on bulletin boards (about other bulletin board admins) back in the
1980's. Think of the most arrogant, grating, power-wielding sysadmin
you can imagine, and there you have it. Actually, if you've ever seen
Jimmy Fallon's Nick Burns - Your Company's Computer Guy skits on SNL,
there's your example.
- Jim
Matthew Small wrote:
>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.
> >
> > _____
> >
> > 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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