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I opened the floodgates to UAT and the Internet at 2209, with just 8 hours left on the clock.

Thank the big router gods in the sky....!

Already rumors are flying that somebody came to MFF 2009 with mumps. Of course there's a few objective thoughts to this...
1) It's an FA post. Hardly reputable reporting.
2) If it's true, it's only an issue to people that never got the MMR vaccine (let's not even go down the "vaccines are bad" path).
3) Why is this a surprise if it's true? Large gatherings of people from all over the continent or other continents offers the opportunity for cross-infection of things you wouldn't be exposed to if you were to stay home. Likewise with flying on a plane, or riding on a train, or on a cross-country bus trip.

Am I the only one who sees these things and goes "And the news here is... what, exactly?" Has everyone become a twenty-first century spaz?

Here's the schedule for my Thanksgiving, as sent out today:

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Schedule begins Wednesday at noon. Whomever is the “Point” contact is expected to be awake, available, connected to the VPN during the time specified. It may be necessary to come in to the office during these times to do a “war room” type scenario.


Wed 11/25
* noon-8PM: NF w/RQ as backup
* 8PM Wed - 4AM Thurs: RQ w/ Feren as backup

Thurs 11/26
* 4AM-noon: Feren w/ NF as backup
* Noon-8PM: NF w/ RQ as backup
* 8PM Thurs - 4AM Friday: RQ w/ Feren as backup

Friday 11/27
* 4AM-1PM: Feren w/ NF as backup
* 1PM-10PM: NF w/ Feren as backup
* 10PM Friday - 7AM Saturday: Feren w/ RQ as backup

Saturday 11/28
* 7AM-1PM: RQ w/ NF as backup
* 1PM - 7PM: NF w/ Feren as backup
* 7PM Saturday - 2AM Sunday: Feren w/ RQ as backup

Sunday 11/29
* 2AM-8AM RQ w/ NF as backup
* 8AM-3PM: NF w/ Feren as backup
* 3PM Sunday - midnight Monday: Feren w/ RQ as backup

Monday 11/30

* Midnight - 7AM: RQ w/ NF as backup
* 7AM - 1PM: NF w/ Feren as backup
* 1PM-8PM: Feren w/ RQ as backup
* 8PM Monday-3AM Tuesday: RQ w/ Feren as backup

Tuesday 12/1

* 3am - 8am: Feren w/ NF as backup
* 8am - 3pm: NF w/ RQ as backup
* 3pm - 9pm: RQ w/ Feren as backup
* 9pm Tuesday - 3am Wednesday: Feren w/ NF as backup

Wednesday 12/2
* We don't talk about Wednesday

Of immediate thought is dad, who was a member of the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam. I'm only now starting to unravel all the information, the stories, the history behind what he did there. It's astounding.

My uncles Ronny and Jimmy. My friend Garry's sons, G. and A.J. The countless others I do not know about in this neighborhood, in this state, in my homestate, beyond.



Every morning when I leave the house to head to work I look up at what you see in the picture above. I look upon the Star Spangled Banner, representing the United States of America, and I'm glad she flies above the roof line of the place I call home. She flies on a new flag pole, one that I installed with my father's help at the end of September this year. Beneath that, the stark black and white of the POW-MIA flag flies to honor those we have lost but never recovered, and those who are lost but wake up every morning hoping we will find them.

The men and women who serve in our armed forces every day, are what makes our country great. They deserve our thanks on this day, and many more.

After more than a year and a half of delays and more than a bit of frustration and worry, my baby has finally come home.

SIG Sauer P220, customized to honor the 5th Special Forces Group (which my father was part of in Vietnam). Highlights include:

• Custom serial number
  
• SF crest engraved on top of slide, along with the motto
  
• Tritium sites
  
• Rail system

Rather than spam people with photographs, I'm putting up a few thumbnails that link to the larger photographs.

I've been working. Ten, twelve, fifteen hour days I've been dealing with work. Last weekend lady_curmudgeon went in for surgery and my parents visited. We transplanted some trees, worked on my fence line and put up a flag pole. Pictures may come at some later point.

I missed captain18 being in the state.

And before that? I was working.

That is all.

Ok, put in a 13.5 hour day for my 8th straight day of work. Not all bad. I go home now.

At least the faces of some drivers will.

The last two Juniper M10i routers were delivered to the new datacenter today. Sadly, only one of them is usable. The other had damage to the box that made me curious, and the two shock sensors had both been tripped. Opening the box revealed that the handles on the two included power supplies had been smashed and bent inward, and the filler plates had been popped out of the front. Which implies to me a back-to-front shock. But man, what the hell did they do to this thing, play forklift soccer with it?

Tripped shock sensor This is not what you want to see on the outside of the box carrying your $20k chassis.

Bent power supply handles Bent handles on the two power supplies.

Popped faceplates Four or five of the front filler plates on the M10i were popped out from the shock.

So it should go without saying that UPS Ground (the carrier that has their label on the box) is going to be taking a big ol' healthy bite of a $20k shit sandwich and reimbursing Juniper for the damaged unit they now have to replace. Meanwhile I will have to wait for another M10i to be shipped to me as an RMA... argh.

Allow me to shamelessly whore Dropbox, which lets you store/retrieve files from the web using all sorts of clients. It even lets you collaborate.

Click this link to be referred to the service.

Hat tip to yakko for getting me hooked on it.