many of you that does not seem like freedom. To me, it is. I am my own boss and get to enjoy a great life. Even better, I get to help share that success with 13 other great people!


Me to. I'm not really into that hammer and sickle stuff. :D

[Karen]

Wow, this a good thread. Just like the war all over again.
Commos against capitalists

There are no "communists" here on Pet Talk, despite what you might think. Just because someone's politics are to the "left' of yours does not make them a communist, ya know.

[Puckstop31]

I am sure there could be a company that has a business model that puts the entire fate of the organization on one person's 24/7/52 availability.

But other than a sole proprietor, I cannot imagine why.

And it certainly would not be a company I would want my family dependent upon!

Le Sigh....


It must be tough, eh Sara? Looking down from thy roost upon we little people? How stupid we are that we cannot see your genius?


Yes. Yes we as a company realize that my singular knowledge of the detailed physical configuration of our colocation facility is an issue we need to address. Its a project on my plate. But rest your little heart... We will be fine. Thank you for your concern.


Also, dont worry dear.... I doubt I would be trying to employ you in the future. So you don't have to worry about putting your family at risk in our silly little company.

Oh... I recall you lamenting about how difficult it was to give away your extra wealth. I'm sure you recall? You have your wonderful home, cars, a Harely...etc... I used this new fangled thingy called Google. I typed in "How do I give a gift to the US Treasury?" Wouldn't you know it? The VERY first link that came up was...

http://www.fms.treas.gov/faq/moretopics_gifts.html

You said something about "flying monkeys" and "not as easy as you think". I'm sure you will be happy to see that it IS. :) Awesome, eh?

[blue]

Blue, you are wrong. Just want to correct one point that you have repeated. LH is NOT a Luddite. Has not been since childhood, is not now, was not raised to be, and never will be. Got that? I have been his sister his whole life, you can trust me on that one.

Im quite sure he could school me with ease on a large amount of technology. I really do mean that.


*sigh* I thought it was a cute cartoon....:rolleyes::(

I thought it was spot on and pretty dang funnay.

[blue]

I am sure there could be a company that has a business model that puts the entire fate of the organization on one person's 24/7/52 availability.

But other than a sole proprietor, I cannot imagine why.

And it certainly would not be a company I would want my family dependent upon!

99% uptime does not happen without 24/7 support.

If Puck is selling 99% uptime he had better be on call 24/7, and that would be a company I would depend on if he can deliver.

Last employer also sold 99% uptime, the owner and half the techs where on call 24/7. My current employer sells 99% uptime and 24/7 support.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Le Sigh....


It must be tough, eh Sara? Looking down from thy roost upon we little people? How stupid we are that we cannot see your genius?


Yes. Yes we as a company realize that my singular knowledge of the detailed physical configuration of our colocation facility is an issue we need to address. Its a project on my plate. But rest your little heart... We will be fine. Thank you for your concern.


Also, dont worry dear.... I doubt I would be trying to employ you in the future. So you don't have to worry about putting your family at risk in our silly little company.

Oh... I recall you lamenting about how difficult it was to give away your extra wealth. I'm sure you recall? You have your wonderful home, cars, a Harely...etc... I used this new fangled thingy called Google. I typed in "How do I give a gift to the US Treasury?" Wouldn't you know it? The VERY first link that came up was...

http://www.fms.treas.gov/faq/moretopics_gifts.html

You said something about "flying monkeys" and "not as easy as you think". I'm sure you will be happy to see that it IS. :) Awesome, eh?


You are so cute when I get under your skin Thanks for showing just how very little you know about the IT business. LOL But good try!

Ditto and likewise Puck! You certainly went to some effort to zing me!!

So darn cute you are....awesome:D:D:D

[Puckstop31]

Ditto and likewise Puck! You certainly went to some effort to zing me!!

So darn cute you are....awesome:D:D:D

Aww muffin....


I am so very disappointed in you. You come out of your burrow to grace us with your wisdom and THIS is all you got?

Surely someone of thy wisdom would have something better than this?

Keep trying. I know you have one or two more responces in you!

[Puckstop31]

99% uptime does not happen without 24/7 support.

If Puck is selling 99% uptime he had better be on call 24/7, and that would be a company I would depend on if he can deliver.

Last employer also sold 99% uptime, the owner and half the techs where on call 24/7. My current employer sells 99% uptime and 24/7 support.

A 10,000 ft comment on this general idea....

To put it in simple terms... 99.999% uptime (5 MINUTES of down time a year) can be done. It can. But it is REALLY expensive. Think about what you are asking for there? Its not just a fault tolerant server you are asking for. Its a fault tolerant switch, power supply, internet connectivity (on the same DNS name) etc... It can be done. Its just not for most clients.

IT is WAY more complex than the average end user understands. Its not 'magic' that makes Pet Talk appear on your screen or your email show up in your inbox...

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A 10,000 ft comment on this general idea....


While I was trying to dumb it down for certain members, but I was hoping I was at least 7,500 feet.

[wombat2u2004]

There are no "communists" here on Pet Talk, despite what you might think. Just because someone's politics are to the "left' of yours does not make them a communist, ya know.

Not yet.

[happylabs]

To hell with that. I live out in the boonies for a reason. I do NOT want that kind of "accessibility" and find it incredibly narcissistic for people to think they're that bloody important that they need to bring work home with them on their phone.

It just ain't that damned important.

Work is work, home is home, and the two don't mix.

I want my phone to be a phone, I want my computter to be a computter.

You may not need to bring work home but those who own their own business may. If you are a self-proprietor who really cares about their business, this type of thing will come in handy. If you have a 9 - 5 job, no, you wouldn't need it.

[Lady's Human]

Classic. :rolleyes:

[wombat2u2004]

You may not need to bring work home but those who own their own business may. If you are a self-proprietor who really cares about their business, this type of thing will come in handy. If you have a 9 - 5 job, no, you wouldn't need it.

Sheep need down time. ;)

[Lady's Human]

Sheep need down time. ;)

So do touchholes, but yours seems to be on the go 24/7/365. Might want to give it a rest.

[wombat2u2004]

So do touchholes, but yours seems to be on the go 24/7/365. Might want to give it a rest.

No rest for me old mate. I've been my own man for too long. ;)

[Lady's Human]

No rest for me old mate. I've been my own man for too long. ;)

You may be your own man, but at least I don't defraud insurance companies to pay my bills.

[wombat2u2004]

You may be your own man, but at least I don't defraud insurance companies to pay my bills.

Oh come on LH, that isn't even worth a "Touche". :D

[wombat2u2004]

Union Free America


Union Corruption

The sad fact is that many unions are infiltrated by organized crime. Not all unions or union officials are corrupt. In fact, the vast majority of union officials, especially at the local level, are probably decent law abiding people.

But unionism is about power and "power corrupts" so there are plenty of examples of union corruption. Keeping your fellow workers aware of them is a good way to influence them against getting involved with a union.

The National Legal and Policy Center does an excellent job of monitoring and reporting on union corruption. They publish a twice-monthly "Union Corruption Update" that is absolutely loaded with examples of union corruption in almost every union. The archive of the "Union Corruption Update" is available online and you can search it by union or state.

This page takes a little navigating. Click on "Organized Labor Accountability Project" and then on "Union Corruption Update" to find the information.

If union corruption is of interest to you, send NLPC an e-mail asking them to send you "Union Corruption Update" on a regular basis.

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LH, I may be down on unions but my comments earlier in this thread are no where on the level of Wom's.

I will say this. The union member mentality of, I wouldnt be where I am today without my union. Vs the entrepreneur mentality of, I wouldnt be where I am today without my own ambition. The entrepreneurs mentality is simply more in line with my own.

My opinion of the local union leaders is pretty dang close to Wom's however. Ive also met union members making top wages getting the peach jobs because of how long they have been paying dues, and not for how well they do their job. The union rules are also very foreign to me, why send 3 people, 3 separate times to do a job 1 man in 1 trip could do?

The Mac users on this forum, you are the minority, IME, of Mac owners/users in general.

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Sorry for the thread highjack and the union boy butt hurt.
:D

[wombat2u2004]

The union rules are also very foreign to me, why send 3 people, 3 separate times to do a job 1 man in 1 trip could do?


1 man to spend a day doing the 1 hours work.
The other 2 men to intimidate the client in case he doesn't like the quality of the job.

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1 man to spend a day doing the 1 hours work.
The other 2 men to intimidate the client in case he doesn't like the quality of the job.

As a non union electrician, and now a paid to do whatever I do with computers/networks. What Wom said makes no sense.

Like I said this Union Speak/mentality makes no sense to me.

The Mac Cult of Personality makes even less sense to me. The Mac fanboy notion that by owning a Mac makes one smarter, actually increases my IQ two fold over them.

[wombat2u2004]

What Wom said makes no sense.

Actually it makes a lot of sense.
Unions have a long history of corruption, fraud, bullying, intimidation and holding hands with the communist party.
And none of that is connected to workers rights, it's all about their own pocket, political persuasion and power struggle....period.
Want proof ??? Google it.
I've seen too many good men with families end up with nothing because of them.
No one owes you a living....no one.

[Lady's Human]

Broad brush, put it down. The splatters from the excrement you're trying to spread are covering you,

[wombat2u2004]

Broad brush ???
Fact brush.
And I'm not spreading anything that hasn't been spread a million times in the past.
The truth hurts huh ???

[Lady's Human]

There's no truth in what you're spreading. THere's corruption in every human endeavor, Unions ar eno different, because people run Unions.

However, the line of BS you're spewing, that all Unions, Union members and Officers are part and parcel of corrupt practices is about as true as your statements about your insurance fraud not affecting anyone in the states.

WOm, you're more full of excrement than a thanksgiving turkey.

[wombat2u2004]

There's no truth in what you're spreading. THere's corruption in every human endeavor, Unions ar eno different, because people run Unions.

However, the line of BS you're spewing, that all Unions, Union members and Officers are part and parcel of corrupt practices is about as true as your statements about your insurance fraud not affecting anyone in the states.

WOm, you're more full of excrement than a thanksgiving turkey.

All unions ?? union members, officers ??? Where did I say that ???
Or do you ASSUME just like your two other goat mates ???
I think you've had TOO MUCH thanksgiving turkey !!!!

[Bonny]

All unions ?? union members, officers ??? Where did I say that ???
Or do you ASSUME just like your two other goat mates ???
I think you've had TOO MUCH thanksgiving turkey !!!!

Gobble! Gobble! What ever happened to Henry Hoffa? :eek:

[Lady's Human]

Now I'm truly confused...

I've had many, many arguments with Liz and ES on political issues. Now that there's a small sense that we're coming from the same side on one issue, we're mates?

Wom, you're nothing more than a braying donkey. (My apologies to anyone who owns a Donkey for a pet)