BOFH

Marvin wrote: For the _original_ Bastard Operator from Hell material, it's also important to check out Simon Travaglia's stuff at his New Zealand homepage, <http://prime-mover.cc.waikato.ac.nz/Bastard.html>. I know he writes some of the material Network Week (UK) publishes, and all of it is based on his concepts of course. Now if only the NW page would be updated oftener than since last Christmas... (their response via email several months ago was "real soon"). Network Week offers an official BOFH t-shirt, but it's only available by mail order and only in the UK. Good thing my wife has a friend who goes back home for a few weeks every few months, it's a nice shirt. Only two sizes, Big Bastard and Really Big Bastard, corresponding to the US large and extra. A word of warning -- don't email Simon with questions (or for that matter ask them on comp.unix.aix) unless you've got a thick skin. Or it's a really tricky question that God himself couldn't find in the manuals or a month of web searches. He's a great guy and I'd love to get drunk with him sometime, but he's the first to admit that he _is_ a real bastard. (We occasionally correspond due to both spending lots of time babysitting RS/6000 AIX systems and of course their users). (Now if you want something _twisted_, check out the Satanic Sysadmins at <http://www.satanic.org>. Don't forget to fill out the System Administrator Purity Test.) -- Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram@cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/> WARNING: The Attorney General has determined that Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms can be hazardous to your health -- and get away with it.