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IT fails - post them if you got them
Posted on 7/14/14 at 12:57 pm
Posted on 7/14/14 at 12:57 pm
I know a lot of people work in IT around here, share giant fails as you see them.
I will tell you mine, which was the point of this thread. So my work is rolling out an internal website like youtube, where employees can post videos and share them with teams. its a good idea as our collaborative file sharing system doesn't stream videos well.
Anyway, the name of the website they came up with is also the name of a porn website. So unless you put the rest of the intranet name, you get sent to a porn tube style website.
I will tell you mine, which was the point of this thread. So my work is rolling out an internal website like youtube, where employees can post videos and share them with teams. its a good idea as our collaborative file sharing system doesn't stream videos well.
Anyway, the name of the website they came up with is also the name of a porn website. So unless you put the rest of the intranet name, you get sent to a porn tube style website.
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Posted on 7/14/14 at 12:59 pm to Hawkeye95
IT doesn't fail, it's all user error.
Sounds like user error to me.
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unless you put the rest of the intranet name
Sounds like user error to me.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 1:02 pm to TigerinATL
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Sounds like user error to me.
User error capping off a pretty good IT joke/cruel ploy.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 1:02 pm to TigerinATL
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IT doesn't fail, it's all user error.
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unless you put the rest of the intranet name
Sounds like user error to me.
this is why people hate IT.
Its real easy to forget to add ".intranet.companyname.com" or whatever it is. To have it go to a porn website is just a giant fail. Posted on 7/14/14 at 1:04 pm to Hawkeye95
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To have it go to a porn website is just a giant fail.
IT doesn't make it go there. The internet address the user typed in does.
Now, the IT department not blocking explicit websites, depending on whether they're allowed to or not, may be considered a fail by most.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 1:08 pm to Hawkeye95
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Its real easy to forget to add ".intranet.companyname.com"
I actually was kidding, but are you saying they set up intranet.pornsite.com. It seems like that would be something they don't really control unless they either owned pornsite.com or were changing the DNS requests for pornsite.com for all computers inside their LAN. Definitely an IT fail to have an internal site point to another companies domain.
This post was edited on 7/14/14 at 1:09 pm
Posted on 7/14/14 at 1:17 pm to TigerinATL
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I actually was kidding, but are you saying they set up intranet.pornsite.com. It seems like that would be something they don't really control unless they either owned pornsite.com or were changing the DNS requests for pornsite.com for all computers inside their LAN. Definitely an IT fail to have an internal site point to another companies domain.
or they could have picked a name for the website that wasn't a porn site. that would have also fixed the issue.
They sent out a mass email "Check out [i}companyname[/i]tube for your videos"
That just happens to a porn website. they had a link to the actual website but if you were to follow the email name, boom - dicks.
They block it but we are about 35% remote workers and most don't bother with VPN since it slows down everything.
This post was edited on 7/14/14 at 1:19 pm
Posted on 7/14/14 at 2:59 pm to Hawkeye95
Do you work for Dick's Sporting Goods?
Posted on 7/14/14 at 3:58 pm to Hawkeye95
Why not use DNS aliasing for the internal address?
Posted on 7/14/14 at 4:20 pm to LSU316
quote:Yeah, I think the mistake here is not adding the correct entries on their DNS servers.
Why not use DNS aliasing for the internal address?
You can redirect any URL to the internal webserver.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 5:06 pm to LSU316
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Why not use DNS aliasing for the internal address?
i dont work in IT, its just a giant fail
Posted on 7/14/14 at 5:57 pm to Hawkeye95
I don't work in IT, but the one thing our IT dept does is tell us to restart the computer, no matter what the issue is. I'm pretty savvy when it comes to computers and I find it pretty funny.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 6:06 pm to bubbz
quote:Help Desk script.
I don't work in IT, but the one thing our IT dept does is tell us to restart the computer, no matter what the issue is. I'm pretty savvy when it comes to computers and I find it pretty funny.
But I'd imagine the HD gets tons of calls that are solved by having the user 1) turn the PC on, 2) turn the monitor on, 3) reboot the system.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 6:08 pm to Hawkeye95
quote:Giant fail as in the govt not securing the whitehouse.com domain?
i dont work in IT, its just a giant fail
Posted on 7/14/14 at 6:53 pm to drizztiger
I am a held desk supervisor and the above is correct. It doesn't work all of time but it is part of any basic computer troubleshooting process.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 7:26 pm to drizztiger
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But I'd imagine the HD gets tons of calls that are solved by having the user 1) turn the PC on, 2) turn the monitor on, 3) reboot the system.
Most "technical" problems are caused by a failure of the keyboard-to-chair interface.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 7:26 pm to bubbz
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I don't work in IT, but the one thing our IT dept does is tell us to restart the computer, no matter what the issue is. I'm pretty savvy when it comes to computers and I find it pretty funny.
You'd be surprised how often that actually does solve issues.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 7:28 pm to ZereauxSum
quote:Exactly. Layer 8 issue.
Most "technical" problems are caused by a failure of the keyboard-to-chair interface.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 8:37 pm to drizztiger
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Most "technical" problems are caused by a failure of the keyboard-to-chair interface.
Exactly. Layer 8 issue.
Hahaha!
Posted on 7/14/14 at 8:59 pm to ZereauxSum
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Most "technical" problems are caused by a failure of the keyboard-to-chair interface.
I.D.10T errors.
This post was edited on 7/15/14 at 7:46 am
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