From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 25 13:18:55 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8BEB37B401 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:18:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from praetor.linc-it.com (hardtime.linuxman.net [66.147.26.65]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08E8343FBD for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:18:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@over-yonder.net) Received: from mortis.over-yonder.net (adsl-156-170-189.jan.bellsouth.net [66.156.170.189]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by praetor.linc-it.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FD8C1522E; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 15:18:53 -0500 (CDT) Received: by mortis.over-yonder.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id DC52220F2A; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 15:18:50 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 15:18:50 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Mooneer Salem Message-ID: <20030725201850.GH11494@over-yonder.net> References: <20030709091918.GU40220@iconoplex.co.uk> <000a01c352e8$8d152790$1300a8c0@D6T8V231> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000a01c352e8$8d152790$1300a8c0@D6T8V231> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i-fullermd.1 X-Editor: vi X-OS: FreeBSD cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD certification. X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 20:18:56 -0000 On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 01:08:43PM -0700 I heard the voice of Mooneer Salem, and lo! it spake thus: > > Does anyone see any kind of fault with such a system? How could such a > system be improved? I think that the biggest fault is that the greatest measure of a sysadmin is more in how they avoid problems, and how they maintain systems long-term when there are no immediate 'problems', than in how they fix problem X in isolation. So, that practicum ends up being kinda... I dunno. "Artificial" is probably the best word. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"