DaKurplunker

Timewarp

2007-10-19T20:01:00.000Z

I am unable to sleep and when do all your best ideas come, da'ding right when you want to sleep. Well I sit here, well was laying, and I can't help thinking of going back home. I do this thinking although I know it will just make the time go by even slower.

I shall be moving to a different office here in the next couple weeks which will definitely keep me busy and hopefully make my days go by quicker. Now my only problem is falling asleep.

Disgusted

2007-09-28T06:04:00.000Z

I sit here in this foreign country and am disgusted by what my father-in-law has sent me a link to. Now I am not mad at him in anyway but what he has shined light on that I was not aware of. Granted this happened in March 2007 but just as one bad event for any organization or group can ruin it for everyone, this one event has ruined my ability to have any respect for any anti-war group out there. Through my vast search of the internet, I have not found a single anti-war group out there that has publicly detested the burning of the effigy of a Soldier.

Posted for your anger is a video of these individuals expressing their freedom of speech.

Again I sit here in a foreign country doing a job for my country, in retaliation to attacks on our own country and we are here to make their country better. Yet these individuals in the video with their clean water, Starbucks and stable roof over their heads; probably spoon feed by their parents and they sing, "Fill the bon fire, fill the bon fire put the soldiers on the top and put the fanciest in the middle, set them on fire, watch them burn". Again I'm all for free speech but there are lines and I am sorry that is one of them. I can understand that these people are pissed about a war, that they have no part in or probably ever had, but go after politicians not the Soldiers.

In the end Soldiers are doing a job just like everyone else out there but their job requires them to leave the country they love, be away from their loved ones, be absent from their childrens lives for over a year and do it with minimal pay. I would be in this job whether I was in the states or over-seas, I believe in this country and want to protect it on whatever front, I could be more successful not in this job and get more money but this is what I choose. To provide my expertise to ensure that my fellow Americans are safe both in the States and here in a foreign country. Although I would probably out-right punch those people in the face, if placed in a room with them, I would still protect them personally from the terrorist factions that continue to not want peace in this world and continue to use children and pregnant mothers as bombs.

Other people that fit into using children as vehicles for destruction are people that traffic drugs. I found it very disturbing to know that babies were and still are being kidnapped and killed, then stuffed with drugs and driven across the border. This requires boarder patrols to wake up all children to ensure they are alive.

Ok, after this great start to the morning of me feeling physically ill after watching that video, I have some work to do and will hopefully forget about these idiotic people.

Falling a Little Short

2007-09-26T15:42:00.000Z

You might notice that most of my blogs will be about technology, why is that, because I'm a NERD, yes I said it a Nerd. Is it wrong to be a Nerd? I guess it's all based off one's perspective and situation. Guess I am suited for the job I am in.

Now for the reason reason for this... The civilian internet that I am typing on right now is like the wild wild west. The administrators have tried tame this wild beast but it's all about configuration. This magical program, that if configured properly would actually help out, is not setup the way it should be so people just go right through it with some of the crazy programs they use or the fact that the system doesn't even see the people. Luckily due to some very heavy complaints from my team we have worked with them to point out the problem. Granted the system does work but when people get off work, OMG, it is like trying to fit a bowling ball through a garden hose. I had to put a packet sniffing program in-between the server and the satellite to find this out and prove it but at least we found the problem. Hopefully on Saturday we will implement this new configuration I have given them and the internet as a whole for us will actually run smoothly for all.

All in all I am totally ready for my mid-tour leave. It has been almost 10 months since I've seen my wife and one starts to go a little crazy in the mind. I find myself at night laying in bed and just trying to get a mental picture of what she looks like, how she smells and how she feels. Even though this might been happening she is in my thoughts everyday, all day. It's hard for me to show it sometimes but guess men have that problem.

Crazy OSI

2007-09-22T21:47:00.000Z

So I've been a network administrator for just about 10 months now. In that short span of time I have seen almost every stupid user out there, to include the occasional "smart" user that tries to go around the system and just burns horribly.

In-order to completely understand where users fall into on the OSI model we had to create additional layers because we had to throw them into Layer 1. Below are the three additional layers we have created to explain stupid users.

Layer 8 (Operator) - This layer explains all operator head space and timing errors. If you habitually need your password reset or computer unlocked you fit in this layer. Other symptoms are: typing with two fingers, losing audio drivers, calling to say your phone doesn't work (from that phone), and not plugging in the network cable.

Layer 9 (Uber) - This layer shows all errors from being what is referred to as an Uber Guber (known in some circles as layer Fedak). If you complain about your 312 access or need six computers on one desk then you fall into this category.

Layer I/O (On/Off) - This is the on/off switch. If you fall into this layer please raise your hand and someone will be along to hit you with a hammer because you are retarded.

So those are my additions to the technical community. Hope it helps throw some people into categories.

And finally to make this day complete, someone has destroyed one of my connections and people are fixing equipment that affects everyone and no one is told. I guess no luck on having a quiet Sunday, wonder what else could happen today.

The One

2007-09-22T16:59:00.000Z

Evening all, this is the first of who knows how many blogs. I am going to add to the infinite wastefulness of the Internet.

I am sitting here at this large computer that I acquired and have been working on for the past month and a half. This stupid hard drive had a bed sector on it that whenever I tried to load WindowsXP it would just fail. After soooooo much fun I fixed the problem and it is up and running. The screen is 17" and for a laptop that is HUGE, if I can get the rest of features to work I can actually use it as a TV.

Now one sometimes has to question, why did I choose the job I am in. I mean I went to a good four year college, got a technical degree and could be making 40k+ more a year then I do now. Not to even mention that I am in a crazy country away from my wife. I mean look at this http://www.collegegrad.com/careers/proft13.shtml , hope my wife doesn't check this out, she might be angry but I"m sure she already knows it.

Well I have been dealing with a lot of stupid people around here, but what does one expect with non-technical users. There shall be more of this and hopefully some more content.