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Poetry For Sysadmins: Shall I Compare Thee To a Lumbering Bear?

Posted by samzenpus on from the admin-admin-burning-bright-in-the-office-fluorescent-light dept.

itwbennett writes Don't forget that July 25th is Sysadmin Day — a good day to show love to the folks who save your butt again and again when you mess up your computer. Forget the chocolate and flowers, long-time sysadmin Sandra Henry-Stocker has tailored some poems to celebrate these under appreciated, hard-working souls.

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  1. Speaking as a sysadmin by Psiren · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If I find myself fixing someone's computer, then someone else is not doing their job properly. That's why we have (competent) help-desk staff. As a sysadmin I'm far too busy looking after servers, storage and network to worry about your PC. If I'm doing my job properly, you'll never see me.

  2. Re:Wrong audience by UncHellMatt · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And as the near immortal Lazarus Long once said, "A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits." The whole "left brain - right brain" concept has been thoroughly disproven BTW. http://www.plosone.org/article...

  3. Re:Guess it's not the greatest day. by Culture20 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe they should have projected some extra traffic on sysadmin day. I hope their sysadmin didn't take the day off.