Funny tech support email No.1

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:34:15 +1000

Funny Tech Support Email Number 1

In the late 1990's we purchased a few small ISP's and whilst auditing their old servers (terrible mess) I come across this beauty.
I thought I'd share this, plus one other, from another ISP, I found for this years System Administrator's Appreciation Day.
They both made me laugh back then and still make me laugh today. Oh how I miss the days of ISP land.

Funny tech support email No.2

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:34:15 +1000

Funny Tech Support Email Number 2

In the mid 2000's whilst working at an ISP the following email arrived.
It gave us all a good laugh at the time and today I share with you all for System's Administrator Appreciation Day.

Help me keep the shell people alive !

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:32:00 +1100

There is a sad truth to the world today. I am part of a dying breed of people known as shell users.
We are an old-fashioned bunch, preferring the warm glow of a green screen full of text over the cold blockiness of a graphical interface.
We use ssh, scp, and even occassionally ftp.

Back in the days before high-speed connections broadband, we would dial up during off-hours to avoid being slammed with huge phone bills.
The whole “Microsoft Windows” fad will fade away sooner or later, but in the interim, our kind is facing extinction.

Because there are fewer and fewer of us, I must help keep our lineage alive. I am looking for someone to help me do this.
I need a woman (obviously) who is willing to raise a child with me in the method of Unix. Our child will be introduced to computers at a young age,
and will be setting emacs mode before any other child can even read.
I earn a sufficient income to support a family in modest comfort. Other than the fact our child will be bright, text-based and sarcastic, we will
otherwise be a normal family. We will even go to Disney World and see Mickey Mouse.

So, if you are a woman between the ages of 23 and 43 who is ready to raise a child in the way of the shell, let me know so we can begin the process. (If you are ready to raise more than one child, even better.)

PS - yes, this is for real. Given the right person, I would obviously propose before we … call fork().
PPS - I only set emacs mode for my ksh session. I only edit files using vi. Just wanted to clear that up. And I’m looking to raise the child(ren) as a dedicated couple, so if you aren’t interested in being married, you may wish to select() a different posting.

N.B. - on the issue of relocation. I live in a place where my income/expense ratio is proper (i.e., greater than 2:1). I’m willing to live anywhere in the world where this remains true. I’ve been to much of the country as well as foreign nations.
There are no limits to where I will live so long as the job market for unix admins is robust enough to be sustainable. And yes, I am interested in a strictly monogamous situation. I’ve been known to actually turn down offers of “two chicks at the same time.”

Disclaimer: I stole this from http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/nyc/485967082.html and liked it so had to share it.

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Help me keep the shell people alive !