ABSOLUTE CHAOS

[Junkenstein]

Why would you want to?

Considering that I'd probably be under the care of Sherrif Joe shortly after I appear, "want" may not come into it.

Seriously, I doubt I could last 30 days in AZ without jail being on the cards given how I usually behave.

And what the fuck is this empty field shit? getting that too.
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Sheriff Joe is gone.  He got chased out of town a month ago.

And in Tucson, English behavior only stands out a mild bit.  We're crawling in Brits, actually, they've even taken to the Mexican soccer leagues.
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Shit, really? That's almost a shame in a way. The same way unused nuclear ordnance is a shame, but still.

[Junkenstein]

Anyway, shitpocalypse delayed at the last minute because division vice president is here next week and she wants to see it.

I have nerd blueballs.

Have patience and keep the faith. It won't be for long.

[P3nT4gR4m]

Anyway, shitpocalypse delayed at the last minute because division vice president is here next week and she wants to see it.

I have nerd blueballs.

Have patience and keep the faith. It won't be for long.

VIP in attendance? I'd be pushing for at least half a dozen test fountains just to make sure it all goes perfectly for the bigwigs 

[Junkenstein]

Anyway, shitpocalypse delayed at the last minute because division vice president is here next week and she wants to see it.

I have nerd blueballs.

Have patience and keep the faith. It won't be for long.

VIP in attendance? I'd be pushing for at least half a dozen test fountains just to make sure it all goes perfectly for onto the bigwigs 

FTFY, but I'm sure that's what you meant anyway.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

At what point does billing 30 days of power to a single 2 acre building at 500,000,000,000 BTU per day seem like real life instead of a meter problem?

I'm just curious, here.  That's a 126 kt atomic bomb going off at 8 AM every single morning for 3 months and nobody noticed.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Anyway, shitpocalypse delayed at the last minute because division vice president is here next week and she wants to see it.

I have nerd blueballs.

Have patience and keep the faith. It won't be for long.

YES IT FUCKING WILL.  THEY HAVE TAKEN OUR PROCESS AND METHODOLOGY AND GIVEN IT TO SOME "CHEMISTS" JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE "DEGREES" AND "DECADES OF EXPERIENCE."

Probably shouldn't have mentioned the estimated chloramine release. 

[The Wizard Joseph]

At what point does billing 30 days of power to a single 2 acre building at 500,000,000,000 BTU per day seem like real life instead of a meter problem?

I'm just curious, here.  That's a 126 kt atomic bomb going off at 8 AM every single morning for 3 months and nobody noticed.

Odd that the power provider didn't notice... fraud maybe?

[The Good Reverend Roger]

At what point does billing 30 days of power to a single 2 acre building at 500,000,000,000 BTU per day seem like real life instead of a meter problem?

I'm just curious, here.  That's a 126 kt atomic bomb going off at 8 AM every single morning for 3 months and nobody noticed.

Odd that the power provider didn't notice... fraud maybe?

It's more that a meter was broken. 

I know that feels like the universe cheated us, and it did, but facts are facts.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

So, my boss's last day was today.  New boss and corporate guy have said I'm getting the plant (which pays an ass-ton of money and is what I do best), and also that as of today, the HSE supervisor reports to me.  She is in charge of - among other things - the site police force.  They are real police, with the power to arrest and cite, who answer to the county in terms of accountability.

So I have my own police force.

I know how this ends, of course.  I will be shot, eaten by an alien, or dropped off of a building before the end of the movie.  I am okay with that.  I am 169% committed to Sparkle Motion, and I am all about having a good time at the expense of my future.

The only question is, do I become corrupt immediately, or become *absolutely* corrupt immediately?

[00.dusk]

Well you can't half-ass this sort of thing. You know this is truly a once in a life-time opportunity, I can read it in your pixels.

TO THE WALL, as you say. Make them either regret handing you the keys to boundless power or grateful it didn't go quite as horribly awry as it /could/ have. Or both, in alternating churns of the stomach, like they ate a sandwich that got left outside at high noon in your corner of hell and now their abdominal wall is the only thing between it and FREEDOM.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Well you can't half-ass this sort of thing. You know this is truly a once in a life-time opportunity, I can read it in your pixels.

TO THE WALL, as you say. Make them either regret handing you the keys to boundless power or grateful it didn't go quite as horribly awry as it /could/ have. Or both, in alternating churns of the stomach, like they ate a sandwich that got left outside at high noon in your corner of hell and now their abdominal wall is the only thing between it and FREEDOM.

I don't know that it's possible to horrify this company.  They make Halliburton blush.

But I shall do my best.

[LMNO]

I dunno. The movie could have a cool plot twist that, as the last ambulance drives away, it suddenly becomes clear that the world is a fundamentally better place now, despite all the blood.

[Junkenstein]

So, my boss's last day was today.  New boss and corporate guy have said I'm getting the plant (which pays an ass-ton of money and is what I do best), and also that as of today, the HSE supervisor reports to me.  She is in charge of - among other things - the site police force.  They are real police, with the power to arrest and cite, who answer to the county in terms of accountability.

So I have my own police force.

I know how this ends, of course.  I will be shot, eaten by an alien, or dropped off of a building before the end of the movie.  I am okay with that.  I am 169% committed to Sparkle Motion, and I am all about having a good time at the expense of my future.

The only question is, do I become corrupt immediately, or become *absolutely* corrupt immediately?

Oh sweet fuck.

The only remaining question is how corrupt is the police unit already?

Eta- I'd expect "moderately" and assume this can be raised to "totally" with cheap incentives. A pay for promotion scheme should do the trick nicely.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I dunno. The movie could have a cool plot twist that, as the last ambulance drives away, it suddenly becomes clear that the world is a fundamentally better place now, despite all the blood.

Can't get much worse.   

So, our utilities, etc, report through a chain of programs, like so:

Meter A --->  Reading software address A ---> database location A ---> billing software Report A
Meter B --->  Reading software address B ---> database location B ---> billing software Report B
etc

HOWEVER, due to be constantly interrupted, the programmer did stuff like this:

Meter A --->  Reading software address A ---> database location A ---> billing software Report A
Meter A --->  Reading software address B ---> database location B ---> billing software Report B
etc

So I have this vast river of data, and I just learned I can't trust any of it.   

Everyone is panicking and hollering solutions that make no sense, so tomorrow I asked new boss lady to schedule a meeting for everyone except me and IT guy (not the guy that transposed things, that's a contractor), and he and I are going to map out all of the meters that have been changed, verify the addressing, and fix it over the next few days.  The problem is new enough that the reading software that hasn't reported should still have all of the missing data in its buffer.  This is fixable if everyone in the lifeboat doesn't try dancing the Charleston at the same time.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

So, my boss's last day was today.  New boss and corporate guy have said I'm getting the plant (which pays an ass-ton of money and is what I do best), and also that as of today, the HSE supervisor reports to me.  She is in charge of - among other things - the site police force.  They are real police, with the power to arrest and cite, who answer to the county in terms of accountability.

So I have my own police force.

I know how this ends, of course.  I will be shot, eaten by an alien, or dropped off of a building before the end of the movie.  I am okay with that.  I am 169% committed to Sparkle Motion, and I am all about having a good time at the expense of my future.

The only question is, do I become corrupt immediately, or become *absolutely* corrupt immediately?

Oh sweet fuck.

The only remaining question is how corrupt is the police unit already?

Eta- I'd expect "moderately" and assume this can be raised to "totally" with cheap incentives. A pay for promotion scheme should do the trick nicely.

They aren't corrupt at all and I find that adorable.