[rescue] Slightly OT

Greg A. Woods woods at weird.com
Sun Mar 24 17:17:04 CST 2002


[ On Sunday, March 24, 2002 at 15:59:58 (-0600), Eric Hall wrote: ]
> Subject: [rescue] Slightly OT
>
> 1. The Hoarder - has three or more of every Unix workstation ever made. Would not
> part with any parts or systems under any circumstances, even though he/she won't 
> ever even boot them.
> 
> 2. The Newbie - just bought a Sparc 5 off of ebay, and wants free parts under the
> guise of "Which operating system should I run?"
> 
> 3. The Zealot - Only runs one operating system on every workstation (Dec, Sun, whatever!)
> he/she owns, and is trying to get everyone to switch.
> 
> 4. The Admin - when you make a post asking how to enable ipforwarding, he/she posts
> three pages about internet security.
> 
> 5. The Developer - when you ask him/her how to enable ipforwarding, they post six 
> pages of code on how to do it - For Linux, BSD, HP, and Solaris of course!
> 
> 6. The Engineer - When you ask how to make the picture on that old monitor sharper,
> they post detailed instructions on which capacitor to replace, along with a URL of
> the schematics for the equipment. If their monitor turns fuzzy, they re-design it,
> of course!

hmmmm.... "_All_ of the above, depending on circumstances."   :-)

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