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NewsYou’re more rational on a smartphone than on a PC Pin
Kent Sharkey25-May-17 8:14
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NewsA full-stack developer is full of something, alright Pin
Kent Sharkey25-May-17 7:57
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GeneralRe: A full-stack developer is full of something, alright Pin
Marc Clifton25-May-17 9:51
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News83 percent of security staff waste time fixing other IT problems Pin
Kent Sharkey25-May-17 7:54
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Marc Clifton25-May-17 9:56
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At the suggestion of my supervisor, I created a help ticket regarding the horrid performance of my computer at work. Of course, the real problem is the constant disk thrashing, resulting from a paltry 8GB of RAM and a really crappy hard disk that probably also has bad sectors on it. I suggested to the IT dept. in my ticket that they should check the hard drive and if it was possible to add more memory.

After 2 weeks, the ticket was closed with the following reply:

Cleaned up the hard drive and noted that the computer hadn't been rebooted in 9 days.

So, "cleaned up..." meant that they deleted everything in my temp folder, some of which was useful. Granted I shouldn't have put useful stuff there.

But saying the problem was caused by the fact that I hadn't rebooted my computer in 9 days? Seriously?

Morons.

Marc
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NewsUC Berkeley researchers teach computers to be curious Pin
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NewsGoogle, IBM and Lyft announce new open-source project for microservices Pin
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NewsMicrosoft Research ‘Path Guide’ app spotted in Google Play Store, lets you use your smartphone to navigate indoors Pin
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NewsGoogle and Facebook lobbyists try to stop new online privacy protections Pin
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NewsApple launches free courses for the next generation of app coders Pin
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NewsWindows switch to Git almost complete: 8,500 commits and 1,760 builds each day Pin
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NewsIFTTT launches Maker tier for developers Pin
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NewsHackers can use subtitles to take over millions of devices running VLC, Kodi, Popcorn Time and Stremio Pin
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NewsStudy suggests people less likely to fact check news when in company of other people Pin
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