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Getting over the trauma of system administration. (Moderated)
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"failure-only job"
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[link]
contains the term "failure-only job": "If you do it perfectly, no one
notices."
I find this term to be a contribution to the language.
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boggle of the week
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Dima posted thus:
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I had a stack of machines to sanitize the other day, retired low-tech
boxen from my Dad's company that were going to an e-waste & scrap metal
drive over in town.
It turns out the fastest way to get the plastic front off the typical
peecee is to drop it face-down in the driveway.... more »
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A good laugh
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Why am I not suprised?
I have mentioned in the past that most "Computer
Security" people are chancers just doing a shuck and jive.
-- I like being able to fire people who provide services to me. - Willard Mitt Romney January 2012
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Birds and snakes, an aeroplane
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As long as the ship isn't actually sinking, I wouldn't man the lifeboats
just yet. It may be prudent to ensure that your personal survival gear
and supplies are in order, just in case.
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Security...
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Nfx zr vs V nz fhecevfrq.
V unir abgrq va gur rneyvre guernq gung zhpu bs "Pbzchgre
Frphevgl" vf n ohapu bs fuhpx naq wvir gubhtug hc ol crbcyr jvgu
nf bar fnvq gb zr "Aba grpuavpny VG fxvyyf". Gung cuenfr nybar
fhzf vg nyy hc.
-- Take a risk, get the education, borrow money if you have to from... more »
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Teaching, the saga continues...
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So, I get to $job{night}[0] to teach a MCDST class[1]. I'm back on double-shift days and nights, but I need to money since my car decided to shit itself after thirteen years of abuse.
I get there, get set up, talk to a few of my former students and the site director pokes her head in and asks, "Why are you here?"... more »
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Real Security - Bogus Security
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Today we live in a world of security theatre. Want to
visit someone in a high rise office building? Photo ID required.
Want to fly somewhere? Get your gear X-rayed, sniffed for
explosives and body passed through a magnetometer and if you are
lucky X-rayed. Just to make sure you are not going to try... more »
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square root of item #1
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Typography lusers are still using the square-root symbol (minus the
"extender") as a checkmark symbol. It looks stupid, what with the extra
little thingy on the end. Lusers doing something stupid, what else is new.
But this bullshit is now getting into allegedly-professionally-produ ced
advertisements, not just inter-office memos.... more »
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Froup dead?
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Hopefully not everyone's passed on to the next plane of existence ... it's getting a bit lonely out here nowadays!
RwP
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