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First thing I hear when people start arriving this morning is they can't connect to our QuickBooks server. This is ultra-bad because Wednesday is the day our payroll gets submitted. So I duck my head into the Accounting office to check on it, and I see the dreaded "C:\Windows\System32\blahblahblah is missing or corrupt..." Black Screen of Death.
Run the server to my workbench, where I can't even get it to power back up. PSU tests bad. Seems that it failed sometime between 9:00pm last night and 3:00am this morning, and the improper shutdown hosed Windows.
Fortunately, since it's a critical system, I keep a cloned drive in it that remains disconnected from the board. Last cloned image was March 18th. So, swap in a PSU from a spare system, swap the drives, copy over the databases from the fubar'd drive to the clone, and it's back up and running in less than an hour.
To add to this story, I do not understand the propensity of people to knock on my door or just randomly open it when they're walking by. Everyone knows that Riff's Door Shut = Something Bad Happened. So after the third interruption, I get on the PA and say in the most irritated voice I can muster, "The Accounting Server fried this morning, so anyone who wants to get paid today needs to leave me alone!"
Nary a peep from anyone after that announcement.
Meddle not in the affairs of sysadmins, for they are subtle and quick to fix your paycheck... or delay it.
[By: RiffRaff / 2011-06-01] Comment on Story
CommentsOr appropriate it in the name of Stupidity Tax...Bravo! -ChildofCthulhu oWow. They let you near the PA? If I were in your position, they'd better not let me anywhere near it. And leave offering of Starbucks coffee cake Although, I'd think in that situation mustering an irritated voice would come down to "should I use the leave me alone, I'm waking up, or the leave me alone something about to get broken voice". Kudos on getting the server back up so fast. -AdmiralLaurie
Comments2011 is a double-secret Leap Year. Those date show up once every 1,000,000 years, just like 2/29 shows up every 4 years. -LordObsidian I blame Harold Camping -ActingUpAgain The bitch of it is, if you just accomplish the requests on the first day of the following month like any sane person would, someone might complain that you were 'late' in doing them--these things were supposed to be done by the end of the month, after all! Hey Crash, long time. :) -NightSteel Snowcrash! (yaya! still alive!!) what? can't alter centuries old and world wide accepted time/date standards? Bah! :P -Harm 'Crash!?! How ya BEEN? Yeah, getting those dates cleared up just might need to appear on someone else's radar screen.... -Grue "I'm sorry, sir, I'm only a droid. I'm not very good with temporal mechanics." -Captain Trips [Starts Stoking the Tardis Steam Generator with Coals] Here, take this mallet and whack the thingamigger next to the doowhacky and we'll start the Timey-Whimey ...ummm.....Stuff! -ChildofCthulhu Or... you could do nothing and just wait for those dates to show up in your calendar. And when the fishies ask about the changes tell them exactly what you're doing. -buitre Kick 'em back where they came from w/ POINTED references to their mistakes, & listen to them imitate Homer. http://soundfxcenter.com/download-sound/homer-simpson-32-dohs-sound-effect/ -MadJack
CommentsIs that Douglas Adams or Mark Twain? -thx1138 DA quote - salmon of doubt IIRC. -Harm Sounds like it's high time to slaughter the suits. -Stryker One lol. I see you were a step ahead of me. (re: my comment on your update!) -TechMama OK, so it is entirely our fark-up, but somehow this has transmogrified in "all-your-fault",DESPITE you saying that is was a non-starter. Bonuses for the retarded monkies who thought of this, P45s for the techs who told them not to. -lineswine
Commentsdocument document document - as WHEN teh equipment fails... they will no doubt blame your group for their own stupidity. -Harm 81 sounds a bit warm still. -Holdfast Apparently, 81 degrees is the "power saver" upper temperature limit for Google. It's recommended to be lower as a rule, but hell, 80 is still better than the 90+ we've been running. -Grayhawk For a server room, even 70 can be too high - 65 is better. 91 is just asking how long before shit hits the fan -- not "if" but "when"!!! -Captain Trips And if you're using a "comfort" HVAC? Somehow I manage to balance it out to keep under 80 in there. If I had it where it should be, the boss would be after me like he is in winter to turn the HVAC up because it's making his zone work harder... -ChildofCthulhu Can you get a quick estimate of the replacement cost of every piece of equipment in there? Then you can reply "Raising the threshold to 91 degrees will lead to equipment failure, costing the company around $$$$$$$$ in replacement costs." -thx1138 Just get all your equipment out as quickly as you can. Make it exclusively their problem. -ThinkGuy @CoC: *channeling burrkiss* Cold weather makes a lot of peoples work zones harder. Some harder to work with, others just harder. *runs* -linuxmatt Cluebat the living SHIT outta those mouth-breathing, molten bags of meat. -Seamus Wow, a prime example of treating the symptom instead of the problem. I'm speechless. -Calydor Present them a bill for the standby replacement equipment (including prep time) to remain available prepped and unused for when, not if your equipment fails. -McSmiley Hey, it's easy enough to raise the temperature alarm level per their request -- just move all the equipment to another room and set ITS alarm level appropriately. :) -TechMama LART with extreme prejudice. -lineswine
CommentsYou know why Marines are called jarheads, right? That's where their brains are kept, in jars in the Commander's desk with a little sign saying "Do not return to owner until separation." -VoiceOfSanity
Comments[Like] -Divinar [Like] -Omega
CommentsI thought those people were supposed to be jolly...*runs for the LART shelter* (and before anyone gets mad...you think gargoyles are skinny?) -GargoyleTS awww crap. Got my people mixed up. I blame having been awake for all of 15 minutes. Next time Gadget,next tiiiiiime.... -GargoyleTS And here we have one more example of why I don't want to go VoIP at home! Give me my hard-wired land-line any day. Separate lines, separate power source, and I don't even need main line power to use it (I've got a couple of old, unpowered phones, and a butt-set.) -Captain Trips AHH , The old story of "all my eggs in one basket" save money, save tine, bla bla bla -beatmewithstick
Recently...last 6+ months...my job has sucked. So I've been actively looking for new employment. I've had several interviews...but no offers. I had another one tonight..and think it would be a great opportunity. Sole IT guy for a branch office of a law firm.
If anyone has some spare job karma I'd appreciate it.
[By: Starfury / 2011-06-03] Comment on Story
CommentsSending what I can spare. -Stryker One Good luck with getting the gig - I hope they're better people to work for than S, M & T though. -Gromit Law offices can be the absolute lowest of the low. Esp if a couple of them have taken twenty minutes of tech fam classes. You will be second guessed every two microseconds, prepare to kill youself. -jerrybear Good luck! -Grue Break both legs and an arm! -AnneBWalsh Just as long as the limbs in question aren't yours! :) -Seamus Just do what I did when I realized my job sucked, RETIRE. It beats the hell out of working. I mean just look at me. Here it is 9:50 am and already I have been out of bed for 20 min, just like all of last week. -atomicbill Karma going your way. Hope you get the job. -pencil One Keg-O-Karma on its way, and a Pony-Keg-O-Karma for good luck working with lawyers. (Q:What's the difference between a Lawyer and a Catfish? A:One is a scum sucking bottom dweller and the other is a fish.) (No applause please and be sure to tip the waitress) -ecoli ->-- ->-- ->-- Karma laden lawn darts are in the air and en route. -Grayhawk This law firm...it's not "Sue, Grabbit & Runne"? -lineswine
CommentsC'mon, you gotta add on to this. It's to good to not give details. -0gr3 YESSS- Details!! -jerrybear Well that's the problem, there aren't many details. It arrived a few days ago and was set for install this morning. -ThinkGuy Found out who signed it out of the lab. Time to go hunting. -ThinkGuy The obligatory Bash link: http://bash.org/?5273 -Divinar I heard this happened at a company. Company orders new server. Server is shipped and disappears. Vendor says they sent the server via courier and quotes waybill. Courier says they delivered. Loading dock says they never saw it. IT person notices dock workers taking a break and using a tarp covered box as a coffee/card table. Box contained the new server. Dock workers though it would make a good table because of the size. -Wraith556
Commentshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZi8oBCeWAs -Stryker One congrats on the job -Ramblin I'll take a DOCSIS 3.0 modem, thanks! ;) -Caboose447
The phone trills, carrying with it the sense of urgency that only a family calling can provide. I managed to snatch it off the stand, but not before nearly flipping my bedside filing cabinet, which would've taken the laptop, speakers, coffee mug and other odds and ends.
My grandmother starts blathering the second I answer. Her high, heavily drawled voice reminds me of the tape players that chatter like a chipmunk when put into fast forward.
Her: it's broken! (repeat four or five times, so fast it's almost run together) Me: What was the last thing you touched? Her: I was trying to get a greeting card for your little sister.
Cue me banging my head on the padded arm of my chair.
Me: ok, what's on the screen right now. I can't see it from here, so you have to be my eyes. Her: it's blue, and there's a bunch of writing. me: have you restarted it? Her: what's restart? Me: (through slightly gritted teeth) It's where you turn it off, then on again. Kinda like when you turn the mixer off to scrape the edges. Her: oh, ok, let me try that. (after a five minute wait). Her: what's system32? me: Oh lord, um, what brand is... Her, (completely shrieking over what I'm trying to tell her) Fine! You broke it you f*cking twit! I'm taking it to geeksquad!
Enjoy it being brought back in flaming unrecognisable blobs. Oh and say bye-bye to all the pics of me. I don't have copies. Interrupt, insult and and disobey me, and you'll be stuffed in a phone booth, the exterior and interior of which will be coated with copper foil, and plugged into a 240-volt outlet.
Enjoy the free defibrolation, bitch! Thank $deity for hang-up buttons and VOIP devices.[By: AdmiralLaurie / 2011-06-05] Comment on Story
CommentsShe gave herself the "you've got an e-card from" virus, and YOU are the fucking twit? I think we need some redefinition here... -Captain Trips Your grandmother called you a F*&%ing twit?? That's messed up... -JoeLugian Jl, that's SOP for that side of the family. Good thing I'm now far, far away from that. the hangup button is a beautiful thing. -AdmiralLaurie I love my mother to much to let her think I ruined her computer. I've sent her to Data Doctors from day one. -AngrySup She's an utter retard, you KNOW that, right? -lineswine
CommentsIf government workers had to produce as much as private sector workers we could shrink the govt. payroll by 40% or more I'm guessing. -Starfury i think fear of geting canned is a great motivator. Private sectore - you can be fired - public sectore - it takes YEARS for that to happen.. meanwhile several consultants are hired to get teh work done - and not renewed once the work IS done.. -Harm I'm thinking several economies would benefit from the golgafrinchans' methodology and shoot the 'middlemen' and middle management out into space...or into slave labor camps...yeah that'd be cheaper and more entertaining. -ChildofCthulhu But then it would only be a matter of time before the rest of us are eaten by the giant mutant star goat. -AmazingKreskin I hated working for the govt as a contractor because I noticed how hard it was to fire the govt employees. We had one guy come in drunk, and they couldn't seem to ger rid of him. If you were a contractor, however, you could be fired just because. I am so glad I am out of there. -TechieSidhe Sounds a lot like the whole Blue Badge vs Orange Badge thing at M$. Blue = M$ Employee (Best Pay, Best Benefits), Orange = M$ Contractor (whipping boy). -Stryker One I worked as a govt. contractor for a short while myself. GS-14 = can't cut him from the Internet as he infects the network with every email-transmitted virus and runs his MLS company out of his cubicle. Contractor = canned for simply looking cross at the GS-14 for being a security risk. -VoiceOfSanity New word--gov-nugget. -vacuumtubes green badge = expedable. red badge = fuck up as much as you like. its not easy being green. -Harm Hey hey guys and gals, not all Govt workers are that slack! I work for a Govt disorganization here in NZ, and I'm almost single-handedly responsible for the entire network (admittedly because my offsider can't do his job properly). :) -Enzedder hey I resemble that remark "slacker .gov worker" that is. -deedadee
CommentsWTF is a WWDC? -Divinar Worldwide Developers Conference. It is where Steve Jobs gives all the new Apple buzz each year. T'was a livestream but is now over. -0gr3 Oh well - couldn't throw tomatoes at him through the screen anyway. -Divinar
CommentsCorollary: just because you successfully hooked up your Wii to your TV does NOT make you "IT" -Captain Trips
CommentsGood luck! -Grue ac130 loaded with depleted karma rounds- Go nail that interview! got ya covered from above. -Harm all the karma I have is yours -MrsQuadrinaro Crafting some Karma... Let's see here, 5 blocks well wishes in an X surrounded by sand... Pack it up in a minecart... On the way! -linuxmatt Sending what I can spare. -Stryker One A large slice of genuine British KarmaKake is wending it's way across the Pond as we speak, covered in Cornish cream with a cherry on the top. Good luck! -Gromit Sending a Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon! -Fortytwo KarmaSTARMs inbound! -MadJack *bundles up a karma suit for the interview* good luck! -AdmiralLaurie Sending what I have! -Seamyst One Keg-O-Karma on its way! Good Luck! -ecoli Lots of luck to you - you deserve something for putting up with RiffRaff! -Divinar ->-- ->-- ->-- No arrows, but here's some job-getting-karma-laden Lawn Darts coming atcha! -Grayhawk Thanks, all! Interview went well. I should know by the end of the week. -Magenta
CommentsOoh, just wait until you find the Order_Component and Orders_Component tables that you need to perform a union query on to get the *full* results... :) -Diptera Or you find that there are also tables called Orders_Component and Order_Component with the singular form of Component... and you have to join all 4... -virtualchoirboy Ok. Not all database designers are like that. Just most of the other students in my Database Design class. -linuxmatt And no-one complied a data dictionary? -Wraith556 Order_Componets. -concept14 Did you get the fields from Orders__Components too? -smellystudent
Commentsheh -- oh i remeber thise.. AUX 76 ( TL coaching) was unofficially changed to Liquide Lunch for the tech supervisor team... -Harm #3 made me think of this cartoon: http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-06-12 -Erictheblue I don't miss those from my previous work. The support desk I'm at now doesn't have them, thankfully. We got break and we got work and that's all we need. -thisid
CommentsKarmaKittens being delivered by KarmaMessenger to your location. Delivery expected shortly. -tech4alltrades sending Karma as requested! -geeklady Good Luck! -Grue Keg-O-Karma on its way!!! -ecoli If it pays enough to live on -'Ah! The mindless Bliss of people who need your product and try to pay attention.' Although, there are still gas station starfish! -jerrybear gas stations - where you get to watch in utter amazement (and sometimes fear) at the people that are allowed to drive. (pumps need power to dispense gas) -justcrazy
CommentsThat's pretty good news! -Grue glad to hear it!!! -ecoli That's great news, good to hear another one of us who'll live to fight another day. I'm a 11 year hypertension survivor (amongst others). -lineswine Been on Beta blocker since 1980=don't let them hump the dosage up too much! Be prepared for your toes to feel cold, even if they aren't! -jerrybear Glad to hear everything came back ok! Sending some more Health Karma your way to keep it that way, and t keep your BP well controlled on the meds you're taking. -noongsaao
CommentsNot once in that video did an "almost crash" involve two parties driving/riding correctly. My eye saw more bicyclists screwing up than pedestrians or cars combinded. Especially the bikes going the wrong way - they should be free hits! -Divinar bicyclyes are required to obey the same laws as cars. it is a free hit. -burrkiss KNOW AND OBEY IOWAS TRAFFIC LAWS "A person riding a bicycle on the street or highway has all the rights, and is required to know and obey all traffc laws and rules of the road, applicable to the driver of a motor vehicle." IE When you bounce of my drivers side door when running a light, I do NOT pay your medical bills, and YOU fix my car. -burrkiss In Georgia they just passed a law that motorists are REQUIRED to move over three feet when passing bicycles. On two lane roads that means waiting for traffic to open up so you can go halfway into the oncoming lanes because bike riders usually ride 1 - 1.5 feet from the side of the road. Makes for interesting drives to work. Oh did I mentioned cyclists are not allowed to ride on sidewalks where available? -CelticSkyhawk In Indiana bicyclists have taken to riding against traffic, and I can't say that I really blame them for it, even though it is technically against the law. -RiffRaff I never thought I'd be saying this, but Burkiss, I'd like to hear more about that. -charred ~10 years ago a numbnut on a bike tried to force me to yield by running a stop sign. I stepped on the gas to prevent my car from running him over. He bounced off my door instead. Cop explained that even though my attitude was not polite, bike rider was farked. The bike rider also got a ticket for FTYROW. -burrkiss
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Hotel Miramar Garden Taipei 5 stelle
83 Civic Boulevard Section 3, Taipei, Taiwan, 10491
Alloggi confortevoli e comodi servizi sono le caratteristiche chiave dell'hotel Miramar Garden, ideale per soggiorni di piacere o di lavoro. PosizioneLa struttura si trova all'intersezione tra Civic Boulevard e Jianguo, a 3 km dalla stazione ferroviaria e 5 km dall'aeroporto.
152 $
Hotel Sheraton Taipei 5 stelle
12 Zhong Xiao East Road Sec 1 R.o.c., Taipei, Taiwan
PosizioneL'hotel si trova vicino al Chiang Kai Shek Memorial National Theater/Performing Arts Center, il Taiwan Handicraft Center, il Lung Shan temple, la Snake Alley e il grande magazzino Mitsukoshi. l location in the heart of the city's flourishing business district on fashionable Tun Hwa South Road, just five minutes away from the Taipei World Trade Convention and Exhibition Centre.
236 $
Hotel Howard Plaza Taipei 5 stelle
160 Jen-Ai Road, Sec. 3, Taipei, Taiwan, 106
Appointed with Chinese rosewood furnishings, the Howard Plaza is a business themed hotel and is known for its excellent service. It is Taipei's premier business district hotel, located in the financial district and surrounded by entertainment and shopping complexes.
121 $
Hotel Ambassador 5 stelle
63, Chungshan N. Road, Sec. 2, Taipei, Taiwan, 104
Gli ambienti confortevoli di questo albergo consentono totale relax. Venite all'Ambassador Hotel ed alloggerete in ottima posizione nel cuore di Taipei.
130 $
Hotel The Sherwood Taipei 5 stelle
111 Min Sheng East Road Section 3, Taipei, Taiwan, 105
New is Power, The Sherwood Taipei Welcomes Guests to Experience the Newly Refurbished Rooms. With the residential ambience of a home-away-from-home, the Sherwood Taipei welcomes guests with sincere greetings and delicate flora settings at the first sight of the hotel.
158 $
Hotel Shangri La Far Eastern Plaza Taipei 5 stelle
201 Tun Hwa S Road Sec 2 201 Tun Hwa South Road Section 2, Taipei, Taiwan, 10675
Lo Shangri-La's Far Eastern Plaza Hotel E. .
210 $
Hotel Les Suites Taipei-Ching Cheng 5 stelle
12 Ching Cheng Street, Taipei, Taiwan, 105
Il Les Suites Taipei-Ching. Cheng è situato davanti alla stazione della metropolitana, occupa una posizione centrale a pochi minuti dal quartiere degli affari ed è circondato da negozi e ristoranti.
252 $
Hotel Dong Wu 4 stelle
No. 258. Sec.2, Yan-Ping N. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, 103
Albergo storico ristrutturato nel 1997. Situato nel cuore di Taipei conosciuto come Dwa-Due-Dia dalla disnatia Cina de Qing.
112 $
Hotel City Lake 4 stelle
462 Sec. 5 Cheng Kung Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, 114
City Lake Hotel is a comfortable accommodation with all modern amenities and a warm Taiwanese welcome. To everyone, and every moment staying in the City Lake Hotel, it is a persistence and commitment to bringing you all the best experience and comfort.
104 $
Hotel Park Taipei 4 stelle
317 Sec.1 Fu-Xing S. Road, Taipei, Taiwan, 10665
Il Caesar Park Taipei, precedentemente parte della catena Hilton, gode di un'ottima posizione nel centro del quartiere degli affari di Taipei, proprio di fronte alla stazione ferroviaria principale, il cuore del sistema metropolitana della città, completato di recente. Il Caesar Park Taipei offre tutta la professionalità di un hotel internazionale, nonché una straordinaria assistenza sia a ospiti del posto che a stranieri.
130 $
Hotel City Suites 4 stelle
169 Nanjing W. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, 103
City Suites Taipei is designed by the globally known modern designer. The interior is decorated with materials representing the natural wood, water and stone as the main theme with different shades of beige as the main color.
147 $
Hotel Royal Biz Taipei 4 stelle
71 Sec 1 Jinshan S Rd, Taipei, Taiwan, 10056
Royal biz taipei hotel is conveniently located on city center,the famous Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall and all kinds of delicacies are near by. The Presidential Palace and the five Yuans are all in the same district.
140 $
Hotel Fullon Sanyin 4 stelle
Dasyue Road, Taipei, Taiwan, 237
Il nuovissimo Fullon Hotel Sanyin si trova in una posizione eccellente a Sansia, ben servita dai mezzi di trasporto, nelle vicinanze dell'area industriale Tucheng e dei Parchi Tecnologici di Shulin Datong e Tucheng Dingpu. Per soggiorni brevi o lunghi a Sansia, il Fullon Hotel Sanyin offre un ambiente estremamente elegante e servizi di qualità per coloro che arrivano in questa splendida città per trascorrere una rilassante vacanza o per organizzare un incontro di lavoro.
102 $
Hotel Fullon Resort Shenkeng 4 stelle
236 Beishen Road, Section 3, Taipei, Taiwan, 222
Fullon Hotel ShenKeng is the 8th Hotel of the Fullon Hotels and Resorts. Inaugurated in May 2010, it emphasize luxury and comfortness meeting all the requirements of a business as well as leisure travelers' needs.
97 $
Hotel Holiday Inn East Taipei 3 stelle
No 265, Sec 3, Beishen Rd,shenkeng Shiang, Taipei County, Taipei, Taiwan, 222
Holiday Inn East Taipei is only about 10 minutes driving from Taipei World Trade Center and Taipei 101. The hotel provides daily complimentary scheduled shuttle bus to Taipei City Hall MRT station and other attraction spots.
113 $
Hotel Chinatrust Executive House, Hsintien 3 stelle
219-2 Chung Shing Road Section 3, Taipei, Taiwan, 231
Hsintien Chinatrust Hotel is conveniently located at the center of three industrial zones-Baochiao, Tongshuai and Yuandong in Hsintien, only 1km away from the Hsintien Interchange on Northern No. 2 Highway.
79 $
Hotel Holiday Inn Asia World Taipei 3 stelle
No. 100 Tun Hwa North Road, Taipei, Taiwan, 105
Best city center location, situated in the shopping and financial district. Oppocite to the new Taipei Arena, and just steps away from the MRT station.
Hotel Royal Best Suites Taipei 3 stelle
No.385, Sec. 4, Hsin-Yi Road Hsin-Yi Distric, Taipei, Taiwan, 110
The Royal Best Suites welcome guests from around the world with our elegant and classical decor, artistic corridors decorated with works of art and comfortable suites. Our staff's priority is to create a feeling that staying at Royal Best is truly an experience in warmth and pleasantness.
Hotel Seasons Taipei 3 stelle
No.326, Nanjing West Road, Taipei, Taiwan, 103
Grand-opened in December 2005, neoclassical aesthetics tinted with elegance and simplicity. From here, you can see the youthful heart of Taipei Dadaocheng Nostalgia intertwined with modernity.
Hotel Taipei Lotty 3 stelle
No.14, Lane 56, Sec. 3, Shinsheng N Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, 104
This is a hotel composed by love, and literature and luxury. From lobby to facilities and services, you will discover that literature can be closely involved with lovers, and lovers can be so romantic.
Hotel Welcome Taipei 3 stelle
No. 12 Pei-Ping E.rd.,, Taipei, Taiwan, 100
The delicate and thoughtful spatial design of Welcome Hotel offers a pampering and sophisticated ambience that feels refreshing to the guests. Every room was thoughtfully designed and arranged to express the refined aesthetics of the management and the designer.
Hotel Eight Zone 4 stelle
8 Sec 1 Jingshan S. Road, Taipei, Taiwan, 100
Just when the world?s boutique hotels are inviting internationally acclaimed designers on board to jazz up the interior. Hotel Eight Zone bucks the trend by using everything Taiwanese from furnishing items to construction materials.
155 $
Hotel Sense 4 stelle
No 477 Lin Sen North Road, Taipei, Taiwan, 104
A unique new hotel ideally situated in the heart of Taipei City inside one of the most prosperous business and entertainment district - HOTEL SENSE possesses a luxurious living style and convenient public transportation system. Surrounding by all its convenience, the hotel also embraces the 30th century of European ambiance.
146 $
Hotel Fullon Taipei 4 stelle
266 Sec 1 Janghuo S Taipei City, Taipei, Taiwan, 106
Il Fullon Hotel Taipei, nel quartiere business di Taipei, tra Renai Road e Sinyi Road, offre impareggiabili vedute sulla torre Taipei 101, uno dei capisaldi di fama internazionale. In un elegante edificio che brilla come una perla intarsiata nel quartiere business e culturale di Taipei, il Fullon Hotel Taipei vanta squisite camere adatte alle esigenze di chi viaggia per affari e che creano un'atmosfera gioiosa e perfetta per lavorare e rilassarsi.
127 $
Hotel Capital Taipei 4 stelle
7 Sec.2 Jianguo N. Road, Taipei, Taiwan, 104
The King and Queens Royal Empire life style and finding the most Luxurious Classic Hotel only in - The Capital Hotel Taipei. Capital Hotel Taipei brings you the most atmospheric experience.
111 $
Hotel Taipei Fullerton East 4 stelle
32 Nanking East Road Section 5, Taipei, Taiwan, 105
Taipei Fullerton Hotel East - formerly known as CROWNE PLAZA TAIPEI, is an international 5-Star hotel which provides preferred choices, security and quality services to business and leisure travelers throughout the world. The hotel was built in 1986 and renovation on 2002.
119 $
Hotel Sunworld Dynasty Taipei 4 stelle
No.100 Dun Hwa N. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, 105
The Sunworld Dynasty Hotel is located in the center of Taipeis financial banking and shopping districts. One of the largest hotels in Taipei- the Sunworld Dynasty offers numerous amenities - 24-hour room service and a fully equipped business center.
136 $
Hotel Eclat 4 stelle
No.370, Section 1 Dunhua South Road, Taipei, Taiwan
Incredibly stylish and contemporary, Hotel Eclat is a hip urban retreat with a superb location. This delightful addition to Taipei raises the bar in Taiwanese hospitality with 24-hour butler service to all the rooms, gourmet Cantonese dining and stunning original works of modern art throughout.
140 $
Hotel San Want Residences 5 stelle
128 Nanjing E.rd, Sec. 1, Taipei, Taiwan, 104
A sophisticated bolthole in the centre of Taipei, San Want Residences is a tranquil alternative to staying in a bustling city hotel. An impressive collection of artworks and sculptures by contemporary Taiwanese artists adds a special element to your experience and is perfectly suited to both business and leisure travellers.
179 $
Hotel United 5 stelle
No 200 Kwang Fu South Road, Taipei, Taiwan, 106
The newly refurbished United hotel is a member of Design Hotels- situated in the heart of Taipei City. Features a contemporary minimalism design just right for the 21st century.
152 $
Hotel Les Suites Taipei 4 stelle
135 Da An Road Sec. 1, Taipei, Taiwan, 106-
Un rifugio dal ritmo febbrile di Tapei! A pochi minuti dalle zone affari e dalle maggiori attrazioni commerciali. Les Suites Taipei offre al viaggiatore d' affari la raffinatezza di un servizio impeccabile per il quale siamo conosciuti.
152 $
Hotel Quote Taipei 4 stelle
No 333 Nan-Jing East Road Section 3, Taipei, Taiwan, 105
Amid the bustle of Taiwan's capital, HOTEL QUOTE Taipei is a tranquil and cosy bolthole with an atmospheric restaurant, bar and convenient 24-hour lounge serving snacks and drinks. This is a fabulous blend of contemporary chic and traditional comforts.
153 $
Hotel Grand Taipei 5 stelle
1 Chung Shan N Road - Section 4, Taipei, Taiwan, 104
The symbolic of Taiwan. Luxurious Suites- Exceptional Service- Wide range of Recreational Facilities- and state-of-the-art Meeting Facilities- Whether you are here for leisure or for business, The Grand Hotel, with its traditional palace style architecture, vermillion pillars, stately archways, and brilliantly tiled roof, is not only a magnificent landmark of Taiwan, but it is an emblem of ancient China.
307 $
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*Author of original report: Finally...a resolution....4 months later.
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So one would expect this to be a smooth transaction...I could not have made it easier. Well, 9 days after confirmed receipt of the watch (I have the signature proof of delivery), my "repair case" still lists "awaiting receipt" of watch. My first email (a few days after they got the watch) did yield a response from a Minnie Weathers, stating that if I gave them the tracking number, they would research it. So second email, I provide the tracking number. No reply after five days. Third email today and decided to try calling again (first attempt at calling last week failed -- impossibly long wait in que for a representative). This afternoon, I stuck it out for 39 minutes on hold, listening to music and periodic updates of how many people were ahead of me. I finally got through to someone! I explain that they've had my watch for 9 days and why have I not been notified of its receipt or given the quote on the repair? The extremely lame answer I received is, "Um, yes, they are running behind in that department. They are trying to get caught up on the watches they received, so it will probably be sometime next week." Okay....so you will have had my watch, which is under warranty and I shipped to you at my expense, for at least 2 weeks before you will even be able to enter it into your system and acknowledge you have received it? So how long exactly do I wait before I get the verdict on repair? Let alone see my watch again?
I have seen reports of others never getting their watch back at all and having wasted the $50 between shipping and return shipping fee -- not to mention the loss of the watch itself. Given the way this process has started off for me, I can only hope that I'm not yet another victim of Invicta Repair.
My reputable watch maker would have this poor level of customer service at their repair center?
After this, I cannot imagine purchasing another watch from this company, and if I get no response in a few days regarding the watch I shipped to them for repair, my next step would be an out-of-state small claims judgment or pursuing the matter with Fed Ex to go after them -- since they have proof of delivery.
This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 10/04/2012 12:47 PM and is a permanent record located here: http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Invicta-Watch/internet/Invicta-Watch-Invicta-Watch-USA-Repair-Service-Fraud-Non-Responsive-and-You-May-Ne-950838. The posting time indicated is Arizona local time. Arizona does not observe daylight savings so the post time may be Mountain or Pacific depending on the time of year.
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Finally...a resolution....4 months later.
AUTHOR: Eric - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, February 06, 2013
I would have liked to have gotten back my original watch with a perfect repair, but since they could offer no explanation of what happened to it nor give any timetable for when it might be found, I suppose it worked out reasonably well. I like the new watch, it's in the same price category, and...it's brand new. Whether it still works in 2 weeks or 2 months...that's to be seen. But so far, good resolution. I should point out though, that this was not a cost-free resolution: I spent about $40 between shipping the broken watch to them and the $28 money order for return shipment. Still to be resolved is the almost $80 I paid them for the repair. Fortunately, I paid on a credit card, and I have disputed that charge. My rationale is: I sent a watch for repair, paying $40 for shipping plus $80 for the repair. They lost my watch, and made me wait 4 months. So to me, providing a replacement watch (and me paying shipping) is fair. But why should I pay them the $80 for a repair they did not do? To me, this is the heart of their scam....even if this situation unfolds, and they finally give in and send a replacement watch, they have already taken the customer for repair and return shipping -- probably over $100 or more for most folks. So sending a replacement watch to those who gripe the most -- and probably keeping and refurbishing the watch the customer sent for repair -- could actually make them come out ahead!
So....good resolution, provided I am credited for the repair cost. If the credit card company doesn't side with me on that one, then I think it's a draw at best -- but a valuable lesson. I cannot imagine buying an Invicta again unless it is only to look at it in the box. If a repair is needed, forget it!!
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Now past 90 days...no sign of my watch!
AUTHOR: Eric - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Sunday, January 20, 2013
My next actions are to dispute the amount I paid for the repair with American Express, file a Better Business Bureau complaint (perhaps futile, but adds to the record), and file a report with the Federal Trade Commission and the Florida Department of Consumer Affairs. (If any class action attorney is out there, consider the large number of complaints against this company -- and that's only those listed on the BBB!)
My final demand to Invicta is to either immediately return my watch in fully repaired condition or exchange it for a new watch that is equal in value to not only what I paid for the original, but also for the $100+ in repair and shipping fees. I am also going to look into getting a small claims judgment against them. It would "only" be about $300 plus the filing fees, but why should this company be allowed to operate in this manner without repercussions?
If enough folks get fed up, there will eventually be action against Invicta repair for these dishonest practices.
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Watch is in que for repair...but for how long?
AUTHOR: Eric - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Sunday, November 04, 2012
I note also as a tangent that this was an Invicta Reserve watch, less than 8 months old, still under warranty, and a not particularly hard "dink" to the face of the watch against a door handle shattered the "flame fusion crystal." Conveniently, damage to the crystal isn't covered under the 1 year warranty.
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The Dyscalculia Forum :: not knowing how to get home ><
Posted by mathmustdie on June 28 2012 07:44 AM
Since I notice a lot of dyscalculics don't drive or have problems with driving... I thought I'd share my latest stress about not driving and having other people drive me home :(
I just got back from a downtown outing with some aquaintences. My mom took me took me to the place where we were meeting up and from there people carpooled. When we were leaving downtown at the end of the night I was like "I think I'll call for someone to pick me up" (at the place we originaly met up in the first place) and the person driving insisted they take me home. I tried to avoid it...but they said it was no problem etc. I've usually had success with people taking me home when they do not know where I live (at least lately) because they use navigation systems. Well...this person's navigation system broke...and I was faced with "So...how do you get to your house?"
I wanted to die. It is a sad sad fact that I do not know where I live >< Since I don't drive I really do not pay attention to street names or where to turn etc. I only know landmarks but this is such a "weird" thing to people. And of course I have to be asked why I don't drive during this process of trying to get me to my home. No story sounds good. I probably shouldn't even say what I usually say. If I say "I am not good at it" people don't think that its a good reason to not drive. I don't ever mention dyscalculia so I can't blame it and even if I did that would make things so complicated. So I say that I was traumatized in drivers ed by a mistake I made. Maybe that's an even WORSE thing to say. But I really don't know what to tell people. I feel like I can't win.
So this person expected me to have a MAP in my head of how to get to my house. I felt the horrible sinking feeling of being "stranded" and would not be able to get home!!! I also feared I was going to inconvenience this person and make them drive all over the place forever. I mentioned one landmark they knew that is near my house...a street name that I remembered...and thankfully I was in familiar surrounding and could guide the person in the end. Even though I got home alright...I felt so scared and put in an awkward position which questions like "you never drove to your house before?" etc.
I hope I am not the only one with this problem?? I feel so bad about it...and I am scared that this person is going to gossip and say things like "I can't believe she doesn't know where she lives...and she had no idea how to get to her house" when alone with the other people. Maybe I am over-thinking/over-exaggerating...
Part of me feels like people shouldn't expect non-drivers to be experts at directions since they never have to use directions...but I don't know ? I try to conceal dyscalculia and avoid explaining why I don't drive and just leave things to people's imagination but it can never STAY that way....
Posted by ardentauthor on June 28 2012 12:38 PM
I can really relate! I only have my learners permit, so my parent has to be beside me while I'm driving-thank goodness! I would be lost!
The other day some relatives visiting asked for directions to my school. I don't drive myself, of course, but seeing as I was a passenger there for over 100 consecutive days, they expected me to know how to get there. So, I said "Um...go straight, and then...you'll go through a stop light and pass a bank, and then you turn...and go straight." And I was incredibly proud for remembering all of that; in fact, I could almost see it in my mind, which is the closest I've ever gotten to visualizing a street. And then they said, "Go straight which way?" and since I wasn't standing in the direction the car would be going, I mixed up my lefts and rights and they laughed. :/
It happens.
And you're right: If you don't drive, how can people expect you to know directions if you don't even need them? Sherlock Holmes said something about only needing information that was relevant to him and discarding what wasn't. If they ever tease you, just compare yourself to him.^^
Posted by RottieWoman on June 28 2012 12:47 PM
mathmustdie, I'm sorry you had this experience, I know how it is to try and explain to people when you are with someone and they want to get to your house for whatever reason <your situation, or if the car is in the shop and you have a courtesy driver from the shop take you home, etc....at least the latter has happened to me...or if a service person coming to your place to do a job needs some clarification on your location...again, happens to me..>
Now I do always tell people about dyscalculia, including the house workers I just mentioned, and the courtesy driver, and pretty much anyone. All of the people who I consider my friends treat me with kindness and accept me as I am, including my math LD or dyscalculia. If they would be hurtful, they wouldn't be my friends, for me it's that simple. For those who are acquaintances or people to do business with - I don't care what they think when I tell 'em.
I tell the person at the car wash when I go in and ask them to be patient with me <it has those tracks you're supposed to line up the wheel with that pull the car along and I have problems with oral instructions, left/right etc>.
So I tell - why? Because that way I'm explaining why I use landmarks and why I learned to drive late etc. If necessary my husband helps in terms of a business-related situation.
But I could put together a bunch of "what will they think of me" stuff but whatever their response - it's all THEIRS. I don't have friends who gossip, but if I'm wrong and someone talks about me to someone else - so what? That's all their stuff they're messing with, more reflective of them than anything to do with me.
People will do and imagine anything anyway, the only thing I have control over is what I -me- do with my own fears and memories and thoughts.
Posted by mathmustdie on June 28 2012 03:45 PM
thanks for the replies, it feels better to not be alone with these upsetting LD induced situations. I really want to avoid people taking me home from now on at all costs...but I don't know if this is entirely avoidable.
With some acquaintances I really don't care what they think...but with others I feel the wrong impression can lead to "blacklisting" so I feel pressure.
I really like that Sherlock Holmes quote...it makes a lot of sense!!
Edited by mathmustdie on June 28 2012 03:45 PM
Posted by Riggs on July 26 2012 02:29 AM
I struggle with my math disability also and have been called slow because of my poor sense of direction. I can remember how to get home either and it was a real problem when I had missed the school bus and had to be taken home by one of the teachers. I couldn't tell them directions tob my house.
Posted by justfoundout on July 26 2012 02:49 AM
Hi Riggs,
I'm pleased that you've found us here and that you felt that we would 'relate'. I am now able to navigate in the huge metroplex where I live. But I can definitely say that before I 'drove', I could not have told you how to get from my house to my school. I would have told you how to get out to the main country road, and which way to go from there, but once we would have gotten to the edge of town, anything could have happened. Once, when I was in High School, the teacher told us that there was a good place to buy art supplies. She gave us the name of the store, and the name of the street where it was (a 'main drag'). Besides telling us that it was on that street, she said that it was 'just north' of where we were on our street. Seeing that everybody in my class knew where she was talking about, I asked, "But where is that street?" Someone nearby told me, "It's the next big street over from ours." I was still drawing a blank. Eventually, one of my neighbors took me to the store when I needed to go there. But I never had any concept of where my school lay in relation to where the store was located. I do 'now'. Learning to read a map,... to lay it out and figure out where I was and where I wanted to go,... opened a new world for me. But I think that I must have had a much harder time of doing this than other people.
Texas doesn't have any public trasportation to speak of. Yes, within Dallas, there is bus and rail service. And there is limited service to neighboring cities. But honestly, so much crime, such a risk that the bus will pass you by in a rain storm (happened to me once. I looked like a little wet mouse.), and the ridgedness that you can't change your plan on where you want to go and what else you want to take care of,... these disadvantages mean that Texans just have to be able to drive. But even now, unless I know the area, if I'm not driving, I can't remember how we got where we went.
Welcome Riggs. I hope that you will find 'kindred spirits' here. - jus'
Edited by justfoundout on July 26 2012 02:52 AM
Posted by Riggs on July 26 2012 03:02 AM
I am still pretty bad at direction and now with living in the city it becomes a problem. When I start driving I am just going to get a gps and that would make everything much easier.
Posted by RottieWoman on July 26 2012 06:53 PM
Hi Riggs, I just greeted you:) I learned to drive late as requirement for my job as a case manager. I worked with people with cognitive disabilities and on the severe end of the autism spectrum and had to often take them places and go to their apartments and check on things with them.
I don't know how to use a GPS though my hubby loves it - he has a terrible sense of direction and is often lost at or around a place he's gone to many times before; I suspect he has a mild non-verbal LD based on that and other things.
I always have used landmarks to get around and really couldn't tell anyone <using traditional directionals> how to get to our place - I usually just say what major street it's by and the various landmarks around it.
Edited by RottieWoman on July 26 2012 07:17 PM
Posted by Miss Dixie on August 06 2012 12:26 AM
I am so glad I read this post. I too learned to drive late I was 20 just something inseide me kept telling me not to.
I don't take highways, or expressways not because I am afraid of driving fast, but because I can't remember the sequence of exits that I would need to get off on to the off roads to where I am going.
My friend couldn't believe I had never driven the 401 Canada's major highway that pretty much runs through the whole country. I've been driving for 20 odd years and never drove it.
I would also joke with people that if I had to get to Toronto I woudl pay someone to do the driving or take the bus or train. I've never driven to Toronto in my life. I tell people I have a fear that I'll be in an accident but mostly it's because I don't know where to get off to get downtown or to the airport, with constant construction landmark driving make it very hard the landscape and lanes keep changing.
From my work it is a quick 10 drive on the 401 to my local college where I am taking courses, I was encouraged by my friend to try it, they said I could follow them that worked out well and I did it! I was very proud of myself despite I was a nervous wreck.
The next week we did the same thing only this time someone cut inbetween us, and I lost track of them and missed seeing them turn off, I was terrified until I could get to a next exit and text them to tell me slowly how to get back.
They showed me a trick with the big college sign on the hill, so now I know to turn off there. Otherwise who knows where I'd end up.
People without this have no idea of frustrating it can be on so many different levels.
Posted by justfoundout on August 06 2012 03:32 PM
That was such a good point about not being able to remember the 'sequence of the exits', Miss Dixie. I have that same problem. I have to make a conscious effort (just as you described) to be able to remember 'what's next' and where to get off. And, just like you implied, it seems that without that conscious effort, no matter how many times I re-trace the same route (but without thinking about it), it just doesn't 'stick' with me to be able to do the same thing the next time.
In a similar scenario, Dallas and Fort Worth are two cities that sit about 20 miles apart and are 'parallel' to each other. Hence, there are principle streets and highways that run from one to another, but that change names somewhere 'in between'. It's so difficult for me to remember 'sequence' that, for me, it's easier to think of the sequence of the streets in the city with which I'm most familiar, and then 'translate' those names, one by one, to their names in the other city, rather than try to learn the sequence of the streets (by their other names) in that adjoining city. - jus'
Edited by justfoundout on August 06 2012 03:32 PM
Posted by RottieWoman on August 07 2012 02:18 PM
<a bit of a story here...>
The conversation here about the sequence reminded me of something - while not as important in the scheme of things as the driving - it just reminded me of something because I can understand this difficulty too....I have dogs as many here may or may not know and I do a lot of things with them in terms of training and dog sports. We don't yet compete in anything but I'd like to. One of the things I'd like to do is a dog sport called agility, which is an obstacle course for dogs involving jumps and other things the dogs must run through and over. Much of this requires the handler to remember the sequence the obstacles are in and also how the handler will personally set up dog and self for taking the obstacles. This is a challenge for me in terms of the sequence and also the spatial orientation of learning the patterns. There have been a few times where my husband has come with me to agility class and when it's my turn to run the dog he reviews with me what the obstacle sequence is and points where I'm supposed to be running while I'm on the class course- not allowed in actual competition. In run-through <mocks, with rules in place, but no points earned> and in competition, handlers have the chance before-hand to walk the course sans dog - but they may have to wait an hour or more before they're even up on deck for their eventual turn.
Miss Dixie, I learned to drive late too and have not yet learned to drive on the freeway.
Posted by justfoundout on August 08 2012 09:25 PM
Good story, RW. I ask forgiveness in advance of this post of mine,... again,... as I had one of those strong 'visual' jokes flash before my eyes, and now, I'm wanting to share it.
At first, as I was reading your story, I tried to think of some 'half way' method that might help you. This was before you got down to the part about your husband 'reviewing' the course with you. What I'd thought (before that) was that you might be glad for your dog to compete, even if it meant asking a friend to be the handler for the event. But then, I thought more about how to help you remember the course and the obstacles, and <so funny, sorry> the only thing I could think of was 'you', running the course yourself, jumping over the fences, etc. Honestly, this might be the only way that I would be able to learn it myself. - jus'
Posted by argentnox on October 12 2012 02:44 AM
I am terrible at directions. I had someone drop me off recently, and I went right past my turn without even realizing it. To this day, if I have to drive, I have my GPS on and ready to rescue me. >_<
Now that I am in a college down, I just take the bus everywhere. It's so much easier!
Posted by RottieWoman on October 12 2012 01:17 PM
My husband -who I suspect may have a NVLD - has a terrible sense of direction and easily gets turned around or lost either driving or using other transportation. I often end up helping him navigate a parking lot or finding where a store is in a strip mall. I tend to have a good sense of direction by feel and once I get a picture in my mind, I'm good. He can easily navigate using numbers and distance which makes no sense to me. He also makes great use of maps and GPS on the cell phone; I can have lots of trouble with maps and am not techy-savvy at all.


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Telecommunications will be the Largest Spending Area, with Software Growing Fastest. The Indian financial services industry (FSI) will spend 377 billion rupees on IT products and services in 2012, an increase of 17.4 percent over 2011 revenue of 321 billion rupees, according to Gartner, Inc. This forecast includes spending by insurers on internal IT (including personnel), hardware, software, external IT services and telecommunications.
Telecommunications equipment and services represents the biggest spending category, and it is forecast to reach 131 billion rupees in 2012, up from 113 billion in 2011. However, spending on software is expected to grow the fastest in 2012, with revenue totaling 34 billion rupees in 2012, up 28 percent from 2011 revenue of nearly 27 billion. This is being driven by a very high growth in enterprise software applications such as financial and administration packages, and customer relationship management.
"The real spend drivers will be the Indian retail bankers, although all financial services sectors including insurance and securities are increasing IT spend as they build out their infrastructures, " said Derry Finkeldey, principal research analyst at Gartner. "Mobile is really top of mind for CIOs currently, and enterprise spend on devices is increasing and expected to grow by nearly 50 percent in 2012. There is also a corresponding growth in mobile network services, of nearly 30 percent."
"This focus on mobility is a global trend, but particularly pertinent to Indian FSIs," said Ms Finkeldey. "They are all focused on leveraging the high mobile penetration to bring banking services to a wider audience."
Further information on financial services sector IT spending is available in the Gartner report, "Forecast: Enterprise IT Spending by Vertical Industry Market, Worldwide, 2010-2016, 1Q12 Update", at http://www.gartner.com/resId=1982716. This vertical industries forecast provides total enterprise IT spending, including internal spending and multiple lines of detail for spending on hardware, software, IT services, and telecommunications for vertical industries and 43 countries within seven geographies.