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I know.... oh how I know.
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MehGerbil wrote: I was attempting to get familiar with our file restoration software
"Restoration" that doesn't ask for a confirmation?
"You are about to modify N items. Type 'elephant yes' to continue."
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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It may have been calculating the "N" items.
And why should hurself be involved?
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote: It may have been calculating the "N" items.
Should not even allow such a dangerous action without doing some kind of elevation. In Wow (yes, Warcraft, the game) you have to type "DELETE" after deleting a special item. The extra step is there to prevent accidents.
Sometimes you protect the user; before restoring a backup on a live server the software should ask for blood as confirmation.
Level 95 
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Agreed! Just saying that maybe it hadn't gotten to asking that question yet. But, of course, it's just speculation.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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A co-worker walked into the restroom and said to me, "Oh, hiding out in the bathroom where you cannot break anything?"
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Well, what did you break while in there?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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 From it I learned to check this:
MehGerbil wrote: The good news is that a review of the logs this morning shows that no files were actually impacted
Before to do:
MehGerbil wrote: I then had to send out the department wide email confession
The Jurassic period produced such an abundance of lethal predators, that the oceans were a virtual STEW OF ASSASSINS - The history channel
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MehGerbil wrote: No better way to start a Tuesday morning than a note from the director asking for ideas on how to make sure this never happens again
Response: I was unable to test the file restoration software because we lack a test system. We should have, as a minimum, a test system that mirrors production. That way, we can test in a sterile environment and ensure we don't have this happen again.
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Basically, you just asked for more funding without mentioning money.
*blink*
May I come and work for you?
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If management neglected to PROVIDE a test environment, then it reflects poorly on their PLANNING. So, as much as you were the land on the lever, so to speak, it was their responsibility to ensure what happened couldn't happen.
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Married... happily.
Just been in the trenches for almost 3 decades; learn a few things along the way.
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There's a set of tutorials, written by Simon Travaglia that you really MUST read that will help you in these matters: clickety[^]
Simon has been writing his blog for many years and is nothing short of Jedi in handling both users and management. 
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Been trying for a test environment here for years.
Nope.
Visions of accidentally deleting the forest.
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buttons and "getting to know you", don't mix.
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Especially with some people being curious and explorative 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Very similar thing happened in my previous company. We had RAD-5 ( or whatever that's called) set, but nobody tested whether backup is really happening. So, one fine morning, the main hard disk gone and in haste, network admin fired restore ! No prize for guessing the all files / mails were now 6 months older. Time-Travel you know !!
And the best thing, later we learnt the disk wasn't gone, it was just playing up and the restore overwritten it..! 
Luckily that I was on leave, so my files/outlook mails survived !
Thanks,
Milind
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Did we used to work together?
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
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Will Rogers never met me.
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MehGerbil wrote: No better way to start a Tuesday morning than a note from the director asking for ideas on how to make sure this never happens again.
No better way to show your worth than giving him a solution.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Via my work Skype this very morning:
Dear Barrow,
It’s my urgent need For a foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction.I am Mizra Rezwan working with Barclays Bank here in Dubai(U.A.E)........
In 2007,one Mr. Husson Barrow, whose surname is same as yours and has your country in his file as his place of origin, made a fixed deposit for 36 months, valued at $26,700,000.00 with my bank. .....Sadly Mr. Husson was among the death victims in the September 2009 earthquake in Indonesia that left over 1,200 people dead while he was there on business trip.
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Mr. Mizra Rezwan
Barclays Bank of Dubai
Email:mizra9062@gmail.com
Seems legit - plenty of people in my Family called Husson (couldn't even spell Hussan/Husan) and it'd be odd for a small company like Barclays not to use personal gmail accounts....
I don't know whether to laugh, or be disgusted at them pimping their scam on the backs of an Earthquake.
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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Keith Barrow wrote: I don't know whether to laugh, or be disgusted at them pimping their scam on the backs of an Earthquake.
Those ones only make me feel the second option. I just find it sad, very sad. And even more sad, that some people still believe that and get scamed.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I hope you emailed them back (10minutemail[^] should do it) suggesting the money should go to the disaster relief fund?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Keith Barrow wrote: Dear Barrow,
Keith, I'm going to address you as "dear Barrow" from now on. 
/ravi
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