No. They fear the wrath of my 5-year plan.

I made HGK-EWR, I'm getting hosed on EWR-IAH. :( Been #1 for days, just slid to #4 with no seats left.

I didn't even realize there's a Hash House in Vegas. The original one is in SD and is AMAZING. I highly recommend it. But be prepared for a line, it's always busy.

Who did you piss off at UPS? I've always gotten my stuff the next day when shipping it to NJ from B&H. Maybe you're just on the fringe of the area where UPS thinks it's ok to hold it hostage for a day.

then check your hardware.
I have well over 600 machines under my management in the last 10 years, and I have had exactly 4 that died on a windows update, I have had a linux upate or two go worse, and even a freebsd. I have no more windows 2000, but it too was solid, I have many 2003, XP, numerous Vista, 2008 CLI, 2008 full, and a new windows 7.
No defending MS is not wrong, just like acting like linux doesn't exist is wrong...linux does exist and it is not a terrible kernel or base, it may not be BSD but it is just fine as a base. Linux has driven a lot of development in other area and I'd venture to say INCLUDING OS X, by showing an alternative can gain a foothold.

I do not blindly support every MS move, linux move, bsd move, etc, and I do not blindly say every apple move is wrong (I said one of their best moves was stopping mac clones to have quality hardware just a bit ago)

It's Hot in here!
 

It's about 90 degrees in the P-Club in EWR. Yikes.

It was like that the last few times for me.....I think the agents there like it TOASTY, but for me more like a sauna!

To be fair when I posted that you didn't. :p You needed someone to not show up (or something) to make it.^

I haven't had a machine die during the update. The updates tend to bloated and grow over time.

I've managed a slew of machines over the last 20 years and by far the Windows and Linux ones have always been a problem.

The issue that I have is that you go to lengths to defend MS but rarely admit it's faults. Furthermore, you are a minority in the general population as to how reliable Windows is. Quite frankly, you are the first person I have run into which says Windows is so great. Even most of the Windows admins I know that it has issues.

As for Linux, it was great to help the cause of Unix. My biggest beef is the lack of consistency from version to version. The fact that you have to make sure that the libc on your system was built when the full moon was hovering over Timbuktu is insane. The dependency management in Linux is horrid.

Linux is a great alternative to Windows for someone who doesn't wants to spend money on an OS. But, in the end, you get what you pay for.

Attempt #2 on the JFK-ONT run today. The IFL is quiet and apparently there are ATC delays in SFO. This should be fun!

I go to lengths to put down false statements about politics, or technology, or religion. I understand sarcasm but windows is not the ultimate evil everyone makes it out to be, the brunt of jokes.

I am a very experienced windows admin, I have met few that know anything about windows even those that are MCSE certified, they hand those out like candy canes at christmastime. That is a major problem with MS, and increasingly with RedHat, certifications are worthless.

I have seen so many screwed up AD installs, insecure to the max, it is no wonder Windows has a bad name with the inept people that call themselves admins. I've seen the same on linux now, and all the 'control panels' and 'wizards' for linux it is getting worse there by the day. OS X and FreeBSD will see their day in the inept admin spotlight in the coming years, without a doubt. There will however still be groups of people that really know what they are doing and be able to run it properly.

I know quite a few people employed as 'unix admins' and I have more unix experience than them, from NCR systems running SysV, to minix on an old 386 of mine, to debian before it was hot with ubuntu, and freebsd varieties, picobsd spinoff on small machines, netbsd running some incredible transparent firewall systems, and more.

So it all boils down to: personal experience can vary for all, but not all admins are worth their salt, pepper hash or fortune cookie.

Screw 90 degrees in the PClub. The tech arguing is reaching a boil.

:rolleyes: I know. but isn't this the penalty box? :D

Don't worry, after 5:00 EDT you have the politics talk. :rolleyes:

:D:o;):rolleyes:

:rolleyes: since I am driving everyone crazy the last 24 hours, sending self to penalty box.

It's always hot in the PCs. I think CO is trying to balance the budget by cutting back on air conditioning.