100: The First Rule of System Administration
I can’t believe I’ve done 100 of these silly things. Anyway, here’s a tidbit from my next FreeBSD Journal Letters column.
Don’t give me that look. All computers increase pain.
The purpose of a system is what it does, and a computer does pain.
We cope with the pain by adding more computers.
The first Rule of System Administration declares “computers were a mistake” and examining the mental health impact of the teetering cataclysm of systems inside your computer proves it, let alone the systems in your car. Don’t get me started on your car. Requiring everyone in the United…
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