• (disco)

    First :piñata: !!!

  • (disco)

    Forget Field12, what happened for Field13 :interrobang:

  • (disco)

    I really hope Jane very creatively enhanced that submission. If that's real, that company doesn't need to fire Carl; they need to get him a coat with extra-long sleeves that fasten in back.

  • (disco) in reply to HardwareGeek

    And drastically revamp his cubicle, of course. Cardboard and cubicle walls are not fit for one such as Carl. He must have the softest of cushions around him, covering every wall.

  • (disco)

    The real question is: what else happens at that company that would drive a man to such madness?

  • (disco)

    The end sounds like the starting point of a Creepypasta.

  • (disco)

    Carl probably liked his work-space to be dark so nobody could see the truth in his bloodshot eyes: He was high as a kite.

  • (disco)

    I might have been tempted to return to Carl's cubicle a little while later wired up with a hidden tape recorder, and ask him to explain about the ants. I would then play the tape back to the management.

  • (disco) in reply to Zacrath
    Zacrath:
    what else happens at that company that would drive a man to such madness?

    They write Java code, so obviously they must be using ant…

  • (disco) in reply to Quite

    Management would probably give him a bonus for being proactive ensuring that the database doesn't get ants. Nobody likes getting ants in their database...

  • (disco)

    He must be dumb as bread. That explains the 'flourescent' light . . .

  • (disco)

    "Yes, yes. Very bad. You see, the array was too old. Unusable. Data integrity lost."

    Sounds like Abathur from Starcraft II: HotS.

  • (disco) in reply to dkf
    dkf:
    Zacrath:
    what else happens at that company that would drive a man to such madness?

    They write Java code, so obviously they must be sadists.

    FTFY.

  • (disco)

    TIL databases are like RAM: they need a scheduled refresh cycle.

  • (disco) in reply to Nocha

    You have to have ants in you database otherwise you have nothing to interface the GBL to the Honeycombs.

  • (disco)

    Those ants, are those fire ants? http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/fire_ants.png

  • (disco) in reply to ChrisH

    Either him or Moradin from Mass Effect.

  • (disco) in reply to Tsaukpaetra

    Both field12 and field13 are set via the following code not shown in the above section:

    String field12 = columns[11];
String field13 = columns[12];
...
dao.executeSql("alter table tableName modify field12 set default " + field12);
dao.executeSql("alter table tableName modify field13 set default " + field13);

    Why not simply include this in the insert statement? Because it is unlucky to have 13 fields in an insert, but all inserts should use a prime number of fields. As you would know if your brain hadn't been addled by all those EF rays.

  • (disco)

    I just don't understand why he didn't simply use the reflection to create variables field1 to field12 or whatever (to columns.length).

  • (disco) in reply to dkf
    dkf:
    They write Java code, so obviously they must be using ant…

    Was it an alien ant? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDl9ZMfj6aE

  • (disco)

    Surely this system had an "Anthill Inside" sticker on the front of it?

  • (disco) in reply to HardwareGeek
    HardwareGeek:
    I really hope Jane very creatively enhanced that submission

    I've seen people who put cardboard over their cube to block out the overhead lights.

  • (disco) in reply to FrostCat

    I used to work with a guy who insisted on removing all of the tubes from the light over his desk. I suspect if we had cubes, he would have made a little hobbit hole of darkness...

  • (disco) in reply to Dlareg

    daggone it you ninja'd me on that xkcd

  • (disco)
    Whatever happened to the old field12?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBn6DDoid3I&list=PLA6AAF69B3D7F33C0
  • (disco) in reply to Nocha
    Nocha:
    hobbit hole of darkness

    "Hobbit" is not the right word - hobbits love nice things.

  • (disco) in reply to PWolff

    This is true. A goblin cave would probably be a more apt description...

  • (disco) in reply to Nocha
    Nocha:
    I used to work with a guy who insisted on removing all of the tubes from the light over his desk.

    Yeah, I've known lots of people who do that to make it easier to see their monitors — less glare; higher contrast. I'm not sure it's ideal in regard to eye strain, and I prefer to be able to read the paper documents that typically clutter my desk, but I don't consider a preference for that level of subdued lighting to be at all weird. Covering your cube with cardboard, however... I've never worked anywhere that would have been allowed.

  • (disco) in reply to BobbyTables
    BobbyTables:
    Either him or Moradin from Mass Effect.

    Now I can't not read that in Mordin's voice.

  • (disco) in reply to Nocha

    Almost everyone here has "disabled" the florescent lights above their desks. No cardboard, although I have frequently joked about installing saloon-style swinging doors at the entrance to my cubical.

  • (disco) in reply to ChrisH

    More like the Skritt from GW2. Abathur would be more like:

    Conditions unacceptable. Age of array immense. Unusable. Data integrity lost.

  • (disco) in reply to tenshino

    This wasn't just disabled. He had 5 monitors arranged to block as much light as possible from his corner. It was seriously a dingy corner. When combined with his like of "interesting" wallpapers it was really rather creepy.

  • (disco)

    This sounds more like SchizoTypical Unstable Personality Identity Disorder to me. Are you sure you're linking to the correct article?

  • (disco) in reply to HardwareGeek
    HardwareGeek:
    Covering your cube with cardboard, however... I've never worked anywhere that would have been allowed.

    Yes, yes. Very bad. You see, the cardboard is a fire hazard. Dangerous. Health and safety violation.

  • (disco) in reply to OttoX
    OttoX:
    He must be dumb as bread. That explains the 'flourescent' light . . .

    flourescant

    It seems to me it means there is not a lot of flour in those lamps, which is a good thing, I guess.

  • (disco) in reply to obeselymorbid
    obeselymorbid:
    It seems to me it means there is not a lot of flour in those lamps, which is a good thing, I guess.

    Not really. An air-flour mix can be quite explosive if the concentration is right.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3165069/Four-people-trapped-explosion-Cheshire-wood-treatment-works.html

  • (nodebb)

    I guess I'm corrupted by my experience in Russia, but the smell of cough drops was a certain giveaway that the guy is a junkie.

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