• FormalWare (unregistered)

    The "Exacerbated?"

    Captcha: suscipere. Italian for "I'm a-suspicious!"

  • (cs) in reply to pinger
    pinger:
    Since when could you ping Google?
    $ ping google.com
PING google.com (74.125.226.100) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from yyz08s13-in-f4.1e100.net (74.125.226.100): icmp_req=1 ttl=54 time=45.0 ms
64 bytes from yyz08s13-in-f4.1e100.net (74.125.226.100): icmp_req=2 ttl=54 time=44.2 ms
^C
--- google.com ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1000ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 44.200/44.625/45.050/0.425 ms

    Also please fire this Erik Gern person. My cat could write a better article.

  • steelcobra (unregistered) in reply to pinger
    pinger:
    Since when could you ping Google?

    Since pretty much always, unless your network blocks ping traffic out to the internet.

  • (cs)

    "Guess I'd better go buy a katana." XD

  • thedailybtf (the-daily-butt-the-fuck) (unregistered) in reply to German
    German:
    Also, Hanz is not a usual German name, it's Hans. And Han[zs]o is not a common nickname; if anything, it would be Hansi.
    This is simply an anonymization failure. From the article:
    Erik Gern:
    Like a ninja in the night, Hanz M., AKA Hanzo ... "I’m Hans M., with IT," Hanzo said.
    German:
    The name Gertrude at least exists, though it's a rather uncommon variant of Gertrud which itself it not exactly the most popular name ...
    My suspicion is that todays WTF is in the wrong category and it's actually a CodeSOD written in http://esolangs.org/wiki/.Gertrude.
  • Progress Bar Observer (unregistered) in reply to My Name

    Hesse is still a current wstern state of Germany.

  • thedailyftb (the-daily-fuck-the-butt) (unregistered) in reply to pjt33
    pjt33:
    I'm sure I'm not the only one hoping you mean "a link", because today's story had about as much meat as a single Error'd item, and as much need for more than 50 words to describe it.
    Todays WTF without the fillers, as it was written in better times.
  • m (unregistered) in reply to lolwtf

    Guess the joke was: "ping google ping: unknown host google"

    Since cannot ping google directly unless specified in the host file.

  • steelcobra (unregistered) in reply to m
    m:
    Guess the joke was: "ping google ping: unknown host google"

    Since cannot ping google directly unless specified in the host file.

    H:>ping www.google.com

    Pinging www.google.com [74.125.131.147] with 32 bytes of data:

    Or put the entry in with a valid FQDN and it'll resolve by DNS.

  • Gunslinger (unregistered)

    So, the real WTF is that maintenance actually was trying to help by fixing the A/C.

  • steelcobra (unregistered) in reply to Gunslinger
    Gunslinger:
    So, the real WTF is that maintenance actually was trying to help by fixing the A/C.

    I think it's really the huge list of borked things at that site: IT's equipment getting moved around constantly with no input from them. IT not having access to their equipment. Using an unmarked old desktop as a gateway, unsecured, and easily disconnected. Having zero communication between IT and maintenance on tasks that could potentially destroy equipment (the AC maintenance leaving the room so hot servers might start breaking). An "I didn't do nuthin'" asshat of a maintenance guy working on it, and the sleeping jerk who considered letting IT into its own stuff to be a herculean task.

  • Letatio (unregistered)

    A page and a half of comments, and no one has mentioned the WTF about the drill on the metal rack with servers in it?

  • kick ass (unregistered)

    That was one bad ass photo

  • stew (unregistered)

    TRWTF is invalid HTML.
  • (cs) in reply to Anonymous Will
    Anonymous Will:
    his eyes met a more unpleasant site: bare buttcheeks
    Couldn't even write "sight" correctly.

    I am fairly certain somebody has that as a site...but I am afraid to even do a WhoIs on it!

  • Wabid Wabbit (unregistered) in reply to Ryusui
    Ryusui:
    "Guess I'd better go buy a katana." XD

    The author's clearly a Musashi fan (Book of 5 Rings.) -1 for a pretty lame story, +10 for the Rings reference. :)

  • (cs) in reply to anonymous
    anonymous:
    So the maintaince guy fixed the most important problem (broken AC) but doing so caused a minor problem? Well, next time they're gonna make the IT fix their own damn AC.

    I agree with the thought. To me, this looks like 360 degree disrespect between the departments (not just those two departments, either).

    It's probably management driven. I've seen lots of silly things done to maintenance departments by the PHB's. It is, after all, low "man" on the totem pole...

    PHB: "Let's move maintenance. They don't matter. Let's see what they're made of." Later: "Why should it be so d___d expensive to move around two 40-ton boilers and 60 tons of maintenance equipment, and build a whole new maintenance shop?"

    So, move completed after $40,000 burned; and in 2 years, rinse and repeat...

  • Steve (unregistered)

    Let us be clear, TheDailyWTF.com. You got me. I had to look at a picture of an ugly male buttocks on my work computer. Fool me once, shame on you.

    If this happens again, I feel I must discontinue reading.

  • Gill Bates (unregistered)

    Wow, aren't we a bit condescending. We are IT ninjas, we shouldn't have to deal with those stupid management people. I mean, look at them! They're almost animals! They crawl and show buttocks! We buy katanas and have otaku meetings, Gertrude-chan! Ugh.

  • Cheong (unregistered) in reply to Peter
    Peter:
    To which Maintenance would have the master key, natch.

    Rule 1: In case of outage, look for the ladder and open ceiling tile.

    In this particular case, I'd first rush to gateway switch and see if it's on fire.

    The central gateway with uplink to outside can grow really hot without air conditioning. In fact, when I was reading through the middle of that section, I was half expecting a switch found in smoke.

  • Cheong (unregistered) in reply to Steve
    Steve:
    Let us be clear, TheDailyWTF.com. You got me. I had to look at a picture of an ugly male buttocks on my work computer. Fool me once, shame on you.

    If this happens again, I feel I must discontinue reading.

    Same here.

  • faoileag (unregistered) in reply to Letatio
    Letatio:
    A page and a half of comments, and no one has mentioned the WTF about the drill on the metal rack with servers in it?
    Bah, no problem. The servers will have a case. But you mentioning it takes me back a few years...

    I ordered a custom-made pc at my local independent shop. When I arrived back home with the nice new machine, I tilted it somewhat to get it out of the car and something went "clang".

    A close inspection a few minutes later reveiled an unattached slot cover inside, resting on the motherboard when I opened the case to have a look. That's bad craftsmenship on its own, but what really pissed me off was that that slot cover did not originaly come with the tower case I had ordered but did come from a different case altogether.

    The shop went out of business a few month later which did not really come as a surprise to me :-)

  • Not appeased (unregistered)

    This is one of the most pointless WTFs on this site: A cable needed to be re-plugged in. Please don't even write an article if it is this bad.

  • ShearyWaffler (unregistered) in reply to verto
    verto:
    ccj:
    but having any positive non-zero percentage packet loss
    As opposed to those nasty positive zeros?

    (If you're going to mention floating point, that is TRWTF.)

    It's the negative packet loss percentage that worries me.

  • Mlz (unregistered) in reply to Steve The Cynic
    Steve The Cynic:
    Mark Bowytz:
    Steve The Cynic:
    What the article said:
    These are his stories.
    What the article should have said:
    This is his story.
    Sigh.

    I was debating that exact line, but it's part of a series of WTFs sent in by the same guy. It'll make sense in future articles where there'll be a link to other stories.

    "one of his stories", then?

    I assume you also have this complaint about the Law & Order show, who phrases it exactly the way the author did? You knew what he meant, and it was a cultural reference that was most easily recognized by being slightly inaccurate. Who cares? There is such a thing as artistic license.

    Jeez, why are you pedantic whiners even here? If you hate the writing so much, piss off. Everyone would be much happier.

  • Anonymous Brave person (unregistered) in reply to Pista
    Pista:
    Today we've got a new "record" in lousy writeup... Attaboy!
    It's a good well-written WTF. What's with all this hate in the comments lately?
  • Nick (unregistered)

    Fixing it was wrong. Really wrong! Way better would be to wait until everyone is really pissed off and then explain what's the story with equipment. Then a special air conditioned room would be found instantly

  • (cs)

    Hmm... trifles...

  • trololo (unregistered)

    Sigh, German stories ... so fun to read ....

  • Len (unregistered)

    The entire campus's internet goes through one Ethernet port, huh? Could someone kindly explain why that's not bloody stupid?

  • Krunt (unregistered) in reply to Mlz
    Mlz:
    Jeez, why are you pedantic whiners even here? If you hate the writing so much, piss off. Everyone would be much happier.

    I think that's kind of the point, dude. People are starting to "piss off" (as you so eloquently put it) because the quality has taken a big nose-dive lately.

    Presumably your generalisation of "Everyone" also doesn't include the site owner/operator who still wants to see advertising revenue?

  • Don (unregistered) in reply to Not appeased
    Not appeased:
    This is one of the most pointless WTFs on this site: A cable needed to be re-plugged in. Please don't even write an article if it is this bad.
    A cable needed plugging into a workstation? "Stop kicking the cable out, numbnuts." A cable needed plugging into the CEO/top-monkey's workstation? "Oh crap, andale, andale! Arriba, arriba! Sorry, signore, won't happen again. I go now." A cable needed plugging into the primary outbound router? WTF. A cable needed plugging into the primary outbound router AFTER an idiot maintenance guy unplugged it in the first place, without talking to IT first? WTF to the power of WTF...

    Various degrees of issues when a cable needs to be plugged back in... if it's a primary communication port; then it's a problem.

  • Paul Neumann (unregistered) in reply to Don
    Don:
    the primary outbound router
    That's some strange traffic shaping if you have a router strictly for outbound traffic. Is that for redundancy when the inbound router goes down?
  • Insensitive Claude (unregistered) in reply to My Name
    My Name:
    True, which also means it NOT in Hesse, but in Saxony (Sachsen).
    Q: What do you call someone who likes speaking the language of the Saxons? A: Saxophones
  • Insensitive Claude (unregistered) in reply to faoileag
    Letatio:
    A page and a half of comments, and no one has mentioned the WTF about the drill on the metal rack with servers in it?
    A small branch office I managed ended up with a room containing a local server with DDS4 tape backup ... and a copier/MFP. Paper dust aside, I whined about the security implications of having a server in an unsecured room. "But we can't lock the door; people need to use the copier!" The solution was to build a lockable metal cage around the server. So now I had to deal not only with paper dust, but the concrete dust from maintenance drilling holes in the floor to mount the industrial-grade metal fence. Did they talk to us first? No.... Did they wonder why we kept having to replace that tape drive every few months? No... that was an IT problem.
  • Insensitive Claude (unregistered) in reply to neminem
    neminem:
    ...and accidentally drilled a whole right
    A WHOLE right? Wouldn't it have been better to have drilled a HALF right?
  • gtex (unregistered) in reply to Paul Neumann

    One router inbound and one router outbound--for load balancing you see. Tried the same thing with the firewalls and for some strange reason it didn't work.

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