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Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day!

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-suggest-a-gift-of-gin dept.

saintp writes "In case you forgot, today is System Administrator Appreciation Day. Be sure to appreciate your sysadmin with some sweet schwag, a LOPSA membership, or even some theme cupcakes. Here's to all the sysadmins out there! Now I've got to go fix the mail server...." Update: 07/28 17:44 GMT by H :And remember that you can vote/nominate them for SysAdmin of the Year.

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  1. That "not really sure" cupcake... by Qzukk · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm fairly certain that that cupcake is supposed to be the ZoneAlarm traffic meter from the systray.

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  2. History and Tradition by stuffduff · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOFH

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  3. Re:W00t by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 2, Informative

    In case you've forgotten, it's "Down, not Across".

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  4. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 2, Informative

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  5. Re:No love for helpdesk? by Attilla_The_Pun · · Score: 2, Informative

    Exactly. Where else do you think us sysadmins learn our verbal kung-fu skills, and get our jaded, "thousand-mile stare" from? :)

    Three years doing helpdesk was enough for me. The capper was realizing I literally could do the job while reading, drawing, just about anything short of holding up a conversation.....So I moved on into my first sysadmin job, and haven't looked back yet.

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  6. Re:And when can we expect to see a... by Attilla_The_Pun · · Score: 2, Informative

    Every day is BOFH day. BOFH is a state of mind. It commands recognition EVERY DAY. Else I re-wire your network jack to 240VAC, then conveniently have run out of any spare PCs.

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  7. You haven't seen Apple's iCards, have you? by Foerstner · · Score: 2, Informative

    They're tasteful photographic postcards. Ordinary JPEGs: no animation, no MIDIs. Free, and no ads. You don't need a Mac, or an account or anything but a web browser.

    They're on the .Mac page, but you don't need to log in to send them.

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