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Date:      Tue, 30 Nov 1999 14:59:44 -0500 (EST)
From:      Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
Cc:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, bpederson@geocities.com, arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf files.i386 src/sys/kern
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911301458160.59489-100000@jade.chc-chimes.com>
In-Reply-To: <199911302053.NAA05793@usr09.primenet.com>

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On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Terry Lambert wrote:

> >     This is ridiculous.  We aren't talking about people writing scripts
> >     here.  We are talking about human nature.  Human beings are not
> >     computers and expecting them to act like a computer in their everyday
> >     sysadmining is just plain ridiculous.
> 
> Matt's right.

He's right about human nature, though I don't see how the above or
below prove that expecting linear PIDs is a good practice.

> Expecting humans to exhibit this level of competence on average
> is unreasonable.
> 
> Instead, you should hire competent system admins, and expect that
> average humans will be able to obtain jobs in the food service
> industry.  Someone has to ask good sysadmins whether or not they
> want fries withtheir McMeals.

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