It really annoys me when someone replies to an email, and doesn’t quote the original email.
ESPECIALLY when their reply along the lines of “Yes, please”.
I then have to look through all my sent mail and find out the original question.
Maybe I’m the only one that saves sent and received email (at least all my work [...]
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When it sucks to be a sysadmin
I’ve been having hardware problems with one of my Dell Poweredge 4600 servers.
First, two power supplies were dying, so they sent me replacements, plus a Power Distribution Board. I replaced those, and then other things started going wrong. Dell technician came out with another PDB, another power supply, and a system board. [...]
Blackboard Patenting Educational Groupware
Just read this on Slashdot.
Synopsis:
Blackboard buys WebCT (their major competitor)
Blackboard gets a PATENT for Learning Management Systems
Blackboard sues Desire2Learn (another LMS) for patent infringement
Slashdot | Blackboard Patenting Educational Groupware
Blackboard Patenting Educational Groupware
Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 02, @08:36AM
“Online learning provider Blackboard announced the other day that it has patented the Learning Management System (LMS). [...]
cost recovery
while at a workshop, we were discussing charging for services…
however, at public institutions you can’t charge to make money, but you sure can charge additional fees for “cost recovery”.
i thought that was funny.
error number 0×8DDD0004
I’ve been unable to run Windows Update on a Windows 2003 Server for awhile now (automatic updates worked though).
It would either never load the page, or would give me a message about error number: 0×8DDD0004, or it would never load the ActiveX script.
I finally tracked down the problem.
Other people had the same problem - www.mcse.ms/archive292-2005-11-1995112.html
led [...]
10 years
I realized today that I started working full-time at the University of Arkansas ten years ago, on February 1st.
How time flies.
server failure ! and recovery !
i came in this morning to one my servers beeping away. bad hard drive ! the 146 GB drive shows a capacity of 0 GB, with 205 Media Errors. Ruh Roh !
Removing the drive and popping it back in doesn’t work. So I call Dell Technical support, and talk to a [...]
it’s hot in herrrreee
i’m dying.
they’ve been working on the air system in my office, and it’s currently 86 degrees and rising in here !
And that’s WITH doors and windows open !
absolutely chartwells !
I was presenting at a faculty luncheon yesterday in Old Main. It was catered by Chartwells (of course), the campus dining conglomerate.
It was observed (by a coworker) that the carafes of water were filled from the bathroom sinks.
How gross is that?
Iced tea please !
move over sgt slaughter, there’s a new irony in town !
there’s an new Air Force ROTC faculty member… last name = Murders.
Not sure what his ranking is, but it made me think of Sgt Slaughter from G.I. Joe.
But just a name like that is beyond irony.
