five thousand shades of blue
Thursday, December 14, 2000
Today is a majorly, majorly sucky day. It's bleeding in from yesterday. That's when we found out that our ISP changed their billing practices. You're given 150 hours for PPP and 150 hours for shell access; so that every connection you open -- be it dialling in or telnet -- it counts against you EVEN if they're simultaneous. So if I'm dialled in and have 2 telnet windows open, I'm charged 6 hours for being logged in for 2. I mean, really -- time is charged against you for keeping a Unix session -- a mere
process -- open? There's got to be something illegal about that. I used to work at a university in their CIS department, setting up accounts, managing quotas. I can't tell you enough how absolutely BOGUS this is. I used to go around trumpeting praises for my ISP; I was a good long standing customer. You'd think I would have heard about this utterly crappy change in policy. No more praises from me. Time to find a new ISP. Actually, if US West / Qwest would get off their asses and upgrade the phone lines in my neighbourhood, I'd just go DSL and be done with it.
There's a slow leak in one of the truck's tires too, and I had to deal with that as well.
Then today. Ahhhh, today. Come in to find a small lake forming in front of the counter. Something is leaking but I can't find exactly where it's coming from. And of course, there are computers, cords, RJ45 cable, you name it, that's all gotta be picked up and moved. I called someone to come and take a look at it. It's just not something I needed today, not at all.
F*ck. I just want to cry. I really do. It's almost the holidays and I haven't accomplished anything. This whole year feels like it's been an utter waste. Sigh.
is
this just not enough…?
