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Random Thoughts.....What are you thinking?
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By Anna Ruthven 2016-06-15 07:19:38
when did we get a discord channel? o.0 I was a VIP when we got it...so like, last November-ish? I am the queen of this discord chat.
feel my wraith No. You are being a poo poo.
By Jetackuu 2016-06-15 07:27:46
Finally got the adapter for this so I could hook it up and see it it works... it does! The pen is jacked though, hoping to find a way to make the one from my Intuos work with it.
Do you need a copy of M$ office sir?
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By Grumpy Cat 2016-06-15 07:31:41
Do you need a copy of M$ office sir? Naw, I'm converted to Google Docs already.
Also in the world of a tech today:
If you are a human being who uses a Windows based machine for any reason, work, fun, whatever, you should know the second Tuesday of every month is a patch day. That means your *** needs to not rely on a server doing updates overnight, you need to get your lazy shitass to your computer 30 minutes early to run updates just in case something with your update servers borked. My sympathy in this regard is extremely minimal.
That being said I have gotten like 20 calls today because our updates didn't all happen overnight and now people are running into them at now o'clock.
By Jetackuu 2016-06-15 07:33:48
Eh, if I were running a WSUS I wouldn't have any M$ stuff autopush when they push theirs, I'd individually research and test each one before pushing house wide.
But I'm insane, so...
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By Sylph.Shadowlina 2016-06-15 07:42:47
when did we get a discord channel? o.0 I was a VIP when we got it...so like, last November-ish? I am the queen of this discord chat.
feel my wraith No. You are being a poo poo. thats what i do best.
being a poo...
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By Grumpy Cat 2016-06-15 07:48:01
Eh, if I were running a WSUS I wouldn't have any M$ stuff autopush when they push theirs, I'd individually research and test each one before pushing house wide.
But I'm insane, so...
I honestly don't think our WSUS is configured correctly at this point (feels like about 1 month ago we had the Windows 10 upgrade panic). I think our PLAN though is that we do security updates only, and the other stuff does get reviewed.
By Jetackuu 2016-06-15 07:50:39
Eh, if I were running a WSUS I wouldn't have any M$ stuff autopush when they push theirs, I'd individually research and test each one before pushing house wide.
But I'm insane, so...
I honestly don't think our WSUS is configured correctly at this point (feels like about 1 month ago we had the Windows 10 upgrade panic). I think our PLAN though is that we do security updates only, and the other stuff does get reviewed.
From the sounds of it, it isn't.
Using SCCM as well?
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By Grumpy Cat 2016-06-15 07:53:13
Eh, if I were running a WSUS I wouldn't have any M$ stuff autopush when they push theirs, I'd individually research and test each one before pushing house wide.
But I'm insane, so...
I honestly don't think our WSUS is configured correctly at this point (feels like about 1 month ago we had the Windows 10 upgrade panic). I think our PLAN though is that we do security updates only, and the other stuff does get reviewed.
From the sounds of it, it isn't.
Using SCCM as well?
I think they are, but none of that is really stuff I touch (I'm still a level 1 tech). Me, I just say I will let someone know and continue loading desktops onto this cart so I can move us into our much smaller office.
By Yatenkou 2016-06-15 07:53:36
Eh, if I were running a WSUS I wouldn't have any M$ stuff autopush when they push theirs, I'd individually research and test each one before pushing house wide.
But I'm insane, so...
I honestly don't think our WSUS is configured correctly at this point (feels like about 1 month ago we had the Windows 10 upgrade panic). I think our PLAN though is that we do security updates only, and the other stuff does get reviewed.
From the sounds of it, it isn't.
Using SCCM as well?
I love SCCM....when it works.
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By Grumpy Cat 2016-06-15 08:08:42
I think the big problem with these schools (maybe the same everywhere) is there really is no planning or testing.
Even when there is planning, it doesn't matter. We ordered 300+ chromebooks and were told to have them ready in August. The school only ordered the hardware, no licenses. I started inventorying them and putting them in carts. Once someone saw they were in carts we were suddenly told to get them licensed and have 150 ready to go by the first week of June.
Another district I know of order 50 $15,000 touch screen giant monitors to replace their interactive whiteboard/projectors. These run on android OS, which hardly anyone is familiar with, no one measured rooms. No one questioned how the teachers will use current computers along with them, how to make data available to both the local machines and the android OS built into the display...
Oh and, upgrade us to Windows 10 this summer, don't care if anyone likes it or just got used to 8 or that 7 is still better/supported.
I hate that we are not actually system administrators here, we are just "support" staff, so we get NO say in how things like that go down.
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By Jetackuu 2016-06-15 08:14:20
/comfort
That is the downside but hey.
By Kittykite 2016-06-15 09:25:05
when did we get a discord channel? o.0 I was a VIP when we got it...so like, last November-ish? I am the Mary Poppins of this discord chat.
feel my wraith
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By Bismarck.Dracondria 2016-06-15 09:28:29
By Yatenkou 2016-06-15 09:35:27
/comfort
That is the downside but hey.
When I used to work for my uni's IT group, we tried time and time again to get SCCM to work, but every time it tried to do automatic windows updates (As we use deep freeze) boot loops! And I had to go in and fix everything!
Basically, I hated SCCM
By Jetackuu 2016-06-15 09:36:54
Well deep freeze is annoying, so yeah.
By Yatenkou 2016-06-15 09:38:00
Well deep freeze is annoying, so yeah.
I mean I get that it's really needed where I live since students have the computer IQ of an empty roll of toilet paper.
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By Grumpy Cat 2016-06-15 09:39:55
I love some of the end of the year tickets that come in.
"Over the summer can you remount my projector, it has been too low all year and kids can't see it well."
Why didn't you say anything all year? We could have easily adjusted it to fit the screen. -_-
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By Jetackuu 2016-06-15 09:42:08
Yeah, it has it's perks, but as it's so invasive getting it to work with automatic updates and everything can be a real pain.
Then there's implementation, and hoping the person who set it up isn't a moron, or actually cares about their work, which is often not the case.
By Yatenkou 2016-06-15 09:43:45
I love some of the end of the year tickets that come in.
"Over the summer can you remount my projector, it has been too low all year and kids can't see it well."
Why didn't you say anything all year? We could have easily adjusted it to fit the screen. -_-
Oh my personal favorites are when the science department went in like "Hey we've had an issue with this projector, about 5 days ago it stopped working and we don't know what the problem is we tried several different things and nothing is working
Turns out the problem was they didn't hit duplicate on the desktop.
They're not supposed to touch equipment that isn't theirs, and I've wanted to smack one of the science department people in particular forever. But thankfully I don't work IT at that school anymore.
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By Leon Kasai 2016-06-15 09:49:30
Cooler confirmed.
Tail-less Frieza confirmed.
Namek explodes in "5 minutes" confirmed.
Also
>Conton City will be 7x bigger than Tokitoki City
>players can't fly at first; you have to earn that ability as you level up (no news on whether this is in-battle too, or just in the city)
>players that can't fly can use hoverboards to get around faster
>there are some kind of "schools" in the city (likely there to replace/add to the mentor system)
>more local multiplayer options (finally you can fight somewhere other than the tournament stage)
>each playable race has different rewards for each mission
>60 fps across all platforms
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By Jetackuu 2016-06-15 09:55:21
Tail looks a good bit too long.
By Jetackuu 2016-06-15 09:55:50
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By fonewear 2016-06-15 09:58:34
$6 Shirts customer service pretty much told me to pay more for shipping next time if I want it in a timely manner...
I just wanted to send you guys a quick message to let you know that your poor choice in shipping has cost you any further business with myself or anyone I would have referred to you.
I placed my order over a week ago and DHL hasn't even made it into my state. Meanwhile my girlfriend ordered shirts from a similar website based in California 4 days AFTER I placed my order and already received hers. We apologize for any delay. We offer three different shipping options within the U.S. and unfortunately postal delivery is not a guaranteed method of shipment. Transit with the postal service is 3 to 8 business days anywhere in the U.S., UPS ground to your location is 3 to 4 business days and 2nd day air is 2 business days to anywhere in the U.S. If you would like to receive an order faster in the future we suggest using UPS ground or 2nd day air as we cannot guarantee the speed of postal service. Let us know if you have any other questions. Laci,
Thank you for the completely unhelpful and unsympathetic reply. See the issue I am having here is that I selected the USPS shipping option, which you said is 3-8 days. However what you did was ship it via a third party, DHL, who took 8 days just to get it as far as New Jersey (I am in upstate NY). DHL then dumped it off at the post office in NJ for something called "the last mile", a program where USPS generally take a package the last few miles for the actual delivery. This is not typically used for an entire state. In these cases USPS typically make NO money for performing this service, which is counter-intuitive to my picking USPS as a shipping method. You see my mother is a Postmaster, so I try and support USPS any chance I can (this is why I know how things like last mile work).
Now I do not think the shipping delays are your fault. That is because DHL are a shitty company. HOWEVER, I am sure you know the phrase about birds of a feather. The fact that your company CHOSE to use DHL whether it was because it was cheaper or more convenient. That is on YOU.
So I don't appreciate the customer service response of "you should have picked a faster shipping method" when you didn't even provide the shipping method I selected and paid for.
Edit I thought you lived in NJ I was going to start a gofundme for you to get the hell out of NJ !
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By Leon Kasai 2016-06-15 10:01:33
Tail looks a good bit too long. Looks fine to me.
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By Bismarck.Dracondria 2016-06-15 10:04:19
I think he meant when the tail was cut off
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By Shiva.Nikolce 2016-06-15 10:22:44
I've wanted to smack one of the science department people in particular forever. But thankfully I don't work IT at that school anymore.
then you should drive back there at once and give him a full force open palm slap right upside his head...
it's the only way that you'll have closure...
if your ninja skills are rusty just don't forget to give your mom some cash to make your bail...
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By Leon Kasai 2016-06-15 10:41:29
Bismarck.Dracondria said: »I think he meant when the tail was cut off Yeah, it's likely to do with not having to make a new moveset for a minor cosmetic change. Frieza uses his tail in some of his combos iirc.
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By Sylph.Shadowlina 2016-06-15 10:43:06
... That feeling when you find out they extended the brave exvius maint by 4 hours.
RIP
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This is a thread that I found on another website I post at. It can be really really interesting. I thought it deserved a place here.
Post your random thoughts for the day here, or anything else that intrigues you.
For starters, is it possible to give constructive critism to someone who doesn't have a neck? I totally just walked by a girl who didn't. Someone isn't getting a necklace for Valentines day!
And who decided black and white can't be colors? I want to say a racist. I really do.
Inb4thisthreadgetsreallywtf
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