#garfield Logs

Apr 25 2018

10:14 PM katsmeow is now known as katsmeow-afk
11:05 PM rue_mohr: kat, those look more like http://windhazard.davidoprevatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Rafters.gif
11:05 PM rue_mohr: rafter joiners
11:07 PM katsmeow-afk: splice plates is what we always called them
11:08 PM rue_mohr: I wonder if the ties sometimes split on them
11:08 PM katsmeow-afk: doesn;t make much sense to put them on the ends of sleepers tho, imagine the mess after they all fall out and are mixed with the gravel
11:08 PM rue_mohr: lot of stess when they are dragging them around like that, I could see some splitting
11:08 PM katsmeow-afk is now known as katsmeow
11:09 PM rue_mohr: /checking
11:09 PM katsmeow: but you think with allt he wet-dry freeze-thaw cycles, they's stay put?
11:09 PM rue_mohr: I suspect after the track assemly is placed it dosn't matter
11:09 PM katsmeow: they are specifically not allowed in houses where they are wet-dried repeatedly
11:10 PM katsmeow: they tend to back out
11:15 PM rue_mohr: makes sense their exptected to be temporary then
11:15 PM zhanx: so i now contract support walmart
11:15 PM katsmeow: on the railroad?
11:15 PM zhanx: register repairs
11:15 PM rue_mohr: I dont think anything railroad is upposed to be env friendly
11:16 PM rue_mohr: zhanx, is that quick turnaround on-call?
11:16 PM zhanx: yep
11:16 PM rue_mohr: "a cash register broke and in the 4 mins it took to report it, 5000 lined up behind it"
11:16 PM zhanx: leave current job, they pay any fees for leaving also
11:17 PM rue_mohr: huh, sounds like nobody is smart enough to keep a local IT person
11:18 PM zhanx: doesn't pay to
11:18 PM katsmeow: not needed often enoug
11:18 PM zhanx: i work for 18 different companies now
11:18 PM rue_mohr: depends if they have other things they do, and are just an 'IT champion'
11:18 PM katsmeow: and when they buy piles of new stuff, the oem installs it
11:18 PM zhanx: my main client is homedepot
11:19 PM zhanx: katsmeow: nope not even then on the new stuff, the new store installs is still them tho
11:20 PM zhanx: i just redid 2 homedepots registers backends
11:20 PM zhanx: soon they will be getting new points of sale registers
11:20 PM katsmeow: when new store got new pos, all the installers were out of towners
11:21 PM rue_mohr: oh right, I want to rejog one of th mcdonalds touchscreens for running the 3d printer rack
11:22 PM zhanx: yea its whoever is kind of local and can travel to fix it
11:22 PM rue_mohr: so you have to find smart prople
11:22 PM zhanx: in my area being middle of nowhere upstate NY its me and one other guy
11:23 PM rue_mohr: there is noise between me and my keyboard, causing intermittent errors
11:23 PM katsmeow: does it sound like "puuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" ?
11:23 PM rue_mohr: no its causing errors between my touchts and the comcluder
11:24 PM rue_mohr: god z, we were at one of the medical clinics, they asked about one of the offices with a bad data connection...
11:24 PM rue_mohr: WHAT A MESS
11:24 PM rue_mohr: split cables, tel/phone, switches hanging by wiring...
11:25 PM rue_mohr: switch chains and webs all over the building...
11:25 PM zhanx: yea they suck, hate them
11:25 PM katsmeow: someone needs to fix Spain's transatlantic internet
11:25 PM rue_mohr: "This will take less time to completely overhaul..."
11:25 PM zhanx: and you will never get it right
11:26 PM rue_mohr: ok, I'm fasting after this tea
11:26 PM rue_mohr: they need to check if I have blood tommorow
11:26 PM katsmeow: caffine will do that to you
11:26 PM rue_mohr: and that its cholesterol level is still 4x what it should be
11:27 PM katsmeow: sterols are required, yanno
11:27 PM rue_mohr: oh yea, what happened to my nuts?
11:27 PM rue_mohr: maybe that was too expensive
11:28 PM zhanx: well its your healthcare system
11:28 PM rue_mohr: I ate almonds for a day
11:28 PM katsmeow: why?
11:28 PM rue_mohr: wasn't that plant sterols?
11:28 PM zhanx: i am eating walnuts
11:28 PM katsmeow: oh,, ok
11:28 PM katsmeow: i am not
11:28 PM rue_mohr: maybe it was wallnut
11:35 PM rue_mohr: New USB device found, idVendor=1908, idProduct=2311
11:35 PM rue_mohr: Bus 002 Device 102: ID 1908:2311 GEMBIRD
11:35 PM katsmeow: my cable is not here yet
11:36 PM katsmeow: did get a letter from local usps office : they will resume delivery of packages addressed to me
11:36 PM katsmeow: did you snailmail that one that bleeds?
11:37 PM rue_mohr: no, would you like me to?
11:38 PM katsmeow: :-/
11:38 PM katsmeow: no
11:39 PM katsmeow: i prolly would have really enjoyed washing out my mailbox when it arrived only 1/2 full
11:40 PM katsmeow: i mean, knowing you sent it 100% full
11:40 PM katsmeow: oh well
11:41 PM rue_mohr: I dont think a bleeding package would get that far
11:41 PM rue_mohr: you would prolly hear the ambulances and fire trucks from your place tho
11:41 PM * katsmeow nods
11:42 PM rue_mohr: nothing like stupid people trying to figure out what ketchup is
11:42 PM * katsmeow ods
11:43 PM rue_mohr: :S no more tea for me
11:50 PM katsmeow: an Ai sniffing draino : http://www.questionablecontent.net/
11:53 PM rue_mohr: heh
11:54 PM katsmeow: in that comic, the huamsn talk in rounded bubbles, the Ai in squareones
11:57 PM rue_mohr: katsmeow, how many threads is that comic running?
11:58 PM katsmeow: a dozen or so
11:59 PM rue_mohr: geez, I got home and slept for 3 hours
11:59 PM rue_mohr: thats gonna throw out the night