BG down again?

HAC wrote:

Anders wrote:By this time I'm surprised they don't have a button here that we can press when BG goes down. I envision flashing red lights going off in some IT guy's bedroom at 2am, with an accompanying "WHOOP! WHOOP!" from the siren attached to it.

Nah.. its usually 3AM, and the phone ringing.. Been there, got the t-Shirt..

Cheers
Harold

Damn... got there too... still didn't get any t-shirt...

For info, in JST (Japanese Standard Time)

Brass Goggles
http Down Since: 5/12/08 - 22:48
0% Uptime.
(860) FAILURE: Check again in 30 seconds...

That means 15:48 GMT. The voice of the monitoring alarm going on in the loudspeakers of the corridor is getting really too common with BG. This and the overall "Myspace-ification" of the guests is starting to bother me. Somebody remember the address of El Shoggotho's new forum in Prussian ? (I just dusted my former dictionary)

Zwack wrote:Worst one I've had was just as I closed my eyes my pager went off... I ended up spending all night at work resolving a problem... That really belonged to a different team.

Z.

I an top that.. I got a 5AM phone call on a bacth job that had failed (it was the key job that sorted out our tape management for the day). I hadn't supported it in over a year, but when they described the error, it turned out to be one I though we had nailed down, and I had a few batch jobs in my library that would fix it..
So I tells the operator to run them in a certain order, anotehr voice cuts in and says "it won't work". It was the fellow who currently was responsibel for that app stream. He had had me called in on the call.. I ask him why it wouldn;t work -- "Oh I made some chages the other day to the code".. Told him that it if he was stupd enough to change system code, well, then it was his problem.. ( I did tell him to call the DASD boys and have them restore the copy before his changes. He had no clue that we backed up res packs daily, as well as incrementally...)

Cheers
Harold

HAC wrote: He had had me called in on the call.. I ask him why it wouldn't work -- "Oh I made some changes the other day to the code".. Told him that it if he was stupid enough to change system code, well, then it was his problem.. ( I did tell him to call the DASD boys and have them restore the copy before his changes. He had no clue that we backed up res packs daily, as well as incrementally...)

And even more of a fool for not having taken his own backup before applying changes. One thing that everyone should learn.

Z.

That means 15:48 GMT. The voice of the monitoring alarm going on in the loudspeakers of the corridor is getting really too common with BG. This and the overall "Myspace-ification" of the guests is starting to bother me. Somebody remember the address of El Shoggotho's new forum in Prussian ? (I just dusted my former dictionary)

You think about Club of Clockwork Gentleman?

Zwack wrote:Well, they're missing the Scotch Eggs...

Thanks.

Z.

I wouldn't mind a scotch egg...

Mmm, yum.

Sir Nikolas Vendigroth wrote:

Zwack wrote:Well, they're missing the Scotch Eggs...
Thanks.
Z.

I wouldn't mind a scotch egg...
Mmm, yum.

I had fully expected someone to ask this question by now, but since no one has, I'll bite - what are scotch eggs? I expected something that came from a plastered pullet ....

Spoiler:

... but apparently it is an edible egg. markf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_egg

Greetings fellow steamers
yes bg is down, and a scotch egg is a hard boiled egg wrapped in sausage meat and breadcrumbs,then cooked

regads
Vampyre Master

What, never tried a scoth egg?? The idea behind them is a nutritious, tasty snack that sticks to your ribs, fills you up and can be used as ballast if necessary.

Come visit us in this Sceptred Isle, Mr Marf, and enjoy all the culinary delicacies we offer. Scoth eggs, fish'n'chips, roast beef, Spotted Dick, Toad-in-the-hole...

Vampyre Master wrote:Greetings fellow steamers
yes bg is down, and a scotch egg is a hard boiled egg wrapped in sausage meat and breadcrumbs,then cooked

regads
Vampyre Master

Sounds kinda tasty.

You missed "pork pies" Mary... (and Tattie Scones, Drop Scones, Mutton pies... and lots more).

I have introduced my wife to Pork pies (I have to make them myself due to FDA regulations) and she likes them, but prefers them hot. The same goes for Scotch Eggs.

Z.

good god!!hot pork pies, what were you thinking. and of course don't forget the crumpets (snigger)

culinary regards
Vampyre

*Head Desk*

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I go entirely nutso when BG is Down! Cruuuuuuud.

Not to mention Tiffin. One of the great institutions of the Empire.

And we're back! ...again.

I was under the impression the recent down-time was expected to remedy these sort of outages?

Scotch egg, eh? Sounds delightful.

lest we forget, there's always meat pie floaters...

Cheers
Harold

I thought they were Australia's dish of choice?

Isn't anyone going to mention the Cockney favourite, jellied eels? Consumed in popular fiction far more than in real life these days but once the equivilent of chips-and-kebab as a late night snack for Londoners.

Steamblast Mary wrote:
Isn't anyone going to mention the Cockney favourite, jellied eels?

oooh, when dowsed in plenty of sarsons and sprinkled with enough salt, jellied eels are lovely... mmm you're all making me hungry

I still have a tin I bought at Sainsbury's - or Tesco, dunno. I bring it out when the conversation here turns to British cooking.

It is a tin of Spotted Dick.

Further, deponent sayeth not.


Chas.

Steamblast Mary wrote:What, never tried a scoth egg?? The idea behind them is a nutritious, tasty snack that sticks to your ribs, fills you up and can be used as ballast if necessary.

Come visit us in this Sceptred Isle, Mr Marf, and enjoy all the culinary delicacies we offer. Scoth eggs, fish'n'chips, roast beef, Spotted Dick, Toad-in-the-hole...

It's all about Steak'n'Ale Pies with me at the moment, i had one recently that had a whole pint of guinness in the gravy!!!

I made the mistake of going to a fish and chip stall in san francisco when i was on holiday, it was thin bits of fish in KFC style batter and french fries, (it was delicious, but NOT fish'n'chips!)

The Juxt wrote:

Steamblast Mary wrote:
Isn't anyone going to mention the Cockney favourite, jellied eels?

oooh, when dowsed in plenty of sarsons and sprinkled with enough salt, jellied eels are lovely... mmm you're all making me hungry

Possibly the 2nd most disgusting dish in the British menu...

the worst..... Whelk sandwich

urrg.... I say this as a lifelong Londoner BTB

Armata wrote:

That means 15:48 GMT. The voice of the monitoring alarm going on in the loudspeakers of the corridor is getting really too common with BG. This and the overall "Myspace-ification" of the guests is starting to bother me. Somebody remember the address of El Shoggotho's new forum in Prussian ? (I just dusted my former dictionary)

You think about Club of Clockwork Gentleman?

Many thanks...

Alas... the place is quite empty...

HAC wrote:lest we forget, there's always meat pie floaters...

Oh, aren't they just fantastic? I do a vegetarian version with nutmeat-and-veg pies in pea soup, myself, which makes the criticism of scotch eggs I was about to make entirely hypocritical.

Gaspard de Coligny wrote:

Armata wrote:

That means 15:48 GMT. The voice of the monitoring alarm going on in the loudspeakers of the corridor is getting really too common with BG. This and the overall "Myspace-ification" of the guests is starting to bother me. Somebody remember the address of El Shoggotho's new forum in Prussian ? (I just dusted my former dictionary)

You think about Club of Clockwork Gentleman?

Many thanks...

Alas... the place is quite empty...

Hard times for ElShoggotho?

IT'S BACK!!!!!

And I've just posted successfully over there