Panel 1 Chief: How bad is it, Mike? Mike: Not great, but we'll survive. That software we installed did some damage, but nothing we can't repair. Panel 2 Mike: Mind you, the software blew away five days of work that Pitr did. He's in the other room with that sales rep workng on a solution. Panel 3 Sales rep: What are you going to do to me?! Pitr: I'll scuff my feet on the carpet and zap your nose hairs unless you TALK mister!! Who put you up to this?

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Mar.30th1998

#Chief #Mike #Pitr #Salesrep

Неудобные вопросы про бэкап PostgreSQL: где заканчивается СУБД и начинается оркестрация Как только очередной ве...

#postgresql #резервное #копирование #бэкап #pitr #wal #dba #pg_probackup #срк #оркестрация #восстановление

Origin | Interest | Match

Panel 1 Pitr: Any idea how Greg's doing in detox? Mike: Oh, I'm sure he's fine. Panel 2 Mike: Check out their brochure. See, the detox people spare no expense in caring for their customers. The best facilities. The finest staff. The most advanced equipment... Panel 3 The Finest Staff: Oh no, this pill isn't for swallowing...

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Mar.10th1998

#Greg #Mike #Pitr #TheFinestStaff

Panel 1 Computer with text: USER FRIENDLY by Illiad Panel 2 Greg: NOOO!!! I'll be good, I promise! I won't do it anymore!! Panel 3 Sign on ambulance: TECHIE DETOX Sven: Cuum-a noo Greg. You joost leet beeg Sven teke-a care uff-a yoo. Meend youur heed, ya? Greg: NOOO!! Panel 4 Pitr: Techie Detox? Was that absolutely necessary Mike? Mike: I think so. It's really for his own good. He worked for Microsoft, for starters. Panel 5 Mike: And how many times have we caught him playing Minesweeper? Or Solitaire? He has a problem, and as his friends we must help him. Panel 6 Pitr: I guess you're right. Panel 7 Pitr: What are they going to do to him? Mike: Hourly enemas. Greg will never want to play Minesweeper again.

#Colour #Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Mar.8th1998

#Greg #Mike #Pitr #Sven

Panel 1 Pitr: I heard that Greg used to work for Microsoft. Mike: Yuck. Panel 2 Greg: Hey guys. What's up? Panel 3 Mike: You trollop. Greg: I was young and I needed the money, okay?!?!

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Mar.7th1998

#Greg #Mike #Pitr

Panel 1 AJ: I don't believe it! Pitr drank the Crud Puppy!! Mike: What? You mean he's gone? Panel 2 AJ: Kaput. The evil has been destroyed. Mike: Any idea on how Pitr's doing? Panel 3 Dust Puppy: Ummm. You doing okay, Pitr? Pitr: Mmmrfrmfrmm oh I'm jufpt SPIFFY!!!

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Mar.5th1998

#AJ #CrudPuppy #DustPuppy #Mike #Pitr

Panel 1 Crud Puppy: Ah, round one is over. I think I will take a break in the coffee mug. Panel 2 Sound effect: shhhhPUK Panel 3 No dialogue Panel 4 Pitr: Sluuuuup. Mmmm. Strong coffee.

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Mar.4th1998

#CrudPuppy #Pitr

#Coffee

Panel 1 Computer with text: USER FRIENDLY by Illiad Panel 2 Pitr: Where's the dust puppy? AJ: He's in the other room with all the servers. Panel 3 Pitr: What's he doing in there? AJ: Believe it or not, he's trying to psyche himself up for the match with the crud puppy. Panel 4 Dust Puppy: O Great Modem in the Sky, please give me the courage to fight my enemy. Give me the wisdom to know his darkest plans. Give me the strength to outlast his evil. Panel 5 Dust Puppy: Heck, give me anything!! Space between panels 5 and 6 Sound effect: ZAP! Panel 6 Dust Puppy: There is a god!

#Colour #Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Mar.1st1998

#AJ #DustPuppy #Pitr

Panel 1 Pitr (thinking): Guess I'd better see what's going on in this server before Stef has a fit. Panel 2 No dialogue Panel 3 Piter: This isn't Kansas anymore, is it. Crud Puppy: Hey, pull my finger.

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Feb.27th1998

#CrudPuppy #Pitr

Panel 1 Mike: Let's go see if that AI can sustain a real conversation. Pitr: That's a great test for an artificial intelligence. Panel 2 Mike: What was that test called again? Pitr: The Turing Test. Let's do it. Panel 3 Dust Puppy: Pitr and Mike are coming to see how smart you are. Something about "Turnip Testicles." Erwin: Searching... Okay, I found a Web page on it.

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Jan.30th1998

#DustPuppy #Erwin #Mike #Pitr

Panel 1 Pitr: You know, I feel kind of guilty. Greg: How come? Panel 2 Pitr: Well, sometimes I think we're not quite as devoted to our work as we should be. Greg: Oh. Yeah, I know what you mean. Panel 3 Pitr: I'll bet that if we really commit ourselves to what we do, we can do it 100% better. Greg: You're right. Let's go tell the Chief our new resolution. Panel 4 Greg: Hey Chief. We've figured out how to save the technical department. Pitr: We need to be commited.

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Jan.22nd1998

#Chief #Greg #Pitr

Panel 1 Keyboard sounds: tappity tappity tappity Panel 2 Computer screen: WARNING! This site is restricted. You must be 18 years of age or older to enter. Minors are prohibited. Panel 3 Stef: Oh, yes... Keyboard sounds: tappity tappity Panel 4 Greg: Oooh. So Stef likes being spanked with zucchinis...what a naughty boy. Pitr: Type back, "Hey baby, wanna nibble on my gourd?"

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Jan.21st1998

#Greg #Mike #Pitr #Stef

Panel 1 AJ: I can't believe you're back! We were all pretty sad when you got aired out, but now you're back everything is okay again. Panel 2 Dust Puppy: Aired out? AJ: Yes, you took a blast of compressed air. Messed you up something awful. Panel 3 No dialogue Panel 4 Dust Puppy: Isn't that akin to murder or something? Pitr: Stef did it.

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Jan.13th1998

#AJ #DustPuppy #Pitr

Panel 1 Stef: I don't see what the big deal is. That hairball was nothing but trouble. Pitr: How so? Panel 2 Stef: For starters he kept climbing into the fridge and getting weird bits of hair on all of the food. I hate that. Panel 3 Stef: On top of that he freaked me out. Ball of fuzz on feet, sneaking around. Creapy little creature. Panel 4 Stef: And he had this habit of sneaking up on me. Nearly gave me a massive coronary last time. AJ: Um... Panel 5 Dust Puppy: Hi guys. Panel 6 AJ: One! Two! Three! One! Two! Three! Pitr, give me a hand! Pitr: Nope I draw the line at putting my lips on Stef's.

#Colour #Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Jan.11th1998

#AJ #DustPuppy #Pitr #Stef

Panel 1 AJ: Well, I guess that's it, Pitr. We've tried everything to bring the little guy back. Nothing worked. Panel 2 Pitr: Should we open the server and collect his remains? AJ: No, I couldn't bear it. Let's just go. Panel 3 Sounds (from server): rustle rustle rustle Panel 4 Dust Puppy: Hello? Sound: POOK!

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Jan.10th1998

#AJ #DustPuppy #Pitr

Panel 1 AJ: The dust puppy came to life somehow. All those bits came together in a server, and life sprang forth. Panel 2 AJ: I hope we got all the correct bits into the server. Now we just hope it works. Throw the switch, Greg! Greg (off panel): OK!! Panel 3 Server: Click! Whhhhiiiirrrrr... Panel 4 Greg (off panel): Did it work?? AJ: Pitr, do you smell burning hair? Server: *sizzle*

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Jan.9th1998

#AJ #DustPuppy #Greg #Pitr

Panel 1 Pitr: I'm telling you AJ. He's gone. Kaput. Finis. AJ: But he can't be! Panel 2 Pitr: All that's left of him is that pile of fluff. two eyes and two feet. AJ: Maybe we can bring him back to life...? Panel 3 Pitr: Those feet are bad. He'll need new ones. AJ: No problem. Panel 4 Pitr: I'll get the hacksaw. AJ: Hey Stef, can you come in here for a minute?

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Jan.8th1998

#AJ #DustPuppy #Pitr

Panel 1 Mike: You're kidding. Pitr: I wish I were. One PAFF! from the compressed air and it was over. Panel 2 Mike: That can't be. Pitr: I'm not making this up. Panel 3 Mike: Let me see. Pitr: If you insist. Panel 4 Pitr: See, a disembodied foot. Told ya. Mike: It might not be the dust puppy. I mean, Stef looks like this in Quake most of the time.

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Jan.7th1998

#DustPuppy #Mike #Pitr

Panel 1 Dust Puppy: It's been a long day. I think I'll take a nap in this nice warm server. Panel 2 Pitr: This server sure is dusty. I better give it a good blast of compressed air. Panel 3 Can of compressed air: PAFFFF! Panel 4 Pitr: Uh oh.

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Jan.6th1998

#DustPuppy #Pitr

Panel 1 Hillary: WOOHOO! Hey, Pfeiffer! Check this out! Pfeiffer: Coming, Hillary Panel 2 Hillary: You ever seen anything like it, Tanya? Tanya: Never. Awesome. Panel 3 Hillary: Look at this, Pfeiffer. Talk about deluxe! Panel 4 Hillary: Look coloured paper clips!! Pitr: New office supplies. Mike: Ah.

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Jan.2nd1998

#Hillary #Mike #Pfeiffer #Pitr #Tanya

Panel 1 AJ: So whatcha get for Christmas, Mike? Mike: I got this Snurf Gun. It fires those soft suction darts. Panel 2 Pitr: Hey! A Snurf Gun! Cool! Mike: Ya, it's got a scope, a laser painter, windage compensator... Panel 3 Pitr: Does it have autofire? Mike: I think so. We'll have to test it. Panel 4 Stef: Chief, I think it behooves upper management to write company policy on firearms in the workplace... Chief: Yeah. Snurf Guns for everyone!

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Dec.29th1997

#AJ #Chief #Mike #Pitr #Stef

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Panel 1 Chief: Gentlemen, I've called you here today because I've been hearing disturbing talk about how you intend to put the evil productivity killer know as Quake 2 on our LAN. Panel 2 Chief: This is a terrible waste of resources and must not go unpunished. As a reprimand, the three of you may only expense lunches at Poppy's Plastic Pizza for the next week Panel 3 Chief: I hope you learn from this. Panel 4 Greg: We've been trying to get a tab at Poppy's for months. He knows that. Chief: Put Quake 2 on my machine and I'll make it two weeks.

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Dec.10th1997

#Chief #Greg #Mike #Pitr

Panel 1 Mike: Dude, you still need a name. Pitr: How about "bootstrap"? Dust Puppy: Maybe. Panel 2 Mike: "Scuzzy"? Pitr: "Wizzy Wig?" Dust Puppy: Maybe. Panel 3 Mike: "Microbit?" Pitr: "Johnny Cache?" Dust Puppy: Maybe. Panel 4 Mike: Why "maybe" for everything? Dust Puppy: I'm using fuzzy logic.

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Dec.8th1997

#DustPuppy #Mike #Pitr

Panel 1 Pitr: Hey little dude, do you have a name? Dust Puppy: No. I've never really needed one. Panel 2 Pitr: Then what should we call you? Dust Puppy: I dunno. Something that describes me, and how I'm surrounded by expensive, high-end computer equipment that leaves me mystified. Panel 3 No dialogue Panel 4 Pitr: How about "Web Designer"? Dust Puppy: I'd like a name that people won't laugh at.

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Dec.6th1997

#DustPuppy #Pitr

Panel 1 Mike: So what is that thing? Pitr: Apparently it's a dust puppy. Born from the dust and debris collected inside the server over a year. Panel 2 Mike: It's kinda cool. Made from dust. Pitr: Yeah. Pretty neat. Panel 3 No dialogue Panel 4 Mike: Where'd he get the feet? Pitr: Haven't figured that out yet. Dust Puppy: YE GODS, I HAVE FEET??!

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Dec.4th1997

#DustPuppy #Mike #Pitr

Panel 1 Pitr (thinking): Time to put more RAM in this server. It's been almost a year since I upgraded it. Panel 2 Pitr (thinking): Yuck...it's kind of dirty and sticky...did I see something move? Panel 3 No dialogue Panel 4 Pitr: What the hell are you? Dust Puppy: I was about to ask you the same question.

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Dec.3rd1997

#DustPuppy #Pitr

Notes:
First Appearance of Dust Puppy

Panel 1 Stef: ...so I need you techs to upgrade the server. Greg: Go away. We're busy. Panel 2 Stef: AJ, you know how these techies think. Help me convince them. AJ: I can't, Stef. It would be wrong. Panel 3 Stef: Dammit A.J., I'm getting DESPERATE! AJ: OK! OK! I'm going to regret this... Panel 4 AJ: Hey, you guys hear how our customers say our server software is as good as AOL's? quite the compliment... Greg: ! Panel 5 Greg (fuming): Guess we better go upgrade the server. Mike (fuming): Guess so. Pitr (fuming): Yeah. Panel 6 Stef: A.J.... that was... brilliant. AJ: I just Fedexed my soul to Hell. I'm real clever.

#Colour #Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Nov.30th1997

#AJ #Greg #Mike #Pitr #Stef

Panel 1 Tanya: That's the third user who has called and complained about the news server being down. Panel 2 Pfeiffer: Hmmm. Have the techs given you an idea when the server would be back up? Panel 3 Tanya: They said it would be a while. Something about restoring data from a secondary backup. Panel 4 Pitr: Nine more messages and we'll be done with admin.policy. Mike: I know! I know! I'm typing as fast as I can!!

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Nov.27th1997

#Mike #Pfeiffer #Pitr #Tanya