Posts by lbgr

BOFH: Get me a new data file or your manager finds out exactly what you think of him

Re: Oh the pain!

I wish you were joking. Had exactly this with a software vendor about a critical production issue. It took them ten (10) days to solve the problem; afterwards, I found the solution in their knowledge base. (No, it was not added afterwards, yes, I had searched their knowledgebase, no, I had not found this, yes, I had described the problem in great detail, it should have been easy for them to connect the dots ...)

Problem is, people with know-how cost a lot of money and thus cut into profit.

White Castle collecting burger slingers' fingerprints looks like a $17B mistake

Re: Do lawyers have fingerprints?

These types of contracts are usually signed with blood. I've heard. (My father was a lawyer)

Re: ...and just how are people expected to log into a system?

Biometrics (especially finger prints) are a bad choice for an access system. Don't know about others, but leaving your fingerprints around is *easy*. Just order greasy food and a drink at a place where they have real glasses for the beverages.

Linus Torvalds to kernel devs: Grow up and stop pulling all-nighters just before deadline

Re: Success!!!

That is a good rule - one my current supervisor implemented, too. Actually, changes are discouraged on Mondays, too, because he figured people are not always on their best on a Monday. (No, not the worse for alcohol, most of us are beyond the age of drinking through the weekend ...).

Twitter faces existential threat from world's richest techbro

He's being polite, that's why he starts his comment with an apology for disagreeing.

In my world, politeness does not diminish the worth of a comment; and a lack of politeness or outright rudeness is not the same as courage.

Have a great day.