| <jonsjava_> hey all | |
| *** jonsjava_ is now known as jonsjava | |
| *** jonsjava_ is now known as jonsjava | |
| <jonsjava> anybody home? | |
| <waynew> yup | |
| <jonsjava> hey | |
| <jonsjava> been waiting on someone to show up | |
| <waynew> hows it going? | |
| <jonsjava> not bad | |
| <jonsjava> Live in conway, maintain linux servers, so I decided to give this group a shot | |
| <waynew> I go to school @ UCA | |
| <jonsjava> nice. I work for the utility company (please don't log the company name) | |
| <waynew> heh | |
| <jonsjava> internet department. fun job | |
| <waynew> yeah? | |
| <jonsjava> yup | |
| <waynew> I'm interning at the highway department | |
| <waynew> no linux there though :( | |
| <jonsjava> lol | |
| <jonsjava> sry | |
| <jonsjava> highway department. that's out on Irby, right? | |
| <waynew> yeah | |
| <waynew> uh... I work at state HQ down off Baseline and I-30 | |
| <jonsjava> ah, ok | |
| <waynew> a little further away ;) | |
| <jonsjava> live in LR, but go to UCA | |
| <jonsjava> got it | |
| <waynew> Maumelle, actually, so a little closer | |
| <waynew> what languages do you work with? | |
| <jonsjava> php/bash mostly scripting junk | |
| <waynew> fun times? | |
| <jonsjava> sry. jumping back and forth in IRC | |
| <jonsjava> not bad | |
| <waynew> I'm not sure how much I'd enjoy server maintenance. I used to think I'd be all for it | |
| <waynew> I guess it could be fun - I do enjoy solving problems | |
| <waynew> I'm just not sure if those are the kind of problems I really enjoy solving... | |
| <jonsjava> what do you enjoy solving, then? | |
| <waynew> well, I like filling needs | |
| <jonsjava> not sure I follow | |
| <waynew> for instance, we're sort of unofficial tech support for the highway departement | |
| <waynew> *department | |
| <jonsjava> you'd live my job, then | |
| <waynew> and usually that consists of trying to get users to take a screenshot and email it | |
| <jonsjava> I maintain servers, the wireless around town, troubleshoot customer issues, plan new features, and implement ideas I come up with without asking | |
| <waynew> I had some downtime on the main project I'm working on | |
| <jonsjava> we get a lot of leeway | |
| <waynew> and so I wrote a quick program that takes a screenshot and emails it to a given user, along with a bug report that the user fills out | |
| <waynew> basically - automating a process that used to be... not-o-matic | |
| <jonsjava> I wrote a VMWare backup solution that works in PHP and batch scripts | |
| <waynew> I guess it's just a matter of not being used to it - I get nervous thinking about gigs of data and million-record SQL tables :P | |
| <jonsjava> our LAN guy brought our fiber down for a while, and nobody complained. accidents happen. just gotta be careful | |
| <waynew> heh..yeah, I discovered the reason behind begin transaction ... commit transaction on SQL Server when I executed an UPDATE and forgot to specify the WHERE | |
| <jonsjava> lmao. oops | |
| <jonsjava> I'm guessing you're using MSSQL | |
| <waynew> yup | |
| <jonsjava> MySQL here | |
| <waynew> ahtd is MS only | |
| <jonsjava> we just got stored procedures | |
| <jonsjava> MySQL is behind in some areas | |
| <jonsjava> where is everybody? | |
| <jonsjava> you there? | |
| <waynew> I don't know | |
| <jonsjava> lol | |
| <jonsjava> is that the answer to "you there?" | |
| <waynew> nah, I got a fussy baby | |
| <jonsjava> ah, ok. My son is in bed | |
| <jonsjava> we have another on the way, but for now, just the one | |
| <waynew> ours is 9 wks | |
| <jonsjava> aww. miss them at that age | |
| <jonsjava> they are so peaceful *yeah right, you are thinking, but wait until they are 4* | |
| <jonsjava> our next one is due in January | |
| <waynew> congrats | |
| <waynew> know what it is yet? | |
| <jonsjava> not yet | |
| <jonsjava> sry for the delay | |
| <jonsjava> welcome MarchHair | |
| <waynew> are you hoping for anything? | |
| <jonsjava> I want 3. one of each | |
| <jonsjava> actually, we have a boy, so now, a girl would be nice | |
| <MarchHair> hey jonsjava | |
| <waynew> we have 3 | |
| <jonsjava> wow | |
| <waynew> twins at 4.5, and 9 weeks - all girls | |
| <jonsjava> my condolences | |
| <waynew> we were hoping for a boy... but turns out she's awesome too | |
| <waynew> heh | |
| <jonsjava> you have a surplus of girls. want my boy? *lol* | |
| <waynew> lol | |
| <jonsjava> wow. the last time I chatted, bush was starting his 2nd term | |
| <MarchHair> hmm.... arranged marriages already? :) | |
| <jonsjava> no, he can have the boy. we named him Loki | |
| <waynew> heh | |
| <waynew> sweet | |
| <jonsjava> he just can't go to Hi (can't spell that island state) | |
| <jonsjava> Loki means "rose" there | |
| <waynew> that's really funny | |
| <TommyT> anybody still around? | |
| <kwadroke> anyone still around? | |
| <kwadroke> guess not. |