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Slow Server

I may have mentioned somewhere in this blog that I periodically have to work with or remote into a server in another state that is very slow. I recently obtained this picture of it. I had originally thought that it was pulled by a donkey who didn't like me—but you can see that it is much more advanced than that.

CuTRis Safe: Victim of Slow RDP Connection

CuTRis Safe: Victim of Slow RDP Connection UnAssociated Press December 12, 2013 News today confirms that CuTRis is safe and was never lost in Colorado. Apparently he was the victim of a very slow RDP connection . CuTRis seemed unaware of the massive search that had been going on for him and said that in fact, he was nowhere near Colorado—though he had been working on a server in another state which was amazingly slow. The remote connection had interfered with his email connection and essentially he was lost to the outside world for quite some time. CuTRis said he was able to survive the ordeal by eating snacks from his desk drawer and drinking tea. When asked if he was reluctant to remote into another distant SQL server , CuTRis said he was ready to deploy as needed.

Data Donkey

There is a server I have to access remotely that is located in another state. I won't tell you what state, we'll just call it ND to be anonymous. The server is part of a government entity and it is so slow that I have started the rumor that it is so old that it is pulled by a donkey . I keep hoping that there might be oil money available to upgrade to a hyperactive ostrich . In the meantime, I sit at my desk--'reaching' through the network(s) trying to force data into the system as it spins 'round and 'round...