I hate computers (this week)

So Ron === idiot.
I work for AT&T as a lead for monitoring thousands of machines that make up our website etc.
This has been iPhone release week. So of course NOW would be a good time to update some overdue security stuff. Its all push a button inside the site for admins

looked good
died after a while
restarted
looked good
tried again today - still good

dead tonight
turns out the update downgraded the database binary (WHY?)
ok thats sorted and things actually look ok
if not I’m thinking dynamite.
Thats a valid fishing mechanism right?
No?
damn.

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It is clear that the computer is an invention of the devil. Instances if taking the lord’s name in vain are increased 1000 fold when a computer is involved in any activity (based on personal experience; no hard data). The link to the old site popped up while I was typing that. Thanks!

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yup I hates me some computers this week.
ok found and fixed other upgrade sleeper issues
im setting up detailed monitoring next so it pages me when down

No good dead goes unpunished :slight_smile: :firecracker: is next

oh and for smiley shortcuts in case you didn’t know you can enter your comment then type a colon “:” and start typing stuff like this..
bad computers make me :sick
which actually shows

the above misspelling of deed is an obvious Freudian slip
but :fly
is one i hope to add a bunch more emojis to.

You may hate your computer right now, but I sure love what you’ve done with it. I’ve not gotten much done around the house since your computer came into its own. The old pages are so incredible!! Names of the past, ideas, flies, comments … OMG!… it’s wonderful. Thank you, Ron.