We are indeed tight-assed tyrannical bastards, and we have had much more experience dealing
with people like you than you have had dealing with people like us.
After all, we do it for a living.

- Mike Andrews on alt.sysadmin.recovery

 

People occasionally wonder why sysadmins are so impatient and obnoxious sometimes. These should give you some idea. If you like what you see here, try reading the newsgroup alt.sysadmin.recovery - before you ask, no the PC admins in the IS Group don't post to this newsgroup. We read it, but posting could get us into trouble...

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