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from: John Nieminen
date: 2003-02-08 09:37:16
subject: additions to sysadmin vocabulary

Kathy can probably identify with a few of these...  

IceBear

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Here are some essential additions for your System Admin vocabulary: [grin]

BLAMESTORMING: Sitting around in a group, discussing why a server went down,
and who was responsible.
SEAGULL MANAGER: A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on
everything, and then leaves.
CUBE FARM: An office filled with cubicles.
MOUSE POTATO: The on-line, wired generation's answer to the couch potato.
STRESS PUPPY: An admin who seems to thrive on being stressed out, whiney,
and complains about stupid users all day.
SWIPEOUT: An access card that has been rendered useless because the magnetic
strip is worn away from extensive use.
PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE: The fine art of whacking the crap out of an
electronic device to get it to work again.
404: A completely clueless end-user.
OHNOSECOND: That fraction of time after hitting Enter, in which you realize
that you've just permanently erased a big database.
Inoculatte: Taking coffee intravenously when you are pulling an all-nighter
getting that database online from the backup tapes.
Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit).




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