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Re: sendmail has to die!

In <4usbs7$i52@wave.news.pipex.net> pir@bofh.org.uk (Peter Radcliffe) writes:
>get used to, and an office larger than a cupboard ...
An office larger than a cupboard is going to be really nice. Infact any place that I can stretch out and not hit a cow-orkers shoulder would be nice. When Ingvar/Susan was here on Monday (the phone firewall was on holiday and we threatened Ingvar with getting him to act as the phone firewall instead :) he did comment that it was a little small.

I've taken some photos of TCP Towers which show how small it is...

>.. and best of all, he *gasp* won't be a sysadmin[1] !
I know, its worrying. I will have recovered. I'm not sure how long that recovery will last, but I can say that for a brief moment I had recovered :)
>Hmmm. I think the TCP office would be fine ... after emoving all the
>machines, furniture and everything else, and adding 4" of padding to
>all the surfaces ;)
>
>[3] I might not aid recovery quite as much as I could, by asking him
>    questions about Solaris ... try and tempt him back  *manic cackle*
Now now, be fair... I've got a feeling that I will be dragged kicking and screaming away from recovery into sysAdmin again.

I can just see myself sitting at the keyboard one day and....

Simes: [contented sigh] Another program that has works. What now...

[The door to the office suddenly bursts open. Several rather large "men" ]
[come in who are wearing dark suits and black sun glasses. They walk     ]
[purposely over to Simes.                                                ]
Admin: Ah Mr Burr, we believe that you have a Solaris 2.1 box to administer.
Simes: Pardon ?
Admin: The Cabal(tm) have found that you have recovered from a state of systems administration and we are here to make ammends. For your crimes you will be forced to admin a Solaris 2.1 box for a period of at least one year.

[At the mention of the "The Cabal" the other admins and Simes mutter     ]
[under their breath "There is no Cabal (tm)"                             ]
Simes: Admin Solaris 2.1 ? No anything but that!
Admin: I'm sorry Mr Burr, but recovery such as yours require drastic methods
Simes: At least let me admin 2.4...
Admin: I'm sorry, but its 2.1 for you. Take him away!

[At this the other admins grab hold of Simes and drag him away from the  ]
[keyboard. Simes valiently attempts to hold onto the desk, monitor,      ]
[keyboard or anything else that will stop him from the hell to which he  ]
[has been sentanced. He fails.                                           ]
Simes: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Simes' scream slowly echos down the corridor.                           ]
Admin: [To other programmers] Let this be a warning to you all.

Posted on 14 Aug 1996

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