SkyDaemon 0 #1 March 28, 2005 In addition to being a FreeBSD god, I'm a PERL god. I just did some amazing things in perl and as per the requirement of all system administrators I did it while absolutely drunk. That's one of my favorite things about being a system administrator. I'm always on call, and when you have over 26 servers, 2 routers, 4 switches, 2 firewalls, and massive amounts of misc monitoring equipment your pager/cell phone can be notified at any moment without any concern about your current mental state. One of my least favorite moments is the when the UPS fails while the sys admin is the in hot tub with his lover. Or when dinner guests arrive and a BGP route starts flapping, and for me (the most common) when I'm having a good time, had a few (or more) drinks and a server gets attacked or for some reason decides to malfunction. Suddendly the phone goes off the hook with customers calling wanting to know what the problem is, and the sys admin gets to do some truly amazing programming/system administration while inebriated. While today wasn't a record or an all time best, it's pretty damn good and I'm here to write about it and even post it dropzone.com. For those of you who clicked on this and have a clue what I'm talking about, I wish you well in all your programming and server endeavors. My hat is off to all those who enjoy the constant pressure of running internet servers, you're good people, and should be thanked. -=Raistlinfind / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer; Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrunkMonkey 0 #2 March 28, 2005 I don't like relish. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shegget 0 #3 March 28, 2005 yep. i understood all that. and it scares me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDaemon 0 #4 March 28, 2005 You're a good man. ;-) I'm rolling in good Oregon Pinot Noir, Apache configs, mod_rewrite rules, perl systems, setuid scripts, perl wrappers, tcp wrappers, jails, chroots, mod_perl configs, and recursion to a level that would frighten Hoffstadter (author of "Godel, Escher, Bach"). And soon I'm going to go play darts at my favorite English pub and raise another glass to my friend Josh... it's been that kind of day. -=Raistlinfind / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer; Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #5 March 28, 2005 *cough* geek *cough* j/k.... you know I mean that in the nicest possible way "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDaemon 0 #6 March 28, 2005 Krisanne, Aren't you supposed to be finding a new job? Or skydiving? Or cleaning up your guest room which is now filled with the junk from your last housecleaning? You're doing better than I am... my lover woke me up at 6am with lines from 'Office Space': "Yeaaah, I'm going need you to work -Sunday- as well." which meant cleaning up the flooded basement :-( We spent 5hrs getting the water up... I spiked my morning coffee with Baileys, then ended up at the office, where I did some truly brilliant programming. (and critique of Oregon Pinot Noir) It's great to be me :-) -=Raistlinfind / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer; Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #7 March 28, 2005 QuoteAren't you supposed to be finding a new job? Or skydiving? Or cleaning up your guest room which is now filled with the junk from your last housecleaning? -=Raistlin Jumping? In this weather? Yeeeahhh.... not so much. And the guest room problem is easily solved by closing the door. As for the job... gotta wait to see what the current employer has to say this week before I decide whether or not to cut away. Now get back to that hot tub, young man... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDaemon 0 #8 March 28, 2005 I hear you have "cut away" dialed in ;-) Alright enough drunken harassment, you're welcome here on Thursday for dinner and place to crash... although it was recently flooded.... -=Raistlinfind / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer; Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #9 March 28, 2005 QuoteI hear you have "cut away" dialed in ;-) And just like that, you're on my shit list too. Until I need that crash pad in Portland, that is. Get back to work, o PERL god. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDaemon 0 #10 March 28, 2005 I'm your friend... just remember that :-) I owe you a few drinks anyways... you were a damn good friend to a depressed, and grief stricken programmer at Josh's memorial. -=Raistlinfind / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer; Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #11 March 28, 2005 Quote I'm your friend... just remember that :-) Oh, I know, don't worry. My shit list is full of friends. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PhreeZone 15 #12 March 28, 2005 PIX statements are so much easier to write when you have issues seeing the keyboard. Ahhh... the life of the 24/7 pager. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Islandcool 0 #13 March 28, 2005 QuoteI hear you have "cut away" dialed in ;-) Amstel Light out the nose, on the keyboard, and monitor. Thanks guys. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkyDaemon 0 #14 March 28, 2005 Are you a system (or network)administrator? -=Raistlinfind / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer; Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PhreeZone 15 #15 March 28, 2005 Worse... Security Admin. Both sides of the house... Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkyDaemon 0 #16 March 28, 2005 I'm the network/system/security -all- admin... but I get to do it on FreeBSD, so by and large it's as good as it gets ;-) What's your worst admin horror story? -=Raistlinfind / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer; Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NWFlyer 2 #17 March 28, 2005 QuoteQuoteI hear you have "cut away" dialed in ;-) Amstel Light out the nose, on the keyboard, and monitor. Thanks guys. Ed, you were already on the shit list. No need to keep trying. "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PhreeZone 15 #18 March 28, 2005 Entire network loses connectivity from one site. Saturday at 2 am. I'm asleep at the DZ after a few drinks. Pager goes off. Try to sober myself up while making the hour drive home to get to my laptop to help. Its not my weekend with the on-call but the primary was not responding. Get home, major bridge call.. full deal with me probally at DUI levels. Everyone gets pissed when me an an engineer can not connect to the site to troubleshoot and they assume we have been hacked. Fight the issue until about 5 am when it suddenly started up again. Turns out that the problem was someone accidently bumped a cable in the data center and it dropped the connection to the core router. I ended up sleeping till about 3 the next afternoon and completly wasted a jumping day. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Islandcool 0 #19 March 28, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuoteI hear you have "cut away" dialed in ;-) Amstel Light out the nose, on the keyboard, and monitor. Thanks guys. Ed, you were already on the shit list. No need to keep trying. Wait.. They're gonna start telling system administrator stories. I'm at the edge of my seat here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NWFlyer 2 #20 March 28, 2005 QuoteWait.. They're gonna start telling system administrator stories. I'm at the edge of my seat here. I KNOW! This is why I'm continuing to threadjack and make it, well, all about ME. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ryoder 1,384 #21 March 28, 2005 QuoteIn addition to being a FreeBSD god, I'm a PERL god. Do you think Jordan Hubbard and Larry Wall would agree with you?"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skydiver30960 0 #22 March 28, 2005 PERL? Pupils Equal and Reactive to Light? Elvisio "emt" Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airtwardo 6 #23 March 28, 2005 QuoteI don't like relish. Quote I do like pie though! PERL huh...? Jeeze....the same thing happend to me once at band camp... ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkyDaemon 0 #24 March 28, 2005 Randal Schwartz would ;-) -=Raistlinfind / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer; Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkyDaemon 0 #25 March 28, 2005 Painful Excrutiating Retarded Language ;-) -=Raistlinfind / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer; Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 Next Page 1 of 3 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. 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PhreeZone 15 #12 March 28, 2005 PIX statements are so much easier to write when you have issues seeing the keyboard. Ahhh... the life of the 24/7 pager. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Islandcool 0 #13 March 28, 2005 QuoteI hear you have "cut away" dialed in ;-) Amstel Light out the nose, on the keyboard, and monitor. Thanks guys. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDaemon 0 #14 March 28, 2005 Are you a system (or network)administrator? -=Raistlinfind / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer; Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 15 #15 March 28, 2005 Worse... Security Admin. Both sides of the house... Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDaemon 0 #16 March 28, 2005 I'm the network/system/security -all- admin... but I get to do it on FreeBSD, so by and large it's as good as it gets ;-) What's your worst admin horror story? -=Raistlinfind / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer; Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #17 March 28, 2005 QuoteQuoteI hear you have "cut away" dialed in ;-) Amstel Light out the nose, on the keyboard, and monitor. Thanks guys. Ed, you were already on the shit list. No need to keep trying. "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 15 #18 March 28, 2005 Entire network loses connectivity from one site. Saturday at 2 am. I'm asleep at the DZ after a few drinks. Pager goes off. Try to sober myself up while making the hour drive home to get to my laptop to help. Its not my weekend with the on-call but the primary was not responding. Get home, major bridge call.. full deal with me probally at DUI levels. Everyone gets pissed when me an an engineer can not connect to the site to troubleshoot and they assume we have been hacked. Fight the issue until about 5 am when it suddenly started up again. Turns out that the problem was someone accidently bumped a cable in the data center and it dropped the connection to the core router. I ended up sleeping till about 3 the next afternoon and completly wasted a jumping day. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Islandcool 0 #19 March 28, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuoteI hear you have "cut away" dialed in ;-) Amstel Light out the nose, on the keyboard, and monitor. Thanks guys. Ed, you were already on the shit list. No need to keep trying. Wait.. They're gonna start telling system administrator stories. I'm at the edge of my seat here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #20 March 28, 2005 QuoteWait.. They're gonna start telling system administrator stories. I'm at the edge of my seat here. I KNOW! This is why I'm continuing to threadjack and make it, well, all about ME. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,384 #21 March 28, 2005 QuoteIn addition to being a FreeBSD god, I'm a PERL god. Do you think Jordan Hubbard and Larry Wall would agree with you?"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver30960 0 #22 March 28, 2005 PERL? Pupils Equal and Reactive to Light? Elvisio "emt" Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #23 March 28, 2005 QuoteI don't like relish. Quote I do like pie though! PERL huh...? Jeeze....the same thing happend to me once at band camp... ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDaemon 0 #24 March 28, 2005 Randal Schwartz would ;-) -=Raistlinfind / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer; Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDaemon 0 #25 March 28, 2005 Painful Excrutiating Retarded Language ;-) -=Raistlinfind / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer; Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
