On 2011/05/14 20:22, Giovanni Tirloni wrote: > Since I was very methodical about learning, I had written down every single > step used to configure that server. In almost 2 hours, I reinstalled FreeBSD > and ran down my notes configuring everything (it was a boat load of services > plus security hardening, etc).
Not sysadmin, but: I wiped out a month's work in my home directory, just writing code. Some variation on the uses of rm(1) we're seeing here. It was clearly irretrievable and clearly no one else's fault, so I didn't waste a lot of time in that direction. But starting from scratch it only took me two days to re-write (having already done the thinking), and it actually came out better the second time. Not that I recommend this method for software development generally, but it probably should happen more often than it does. "Five removes is as good as fire." (Ben Franklin) I add: Three if you're trying. "If this were a private company, there would have been a fire here last Thursday." (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheGames) _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
