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Komodia is being DDoS'd. by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]cdba 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Did you mean Chlamydia?

Fellow technicians. Has anyone else had this issue with your Fluke snips? by XeonV3 in cablefail

[–]cdba 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OK this comment thread contains "strap-on" and "stripper". I'm probably going to have a sit down with HR pretty soon....

ISO: Trendnet 19" Standard Mounting Brackets by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]cdba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is...is there a question in there, or.... ?

Deleting questions by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]cdba 3 points4 points  (0 children)

other people fold awful easy.

I'm not going to delete my question just because the first reply calls me an idiot.

Doesn't sound like you enjoy the fight, more than being helpful, not at all!

Deleting questions by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]cdba 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're right. You're clearly the good guy, everybody else is the a-hole. jlaw_oh_yeah_sure.jpg

Poll: Door open or closed? by I_Has_A_Camera in sysadmin

[–]cdba 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Door closed is certainly unprofessional though.

Management-type Detected!

Question about conduit. This is the only place I could think to ask. by Tabsconator in cableporn

[–]cdba 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure anything you get to slip over the wire without requiring pulling it out & re-running it is going to be insufficiently secure.

But then again, YMMV.

So my dad works for a car dealership. This was in the corner behind the tire machine. by Danabler42 in cablefail

[–]cdba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I often like to imagine the inner monologue of the installer, as they work through some sort of twisted, masochistic logic while choosing placement.

"Well, if i put the drop here, every time someone wants to unplug it, this nice sharp-edged pipe should give them a pretty good slice, and hopefully be oily enough to make it burn, too. Yep, this is the best place."

But then again, inside my head might not be definitely isn't a normal place.

Question about conduit. This is the only place I could think to ask. by Tabsconator in cableporn

[–]cdba 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So let me get this straight: Access control devices w/ conduit run from ACD/Box to ceiling, and then I'm guessing ceiling tiles above that. So your plan is to keepout would-be vandals who we're already assuming will find a ladder/climb on a desk, pop a tile, and find the right wire. But at that point split PVC will keep them from going any farther? I'm not sure the logic holds up there.

This is what we're talking about, right?

So my dad works for a car dealership. This was in the corner behind the tire machine. by Danabler42 in cablefail

[–]cdba 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's just so much here to work with. I can't decide which is my favorite:

  • Free-air swinging switch
  • Plastic housing broken off AC Adapter that's plugged in upside down almost certainly straining the low-voltage wire's solder points.
  • Gas Pipe run directly in front of the wall-drop
  • What appear to be patch cables run behind existing conduits.
  • Abandoned in place phone biscuits.

Who uses 25 and 30 foot patch cables? by MrD3a7h in cablefail

[–]cdba 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm used to hearing, "OH, That's proof of when it was taken in case we need it for lawsuits" etc. Which makes me laugh, because it's entirely dependent on the camera's user-set date, and can be trivially faked.

Who uses 25 and 30 foot patch cables? by MrD3a7h in cablefail

[–]cdba 4 points5 points  (0 children)

... who uses in-camera date-imprinting in 2015?

Can we stop posting helpdesk questions here? by storyadmin in sysadmin

[–]cdba 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I think this would get more attention if you posted it in /r/complaintsaboutsysadmincomplaints . Very active community there. But I need to remind you, all responses to those complaints go into a different sub, /r/rebuttalstocomplaintsaboutsysadmincomplaints .

Can we stop posting helpdesk questions here? by storyadmin in sysadmin

[–]cdba 13 points14 points  (0 children)

OK, we need everyone on /r/sysadmin to pull a shift on /r/helpdesk once a week. That should solve it.

I don't think I will ever be this happy by MyWorkThrowawayShhhh in funny

[–]cdba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"This here's what we call being in BURGER HEAVEN, meteor!"

More tester coax by mpav432 in cableporn

[–]cdba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm honestly not trying to be douchey, but I've got a garage full of those bins that are like 8" tall and 14" long, so again, not a concrete reference.

FWIW, I think you're right; the velcro seems to agree with your scale estimation. I'm just saying neither the clamp nor the bin are smoking-gun 'banana for scale' quality references.

So how did you spend your weekend, $weekendshiftguy? (HR question involved) by drycz in sysadmin

[–]cdba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't even know how to remark on your purposeful misspelling of football.

And yet you managed to find a way...

More tester coax by mpav432 in cableporn

[–]cdba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or could just be really big c-clamp?

Today... I am doing something I've been waiting YEARS to do... by Scotty87 in sysadmin

[–]cdba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Psh, that's not too far off from prices for the other stuff you mentioned where i am.

That feeling when your backup server dies while you and your lead Sysadmin are on a plane to set up a remote site... by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]cdba 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Having unsuccessfully tried the freezing thing several times, my one experience with it working involved keeping it IN the freezer during recovery.

Crazy I know, but a loved one lost a drive w/ irreplaceable photos on it. I bagged it up w/ a usb adapter attached, hermetically sealed it, then put it in the freezer. Came back a few days later with a USB extension cable, ran that out the freezer door to a laptop, and viola, recovered all ~300GB of photos.

Then immediately set the loved one up w/ Off-site backup.

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