Xavier Onassiss Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Re: The cranky thread In my case: Insomnia + Tinnitus = I've got tinnitus, too. I've found I sleep better (eventually) with a bit of background music playing at low volume; anything's better than silence. Something easy on the ears: Delerium, Conjure One, and Rhea's Obsession all work nicely. So does Lisa Gerrard. And Shpongle. (Just listen to it....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Re: The cranky thread I usually just doze off with the TV on, since I can't sleep with music playing for some reason. Still my tinnitus has gotten worse over the last few years. Then, the TV could drown out the buzzing noise even at a low volume. Now I can hear the buzz unless the TV is pretty loud (not a good thing to do late at night). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John T Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Re: The cranky thread I do NOT suffer from insomnia... I enjoy every minute of it. Perhaps you could enjoy mine for me, too. Would be happy to forward it along... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John T Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Re: The cranky thread In my case: Insomnia + Tinnitus = Too many boots to the head? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Re: The cranky thread What to do ? At the health club where I login of a weekend the computers all went down twice. Why ? Turns out that it is the lift for the disabled causing power outtages when in use. So either no access to the 'Net or the disabled can't use the lift. No question morally but so vexing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Re: The cranky thread Truly Epic Moments in IT Support FAIL: As near as Classroom Support could tell at 0740 this morning, there were NO working network printers on campus. None. Zip. Final exams started at 0800 this morning, one of mine among them. A PDF on a flash drive had to be transcribed by me, longhand, and copied on an old analog copier. I will go off-campus to get hard copies made of the exam I give at 1400 today. Office of IT did a major downtime and maintenance on Friday evening, is all I can guess as to causes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Re: The cranky thread The university: a haven and sanctuary for the wisdom of the ages. Truly, it is better to light a candle than curse the darkness. Oh. Sorry. Had the wrong image on my clipboard. That's better. (Here and here.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Re: The cranky thread Office of IT did a major downtime and maintenance on Friday evening, is all I can guess as to causes. Did they make sure things were working before they left for the weekend, or just figured if the lights were blinking that it was good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Re: The cranky thread No idea what they thought. I've been in damage control and doing other tasks since then; I don't really have the capacity to check on why there's a problem. I had my wife print a copy of the 2nd exam at home and run that copy in to me, and there's an old analog copier down the hall where I made the copies I need on that. So I've got the paper I need for today, and I am not in a position to lead or join a howling torches-and-pitchforks horde demanding any heads. My department chair reclaimed a printer he had which had been living in a lab, and connected it directly to his workstation in a non-network way. So we now have a restricted printing capacity in the department as of about a half hour ago, so the rest of us can print a document and then make copies as needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Re: The cranky thread Too many boots to the head? Possibly. God knows I've taken my share of those. Repped for finding this video. I couldn't find it last time I searched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Re: The cranky thread The university: a haven and sanctuary for the wisdom of the ages. Truly, it is better to light a candle than curse the darkness. Oh. Sorry. Had the wrong image on my clipboard. That's better. (Here and here.) I really wanted to study in Oxford when I was young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Re: The cranky thread Office of IT did a major downtime and maintenance on Friday evening, is all I can guess as to causes. Timing is everything. Are your printers all run from a central print server? Or are they just hooked up via IP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Re: The cranky thread Perhaps you could enjoy mine for me' date=' too. Would be happy to forward it along...[/quote'] Hmmm... I don't know if there's a way to make that work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Re: The cranky thread Timing is everything. Are your printers all run from a central print server? Or are they just hooked up via IP? I don't know enough to answer that; I've never had to look under the hood for a network, myself. Anyway, I was told the printers were back (and I confirmed it for the ones I use) about 1135 my time. By which time I no longer needed them, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Re: The cranky thread IT: Why would anyone need a printer during finals week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John T Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Re: The cranky thread Repped for finding this video. I couldn't find it last time I searched. Heh, I was pretty persistent in digging this more appropriate video up, rather that the "Last Will and Temperment" version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Re: The cranky thread My wife went to bed 5 minutes ago. She's already snoring. I'm once AGAIN in the grip of insomnia. Plus, tomorrow, I get to drive 90 miles to get my arm looked at again. Second follow-up to my angioplasty (-ies) ... hopefully this time nothing will be wrong so they can just send me on my way without having to mess around with my arm again, but if I get that lucky, I'm buying a Powerball ticket once I get home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Re: The cranky thread I don't know enough to answer that; I've never had to look under the hood for a network' date=' myself. Anyway, I was told the printers were back (and I confirmed it for the ones I use) about 1135 my time. By which time I no longer needed them, of course.[/quote'] I.T. Rule # 13: No problem of significance will be solved before a workaround has already been discovered and put into place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gojira Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Re: The cranky thread Politics in general make me cranky. But seriously, Newt and Trump are teaming up, and Ron Paul is starting to sound like the sanest man in the GOP presidential candidates list. The world's gone wacky, and only the wacky will survive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 Re: The cranky thread Politics in general make me cranky. But seriously, Newt and Trump are teaming up, and Ron Paul is starting to sound like the sanest man in the GOP presidential candidates list. The world's gone wacky, and only the wacky will survive. Woho! Woho! Wohoho! Ah, right, no, that's daffy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 Re: The cranky thread Politics in general make me cranky. But seriously, Newt and Trump are teaming up, and Ron Paul is starting to sound like the sanest man in the GOP presidential candidates list. The world's gone wacky, and only the wacky will survive. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DVAsmrwdtQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 Re: The cranky thread One more time: MUST take morning pill AFTER eating otherwise stomach will scream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John T Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Re: The cranky thread *reads "morning after pill eating stomach..."* I'm so exhausted, I could cry. And have... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Re: The cranky thread Heh, I first read it as "must take the morning after pill" which prompted a at first. So it's not just you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Re: The cranky thread It is annoying to have your iPod's battery hit shutdown discharge when you are on the bus and then have to listen to a jive turkey and two other ex-EMT goober types have a shouted freak-out contest about burnout in that job and all the grisly stuff they got to do while doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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