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melb_angel19   07-14-2003 at 05:49:50 AM

My boss just called me. She was all stressed out and she said something along the lines of "Oh no, Emma help we've lost all of our MYOB data. The DAT file wont open. OMG, What are we going to do? HELP! PLEASE HELP!".
I told her to calm down and asked her what the problem was. She had just upgraded MYOB and the DAT file wouldn't open. For those who use MYOB, you will know that the DAT file needs to be updated when MYOB is upgraded. I gave her step by step instructions on how to do this and the file is in the middle of being updated now. It will probably take a while but I'm 99% certain that that's all the problem was.
I had to laugh when she'd called me at home for help.
It is good to know I'm needed at work!

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lhgpoobaa   07-14-2003 at 05:56:21 AM
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LOL if i were you i would charge them a "thinking" fee for your services.

<b>My CPU is so powerful it can think faster than George Bush</b> :eek:

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melb_angel19   07-14-2003 at 06:03:39 AM
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Well when at work I don't think much, so for actually thinking I deserve triple time!

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melb_angel19   07-14-2003 at 07:24:22 AM
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She just called back. They're having some serious issues. The owner is too much of a tightass to buy some decent computers so she has to backup the MYOB DAT file to 4 floppy disks and it seems that the first disk has become corrupt!
I get the lovely job of going in early tomorrow to try and fix it, although if the disk is corrupt then there aint much I can do.


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lhgpoobaa   07-14-2003 at 08:25:06 AM
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LOLZOR.
Well if the first floppy is fuxored then they are dead in the water and you get to lecture them about the importance of backups and RELIABLE data transfer.


<b>My CPU is so powerful it can think faster than George Bush</b> :eek:

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melb_angel19   07-14-2003 at 08:35:38 AM
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I'm going to have some real fun giving that lecture to the boss. If the computer even had a CD burner (it's not like they cost much anymore), the DAT file could be left in one piece and put on a CD for weekly backups. They make life so hard for themselves.

The worst thing is that the owner of the company has a brand spankin new PC to check his email and surf the net all day, yet the graphic artist and the secretary have ancient pentiums with 32MB RAM.

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dhlucke   07-14-2003 at 01:21:28 PM
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Pick up the phone and call trev.

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lhgpoobaa   07-14-2003 at 01:38:22 PM
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heheh she doesnt know my new number...
then again, neither do i lol

<b>My CPU is so powerful it can think faster than George Bush</b> :eek:

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Howard   07-15-2003 at 07:36:07 AM
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Life is so unfair. I'm taking this class that costs me money, and I'm there FIXING their computers.

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Neckrodeemus   07-15-2003 at 09:10:48 AM
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Here i come to save the day.....

My wings are made of steel!!!

Errr, if you have trouble with diskette one, try using this little proggie from NovaStor.. Instant Recovery... There should be a demo proggie kicking bout somewhere and Ive used it the past with corrupted disks...



If A equals success, then the formula is: A=X+Y+Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.

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melb_angel19   07-15-2003 at 12:01:10 PM
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Hey, no need to worry!
I arrived at work at 8:50am this morning and had fixed the problem by 9am when the boss arrived.
She had uninstalled MYOB from D drive, reinstalled it to C drive and wondered why the file on C drive didn't have all of the up-to-date information. I simply told MYOB where the correct DAT file was (D drive) and it opened it. It was easy as anything but now everyone at work thinks I'm a genious.
...and I ain't complaining!

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Neckrodeemus   07-15-2003 at 12:38:16 PM
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heres a tip... dont do too much work on computers at work.. once people see u can do it

ya lumbered with it..

If A equals success, then the formula is: A=X+Y+Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.

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melb_angel19   07-15-2003 at 12:54:48 PM
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I'd rather have the computer fixing work than write cheques or input invoices into MYOB!

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svol   07-15-2003 at 04:17:38 PM
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Using floppy disks as back-up? Are they living in the eighties or something?

I love my Delta 60HP 7000 RPM fan that puts out more dB then CFM :eek:

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Auburn9698   07-15-2003 at 04:24:01 PM
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It's surprising what's still out there. The data center I work has tons of the most modern stuff. Tons. Sun Fire 6800s and E10000s, HP Superdomes, etc, etc. But they have some ancient crap, too. Two of the servers (which have no business still being here, really) are DEC Microvax PDP 11's. Twice a month, somebody has to back those things up....to about 300 floppies in a row....<b>5 1/4" floppies</b>, no less. I had to do it a few times. Takes half the day to do it.

The manufacturing date on the sticker on back of those machines says 1983.

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svol   07-15-2003 at 04:27:25 PM
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That is 20 years old! Most PCs are seen as ancient after 5 years.

WTF is their reason for running those old things? Can they do something the newer ones can't?

I love my Delta 60HP 7000 RPM fan that puts out more dB then CFM :eek:

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Auburn9698   07-15-2003 at 04:37:47 PM
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Yeah, they're older than you, svollie.

Sometimes that's true, and they do things others can't. It depends. Some applications get larger chunks of the budget, and get new equipment any time they want it. Others don't get as much respect and have to deal with what they've got. Also, sometimes apps can't be transferred to new equipment and O/Ss for one reason or another.

I mean, this is BellSouth. One of the bigger telecoms around. You don't get much more high-tech and up-to-date than lots of what they have in here. And it's huge. 5 floors of equipment, and each floor is 200 feet by 200 feet. It's huge. 1,400 servers, plus mainframes, lots and lots of mass storage cabinets, many, many miles of any cabling you want. You should see this place. And this is just one of their data centers. They have a number of others.

But there are a few dinosaurs still lurking around, even in a place like this.

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svol   07-15-2003 at 04:41:25 PM
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Now you say it... yes they're one year older then me.

Yeah there probably is a good reason to keep them around otherwise they will just cost money.

Do you think you can post any pics of that data center? It sure sounds awsome.

I love my Delta 60HP 7000 RPM fan that puts out more dB then CFM :eek:

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Auburn9698   07-15-2003 at 04:50:52 PM
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Only an outside picture, which would be kinda boring. Big building, but that's about it. They don't allow pictures of the inside of it without approval of security. And if they found I'd posted pics on the net, they'd kick me out of here so fast....

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svol   07-15-2003 at 04:55:19 PM
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Hmmm... well I understand that, there will be much valueable data on those servers. And I don't want you to loose your job.

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eden   07-15-2003 at 08:42:27 PM
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I've always wondered why do they need all those hyper power system servers. I dunno, I guess I just can't imagine what the use is and what application requires such.

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Auburn9698   07-15-2003 at 09:00:13 PM
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Large amounts of users in various states, maintaining the various internal and external networks, billing, all sorts of thing.

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