No matter how you slice it, you're getting paid worse than a disposable helpdesk monkey, and you seem to think that's a badge of honor.
That's funny. I created a ticket for a disposable helpdesk monkey to go update a handful of system yesterday. This morning I double checked the work, found one system without the patch, and sent the disposable helpdesk monkey out again. If I'm making less money than disposable helpdesk monkey, why is the disposable helpdesk monkey dancing to my music box?
Funny how you resort to ad hominem in an attempt to get the last word in though.
Funny that you called me an idiot (ad hominem) in your previous comment to get the last word in though. If the kitchen is too hot for you, don't let the back door hit you in the ass on the way out.
A video game trailer will feature the best parts of the game while the rest of the game will suck. Developers should spend more time focus on improving the game instead of trying to get an Academy award.
Most of your precious data sounds like digital hoarding.
Without the mapped shared drives to the file server, most of my applications wouldn't work correctly. If a system fails for whatever reason, I just need to reinstall the OS and applications, copy over the logon file to map the network drives, and access my data again.
You don't need that data at the drop of a hat.
That's why I took my data out of the cloud and put it on the file server.
And the more important point, which you keep ignoring, is that if you're relying on RAID as your "I'll never lose this data, it's super safe" mechanism, you are doing it WRONG.
A point that you keep harping on that's not even relevant to this discussion.
RAID is for fault tolerance.
If you re-read the thread, RAID was my answer to a single-drive failure.
The moment it looks like my paycheck won't come through I'll start looking for a new job in a heartbeat. Most of the time it's either someone screwing up payroll in HR or the HR vendor having an electronic glitch. Incidents like that are usually resolved in 24 hours. One time I had a check sent via FedEx. I don't work for free.
Swapping out a functional drive "because reasons" is dumb, and wasteful.
The hard drives are either clicking or overheating to death after five years of 24/7 use. (Those were Seagate drives, not sure what to expect with WD Red NAS drives.) If the SMART status changes from OK to something else, I get an email notification and start planning for replacement(s). Useable drives can go into my other PCs.
That is why you would typically replace one drive every year or whatever.
That's what I'm planning to do until I get to the point that I have one new drive and the oldest drive is four-years-old in any given year. If I maintain the current five-drive configuration. I could add another nine drives to the case.
Me, I just let them fail and then I rewrite them so bad blocks are not used.
I get drives that are either clicking or overheating to death. Those were Seagate drives. I'm using Western Digital Red NAS drives these days.
I pulled my data out of the cloud over a year ago. My data doesn't need to live on the Internet 24/7. A local file server doesn't require an Internet connection.
If you're using RAID5, In the unlikely event that more than one failure occurs simultaneously, you can simply rebuild & recover from your backups.
The reason I replace my hard drives every five years is that when one drive starts to fail all the drives will soon fail. Sometimes in sequential order or several at a time.
The m570 has the trackball on the side, which means that my thumb will do most of the work. That's not a desirable feature. I use three fingers on the trackball and the thumb on the left button.
I just figured your experience in life must be so painful that if someone encouraged your death you might just do it.
That may have been the case when I was a teenager. "Harold and Maude" changed my perspective on life. I have every intention of living, no matter how inconvenient that is for everyone else.
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Narcissistic personality disorder.
You're confusing me with Trump.
Your childhood must have been terrible.
You think?
Also, be an unlikable basement dweller.
Unless you live in a Victorian, there aren't many basements on the West Coast.
That way you won't spend any of your hard-earned $20 a month on things like dates, or going out to socialize with friends.
I saw Wonder Woman in IMAX with friends last week. Next week I'll be seeing Boston and Joan Jett with friends.
http://www.shorelineamp.org/events/boston-the-band-joan-jett-and-the-blackhearts-3079688/
No matter how you slice it, you're getting paid worse than a disposable helpdesk monkey, and you seem to think that's a badge of honor.
That's funny. I created a ticket for a disposable helpdesk monkey to go update a handful of system yesterday. This morning I double checked the work, found one system without the patch, and sent the disposable helpdesk monkey out again. If I'm making less money than disposable helpdesk monkey, why is the disposable helpdesk monkey dancing to my music box?
Thanks for conceding the point.
What point was that?
Funny how you resort to ad hominem in an attempt to get the last word in though.
Funny that you called me an idiot (ad hominem) in your previous comment to get the last word in though. If the kitchen is too hot for you, don't let the back door hit you in the ass on the way out.
Have a day job that pays the bills and work a side business that brings in cash flow.
A video game trailer will feature the best parts of the game while the rest of the game will suck. Developers should spend more time focus on improving the game instead of trying to get an Academy award.
Do you understand now?
A moron on a soapbox is still moron. A soapbox, however, is still useful.
You do work for cheap though. Visa workers cost more than 50k a year on the west coast.
Visa workers don't do short-term IT contracts that last from four hours to one year.
8) Content creation and the DMCA
I didn't start that one but I did finish it.
Seriously, just stop fucking posting. Nobody cares about your anecdotes.
You do.
Most of your precious data sounds like digital hoarding.
Without the mapped shared drives to the file server, most of my applications wouldn't work correctly. If a system fails for whatever reason, I just need to reinstall the OS and applications, copy over the logon file to map the network drives, and access my data again.
You don't need that data at the drop of a hat.
That's why I took my data out of the cloud and put it on the file server.
And the more important point, which you keep ignoring, is that if you're relying on RAID as your "I'll never lose this data, it's super safe" mechanism, you are doing it WRONG.
A point that you keep harping on that's not even relevant to this discussion.
RAID is for fault tolerance.
If you re-read the thread, RAID was my answer to a single-drive failure.
The moment it looks like my paycheck won't come through I'll start looking for a new job in a heartbeat. Most of the time it's either someone screwing up payroll in HR or the HR vendor having an electronic glitch. Incidents like that are usually resolved in 24 hours. One time I had a check sent via FedEx. I don't work for free.
Swapping out a functional drive "because reasons" is dumb, and wasteful.
The hard drives are either clicking or overheating to death after five years of 24/7 use. (Those were Seagate drives, not sure what to expect with WD Red NAS drives.) If the SMART status changes from OK to something else, I get an email notification and start planning for replacement(s). Useable drives can go into my other PCs.
What data do you have?
I have ~800GB of personal data (iTunes, VMs and backups) and business data (programming, videos and websites).
That's great if you never leave the house.
If I ever get commercial space for my home office, I'll have to build a new file server for the business data..
That is why you would typically replace one drive every year or whatever.
That's what I'm planning to do until I get to the point that I have one new drive and the oldest drive is four-years-old in any given year. If I maintain the current five-drive configuration. I could add another nine drives to the case.
Me, I just let them fail and then I rewrite them so bad blocks are not used.
I get drives that are either clicking or overheating to death. Those were Seagate drives. I'm using Western Digital Red NAS drives these days.
Just host the files online [...]
I pulled my data out of the cloud over a year ago. My data doesn't need to live on the Internet 24/7. A local file server doesn't require an Internet connection.
If you're using RAID5, In the unlikely event that more than one failure occurs simultaneously, you can simply rebuild & recover from your backups.
The reason I replace my hard drives every five years is that when one drive starts to fail all the drives will soon fail. Sometimes in sequential order or several at a time.
until your single drive fails...
Which is why I have five hard drives in a RAID6 configuration on my file server. I pay $50 for each drive and replace them every five years.
This. I am pretty sure it is Creimer.
Nope, I don't post AC.
Who doesn't want to post under his account because he knows the memes will follow.
Never mind that I replied to the OP under my account. As for the memes, I think those will go away soon.
Get an m570 already...
The m570 has the trackball on the side, which means that my thumb will do most of the work. That's not a desirable feature. I use three fingers on the trackball and the thumb on the left button.
Out of a billion odd people, there are always some bad apples.
Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
I just figured your experience in life must be so painful that if someone encouraged your death you might just do it.
That may have been the case when I was a teenager. "Harold and Maude" changed my perspective on life. I have every intention of living, no matter how inconvenient that is for everyone else.
Please, kill yourself.
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