ITRoom http://www.theitroom.com Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:37:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Vote to resurrect the "True IT Bloopers" site! It looks like this has not had care and feeding for some time, but the IT bloopers are still funny. Maybe we should add them here at the IT Room. http://searchwinit.techtarget.com/tipsIndex/0,289482,sid1_tax294820_alpD_idx0,00.html http://www.theitroom.com/?p=232 The 7 dirtiest jobs in IT Drumroll please... #7: Legacy systems archaeologist WANTED: INDIVIDUALS FAMILIAR WITH 3270, VAX/VMS, COBOL, AS/400, AND OTHER LEGACY SYSTEMS NO ONE ELSE REMEMBERS. MUST BE ABLE TO TYPE ENTIRELY IN CAPITAL LETTERS FOR EXTENDED PERIODS. APPLICANTS MUST MEET MINIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT OF 55.#6:Help ... http://www.theitroom.com/?p=224 Amazingly Dumb Printer Tech's Alrighty so on our network we use DHCP for everything. If the computer/device needs a static IP address...we configure a reservation for the device on the DHCP server and it get's the same IP address everytime it comes online.This printer tech installing an HP indigo printer can't seem to g... http://www.theitroom.com/?p=222 Tech Joke-off (Try to beat these, sucka!): “You know your IT is complex if…” -…You don’t know how many management dashboards you are using-…Your server utilization is still at 5% and you can’t figure out how to get it to 6%-…Your Unix administrator retired and won’t return your calls-…You wake up one day and have 1245 servers in 15 locations-…A server goes do... http://www.theitroom.com/?p=220 Corporate Serial Rapist Over the years I have done a lot of work on pc's, laptops & servers of all flavors & brands. During this time I have also seen the rise & fall of many pc products companies. What seems to be the most significant issue, however, related to the pc industry has been the demise of cust... http://www.theitroom.com/?p=219