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Tech Stories Archives - August 2011
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the A-Book
Hopefully not a re-post.
I LOL'ed while watching a children's historic-fact program with my youngest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkQkeKbTP_w
[By: Bloke / 2011-08-01]
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Love It! -CTYankee
I Love Horrible Histories! That's a cute one, too. :-) -EMTGeekGirl
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Weekend inventory fun
This weekend, I volunteered to take part in the wall-to-wall inventory. A couple of others volunteered as well, including Mr. 33 Years. Pretty quickly though, Mr. 33 Years made a nemesis, in the form of the person in charge of the Logistics department, and by extension, the inventory. This gentleman is a former US Marine, who is the type that can judge character at a hundred paces and be even more accurate than the sharpshooter badge he proudly displays next to his Eagle Globe & Anchor.
Within 5 minutes, Mr. 33 Years declared he knew precisely what to do, and tried bossing everyone around as if he owned the place. That didn't sit well with the head of Logistics. He put Mr. 33 Years in his place within moments, stating Mr. 33 Years will do as he's told, go where he's told, etc. As you can guess, Mr. 33 Years was flabbergasted someone would talk to him like that, and protested, but the head of Logistics would have none of it.
After hasing that out, the head of Logistics put me, our intevory liason, and a couple others on his team, and put Mr. 33 Years and others to go do some of the menial stuff. As the weekend wore on, it became pretty apparent that the head of Logistics wanted nothing to do with Mr. 33 Years. During one of the breaks we had so we could upload what we had scanned, Mr 33 Years' scanner wasn't working right, and the head of Logistics told Mr. 33 Years that it was the responsibility of all to make sure their stuff was working, and if it couldn't upload, then the areas he coverd would have to be done again. Mr. 33 Years took it as an accusation he wasn't doing his work. The head of Logistics reiterated that he was simply stating that it was everyone's responsibilty to make sure stuff was working.
Yesterday, during lunch, the head of Logistics told Mr. 33 Years to make sure that some of the room numbers he looked into was accurate, and to go back down to make sure. Mr. 33 Years' response?: "I don't need to go down. I have a photographic memory, and this info is accurate." The head of logistics just shook his head, taking mental notes of everything that was going on.
So this morning came, and the head of Logistics came up to talk to our CIO about the progress made on the inventory. He made mention of Mr. 33 Years' bad attitude and backtalk towards him, and noted that myself and one other person were standouts, and that I was responsible for finding almost $2 million in equipment that was previously listed as lost or turned in, but no one was previously able to find, and told our CIO that I "was a breath of fresh air." He also saw to it that Mr. 33 Years won't be on next weekend's group for the remainder of the wall-to-wall inventory.[By:  skippytpodar
/ 2011-08-01 ]
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Fucking karma, how does it work? Just like that. -SalParadise
It sounds like the Marine shot himself in the foot -Park7
I read it that the head of Inventory is the Marine and Mr 33 years is the toad-pretender.... Somehow made me think of the fake Navy Seals being unmasked lately.. -jerrybear
You are correct, jerry :) the Marine is the head of Logistics/Inventory, and Mr. 33 Years was being the d-bag this weekend :) -skippytpodar
I love to see justification of one of my principles like this. I've long believed that you get out of life what you put into it. If you put in "good" effort, you get "good" results. Put in a crap effort and life will s#!7 all over you... :-) -virtualchoirboy
How the fuck do misplace $2 million in equipment? -Stryker One
@StrykerOne: I believe skippytodar is employed, in some manner, by the U.S. military. 'Nuff said? -MeanDean
Wait a minute! You mean someone in management knows what they're doing, hard work and quality get rewarded, losers and incompetent get punished? Are you sure this is reality? Every other story here goes exactly the other way. -MisterCommon
The Few. The Proud. The Marines. Guy sounds like he has a work ethic much like my sister's, the former Marine. In our online gaming kin, she's The Enforcer. :) -TechMama
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The Only Way
Scenario: our call center, where people share workstations on different shifts.
Situation: one user locks computer at end of his shift instead of logging off.
Caller: "Hi, if my computer is locked by how can I log in?"
Me: "Well, without the admin password, you will have to hard-boot the computer."
Caller: "We tried that, it didn't work."
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Caller: "My supervisor came over and tried to change that setting but was blocked." (Of course - we have all admin functions locked down to the admin account!)
Me: "Yes, that would be correct. The ONLY way to do this is a hard-boot of the computer."
Caller: "We'll search for another solution"
Me: "THERE IS NO OTHER SOLUTION! Dammit, she hung up on me!"
No doubt there will be shit coming down on me for "not providing the solution to the user" when the only solution she may have wanted was "gimme the admin password" (which just AIN'T gonna happen!)
[By: Captain Trips / 2011-08-01]
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Um.. couldn't you pull the power cable? </da> -DedSysOp
@DSO: What? No stabby stabby? -unrenowned
Hmm... I used to work in a call center like that. Came in one day and the only open computer was one which had been used hours previously by some guy doing OT before his evening shift. Turned out that if I hit login and entered my ID/password that it would log him off and log me on. He was PISSED when he got in and he'd lost his entire list of ticket numbers and desk. Hehe. =D -Aelin236
I'd immediately call bullshit at "We tried that!" "So what you're saying is that you turned the PC off and back on again, and it's still logged in as the previous user?" -AmazingKreskin
<da> Well, AK, I have accidentally failed to hold the power button on the front of the PC long enough to fully power-cycle it, and managed to just reset it. It then came back up with the existing login box when I was trying to clear it from a forgetful employee who'd left hours before! </da> -Voz
I had to bitch-slap one of my boys for setting a bios password on his work system. Easy enough to bypass if you know what you're doing, but most folks on the floor don't. -AngrySup
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The Devil is in the details
Woohoo! First post of the day :)
Me: "So what comes up if you press F10?"
Customer: "Satan."
[By: tech4alltrades / 2011-08-02]
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(Woohoo - first response of the day!) So THAT's where that came from... -Captain Trips
The word, a picture, or does he actually emerge from a puff of magic smoke? (VHEG) -MadJack
"I'd sell my soul for a formula 1 racing car..." "that can be arranged." "changed my mind." "bart! stop bothering Satan like that!" -AdmiralLaurie
I've heard of DLL hell, but now there's BIOS hell, also? -Loren
Okay, who else just instinctively hit F10 to test this out? -AmazingKreskin
Maybe he's using FreeBSD? -RiffRaff
No, Riff, they have WinME installed... -Grayhawk
"I need a young priest, and an old priest, THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU" </Dr. Evil> -LinuXtreme
So they were using Linux, hit F10 and the computer auto-loaded Windows ME??? -ecoli
http://xkcd.com/501/ -PCRaevyn
A little clarification here: we were troubleshooting a memory issue on a server. On that particular model, F10 at the POST screen launches a diagnostic I was trying to get to. Apparently evil magical beings were working against us :) -tech4alltrades
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Remember Rule #1...
... the customer always lies.
Got a ticket in this morning, saying that a starfish couldn't get her computer to even turn on. I grabbed it & went down there, thinking it was a simple matter of her "accidentally" hitting the button on the power strip. Not even close. The monitors were both on, and as soon as I hit the power button, all the lights in the PC came on, but nothing came on the monitors. She first said she did absolutely nothing to the computer at all.
As soon as I got underneath the desk to take a closer look at the DVI cables, thinking at first the DVI splitter was loose, I saw plain as day that the video card had come completely out of the PCIe socket, and with such force that the faceplate for the video card had been made flat. She amended her previous statement by swearing that all she did was move the computer, and as soon as she did that, everything shut off. I reminded her that if she really wanted to move the computer that badly, to call us, and we would do it, because her method was the equivalent of using a .50 Calibur Desert Eagle to kill a gnat.
I managed to reseat the video card, and also got the faceplate in the general shape it should've been so that it would be seated properly, and reminded her of the dangers of moving a computer by herself & to be more careful in the future, lest she get a bill from us for breaking equipment.[By: skippytpodar
/ 2011-08-02 ]
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That's mine and Dr. House's rule too. -ravensentinel
Fortunately sounds like the card became unseated without damaging the card or the slot; especially if the plate was deformed! -Seamus
Wait! She moved the computer while it was on? -docbrown01
Kick her in the slit & ask her if it hurt? -lineswine
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Tragedy and horror!
User comes into mission control this morning and asks for a sticky note with the word "broke" on it. We ask why. THE COFFEE MACHINE IS DEAD!!!!![By: virusjtg / 2011-08-03]
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Oh the Huge Manatee!! -ecoli
And so it came to pass that the caffeine dispenser was repaired in record time; the angry beasts were pacified and said, "Verily, let us speak no more of the bad time, let us rejoice as we drink of the bean." And there was much merriment. -PTSTech
It has been replaced! -virusjtg
Must have been the quickest RFQ (Request For Quote)process ever. -srteach
Yes, if it up and dies, everyone panics, but does anyone care about everyday maintenance? Not if the amount of burned-on coffee I had to scrub out in the bathroom is any indication... -AnneBWalsh
Anne- an old bartender's trick I learned in the hotel industry- throw a handful of salt in the coffeepot, followed by some ice cubes. Swirl it around and around to let the ice use the salt as an abrasive to scrub off the burned-on coffee. Repeat as needed, and rinse when you're done. Much less elbow grease, with a major benefit of no soap residue when you're finished to affect the coffee's taste. -Voz
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Whiskey Tango...
I got an e-mail this afternoon from the head of our travel department, stating that the auditor found a couple charges on my travel card that were made outside of the dates I was officially on travel. Seeing as I had already submitted all my paperwork for both times I was travelling, and they had all the receipts to boot, I took a look at what the auditor said were the charges in question.
I noticed right away that they were all for things I had to arrange ahead of time for my travel, like transportation, etc., but since they were outside the date range I was on travel, they got red-flagged by the auditor. I replied back saying that all that stuff was related to my travel, and the head of travel thanked me for the info, and reminded me that travel cards are only for official use.
Yes, travel for work, the gift that keeps on giving :)[By: skippytpodar
/ 2011-08-03 ]
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You didn't hear? You're not supposed to pre-plan anything. Fly by the seat of your pants....on your own bill! -ravensentinel
"Yeah, we'll just go ahead and forward you another copy of that memo." -AmazingKreskin
"reminded me that travel cards are only for official use" I fucking HATE that. You DID use if for official use, so WTF are you telling me for???? -burrkiss
At $hitty programming limited I had to delivery a package to a client after the courier company made a major stuff up. The mileage claim was disallowed and my pay was docked for the time because a marketer had made the claim I was out "joyriding". Did not make me happy after complying with the mandate to ensure customer satisfaction and I was never given the opportunity to state my case and refute the allegation. After that, I refused to make hand deliveries and used same-day express couriers, at 10-20x the cost of reimbursing me for fuel cost. The Salesperson, whose sale I had save, repaid me out of his commission, and said he was disgusted by the company's actions. Marketer then wondered why I wasn't very nice to her afterwards. -Wraith556
Whoever is keying in the travel receipts is likely doing so on a form that is specifically programmed to accept input of a certain type in each field, and for the date fields, will pop up an error message if the entered date in the fields falls outside of the trip duration (and may even need supervisor-approval in order to make the receipt process correctly). As for the BS reminder about the travel cards, they may have to follow a script requiring that they say them, even if they feel that they are a waste of time (which I think we can all agree should not be necessary in a government environment, but......). That, or they've become so used to reminding other travelers to do so because of fraudulent/mis- uses that they're working on autopilot. -BayouTech
Who the heck doesn't book flights and hotels in advance, if possible? An audit system which can't cope with that is totally broken. -Chromatix
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RIP - Bubba Smith
Bubba Smith, an NFL defensive tackle who found a second career as lovable Moses Hightower in the 1980s and '90s "Police Academy" comedies, was found dead Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 66.
[By: Crispy06 / 2011-08-04]
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Rest in peace, sir. -Seamus
The Gentle Giant with a heart of gold. I recall reading an article about him that he felt his performance in one of the Super Bowls his team won could have been so much better than he felt it was during the game, that he never wear his Super Bowl ring as a result. We could use that kind of humility in sports stars again. -skippytpodar
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/04/bubba-smith-police-academy-hightower -Stryker One
I'll never forget when he was learning how to drive by Mahoney in Police Academy. -unrenowned
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Only hears what they THINK was said...
Me: "Thank you for calling Technical Support, this is Trips. May I have your name and centre number?"
Her: "3451"
So, do I call them 3451 and ask for their centre number, or do I just pause, then ask "...and your name, please?" (I chose option B. I hope I made her feel dense...)[By: Captain Trips / 2011-08-04]
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I take perverse satisfaction in, when having to ask again for information, using the exact same wording so they don't miss the fact I'm repeating myself. -Mer
You cannot make a black hole that is the Lusers brain feel any more dense. -ecoli
"Late, as is 'The Late Dentarthurdent'. It's a sort of threat, you see." -AmazingKreskin
Their name is "34", and their centre number is "51"! *Voz stops to look for incoming, to decide which side to dodge to..." -Voz
* Vos looks up to see a CBU opening up* -Harm
*Voz steps to one side. Way over to one side. WAY, WAY, WAY, over to one side...* -Voz
Voz, did you divide by zero again? ;) -MadJack
Based on the overhead CBU, maybe I did! (On the other hand, why is it just hanging there, isn't it supposed to burst open by now?) -Voz
I'm guilty of this when I call food delivery. You see, when I give them my full name they then ask for my number, address etc. which is annoying because it should be already in the system. Now I just give them my phone number and tell them to look it up and I'll confirm the information. Call goes so much more faster. I just see it as speeding them along their canned spiels that their QA probably wants them to do and well of course their handling time. -Angelace
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The good day trifecta
It's Friday, it's pay day, and a cute girl not only notices you, but asks you where you've been and strikes up a conversation with you.
To paraphrase the immortal words of Ice Cube, I have to say it's a good day.[By: skippytpodar
/ 2011-08-05 ]
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Ask girl out for drinks. Could be the start of something wonderful. Worst thing she could say is no. -virusjtg
Its Friday, Its Pay day ( and i have some disposable income left after paying the bills" and the cute girl starts up a conversation, moving it to the pub after work, buys a few rounds and take you home. EPIC WIN ( and to placate the youtube cat - thats Vaginal!) -Harm
:good day"...so far. The building could always collapse, or a user go postal, or ____________. -ravensentinel
In the unspoken words of "Smiling Bob", Keep It Up! -Grue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9gRzmCf1EI -- In case you want to hear 'good day' a few more times. Eesh, my brain dredges up the weirdest things because of random phrases.. -NightSteel
You didn't even have to use your AK. -AmazingKreskin
The start of a good saturday is her panties lying next to your bed in the morning. -burrkiss
No Burrkiss - the start of a good saturday isn't the panties ( cause if it wa a good friday gawd knows where those were left or if they were there to begin with) its either waking up to breakfast spontaniously being made - or a number and text on your phone stating they'll be back for round 2 after re hydrating and feeding the pet. -Harm
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interesting day
I know people do not always want to hear "wining", but I figured I would share today. The day started fine, we got up, had to run to both banks to get paperwork printed, then went to see about getting pre-approved for a house.
We then find out that a charge to the checking was attached to my moms bank card that expired years ago, so we started another account in another bank, as we were there some jurkwad rammed into the wifes car and left a dent (was not to bad) and drove off. Other than that the day was good.[By: compbrat / 2011-08-06]
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I had a good day. I accidently door dings someones car, then I was going to leave my insurance info, then I realized that noone was there!!!! I could save the $ for midget porn. Thanks. -burrkiss
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huh? facepalm.
Today i learned that to use a micrsoft wireless mouse, in windows 7 you need internet access to let it get the necessary software. a CHEAP microsoft wireless mouse will not work out of the box with windows.[By: Icelator / 2011-08-06]
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surprised? really? -Harm
Personally, I think the switch from PS/2 to USB was a bad move. -Seamus
I agree seamus. -beatmewithstick
Not really, I mean, these PS/2 plugs were a PITA to plug in when your vision is not good. -Fortytwo
This, my fellow techie, would be what I consider a FAIL. -KrazerKap
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What Pisses YOU Off?
So out here in Des Moines, local rock radio station, Lazer 103.3 is holding a contest in which the winner will win 2 tickets to the upcoming Lewis Black performance on September 24th (3 days before my birthday). The contest is called "What Pisses You Off?" You submit a 60 second video describing what pisses you off. I posted about parents who are dumb enough to buy their pre-teen, Beiberholic, brat kids games rated too high for them to play, yet turn around and bitch that games are too violent. As of this post, it is one of two videos that are posted. Voting will start tomorrow and run until August 11th. I need everyone's support on this. As techies, we know for fact that we are the most hateful people alive. I mean hell, we have to deal with the likes of "Why isn't my computer on? Turn on the power? Oh I guess I didn't think to try that!" So it's only natural that a techie be the one to win a contest where to win, you have to be the most pissed off person alive. The link to the main contest page is here: http://dmcontests.upickem.net/engine/Welcome.aspx?contestid=35874 . I will be reposting this so that everyone can see (as weekends do not get much views). Any support will be much appreciated. And one more thing...I'm glad to be back in an IT job again! More to come! [By: KrazerKap / 2011-08-07]
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http://www.askreamaor.com/misc/things-that-piss-geeks-off/ -MisterCommon
lewis black - one of the BEST shows i have EVER seen. i asipre to his ranting prowess! -Harm
"I was home alone watching George Bush speak on television. So it was just really the two of us. And as I listened to him, I realized, that one of us… was nuts! And for the first time ever, I went, 'Wow, it’s not me!'” -- Lewis Black -KrazerKap
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10 Most Hated Jobs
Note the technology positions that are in this list
http://www.cnbc.com/id/44038159
[By: Park7 / 2011-08-08]
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wow... when the hell was someone behind me taking pictures of my ass?! -Harm
Yep, my job's on there. (Feigns Shock) -TechieSidhe
1-item-per-page slideshows make baby Tim Berners-Lee cry. -Seamus
@ Seamus: /agree. Altho, the picture on tge 'product manager' page included a cute piece of eye candy. -Aelin236
And here I expected a link to this site: http://www.cracked.com/blog/9-types-job-that-will-destroy-your-soul/ (warning, cracked.com, use at your own discretion) -Fortytwo
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Re-Post: What Pisses You Off?
As posted last night, I am entered in the Lazer 103.3 contest "What Pisses You Off?" in which the winner recieves 2 tickets to the upcoming Lewis Black performance in Des Moines, IA on September 24th, and a copy of his newest album. In an interesting twist, I have discovered that I am one of only TWO contestants. This surprising lack of opposition puts me in a good spot. So, I am posting the link to the voting page if anyone would like to vote for my video. I am the video called "Parents are rated 'M' for Morons!" The dude on the couch with the Iowa Hawkeyes flag behind him. I figure it would be an awesome thing to win as my birthday is 3 days after Mr. Black's show. So it would be an awesome birthday present to get these tickets/CD. If you don't feel like voting, that's cool. The choice is yours. Just figured I would share in case you felt like voting for a fellow tech who is just as angry at the world as Lewis is! Here is the link to the voting page: http://dmcontests.upickem.net/engine/Details.aspx?PageType=VOTING&contestid=35874 . Enjoy! [By: KrazerKap / 2011-08-08]
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DOUBLE POSTING! -0gr3
I'm just updating. I figure not a whole lot of people read the weekend stuff so I wanted to make sure folks saw it. Besides I did not know for sure that it would wind up as just me vs. random unknown moron in a white shirt guy, so there's an update to it right there lol. -KrazerKap
Actually, since Hawk implemented the one-story-at-a-time reader, many of us simply hit the most recent then go back through history until we reach a point where it seems to make no sense to read further (no new comments)... -chazz
Or you just read things one at a time through your RSS reader of choice... -Seamyst
LOL at "bieberholic brats". -concept14
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Which document?
Kinda follows TechieSidhe's rule. Loser worked on doc for 3 hrs Friday...somehow managed to not save it. This conversation ensues Monday morning. Me: Which doc did you work on? Loser: This one. (and opens it - well there goes any chance of finding echo copy) ...this isn't it. I used this one to create it. Me: Did you click Save, Save as New Doc or Save as New Version? Loser: Save Me: Then this is it. Loser: But it's not, I used this one to create it. Me: But the history shows you didn't save as a new version or document hence you did not create a new document. Loser: Then where is my document? Me: Not here. Next time make sure you save as to new document or new version. Loser: But this isn't my document. Me: This is the one you opened when I asked what one you worked on right? Loser: Yes. (went on to explain about 3 more times that if she did not click save as there is no "other" document, somehow she just didn't save this one).[By: redevil34 / 2011-08-09]
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I had this a while back, he couldn't fathom why when he opened the file his edits weren't there when he clicked save. Even after me spelling out "You did NOT click save or they WOULD be there." he refused to accept it. -0gr3
I've had this happen::: Loser:I downloaded a file. Can you tell me where it is? Me:Do you remember where you saved it? Loser:I don't know. Me:Do you remember what folder you set the default to? Loser:I don't know. Me:Do you remember the name of the file? Loser:I don't know. Me: Do you remember what program you used to download the file? Loser:I don't know. -MisterCommon
Loser: But doesn't it Autosave? -jp
Autosave is a pretty basic feature by modern standards - yet how many office apps still don't have it, or don't have it by default? Heck, Settlers 2 Gold has it - it's a *game*! -Chromatix
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Thank you for volunteering me
Yesterday, I found out that I was volunteered by my boss to do printer consolidations for the entire facility. A few months back, we discovered that there were far too many printers that got doled out by previous manglement, and nobody really noticed until the $hospitalDirector saw the bill just for toner and paper for the last quarter... over $500,000!
So she immidiately got with our CIO to hash out a plan to reclaim as many printers as we possibly could, come hell or high water. We knew that it'd be quite a struggle because having a networked printer on your desk is viewed as a status symbol in these parts. Many people claim that their need for a printer is due to confidentiality, when in fact the real reason for most of them is because they're simply too lazy to walk to 10 feet to the nearest printer. Or they say they need it for the workload, only for us to log into the printer they use currently and discover that their "heavy workload" consists of printing 5-6 pages maybe 2-3 times a week, if that.
Some areas have gotten so bad, there is a networked printer designed for use by 20 people in an office on every... single... desk..., and the previous manglement, much like with laptops and encrypted flash drives, handed these things out like candy on Halloween, without any regard for the costs or their actual need for it.
So as a test, some of us went down to Engineering, and discussed it with their chief. She was in agreement that they could do with fewer printers as well, since they got saddled with some of the costs of it as well. We hashed out which ones they could do without, and which ones they needed, along with placement. We set the date it would happen, et.al., and when we went down there, the staff freaked! They refused to let me so much as touch the printers, they kept second guessing me, saying they "needed" all of them, only for me to reply that this was approved by their chief, the director and our CIO. It wasn't until their chief actually came out and told them what was up that they grudgingly let me do what she asked me to do, reclaiming about 60% of their printers in total.
After I reported what happened, and the results, they decided to wait a bit for the next step, and I let them know I'd rather just stick to fixing stuff, and not do special projects like this because I didn't feel like dealing with this in pretty much every department I went to.[By: skippytpodar
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The only way you'll get the printers is to pry them from their cold dead hands....or go in at night and Ninja the extra's away. People don't realize how much $$$ it costs to run those things. Some of the printers in the law office I work for eat 1 case of paper a day...and I'm sure that 1/4 or more of the printouts is just recycled. -Starfury
I second the ninja suggestion, unless you want to go all pirate on them. -minchazo
We're a little different on handling this one: the appropriate Division Director is told to reduce the printer count, that person sends out an e-mail saying it's going to happen...and then decides which ones will be removed. At the scheduled date & time, we log into the printer and disable it, locking the front panel as one of the steps. We then go get the non-functioning printer the next day before the users arrive. -Grue
The "printer-as-a-status-symbol" mentality is exactly the same in the past government environments I've worked in, although it was never as bad as what you've described. Also, some of the higher end HP Laserjets have a "secure-printing" feature that holds a print job until the user keys in some sort of code on the panel buttons. As far as costs go, just think if all those printers were low end consumer-grade color lasers- the supplies cost would easily be double!
-BayouTech
Amen to the GRUE- But I would still love to volunteer for some Ninja hours-just thinking about the whinging is making my face hurt from the 100 yard grin! -jerrybear
Additionally, part of the reason that the worker-bees revolted is that they were not told that they were giving up their precious status symbols and found out when you + co-workers went to actually get them. If they were told in advance by their management that the printers were being reclaimed, well, they'd still gripe, but the management would/should take the bulk of it before you ever arrived. -BayouTech
So I see the DoD printer consoldiation has hit your part of the DoD as well! I'm enjoying the same thing. Just spent $18,000 on a new Xerox for our office so we can reclaim the printers on everyone's desk. I plan on taking back the scanners as well since the Xerox scans to email... -ravensentinel
If you need to remap the network printers then just crerate a script in notepad. The first line deletes the old printer, the second mapps a new network printer and the last sets the default. Just copy the remove or add lines for each printer.
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /dn /n \\Server\Printer
Start \\Server\Printer
RUNDLL32 PRINTUI.DLL,PrintUIEntry /y /n \\Server\Printer -AniMaL
I miss having a printer at my desk. =( It made it so easy to print out D&D character sheets... -Aelin236
So, what happens to all the now unused printers? E-bay? Craigslist? Go home with employees? Dumpster? -Stryker One
In our office, "confidential" means that they don't want to get caught printing pictures of their kids or their religious materials. -TechieSidhe
Here at $We_Built_Jetliners, they've been on a printer consolidation kick for some time now. With our site dropping a bit in size, we're going to be consolidating even moreso, to the extent that there will be *NO* personal printers attached to systems. This is going to be enforced even in the executive offices, and since the VP&GM for the site has signed off on this decision, well... he's also on the list of having his printer removed. So nice to have such support starting from the top down... -VoiceOfSanity
VOS- Post when you actually get the printers from VP & GM...they may have signed off on it, but my experience with upper manglement has been that what they sign off on does not normally apply to them. -Griffin2020
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