Magus is employed again
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Hey guys, I have a new job. You would not BELIEVE all the red flags! They've got XML with logic here! They even have a language so old that it didn't have a competitor when it was designed!
But they seem to have a team devoted to wtfstomping, which helped to remove the abject terror I'd been feeling. Hopefully I get a computer at some point.
Wish me luck!
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Congrats @mangus.
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Who's @magnus?
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I don't know who @maguns is.
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you really don't know @magsun?
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Magnus:
Grand Magus:
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What about the L4D2 @magnum
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And @magnus is either a Electro or a Metal band ...
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Are we talking about @magnum
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That one works for me, although I usually by the double chocolate rather than the classic.
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For all the retro gamers among us:
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Beat me to it, AGAIN!
*shakes fist*
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That was fast
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Grand Nagus:
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That's the one!
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Sometimes the train spontaneously pops into existence miles away from any railroad tracks and had no chance at ever being railed.
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Are we talking about @magnum
@magnum?
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Bitch, almond all the way.
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Hey, I haven't suggested involving any organic matter anywhere in my post. I left that bit to natural selection.
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magus?
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The cool thing about magus is that in Japanese he's just maou which is the Japanese word for demon lord the kind heroes always go beat in games and in the new one they just call him the Fiendlord and that's cool and stuff.
But anyway, still no computer.
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The cool thing about magus is that in Japanese he's just maou which is the Japanese word for
http://thelicenseplatesite.com/1images/504bf07f421cc09082012202727.jpg
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Uh oh. What kind of shirt is the bearded guy at the desk behind yours wearing?
Note he may currently be in the crapper.
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White.
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That's what she said!
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Computer arrived! BitLocker has been running for the past hour, and moved 1%. Just 65 to go!
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Computer arrived! BitLocker has been running for the past hour, and moved 1%. Just 65 to go!
It only goes up to 66% ?
What is that, the minor number of the beast?
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All our work desktop PC's have bitlocker on them. You can never be too careful...
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You can never be too careful...
You should wear a raincoat in the office. The sprinklers could go off at any moment.
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But actually, it's fine, because there's a shared xlsx on the network which has all of the bitlocker GUIDs recorded in it.
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How did you get into my office? Security!
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But actually, it's fine, because there's a shared xlsx on the network which has all of the bitlocker GUIDs recorded in it.
Are there Post-Its on all of the servers with their passwords? You can never be too careful, someone could forget those.
Also, tape a key to the door just in case all of them get lost.
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I like to leave the key just inside the lock, there, so it's convenient for the next legitimate user...
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One morning I could not find my keys anywhere. I turned over every cushion, looked through the laundry, etc. Finally, I go look in the car, even though...how would I get in the house if I left the keys in the car? Open the door and there are my keys...in the lock.
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there's a shared xlsx on the network which has all of the bitlocker GUIDs recorded in it.
As I own a company that provides IT support for small businesses...I think I have seen it all. You know, until next week when I will see the next worst thing.
Passwords taped to machines (why fucking bother? Just have no password...)
Server closets that also hold all of the cleaning supplies, on more than one occasion those cleaning supplies were on shelves in the server rack. Good idea, let's put caustic liquids over top of UPS's. What could go wrong?
Businesses with the most insane passwords on all of their systems and you can guarantee that in the top drawer of someone's desk there will be a sheet of paper with all of them printed out.
To most people, the illusion of security is more important than actual security. Just like the night I left my keys in the door. ;)
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Yes, it is a laptop. Apparently IT closed the lid partway through encryption, starting me at ~30%
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Server closets that also hold all of the cleaning supplies, on more than one occasion those cleaning supplies were on shelves in the server rack. Good idea, let's put caustic liquids over top of UPS's. What could go wrong?
Yo.
Yo.
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That does not scale to 42U and you would not want to put anything but the smallest UPS in one of those...
They are crazy handy though, and crazy expensive for their size.
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That does not scale to 42U and you would not want to put anything but the smallest UPS in one of those...
No room that holds 42U's of servers should also hold a mop.
Those cabinets are handy as hell for old buildings that can't be remodeled, though.
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Are there Post-Its on all of the servers with their passwords? You can never be too careful, someone could forget those.
Back in the early 90s, the place where I worked required users to change their passwords every 30 days. All of the secretaries had their passwords on the first card in their rolodex, and the sysadmin had resorted to using a combination of the month and year as her password.
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Back in the early 90s, the place where I worked required users to change their passwords every 30 days. All of the secretaries had their passwords on the first card in their rolodex, and the sysadmin had resorted to using a combination of the month and year as her password.
When I worked for Pyxis (which is now apparently CareFusion?) their passwords for their machines were a function of MMHHDDMM which the first several (hundred) times you put it in were very slow, causing the minute to roll over just as you were hitting Enter. That sucked...
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CareFusion
CareFusion ... Why is that familiar?
Oh, the company I work for handles their shipping. We also do their warehousing in CA. Couple fun facts:
- They still use Pyxis to identify most of their warehouse lots.
- They were part of Cardinal Health when we picked up the contract. When CareFusion spun off, they chose to keep using us, but Cardinal Health did not.
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I spent about 3 years working for them as a backup field tech. Good part-time job, met a lot of cute nurses and pharmacy techs. The pay was surprisingly good also. In a lot of ways, it was my start in IT.
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Passwords taped to machines (why fucking bother? Just have no password...)
Once someone has physical access to your computer it's already pwned. That's why my main PC is in a locked room and I just vpn into it
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That's why my main PC is in a locked room and I just vpn into it
Do you wear a belt and suspenders also? Does your office have one of those 'Mission:Impossible' floors? If so, have you properly secured the overhead air ducts? I would hate for a Scientologist dwarf to overcome all of your safety measures...
