{"id":15,"date":"2007-09-26T20:01:17","date_gmt":"2007-09-27T00:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fanglord.net\/blog\/?p=15"},"modified":"2007-09-26T20:01:17","modified_gmt":"2007-09-27T00:01:17","slug":"fuck-lgo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fanglord.net\/blog\/?p=15","title":{"rendered":"ZBM 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just found this post on my SU page, originally titled (and dated) <a href=\"http:\/\/samloyd.stumbleupon.com\/review\/2987525\/\">Jan 8, 2006 3:40am<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>I just spent seven straight hours providing technical supervision over two sites that were trying to accomplish something. It didn&#8217;t go well. I had the following conversation several times:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>me: Ok, ::site A::, without changing any settings on anything, please tell me what the current value of ::setting B:: is on ::equipment C::. I&#8217;m serious about not changing anything. No, really.<\/p>\n<p>site A: Ok, we broke out the D&amp;D dice, rolled a new value for ::setting Q:: and entered it on ::equipment J,R,Z and 5:: as you directed. Now our coffee maker doesn&#8217;t beep anymore when you press the buttons. Woof! I&#8217;m a cow.<\/p>\n<p>me: Don&#8217;t make me come down there.<\/p>\n<p>site A: huh?  what did *we* do?<\/p>\n<p>site B: hey, are we site L or site M?  I forget.<\/p>\n<p>me: hey, do you mind if I curl up under my desk and cry quietly to myself for about three days?<\/p>\n<p>my supervisor: ahh, what the hell.  go ahead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When someone says that a relaxing massage or a quiet drink takes &#8220;the edge off,&#8221; what has its edge removed? I don&#8217;t know, but the last seven hours put an ugly, sharp, jagged edge onto it for me.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Keep in mind that these were Army satellite communication sites.  &#8220;Army Strong.&#8221;  Nobody said anything about &#8220;Army Smart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>The title, for those not in the know, means, &#8220;Put a qualified operator on the line.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just found this post on my SU page, originally titled (and dated) Jan 8, 2006 3:40am: I just spent seven straight hours providing technical supervision over two sites that were trying to accomplish something. It didn&#8217;t go well. I had the following conversation several times: me: Ok, ::site A::, without changing any settings on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-army","category-funny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fanglord.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fanglord.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fanglord.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fanglord.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fanglord.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fanglord.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fanglord.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fanglord.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fanglord.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}