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Originally posted by alluvial View PostUnless their systems are the biggest bag of tulipe then it really shouldn't be possible to lose an entire days transactions. Not a trivial task but it would be relatively straightforward to identify what is missing and to recreate and apply the missing transactions.
That does of course use the major assumption that the people supporting the systems really know how it works.
Oh, and I hope that they took a copy of all the mainframe GDGs before the relevant ones cycled off and were lost to posterity.
I have this vision of all the bobs frantically looking through their 'knowledge transfer' documents hoping that the section that details what to do in a complete cock-up situation is actually in there and has just been missed out of the TOC.When freedom comes along, don't PISH in the water supply.....Comment
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last time this happened was around the same time "19 June 2012"
Guessing the person who knows how it works is on holiday again.Fiscal nomad it's legal.Comment
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Originally posted by alreadypacked View Postlast time this happened was around the same time "19 June 2012"
Guessing the person who knows how it works is on holiday again.Comment
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Originally posted by alreadypacked View Postlast time this happened was around the same time "19 June 2012"
Guessing the person who knows how it works is on holiday again.
HTHComment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostIt was my leaving present
HTH"Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Originally posted by scooby View PostBut bobs live in a world where competition for jobs is high and they get fired for farting. What would you do in that culture??Comment
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Originally posted by lexington_spurs View PostProbably more likely ... this time of year is about a week after they last rotated the offshore resources, the latest crop of 9 year olds having newly 'graduated' from their 'seats of learning'.Comment
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