In <4usbs7$i52@wave.news.pipex.net> pir@bofh.org.uk (Peter Radcliffe) writes:
>get used to, and an office larger than a cupboard ...
An office larger than a cupboard is going to be really nice.
Infact any place that I can stretch out and not hit a
cow-orkers shoulder would be nice. When Ingvar/Susan was here on Monday (the
phone firewall was on holiday and we threatened Ingvar with getting him to act
as the phone firewall instead :) he did comment that it was a little small.
I've taken some photos of TCP Towers which show how
small it is...
>.. and best of all, he *gasp* won't be a sysadmin[1] !
I know, its worrying. I will have recovered. I'm not sure how long that
recovery will last, but I can say that for a brief moment I had recovered :)
>Hmmm. I think the TCP office would be fine ... after removing all the
>machines, furniture and everything else, and adding 4" of padding to
>all the surfaces ;)
>
>[3] I might not aid recovery quite as much as I could, by asking him
> questions about Solaris ... try and tempt him back *manic cackle*
Now now, be fair... I've got a feeling that I will be dragged kicking and
screaming away from recovery into sysAdmin again.
I can just see myself sitting at the keyboard one day and....
| Simes: |
[contented sigh] Another program that has works. What
now... |
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[The door to the office suddenly bursts open. Several rather large "men" ]
[come in who are wearing dark suits and black sun glasses. They walk ]
[purposely over to Simes. ]
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| Admin: |
Ah Mr Burr, we believe that you have a Solaris 2.1 box to
administer. |
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| Simes: |
Pardon ? |
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| Admin: |
The Cabal(tm) have found that you have recovered from a state of
systems administration and we are here to make ammends. For your
crimes you will be forced to admin a Solaris 2.1 box for a period of
at least one year. |
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[At the mention of the "The Cabal" the other admins and Simes mutter ]
[under their breath "There is no Cabal (tm)" ]
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| Simes: |
Admin Solaris 2.1 ? No anything but that! |
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| Admin: |
I'm sorry Mr Burr, but recovery such as yours require drastic
methods |
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| Simes: |
At least let me admin 2.4... |
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| Admin: |
I'm sorry, but its 2.1 for you. Take him away! |
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[At this the other admins grab hold of Simes and drag him away from the ]
[keyboard. Simes valiently attempts to hold onto the desk, monitor, ]
[keyboard or anything else that will stop him from the hell to which he ]
[has been sentanced. He fails. ]
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| Simes: |
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO |
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[Simes' scream slowly echos down the corridor. ]
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| Admin: |
[To other programmers] Let this be a warning to you
all. |
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Posted on 14 Aug 1996