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tod
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response 113 of 252:
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Mar 18 23:48 UTC 2019 |
Hang in there
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kentn
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response 114 of 252:
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Mar 19 03:05 UTC 2019 |
Thanks, Tod. So far we are making some progress. Lots of changes
at the last minute, lots of comments to fix, etc. But, we've got
people working on things even though they aren't doing very well with
their programming (we move some things to others who have more time or
experience so that things might get done on time). Many hands make
light work out the impossible sometimes. We'll see. Why in the world
can't people be more about problem-solving than blaming, I don't know.
One of the best jobs I ever had was had a culture of problem-solving and
trying to make sure things got fixed and didn't happen again, rather
than trying to find blame. Oh well. The idea is if we can get our
validation programs working now, they might work, without much change,
when we get to the end of this thing. It is a Byzantine system and set
up we have to work in and that confuses people a lot. I'll be working on
training for it in month so we can get people off to a better start and
provide more guidance when they hit snags. Unfortunately the system is
one that can take years to learn the details of (long learning curve).
I've been working in it for a total of 10 years now.
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papa
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response 115 of 252:
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Mar 25 22:57 UTC 2019 |
resp:113
tod, I apologize (to you and everyone) for posting a private message here,
but I haven't recieved a reply to e-mails sent to both tod@grex.org and
treasurer@cyberspace.org, and I know you follow this conference item.
I made a PayPal payment for a 1-year membership back in December, but my
name is still not on the members list. Someone told me you are the Grex
treasurer responsible for handling membership payments. Please let me
know if there's anything more you need me to do to process this.
I'm sad because I'm not a Grex member.
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tod
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response 116 of 252:
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Mar 26 18:09 UTC 2019 |
I'll look into this for you. Thansk for bringing it up.
I have no idea where those email addresses are forwarding to.
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papa
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response 117 of 252:
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Mar 26 23:06 UTC 2019 |
resp:116
Thanks! Let me know if there's any information you need.
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kentn
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response 118 of 252:
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Mar 30 20:15 UTC 2019 |
If the payment came to PayPal, that account used to email some people,
including me. If I knew about things like this I'd usually fix them
up right away. But I don't get the e-mails any more and it's harder
for me to find out what is going on, and work has been a hellish mess,
so I haven't dug into things further. The people that get e-mails
when there's a status change in PayPal is an option on the account, I
think. At the very least, treasurer@grex.org should be in the list.
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papa
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response 119 of 252:
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Mar 31 12:36 UTC 2019 |
cross got my membership fixed-up. Thanks! I'm not sad anymore.
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tfurrows
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response 120 of 252:
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Apr 9 13:23 UTC 2019 |
Grex seems to be having network problems, which makes me :(
I'm not sure what's going on, which makes me more :(
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cross
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response 121 of 252:
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Apr 9 14:13 UTC 2019 |
It seems to be ok now, but yeah, something was really bad about
an hour ago.
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papa
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response 122 of 252:
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Apr 13 10:28 UTC 2019 |
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kentn
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response 123 of 252:
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Jul 18 01:06 UTC 2019 |
Work continues to be a real mess. Now we have a lot of programmers
who don't check their program logs and then we have errors and warnings
all over the place. It's taking time to fix, and of course the timelines
got over a month shorter last week, so it's like the client is trying to
work us to death. But, the log issues are ours to fix, unfortunately.
Not sure what to say other than they push people too hard to get things
done in a short time and then people start skipping steps. I've been
preaching about log checks now for 4 weeks and it's still happening.
I guess people like playing with the manager to see if he notices (he
does). Next will be 1:1s to see what is going on and if it keeps
happening it will become a performance issue. I hope it doesn't go that
far. I have one programmer who doesn't like unix and can't deal with it
although the rest are fine with what they need to do on the server. He
refused to let me show him how to make it easier (shell features,
aliases, and simple editor).
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bwh
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response 124 of 252:
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Jul 18 01:33 UTC 2019 |
"doesn't like unix" ... "refused ... to make it easier". My guess is that
person is either just frustrated or hates to accept something they griped
about is just different not bad. A gentle nudge may be in order.
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kentn
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response 125 of 252:
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Jul 18 02:10 UTC 2019 |
Yeah. We were told by the client to do everything on the unix server
and this basically forces him to work there. I'll see where he's at
tomorrow, mentally, and if he wants I can get him set up so he can work
reasonably well from the command line. It is a requirement of his job,
so he'll need to adapt and find a way to do his work.
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tod
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response 126 of 252:
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Jul 18 03:09 UTC 2019 |
Can you tie log checks into log feeds to some sort of alert automation?
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kentn
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response 127 of 252:
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Jul 18 22:57 UTC 2019 |
It's difficult with the system we use to do anything after then run in
an automated way. We can't change the system, for one thing. However,
we can check all the logs in a directory with one of my scripts quite
easily.
Again, we are dealing unix and the majority don't want to deal with it,
and that includes running scripts.
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papa
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response 128 of 252:
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Jul 20 08:35 UTC 2019 |
ISB it's been fifty years since humanity first set foot on the Moon and
nobody's been back in forty-seven years.
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tod
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response 129 of 252:
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Jul 21 05:20 UTC 2019 |
Artemis will change that
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walkman
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response 130 of 252:
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Jul 24 22:31 UTC 2019 |
It's totally normal for rocket thrust to appear like glitter.
https://tinyurl.com/yxw4szng
I truly believe that fuel melts steel girders too.
tag: unicorns, rainbows, morethantwogenders
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tod
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response 131 of 252:
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Jul 25 18:23 UTC 2019 |
re #130
Same studio as this
https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/1/space
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9-andrea-gatti.jpg
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bwh
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response 132 of 252:
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Jul 28 00:25 UTC 2019 |
re #131 - Very phallic.
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tod
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response 133 of 252:
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Aug 1 16:54 UTC 2019 |
It's Martin Landau
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papa
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response 134 of 252:
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Aug 1 23:53 UTC 2019 |
ISB I was a big fan of Space: 1999 way back in the day, but I watched a couple
of episodes from Series 2 on UK Armed Forces TV during a recent business trip,
and have to admit they were crap. I remember Series 1 being much better,
though I'm not confident my memory will stand up to rewatching.
Same for UFO, which my memory placed even higher than Space: 1999. Good model
work, but the plot was too wonky of me to enjoy anymore. Surprisingly dark
for a 1970s TV show.
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tod
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response 135 of 252:
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Aug 6 14:31 UTC 2019 |
UFO looks interesting
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bwh
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response 136 of 252:
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Aug 6 18:43 UTC 2019 |
Netflix has Stargate Universe available. I'm moving through those now. I think
it's a great story. I really like the characters. I hear there's effort to
bring it back but I'm not sure about that. Some story lines are best told in
just a few seasons before the writers run out of original ideas and the
audience get bored.
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walkman
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response 137 of 252:
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Sep 25 11:29 UTC 2019 |
Replace the capacitors in your Commodore computers and make sure to
upgrade to new power supplies!
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