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I would file this under everyone comes into each task with their own notions of what things mean.
No matter what you write down. the only thing they will see is Copy the VM. Not with networking and environment settings. All they see is copy the VM.
Sorry but this happens so often. People read the first 3 words Subject Verb Direct object and scurry off to complete the task. Assuming they "know" everything else about copying the VM
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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I upvoted this just for the stolen server 
Cheers,
Vikram.
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oh you didn't join that meeting...
where people were trying to save the livelihood of hundreds of families. I'm not kidding, it was elephanting serious.
I was sitting in my car on my cell in this conference call. IT had no idea they were supposed to be backing up this stuff. In all fairness, IT really didn't know. We all do our jobs. I just happened to have backed things up the week before.
Then comes that guy. The paranoid "these people have no clue" guy. I cleared my throat and said, "Jim, I have backups from last week." It got really quiet. And the owner of the company said, "you have to be shitting me..."
I'm happy I was there. I know a lot of these people. We do serious work folks...
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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seriously you are correct. Umm, boss, we have no email server 
*might* be an argument for a cloud solution but there be holes.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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charlieg wrote: For the first time in 25 years of consulting, I'm about to fire a customer.
I've never fired a consulting customer, but I did have one I turned down any further work. Their notion of "net 30 days" was "whenever I remember to do paperwork"  . I had to stop work on the guy a couple of times to get paid. It wasn't like the source of the money was a problem (largish university), he just hated dealing with ... paperwork.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Gary R. Wheeler wrote: I turned down any further work
Yup that is firing a customer.
Gary R. Wheeler wrote: net 30 days
I laugh and  - the financial stability of a consultant sucks. Changing to a contractor may have taken my autonomy but the regular pay packet was wonderful!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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truth - as a consultant (all of you can chime in) I have found you take care of your network. we call these co-workers and friends who have their balls hanging in the wind with yours.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Try raising your rate first!
With all of switching around, they probably lost the original agreements.
Send them a new agreement to execute.
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yeah, I pointed that out, but I have a plan....
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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To follow up my rant, Rick you owe me a beer. I'll buy the next round...
this morning came the team meeting call. I drove home the point - image is image. 1 == 1. The new VM is not equating to that. Explain to me what your definition of image is? Well, we migrated it... (after 3 months of copy the elephanting server ffs).
For what it's worth, I understand why the did what they did but "not appropriate for the lounge".
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Wordle 296 3/6
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Luc Pattyn [My Articles]
The Windows 11 "taskbar" is disgusting. It should be at the left of the screen, with real icons, with text, progress, etc. They downgraded my developer PC to a bloody iPhone.
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Lucky guess on the fourth try!
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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I kept wanting it to stop so I could find out what was being done. And waiting for one of the worker to turn and raise a middle finger.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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If an airplane is positioned on a conveyor belt as wide as a runway, and this conveyor belt is designed to exactly match the speed of the wheels, but moving in the opposite direction, ...
Can the airplane take off?
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Message Closed
modified 10-Apr-22 20:24pm.
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