Re: [Nolug] An oldie but a goodie

From: Clint Billedeaux <clint_at_fastbadge.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:18:51 -0600
Message-ID: <CAKhJyBLrqZxeremZxo7MEgDHvHo8-wb3LFJp-YE1eVFpN2uwmQ@mail.gmail.com>

You think the Air Traffic Controllers had it tough because of Reagan.
 Imagine what the government would do to Computer Technicians if they just
all called in sick one day.

On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Joey Kelly <joey@joeykelly.net> wrote:

> On Wednesday 14 December 2011 22:55, Mischa D. Krilov wrote:
> > It's a little sad when people can't see the trees for the forest.
> >
> > https://centos.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=127
> >
>
> In a related frame of mind... just today I notified a client that they had
> 44
> duplicate usernames in a database, and that they ought to fix it. I
> begrudgingly fixed the immediate problem username for them, after which
> some
> secretary began feeding me other usernames one-by-one to fix for her. I
> quickly (after recovering from a fit of desk-pounding) informed her that
> she
> too could have her very own login to the database front-end to make the
> changes herself.
>
> Honestly, sometimes I think management-types look at a computer and
> dedicate
> themselves to putting it to the most inefficient uses possible.
>
> --
> Joey Kelly
> Minister of the Gospel and Linux Consultant
> http://joeykelly.net
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