Oh AS400, I wish you would die and burn in hell. + Uber survey (640 hits)
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Submitted by The Redundancy Dept. of Redundancy (View user info) at 2008-02-06 20:36:45 EST
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Submitted by Falafel (user info) at 2008-02-08 14:05:59 EST (#)
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Submitted by HotWillie (user info) at 2008-02-06 20:47:16 EST (#)
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The Department of Redundancy Dept
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Little known fact: In addition to working for said department, I'm also the vice chair of the Itty-Bitty Titty Committee.
Submitted by QueenAshlee (user info) at 2008-02-07 16:19:17 EST (#)
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Basically anything that involves the phone. My phone rings somewhere around 924,375,198,521,357 times a day, and I constantly want to throw it off the top of a parking garage. (I actually did that once. Didn't help.)
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2008-02-07 15:59:07 EST (#)
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Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2008-02-07 13:41:25 CST (#)
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So where do you draw the line between dumbing something down for the average retard, and making it powerful enough to do any good?
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That's easy...Macintosh. :)
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are you fucking serious?
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No, I was just trying to get Hadley riled up. It worked. :)
Submitted by loopdeloo (user info) at 2008-02-07 15:33:01 EST (#)
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Uber survey: what's the worst part of your job?
Spending hours on this god damn site!!!
Submitted by Linus (user info) at 2008-02-07 15:07:44 EST (#)
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+2 Front page.
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2008-02-07 14:41:25 EST (#)
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So where do you draw the line between dumbing something down for the average retard, and making it powerful enough to do any good?
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That's easy...Macintosh. :)
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are you fucking serious?
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2008-02-07 14:38:29 EST (#)
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The reviews in this post reek of virginity, take it down a notch fellas
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2008-02-07 14:16:16 EST (#)
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Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2008-02-07 11:50:56 CST (#)
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Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2008-02-07 08:43:18 EST (#)
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Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2008-02-07 07:20:32 CST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-07 05:32:57 EST (#)
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Hadley, a user unfriendly system means 2 things:
1. Training people on it is a motherfucker.
2. People make mistakes because people who are tired and are confronted by a lurid green brick of text like the AS400 system which has a million and one options WILL fuck up.
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So where do you draw the line between dumbing something down for the average retard, and making it powerful enough to do any good?
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That's easy...Macintosh. :)
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You've clearly never tried to actually get an Xserve to do anything properly without using the command line.
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You're right. I haven't. :) Such is the case that most of my work days are steeped in COBOL and CA-DB: Expert programming for Tandem Nonstop systems. Weep for me, Hadley....weep for meeeeeeeeeee......
Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2008-02-07 12:50:56 EST (#)
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Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2008-02-07 08:43:18 EST (#)
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Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2008-02-07 07:20:32 CST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-07 05:32:57 EST (#)
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Hadley, a user unfriendly system means 2 things:
1. Training people on it is a motherfucker.
2. People make mistakes because people who are tired and are confronted by a lurid green brick of text like the AS400 system which has a million and one options WILL fuck up.
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So where do you draw the line between dumbing something down for the average retard, and making it powerful enough to do any good?
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That's easy...Macintosh. :)
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You've clearly never tried to actually get an Xserve to do anything properly without using the command line.
Submitted by FATMANTPK (user info) at 2008-02-07 12:35:30 EST (#)
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Along the lines of AS400 and such tech/nerd stuff...idiots that call but refuse to read the error code on the dog gone printer!
Look, don't tell me there is no error code when the paper stops moving inside the printer. Do you think I am but a phone monkey that has never seen these printers?
The only thing sadder than the low quality of product I support is the end users inability or unwillingness to provide accurate information.
Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2008-02-07 10:46:18 EST (#)
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I really hope that was intentional, Simon.
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2008-02-07 09:07:24 EST (#)
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lol
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2008-02-07 09:00:14 EST (#)
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The incompetent dipshits that I'm forced to coincide with.
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2008-02-07 08:47:37 EST (#)
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the commute
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2008-02-07 08:43:18 EST (#)
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Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2008-02-07 07:20:32 CST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-07 05:32:57 EST (#)
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Hadley, a user unfriendly system means 2 things:
1. Training people on it is a motherfucker.
2. People make mistakes because people who are tired and are confronted by a lurid green brick of text like the AS400 system which has a million and one options WILL fuck up.
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So where do you draw the line between dumbing something down for the average retard, and making it powerful enough to do any good?
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That's easy...Macintosh. :)
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-07 08:28:54 EST (#)
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I do understand where you're coming from mind. You've got to look at it from a process point of view though.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-07 08:27:16 EST (#)
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Depends on what you want the system to do and, perhaps more importantly, who's using it.
If it's a system that's going to see heavy use, a system being used by a customer service operative for instance, you need it to be as simple and straightforward as possible. Now I am aware that one of the ace things about AS400 is its fantastic flexibility, not only in using it in a range of tasks but also in tailering different GUIs and options for different levels of user, but at the end of the day in business systems the ideal solution is almost always simplicity.
A lot more can go wrong when you're asking people to type stuff versus clicking a button. It may not seem that way, but it's true.
It's a useful tool but it is most unwise to be seduced by its ease of setting up when it can't work in the way you want it to.
Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2008-02-07 08:20:32 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-07 05:32:57 EST (#)
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Hadley, a user unfriendly system means 2 things:
1. Training people on it is a motherfucker.
2. People make mistakes because people who are tired and are confronted by a lurid green brick of text like the AS400 system which has a million and one options WILL fuck up.
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So where do you draw the line between dumbing something down for the average retard, and making it powerful enough to do any good?
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-02-07 07:58:47 EST (#)
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Probably reading your posts.
Submitted by Bellebrown (user info) at 2008-02-07 07:20:37 EST (#)
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It's like a entire profession of autistic people.
I would take offense at that... but I have Asperger Syndrome and dont get that its an insult - so thanks :)
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-02-07 06:11:20 EST (#)
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Deposition/trial testimony. Hate hate hate it. Fortunately I don't have to do it often.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-07 05:32:57 EST (#)
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Hadley, a user unfriendly system means 2 things:
1. Training people on it is a motherfucker.
2. People make mistakes because people who are tired and are confronted by a lurid green brick of text like the AS400 system which has a million and one options WILL fuck up.
That's the problem with you IT people; you never think about the administrative reality. It's like a entire profession of autistic people.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2008-02-06 23:22:19 EST (#)
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DIE QSECOFR, DIE
Submitted by Falafel (user info) at 2008-02-06 23:21:46 EST (#)
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Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2008-02-06 22:47:33 EST (#)
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Tell me about it. That's easily the 2nd worst part of my job.
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2008-02-06 22:47:33 EST (#)
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Submitted by ConorJS (user info) at 2008-02-06 21:27:33 EST (#)
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The music. If I hear "The Boys Are Back in Town" one more time I'm climbing a fucking clock tower.
Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2008-02-06 21:21:33 EST (#)
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For wishing death upon a marvelous piece of machinery like the AS400, I should -2 you. I understand, it isn't as "user friendly" as your Macs or your fancy new Windows boxen, but as far as longevity goes it is unparalleled.
I suppose you also hate Netware 3.x? I did too, for a time. But there is something strangely robust about systems like that. I fondly remember having to backport 4.x patches and drivers so we could keep that box running. The course scheduling of an entire college depended on it. Sure, I hated it at times and called it hateful things when we fought, but death is not something to ever wish on such a faithful companion. Memoirs and Eulogy available: http://www.ubersite.com/m/82665
Read that, please, and rethink the way you treat your poor AS400.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2008-02-06 21:19:38 EST (#)
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I'm an analyst who was never meant to be one, so the actual work I do is a bit dull to me, but I don't have to deal with external customers, the company I work for is very good to us, and my boss is a genuinely kind, nurturing, awesome woman who I would be lucky to meet in any aspect of my life. All I know about AS400 is that we upgraded from it before I started 5 years ago. Honestly, the worst part about my job is the commute, and even that's only 20 miles. After some of the employers I've had, I'm grateful for this every day.
Submitted by Falafel (user info) at 2008-02-06 21:17:51 EST (#)
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Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2008-02-06 21:02:27 EST (#)
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The difference between the working class, and the owning class is the level of failure possible.
To those of you who are the working class: You have a semi-garunteed, steady income. There is essentially no possibility to fail, because you aren't taking any risk. Saftey comes at the price of making less money, but your money will always be there.
To those of you who are the owning class: You have the most at risk, as if you fail, you lose everything. There is also much more to be made, which you must think is worth the risk of having non-dependable income.
It's not about what you don't like, it's how much you make at doing what you don't like, in relation to what you do with it.
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You either have a sweet job or you're a Buddhist monk. Praise be to Buddha.
Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2008-02-06 21:02:27 EST (#)
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The difference between the working class, and the owning class is the level of failure possible.
To those of you who are the working class: You have a semi-garunteed, steady income. There is essentially no possibility to fail, because you aren't taking any risk. Saftey comes at the price of making less money, but your money will always be there.
To those of you who are the owning class: You have the most at risk, as if you fail, you lose everything. There is also much more to be made, which you must think is worth the risk of having non-dependable income.
It's not about what you don't like, it's how much you make at doing what you don't like, in relation to what you do with it.
Submitted by Socialist_Joe (user info) at 2008-02-06 20:59:59 EST (#)
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not having one
right now
or ever really
or at least a steady one
damn my job sucks
Submitted by Sinistral (user info) at 2008-02-06 20:58:10 EST (#)
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Submitted by darko (user info) at 2008-02-06 20:48:10 EST (#)
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not getting paid. I don't care that I don't actually have a job, the not getting paid part is the worst.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2008-02-06 20:48:10 EST (#)
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not getting paid. I don't care that I don't actually have a job, the not getting paid part is the worst.
Submitted by HotWillie (user info) at 2008-02-06 20:47:16 EST (#)
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