[ale] [Fwd: New users and laptops shaken, not stirred]

[Greg]

Dow:

Do you mean the

scary devil monastery: n.

    Anagram frequently used to refer to the newsgroup alt.sysadmin.recovery,
which is populated with characters that rather justify the reference.

from http://www.faqs.org/docs/jargon/S/scary-devil-monastery.html

???????  yeah, I used to lurk a lot in that group also when I "discovered"
OS/Linux/BSD/etc .  It was hilarious, but not as funny as the BOFH series.

Greg


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> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On Behalf Of Dow
> Hurst
> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 12:26 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] [Fwd: New users and laptops shaken, not stirred]
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>
> Good description!  I get tired of trying to remember what the name or
> button under some Windows variant is when helping those using that
> stuff.  I will take WinXP over WinMe for stability though, but, heaven
> help me if I have to actually try to walk someone thru fixing XP.  I can
> deal with Linux, IRIX, or Win98SE since I know them.
>
> I hate it when people download crap stuff to run and then call for help
> when the machine gets screwed up.  Hey, did anyone ever read the
> newsgroup that was unix sysadmins talking about "lusers" in derogatory
> ways?  I found it long ago when discovering UseNet but lost the name and
> never tried to find it again.  It was hilarious to read though.  Later,
> Dow
>
>
> Geoffrey wrote:
>
> > BruceG wrote:
> >
> >> Just got a call back.She got it started again! And here is a horror
> >> story. If any of you have young children, have them leave the room. She
> >> turned the laptop upside down and shook it. Shook it a little more,
> >> listening for rattles. Then powered it up.
> >
> >
> > Ah yes, 'etch-a-sketch' troubleshooting....
> >
>
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