maybe. I'm actually very confused about the box and what it is supposed to be. But for whatever reason, sales promised 24-hr on-sight support from a PP engineer.
lol @ the mole people living down there.
A TB of space isn't that much anymore though.
And IIRC, the whole point of the PiedPiper box was that it was offline, correct? That it was tucked into the back of a colo and more or less sat there idle, forgotten about. So there's no transferring of data (TBs worth) to the box on a daily schedule.
Maybe I misunderstood the product though? Maybe I need "Jan the Man" Spooner (Director Inside Sales) to run it by me again?
maybe. I'm actually very confused about the box and what it is supposed to be. But for whatever reason, sales promised 24-hr on-sight support from a PP engineer.
lol @ the mole people living down there.
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The trip and document spill were intentional and part of the ruse. We just don't know exactly what the ruse is quite yet.
It's not, unless you have all kinds of ridiculous prices and overhead built-in, like in healthcare.A TB of space isn't that much anymore though.
And IIRC, the whole point of the PiedPiper box was that it was offline, correct? That it was tucked into the back of a colo and more or less sat there idle, forgotten about. So there's no transferring of data (TBs worth) to the box on a daily schedule.
It's not, unless you have all kinds of ridiculous prices and overhead built-in, like in healthcare.
I didn't think the plug was for entirely offline, but disconnected from the internet, private network, behind a firewall and all that. Maybe I'm mis-remembering.
... in fact I know I will.
The trip and document spill were intentional and part of the ruse. We just don't know exactly what the ruse is quite yet.
I love how Erlich's portrait is so much smaller than everyone else's in the "Who We Are" section.
The old Pied Piper flute player logo was referencing the fairy-tale character and in no way was meant to suggest a sexual act involving either the mouth or ear of the figure depicted. Apologies to any who were offended, and the logo has been changed to our current green PP!
Good lord some of you over-analyze shit way too much.
How do you ever enjoy anything?
That trip at the end honestly annoyed the ever living shit out of me. He had JUST SAID to destroy everything 15 seconds earlier. Really really really bad.
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I think we're all enjoying this show immensely.
...and then he explained that he had to bring it to work to destroy it because he didn't have a shredder at home. You weren't watching?
I thought the trip was genius writing. They went through all that elaborate setup for the viewers just to blow it and say "NOPE! We're doing something else."
They pulled the rug out from under the viewers and the trip was supposed to make it obvious that they are effing with us. I'm impressed at the lengths they will go for a gag.
...and then he explained that he had to bring it to work to destroy it because he didn't have a shredder at home. You weren't watching?
You're STILL not listening."You weren't paying attention!"
holy shit not this utter horseshit again.
Of course I noticed that. The explanation was no less hacky than the event to set up that explanation. No paper shredder at home? then burn the fucker in a trashcan outside. derp. Why go to the trouble of demanding no information brought into work, then doing exactly that? No excuse for that retarded explanation.
If this was part of the ruse, it seems elaborately unnecessary. As I mentioned earlier, the plan itself is a bit hacky because it seems drawn out for content. The real issue is that the algorithm is now known and they are officially competing with time. That is a far greater issue than whether or not they should be ignoring this box and designing a software platform under cover. CEO, if he is worth his salt, would realize that now that this knowledge is available to him, no?
If this was all just a clever ruse by Richard to inform CEO of the new reality...then why? I'm perfectly open to being surprised by this, but I'm not some obstinate viewer happily smug in the assumption that everything is flawless and perfectly spelled out to the perfect, obvious end.
The show is about the jokes, nothing more than that. I don't care if the little nuances driving the plot are seamless or hacky. This one seems to be extremely hacky, and I'm fine with that. One is simply pointing it out.
Are we actually debating the logical consistency and merits of a comedy TV show plot?
I've slowly unsubbed from every TV show discussion thread on ATOT, these nerds will ruin everything. I think the only reason this one popped was because there was no activity for like a year. We can't just appreciate or dislike a joke, we gotta write five goddamn paragraphs about it.
Are we actually debating the logical consistency and merits of a comedy TV show plot?
what makes you guys think that the trip and spilling the documents is a ruse?
i guess you could say no one could be that dumb as the reason, but we've seen these guys do really dumb shit in like every episode.
what makes you guys think that the trip and spilling the documents is a ruse?
i guess you could say no one could be that dumb as the reason, but we've seen these guys do really dumb shit in like every episode.
I was watching the episode and when the guys came out of the elevator, I'm like "Why the hell is Richard wearing kneepads?" So I paused the video, searched, before he even tripped.
The real clue is in the full story behind "Meinertzhagen's Haversack" (the episode title), which is briefly and (probably intentionally) poorly described by Jared. Look it up.