Re: Not again !!!
2003-08-06 15:57:07
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On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 02:23:30PM -0500, Rebecca Pakish Crum wrote:
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> It amazes me how often these two running arguments are repeatedly
> debated...using localhost and spam to the amanda list. For the love of
> pete...how many sys admins does it take to beat the dead horse? (I
> suppose I am now guilty as well by even responding to the tirades)
<joke>
Q: How many IBM CPUs does it take to do a logical right shift?
A: 33: 1 to hold the bits and 32 to push the register.
</joke>
<another_joke>
Q: How many IBM CPUs does it take to execute a job?
A: Four: three to hold it down, and one to pour Drano down its throat
and then rip its head off.
(Thanks to Harlan Ellison for the lovely Drano imagery! :)
</another_joke>
> Maybe there needs to be something addressed to the newbie's when they
> register with amanda.org as a part of the welcome email that says "You
> are responsible for your own network...the list is open to everyone and
> everything, please don't complain about spam, viruses, etc." I find
> those who are bothered to be unprepared. Get a spam server...deal with
> it, move on. Or maybe those complaining would like to contribute and
> maintain a spam/virus server for the list. This is the 4th or 5th time
> this year this subject has gone on for far too long. Amanda is free, the
> knowledge everyone gains and contributes her is free, if the price is to
> be 'bothered' with extra emails, then pay for some other backup utility
> and you won't be bothered again.
Amen.
On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 02:39:17PM -0500, Michael D. Schleif wrote:
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> Yes, agreed; but, are the plethora of insipid and specious virus-found
> alarms really necessary (read: on-topic) on this -- or any -- mailing list?
No.
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