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Did you offer to 'go toe to toe on Skype' with your boss's Mrs ?When freedom comes along, don't PISH in the water supply..... -
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I know someone who dropped the warehouse stock table on a JDE system thinking it was the UAT database.Originally posted by MyUserName View PostHe wanted more test data to he connected to the live database and then dropped all of the deals?
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It wasn't. Thankfully the oracle DBA was a lot sharper than everyone thought he was.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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he gave the bosses daughter syphilis after telling her he was clean and then found out the HR chap had caught it as well?Originally posted by aussielong View PostPut it this way, I may have inadvertently conveyed incorrect information that could break a contract I did not realise I was subject to.
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I'm sure we all know someone who can come to his rescue........Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostIs he in Germany right now???
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The system will stay up for an amazing amount of time after you do that. I cleared up after a Doris that did something very similar trying to clear her home dir out...Originally posted by psychocandy View Postcd /
rm -r *
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If you want to destroy a unix box I prefer sticking the rm in a while true loop.Comment
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