[rescue] Death of a PDP-11/Clueless office people...

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Sun Feb 3 15:07:05 CST 2002


On February 3, Kurt Huhn wrote:
> Further proof that Windows-only networkers truly have no idea what *actual*
> computers are.  I had a guy try to convince me about 2 weeks ago that an
> Athlon with a TI500 card was a way better choice for graphivs work than an
> SGI.

  Oh man.

> I also had a guy on the SNENUG (Souther NE Network Users Group) listserv say
> that MS DNS on Win2k is "one of the better DNS implementations out there".
> Needless to say, I tore him a new one.

  Oh MAN.

> On the same list, a guy who runs a consulting company had *no idea* how to
> run a DNS and register a host with Network Solutions.  The same guy was
> flabbergasted that Network Solutions didn't handle MX records with their DNS
> services.

  OH MAN!  I have NO tolerance for idiots like these.  None at all.

> > didn't buy a maintenance contract on the Canon printing beast, and
> > yet...they spent $700/chair for 6 Aerons for the conference room.
> 
> Aerons hurt my back and neck...

  Really?  I love 'em.

    -Dave

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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL         "Less talk.  More synthohol." --Lt. Worf



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