One mission. They call it "LCWS".
One goal. They call it "installation".
One man. They call him "Thor".
One mission. They call it "LCWS".
One goal. They call it "installation".
It should be called the "Trip from hell". The invasion force on Normandy in June of 1944 might've had it as bad. At least they had "C" rations. All that was had was agony and the grumbling of one "Patient Peter" who apparently had the same problem with "heavy" things as "Doc" (Christopher Lloyd) did in the "Back to the Future" films ("bulky" was the term used for everything LCWS related).
Talk about a whip. A beating. A crucification. All of this on top of the fact those involved (or enslaved, depending on your position) had to deal with a maniacal, nose to the grindstone leader, "Thor". He thought if one hadn't worked at least fifteen hours then a workday was not complete and actually thought one had "received part of the day off". Looking back now, months later, fifteen hours would've been a joy to all.
A typical day for the party consisted of:
12:00AM - Arrival at lab (which means, "get to work").
05:15AM - 5-minute break (even then, Thor was heard cussing the term "break").
07:00AM - While everyone else enjoys breakfast, Thor deems this as a great time for all to ponder the future of GUUFS.
10:00AM - With a sigh, Thor calls for another break (this one lasts exactly six minutes, at which time Thor exclaims, "I got it, I got it!", and dashes off to the nearest terminal.
12:00PM - Thor relents and agrees to lunch. However, he requests everyone to bring their global doc for an in-depth study on the positives and negatives of the "MLS Naming Conventions" (try downing some food over that one).
12:30PM - Thor decides to set the "already processed" level of each global queue to zero so that all items can be reprocessed.
02:00PM - After a fifteen minute lecture on "Instrument Load/Cup Calculators" (yes, the thought was " we've got your 'load/cup' "), another break ensues. However, Thor brings along the laptop (outdoors mind you) and marvels at the way the LCWS code works in MSM-Workstation.
03:45PM - One worker's head falls into the terminal keyboard (from apparent sleep deprivation) at which Thor exclaims to him, "Don't be drooling on the keyboard".
05:15PM - Cyndi Crawford and Pamela Lee Anderson walk by buck-naked and ask Thor for the time. Thor gives the time very matter of factly (doing his best Sergeant Friday from "Dragnet" impersonation), and then extols to them the greatness of the "LCWS/1100 Communications System" - all the time he NEVER looked down. He then proceeds to show the young ladies ^IPMONIT.
06:00PM - Thor calls it quits. Nobody is listening to him anymore. Suddenly he shouts "WAIT, let me create another ^ZPDH utility...", to go along with the other 130-140 utilities.
06:35PM - Departure (finally). Thor is gravely concerned he might not be able to get a decent connection to the system from his hotel room.
As you can see, "hell" is putting it mildly.
The following pictures were taken on-site in Raritan during this period. Some of these pictures depict extreme violence. BEWARE! Stay tuned for more chronicles in the future!
Thor being choked by Bond after Thor says "NO food, no alcohol, and definately, no SLEEP!"
Thor slapping Bond's hand after Bond fell asleep during an extensive GUUFS overview.
Thor with his nemesis, "Patient Peter". Here, Thor laughs off requests to make the system less "bulky".