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Unix Geeks & Miniclan
Feb. 12th, 2003 09:15 amOOOOOOOkie dokie - who's bright idea was it to put the guy with physical access to the machine, in charge of moderating on the system? I know a lot of moderators and sysadmins in real life and this is a number one No-No. The guy with physical access to the box should not have moderating priviledges on the forums. That's not only bad form, but it's just asking for the sysadmin to get a god complex. Don't like somebody? Boot 'em! Who's gonna complain? Boot 'em!
Okay, I'm being a bit extreme about Graham. Let's face it, he doesn't like me because anytime I post a rant in the Pit of Despair, it turns into a bash-on-Tigris session and he gets the idea from that, that I'm picking fights. (I don't need to pick, the others do that plenty on their own.) So, one day Graham comes along and threatens to ban me - and I try and log in the next day and can't. That's just bad admin practice, and comes across as being particularly childish.
What is it with some unix geeks? I consider myself one to some extent, and having hung around them for a while, I've found that they seems to fall into two distinct flavors:
1. The Bad Unix Geek
Usually marked by a distinct lack of maturity, and completely blind to all flavors of unix except their little individual flavor, and everyone else is an idiot and should be downed and treated like dirt at every avaliable opportunity. Prone to superiority complexes. Tends to have no social skills and misbehaves when in public. Usually have windows XP on a seperate partition of their hard drive and lie about it when asked. Tends to hate macs and downs them at every avaliable opportunity. Tends to have dead-end jobs as network sys admins. Examples: Graham, and some key people on FC exec staff.
2. The Good Unix Geek
Marked by a likable and agreeable personality in public, and is open to other flavors of unix. Tend to lust heavily after Powerbook G4s, and sometimes are able to save up to buy one. Usually have no use for windows machines, and tend to be gamers (paradoxically). Tend to have jobs in development positions that have a real future. Examples include Ch'marr, Kris Kreutzman, Aeto, and so forth.
These are, of course, stereotypes, based on meeting a lot of silicon valley unix geek types. I'm sure there are those who fit into neither category. As for Graham... I don't seem to find my life lacking without the ability to post on the MC.org forums, so I'm not sure I care anymore. All of the oldies-but-goodies on Mini chat are all gone - mostly to school or to real life - and so I never see them. Instead all I see are the names of all these newbies that I don't even recognize. Who are all these people? If anyone from the Miniclan needs to get ahold of me, use AIM or ICQ or email - they work just fine.
Okay, I'm being a bit extreme about Graham. Let's face it, he doesn't like me because anytime I post a rant in the Pit of Despair, it turns into a bash-on-Tigris session and he gets the idea from that, that I'm picking fights. (I don't need to pick, the others do that plenty on their own.) So, one day Graham comes along and threatens to ban me - and I try and log in the next day and can't. That's just bad admin practice, and comes across as being particularly childish.
What is it with some unix geeks? I consider myself one to some extent, and having hung around them for a while, I've found that they seems to fall into two distinct flavors:
1. The Bad Unix Geek
Usually marked by a distinct lack of maturity, and completely blind to all flavors of unix except their little individual flavor, and everyone else is an idiot and should be downed and treated like dirt at every avaliable opportunity. Prone to superiority complexes. Tends to have no social skills and misbehaves when in public. Usually have windows XP on a seperate partition of their hard drive and lie about it when asked. Tends to hate macs and downs them at every avaliable opportunity. Tends to have dead-end jobs as network sys admins. Examples: Graham, and some key people on FC exec staff.
2. The Good Unix Geek
Marked by a likable and agreeable personality in public, and is open to other flavors of unix. Tend to lust heavily after Powerbook G4s, and sometimes are able to save up to buy one. Usually have no use for windows machines, and tend to be gamers (paradoxically). Tend to have jobs in development positions that have a real future. Examples include Ch'marr, Kris Kreutzman, Aeto, and so forth.
These are, of course, stereotypes, based on meeting a lot of silicon valley unix geek types. I'm sure there are those who fit into neither category. As for Graham... I don't seem to find my life lacking without the ability to post on the MC.org forums, so I'm not sure I care anymore. All of the oldies-but-goodies on Mini chat are all gone - mostly to school or to real life - and so I never see them. Instead all I see are the names of all these newbies that I don't even recognize. Who are all these people? If anyone from the Miniclan needs to get ahold of me, use AIM or ICQ or email - they work just fine.
