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[sawyl]

I had a conversation today, at around 5:45pm, that went a bit like this:

Me:	I think we should dump the system. If we don't dump it, we won't find out what's wrong. If we don't find out what's wrong, it might happen again.
Not Me:	The operational stuff isn't running.
Me:	Well, it's supposed to be slack time - we're supposed to have three hours of maintenance time. When do you absolutely have to have it back?
Not Me:	Um, well, 2000 hours.
Me:	[disbelieving] Is that local time or GMT?
Not me:	Zulu
Me:	So, three hours then? You're telling me you need the system back in three hours. And you don't think we can spare 45 minutes to dump it?

After a few more minutes of browbeating, the other guy knuckled under, leaving me with a nagging sense of guilt about behaving like a total bastard. Never mind. As Machiavelli said, it's more important to be feared than loved.

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[vincel.livejournal.com]

That might explain why someone was trying to contact me at home, then.