The dregs of I.T.

NameChangedBecauseHeIsASpy: oh boy, a coworker dropped the database with a log of every carpet in every airport in the world, 2.21 TB worth NameChangedBecauseHeIsASpy: I'm sure you don't have this... unlucky... employees BlahVin_Y: dropped... on his foot? BlahVin_Y: or dropped from the DB Server = no longer there and data go bye-bye NameChangedBecauseHeIsASpy: yes, went bye-bye BlahVin_Y: well BlahVin_Y: time for him to go bye-bye as well! BlahVin_Y: lol BlahVin_Y: i can feel his pain NameChangedBecauseHeIsASpy: now to wait a couple of days to restore it from backups... damn NameChangedBecauseHeIsASpy: he is the project manager, so won't go bye-bye :D NameChangedBecauseHeIsASpy: he was testing....something.... NameChangedBecauseHeIsASpy: and somehow it ran TRUNCATE on all partitions BlahVin_Y: why is a 'project manager' doing stuff that touches the DB? BlahVin_Y: ooo... he's a Project Manager that ACTUALLY knows things / works? BlahVin_Y: oh wow BlahVin_Y: we d...

I get this unsolicited on my old Skype that's merged via MSN. Someone asking me to fill up a form for a survey. I've had a crazy long month, and I knew this was some sort of spam / pish activity, but I thought I'd see where it went.     Me: I'm not great with forms, sorry     OtherParty: ok     OtherParty: why you not great ??     Me: because i tried last time to fill up a form, but i didn't do so well     OtherParty: why ohh ? i will guide you how to fill up trust me ok so now i meet you if you get your permisison id ok can or not ??     Me: People died. People died because I didn't fill up the right form.     Me: but how will you guide me to fill up a form?     OtherParty: yes ??     OtherParty: dont worry ok     OtherParty: do you ahve skype     OtherParty: or gmail     Me: ok whats your gmail then? ...