#@%$ computer crashes

[dexdog]

I was planning to bid on this collection of Contax finder on eBay, but the network at work went down, and I was unable to sign on until one minute after the auction ended. Someone got a tremendous deal. I knew that I should have stayed home today!

http://search-completed.ebay.com/contax-finders_W0QQcatrefZC5QQfbdZ1QQfclZ3QQfisZ2QQflocZ1 QQfposZ22032QQfromZR14QQfrppZ50QQfsclZ1QQfsooZ1QQf sopZ1QQfssZ0QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQnojsprZyQQpfidZ0QQsa catZQ2d1QQsacqyopZgeQQsacurZ0QQsadisZ200QQsargnZQ2 d1QQsaslcZ0QQsaslopZ1QQsofocusZbsQQsorefinesearchZ 1

Unbelievable, someone got all three for less that $70 USD. I would have paid that for the 35mm finder alone. The waist level finder is supposed to be rare- KEH recently had one listed for $375.

I guess that this is an argument in favor of bidding your maximum early, instead of waiting to the end of the auction.

The computer crash must have been fated...

[Socke]

Somtimes we Systemadministrators do that to the users to have some fun too :-)

Befor Ebay we couldn't do more than deleting some files, like the powerpoint presentation due in 15 minutes, or store porn in someones private folder, sending embarassing e-mails from a users account to his bosses secretary and so on.

Today with Ebay we have so much more possibilities :-)

Come to think of it, are you sure your Sysadmin is not interested in cameragear?


Socke

BOFH and Evil Genius in training

[dexdog]

good idea, I should check to see if my sysadmin is a Contax freak!

No hard feelings toward you sysadmin types- given some of the problems that they face, it's a miracle that the system doesn't crash more often. For example, I know several people here at work who have never, and will never, delete a single email. Given that we have over 1000 folks on the system, if even 10% of them save all email, such actions consume tremendous resources on the server.

Last place I worked, the sysadmin automatically deleted all emails over 90 days old. Everyone was advised to save important emails on hard drives or archive media- tough luck if you didn't, because they would vanish otherwise.

On the other hand, not being able to bid on this lost opportunity leaves me $ to bid on others- damn GAS!