The carpenters children were eaten by hyaenas
I’ve only been in the office for about an hour so far today but I’ve already learned a 4 new things…
No 1: I can remotely access Windows 2003 server from Ubuntu using the ‘Terminal Server Client’. I hadn’t even noticed this before, and had previously just assumed (for no other reason than ignorance!) that I wouldn’t be able to connect to a windows server from Ubuntu in the same way I could from XP. (Apologies for the rather dull picture of this in action on my machine)
No. 2: I can now print from my desktop directly to the secretaries printer. This may not seem like a big deal, but previously we could only print by putting documents onto a flash drive then plugging this into Woini’s PC and directly printing. I don’t think the printer is properly networked (her PC still need to be on), but it’s a much improved situation. Haven’t worked out yet how we’ll collect printing when she’s off on holiday and her office is locked up!
No. 3: There are 2 photocopying rooms at the uni. The one I’ve previously knew about had 4 staff (though at least half were asleep on a sofa everytime I went) and several (silent) photocopiers – they pretty much refused to copy anything unless it was an exam paper. The new photocopy room I’ve discovered has only 1 member of staff, several copiers all working flat out, and was perfectly happy to copy exactly what I wanted. This also helps to prove my theory that productivity/efficiency/cleanliness is actually inversely proportional to the number of staff (supposedly) engaged in the activity.
No. 4: The meaning of the phrase ‘the carpenters children were eaten by hyaenas’. It refers to that fact that people doing activity for work often don’t bother to do the same activity in their own home (the plumber with leaky kitchen tap etc). In this case the carpenter didn’t make a front door.
