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Title: D'oh!
Post by: mirth on February 01, 2017, 10:44:13 AM
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/01/gitlab_data_loss/
Title: Re: D'oh!
Post by: BanzaiCat on February 01, 2017, 11:03:12 AM
So, basically, they need to decouple the Griswold EPS junction whilst scrambling the sonic injector, due to an anomalous frequency modulation in the alcubierre charm housing.
Title: Re: D'oh!
Post by: mirth on February 01, 2017, 11:04:16 AM
They needed to test their disaster recovery plan before the disaster :P
Title: Re: D'oh!
Post by: BanzaiCat on February 01, 2017, 11:10:04 AM
Or give their IT guy a chance to sleep occasionally.
Title: Re: D'oh!
Post by: mirth on February 01, 2017, 11:12:04 AM
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on February 01, 2017, 11:10:04 AM
Or give their IT guy a chance to sleep occasionally.

They don't need sleep. Just a constant supply of caffeine and Ho Hos.
Title: Re: D'oh!
Post by: OJsDad on February 01, 2017, 11:12:37 AM
Two things IT people always keep up to date;

1.  Their backups and recovery plans.
2.  Their resume's incase #1 fails. 
Title: Re: D'oh!
Post by: mirth on February 01, 2017, 11:15:01 AM
I genuinely feel bad for the guy. I've accidentally deleted plenty of things over the years. Nothing quite on that scale, but when you realize what you just did it is truly an "Oh F**k!" moment.
Title: Re: D'oh!
Post by: mirth on February 01, 2017, 11:15:22 AM
Quote from: OJsDad on February 01, 2017, 11:12:37 AM
Two things IT people always keep up to date;

1.  Their backups and recovery plans.
2.  Their resume's incase #1 fails. 

lol. That's the truth.
Title: Re: D'oh!
Post by: OJsDad on February 01, 2017, 11:17:02 AM
Quote from: mirth on February 01, 2017, 11:12:04 AM
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on February 01, 2017, 11:10:04 AM
Or give their IT guy a chance to sleep occasionally.

They don't need sleep. Just a constant supply of caffeine and Ho Hos.

He's in the EU, those things may have been banned over there.
Title: Re: D'oh!
Post by: mirth on February 01, 2017, 11:18:46 AM
Quote from: OJsDad on February 01, 2017, 11:17:02 AM
Quote from: mirth on February 01, 2017, 11:12:04 AM
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on February 01, 2017, 11:10:04 AM
Or give their IT guy a chance to sleep occasionally.

They don't need sleep. Just a constant supply of caffeine and Ho Hos.

He's in the EU, those things may have been banned over there.

Total system failure.
Title: Re: D'oh!
Post by: jamus34 on February 01, 2017, 10:02:58 PM
Quote from: OJsDad on February 01, 2017, 11:12:37 AM
Two things IT people always keep up to date;

1.  Their backups and recovery plans.
2.  Their resume's incase #1 fails.

3. Porn sites that are visited more than twice...cause they gotta be pretty good.
Title: Re: D'oh!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on February 02, 2017, 12:54:59 AM
Quote from: mirth on February 01, 2017, 11:12:04 AM
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on February 01, 2017, 11:10:04 AM
Or give their IT guy a chance to sleep occasionally.

They don't need sleep. Just a constant supply of caffeine and Ho hoes.

fixed
Title: Re: D'oh!
Post by: mirth on February 02, 2017, 12:08:28 PM
Double D'oh!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/02/01/heres-why-your-browser-may-tell-you-the-white-house-website-isnt-secure
Title: Re: D'oh!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on February 04, 2017, 07:04:44 PM
(https://i.imgflip.com/151rwi.jpg)
Title: Re: D'oh!
Post by: Gusington on February 04, 2017, 08:25:45 PM
Ho Hos are delicious.
Title: Re: D'oh!
Post by: BanzaiCat on February 15, 2017, 05:34:15 PM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.memecdn.com%2Fho-made_o_1451589.jpg&hash=64b5a4e6f80abbc3067edf27e47022c6e7ea5a08)
Title: Re: D'oh!
Post by: mirth on February 24, 2017, 10:21:27 AM
Oops...

https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/02/serious-cloudflare-bug-exposed-a-potpourri-of-secret-customer-data/
Title: Re: D'oh!
Post by: mirth on February 28, 2017, 03:42:53 PM
https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/28/amazon-aws-s3-outage-is-breaking-things-for-a-lot-of-websites-and-apps/
Title: Re: D'oh!
Post by: Silent Disapproval Robot on February 28, 2017, 03:55:37 PM
Wonder if that's why my Razer mouse's Synapse software is on the fritz today.
Title: Re: D'oh!
Post by: mirth on March 24, 2017, 08:12:17 AM
http://www.pressherald.com/2017/03/23/antiquated-labor-department-computers-led-to-outsourcing/ (http://www.pressherald.com/2017/03/23/antiquated-labor-department-computers-led-to-outsourcing/)

Quote"It's 40 years old and written in COBOL," department spokeswoman Julie Rabinowitz said, referring to the programming language developed in the late 1950s that is used by the agency's computers.

:uglystupid2:
Title: Re: D'oh!
Post by: Martok on March 25, 2017, 01:08:17 PM
Yikes.