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So, my company moved me into the corporate building in downtown Atlanta. Two guesses on who I work for. Anyway, none of our servers moved with us, which is where we maintain our DB OF GREAT IMPORTANCE. Oh, and our connection out went from a dedicated t-1 to frigging crap assed DSL. To get to our DB, we have to VPN across the DSL. Lovely. Let me tell you, when I first logged in over here and my drives tried to map....let's just say it was time to take an early lunch, drive to Cali and get some Alberto's. Gawd awful slow.

The VPN over DSL is like Maple Syrup in Antartica. SSSSSSSSSSSLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWW.

Anyway....it's driving me nucking futs, let me tell you.

Today's poll:

Em should:

A) stop his whining about his job, the baby.

B) kill the fat guy who talks too loud!

C) chill out.

D) go on vacation.

E) wait for the recession to recede and move on.

F) other lame answer*

*hah. gotcha.

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  • Where is this now? I can't come up with a company name...
  • All of the above. Kill whomever/whatever pisses you off being the first order of business. Vacation should be somewhere with no extradition treaty.

    • Sounds like what I plan to do, except that "Kill the fat guy who talks too loud," is replaced by "Kill the patronizing branleur who allegedly does IT around here," instead.

      So, in the name of enlightened self-interest, I have to side with gmhowell here...just this once.
      • So, in the name of enlightened self-interest, I have to side with gmhowell here...just this once.

        Is it really that rare? :)

        • I dunno. Aren't we usually on opposite sides of things?

          Nevertheless, I stand by my rhetorical flourish, and no offense intended. I love you all. :)
  • E. Wait things out and move on.

  • Perhaps you need to level up before you can get to the DB, I think you have to be at least 8th level before you can effectively access a DB OF GREAT IMPORTANCE remotely.
    • Or if leveling is not an option, I believe you should be able to equip a VPN of +5 SPEEDINESS or at the very least roll 2D6 and test against your initiative to see if you can overcome the slowness by random clicking and typing.
  • Any chance of getting the brainless wonders who approve upgrades to the WAN to put in a decent line out to the database. After all if this is a "DB of Great Importance" I would presume you aren't the only one accessing it.

    Heck the last company I worked for had Gig fiber to the main co-lo with most of our servers and 100MB fiber to the backup co-lo. And we had only 300 people company-wide (200 or so at the HQ).
  • G) Apply for chrisd's [slashdot.org] job?
  • drive to Cali and get some Alberto's

    Holy shiate! Albertos? In Costa Mesa and Fountain Valley? Em, are you from OC? If so, sweet. Albertos and Alertos and Alejandros (all of which have the same food and what looked like the same cook) ROCK!
    • YES.

      Al*'s, as we used to call it is all over SoCal.

      I would gnaw my own arm off at the shoulder to bite into a tasty carne asada sour cream and cheese only.
      • Sweet. I pass by Alertos everyday on my way to work and on my way home. But I don't dare stop to eat since I've lost so much weight this year (and want to lose more).

  • Hopefully, the penny will have dropped by the time you get back...
  • Sometimes I wonder how whoever thought that was a good idea gets themselves dressed in the morning. Did they at least spring for the router DSL modem, or are you going through a Windows PC with Internet Connection Sharing routing through the USB DSL modem? :-)
  • The VPN over DSL is like Maple Syrup in Antartica.

    I think you mean Mole's Asses in January.
  • All the atlantean slashdotters should get together for a lunch or dinner some time. Not this weekend (I'm outta town from tonight til Monday), but eventually.

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