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Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day!
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.
A paycheck is all the appreciation that I expect.
Today is Payday.
For some reason, I don't think that this is going to get as big as mother's day.
I know that there is going to be some bitching about how many sysadmins aren't appreciated. Well, you could always work at Mcdonalds.
It could be worse, it could be Monday.
I thought it was OK to stub out my ciggies on the CPU.
Where were you when the voynix came?
Thanks for installing MAME on my workstation, sysadmin! (plays MVC2)
+5, Truth
You see, my sys admin would probably only accept some high quality nugs.
By the way, you forgot to mention that ThinkGeek, Inc. is an OSTG Company and so is Slashdot. Nice self-Slashvertisement there.
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If you feel like it, mail the url, and where ya came from to pater@slashdot.org.
Guess who's not getting nominated for SysAdmin of the Year...
All the system admins are kicking back my help desk tickets and telling me to do their job.
I will up the caching limit on the SQL database. New Category 6 cabling to the gigabit switches in the network closet. Error catching code will be updated on the finance web application. Roaming profiles will no longer store temporary internet files.
Vote for me and all your wildest dreams will come true.
But the network was down.
Helen: Everyone's special, Dash.
Dash: Which is another way of saying no-one is.
I got a card and $20 at Au Bon Pain.
This is definitely an area of IT that has suffered lately with outsourcing. I find that the issue is really that, at least in my experience in Corporate America, that the SysAdmin role has a interesting career ladder. Generally, my biggest gripe is finding someone who is well rounded in experience. Somehow, seems people are missing some major skill set like the ability to talk to another human being or empathy (just kidding). Actually, what I find is a big reluctance to change.
Alas, we suffer on.
Peace Out.
"This isn't a study in computer science, its a study in human behavior"
Thanks for reminding me, I have to fire the sysadmin today
A SAGE membership on the other hand... that I would give
"I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey
I'm fairly certain that that cupcake is supposed to be the ZoneAlarm traffic meter from the systray.
If I have been able to see further than others, it is because I bought a pair of binoculars.
Last year, SysAdmin day went with hardly a word at my workplace. I heard about it on Slashdot, told it to my boss, and then we would randomly say it to whoever we helped that day, as a joke. Since my boss and I are the only two IT people at our workplace, things tend to get swamped from time to time.
:)
Today, I was sitting at my desk busy with code for a new app when I'm handed a card. Inside are all of my co-worker's signatures, saying thanks for all the hard work that I've done over the past year.
I was utterly baffled, since I had no idea why I was receiving a card. It wasn't until I remembered last year, and came here to see if it was SysAdmin day. When I can get a card from my co-workers before Slashdot can post the holiday, that's an awesome feeling.
I'll probably be grinning ear to ear for the rest of the day.
I started to nominate myself and then realized what exactly I was doing...
I decided to flip over to the rules section to see if they would respect privacy or at least attempt to lie to me. (It's the little things that count)
So, if you don't like your IT staff that much... go sign em' up. Reward them with 40 or 50 more personalized junk mailings!
"You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours." -- Yogi Berra
Not only are the editors idiots about grammar and word definitions but also all the people with mod points!
*sigh*
What next? A story about "synergy" in the IT corporate world?
In honor of Sys admin day, I'm putting in my 2 weeks and going back to being a sys admin. :)
:)
No, I'm not kidding, finalized the deal last night. Ironic, eh?
Can all fish swim?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOFH
"Can there be a Klein bottle that is an efficient and effective beer pitcher?"
http://www.deadtroll.com/index2.html?/sysadmin/~co ntent
http://www.sysadminday.com/Time.html ..Because Ted just loves a good mystery.
If religous zealots don't believe in Evolution, then why are they so worried about bird flu?
*SIIGH* MOVE!
You all know who to vote for, even if he is a self centered, totalitarian, overbearing perfectionist. He's all that stands between you and a total cascade failure blue screen of certain death. Let's hear it!
May the Maths Be with you!
BOFH day?
Too many zeros, not enough ones
Thank you for the warm hearted appreciated. Your IPs are currently being tracked via the Squid Proxy and those found not compliant with the corporate internet usage policy will be subsequently brought before HR.
We are the gatekeepers. We're on the front lines, sweating it with our phone headsets and standard issue network access. Meanwhile the big wig admins kick back in their air conditioned servers rooms.
You never expect irony, do you?
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The Colorado DMV computer system was down STATEWIDE today. I'm guessing there are a few sysadmins working for the DMV who will be lucky if they can get time off for lunch, let along some awesome cupcakes from the staff. ;)
(Okay, thanks Mr. Sysadmin, for making me waste two hours of billable time only to have the computers die on me right as my number was called!)
No, no, no. You're supposed to LIGHT your cigs using the CPU, not put them out!
The best way to predict the future is to create it. - Peter Drucker.
Not http://www.archive.org/details/OnGuard1956 S.A.G.E.?
- Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, minutus carborata descendum pantorum.
Excuse me while i go apreciate mylself .... hum that sounds bad.
1. Any free or extra goods, usually given to employees or workers.
I appreciate arguing about slang semantics is a good way to look stupid, but schwag had been free promo gear for at least twenty years prior to the stoner connotation. To avoid confusion, we've taken to referring to the grade formerly known as schwag as *the Imperial*, with all the connotations of cheap liquor upbranding itself with transparent puffery like *her majesty's imprimatur*, etc.
illegitimii non ingravare
We hung our sysadmin by his ankles from the roof of our tallest building, and told him that we'd very much appreciate it if our network would have somewhat more network connectivity than a 300 baud modem.
Oh, and a specially hired dominatrix worked him over for making us use Outlook.
Ah, good times. :)
Dont forget those sys admins that work in Wales (the country not the large ocean mamal) can visit Sys Admin Day - Wales. Yey to us!
Because you always need a smart fox!
Ok. the guy who wrote that page isn't a sysadmin. I mean come on. Pizza is a staple of the SysAdmin :-)
Has Comcast disconnected your Internet account? Same here. You can read about it at http://comcastissue.blogspot.com
some muppet at work hired a couple of "sys-admins"
You have muppets where you work? COOL!!
Are they "Sesame Street" level or the wicked keen "Farscape" level?
Did any of you who are system administrators actually have anybody else know about it?
The masses are the crack whores of religion.
And tomorrow we will get an Ask Slashdot: "Yesterday was sysadmin day. What appreciation did you sysadmins receive?" :-)
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
"I wanna be different / just like everybody else!"
It's my birthday today :)
and then after that a slashback with all three.
Did someone say cake?
Oh, and a specially hired dominatrix worked him over for making us use Outlook.
I thought that said, "Oh, and a specially hired dominatrix who worked him over by making him use Outlook."
Now that would be sadistic!
I only look human.
My mother is a halfling and my dad is an ogre, so that makes me an Ogreling
Now really, why do you think that they are "..meaner, the meanest ones resembling SS guards" and still get away with it. No overestimating, but if you think that one's power is judged by the destructions he could cause, trust me.. the sysadmin has A LOT OF POWER. If he decides that the company should go down, IT WILL (at least on it's knees). What can a company CEO can do when the system went down, along with all the data ? OK, call the IT support company; how much will it take for somebody to get there, reinstall the system, restore the backup ? And, usualy the sysadmin is also responsible for the backup
So, before bitching about the sysadmin; just think at how much damage you can cause and how much damage he can cause and you'll have a whole different picture
Serious, my company has literally hundreds of thousands of machines, both Linux and MS.
The sysadmins hide behind a ticket-request system for filing issues.
They dispatch low-paid tech minions to fix issues.
How would I even find a sysadmin to thank them?
I would think anonymity is a virtue in this biz.
https://www.accountkiller.com/removal-requested
... and the answer will be, none.
You'll be really impressed if you keep getting cards from your co-workers, then, everytime you check Slashdot, there's a dupe of this story on the front page.
It may look like I'm doing nothing, but I'm actively waiting for my problems to go away.
--Scott Adams
The co-worker in charge of getting the card said she couldn't find one for sysadmin day.
insert inflammatory anti-microsoft comment here
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That is just S.A.A.D.
The universe is simple, it's the explanation that is complicated.
'nuff said.
That which does not kill her only prolongs my agony.
Despite being the systems adminstrator, I was given the official title of "Network Manager" instead.
Go figure.
And something got to be done about it.
Raj Thukral at Pythian, in a fit of righteous indignation, has registered dbaday.com and is going to doing something about the Sysadminday DBA Snub.
Paul
The real Paul Vallee is slashdot userid 2192, and, what do you mean it's not cool to point out your low userid?
Hehe, ;) /. - you never know what might happen.
I wouldn't put my money, if I had to bet, "if there will be a third reminder of SysAdmin day 2006". This time I could give, like, 2% guaranteed But hey, it's
# usermod -u 0 nobody
morcego
This is clearly one of the most important holidays of the year.
same word; if one considers slang first-class sema and not mere affectation.
illegitimii non ingravare
Reputation of the two organizations and quality of the management of same. LOPSA will be dead, or at least much more dead than BSD in a year. Remember, you heard it here first.
"I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey
Sysadmins have their own day? Does god not want to loose his internet access or something?
My initial reaction was the same. But then I read http://lopsa.org/about_history and am considering killing my SAGE membership (sadly) and instead becoming a LOPSA member. I always did kinda wonder about USENIX as a parent organization to a generalist sysadmin focused group.
Who the hell thinks there ought to be a system adminstrators day? If they get a day, then EVERY profession should get a day.
Seriously. Do you all think the job is more noble, or deserving of special recognition than, oh, let's say, that of paramedic? Or fire fighter? Or homeless shelter worker?
Get a grip. It's a normal job, it pays okay, and it doesn't need its own day.
What better to give a SysAdmin than chocolate chip cookies with extra caffeine?
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Our two main SA's got a dozen each this morning w/ milk waiting for them in the fridge.
As a super special thank you, the higher ups decided to tell us at 3 pm that we had about 35 installations that had to be completed by 4:30 pm, and we had a grand total of 4 people (including interns) to do this in. It was so much fun, I crushed a few network port boxes in my unbridled joy, and didn't even give two shits that every single desk was missing a vital piece of equipment needed for logins! /sacasm
...you insensitive clod !
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Yeah, seriously, "League of Professional System Administrators" Are they a superheroes, a group of sports teams, WTF!? Contray to what LOPSA says SAGE is not dead. In fact, anyone that's been around long enough remebers that when SAGE became a part of USENIX in 1992 it was a win-win for both SAGE and USENIX. You get better benefits, more members and a common purpose in promoting and using *NIX. Why mess with a good thing?
Grumpy System Administrator Day, I don't know many happy ones
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
If we're only allowed to Appreciate Happy System Administrators today there's not going to be much Appreciation going on...
I can add code that will destroy the machines on 15,000 customers PC's.
And destroy all the company data, and I am not a sysadmin.
A CEO can completly and permenantly destroy a company.
A lawyer can loosa a case and thus loose the company.
The maintenance staff can put chemicals in the ventilation that will kill everyone.
So with thos listing, sysadmin is near the bottom of what they can do(within the scop of their job) to harm the company.
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
Why did they mess with a good thing? Because a few crybabies on the then-SAGE exec committee (now LOPSA board) continually blamed USENIX for their problems and kept lamenting about oh how things would be better if only they were independent. After listening to this bullshit for years, USENIX finally took them up on their offer. And when LOPSA's separation wasn't moving quickly enough, USENIX had enough and let the door hit the malcontents on the ass on their way out the door.
LOPSA's in a world of financial hurt and continues to delude themselves into thinking that USENIX if going to hand them over a big pile of money. After all the bad blood, I doubt USENIX would piss on them if LOPSA were on fire.
"I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey
You got me wrong, I was just stating that the sysadmins are pretty under-rated. The CEO is supposed to have this power, anybody can go crazy, etc. Everybody has a degree of power; but at this moment, IT is crucial for almost any business. (and you should note that I belive your code should be tested before sending to customers :-) and if you have access to the company data (in case it is digital) you are also a sysdamin)
2 0Prevention.asp on BCP:
93 percent that lost their IT (information technology) area for more than nine days had filed for bankruptcy within one year of the disaster, according to the National Archives & Records Administration.
http://www.thedryp.com/articles/An%20Ournce%20of%
Actualy I was picking on that guy. He looks like the kind of guy that "admin, programmer, whatever.. IT guy, fix my computer". But maybe he really had bad experiences; or most sysadmins really are like that but I either got used to them or I've been lucky so far.
Also, please note that I don't think sysadmins are some Dr. Evil just waiting for the proper moment to kill the company, just as a CEO/COO/accountant/PR/etc. wouldn't.
Oh wait - it's Saturday over here, I managed to take a day off on Saturday a few weeks ago too. If sysadmins were paid overtime rates instead of salary we would be expensive beasts.
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What the hell happened to porn, or a blowjob from the cute receptionist?
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it's funny how the incompetent LOPSA somehow managed to sponsor Sysadmin Day, do its publicity and handle press contacts, and redesign the sysadminday.com website, all in the first year of LOPSA's existence, when SAGE failed to even co-sponsor the event after promising they would for five years running....
I remember asking SAGE about doing sysadminday stuff in 2002, 2003, 2004.... Always the same answer: "we're trying to make contact for next year...." LOPSA's done it. The proof's in the results, man. Stop your whining already about politics nobody cares about, and show me what SAGE has done for me lately.
As usual, this got posted on July 29 on my time zone...
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Otherwise every newcomer would not have to be treated with some respect, would it?
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.