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Hey Rob Proffit, found you a job.

by James Denison Oct 19, 2015 10:59AM PDT

If you ever decide you want a job a bit futher out in the country, fresh air, all that, something with a bit of challenge.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/18/iregi_reader_escapes_fourmonth_lightningstruck_windows_vista_farm_nightmare/

Or, maybe you know someone who is really desperate, and you don't particularly like, LOL.

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I lost my pitchfork years ago.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Oct 19, 2015 11:16AM PDT

Given the lightning strikes the guy there knew enough to not raise it above his head.

I find that companies in such predicaments must work their way though it. Only after they are on the verge of collapsing or a wholesale management change can you do them any good.

But today I'm finding less need for a high powered PC on the front end. It's tough to sell the move to a protected server room and if it's that dire, maybe the cloud is the answer. Who knows how many more toasted careers will be taken by this company.

There's a lot of lessons to be learned at that company. Mostly to steer clear of them till their management learns a few more.

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I was imagining...

by James Denison Oct 19, 2015 11:37AM PDT

....if I'd been there, I'd have had someone take a one inch thick piece of tall rebar, attach to the roof above the manager's office, drop a steel cable clamped to it and then clamped to a grounding bar driven 8 foot into the ground, just below the manager's office. He might not take the full hit next time, but he'd certainly hear the boom and the earth shake under him, LOL.

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