Useless Conversation

[Merusk]

... Athens, ...

This reminds me.  You Atlanta folks, how are the new Steak 'n Shakes doing?  Anyone been to one?  What'd you think?

[Paelos]

I like the one near the office. They do an Oreo Ice Cream sandwich that's hand dipped for like a buck. That's pretty awesome.

[Sky]

They serve that in Los Angeles as well, which is also a shithole, but at least it's sunny and has fewer cockroaches.

Well, the four-legged kind, anyway.

LA has a horrific amount of cockroaches. I remember the first night I stayed there and flicked the lights on in the kitchen and these massive predators of the apocalypse went scurrying under the toe kicks. Huge cockaroaches.

[Merusk]

I like the one near the office. They do an Oreo Ice Cream sandwich that's hand dipped for like a buck. That's pretty awesome.

Yeah, it's fun to hear the franchisees talk about how much they love some of the pricing. Heh.

Any building problems? Smell of smoke/ burgers/ leaks?

[Paelos]

Nope, burgers are fine, traditionally on the juicier side than I prefer but not so much that it detracts (Five Guys for example goes too far with this and it turns into a soggy pile of mess). No smoke smell that I can tell. I'm not a shake guy so I can't comment there, but the fries stood up well.

I've never been a fan of the way they cut the pickles though. I'm a traditional wavy cut dill slice kind of guy.

[Ingmar]

I have a hard time imagining anywhere with MORE cockroaches than LA. Other than places like Baker.

[Nevermore]

Come to Florida.  'We have more roaches!' is the unofficial state motto.

[Yegolev]

... Athens, ...

This reminds me.  You Atlanta folks, how are the new Steak 'n Shakes doing?  Anyone been to one?  What'd you think?

I don't know what you mean by "new".  The "old" ones are still standing.

I bought a unit of the seasoning for home use.  It literally tastes good on everything.

[Ingmar]

Layoffs survived: 3 4

[Merusk]

... Athens, ...

This reminds me.  You Atlanta folks, how are the new Steak 'n Shakes doing?  Anyone been to one?  What'd you think?

I don't know what you mean by "new".  The "old" ones are still standing.

I bought a unit of the seasoning for home use.  It literally tastes good on everything.

There's a new one up in Athens and one in Rome from 2 years ago that my firm did.  New Prototype building.  Since Paelos mentioned Athens I wanted to see if any of you made it out either way and had opinions.  (Augusta is another location though much farther from Atlanta than the first two..)

[RhyssaFireheart]

Layoffs survived: 3 4

Whoot?

[WayAbvPar]

Layoffs survived: 3 4

Congrats on all your new responsibilities for no more compensation 

[Ingmar]

My first one is shutting down all the accounts that didn't make it! Joy.

[Lantyssa]

That's a shitty one alright.

[Hammond]

Oh goodie they are digging in our parking lot dangerously close to our fiber optics lines that go between buildings.   

[Nebu]

Oh goodie they are digging in our parking lot dangerously close to our fiber optics lines that go between buildings.   

Sounds like a good time to call in sick. 

[WayAbvPar]

Oh goodie they are digging in our parking lot dangerously close to our fiber optics lines that go between buildings.   

Well they already found Richard III, so maybe this time Hoffa will turn up.

[Hammond]

I am betting on a ancient Indian burial ground.

[Yegolev]

If that's the case, you're in for some fun.

[Ingmar]

More layoff fun!

~15% headcount gone. Also 90% of the remaining employees are playing musical offices, so incoming office move circus action. I wish we had managed to get VOIP done before this happened. 

[Paelos]

Poop in the office you want.

Guaranteed you get it.

[Lantyssa]

~15% headcount gone. Also 90% of the remaining employees are playing musical offices, so incoming office move circus action. I wish we had managed to get VOIP done before this happened. 

Ugh.  Min used to do musical extension swaps every two weeks.  I got to see it in action a few times before we thankfully got VoIP phones.  I wasn't barely involved and I was ready to strangle someone over it.

[Selby]

More layoff fun!

~15% headcount gone.

We're supposedly going to have all of our headcount reduction done this week.  They got rid of several last week and the remaining few this week.  I'm tired of going through this.  One department is losing 35%.

[Hammond]

So they actually did hit the conduit that the cable was going through but they did not penetrate / cut it. Backhoe driver apparently almost shit himself when he found the conduit. They have 3 more holes to dig for some water main work through our property and all the conduit between the buildings runs next the water mains.

[Yegolev]

Reading PowerShell guides from Microsoft is like reading a guide for second-graders on how to do arithmetic.

[Ironwood]

Yes it is.  Why the hell are you bothering ?

[Yegolev]

I no longer am.  I wanted some stuff deleted without me bothering.  Now I see cygwin has cron functionality.

[Salamok]

I no longer am.  I wanted some stuff deleted without me bothering.  Now I see cygwin has cron functionality.

lol, Is cygwin + 2008r2 (core only) a viable option for a production server?

[WayAbvPar]

But, chicken and waffles!

No problem. They are available everywhere now!



/vomit

So, my buddy tried these. "They are the worst thing I have ever had in my mouth" was his review. Also found a review here

Item: Lay’s Do Us a Flavor Finalist Chicken & Waffles Potato Chips
Purchased Price: $3.00
Size: 9.5 oz. bag
Purchased at: Weis Market
Rating: 1 out of 10
Pros: Crunchier than a normal Lay’s chips. Smells slightly better than sticking your head into an amusement park trash can.
Cons: Heavy doses of brown sugar and ‘savory’ spices come together worse than blindly pouring an entire spice cabinet into a bowl. Moldy smell comes across in the seasoning. Can’t taste the potatoes. Quite possibly the least appetizing potato product I’ve ever eaten.

Now I must have some. Morbid curiosity has overtaken me.

[Sky]

That sounds like something to buy just to leave on the break room table and sit in the corner reading innocently.

[Merusk]

I agree with both of the last 2 assessments.  They sound so terrible I must try them, and then inflict them on my co-workers.   We have a breakfast club on Fridays; guess what's showing up on the counter.

[WayAbvPar]

45 minutes after I posted that I went to pick my wife up for lunch. She walks out of her office and hands me a chicken and waffle chip! And yes, it was goddamned vile. It coats the inside of your mouth and just festers there.

[Yegolev]

I no longer am.  I wanted some stuff deleted without me bothering.  Now I see cygwin has cron functionality.

lol, Is cygwin + 2008r2 (core only) a viable option for a production server?

I don't do Win support, so... sure.

This is to remove crap on my Win7 laptop.

Edit in case you are even remotely serious, yes it seems completely viable and I'd welcome any feedback.

[Lantyssa]

I think at that point you could just spin up a linux server?

[Yegolev]

If we are only talking about a OS image, sure, but generally people run applications on these things so that's not likely feasible.  Plus there's all the paperwork and procurement.  It would be easier to use Powershell.