21 Dec
2007
21 Dec
'07
10:22 a.m.
From the BOFH column in The Register
(http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/21/bofh_trivia_quiz_200712/):
Are you an old bastard?
7. >Clunka Clunka Clunka< is the sound you would most associate with:
A. The clothes dryer
B. A washing machine with an imbalanced load
C. A flat tyre on your car
D. A tape safe door shutting repeatedly on an annoying user's foot
E. An imbalanced DEC RM05 Disk assembly moving around the computer room by itself during a
head crash
21 Dec
21 Dec
11:11 a.m.
On 21 Dec 2007, at 15:22, feldman.r at comcast.net wrote:
BOFH is my favorite friday afternoon read..
BOFH = Bastard Operator From Hell
roger
From the BOFH
column in The Register
(http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/21/bofh_trivia_quiz_200712/):
Are you an old bastard?
7. >Clunka Clunka Clunka< is the sound you would most associate with:
A. The clothes dryer
B. A washing machine with an imbalanced load
C. A flat tyre on your car
D. A tape safe door shutting repeatedly on an annoying user's foot
E. An imbalanced DEC RM05 Disk assembly moving around the computer
room by itself during a head crash
1:20 p.m.
On 21/12/07 16:38, "Jules Richardson" <jules.richardson99 at gmail.com>
wrote:
Roger Pugh wrote:
As far as I know it was started by Simon Travaglia way back then, he's
certainly been penning the BOFH stories since at least the early 90s.
Anyone else know?
--
Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
collection?
BOFH = Bastard Operator From Hell
I'm trying to recall where it originates, though. I'm sure I saw the term in
the early 90s within the context of a Unix environment, but I suspect it was
already old by then...
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