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Nine Traits of the Veteran Network Admin

Posted by samzenpus on from the man-behind-the-cable-curtain dept.

snydeq writes "Born or made, network admins share certain defining characteristics. Deep End's Paul Venezia offers nine: 'I hope that this insight into the extremely logical, yet consistently dangerous world of the network admin has shed some light on how we work and how we think. I don't expect it to curtail the repeated claims of the network being down, but maybe it's a start. In fact, if you're reading this and you are not a network admin, perhaps you should find the closest one and buy him or her a cup of coffee. They could probably use it.'"

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  1. Will read later by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The network is down.

    1. Re:Will read later by Razgorov+Prikazka · · Score: 5, Funny

      Have you tried turning it off and on again?

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      rm -rf --no-preserve-root / ...and let /dev/null sort them out...
  2. The spice of life by cold+fjord · · Score: 4, Funny

    For many reasons there are few things add excitement to life like working with someone who habitually answers the phone with, "I didn't do it."

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    much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot - George Orwell
  3. Obligatory xkcd by vikingpower · · Score: 4, Funny

    devotion to duty

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    Religous speak to God. Insane are spoken to by God. When all shut up, one can finally hear Shostakovich in peace
  4. This is great! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just bought an MCSE or MSCE or whatever you call it and I was wondering how the fuck I could fool people into believing I actually knew what the fuck I was doing.

    Problem solved!

    Thanks a lot, InfoWorld!

    Captcha: "secured"

  5. The BOFH knows the real traits of seasoned admins by dkleinsc · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. A complete disdain or hatred of lusers.
    2. A collection of blackmail materials.
    3. Homicidal rage.

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    I am officially gone from /. Long live http://www.soylentnews.com/
  6. Re:Trait #10 is certainly not by cold+fjord · · Score: 4, Funny

    Good administrators keep humility under control. Too much of it corrodes the equipment. There are sensors for it you know.

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    much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot - George Orwell