Hope things turn out OK, Jesse.
I already know what I'm gonna call her. Got a name all picked out...
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 04, 2013 6:11:11 am PST #6597 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
sumi - Jan 04, 2013 6:12:58 am PST #6598 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Good luck, Jesse.
Man, it is freezing in the office today. I thought yesterday was bad - today is much worse.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 04, 2013 6:26:42 am PST #6599 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Also, Jesse, keep an eye out for snail mail next week.
Consuela - Jan 04, 2013 6:32:11 am PST #6600 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yikes, Jesse.
But yes, action. The best thing to do is own up, and have a plan for addressing it.
I kind of have to do that too. I rather misread a politically-sensitive situation, shot off a letter, and now have a rather angry letter from a set of lawyers in response. I'm going to have to bring in our lawyers and figure out a response that doesn't make matters worse. Bah.
I should have known better, but my boss was all, "Get shit done," and, well. I'm the subject-matter expert, I should have made more of an effort up front.
Lee - Jan 04, 2013 6:32:48 am PST #6601 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Good luck Jesse!
Jesse - Jan 04, 2013 6:48:39 am PST #6602 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ah! Definitely someone else's fault! I mean, also my fault, but definitely someone else's as well.
Phew.
§ ita § - Jan 04, 2013 6:52:55 am PST #6603 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jesse, I'm glad that misery has company, at least. And accepting responsibility for your mistakes while carrying a feasible mitigation plan so far seems to be the best way of handling things that kinda gotta happen to everyone.
Fingers crossed for you too, Consuela.
I'm still trying to balance "being proactive" and "rushing to panic" as well as "being thorough" and "not working smart". My manager just stripped off half the testing I had planned for our upgrade on the 27th, and...less testing? Really? That's a thing? I mean, I defer, but I never want to be the one suggesting too little testing. I just want to take the new system, on the real hardware, and test every fucking thing on it. Apparently, no.
Oh. Okay.
(Please let there not be fuckups)
tommyrot - Jan 04, 2013 6:53:04 am PST #6604 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yay on faultspreadedaroundidness. (I bet that's a word in German.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 04, 2013 7:28:17 am PST #6605 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
This xkcd made me laugh and laugh (don't skip the mouseover text): [link]
Is the idea that passing cars with too-loud radios will be mobbed by hungry birds and squirrels when they pass by?
Consuela - Jan 04, 2013 7:29:46 am PST #6606 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Is the idea that passing cars with too-loud radios will be mobbed by hungry birds and squirrels when they pass by?
That was my only explanation, but it took me a while to figure it out. I am sometimes not Randall Munro's target audience, I think...