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[ThatPlace928]

Taking a part out of 4 other people's pieces of the pie would be a death wish at certain Thanksgiving celebrations! (And I can't say I'd blame the "mob of 4," either.)

I agree but that's what made this so funny. I chuckled longer than I probably should have...... lol

 

[ThatPlace928]

 

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[GTP]

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This is more upsetting than humorous.
I hope these buffoons were not overly rough on kitty. Poor thing looks so uncomfortable.
And looking at the guy on the left in the pic it's a clear case of "pot calling kettle black"...

 

[Metanis]

Taking a part out of 4 other people's pieces of the pie would be a death wish at certain Thanksgiving celebrations! (And I can't say I'd blame the "mob of 4," either.)

That's alright! Give's 'em something to argue about besides politics!

 

[ThatPlace928]

hahahaha.........

 

[britechguy]

That's alright! Give's 'em something to argue about besides politics!

How sweet. Someone who thinks that you can divert political drama at family Thanksgiving feasts where family members who assidiously avoid each other every other day of the year are forced together in close quarters and are also often cranky about that! ;-)

For those who are Netflix watchers, I thought the Thanksgiving episode (#5 - Thanksgiving Break) in Season 2 of A Man On The Inside nailed the reality of Thanksgiving gatherings about as perfectly as will ever be done, both the positives and the negatives.

 

[frase]

A bitcoin mine in Mongolia during the freezing winter kept overheating and shutting down until engineers installed cameras and found the reason was stray cats sleeping on the warm machines, blocking ventilation and forcing the mining rigs into automatic shutdown.

CAT-50 Cable!

 

[britechguy]

blocking ventilation and forcing the mining rigs into automatic shutdown.

See that Thermal Paste topic, over there - message about the yahoos who don't take the plastic off the air intake, exhaust, or both. Cut off the cooling airflow and . . .

 

[HCHTech]

Finally a society-positive impact of bitcoin mining. Now I'm thinking they should add a wire shelf on top for the cats, so they can still get warm and not affect the machines!

 

[britechguy]

Now I'm thinking they should add a wire shelf on top for the cats, so they can still get warm and not affect the machines!

And if they're smart, that's exactly what they would do. If these cats are indeed feral, and there's no way to "seal up the entrances" the supply of cats will not end even if you got rid of every one of these. Putting the equivalent of the "steam grate" just above the exhaust ports solves the issue (as well as something in front of the intakes to try to filter the hair, too).

You won't beat 'em, so come up with a win-win (and having cats to keep mice from your wiring is a win).

As a side note, I live in an area where agriculture is still "a big thing" and, like in so many places, the supply of feral cats can easily exceed demand (which is effectively zero). One of the local SPCAs has launched a program where they will supply neutered and health checked feral cats to anyone that wants one or more. Farmers love having "mousers" around that require very little care beyond feeding and watering otherwise. They even have a local TV ad for the program.

 

[Blues]

And if they're smart, that's exactly what they would do. If these cats are indeed feral, and there's no way to "seal up the entrances" the supply of cats will not end even if you got rid of every one of these. Putting the equivalent of the "steam grate" just above the exhaust ports solves the issue (as well as something in front of the intakes to try to filter the hair, too).

You won't beat 'em, so come up with a win-win (and having cats to keep mice from your wiring is a win).

As a side note, I live in an area where agriculture is still "a big thing" and, like in so many places, the supply of feral cats can easily exceed demand (which is effectively zero). One of the local SPCAs has launched a program where they will supply neutered and health checked feral cats to anyone that wants one or more. Farmers love having "mousers" around that require very little care beyond feeding and watering otherwise. They even have a local TV ad for the program.

I need some of those as my 2 house cats can't seem to catch mice we had one in out washing machine last night, we leave the lid open on it and it must have fallen in, and winter time not just the cats look for warm places and food.

 

[britechguy]

house cats can't seem to catch mice

Having been a "cat person" for decades [right now I have parrots, and didn't want to deal with both at the same time] I can honestly say that well-fed house cats do seem to have a greatly decreased degree of hunting behavior and skill. This, of course, makes some sense because when you're warm and very well fed and unaccustomed to pursuing prey for food, you don't. All the more so for strictly indoor cats.

We had cats when I was a child that were house cats but of the indoor-outdoor variety, and my very first cat (a Manx mix with a tiny bunny-stub of a tail) was an insanely good hunter. She used to bring "gifts" and leave them on the doorstep. Her favorites were partially eaten mouse and mouse-type (e.g., moles/voles) animals as well as grass snakes. We had other cats, later, who were great hunters, too, but nothing like her. It was almost, but not quite, "Donita's back, check the stoop for gifts!"

 

[GTP]

Thanks Steve Gibson Security Now!.

 

[NETWizz]

This is actually true...

So I’ve got a new guy on my team and quite Frankley he is a bit strange.

He has an obsession with the number 69! He has been on my team for less than a month and we now have:

• 192.168.69.0/24
• 172.16.69.0/24
• 172.30.69.0/24
• 10.69.0.0/16 that is is variably submitted into about 20 10.69.x.x networks
• I also now have about 20 locations that have a VLAN 69 as well!

Nothing is really wrong with any of this from a routing and forwarding network technological standpoint except that our network diagrams now look like we have an unhinged 14-year old running the show.

At this point I cannot decide whether to:

1. Telling him to knock it off and start micromanaging the subnets instead of just the mask bits.
   1. We do have a formal change management process.
2. Letting it slide and just accept it.
3. Consider making him change out the subnets AND replace the DHCP scopes.

Q: Am I getting to be an old man if this sort of stuff is bothering me from my team?

 

[Metanis]

Am I getting to be an old man if this sort of stuff is bothering me from my team?

Tell him to get off your lawn!

 

[NETWizz]

Tell him to get off your lawn!

We do have a Test VRF for deployments... Maybe I should just make him his own VRF seriously, so he can make his own, separate routing table.

 

[britechguy]

@NETWizz

Is he doing his job? Is the end result what's asked for from a functionality perspective?

If the answer to both of these questions is yes, there is no reason to do anything.

 

[NETWizz]

@NETWizz

Is he doing his job? Is the end result what's asked for from a functionality perspective?

If the answer to both of these questions is yes, there is no reason to do anything.

Yes and Yes

... Well from a strictly managerial standpoint (not a technological one), we have some bean counters who track things like this and it shows immaturity. In short, I have heard a couple of comments and do not like it.

My my perspective, it is easier to just change the subnets for vanity and aesthetic reasons rather than technological ones.