Comments on: BLAH http://www.rivenwolf.net/weblog/2008/01/25/blah/ Save the Constitution, save the country! Wed, 09 Jun 2010 02:15:16 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jesthar http://www.rivenwolf.net/weblog/2008/01/25/blah/comment-page-1/#comment-36362 Jesthar Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:19:19 +0000 http://www.rivenwolf.net/weblog/?p=531#comment-36362 Oh yes, people who just e-mail me with 'I'm having a problem reading a document on the project', please investigate'. For starters, there are getting on for 3,000 projects on my system, and shockingly more than one has that 'Farmoor' or wherever your project happens to be in the title name. And, of course, even if you only have access to ONE of those (IF the particular project itself has the name in the title, which is only about a 50-50 chance), then which of the dozens of documents did you actually MEAN? And that's just the regular users. Our India based helldesk are much worse - you get even less detail, but in very poor English and frequently with no user contact details, so you can't even work out which poor muppet is asking for help in the first place! I'm a SysAdmin, guys, and I'm good, but I'm NOT a mindreader... :headdesk: Oh yes, people who just e-mail me with 'I'm having a problem reading a document on the project', please investigate'. For starters, there are getting on for 3,000 projects on my system, and shockingly more than one has that 'Farmoor' or wherever your project happens to be in the title name. And, of course, even if you only have access to ONE of those (IF the particular project itself has the name in the title, which is only about a 50-50 chance), then which of the dozens of documents did you actually MEAN?

And that's just the regular users. Our India based helldesk are much worse - you get even less detail, but in very poor English and frequently with no user contact details, so you can't even work out which poor muppet is asking for help in the first place!

I'm a SysAdmin, guys, and I'm good, but I'm NOT a mindreader... :headdesk:

]]> By: GermanShepherd http://www.rivenwolf.net/weblog/2008/01/25/blah/comment-page-1/#comment-36316 GermanShepherd Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:19:32 +0000 http://www.rivenwolf.net/weblog/?p=531#comment-36316 Oh, durr... That's right. Used to help identify repeat commenters. Now I just have to come up with some relevant questions... But I don't know what. :( Oh, durr... That's right. Used to help identify repeat commenters.

Now I just have to come up with some relevant questions... But I don't know what. :(

]]> By: Capella http://www.rivenwolf.net/weblog/2008/01/25/blah/comment-page-1/#comment-36308 Capella Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:28:09 +0000 http://www.rivenwolf.net/weblog/?p=531#comment-36308 I have a massive headache/chills/pain, so I'm gonna be offline until I feel better. My email address is needed to comment- it says "will not be published", but since you're the author, can you see it? You can use that to contact me with questions. I agree about hating those who don't tell you what's wrong! They need to be punched. As for the history stuff, I have loooots of comments on that, but those will have to wait until I'm not almost-fainting when I stand... I have a massive headache/chills/pain, so I'm gonna be offline until I feel better. My email address is needed to comment- it says "will not be published", but since you're the author, can you see it? You can use that to contact me with questions.

I agree about hating those who don't tell you what's wrong! They need to be punched.

As for the history stuff, I have loooots of comments on that, but those will have to wait until I'm not almost-fainting when I stand...

]]> By: Tay http://www.rivenwolf.net/weblog/2008/01/25/blah/comment-page-1/#comment-36304 Tay Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:59:52 +0000 http://www.rivenwolf.net/weblog/?p=531#comment-36304 I accidentally messed up my schedule in college and had to take a Political Geography class. It ended up being one of my favorite classes even though I'm computer science / programmer and that's the field I'm in. I used the not-related-to-my-field classes to help improve my outlook on life and different people/places around the world. That can be just as valuable as a class in the field you're going for. I accidentally messed up my schedule in college and had to take a Political Geography class. It ended up being one of my favorite classes even though I'm computer science / programmer and that's the field I'm in. I used the not-related-to-my-field classes to help improve my outlook on life and different people/places around the world. That can be just as valuable as a class in the field you're going for.

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