Diary of a Network Geek

This seems like a problem…
Over two years ago, on my other blog, I noted a little news article about dolphins geared-up and trained for combat. Well, it seems that not only do they exist, but they may have been released into the Gulf of Mexico, by accident, due to the effects of Hurricane Katrina. At least, according to this news article at the Guardian, that’s quite likely. The US government will neither confirm, nor deny, the veracity of this story, but sources close to the military indicate that as many as 36 bottle-nose dolphins that have been trained by the Navy to attack terrorists compromising ocean vessels may be loose in the Gulf. These sources say that divers and surfers may be in actual danger from these swimming mammals who have been armed with some kind of “poison dart gun”. The concern, according to the article, is that these dolphins “have learnt to shoot at divers in wetsuits who have simulated terrorists in exercises” and could attack innocent bystanders who fit the profile.
The good news is that the “poison” darts are designed to put their target to sleep for later interrogation, but a lone swimmer or diver could find themselves in trouble. And, again, the Navy will not confirm or deny this story. It could be nothing, but…
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water!

Well, I had a long day yesterday.
I got the server back up and running yesterday and worked out all the “little issues” that everyone had after shutting down for the weekend. Honestly, I don’t think these folks ever turn their PCs off unless there’s an emergency. It wasn’t too bad, though, mainly a couple of printing problems.
I did have one strange thing. Well, one really strange thing. We use DHCP, specifically, the Windows NT 4 DHCP server. Most of the PCs got addresses without any problem, but a couple of them somehow got assigned an IP address in the restricted range and couldn’t connect to the network. A quick “ipconfig /release” and “ipconfig /renew” took care of the problem, but it shouldn’t be happening at all. Strange. If I get time this week, I’ll try to track it down.
I’m still putting things right on my patio. Dragging out the plants and such. And, clearing the junk away, too. Lots of junk. Some of it will stay in the garage, I think. Dead plants in their pots and the like. I’m taking my time, though, since my back still hurts from moving my ex-wife’s stupid frangipani. Not sure why I don’t just kill that thing and use the pot for something else. Seems too wasteful, I guess, to kill a good, viable plant. Anyway, as I bring stuff out, I’m redoing how the patio is laid out. It’ll be nicer, I think, when I’m done.