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From Dobrica Pavlinusic on Wed, 21 Jan 1998 19:14:13 +0100 (MET)

Fwd: Re: How NOT to make a first impression

From: Tanuki the Raccoon-dog <Tanuki@canis-major.daemon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery

In article <69l6no$pdb$1@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, Steve Conley
<sconley@summit.bor.ohio.gov> writes
>Seagull <seagull@netcom.com> wrote:
>(quoting an NT uber-luser posing as an admin)
>>   "You have 5 years to learn NT, or you'll be out of a job."
>
>Response #1:  "Oh, is that 5.0's new release date?"
>
>Response #2:  "The industry has 5 years to get rid of NT, or the only
>people willing to do sysadmin work will be as clueless and stupid as you
>are." 
>
>Response #3:  "I already know how to point, click, and reboot.  You mean
>they're actually going to pay me for that?"
>
>Response #4:  "All anybody needs to know about NT is published on a dozen
>'hack Microsoft' sites.  They make very interesting reading, especially
>before I give the boss my weekly security briefing."
>
>Response #5:  <gcc winnuke.c -o winnuke> "The server you're in charge
>of... what was its IP address again?" <clickety-click>

I prefer comments like "Who died and appointed you root?", "Was that a
Tamworth pig I just saw go past the window"[1], or "When I want your
opinion I'll thrash it out of you".

The comment "If you're so smart why have you come to work *HERE*" can
also be useful in some circumstances.

[1]non-UK readers are exempt from understanding this.
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