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Title: Work Mates
Post by: tunnie on 17 August 2011, 21:07:53
Aren't they the best? Not spoken to one in a over a year, but I accidently managed to corrupt a Sybase database today  ::)

Maybe because I physically rebooted a blade I should not have done  :-X

Despite swearing black and blue at my screen it could not get the database back.

So an old work mate is popping by at 7:30 tomorrow morning to help me fix it!  :o  :y

Was getting worried, if this system could not be restored, my little job on the side would be no more. But hopefully it will be back and billing some chavs by lunchtime  :D  ;D
Title: Re: Work Mates
Post by: TheBoy on 17 August 2011, 21:18:51
Common in all walks of business, but IT related jobs seem to especially attract this sort of Solidarity.

I had to call up an old buddy a couple of days ago that I hadn't spoken to in about 3yrs, because I'd broken something  :-[  ;D
Title: Re: Work Mates
Post by: tunnie on 17 August 2011, 21:24:23
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Common in all walks of business, but IT related jobs seem to especially attract this sort of Solidarity.

I had to call up an old buddy a couple of days ago that I hadn't spoken to in about 3yrs, because I'd broken something  :-[  ;D

Its a theme i find, when your in the brown stuff, still great that people help out like that.  :)
Title: Re: Work Mates
Post by: TheBoy on 17 August 2011, 21:27:30
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Common in all walks of business, but IT related jobs seem to especially attract this sort of Solidarity.

I had to call up an old buddy a couple of days ago that I hadn't spoken to in about 3yrs, because I'd broken something  :-[  ;D

Its a theme i find, when your in the brown stuff, still great that people help out like that.  :)
Its called 'friendship'. They are proper friends ;)

I know I'm blessed to have many friends who will drop anything to help if I hit the panic button, and for those, I'll do likewise ;)
Title: Re: Work Mates
Post by: Debs. on 17 August 2011, 22:17:33
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friends who will drop anything to help

 ::) Their trousers?  :P
Title: Re: Work Mates
Post by: TheBoy on 17 August 2011, 22:19:23
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friends who will drop anything to help

 ::) Their trousers?  :P
You've clearly met my mate Darth Loo-knee then ;D
Title: Re: Work Mates
Post by: jereboam on 18 August 2011, 15:47:20
Thought at first you were referring to the Black & Decker ones.  To be honest, I never found them much use in an IT context.

Mind you, nor were most of the human ones... :)
Title: Re: Work Mates
Post by: TheBoy on 18 August 2011, 18:18:36
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Thought at first you were referring to the Black & Decker ones.  To be honest, I never found them much use in an IT context.
I don't know, they are useful to lay a misbehaving PC/Server on, and thrash it until it behaves or dies...
Title: Re: Work Mates
Post by: CaptainZok on 18 August 2011, 18:21:57
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Thought at first you were referring to the Black & Decker ones.  To be honest, I never found them much use in an IT context.
I don't know, they are useful to lay a misbehaving PC/Server on, and thrash it until it behaves or dies...
Has Sammy returned then?
Title: Re: Work Mates
Post by: TheBoy on 18 August 2011, 18:39:37
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Thought at first you were referring to the Black & Decker ones.  To be honest, I never found them much use in an IT context.
I don't know, they are useful to lay a misbehaving PC/Server on, and thrash it until it behaves or dies...
Has Sammy returned then?
No  :'(, but Percy Pickaxe and Charlie Clubhammer are normally more than happy to stand in...
Title: Re: Work Mates
Post by: Gaffers on 18 August 2011, 19:07:02
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Thought at first you were referring to the Black & Decker ones.  To be honest, I never found them much use in an IT context.
I don't know, they are useful to lay a misbehaving PC/Server on, and thrash it until it behaves or dies...
Has Sammy returned then?
No  :'(, but Percy Pickaxe and Charlie Clubhammer are normally more than happy to stand in...

What about Left 'Red' Foot and Right 'Swollen' Boot?  ;D
Title: Re: Work Mates
Post by: TheBoy on 18 August 2011, 19:08:03
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Thought at first you were referring to the Black & Decker ones.  To be honest, I never found them much use in an IT context.
I don't know, they are useful to lay a misbehaving PC/Server on, and thrash it until it behaves or dies...
Has Sammy returned then?
No  :'(, but Percy Pickaxe and Charlie Clubhammer are normally more than happy to stand in...

What about Left 'Red' Foot and Right 'Swollen' Boot?  ;D
I reserve them for That Bloody Elite of mine ::)
Title: Re: Work Mates
Post by: omegod on 18 August 2011, 22:23:21
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Aren't they the best? Not spoken to one in a over a year, but I accidently managed to corrupt a Sybase database today  ::)

Maybe because I physically rebooted a blade I should not have done  :-X

Despite swearing black and blue at my screen it could not get the database back.

So an old work mate is popping by at 7:30 tomorrow morning to help me fix it!  :o  :y

Was getting worried, if this system could not be restored, my little job on the side would be no more. But hopefully it will be back and billing some chavs by lunchtime  :D  ;D

Yet again I am completely lost by this tech speak! Sounds tricky though ;D
Title: Re: Work Mates
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 18 August 2011, 22:35:18
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Aren't they the best? Not spoken to one in a over a year, but I accidently managed to corrupt a Sybase database today  ::)

Maybe because I physically rebooted a blade I should not have done  :-X

Despite swearing black and blue at my screen it could not get the database back.

So an old work mate is popping by at 7:30 tomorrow morning to help me fix it!  :o  :y

Was getting worried, if this system could not be restored, my little job on the side would be no more. But hopefully it will be back and billing some chavs by lunchtime  :D  ;D

imo some reading may help
http://www.sybaseteam.com/sybase-database-corruption-how-dba-can-prepared-for-t-139.html
Title: Re: Work Mates
Post by: hotel21 on 18 August 2011, 23:39:03
Can undersand. Sometime they are the salt of the earth and at other times, they can be seen far enough and make you wonder why you spent the candle trying tommake them into longterm 'friend' possibilities.........


Erseholes, some of them .........  Choose wisely young chap T.
Title: Re: Work Mates
Post by: tunnie on 19 August 2011, 10:32:43
Well she came in, fixed it in around 40 mins! Fantastic  :)

Trouble is although database is back, I still can't get the system to work. The company i used to work for is down to 5 people now, I'm doing the jobs of about 10 people.

I have root access to boxes I really should not be messing with  ;D

Going to try dialling in again tonight.

On the upside I was allowed to expense beer for everyone helped me so far, it turned out to be a rather heavy night  :-X

I've also learnt loads of new Linux stuff, being on my own, I'm forced to understand new things and work problems.

I used to only just dabble, restarting JBoss on RedHat was about as hardcore as I went, but now I'm rebooting the entire servers & services, full access to server room  :D
Title: Re: Work Mates
Post by: omegod on 19 August 2011, 14:04:53
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Well she came in, fixed it in around 40 mins! Fantastic  :)

Trouble is although database is back, I still can't get the system to work. The company i used to work for is down to 5 people now, I'm doing the jobs of about 10 people.

I have root access to boxes I really should not be messing with  ;D

Going to try dialling in again tonight.

On the upside I was allowed to expense beer for everyone helped me so far, it turned out to be a rather heavy night  :-X

I've also learnt loads of new Linux stuff, being on my own, I'm forced to understand new things and work problems.

I used to only just dabble, restarting JBoss on RedHat was about as hardcore as I went, but now I'm rebooting the entire servers & services, full access to server room  :D
:o :o ;) ;D
Title: Re: Work Mates
Post by: TheBoy on 20 August 2011, 18:33:16
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I have root access to boxes I really should not be messing with  ;D
Imagine my dilema. Full root to several thousand Solaris, HPUX and Linux servers, and full Admin to several thousand Windows servers.  Mad fools ;D


My problem comes from remembering to change heads between Windows and *nix/Linux servers. del *.* doesn't do too much unsuspecting damage to a Windows box, but rm -rf *.* in any directory is pretty dramatic on a *nix/Linux box. Apparently ::)
Title: Re: Work Mates
Post by: TheBoy on 20 August 2011, 18:34:54
On the upside, after 10 years, they have at last removed by NetWare account at the top of the NDS tree...   ...took them long enough to notice I haven't done NetWare support since around 1999 ::)
Title: Re: Work Mates
Post by: Richie London on 20 August 2011, 18:53:57
i havent seen one of my mates for about 4 years now who i worked with for years on jobs, we ring each other every couple of weeks for a chat and a laugh. i have another mate i hadnt heard from for about 18 months who rang cause his washing machine broke and he wanted me to plumb a new one in. he drinks with plumbers but decided to ring me after all this time for a bit of free help cause he had a problem. not a mate in my mind thats not what i call a mate
Title: Re: Work Mates
Post by: tunnie on 20 August 2011, 18:59:42
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I have root access to boxes I really should not be messing with  ;D
Imagine my dilema. Full root to several thousand Solaris, HPUX and Linux servers, and full Admin to several thousand Windows servers.  Mad fools ;D


My problem comes from remembering to change heads between Windows and *nix/Linux servers. del *.* doesn't do too much unsuspecting damage to a Windows box, but rm -rf *.* in any directory is pretty dramatic on a *nix/Linux box. Apparently ::)

I'm learning all kinds of new bits now I have full access, good fun  :D