http://bofh.ntk.net/Bastard.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/30/index.html
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From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 10:15 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: List of arcane jobs
What is a BOFH?
- Matt Small
----- Original Message -----
From: Ben Doom
To: CF-Community
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: List of arcane jobs
I worked for a BOFH. She could be fairly evil when faculty/staff were
mean to her little minions (like me). She could also bestow gifts (like
unlimited disk quota) on those who did her bidding. :-)
--benD
Sandy Clark wrote:
> I preferred BOFH actually, but that was in my IT days.
>
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>
> From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 9:41 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: List of arcane jobs
>
> I'm sticking with the theme, and going from Doom to BSOD. :-)
>
> --Ben Doom
>
> Jim Campbell wrote:
>
> > Brob Ephebephile? :)
> >
> > Actually, I'm expecting to change my last name from Campbell to
> CtrlAltDel
> >
> > - Jim
> >
> > brob wrote:
> >
> > >They don't have Blacksmith!
> > >
> > >I was wondering if we were to have those kinds of names for jobs we
do
> > today, what they will be. Obviously people who work in the porn
> > industry got i down, so i wont go there.
> > >
> > >Jim Monkey (cos you're a code monkey)
> > >Jim Cody (cos you code)
> > >Jim Coder (same deal)
> > >Jim Hacker
> > >Jim Spammer
> > >Jim Admin (that sounds cool!)
> > >Jim Slacker (slacker!)
> > >Jim Tech
> > >Jim Webby
> > >Jim De' bugger (hehehe)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Please contribute to the list
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Jim Campbell
> > > To: CF-Community
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 2:24 PM
> > > Subject: List of arcane jobs
> > >
> > >
> > > This is something interesting:
> > >
> > > http://www.cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/terms.html
> > >
> > > A list of obsolete and arcane jobs from the past. It's
especially
> > > interesting to see so many last names (or roots of last names)
that
> > > exist today from people who recieved surnames based on the jobs
or
> > > purposes of their ancestors - Chandler, Shoemaker, Freedman,
> > Goldsmith, etc.
> > >
> > > - Jim
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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>
>
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