Article 7701 of alt.sysadmin.recovery: Path: matra.meer.net!goonsquad.spies.com!genmagic!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.datasync.com!news.datasync.com!not-for-mail From: booda@osh1.datasync.com (Martin H. Booda) Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery Subject: Re: You've been working too hard when: Followup-To: alt.sysadmin.recovery,alt.fan.monty-python Date: 25 Nov 1995 16:24:36 -0600 Organization: Datasync Internet Lines: 45 Message-ID: <498534$bij@osh1.datasync.com> References: <47qs23$63m@umbc8.umbc.edu> <48pf8t$fb3@bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: osh1.datasync.com In article , Richard A. Muirden wrote: >phil@jcsmr.anu.edu.au (Phil Burg) writes: >>I have a feeling I've told this story before, but anyway... >>[During first year, I decided I really wanted to be a sysadmin... >>go ahead and laugh, bastards...] > >Hey, that was me too. Sad, but true! > I never really wanted to be a scientist. I wanted to be...a...A SYSADMIN! [system engineer choir and shift supervisor enter, music strikes up] Oh, I'm a sysadmin and I'm OK, I grep all night and I chown all day. [choir] He's a sysadmin and he's OK, He greps all night and he chowns all day. I ping the nodes, I do PM, I awk and perl and sed. I've got a Star Wars lunchbox, and Tron sheets on my bed! [choir] He pings the nodes, he does PM, he awks and perls and seds. He's got a Star Wars lunchbox, and Tron sheets on his bed! [repeat chorus] I ping the nodes, I change the rates, I fork the processes. I wish that all my lusers would catch some rare disease! [choir, growing slightly uncomfortable] He pings the nodes, he changes rates, He forks the processes. He wishes all his lusers would catch some rare disease! [choir brightens as they repeat chorus] I ping the nodes, I lock the /home partition and umount. I post .gifs of my boss's daughter from his account! [choir, very uncomfortable and trailing off] He pings the nodes, he locks the /home partition and umounts...?? [shift supervisor, in tears] Oh Bevis! And I thought you were so dedicated. Martin "I wish to register a complaint about this system" Booda -- Usenet is essentially a HUGE group of people passing notes in class. --R. Kadel