There's not enough bitching

[Brian]

Yeah, replacing cable is expensive, so they're not going to be happy about that, unfortunately.

I lived in an apartment complex once with ungrounded electricity, which is evidently somehow legal.  They sure as heck didn't have any interest in fixing that, though they did at least install three prong electrical outlets, so that people were less likely to realize....

[Dracos]

Yeah, replacing cable is expensive, so they're not going to be happy about that, unfortunately.

I lived in an apartment complex once with ungrounded electricity, which is evidently somehow legal.  They sure as heck didn't have any interest in fixing that, though they did at least install three prong electrical outlets, so that people were less likely to realize....

My house was entirely wired with that when I bought it.  It cost thousands to replace, but was pretty much a no brainer for doing so.

[Yuthirin]

...how is that even legal

[Brian]

It's not legal to have it in new construction.  Old construction is grandfathered in.

There are quite a few things that get around building code this way.

[Dracos]

It's not even that crazy really.

If you did it any other way, you'd leave the situation where a perfectly viable house for a low income person that got it years ago suddenly gets 10-20k in bills because a law got passed.

[Yuthirin]

Oh right grandfather laws

[KLSymph]

The Dark Souls 2 closed beta was disappointing.

Edited: More on this.

[Brian]

Yesterday was my step father's last day of work at this company, and I was WFH, so I missed it. >_<

[Dracos]

I have complete SR4.

It never really rocked the house.

[Merc]

I have complete SR4.

It never really rocked the house.

Silly Dracos, that's why we're on SR 5.0 now. You're so behind!

[Dracos]

I stand humbled by your vast my little pony knowledge.

*nods*

:P

[Brian]

"Can you do a mixed type performance test on these disks?"
"This is XXXX's doing, isn't it?"
"...uh, anyway, we need to do this test.  Do we have a template for it?"
"I can do this test yet again, but it's not in the plan because it's a waste of time.  You mix two different disks, the performance is always going to be between the two disks, trending toward the slower one."
"Right, so can you do it?  How many disks do you usually test with?"
"Eight."
"So, test with eight of the new ones, and then two of the old ones."
"That's ten, not eight."
"Er....  Well, use two of the old ones."
"Sure.  Whatever.  A total of eight disks, two old, six new."
"I meant six old, two new."
"Why not just do it both ways?"
"Okay.  Is this on the test plan?"
"No, because it's a corner-case, it's a waste of time, and the results are never interesting."
"So, add it to the test plan with a note that it's a corner-case."
"The qualification plan, or the performance plan?"
"Yes."
"This is going to take an entire day because it's four tests."
"Yeah, we have a meeting later today to discuss your efficiency."
"Fantastic."

So stupid.

[Ergoemos]

Spent four hours today washing and waxing two cars. Think I would rather be at work. At least I can listen to an audiobook while staring at charts and statistics.

[Arakawa]

So stupid.

Not quoted from Brian's workplace: a re-enactment of the Who's On First sketch, and that Looney Tunes gag where Brian (in place of Bugs Bunny) convinces a manager to agree with him using reverse psychology.

[Brian]

Someone actually linked me another one of those Anita Sarkeesian videos when discussing video games. =_=