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[lpetersson]

So, how would you rather spend your Sunday?

A) Sleep in till you wake up by yourself. Have a good tasty and nutritionally sound breakfast followed by a day of relaxation (In whichever way you enjoy)..

Or

B) Get woken up at 10:45 because some idiot user can't be bothered to read e-mails from IT saying that his server will be down for a day or so.
Then get a call 30 minutes later saying that users can't connect to another server.
Go have a look. Realise with that special sinking feeling that tells you it isn't gonna be a good day that the drive which contains all the mailboxes is gone... Ooops...
Fix that, get a new error message, fix that, get a new error message amd so on for the next 3 or 4 hours.
I was slightly annoyed by this point. Especially when it got past 15:15 and I knew that there was no way I was going to get to viking training today :'(
Anyway, it seemed that for some reason (And I'm not going to bother investigating that now) the cluster tried to failover during the night, but failed (Oh how ironic are these technical terms?)...
Oh well, 5 hours of Sunday overtime pay is not to be sniffed at :-D Just a shame I have to wait a month and a half to get it...
And it's nice to be able to sit at home and do it so I can at least listen to reasonably good music...

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/mli_/]

Being on call can be a dream... ;-)
Why don't they ever call say, 1 pm in an afternoon when you're rested, slightly bored and have no plans?

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

Yup...
And why do they insist on calling me at 20:00 when I'm sitting in the Dev having a quiet pint.
Grrr.
I had to go home to fix something because the users were annoying and demanding...

[ruth-sedina.livejournal.com]

Yay for overtime pay! Boo for stupid people! *HUGS* for you!

NTL appear not to want my custom. Pipex seems the next best. Know if I can get it with a Windows emulator on Linux or whether I actually have to have Windows?

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

You should be fine to use any ISP with Linux, but you will need to ask them for the DNS settings so you can input them manually.

[ruth-sedina.livejournal.com]

i doubt I'd have a clue how to do that. And Pipex has a list of operating systems for you to use. Linux is not one of them.

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

Almost no ISPs actively support Linux.
But don't worry, it's surprisingly easy to find.
I managed back in 2000 when Linux wasn't quite so user friendly...

[eurika.livejournal.com]

It doesn't seem to matter what you write or what kind of day I am having, because every time I see your icon, it makes me smile. ;)

Making money is a good thing. Impressed with your work ethic. I also enjoy that you go to viking training. What is the cost of a good mercenary these days?

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

Impressed with your work ethic

You should have seen me later that day in the pub when I got another from work and went home to fix what was wrong...

The price of a decent mercenary depends entirely on the job and how great the dangers are :-]

[the-fi.livejournal.com]

All sounds delightful!
*twitch*

A good weekend after all, then, viking??
Ta4the text about that film...I shall hunt down a copy....


'Sleep in till you wake up by yourself.'.......the simple pleasures are always the best.
;o)

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

It wasn't too bad actually.
It was just annoying that I missed training :(
And I then got a call while in The Dev in the evening, so I had to abandon the Sunday Crew to go work >_<

Simple pleasures indeed...

[the-fi.livejournal.com]

"I had to abandon the Sunday Crew to go work >_<"

Oh no, no, no....that won't do _at all_!!
I shall have to 'confiscate' your phone when I'm over next, then.....or can I be secretary??
'I'm sorry, Lars can't come to the phone right now....can I take a message and I'm sure he'll get back to you eventually??"

*g*

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

I'm only on call one week a month and it's not my turn again until late November so no need to worry about that :-]