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Among the states that 'hate' the Red Wings, according to Reddit: Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana and North Dakota. Of course, this likely has to do with the hated rivalry between the Wings and Colorado Avalanche over the past 20 years.

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New submitter rongten (756490) writes I am managing a computer lab composed of various kinds of Linux workstations, from small desktops to powerful workstations with plenty of RAM and cores. The users' $HOME is NFS mounted, and they either access via console (no user switch allowed), ssh or x2go. In the past, the powerful workstations were reserved to certain power users, but now even "regular" students may need to have access to high memory machines for some tasks. Is there a sort of resource management that would allow the following tasks? To forbid a same user to log graphically more than once (like UserLock); to limit the amount of ssh sessions (i.e. no user using distcc and spamming the rest of the machines, or even worse, running in parallel); to give priority to the console user (i.e. automatically renicing remote users jobs and restricting their memory usage); and to avoid swapping and waiting (i.e. all the users trying to log into the latest and greatest machine, so have a limited amount of logins proportional to the capacity of the machine). The system being put in place uses Fedora 20, and LDAP PAM authentication; it is Puppet-managed, and NFS based. In the past I tried to achieve similar functionality via cron jobs, login scripts, ssh and nx management, and queuing system — but it is not an elegant solution, and it is hacked a lot. Since I think these requirements should be pretty standard for a computer lab, I am surprised to see that I cannot find something already written for it. Do you know of a similar system, preferably open source? A commercial solution could be acceptable as well.

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DETROIT – When it comes to sibling rivalries, the Redmond brothers are no exception. Growing up in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Mickey and Dick Redmond both had an affinity for the game of hockey. But throughout their junior and professional careers...

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Hotel | Pine Grove, PA, USA

(I have just checked a guest in at a discounted rate. After 20 minutes, the guest calls me at the front desk.)

Guest: “You’ve charged me $199! You said my rate was $109!”

Me: “Okay, sir, let me bring up your reservation to make sure I didn’t make a mistake.”

(The guest grunts, but lets me check.)

Me: “I’m sorry, sir, but it looks like I didn’t make a mistake. You will see an authorization for $136.36 until your card is actually charged. We authorize for more just in case you have any incidentals at the end of your stay.”

Guest: “Listen to what I’m telling you; I’ve been overcharged!”

Me: “Please come to the front desk so I can see your receipt.”

(The guest comes down, and slams a receipt on the desk that doesn’t look anything like what we give out.)

Me: “I’m sorry, sir, but this receipt is for [Adult Store]. You must have gotten the receipts mixed up. Here is a new one for your stay here; have a great night!”

Tech Support | ON, Canada

(My customer needs help setting up a 3rd party recording device, so I spend a few minutes explaining where the connections need to go. Then he asks for help programming our remote to control his 3rd party equipment.)

Me: “Okay, we’re almost ready to program it now! We just need one more piece of information. Can you find the manufacturer of your recorder for me?”

Customer: “Oh yeah, it’s a Hitachi.”

Me: “Excellent! Let’s see what the code is for Hitachi then. Give me one moment.”

Customer: “Did you need me to spell it for you?”

Me: “Well, you said it’s a Hitachi, right?”

Customer: “Yeah. But it’s spelled with a ‘B’.”

Me: “Sorry, did you say a ‘B’, as in bravo?”

Customer: “Yeah! It says T-O-S-H-I-B-A, Hitachi!”

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