Random Thoughts II - Page 998

Lightspeed · 14th October 2015, 01:57

The anchor on Al Jazeera was somewhat uncomfortable just now when the flight specialist offering an opinion on the MH17 report just released didn't concur that the passengers would have fallen unconscious immediately after the rapid decompression and instead went into some detail about what they might have gone through while the plane tumbled.

MadMax · 31st October 2015, 13:01

http://i.stuff.co.nz/business/better...rd&bid=5243096

Cyberbob · 2nd November 2015, 23:44

I need a good analogy for the split of responsibilities between a Cloud provider like Amazon or Azure, and an IT support provider.

The best one I can think of is an aquarium. You're the fish, the cloud provider provides the fish tank, and the IT support provider cleans the tank and looks after the fish.

It's not very elegant. Any suggestions?

crocos · 3rd November 2015, 01:27

Housing.

The cloud provider provides water, power, gas, and the slab on which to build the building. They also provide access to supplies to build the house, often at very good prices (EG database services, network compute, etc).

They don't provide the expertise to actually design or build the house.
They do not provide any maintenance services for the house - repairs to the roof when a branch falls on it (major system crash), when a tap leaks (minor bug), or anything in between.

pxpx · 3rd November 2015, 09:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyberbob

I need a good analogy for the split of responsibilities between a Cloud provider like Amazon or Azure, and an IT support provider.

The best one I can think of is an aquarium. You're the fish, the cloud provider provides the fish tank, and the IT support provider cleans the tank and looks after the fish.

It's not very elegant. Any suggestions?

It works, just needs some clarification?

You own the fish, The cloud provider provides the fish tank, but you have to fill it with water and connect all the pumps and filters, keep the fish alive and clean it yourself.

IT support provider helps you fill it and get it running, but will also clean the tank and make sure the fish don't eat each other

?

Juju · 3rd November 2015, 10:29

Rental car company?

AWS gives you the rental car.
IT Support is AA breakdown service, as well as the servicing, WOF, fuel, tyres etc.

Ab · 3rd November 2015, 12:08

cloud = landlord
IT = caretaker

Lightspeed · 3rd November 2015, 22:47

I thought of a kitchen analogy, but then I realised it was for a solution provider, not support.

Lightspeed · 4th November 2015, 12:13

Apparently WoW is at a nine year low of 5.5 million subscribers. That's somewhat mind boggling.

Cyberbob · 4th November 2015, 13:42

Blizzactivizard still makes enough coin to buy King (Candy Crush, etc) for $5 Billion, so it's not all bad.

fixed_truth · 4th November 2015, 20:09

Quote:

The lawsuit was settled out of court and studios are declining to identify the New Zealander who ran the operation - called YTS - and the associated outfit - called YIFY.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/n...ectid=11540096

Ab · 4th November 2015, 21:26

Yeah, YIFY was an Auckland operation. NZ represent.

StN · 4th November 2015, 22:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyberbob

Blizzactivizard still makes enough coin to buy King (Candy Crush, etc) for $5 Billion, so it's not all bad.

Sobering statistic on Paul Henry today - that was more than George got from Disney. Although there were stock options, and those have doubled, but yeah.

Cyberbob · 5th November 2015, 12:23

A billion is a number that gets thrown around, but man, it's a big number.

A million seconds is 12 days.
A billion seconds is 31 years.

Ab · 9th November 2015, 15:11

Because VAGINAS.

https://constantsupervision.wordpres...vaginal-fluid/

MadMax · 12th November 2015, 00:46

yo, i herd you liek lists

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lists_of_lists

fixed_truth · 12th November 2015, 12:14

So who's got HIV? Charlie Sheen????

MadMax · 18th November 2015, 09:21

Workmates crack me up. It's so loose here it's actually hilarious.

"Hang on a minute I'm just finishing off a guy at the counter I'll call you back in 5"

Ab · 18th November 2015, 17:51

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=3&theater

pxpx · 18th November 2015, 21:14

That dude is awesome

MadMax · 20th November 2015, 19:33

gotta get me a black satchel back and some of them headphones with a thick red lead. not sure I'm brave enough to complete the image with a turban.

I'd also need to grow some facial fluff

Lightspeed · 21st November 2015, 01:10

An awesome run-down of 40 dystopia fictions, ranked by liveability:
www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/10/ranking-40-dystopias-by-their-livability.html

MadMax · 26th November 2015, 17:39

We lost what would have been our second boy at 14 weeks. I was thinking I'd be ok with his passing knowing that it's a normal part of life but it's not as easy as I thought and it hit me after going home from the hospital after seeing him. It's not that different to losing a child. Baby was perfectly healthy but mum got too sick.

Mr five years old isn't quite understanding of it and asks lots of hard questions and comments things like how his hands are too small to play the (Casio) keyboard. We couldn't not let him know as he was already looking forward to a baby sister or brother.

Ab · 26th November 2015, 18:17

fuck man. That's rough.

pxpx · 26th November 2015, 18:22

StN · 26th November 2015, 19:07

blynk · 27th November 2015, 00:15

Fuck no, no matter how much prep you have, that shit would not be easy.
Is that recent. If so, please make sure you both have the help you need. Talk with your GP to refer you for any counselling.

Juju · 27th November 2015, 09:36

That sucks, sorry man

Lightspeed · 27th November 2015, 13:24

Cripes, sorry mate.

Savage · 27th November 2015, 17:29

Sorry to hear it MM, that can't be easy mate

Lightspeed · 1st December 2015, 12:36

You holding up, MM?

Ab · 2nd December 2015, 18:28

On a happier/more surreal note,

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/...02-gld5hc.html

CCS · 2nd December 2015, 19:41

Flavor Flav is so creepy looking and... well... creepy in general, having seen Flavor of Love. He looks like you'd catch AIDS just from having him in your car.

Ab · 2nd December 2015, 21:10

I'm just trying to picture having Public Enemy headbanging to Bohemian Rhapsody in the back of one's car.

Lightspeed · 3rd December 2015, 11:26

Flavor of Life was kinda... kinda brilliant. It was like, exactly as absurd as any of those types of shows, without pretending like it wasn't, like most others.

That would be an awesome thrill giving someone like that a lift if you were a fan.

Lightspeed · 3rd December 2015, 11:56

LSD microdosing seems to be the new big thing in Silicon Valley:
http://www.theguardian.com/science/s...ng-lsd-at-work

MadMax · 3rd December 2015, 16:59

I'm looking at my desk going, that phone already calls my mobile so I can pick up calls away from my desk, that's an IP phone I could connect through VPN from anywhere and I could VPN my home PC back to the office to do work.

All I need is a timer on my office light switch so anyone doing a shoulder tap just thinks I'm out somewhere as at least two of my colleagues would be happy to play along ...

Cyberbob · 3rd December 2015, 20:58

PSA: Don't watch today's Batman v Superman trailer.

It's a horribly cut trailer that's obviously a knee-jerk reaction to the Civil War trailer, and it completely gives away the third act in spoilers not seen since Terminator 2's days.

blynk · 3rd December 2015, 21:12

Now I want to go watch it.

blynk · 3rd December 2015, 21:23

I see what you mean

31st October 2015, 13:01	#39882
MadMax Stuff	confidentiality agreement http://i.stuff.co.nz/business/better...rd&bid=5243096 __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

12th November 2015, 00:46	#39896
MadMax Stuff	sorry, stolen from stuff yo, i herd you liek lists https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lists_of_lists __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

18th November 2015, 09:21	#39898
MadMax Stuff	Workmates crack me up. It's so loose here it's actually hilarious. "Hang on a minute I'm just finishing off a guy at the counter I'll call you back in 5" __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

20th November 2015, 19:33	#39901
MadMax Stuff	gotta get me a black satchel back and some of them headphones with a thick red lead. not sure I'm brave enough to complete the image with a turban. I'd also need to grow some facial fluff __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity. Last edited by MadMax : 20th November 2015 at 19:34.

26th November 2015, 17:39	#39903
MadMax Stuff	We lost what would have been our second boy at 14 weeks. I was thinking I'd be ok with his passing knowing that it's a normal part of life but it's not as easy as I thought and it hit me after going home from the hospital after seeing him. It's not that different to losing a child. Baby was perfectly healthy but mum got too sick. Mr five years old isn't quite understanding of it and asks lots of hard questions and comments things like how his hands are too small to play the (Casio) keyboard. We couldn't not let him know as he was already looking forward to a baby sister or brother. __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

14th October 2015, 01:57	#39881
Lightspeed	The anchor on Al Jazeera was somewhat uncomfortable just now when the flight specialist offering an opinion on the MH17 report just released didn't concur that the passengers would have fallen unconscious immediately after the rapid decompression and instead went into some detail about what they might have gone through while the plane tumbled. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

2nd November 2015, 23:44	#39883
Cyberbob	I need a good analogy for the split of responsibilities between a Cloud provider like Amazon or Azure, and an IT support provider. The best one I can think of is an aquarium. You're the fish, the cloud provider provides the fish tank, and the IT support provider cleans the tank and looks after the fish. It's not very elegant. Any suggestions? __________________ ɹǝʌo sᴉ ǝɯɐƃ ʎɥʇ

3rd November 2015, 01:27	#39884
crocos	Housing. The cloud provider provides water, power, gas, and the slab on which to build the building. They also provide access to supplies to build the house, often at very good prices (EG database services, network compute, etc). They don't provide the expertise to actually design or build the house. They do not provide any maintenance services for the house - repairs to the roof when a branch falls on it (major system crash), when a tap leaks (minor bug), or anything in between. __________________ Ξ √ Ω L U T ↑ ☼ N وكل يوم كنت تعيش في العبودية

3rd November 2015, 10:29	#39886
Juju get to da choppa	Rental car company? AWS gives you the rental car. IT Support is AA breakdown service, as well as the servicing, WOF, fuel, tyres etc.

3rd November 2015, 12:08	#39887
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	cloud = landlord IT = caretaker

3rd November 2015, 22:47	#39888
Lightspeed	I thought of a kitchen analogy, but then I realised it was for a solution provider, not support. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

4th November 2015, 12:13	#39889
Lightspeed	Apparently WoW is at a nine year low of 5.5 million subscribers. That's somewhat mind boggling. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

4th November 2015, 13:42	#39890
Cyberbob	Blizzactivizard still makes enough coin to buy King (Candy Crush, etc) for $5 Billion, so it's not all bad. __________________ ɹǝʌo sᴉ ǝɯɐƃ ʎɥʇ

4th November 2015, 21:26	#39892
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	Yeah, YIFY was an Auckland operation. NZ represent.

5th November 2015, 12:23	#39894
Cyberbob	A billion is a number that gets thrown around, but man, it's a big number. A million seconds is 12 days. A billion seconds is 31 years. __________________ ɹǝʌo sᴉ ǝɯɐƃ ʎɥʇ

9th November 2015, 15:11	#39895
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	Because VAGINAS. https://constantsupervision.wordpres...vaginal-fluid/

12th November 2015, 12:14	#39897
fixed_truth	So who's got HIV? Charlie Sheen???? __________________ Protecting your peace is way more important than proving your point. Some people aren't open to cultivating their views. Just let them be wrong.

18th November 2015, 17:51	#39899
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=3&theater

21st November 2015, 01:10	#39902
Lightspeed	An awesome run-down of 40 dystopia fictions, ranked by liveability: www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/10/ranking-40-dystopias-by-their-livability.html __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

26th November 2015, 18:17	#39904
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	fuck man. That's rough.

26th November 2015, 19:07	#39906
StN I have detailed files

27th November 2015, 00:15	#39907
blynk	Fuck no, no matter how much prep you have, that shit would not be easy. Is that recent. If so, please make sure you both have the help you need. Talk with your GP to refer you for any counselling.

27th November 2015, 09:36	#39908
Juju get to da choppa	That sucks, sorry man

27th November 2015, 13:24	#39909
Lightspeed	Cripes, sorry mate. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

27th November 2015, 17:29	#39910
Savage	Sorry to hear it MM, that can't be easy mate

1st December 2015, 12:36	#39911
Lightspeed	You holding up, MM? __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

2nd December 2015, 18:28	#39912
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	On a happier/more surreal note, http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/...02-gld5hc.html

2nd December 2015, 19:41	#39913
CCS Stunt Pants	Flavor Flav is so creepy looking and... well... creepy in general, having seen Flavor of Love. He looks like you'd catch AIDS just from having him in your car. __________________ I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?

2nd December 2015, 21:10	#39914
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	I'm just trying to picture having Public Enemy headbanging to Bohemian Rhapsody in the back of one's car.

3rd December 2015, 11:26	#39915
Lightspeed	Flavor of Life was kinda... kinda brilliant. It was like, exactly as absurd as any of those types of shows, without pretending like it wasn't, like most others. That would be an awesome thrill giving someone like that a lift if you were a fan. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

3rd December 2015, 11:56	#39916
Lightspeed	LSD microdosing seems to be the new big thing in Silicon Valley: http://www.theguardian.com/science/s...ng-lsd-at-work __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

3rd December 2015, 16:59	#39917
MadMax Stuff	I'm looking at my desk going, that phone already calls my mobile so I can pick up calls away from my desk, that's an IP phone I could connect through VPN from anywhere and I could VPN my home PC back to the office to do work. All I need is a timer on my office light switch so anyone doing a shoulder tap just thinks I'm out somewhere as at least two of my colleagues would be happy to play along ... __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

3rd December 2015, 20:58	#39918
Cyberbob	PSA: Don't watch today's Batman v Superman trailer. It's a horribly cut trailer that's obviously a knee-jerk reaction to the Civil War trailer, and it completely gives away the third act in spoilers not seen since Terminator 2's days. __________________ ɹǝʌo sᴉ ǝɯɐƃ ʎɥʇ

3rd December 2015, 21:12	#39919
blynk	Now I want to go watch it.