Re: O/T Stupid Data Center tricks
Oh how I wish I could use that as my tagline at work. ... Disaster Recovery Plan (the best one is still an offsite copy of your resume Art Gutowski Ford Motor Company - The information contained in this communication (including any attachments hereto) is confidential and is intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or unauthorized use of this information, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. Thank you -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: O/T Stupid Data Center tricks
On 27 Aug 2010 13:43:29 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: --snip I still have horrible memories of a CEO that ordered me to develop and install, via ZAP, the multiple-level alias feature two years before IBM provided it. I thought he was going to fire me when I refused, flat out, to meddle in Catalog Management. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Meddling in Catalog Management is a good way to exercise your Disaster Recovery Plan (the best one is still an offsite copy of your resume). --unsnip I had a lot of reinforcement in that particular case. The CEO was informed, in no uncertain terms, that he was going to be a one-man management team if he persisted in this particular hare-brained scheme. To paraphrase the late Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen, When he felt the heat, he saw the light. :-) Rick P.S. Is it true that Ford supplies all the bent glass to GM for various vehicle windows? I have a friend that insists that it's true, but I'm skeptical. Libey Owens Ford was a separate company from Ford that produced automotive glass and it was bought out by Pilkington, see Wikipedia for details. Clark -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: O/T Stupid Data Center tricks
On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:55:21 -0500, Rick Fochtman rfocht...@ync.net wrote: I still have horrible memories of a CEO that ordered me to develop and install, via ZAP, the multiple-level alias feature two years before IBM provided it. I thought he was going to fire me when I refused, flat out, to meddle in Catalog Management. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Meddling in Catalog Management is a good way to exercise your Disaster Recovery Plan (the best one is still an offsite copy of your resume). TGIF, Art Gutowski Ford Motor Company -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: O/T Stupid Data Center tricks
Rick Fochtman wrote: I still have horrible memories of a CEO that ordered me to develop and install, via ZAP, the multiple-level alias feature two years before IBM provided it. I thought he was going to fire me when I refused, flat out, to meddle in Catalog Management. Did they fired you or not? I really hope that your 'fix' (or is that 'unfix' ;D ) was overwritten by a new version of Catalog Management. Anyway, congratulations on refusing this, now add this to your CV this gem: Special abilities: Choosing between doing dangerous things or taunting management. ;-D Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrech -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: O/T Stupid Data Center tricks
--snip I still have horrible memories of a CEO that ordered me to develop and install, via ZAP, the multiple-level alias feature two years before IBM provided it. I thought he was going to fire me when I refused, flat out, to meddle in Catalog Management. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Meddling in Catalog Management is a good way to exercise your Disaster Recovery Plan (the best one is still an offsite copy of your resume). --unsnip I had a lot of reinforcement in that particular case. The CEO was informed, in no uncertain terms, that he was going to be a one-man management team if he persisted in this particular hare-brained scheme. To paraphrase the late Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen, When he felt the heat, he saw the light. :-) Rick P.S. Is it true that Ford supplies all the bent glass to GM for various vehicle windows? I have a friend that insists that it's true, but I'm skeptical. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: O/T Stupid Data Center tricks
--snip- I still have horrible memories of a CEO that ordered me to develop and install, via ZAP, the multiple-level alias feature two years before IBM provided it. I thought he was going to fire me when I refused, flat out, to meddle in Catalog Management. Did they fired you or not? I really hope that your 'fix' (or is that 'unfix' ;D ) was overwritten by a new version of Catalog Management. Anyway, congratulations on refusing this, now add this to your CV this gem: Special abilities: Choosing between doing dangerous things or taunting management. ;-D --unsnip- I'll give you a couple of hints: I remained their for eleven more years and the only thing I ever did to Catalog Management was IBM maintenance. :-) Rick -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: O/T Stupid Data Center tricks
--snip- Forget cyberattacks, natural disasters and hardware failures -- the biggest threat to your data center may well be human error. unsnip AINT THAT THE TRUTH! As well as HUMAN (Mostly managerial) IGNORANCE!. I still have horrible memories of a CEO that ordered me to develop and install, via ZAP, the multiple-level alias feature two years before IBM provided it. I thought he was going to fire me when I refused, flat out, to meddle in Catalog Management. Rick -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
O/T Stupid Data Center tricks
http://www.computerworld.com/comments/node/9180479 Forget cyberattacks, natural disasters and hardware failures -- the biggest threat to your data center may well be human error. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
