Sysadmin Day: System Administrator Appreciation Day
Nobody else cares, but still:
Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery Subject: ADMINSPOTTING Message-ID: <5cl3le$q24@infoserv.aber.ac.uk> From: gkb@aber.ac.uk (Gary Barnes) Date: 28 Jan 1997 14:49:18 -0000 Organization: Ripoffs R Us X-No-Archive: Yes Choose no life. Choose sysadminning. Choose no career. ***** Choose no family. Choose a fucking big computer, choose hard * * disks the size of washing machines, old cars, CD ROM writers * A * and electrical coffee makers. Choose no sleep, high caffeine * D * and mental insurance. Choose fixed interest car loans. Choose * M * a rented shoebox. Choose no friends. Choose black jeans and * I * matching combat boots. Choose a swivel chair for your office * N * in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose NNTP and wondering why * S * the fuck you're logged on on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting * P * in that chair looking at mind-numbing, spirit-crushing web * O * sites, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose * T * rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last on some * T * miserable newsgroup, nothing more than an embarrassment to * I * the selfish, fucked up lusers Gates spawned to replace the * N * computer-literate. * G * Choose your future. * * Choose sysadmining[1]. ***** Gaz [1] It might fuck you up a little less than heroin[2]. [2] ObFootnote. – /\./\ gkb@aber.ac.uk (Gary “Wolf” Barnes) ( - - ) “Do not ask any lady to take wine, until you \ ” / see she has finished her fish or soup.” ~~~ - Hints on Etiquette and the Usages of Society
Have a nice sysadmin day!
October 13th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
What’s up with your website?? I can’t see any content or comments… just the titles and names… :S
Database went crazy, maybe? :S
November 4th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
@levi:
Yeah, today finally I had time to fix that and upgrade wordpress.
I’m getting _really_ sick of wordpress, the plugin problems and the endless security issues. I’m looking for alternatives or I’ll end up writing my own (because that’s what the world needs, another blog engine).
January 24th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
So sad, so true. The modern techie is so oppressed ;), poor nerds!