"You don't want that, and I don't want that, and Ringo here Definitely don't want that, so let's see what we can do. But I can't give you what's in this case. It don't belong to me. And besides, I done been through too much shit this morning just to hand it over to your dumb ass."
Take the US out of the World Wide Internet? I don't think so.
A Few Linux Administrators with apologies to Jack Nicholson (as Bill Gates, on trial for releasing his Code Red "update" and destroying the Open Source Software movement)
You can't handle the truth!
Son, we live in a world that has data. And that data has to be guarded by men with servers. Who's gonna do it? You? Linus?
I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Open Source and you curse Microsoft. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: That Linux's death, while tragic, probably saves data. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves the Internet. You don't want the truth. Because deep down, in places you don't talk about at board meetings, you want me in that Server Farm. You need me in that NOC. We use words like Start, Update, Explorer...we use these words in a lifetime spent defeating software rivals. You use 'em as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a user who surfs and emails on the Internet that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I'd prefer you just said thank you and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you format your C:\ drive and load Windows 3.11. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you're entitled to.
Did you release the code red?
I released the update your servers were begging for.
Do you read assembly language, Brad? There's a few lines of Code I've got
memorized
EBIDIC 9D5:
"The path of the Network Administrator is beset upon all sides by the inequities
of the ignorant hacker and the tyranny of jackass users.
Blessed is he who, in the name of file retention and network security, shepherds
the newbie through the darkness of the Internet.
For he is truly his users administrator and the finder of lost files.
And I will strike down upon keys with great vengance and furious deletion those
who would attempt to poison and destroy my network.
And you will know I am root when I lay my lockout upon thee."
I been typin' that shit for years.
And if you read it, it meant your ass.
I never really gave much thought about what it meant 'till just now.
I just thought it was just some cold-blooded shit to IM to user before I locked
his ass out of the network.
But I saw some shit this mornin' made me think twice.
Now I'm thinkin', it could mean you're the jackass user.
And I'm the Administrator.
And Mr. PalmPilot here, he's the shepherd protecting my Administrator account in
the darkness of the Internet.
Or it could be, you're the Administrator, and I'm the shepherd, and it's the
Internet that's an ignorant jackass.
I'd like that.
But that shit ain't the truth.
The truth is...
(he levels the PalmPilot and speaks deliberately)
You're the weak
And I am the tyranny of jackass users.
But I'm tryin' Brad, I'm tryin' real hard, to be a shepherd.
"I want their product/service to be cheap and good."
So does Wal-Mart when they force US manufacturers to move production to China to meet their low price demands....
Offshore the goods and services for the sake of "cheap and good", leaving fewer jobs for US consumers who now have less cash/jobs so the US consumers require even lower prices, so offshore more goods and services so there are still fewer jobs. It's a vicious circle.
Slashdot Mirror
"the internet will split apart"
Let's ask Jules and Ringo:
"You don't want that, and I don't want that, and Ringo here Definitely don't want that, so let's see what we can do. But I can't give you what's in this case. It don't belong to me. And besides, I done been through too much shit this morning just to hand it over to your dumb ass."
Take the US out of the World Wide Internet? I don't think so.
A Few Linux Administrators
...we use these words in a lifetime spent defeating software rivals. You use 'em as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a user who surfs and emails on the Internet that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I'd prefer you just said thank you and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you format your C:\ drive and load Windows 3.11. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you're entitled to.
with apologies to Jack Nicholson (as Bill Gates, on trial for releasing his Code Red "update" and destroying the Open Source Software movement)
You can't handle the truth!
Son, we live in a world that has data. And that data has to be guarded by men with servers. Who's gonna do it? You? Linus?
I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Open Source and you curse Microsoft. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: That Linux's death, while tragic, probably saves data. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves the Internet. You don't want the truth. Because deep down, in places you don't talk about at board meetings, you want me in that Server Farm. You need me in that NOC. We use words like Start, Update, Explorer
Did you release the code red?
I released the update your servers were begging for.
Did you release the code red!?
You're goddamn right I did!
Pulp Administrator, With apologies to QT and SLJ
Do you read assembly language, Brad? There's a few lines of Code I've got memorized
EBIDIC 9D5:
"The path of the Network Administrator is beset upon all sides by the inequities of the ignorant hacker and the tyranny of jackass users.
Blessed is he who, in the name of file retention and network security, shepherds the newbie through the darkness of the Internet.
For he is truly his users administrator and the finder of lost files.
And I will strike down upon keys with great vengance and furious deletion those who would attempt to poison and destroy my network.
And you will know I am root when I lay my lockout upon thee."
I been typin' that shit for years.
And if you read it, it meant your ass.
I never really gave much thought about what it meant 'till just now.
I just thought it was just some cold-blooded shit to IM to user before I locked his ass out of the network.
But I saw some shit this mornin' made me think twice.
Now I'm thinkin', it could mean you're the jackass user.
And I'm the Administrator.
And Mr. PalmPilot here, he's the shepherd protecting my Administrator account in the darkness of the Internet.
Or it could be, you're the Administrator, and I'm the shepherd, and it's the Internet that's an ignorant jackass.
I'd like that.
But that shit ain't the truth.
The truth is...
(he levels the PalmPilot and speaks deliberately)
You're the weak
And I am the tyranny of jackass users.
But I'm tryin' Brad, I'm tryin' real hard, to be a shepherd.
"I want their product/service to be cheap and good."
So does Wal-Mart when they force US manufacturers to move production to China to meet their low price demands....
Offshore the goods and services for the sake of "cheap and good", leaving fewer jobs for US consumers who now have less cash/jobs so the US consumers require even lower prices, so offshore more goods and services so there are still fewer jobs. It's a vicious circle.
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