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Getting over the trauma of system administration. (Moderated)
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Frustration Is ...
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Frustration is the firewall gurus Getting Things Screwed Up to the extent that: 1) I can't ssh or telnet through the firewall to get to my mail filters; 2) The new PIX HTTP proxy is now in play and Not Up To The Job: my iPhone, using 3G or EDGE, is faster by a measured factor of 10. We have a 1Gbit pipe to the world, and it ain't the pipe,... more »
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alt.sysadmin.recovery FAQ v1.799999999999999998...
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Archive-name: sysadmin-recovery Posting-frequency: monthly Version: 1.799999999999999998... (1 April 1974) URL: [link] alt.sysadmin.recovery FAQ v1.799999999999999998... (1 April 1974) This is the frequently-asked questions list for alt.sysadmin.recovery, a newsgroup for practising and recovering system administrators.... more »
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a new take on an old punch line
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My PFY (literally) asked me today about what I thought was the best way to align a spreadsheet he's making, of servers and their memory/disk/load/ usage characteristics. Which should go across the top and which should go down the side? I asked him which he had more of -- did he have more servers or did he have more categories? He said he had more servers.... more »
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Screens
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Today I went with friend to the local small computer shop, where I buy the stuff I need. I'd spec'd a machine for her and their price to me was £250 plus the dreaded VAT. She'd been in on her own and they suggested £400 +VAT for what she needed. Hmmm. Hence the trip today so that the actual purchase was at the prices they quoted me. They do... more »
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Great Parody
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A government agency has put itself on Twitter, at <[link]>. A marvelous parody of the above has materialized, at <[link]>. I am in no way related to, nor am I a contributor to, the parody.
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All your SAN are belong to us
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Wow! I think a care package is in order
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I just found out that Martin Gardner lives about 3 miles from my house. Yes, _That_ Martin Gardner. The Scientific American, math jock, puzzle jock Martin Gardner. That on. He's 94 now, and still writing.
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Paint my Wif-Fi
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[link] "Security-conscious wireless users could block their neighbours from being able to access their home network - without having to set up encryption." So instead of spending two minutes setting up encryption (5 if you're going to restrict your AP to nominated MAC addresses) all you have to... more »
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