If you know you're going to be back, and you know how much it sucks to have to re-patch the box, maybe investing in an extra drive and something like Ghost for the machine would be worthwhile? You get the call, go over, throw your drive in, load the OS on the proper drive, patch it then ghost the sucker to the second drive, power down and pull the drive. Next time they call, you throw your drive back in, boot off a recovery disk and bring the system up to the point of the last clean install... Be sure to kick them out before you do it, stay locked in the room for 3 hours and scream profanitys profusely so they think you're really doing something.
dictionary.com:
robot ( P )
A mechanical device that sometimes resembles a human and is capable of performing a variety of often complex human tasks on command or by being programmed in advance.
A machine or device that operates automatically or by remote control.
A person who works mechanically without original thought, especially one who responds automatically to the commands of others.
+4 Insightful because he can't use a dictionary? Please.
I thought they were doing this already with ad hijacking... True story, no joke:
I was building a win2k3 server the other day in the lab for testing, while I was downloading patches, I popped over to slashdot for a quick read. The normal osdn add at the top of the page was replaced by a flash add linking to the TCO FUD Microsoft had out against Linux on a Mainframe. Imagine my surprise when I saw that at first, figured it was a REAL early April fools joke.
Probably part of his compensation package, since he works for an apartment management firm.
Article states he got hooked after he had to stop buying at flea markets... I'm guessing he's either suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (buys a ton of garbage that he'll never use) or looking for a Jared and Subway kinda deal from the spammers.
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If you know you're going to be back, and you know how much it sucks to have to re-patch the box, maybe investing in an extra drive and something like Ghost for the machine would be worthwhile? You get the call, go over, throw your drive in, load the OS on the proper drive, patch it then ghost the sucker to the second drive, power down and pull the drive. Next time they call, you throw your drive back in, boot off a recovery disk and bring the system up to the point of the last clean install... Be sure to kick them out before you do it, stay locked in the room for 3 hours and scream profanitys profusely so they think you're really doing something.
The reason you didn't hear anyone winning at McDonalds had more to do with fraud
dictionary.com: robot ( P ) A mechanical device that sometimes resembles a human and is capable of performing a variety of often complex human tasks on command or by being programmed in advance. A machine or device that operates automatically or by remote control. A person who works mechanically without original thought, especially one who responds automatically to the commands of others. +4 Insightful because he can't use a dictionary? Please.
I thought they were doing this already with ad hijacking... True story, no joke:
I was building a win2k3 server the other day in the lab for testing, while I was downloading patches, I popped over to slashdot for a quick read. The normal osdn add at the top of the page was replaced by a flash add linking to the TCO FUD Microsoft had out against Linux on a Mainframe. Imagine my surprise when I saw that at first, figured it was a REAL early April fools joke.
Probably part of his compensation package, since he works for an apartment management firm. Article states he got hooked after he had to stop buying at flea markets... I'm guessing he's either suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (buys a ton of garbage that he'll never use) or looking for a Jared and Subway kinda deal from the spammers.