I was just told to "pull it"

defaultdotxbe · 27th October 2006, 08:34 AM

background: i am a network operations center technician at an application service provider

scenario: an application server was running at 100% CPU utilization for several minutes, my coworkers and i agreed that we should "pull it" and i removed the server from the load balancing cluster

but now im wondering, was i supposed to do that, or should i have blown the server up for the insurance?

anyone else have experience "pulling" things?

uk_dave · 27th October 2006, 08:35 AM

yes...and it ruined my eyesight.

twinstead · 27th October 2006, 08:36 AM

My dentist told me I had a bad cavity in one of my teeth, and he was going to have to pull it. At the time I thought, "cool, maybe that will help the pain", but now with all this talk about explosives, I'm beginning to get worried.

Skibum · 27th October 2006, 08:47 AM

Perhaps "pulling it" rather than pulling out would lead to fewer illegitimate children and certainly fewer alimony payments. It does make one hell of a mess though.

WildCat · 27th October 2006, 08:52 AM

I sometimes have to pull a building permit, perhaps I'm really supposed to blow them up? It would save a lot of time at City Hall...

Skibum · 27th October 2006, 08:54 AM

Originally Posted by WildCat

I sometimes have to pull a building permit, perhaps I'm really supposed to blow them up? It would save a lot of time at City Hall...

That would save me a lot of time as well. Pull it, the answer to plan review.

Perhaps Larry did it after all, he was just trying to keep from having to obtain a demo permit.

snagswolf · 27th October 2006, 09:02 AM

Pullet:

njslim · 27th October 2006, 09:47 AM

AHHem !! My mother told me not to do stuff like that.......

realitybites · 27th October 2006, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by defaultdotxbe

but now im wondering, was i supposed to do that, or should i have blown the server up for the insurance?

You think that's bad? I just had to reheat my lunch.

Someone told me to "nuke it." I wasn't sure if he meant, "Put it in the microwave for 4 minutes," or, "Plant a thermonuclear device inside the rice pilaf."

aggle-rithm · 27th October 2006, 10:31 AM

Originally Posted by realitybites

You think that's bad? I just had to reheat my lunch.

Someone told me to "nuke it." I wasn't sure if he meant, "Put it in the microwave for 4 minutes," or, "Plant a thermonuclear device inside the rice pilaf."

When I worked in a restaurant kitchen a long time ago, the manager gave me a plate of pasta and told me to "zap" it. I threw it in the trash, drawing his immediate wrath. I had never heard the term "zap" used to mean "heat up in the microwave".

chipmunk stew · 27th October 2006, 10:39 AM

Someone just told me to "shove it". This has me completely mystified. Is this the opposite of "pull it"? If so, what is the opposite of demolishing something with explosives?

Help please! I feel like an idiot, standing here scratching my head over this!

Bell · 27th October 2006, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by chipmunk stew

Someone just told me to "shove it". This has me completely mystified. Is this the opposite of "pull it"? If so, what is the opposite of demolishing something with explosives?

Help please! I feel like an idiot, standing here scratching my head over this!

They use explosives to create tunnels. Maybe that's shoving?

bob_kark · 27th October 2006, 11:11 AM

Originally Posted by chipmunk stew

Someone just told me to "shove it". This has me completely mystified. Is this the opposite of "pull it"? If so, what is the opposite of demolishing something with explosives?

Help please! I feel like an idiot, standing here scratching my head over this!

You use wood glue to rebuild something that had been demolished. Be careful to remember the wood glue though, it's the most important part.

defaultdotxbe · 27th October 2006, 11:12 AM

i always though a better slang term for explosive demolition would be "push it" as in "push the button" or "push the plunger" (old school)

PerryLogan · 27th October 2006, 11:13 AM

My uncle would say "Pull it," then make a rude noise when you did.

gumboot · 27th October 2006, 03:10 PM

In the film industry, we often "kill" lights. Now I have lightmares* about 18Kw HMIs running around on their tripods incinerating everyone in sight, like the machines in Spielberg's version of "War Of The Worlds".

-Gumboot

*that was a typo, shoulda been "nightmares". Decided to leave it since it fits rather nicely (n and l aren't even next to each other!)

Gravy · 27th October 2006, 06:16 PM

Originally Posted by twinstead

My dentist told me I had a bad cavity in one of my teeth, and he was going to have to pull it. At the time I thought, "cool, maybe that will help the pain", but now with all this talk about explosives, I'm beginning to get worried.

There was a Three Stooges episode in which all efforts to remove a tooth, including the string tied to the doorknob, failed, so they resorted to dynamite.

twinstead · 27th October 2006, 06:50 PM

Originally Posted by Gravy

There was a Three Stooges episode in which all efforts to remove a tooth, including the string tied to the doorknob, failed, so they resorted to dynamite.

Yea. That's what I'm afraid of...

Tbone · 27th October 2006, 06:58 PM

I'm a lurker, but I just can't resist.

I'm pulling it right now.

LashL · 27th October 2006, 07:02 PM

On several occasions, while advising clients on the content of advertisements that may or may not breach certain laws, I've had occasion to tell them that they should "pull it" rather than publish it. They client would, as a result, withdraw the advertisement.

On several occasions, while advising media clients on whether a particular story might cross the boundaries into libel territory, I've advised them to "pull" the story before the paper went to press. (They tended to use the word "kill" rather than "pull" in their responses, though, when they withdrew the story.)

Still, in none of these instances were any preplanted explosives utilized and in none of these instances was anyone ever killed.

LashL · 27th October 2006, 07:04 PM

Originally Posted by Gravy

There was a Three Stooges episode in which all efforts to remove a tooth, including the string tied to the doorknob, failed, so they resorted to dynamite.

Sounds like a case for Judy Wood ~ her expertise is dentistry, after all, isn't it?

gumboot · 27th October 2006, 07:08 PM

Originally Posted by LashL

Still, in none of these instances were any preplanted explosives utilized and in none of these instances was anyone ever killed.

But they "killed" the story? Didn't they? Huh? I can't believe you can make such insensitive, unhuman claims! Newspaper stories are people too, man!

-Gumboot

LashL · 27th October 2006, 07:13 PM

Originally Posted by gumboot

But they "killed" the story? Didn't they? Huh? I can't believe you can make such insensitive, unhuman claims! Newspaper stories are people too, man!

-Gumboot

Yeah, but you know those journalist types. They're pretty inhumane. Some might even argue that they should perhaps be "pulled" too ~ er, um, I mean...

beachnut · 27th October 2006, 07:23 PM

my daughter was trying to tell her sisters there was no Santa Claus

told her to go ahead if there is no Santa I can "pull it", her gifts that Santa brings!

The tree collapsed, the FBI would not let the NTSB do an accident investigation, Nixon resigned, Ford stumbled, and the sun came up

But everyone still believes in Santa, and her younger sister when to UC Santa Cruz dispite the a vampire outbreak…

twinstead · 27th October 2006, 07:37 PM

Originally Posted by LashL

Still, in none of these instances were any preplanted explosives utilized and in none of these instances was anyone ever killed.

Yea, but that's what They want you to think

fuelair · 27th October 2006, 07:43 PM

pull my finger.

Polaris · 27th October 2006, 07:50 PM

Originally Posted by Gravy

There was a Three Stooges episode in which all efforts to remove a tooth, including the string tied to the doorknob, failed, so they resorted to dynamite.

Was it one of the Curly episodes? Maybe They killed him off to replace him conveniently with Joe so people would lose interest in the series and not get clued in to the fact that it was really Moe and Larry who did 9/11.

twinstead · 27th October 2006, 07:51 PM

Originally Posted by Polaris

Was it one of the Curly episodes? Maybe They killed him off to replace him conveniently with Joe so people would lose interest in the series and not get clued in to the fact that it was really Moe and Larry who did 9/11.

I knew it!

defaultdotxbe · 28th October 2006, 07:01 AM

Originally Posted by Polaris

Was it one of the Curly episodes? Maybe They killed him off to replace him conveniently with Joe so people would lose interest in the series and not get clued in to the fact that it was really Moe and Larry who did 9/11.

and they are all joooos!!!!!

27th October 2006, 08:34 AM	#1
defaultdotxbe Drunken Shikigami Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Dark Side of the Sun Posts: 7,482	I was just told to "pull it" background: i am a network operations center technician at an application service provider scenario: an application server was running at 100% CPU utilization for several minutes, my coworkers and i agreed that we should "pull it" and i removed the server from the load balancing cluster but now im wondering, was i supposed to do that, or should i have blown the server up for the insurance? anyone else have experience "pulling" things?
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27th October 2006, 08:35 AM	#2
uk_dave Philosopher Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 7,866	yes...and it ruined my eyesight.
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27th October 2006, 08:54 AM	#6
Skibum Graduate Poster Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia Posts: 1,170	Originally Posted by WildCat I sometimes have to pull a building permit, perhaps I'm really supposed to blow them up? It would save a lot of time at City Hall... That would save me a lot of time as well. Pull it, the answer to plan review. Perhaps Larry did it after all, he was just trying to keep from having to obtain a demo permit.
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27th October 2006, 09:02 AM	#7
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27th October 2006, 10:21 AM	#9
realitybites Graduate Poster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Harrisburg, PA Posts: 1,066	Originally Posted by defaultdotxbe but now im wondering, was i supposed to do that, or should i have blown the server up for the insurance? You think that's bad? I just had to reheat my lunch. Someone told me to "nuke it." I wasn't sure if he meant, "Put it in the microwave for 4 minutes," or, "Plant a thermonuclear device inside the rice pilaf."
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27th October 2006, 08:36 AM	#3
twinstead Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Big corner office in NWO Towers Posts: 11,572	My dentist told me I had a bad cavity in one of my teeth, and he was going to have to pull it. At the time I thought, "cool, maybe that will help the pain", but now with all this talk about explosives, I'm beginning to get worried.

27th October 2006, 08:47 AM	#4
Skibum Graduate Poster Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia Posts: 1,170	Perhaps "pulling it" rather than pulling out would lead to fewer illegitimate children and certainly fewer alimony payments. It does make one hell of a mess though.

27th October 2006, 08:52 AM	#5
WildCat NWO Master Conspirator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Albany Park, Chicago Posts: 48,978	I sometimes have to pull a building permit, perhaps I'm really supposed to blow them up? It would save a lot of time at City Hall...

27th October 2006, 09:47 AM	#8
njslim Muse Join Date: May 2006 Location: Jooisy - You got a problem with that? Posts: 967	AHHem !! My mother told me not to do stuff like that.......

27th October 2006, 10:31 AM	#10
aggle-rithm Ardent Formulist Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 14,149	Originally Posted by realitybites You think that's bad? I just had to reheat my lunch. Someone told me to "nuke it." I wasn't sure if he meant, "Put it in the microwave for 4 minutes," or, "Plant a thermonuclear device inside the rice pilaf." When I worked in a restaurant kitchen a long time ago, the manager gave me a plate of pasta and told me to "zap" it. I threw it in the trash, drawing his immediate wrath. I had never heard the term "zap" used to mean "heat up in the microwave".
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27th October 2006, 10:39 AM	#11
chipmunk stew The Spikey Mace of Love and Mercy Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: SE PA Posts: 7,465	Someone just told me to "shove it". This has me completely mystified. Is this the opposite of "pull it"? If so, what is the opposite of demolishing something with explosives? Help please! I feel like an idiot, standing here scratching my head over this!
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27th October 2006, 11:07 AM	#12
Bell beautiful freak Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 20,465	Originally Posted by chipmunk stew Someone just told me to "shove it". This has me completely mystified. Is this the opposite of "pull it"? If so, what is the opposite of demolishing something with explosives? Help please! I feel like an idiot, standing here scratching my head over this! They use explosives to create tunnels. Maybe that's shoving?
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27th October 2006, 11:11 AM	#13
bob_kark Person of Hench Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Globalist H.Q., 25th floor, 5th room on the right. Posts: 4,097	Originally Posted by chipmunk stew Someone just told me to "shove it". This has me completely mystified. Is this the opposite of "pull it"? If so, what is the opposite of demolishing something with explosives? Help please! I feel like an idiot, standing here scratching my head over this! You use wood glue to rebuild something that had been demolished. Be careful to remember the wood glue though, it's the most important part.
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27th October 2006, 11:12 AM	#14
defaultdotxbe Drunken Shikigami Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Dark Side of the Sun Posts: 7,482	i always though a better slang term for explosive demolition would be "push it" as in "push the button" or "push the plunger" (old school)
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27th October 2006, 11:13 AM	#15
PerryLogan Banned Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: In the earth's deep core Posts: 980	My uncle would say "Pull it," then make a rude noise when you did.

27th October 2006, 03:10 PM	#16
gumboot lorcutus.tolere Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Zealand Posts: 23,103	In the film industry, we often "kill" lights. Now I have lightmares* about 18Kw HMIs running around on their tripods incinerating everyone in sight, like the machines in Spielberg's version of "War Of The Worlds". -Gumboot *that was a typo, shoulda been "nightmares". Decided to leave it since it fits rather nicely (n and l aren't even next to each other!)
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27th October 2006, 06:16 PM	#17
Gravy Downsitting Citizen Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the argyle Posts: 17,136	Originally Posted by twinstead My dentist told me I had a bad cavity in one of my teeth, and he was going to have to pull it. At the time I thought, "cool, maybe that will help the pain", but now with all this talk about explosives, I'm beginning to get worried. There was a Three Stooges episode in which all efforts to remove a tooth, including the string tied to the doorknob, failed, so they resorted to dynamite.
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27th October 2006, 06:50 PM	#18
twinstead Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Big corner office in NWO Towers Posts: 11,572	Originally Posted by Gravy There was a Three Stooges episode in which all efforts to remove a tooth, including the string tied to the doorknob, failed, so they resorted to dynamite. Yea. That's what I'm afraid of...

27th October 2006, 06:58 PM	#19
Tbone Graduate Poster Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Vancouver Posts: 1,448	I'm a lurker, but I just can't resist. I'm pulling it right now.

27th October 2006, 07:02 PM	#20
LashL Goddess of Legaltainment™ Administrator Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 26,180	On several occasions, while advising clients on the content of advertisements that may or may not breach certain laws, I've had occasion to tell them that they should "pull it" rather than publish it. They client would, as a result, withdraw the advertisement. On several occasions, while advising media clients on whether a particular story might cross the boundaries into libel territory, I've advised them to "pull" the story before the paper went to press. (They tended to use the word "kill" rather than "pull" in their responses, though, when they withdrew the story.) Still, in none of these instances were any preplanted explosives utilized and in none of these instances was anyone ever killed.

27th October 2006, 07:04 PM	#21
LashL Goddess of Legaltainment™ Administrator Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 26,180	Originally Posted by Gravy There was a Three Stooges episode in which all efforts to remove a tooth, including the string tied to the doorknob, failed, so they resorted to dynamite. Sounds like a case for Judy Wood ~ her expertise is dentistry, after all, isn't it?

27th October 2006, 07:08 PM	#22
gumboot lorcutus.tolere Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Zealand Posts: 23,103	Originally Posted by LashL Still, in none of these instances were any preplanted explosives utilized and in none of these instances was anyone ever killed. But they "killed" the story? Didn't they? Huh? I can't believe you can make such insensitive, unhuman claims! Newspaper stories are people too, man! -Gumboot
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27th October 2006, 07:13 PM	#23
LashL Goddess of Legaltainment™ Administrator Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 26,180	Originally Posted by gumboot But they "killed" the story? Didn't they? Huh? I can't believe you can make such insensitive, unhuman claims! Newspaper stories are people too, man! -Gumboot Yeah, but you know those journalist types. They're pretty inhumane. Some might even argue that they should perhaps be "pulled" too ~ er, um, I mean...

27th October 2006, 07:23 PM	#24
beachnut Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Dog House Posts: 19,881	my daughter was trying to tell her sisters there was no Santa Claus told her to go ahead if there is no Santa I can "pull it", her gifts that Santa brings! The tree collapsed, the FBI would not let the NTSB do an accident investigation, Nixon resigned, Ford stumbled, and the sun came up But everyone still believes in Santa, and her younger sister when to UC Santa Cruz dispite the a vampire outbreak…

27th October 2006, 07:37 PM	#25
twinstead Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Big corner office in NWO Towers Posts: 11,572	Originally Posted by LashL Still, in none of these instances were any preplanted explosives utilized and in none of these instances was anyone ever killed. Yea, but that's what They want you to think

27th October 2006, 07:43 PM	#26
fuelair Cythraul Enfys Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 28,881	pull my finger.
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27th October 2006, 07:50 PM	#27
Polaris Philosopher Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 5,167	Originally Posted by Gravy There was a Three Stooges episode in which all efforts to remove a tooth, including the string tied to the doorknob, failed, so they resorted to dynamite. Was it one of the Curly episodes? Maybe They killed him off to replace him conveniently with Joe so people would lose interest in the series and not get clued in to the fact that it was really Moe and Larry who did 9/11.
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27th October 2006, 07:51 PM	#28
twinstead Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Big corner office in NWO Towers Posts: 11,572	Originally Posted by Polaris Was it one of the Curly episodes? Maybe They killed him off to replace him conveniently with Joe so people would lose interest in the series and not get clued in to the fact that it was really Moe and Larry who did 9/11. I knew it!

28th October 2006, 07:01 AM	#29
defaultdotxbe Drunken Shikigami Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Dark Side of the Sun Posts: 7,482	Originally Posted by Polaris Was it one of the Curly episodes? Maybe They killed him off to replace him conveniently with Joe so people would lose interest in the series and not get clued in to the fact that it was really Moe and Larry who did 9/11. and they are all joooos!!!!!
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