Shark Bait: Following the Script

Computerworld Shark Bait September 12, 2008___________________________________________________________***************SPONSOR**************************************The EVA 4400 ChallengeIn a first time, head-to-head comparison, see why 5 technology professionals found the new HP StorageWorks EVA4400 easier to operate and a greater time saver than the EMC/CLARiiON CX3-10.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3615200/132809449/138634/0/************************************************************___________________________________________________________The best new baits:* Miscellaneous Bait: Following the Script* Boss Ahoy!: Brown-nosing* Miscellaneous Bait: $3,000 for a fan* Sinking Projects: De-volution has provided us with MSCEs* Miscellaneous Bait: Nothing was changed* Back In The Day: How I aggravated a user for years and years* Floundering Users: But That Information Has to Be Retrieved!* Shark Tank: You don't suppose that was on purpose, do you?__________________________________________________________THE BEST NEW BAITSMiscellaneous Bait: Following the ScriptI called my ISP's tech support to try and figure out what had happenedto my previously just fine Internet access. The good news was thatthere were no language issues, as they had not offshored theirsupport. The bad news is ...http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3615200/132809449/138635/2/__________________________________________________________Boss Ahoy!: Brown-nosingSo we were just out for coffee, talking about the worst suck-ups we'veseen in our careers. I thought I'd poll the Shark Bait crowd for theirnominations. I'll kick if off by making an example of myself ...http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3615200/132809449/138636/2/__________________________________________________________Miscellaneous Bait: $3,000 for a fanBack in 1997, I was working for a satellite office of a globalsoftware company. We had two high-end Windows NT servers in our officethat were working great. Then, the A/C breaks down. For several monthswe are juggling fans and portable units ...http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3615200/132809449/138637/2/__________________________________________________________OTHER RESOURCES_______________Whitepaper: Learn how organizations can quickly achieve IT configuration integrity by proactively assessing how their current configurations measure up to specifications as given in ISO 27001. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3615200/132809449/135766/0/Virtual Trade Show: Reinventing Enterprise Architecture- How to hit the Reset Button. Register for this exciting new event today!http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3615200/132809449/137224/0/Gartner Paper: US Data Centers -- The Calm Before the Stormhttp://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3615200/132809449/138066/0/_________________________________________________________***************SPONSOR**************************************Gartner Paper: How IT Management can “Green” the Data Centerhttp://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3615200/132809449/138638/0/************************************************************__________________________________________________________Sinking Projects: De-volution has provided us with MSCEsWe had supported a CA firm of a N.Y. office for about four years withno major problems. (After we put a firewall in front of the Linux fileserver because of attacks coming via the N.Y. office...)http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3615200/132809449/138639/2/__________________________________________________________Miscellaneous Bait: Nothing was changedThe project I was working on (as developer and architect) was due forUAT, and the production guy contacted me just before I was to leave.He was in charge of deploying and migrating the environments. "All theincoming traffic are dead! Responses as well as user traffic!" ...http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3615200/132809449/138640/2/__________________________________________________________Back In The Day: How I aggravated a user for years and yearsBack in the day when Windows 95 rolled out, there was muchconsternation about 32-bit processing and what it meant. One of myusers asked me about the "32-bit thing," and I advised him that whenhe powered down a machine, he had to wait for 32 seconds ...http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3615200/132809449/138641/2/__________________________________________________________***************SPONSOR**************************************Intercept email threats with a complimentary 30 day trial from MessageLabshttp://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3615200/132809449/138642/0/************************************************************__________________________________________________________Floundering Users: But That Information Has to Be Retrieved!Yesterday, I received a call from a local real estate office. Theirserver was down, and they were frantic. After checking things out, Idetermined that it was a bad drive, and the monitor was failing also...http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3615200/132809449/138643/2/__________________________________________________________Shark Tank: You don't suppose that was on purpose, do you?Like Shark Bait? Check out Shark Tank, the snarky series that startedit all! Here's today's:This pilot fish at a small electronics manufacturer is tasked with building a print server station to print out labels on the plant floor -- and he decides to cobble it together himself.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3615200/132809449/138644/2/__________________________________________________________POST YOUR TECH TALES AT SHARK BAIT. IT'S THERAPEUTIC!_____________________Need a place to vent about IT? Have a story to share? Submit your own "baits" for points, and rate other baits. Leave comments, build your profile, or try to become one of the big fish.Get started athttp://sharkbait.computerworld.com/?q=user/register&source=SBNLREG__________________________________________________________IS YOUR BOSS CLUELESS? ______________________If so, we want to talk with you. We're putting together a primer, and you can help. If you could tell your boss -- anonymously -- what s/he's doing wrong, what would you say? Please get in touch. (We can keep your name out of it.) E-mail us at Kathleen_Melymuka@computerworld.comCOMPUTERWORLD ON TWITTER________________________Are you a Twit? So are we! Follow the Computerworld editors at Twitter to hear what's coming, what's breaking, what's hot, what's not.http://twitter.com/computerworld===============================================================RESOURCE CENTERDownload your Free Enterprise IP Telephony eBook!Get your free 96 Page IP Telephony eBook! 11 Chapters on deployment, cost savings, security & more.http://newsletter.industrybrains.com/c?2f4;1;7bd1d;21858;546;2ecf;14aIntel® Technology’s Impact On Mobile IT EfficiencyCheck Out How Centrino® With vPro™ Technology Is Cost Effectively Keeping PC Fleets Productive.http://newsletter.industrybrains.com/c?2f4;2;78b5f;21048;546;2ecf;14aMulti-Core Test Results In Virtualized ServersCheck Out The Latest Xeon® Performance Results. Virtualized Servers vs. Non-Virtualized Servers.http://newsletter.industrybrains.com/c?2f4;3;78b3d;21031;546;2ecf;14a