Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little

[Jody]

Modern devices and their inability to have a simple on switch . Many aren't labelled properly, those that are :-

do I push the button once ? Do I hold it down, for 3 seconds, 5 seconds, 2 fuggin weeks???

[Cousin Jack]

Modern devices and their inability to have a simple on switch . Many aren't labelled properly, those that are :-

do I push the button once ? Do I hold it down, for 3 seconds, 5 seconds, 2 fuggin weeks???

And when I have done the button pushing, how long do I have to wait before the light goes out?

[Yorick]

Modern devices and their inability to have a simple on switch . Many aren't labelled properly, those that are :-

do I push the button once ? Do I hold it down, for 3 seconds, 5 seconds, 2 fuggin weeks???

Recently bought a new printer. Couldn't set it up without downloading an app to my phone. Fuckers.
Even though I had the right cable to the laptop in situ.

[Yorick]

Knobhead tourists. Ours is the family resort and it's fantastic. No knobheads.

But tonight 3 pissed up kids with no shirts wandering about.
Just seen them go in 3 bars and all refused to serve them. Strict shirt rules.

Now they're all angry and shouting. Knobheads.

They'll be going home soon hopefully

[Noggin]

Weird incident with internet today. The orange box at work stopped working, so we thought ok, connect using the phone. Nope.

Not knowing what provider the office uses initially I tried to connect to my home wifi (yes, I work that close to home) that is orange. Realised that mine didn't work either

Tried to connect the office computers to the office phone, my phone, my colleague's phone - nope

So, I've ended up taking my laptop to work as weirdly, that still connects to my phone!! LOL


We are now wondering if the guys digging up the area outside the office have killed a cable!! LOL Or if I tree has fallen on a wire!! LOL


But - we wasted quite a long time trying to find a way to connect

Apparently orange will try to reconnect the office (and home stuff) by tomorrow late morning!!!

[mangocrazy]

We are now wondering if the guys digging up the area outside the office have killed a cable!! LOL

That was colloquially known as 'a paddy with a pick axe' back in the day. You could probably substitute JCB for pick axe, TBF.

[Greenman]

Modern devices and their inability to have a simple on switch . Many aren't labelled properly, those that are :-

do I push the button once ? Do I hold it down, for 3 seconds, 5 seconds, 2 fuggin weeks???

I shout at my TV daily - i have to press the on button about 20 times on the remote before it responds, so fucking annoying, and yes they are new batteries in the remote.

And when the TV does turn on i can't press any buttons for about a minute, i drives me crazy. It also likes to turn itself back on after you turn it off too, it's fucking possessed i tells ya!

Sony TV.

[Horse]

We are now wondering if the guys digging up the area outside the office have killed a cable!! LOL

That was colloquially known as 'a paddy with a pick axe' back in the day. You could probably substitute JCB for pick axe, TBF.

Technically, it has a number in TSRGD and Chapter 8

Known in the roadworks industry, the 'the paddy board'

[Count Steer]

We are now wondering if the guys digging up the area outside the office have killed a cable!! LOL

That was colloquially known as 'a paddy with a pick axe' back in the day. You could probably substitute JCB for pick axe, TBF.

Technically, it has a number in TSRGD and Chapter 8

Known in the roadworks industry, the 'the paddy board'

Ah. Warning, man struggling with umbrella.

(When they were replacing the local gas pipes there was a bit of a bang! as the chap with the mini-digger excavated our electricity supply. He looked a little shaken, so him and his mate took the rest of the day off...while we waited for the electricity people to come and reconnect us. ).

[Cousin Jack]

We are now wondering if the guys digging up the area outside the office have killed a cable!! LOL

That was colloquially known as 'a paddy with a pick axe' back in the day. You could probably substitute JCB for pick axe, TBF.

Fault code will be DWP. Due to Working Party

[McNab]

Modern devices and their inability to have a simple on switch . Many aren't labelled properly, those that are :-

do I push the button once ? Do I hold it down, for 3 seconds, 5 seconds, 2 fuggin weeks???

I shout at my TV daily - i have to press the on button about 20 times on the remote before it responds, so fucking annoying, and yes they are new batteries in the remote.

And when the TV does turn on i can't press any buttons for about a minute, i drives me crazy. It also likes to turn itself back on after you turn it off too, it's fucking possessed i tells ya!

Sony TV.

Yes, mine is the same. So slow that you don't know if it's registered your button press so after a while you press again and then worry you've turned it off again.

[mangocrazy]

When I worked in a data centre, there was a requirement to upgrade the supply to the point where we needed an electricity substation of our very own. Some serious excavations were required and there was much perusing of power cable plans. One day all lights and power went off and after the initial moment's slience bedlam ensued, followed by the unmistakeable bellow of the backup diesel gennys kicking off. Later it emerged that a JCB had found an undocumented but crucial power cable and sliced through it.

The equipment in the data halls didn't miss a beat. A hefty power bank of batteries took the strain between the time the cable was cut and the time the gennys were up to speed, so nobody died. But there were some anxious faces among management until that fact was confirmed.

[KungFooBob]

When I worked in a data centre, there was a requirement to upgrade the supply to the point where we needed an electricity substation of our very own. Some serious excavations were required and there was much perusing of power cable plans. One day all lights and power went off and after the initial moment's slience bedlam ensued, followed by the unmistakeable bellow of the backup diesel gennys kicking off. Later it emerged that a JCB had found an undocumented but crucial power cable and sliced through it.

The equipment in the data halls didn't miss a beat. A hefty power bank of batteries took the strain between the time the cable was cut and the time the gennys were up to speed, so nobody died. But there were some anxious faces among management until that fact was confirmed.

That's the data centre with the wholesale fireworks shop across the road?

Good job there's a fire station on the same road

[mangocrazy]

When I worked in a data centre, there was a requirement to upgrade the supply to the point where we needed an electricity substation of our very own. Some serious excavations were required and there was much perusing of power cable plans. One day all lights and power went off and after the initial moment's slience bedlam ensued, followed by the unmistakeable bellow of the backup diesel gennys kicking off. Later it emerged that a JCB had found an undocumented but crucial power cable and sliced through it.

The equipment in the data halls didn't miss a beat. A hefty power bank of batteries took the strain between the time the cable was cut and the time the gennys were up to speed, so nobody died. But there were some anxious faces among management until that fact was confirmed.

That's the data centre with the wholesale fireworks shop across the road?

Good job there's a fire station on the same road

Yeah they've got cause, effect and remedy all packaged up nicely.

[Cousin Jack]

When I worked in a data centre, there was a requirement to upgrade the supply to the point where we needed an electricity substation of our very own. Some serious excavations were required and there was much perusing of power cable plans. One day all lights and power went off and after the initial moment's slience bedlam ensued, followed by the unmistakeable bellow of the backup diesel gennys kicking off. Later it emerged that a JCB had found an undocumented but crucial power cable and sliced through it.

The equipment in the data halls didn't miss a beat. A hefty power bank of batteries took the strain between the time the cable was cut and the time the gennys were up to speed, so nobody died. But there were some anxious faces among management until that fact was confirmed.

I managed a 24/7 centre with a big UPS bank and a big generator. Unfortunately the fuel tank only had enough for 2 hours on load.

Fortunately we never needed it , or it would have been squeaky bum time getting it refilled.

[mangocrazy]

When I worked in a data centre, there was a requirement to upgrade the supply to the point where we needed an electricity substation of our very own. Some serious excavations were required and there was much perusing of power cable plans. One day all lights and power went off and after the initial moment's slience bedlam ensued, followed by the unmistakeable bellow of the backup diesel gennys kicking off. Later it emerged that a JCB had found an undocumented but crucial power cable and sliced through it.

The equipment in the data halls didn't miss a beat. A hefty power bank of batteries took the strain between the time the cable was cut and the time the gennys were up to speed, so nobody died. But there were some anxious faces among management until that fact was confirmed.

I managed a 24/7 centre with a big UPS bank and a big generator. Unfortunately the fuel tank only had enough for 2 hours on load.

Fortunately we never needed it , or it would have been squeaky bum time getting it refilled.

That's a single point of failure if I ever saw one... I forget how long a full tank of diesel lasted in our situation, but it was days (possibly weeks) not hours. But then it is a Bank data centre and everything is duplicated, resilient and redundant.

[Cousin Jack]

Yes, I pointed that out, and it was 'scheduled' for a bigger tank. In about 3 years time.

[Noggin]

We are now wondering if the guys digging up the area outside the office have killed a cable!! LOL

That was colloquially known as 'a paddy with a pick axe' back in the day. You could probably substitute JCB for pick axe, TBF.

Fault code will be DWP. Due to Working Party

We're still not sure if it was DWP. Orange sent out large amounts of mobile data (ok, increased everyones limit!!) to cover the outage. But the text on my phone to tell me came through about two hours after our systems started working - my home one was working when I got back!! LOL

Was a bizarre few hours in the office but at least I now know I can get all the systems I need on my laptop!

[mangocrazy]

Yes, I pointed that out, and it was 'scheduled' for a bigger tank. In about 3 years time.

Because incidents always wait until mitigation is in place, don't they?

[Cousin Jack]

Yes, I pointed that out, and it was 'scheduled' for a bigger tank. In about 3 years time.

Because incidents always wait until mitigation is in place, don't they?

At least they waited until I had buggered off.