ernokaikkonen 0 #1576 November 1, 2002 >Don't you get motion sickness from typing/reading while travelling? So far so good. Besides, the connection isn't too fast, so there's plenty of time to look out the window at the landscape... which is getting dark now, it's raining sleet, and the snow we got here last night is rapidly melting.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
helicam 0 #1577 November 1, 2002 Hello Campers yeah I have had to earn my salary as well... What a night.....skydiving, beer and fireworks!! Now if that isnt a kick ass weekend intro!! I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkF 0 #1578 November 2, 2002 Quote Hello Campers yeah I have had to earn my salary as well... What a night.....skydiving, beer and fireworks!! Now if that isnt a kick ass weekend intro!! Harumph.... While you bastards are out enjoying yerselves I'm the one that was chosen to keep the wheels of commerce turning. I might tell you that it's damn boring too. Three and a half hours into a twelve hour shit and it's aready got O L D....Well don't let me interfere. Just go out and enjoy yerselves - it'd be a bloody shame if I was to put up with this purgatroy for no result.Ooroo From Mark F... in the depths of some data centre in Melbourne. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meatmissile 0 #1579 November 2, 2002 Quote While you bastards are out enjoying yerselves I'm the one that was chosen to keep the wheels of commerce turning. Do not feel alone. I too am oe of the chosen ones. Yup, even on this Saturday night, some of us have a deadline to meet . So what are you up to? -- ZZZzzzz.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkF 0 #1580 November 2, 2002 Quote Quote While you bastards are out enjoying yerselves I'm the one that was chosen to keep the wheels of commerce turning. Do not feel alone. I too am oe of the chosen ones. Yup, even on this Saturday night, some of us have a deadline to meet . So what are you up to? After three months of planning and a couple of months disaster recovery testing we had no choice but to move one of the largest data centres in Oz from one side of Melbourne to the other. We just couldn't put it off any longer.I spent last night (it's 08:45 Sunday here) configuring near on 100 TB of disk (should that be tera-byte of terror-byte ??) in a disgustingly huge 'n fast (gotta love fibre channel SCSI) SAN which will be populated as and when required over the next month or so while the move is actually being done. The bottom line is that the online systems must NOT become unavailable. If they do then the whole of Oz loses internet connectivity. Hmmmm now that could be a bit of fun for a few minutes......perhaps not, then.Ooroo Mark F... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meatmissile 0 #1581 November 2, 2002 Quote If they do then the whole of Oz loses internet connectivity. How fast is the internet in Australia? The norm here in South Africa is 56K dialup - anything faster costs too much for the ordinary Joe Bloggs. That said, most people are happy if they get more than 2k per second, even though the theoretical max is five . So what is Oz like to South African visitors? I'm thinking of visiting sometime next year. -- ZZZzzzz.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkF 0 #1582 November 2, 2002 Quote Quote If they do then the whole of Oz loses internet connectivity. How fast is the internet in Australia? The norm here in South Africa is 56K dialup - anything faster costs too much for the ordinary Joe Bloggs. That said, most people are happy if they get more than 2k per second, even though the theoretical max is five . So what is Oz like to South African visitors? I'm thinking of visiting sometime next year. The usual method of connection here is 56K dialup but we are getting ADSL all over the place now. There's also two cable carriers - Optus (Optarse / sloptus who I'm with) and Telstra (hellstra). The mob I work for is a QUANGO that administers the whole of the Oz address space. Every DHCP lease is reported back to us and we do the smart routing, shaping and most importantly the billing for all off-shore traffic. The whole STOOOPID deal is because The Worlds Greatest Luddite, our Minister for Communications, Richard Alston has decreed that the internet shall remain under some form of government control and that we should keep all traffic. Little does he know...South African visitors get treated pretty well. You drink beer and play sport with a "No Prisoners" attitude.A QUANGO is a Quasi Autonomous non Government Organisation which means that when it all works OK the govt. gets the credit. No prizes for guessing who gets the blame when the govt. effectively directs us to fuck it up..Now that I'm home I'm gonna have a couple of Bundys (OP of course) and a few cones and then in all liklyhood I'll pass out for a few hours...Ooroo Mark F... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meatmissile 0 #1583 November 2, 2002 Quote South African visitors get treated pretty well. You drink beer and play sport with a "No Prisoners" attitude. Well, you guys generally managed to give us a good a$$-whuppin' in the last few encounters - we'll see how it goes with the world cup this year . Quote Now that I'm home I'm gonna have a couple of Bundys (OP of course) and a few cones and then in all liklyhood I'll pass out for a few hours... Call me naive, but I have no idea what either of those are . But enjoy them anyway! -- ZZZzzzz.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkF 0 #1584 November 2, 2002 Quote Quote Now that I'm home I'm gonna have a couple of Bundys (OP of course) and a few cones and then in all liklyhood I'll pass out for a few hours... Call me naive, but I have no idea what either of those are . But enjoy them anyway! Bundaberg over proof rum and some quite fine Queensland Heads (dope) to smoke...Ooroo Mark F... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skreamer 1 #1585 November 2, 2002 Dude, Australia just dropped Mark Waugh from their test side.... Nobody is really in the same league as them in Test cricket right now - lets just hope Klusener has another awesome world cup! (but none of this explains why the fuck Donald didn't run... ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meatmissile 0 #1586 November 3, 2002 I heard that he was dropped. I think you are right, they are a tough side if a guy that good does not make the squad. -- ZZZzzzz.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkF 0 #1587 November 3, 2002 QuoteI heard that he was dropped. I think you are right, they are a tough side if a guy that good does not make the squad. His batting has been below par for a while now. The real problem is who to replace him with in the close in catching positions. This last few days cricket has been bloody interesting. Shane Warne is bowling like a demon but so is another young Victorian. The young bloke took 4 for not many while Warne only got 3 for a few. Mark Waughs replacement, Darren Leahman, made a few but so did MW. Leahman is the current highest first class run scorer with around 18,000 runs on the board. If he gets going he scores a LOT quicker than Gilchrist. Speaking of Gilchrist he needs to look out for the Vic. 'keeper who keeps to Warne and the other leggie all the time and is really VERY good. A lot better than Gilchrist in the keeping stakes but without the batting skills. If the poms can get it together it should be a good summer of cricket. The prolem with the poms is that they have a team of REALLY good individuals but they don't seem to play very well as a team. Ooroo Mark F... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #1588 November 3, 2002 I jumped today AFF 7 JUST 2 MORE. Landed the suck in the big cirlcly thing tooYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grega 0 #1589 November 4, 2002 Woow, i'm out for four days, and i need almost an hour to read through new posts in this thread Good morning everybody, it's raining here in slovenia (again) and the snow is coming tomorrow , but i still managed to make two jumps on friday "George just lucky i guess!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #1590 November 4, 2002 Morning Grega! As I promised, (hazy) details of last Friday's Halloween party will follow when I get all of that written down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jraf 0 #1591 November 4, 2002 Goodnight Children - it was another perfect day in Florida today. The halloween party last night took it's toll on me. Have a great day, I'm hitting the sack! jraf Me Jungleman! Me have large Babalui. Muff #3275 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scratch 0 #1592 November 4, 2002 Good Morning All What is happening? I went off to the DZ on Saturday for the scattering of one of our pilots ashes. He died of cancer a while back and he wanted his remains scattered over Citrusdal. It was really beautiful. His brother carried his ashes inside a jumpsuit and went for a tandem. Once the tandem was over the DZ off old Don went, slowly fading away into the blue skies. A really cool end to a great pilot.As for the rest, if I have to climb that bloody tower crane one more time to put a Kestril back up there I am going to shit. Four birds trying to fly and not very good at it...it is like having children. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #1593 November 4, 2002 >What is happening? Not much, I just barelyt survived the partying this weekend.../>As for the rest, if I have to climb that bloody tower crane >one more time to put a Kestril back up there I am going to >shit. Four birds trying to fly and not very good at it...it is like >having children. Your dedication to the little birdies is nothing short of remarkable, but how do you think they survive when there's nobody around lifting them up to the nest? Think about it: You're living in Elbonia(why? beats me...), and don't speak a word of the language. You're raising a family there though. Then, the day comes when your son turns 18, so, with a smile on your face, you kick him out of the house. A few hours later, a police officer comes knocking on your door, with your son in tow, shoves him inside with a smile on his face and says a few words in Elbonian. The next day you kick your son out, again. And a few hours later he's returned back home. You say you're tired of climbing the tower. How frustrated do you think the mother-bird feels? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluefingers 0 #1594 November 4, 2002 Good morning! Kestrils, hee hee you sound just like that dude in the "SA emigrates to Canada" joke I posted ages agoJust last week, you were cooing, and loving those birdies!! Sounds like you had a nice weekend. Mine? Friday night got cornered by the guys at work - beer and curry .... the rest of the weekend was work work work. Pretty boring actually. Kerry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scratch 0 #1595 November 4, 2002 Quote Your dedication to the little birdies is nothing short of remarkable, but how do you think they survive when there's nobody around lifting them up to the nest? Kestrils normally breed on cliffs. When the little ones try to fly they go a little way and then land on a ledge. The parents find them and feed them there. This goes on for a few days until the babies can fly for themselves. Over here in an urban enviroment there are cats, people and all sorts of unnatural (for them ) shit to contend with. So back up the crane they go. I don't put them back in the nest, just out of reach of the nasties on the ground Mommy and Daddy take it from there Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #1596 November 4, 2002 Hehe... "Scratch's flying school - We teach the birds how to fly!" Do you think that would qualify as experience towards an instructor rating? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scratch 0 #1597 November 4, 2002 Quote Do you think that would qualify as experience towards an instructor rating? If the students are in the habit of running away from you, clawing and biting you and thir parents make a habit of attacking you.......yup then it would qualify Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scratch 0 #1598 November 4, 2002 Last month, a world-wide survey was conducted by the UN. The only question asked was: "Would you please give your honest opinion about solutions to the food shortage in the rest of the world?" The survey was a huge failure. In Africa they didn't know what "food" meant. In Eastern Europe they didn't know what "honest" meant. In Western Europe they didn't know what "shortage" meant. In China they didn't know what "opinion" meant. In the Middle East they didn't know what "solution" meant. In South America they didn't know what "please" meant. And in the USA they didn't know what "the rest of the world" meant. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PaulHitchman 0 #1599 November 4, 2002 Hello Erno, blue, scratch and all. My friends went back to the UK tired of all the partying. Erno. I was out til 05:30 on Saturday night also.... no bad going heh?! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #1600 November 4, 2002 >My friends went back to the UK tired of all the partying. >Erno. I was out til 05:30 on Saturday night also.... no bad >going heh?! I believe you haven't got a liver. You've replaced it with some kind of chemical processing unit. I was still feeling mostly dead Saturday evening. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
