[rescue] cheapness..

[Bill Bradford]

On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 12:31:01PM -0400, Chris Hedemark wrote:
> Sure enough, a couple of days later I got an angry phone call asking for
> the root password.
> "I forgot it."
> "Well you'll have to come in and fix it."
> "No.  I don't work for you anymore.  But I'd be happy to come in on a
> consulting basis for $1,500 per day..."

So, did they pay up?

I have a great deal with $former_employer, who also happens to be the ISP
where all the SunHELP stuff is colocated.  I get a discount on colo fees
in exchange for helping them with system administration issues from time to
time, and if they have a big emergency, I come in (working around my "day
job", of course), help out, and get paid by the hour as well.  

Its funny when I walked in once, and a new tech support guy (who didnt know
me) was on duty.  "Hi, is $key_to_door_of_colo_space still in 
$secret_location?"

him: *BLINK*
me: "Hi, I'm Bill Bradford"
him: "Oh!  Bill!  nicetomeetyouheardalotaboutyou. yeah, its still in 
      $location".

Speaking of colo, I need to find a short (3-4' tall) 4-post rack or tiny
cabinet, so I can mount all of my stuff off by itself in a corner and clear
out more space for their normal customers...

Bill

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Bill Bradford     
mrbill at mrbill.net 
Austin, TX