I have been trying to implement scrum, but basically it just ends up in the mornings as "gather round and shuffle a bit" before going back to work. edit: We use basecamp instead of post-its. The post-its are mostly for crash bunnies.
Boo-yah: New Printer Fail: Error 1935, an error relating to what windows uses to install msi files, preventing me from installing the printer's drivers.
Boo-yah: New Printer Fail: Error 1935, an error relating to what windows uses to install msi files, preventing me from installing the printer's drivers.
What printer? Most companies have the drivers available on the web as just a pack of drivers so there's no need to install the extra crapware that comes with it. Download the driver pack, unzip it, plug the printer in, and when Windows bitches for the drivers point it at the folder where you unpacked them. Printer will automagically install (99% of the time) and you should be good to go.
i tried that. The stuff on the site is the same as what's on the disc. It may be updated a bit or something but it's still in installer form and returns the same error.
I tried that and it said it wouldn't work for my computer. I got it working by doing what techparadox said. Rather than run the installer that came in the download, I pointed windows at the folder it was in, and it found the drivers.
Fail: So I was working on Saturday, and I discovered a problem. We had a scheduled power shutdown, but our critical stuff was supposed to be unaffected. Well, I happened to notice that one of our ultra-low freezers was shut off. Those things, very specifically, were supposed to remain on. Those freezers are used to preserve anything we isloate, for later reference; they represent 6 years and countless thousands of man hours of work, along with unique and irreplaceable information. They're preserved at -80 C to arrest all cellular growth; doing this prevents the culture from mutating away from what it was when we discovered it.
And the freezer was shut off.
Boo-Yah: Thinking quickly, I rerouted leads to get the necessary 20 amp service and restore freezer functionality. It had warmed up to -55 C, but thankfully, nothing had thawed and the collection should be salvageable. Everything else in the lab wound up running normally once power was restored, and I averted a catastrophe.
Are You Fucking Serious?: I came in this morning to find out that one of our refrigerators had a catastrophic failure in the middle of the night on Saturday. It went from maintaining a range of 2 - 8 C to hitting a high of 32 C.
That refrigerator held tens of thousands of dollars of media and reagents, including all of the test kits that we use to do almost all of our work. It's all useless now.
Fail: So I was working on Saturday, and I discovered a problem. We had a scheduled power shutdown, but our critical stuff was supposed to be unaffected. Well, I happened to notice that one of our ultra-low freezers was shut off. Those things, very specifically, were supposed to remain on. Those freezers are used to preserve anything we isloate, for later reference; they represent 6 years and countless thousands of man hours of work, along with unique and irreplaceable information. They're preserved at -80 C to arrest all cellular growth; doing this prevents the culture from mutating away from what it was when we discovered it.
And the freezer was shut off.
Boo-Yah: Thinking quickly, I rerouted leads to get the necessary 20 amp service and restore freezer functionality. It had warmed up to -55 C, but thankfully, nothing had thawed and the collection should be salvageable. Everything else in the lab wound up running normally once power was restored, and I averted a catastrophe.
Are You Fucking Serious?: I came in this morning to find out that one of our refrigerators had a catastrophic failure in the middle of the night on Saturday. It went from maintaining a range of 2 - 8 C to hitting a high of 32 C.
That refrigerator held tens of thousands of dollars of media and reagents, including all of the test kits that we use to do almost all of our work. It's all useless now.
Fuck.
That sucks!
That's kinda like when my server room's air conditioning failed and the backup turned on and then failed and security did not call us to tell us the room was outside of range and we came in to find our servers in a VERY hot room (with many offline servers).
Major suckitude. How much is replacing that gonna cut into the lab budget?
Not sure. We usually run a bit under-budget, so we scramble to spend all of our money at the end of the year. We may have enough of a buffer to make this not hurt too badly, but we also may not.
It's running at 45 C now. WTF fridge.
EDIT: There was additional fail there too. We have a dedicated PC which runs our remote temperature monitoring software. All of our fridges, freezers, and incubators send their current temperature back to this central station every 15 minutes. If something operates out of range, people get alerted. If it's "after hours," they get e-mails and texts on their phones telling them that something is fucked the fuck up. It's a great system.
Too bad it shut off during the power shutdown. We didn't know there was a problem until it was already way too late.
I got a credit card through my bank a while ago because I wanted a card to integrate with my existing online banking easily. The card was operated by another company and the integration is so so.
Boo-yah: The bank is taking it over entirely so it'll now integrate a lot better. ^_^ Fail: They're issuing me a "new" card and I think this may be a sneaky plan to jack my rates up. >_<
Fail: I was running 4 miles today and in the middle of it I twisted my ankle pretty bad. I thought that I would not be able to finish my training and I would have to delay my marathon training. Boo-yah: After sitting down in the middle of the road I started to massage my ankle, it looks like all the running paid off, my ankle was strong enough to continue my training and now the pain is almost gone. Tomorrow I have to rest as per my schedule.
Fail: Returning to my classroom yesterday, I found that the sub basically bailed on my lesson plans, resulting in the work being done entirely incorrectly, half correctly, or not at all. Fail: The students have not had any sort or reasonable structure in the class either, apparently. Boo-Yah: All of my students were excited to have me back, all but one class were back on track immediately. Boo-Yah: My direct supervisor got a significant promotion to the director position that was vacated during the summer. Meaning now, the director of a school is the one that thinks I'm awesome, not just a principal.
My direct supervisor got a significant promotion to the director position that was vacated during the summer. Meaning now, the director of a school is the one that thinks I'm awesome, not just a principal.
Win: I used 4chan as an example in a meeting with my CEO. Fail: I almost scrolled down to porn. Win: They wouldn't have cared, most likely. Fail: I couldn't find another example of a post referencing another, previous post ( >192830 ) on any other forum-y thing.
Win: I used 4chan as an example in a meeting with my CEO. Fail: I almost scrolled down to porn. Win: They wouldn't have cared, most likely. Fail: I couldn't find another example of a post referencing another, previous post ( >192830 ) on any other forum-y thing.
My direct supervisor got a significant promotion to the director position that was vacated during the summer. Meaning now, the director of a school is the one that thinks I'm awesome, not just a principal.
My direct supervisor got a significant promotion to the director position that was vacated during the summer. Meaning now, the director of a school is the one that thinks I'm awesome, not just a principal.
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Booyah: We're using AGILE, and I'm a ScrumMaster!
edit: We use basecamp instead of post-its. The post-its are mostly for crash bunnies.
Fail: Error 1935, an error relating to what windows uses to install msi files, preventing me from installing the printer's drivers.
Boo-Yah: Ended up having a drink with my suitemates and stayed up all night with crazy antics.
Fail: One of our friends drank WAY too much (before I got there) and we were afraid he was going to die of alcohol poisoning.
Boo-Yah: He was fine
Fail: I went to bed at like 7am
Boo-Yah: Still have never had a hangover.
And the freezer was shut off.
Boo-Yah: Thinking quickly, I rerouted leads to get the necessary 20 amp service and restore freezer functionality. It had warmed up to -55 C, but thankfully, nothing had thawed and the collection should be salvageable. Everything else in the lab wound up running normally once power was restored, and I averted a catastrophe.
Are You Fucking Serious?: I came in this morning to find out that one of our refrigerators had a catastrophic failure in the middle of the night on Saturday. It went from maintaining a range of 2 - 8 C to hitting a high of 32 C.
That refrigerator held tens of thousands of dollars of media and reagents, including all of the test kits that we use to do almost all of our work. It's all useless now.
Fuck.
That's kinda like when my server room's air conditioning failed and the backup turned on and then failed and security did not call us to tell us the room was outside of range and we came in to find our servers in a VERY hot room (with many offline servers).
It's running at 45 C now. WTF fridge.
EDIT: There was additional fail there too. We have a dedicated PC which runs our remote temperature monitoring software. All of our fridges, freezers, and incubators send their current temperature back to this central station every 15 minutes. If something operates out of range, people get alerted. If it's "after hours," they get e-mails and texts on their phones telling them that something is fucked the fuck up. It's a great system.
Too bad it shut off during the power shutdown. We didn't know there was a problem until it was already way too late.
Boo-yah: The bank is taking it over entirely so it'll now integrate a lot better. ^_^
Fail: They're issuing me a "new" card and I think this may be a sneaky plan to jack my rates up. >_<
Boo-yah: After sitting down in the middle of the road I started to massage my ankle, it looks like all the running paid off, my ankle was strong enough to continue my training and now the pain is almost gone. Tomorrow I have to rest as per my schedule.
Fail: The students have not had any sort or reasonable structure in the class either, apparently.
Boo-Yah: All of my students were excited to have me back, all but one class were back on track immediately.
Boo-Yah: My direct supervisor got a significant promotion to the director position that was vacated during the summer. Meaning now, the director of a school is the one that thinks I'm awesome, not just a principal.
Fail: I almost scrolled down to porn.
Win: They wouldn't have cared, most likely.
Fail: I couldn't find another example of a post referencing another, previous post ( >192830 ) on any other forum-y thing.