Only a fire extinguisher? I was expecting the safety catch on the window.
BOFH: The Boss pulled the plug on our AI, so we pulled the pin on him
BOFH logo telephone with devil's horns "What's that?" the Boss asks, looking at a video on the PFY's screen. "That's our new AI remote diagnostics," I reply. "What's it doing?" "It's walking over to its printer." "Its printer?" "Yeah, it's one of our users. There's some paper jam they want us to sort out, so we've got …
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Friday 1st November 2024 10:39 GMT KarMann
I think the 'particular user' that Elon Musk (for short) meant was the one with the 'AI remote diagnostic tool' and the fire extinguisher, not the Boss. Expendability may be a variable with greater standard deviation, amongst the pool of (l)users.
And I'm sure BofH knows all about their deviations, from their browser histories, emails, etc.
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Friday 25th October 2024 22:12 GMT DS999
Only a fire extinguisher? I was expecting the safety catch on the window
If the boss is smart he will have previously had his windows rendered inoperable to avoid "accidents" that seem to befall so many in the company. So the next step the remote AI dictated to the user was likely to be "throw fire extinguisher through window"...
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Friday 25th October 2024 10:40 GMT jonsg
Re: Sun
"Bad news. You're being decommissioned."
"Oh, we're finally getting rid of those old clunky Sun servers and thirty-year-old printers, and getting upgraded! Couldn't happen a moment sooner."
"No. You're being decommissioned."
"What, ALL the equipment?"
"No. You're being decommissioned."
"Oh."
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Friday 25th October 2024 17:14 GMT Roger Kynaston
Re: Sun (and printers)
Ooh the memories! My first proper sysadmin gig was at a now defunct uni and they used to redesign the registration form every year. Bear in mind it was multi-part carbon and had to be printed on a huge dot-matrix jobby. Persuading it to print the form properly took up most of August!
I do miss Sun but not that.
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Monday 28th October 2024 04:44 GMT Hazmoid
Re: Sun (and printers)
My first sysadmin role was managing a Sun system containing a major herbarium database . At the time, all the specimens had labels printed ( from the sun system) with bar codes for ease of cataloguing.
I was constantly tweaking the form for the labels to allow for different fields and lengths of information.
So long ago I have forgotten most of it and the building is no longer standing.
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Friday 25th October 2024 15:29 GMT My other car WAS an IAV Stryker
"Pull the pin"
I expected said pin to lead to something a bit more... explosive (see icon), particularly on a grenade.
Of course, you're invited to check my handle again and remember who my primary customer is, plus many of my coworkers over the years are ex-military.
Or maybe I'm just channeling MythBusters: "Jamie want big boom." I may look more like Mr. Savage (with goatee) but act more like Mr. Hyneman.
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Saturday 26th October 2024 20:05 GMT Pete 2
Paper jam
Tear paper into small pieces
Place in saucepan with a little water
Bring to the boil
Add sugar
Continue to boil
After 15 minutes, see if the liquid thickens on the back of a spoon
If not continue boiling for a little longer, until it does
When ready, remove saucepan from heat
Pour contents into printer
Call support line and tell them you have a paper jam in your printer
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Thursday 31st October 2024 12:49 GMT Prst. V.Jeltz
"Yes, but it doesn't stop there. The database also takes into account the caller, their call history, previous issues with the printer, the caller's department, where the device may have been deployed previously etc. all to come up with a most likely scenario for the problem concerned."
As a veteran of too long on the frontline I concur that is a very sound policy