Post by: Paddy on June 14, 2007, 09:36:10 AM
Post by: mtnbkr on June 14, 2007, 09:39:56 AM
Chris
Post by: ConfuseUs on June 14, 2007, 09:40:10 AM
Post by: charby on June 14, 2007, 09:46:36 AM
I multitask. I do other things while dropping a post in here from time to time. In addition, a large portion of my job is waiting for something to happen. My systems are stable and happy, as are my customers (happy that is, some aren't quite stable). It's a mature project, there isn't much going on.
Chris
Chris
Same here... IT is a lot of click a mouse, hurry up and wait, click again. I am usually working on 2-5 computers at any given time
-C
Post by: K Frame on June 14, 2007, 09:46:42 AM
"My systems are stable and happy..."
Ever notice how an admin's systems are usually the polar opposite of himself?
Post by: mtnbkr on June 14, 2007, 09:50:15 AM
Same here... IT is a lot of click a mouse, hurry up and wait, click again.
It gets even worse if you're doing IT for the govt. Tasks that can take 5 minutes take days or weeks because of red tape.
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Ever notice how an admin's systems are usually the polar opposite of himself?
What's your point? <twitch>Chris
Post by: Ex-MA Hole on June 14, 2007, 09:55:32 AM
but, with rare exception, I am a professional scapegoat, and have large amounts
of spare time on my hands. Posting here keeps me under the radar and out of trouble.
(Was that neutral enough?)
Post by: Tallpine on June 14, 2007, 09:56:26 AM
Actually, I'm part-time right now, so I'm waiting for some work to do. And then I spent a couple hours this morning mowing the driveway.
Time now to go sit on the porch
Post by: Brad Johnson on June 14, 2007, 09:59:56 AM
Brad
Post by: onions! on June 14, 2007, 10:00:54 AM
No ringy=ta ta ta toooo much time one my hands.
Post by: cosine on June 14, 2007, 10:01:58 AM
Post by: Gewehr98 on June 14, 2007, 10:02:08 AM
Post by: RadioFreeSeaLab on June 14, 2007, 10:13:46 AM
I multitask. I do other things while dropping a post in here from time to time. In addition, a large portion of my job is waiting for something to happen. My systems are stable and happy, as are my customers (happy that is, some aren't quite stable). It's a mature project, there isn't much going on.
Chris
Chris
Same here... IT is a lot of click a mouse, hurry up and wait, click again. I am usually working on 2-5 computers at any given time
-C
Yep, me too.
Today is a hurry up and wait day. All the big projects are done, just answering the occasional "OH CRAP WHAT HAPPENED?!" phone call.
Post by: Cromlech on June 14, 2007, 10:21:50 AM
Post by: The Viking on June 14, 2007, 10:28:00 AM
Post by: BrokenPaw on June 14, 2007, 10:31:15 AM
Quote from: charby
Same here... IT is a lot of click a mouse, hurry up and wait, click again. I am usually working on 2-5 computers at any given time
Lightweight. There's only so much literary interest that can be gleaned from watching a massive compile. Again. Or watching a test run 50 million iterations. Again.
Thus, a diversion.
-BP
Post by: HankB on June 14, 2007, 10:46:37 AM
Often I'm running a long optimization on my computer, so while it's crunching numbers I either do some paperwork, hit the lab, or visit APS.
Post by: MechAg94 on June 14, 2007, 10:53:56 AM
Post by: K Frame on June 14, 2007, 10:56:17 AM
Think you can pick the twitch rate up a tad?
I want to mix a milkshake and the machine is broken...
Post by: Ron on June 14, 2007, 11:05:53 AM
I have been a layabout good for nothing ever since.
Just recently thought about going out and buying a van and becoming a man with a truck. I'm in HVAC and have plenty of contacts to get the ball rolling. Not sure if I even want to do that.
I can probably make it through the summer without working but the money I set aside for this little break is going faster than planned.
Sometime after next week I am going to make the decision, part time job to stem the bleeding or buy the truck and venture out on my own.
In the meanwhile I'm heading to Florida to visit my Mom and sister.
Post by: Paddy on June 14, 2007, 11:07:22 AM
That explains it...........
Post by: Fly320s on June 14, 2007, 11:26:49 AM
Good grief, man, pilots don't work!!
Post by: Jamisjockey on June 14, 2007, 11:55:46 AM
HTH do you get away with posting on forums all day?
I don't. I quit my fulltime job in November. Now I'm stay-at-home dad....my sugar mama does all the work
Post by: mountainclmbr on June 14, 2007, 12:01:28 PM
Post by: Monkeyleg on June 14, 2007, 12:22:59 PM
I guess there must be a lot of IT people into guns, because traffic to my website peaks in the afternoon, then drops off in the evening and on weekends.
Post by: Sindawe on June 14, 2007, 12:52:07 PM
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I have been a layabout good for nothing ever since.
Ahhh yes. Short-timers syndrome. I love that. Great feeling to be able to look about at all the blood on the floors, walls, ceiling and other operators and say "Gee, what a mess. Poor Jo." rather than getting upset about it.
Post by: Matthew Carberry on June 14, 2007, 01:50:08 PM
I'm not wearing pants right now.
Post by: Fly320s on June 14, 2007, 01:52:18 PM
Post by: Monkeyleg on June 14, 2007, 01:55:00 PM
This thread is definitely better off without pictures!
Post by: Matthew Carberry on June 14, 2007, 02:02:19 PM
I hope you don't have a vinyl chair.
I do, and I don't have to worry about sliding off.
Post by: crt360 on June 14, 2007, 02:39:17 PM
Post by: Paddy on June 14, 2007, 02:42:36 PM
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Got myself unemployed at the beginning of the month,
'Excessive internet usage'?http://www.armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=1210.msg17320#msg17320
Post by: Matthew Carberry on June 14, 2007, 03:04:52 PM
I have all sorts of bad work habits in the line before internet usage.
Post by: Perd Hapley on June 14, 2007, 03:09:14 PM
Post by: Tallpine on June 14, 2007, 03:13:57 PM
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OK I get it. Most of you are IT people.
Nope, I write software. That's different than IT. The IT guys are responsible for keeping my computer running smooth
Don't worry - it's not any s/w that you are likely to see, unless you work on jet aircraft engines.
If I start getting scarce, then you will know I got busy. In the meantime, I mowed about a 1/4 mile of 12-14' wide driveway today with a walk-behind mower (grass and weeds a couple feet tall). I also got our colt putting two front feet in the trailer reliably. Learning to sit a trot bareback, too. Yeah, I'm just a lazy bum.
Post by: Matthew Carberry on June 14, 2007, 03:17:39 PM
And, he's ugly.
Goes without saying.
Post by: tyme on June 14, 2007, 04:50:41 PM
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Nope, I write software. That's different than IT. The IT guys are responsible for keeping my computer running smooth
You coders write the code that runs on your computers... if it doesn't run smoothly, whose fault is that, really?
Post by: grampster on June 14, 2007, 05:30:45 PM
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Post by: charby on June 14, 2007, 05:56:39 PM
Got myself unemployed at the beginning of the month, start the new one in a couple weeks.
I'm not wearing pants right now.
I'm not wearing pants right now.
Where does that line come from? One of the guys from my fraternity uses it from time to time.
Post by: Matthew Carberry on June 14, 2007, 06:06:08 PM
Got myself unemployed at the beginning of the month, start the new one in a couple weeks.
I'm not wearing pants right now.
I'm not wearing pants right now.
Where does that line come from? One of the guys from my fraternity uses it from time to time.
I don't know, I think I just came up with it.
-edit-
Nope, googled it.
It's from the Kentucky Fried Movie
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Newscaster: I'm not wearing any pants. Film at eleven.
Post by: Phyphor on June 14, 2007, 06:15:17 PM
I hope you don't have a vinyl chair.
I do, and I don't have to worry about sliding off.
Just...just...just...
the shear wrong of this... I can't....
JFC!
Post by: Headless Thompson Gunner on June 14, 2007, 06:38:25 PM
Circumstances have changed and I no longer have that job. I frequent these forums much less often now that the time comes out of my pocket.
Post by: charby on June 14, 2007, 07:17:52 PM
I'm in front of this computer pretty much all day. About 4 pm, I'll take a break to visit APS and THR, then go back to work again for a while, then shut the computer down.
I guess there must be a lot of IT people into guns, because traffic to my website peaks in the afternoon, then drops off in the evening and on weekends.
I guess there must be a lot of IT people into guns, because traffic to my website peaks in the afternoon, then drops off in the evening and on weekends.
Derelict computers are just begging to be shot. Hard drive carnage!
Post by: meinbruder on June 14, 2007, 10:14:00 PM
Some days are spent within earshot of the computer waiting for closing opportunities; APS is my window into a rational world. If one can call all of you folks rational that is. <Maybe not fistful.>
}:)>
Post by: Tallpine on June 15, 2007, 07:52:23 AM
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You coders write the code that runs on your computers... if it doesn't run smoothly, whose fault is that, really?
I don't write the operating system, nor the myriad applications (mostly Microslop) that we must use. Neither do I make the hardware nor set up the network access.
I doubt the IT guys know an "object" from a "for loop" - but they perform a useful and necessary task. I was just pointing out that the two are entirely different occupations, regardless of the fact that computers are involved in both.
Post by: Moondoggie on June 15, 2007, 09:57:26 AM
I only drive my truck during a 48 hr period every week..600 mi out, 600 mi back.
Our nest is empty.
I post between bouts of reloading, lawn & garden care, channel surfing, banging around in the kitchen, taking a nap, or whatever else strikes my fancy 5 days a week.
Not only may I not be wearing any pants right now, I could be buck naked. Could also be buck naked while I'm rolling down the highway in my 18 wheeler...there's no law against it.
No, there are no pictures available.
Post by: Matthew Carberry on June 15, 2007, 10:28:42 AM
Guy: "I'm not ashamed of my body."
Seinfeld: "There's the problem. You should be."
Post by: jnojr on June 15, 2007, 01:43:44 PM
HTH do you get away with posting on forums all day?
My monitor faces away from my office door. I face towards the door.
Post by: Balog on June 17, 2007, 05:14:36 PM
"Summertime, and the livin' is easy..."
Awesome song Cosine; one of my favorite Sublime toons.
Post by: cosine on June 17, 2007, 05:27:42 PM
"Summertime, and the livin' is easy..."
Awesome song Cosine; one of my favorite Sublime toons.
Huh? I'm thinking of the Gershwin tune from Porgy and Bess. Sublime toons? You lost me.
Post by: Balog on June 17, 2007, 06:02:15 PM
Post by: Chuck Dye on June 17, 2007, 06:22:27 PM
Me? I am almost exclusively a weekend visitor.
Post by: Paddy on June 18, 2007, 05:20:19 AM
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Riley's time of day stats are heavily loaded in normal working hours.
Huck Phinn busted me. I am an unemployed bum. I'm looking for a job, though. Honest. 
Post by: Matthew Carberry on June 18, 2007, 10:04:34 AM
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Riley's time of day stats are heavily loaded in normal working hours.
Huck Phinn busted me. I am an unemployed bum. I'm looking for a job, though. Honest. You and me both baby! Just waiting on the unemployment checks to start rolling in so I can buy me some Steel Reserve.
Post by: Paddy on June 18, 2007, 05:58:09 PM
Post by: Matthew Carberry on June 18, 2007, 06:05:11 PM
Post by: Paddy on June 18, 2007, 06:15:39 PM
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Tight market there?
Somewhat, but that's not my particular problem. I'm a graduate accountant, although not a CPA, so I can find work. I was fired by CHW in August of 2005 for 'excessive internet usage'. It was really just an excuse, and the guy who fired me was soon thereafter fired for being totally incompetent. Both my parents passed away in April 2005 and I was having a rough year.In Oct 2005, I discovered a lump under my jaw, which was not diagnosed as cancer until Feb 2006. I spent the balance of 2006 in treatment (surgery, radiation, chemo) and am now fully recovered. I have however started to drink again after some 30 years sober. So I'm on a sidetrip.
Post by: Matthew Carberry on June 18, 2007, 06:20:11 PM
Take care of yourself, I can't say I "know what you're going through" but I know I get worse the longer I don't have a job to get to.
Post by: Tallpine on June 19, 2007, 05:12:28 AM
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I'm a graduate accountant, although not a CPA, so I can find work.
Yeah, I suppose ... there were some things they didn't teach in college when I got my accounting degree (top of my class, 1995). One of those is that the accounting industry has a special term for "honest accountant".
They call them "unemployed".
I didn't go the CPA route either, because I had a wife and 2 young children and didn't want to spend most of two years on the road doing audits.
Post by: 280plus on June 20, 2007, 01:56:25 PM
Post by: jselvy on June 21, 2007, 06:23:55 AM
Jefferson