Posts by A.P. Veening 3766 publicly visible posts • joined 15 Aug 2018
Tell that to the council drones who insist that we have to take all the stage lights down from the lighting bars every year to get them PAT tested (PATted? RAS syndrome!), plus unplugging all the servers, switches, etc...
Just make a video recording of such a council drone insisting on PAT testing such a non-portable and working stage light and make sure it fails the test, thereby making it non-working. Then tell that drone he (or his department) is now liable for the replacement as it was destroyed while undergoing a clearly unnecessary test insisted on by him. When he starts protesting, tell him you got the evidence on video and will make it public if/when necessary.
And for those on the continent, especially the Netherlands and neighbouring parts of Belgium and Germany:
Which leaves the curious bit, ie how Cisco would still have employees in Moscow. Maybe they've got some exemptions to allow a clean-up crew to remain and be paid, otherwise AFAIK they'd be in breach of the sanctions. That stuff generally gets very complicated, and very risky, ie could the remnants have contracts with Russian accountants or lawyers, or transact with Russian banks? Other countries have been pretty much ignoring sanctions and are still doing business in and with Russia, so presumably there are legal-ish workarounds.
Locals on the local pay-roll and paid from the local bank account don't violate sanctions.
You also see that at Drive Through queues as well, cars get priority over people in the store.
And people on the phone.
It was once so bad, I just used my mobile to call the restaurant and gave my order that way. When they asked where to deliver it, I gave the table number. The look on her face was priceless.
China was aiding Vietnam? I think you may have to check the history books... URSS came to the aid of Vietnam while China has managed to invade Vietnam in 1979(see the SinoV-Vietnamese war of 1979-1981). If you check, US and Vietnam have normal relations and Vietnam is the biggest benefactor of US companies seeking alternatives to China sourcing...
The Vietnamese still haven't forgotten about a thousand years of Chinese occupation.
So I'm assuming that the blameworthy user would get called "Sue" regardless of whether they were a girl or a boy?
you can be fired at any time for any reason with no recourse
The best part is the other half: You can walk at any time for any reason and the company has no recourse either and they don't like it when you use that option, especially when they need you a lot more than you need them.
And as could be predicted by everyone here at el Reg, one year the system refused to power on. Deadder than door nails. Not even clicks or heterodyne whines from the power supplies.
Oops, too late!
That is the problems with those AS/400s. They are just about immortal as long as you keep them running. Repeatedly stopping them for longer periods will kill them.
The Register 
Biting the hand that feeds IT
Copyright. All rights reserved © 1998–2023
