Article: 8572 of alt.sysadmin.recovery From: Alistair J. R. Young Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery Subject: Re: Balls to the walls Date: 25 May 2001 01:55:00 +0100 Sender: avatar-usenet@chloe.arkane-systems.local Approved: newsbastard@arkane.demon.co.uk Message-ID: References: <87r8xg5yt0.fsf@bgnett.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: arkane.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: arkane.demon.co.uk:158.152.145.208 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 990751993 nnrp-08:22869 NO-IDENT arkane.demon.co.uk:158.152.145.208 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-PGP: id=0x39EFC94E; fprnt=3C27CCA1A6A879BCC0DF C997B289740539EFC94E; WWW X-Message-License: See http://www.arkane.demon.co.uk/avatar/postcopy.html X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.5/Emacs 20.3 Lines: 40 Path: news.meer.net!sea-read.news.verio.net!dfw-artgen.news.verio.net!dfw-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!newsfeed.mathworks.com!dispose.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!arkane.demon.co.uk!chloe.arkane-systems.local!not-for-mail Xref: archive.mv.meer.net alt.sysadmin.recovery:8572 On Fri, 25 May 2001 01:20:20 +0000, in message , Alistair Mann praised Shub-Internet thus: > On 24 May 2001, Alistair J. R. Young wrote: >> If the user explicitly tells the software to execute it, it's their >> own damn fault for exceeding Acceptable Stupidity Levels. > I'm fascinated by the implication you know of things users do which are > IYHO Acceptbly Stupid. So far, I can only think of 'Leaves wallet with > the Barman'. Acceptable == does not make my job any harder. For example: User: I've deleted somerandomfile - what can I do? Me: Buggerall. Have a nice day! or User: I've installed PieceOfShit 4 and my computer doesn't work! Me: Oh, that's not part of the standard build. You've automatically transferred to the Self-Support Plan... as opposed to: User: I've just resent an e-mail virus to the entire company, and it's wiped out all our source code. Me: YOU unprintable here, even in a modern and realistic newsgroup, etc! I'LL CUT YOUR BLOODY FINGERS OFF! An unsubtle difference, but a real one. Alistair -- e-mail: avatar-sig@arkane.demon.co.uk WWW: http://www.arkane.demon.co.uk/ UIN: 111585051 The Laura OS: http://lauraos.sourceforge.net/ "They swing from one extreme to the other, the Americans. I think it's 'cause they're all thick." -- Paul Merton, _Have I Got News For You_