On 12.10.11 05:28, gene heskett wrote:
> Since emc is part and parcel to your daily work, I think I'd take the 
> above, and a suitably sized attitude adjuster when I went to talk to your 
> network admin.

Tempting as it is to march in with a very large spiral flute tap in
fist, it can sometimes be worthwhile to lubricate the attitude
readjustment with the best semblance of charm that a technologist can
muster. When the very same sort of nonsense interfered with technical
browsing at my last workplace, mild references to "false positive
triggering in the network policy software", had the sysadmin on-side
within minutes. (And nothing moves a sysadmin fast, at least not in your
favour.)

While R.V. Jones, who headed up Scientific Intelligence at M.I.6 from
1939-1945, resorted to procuring quinces for a "brass-hat" who had the
power to grant access to the mosquitoes he needed for a critical
photo-reconnaissance mission (and who was a jam-making nut), we hopefully
don't need to go as far as the skulduggery of spooks, to coax
bureaucracy into fruitful action. [1]

Erik

[1] OK, I've just finished reading "Most Secret War". I admit it.
-- 
Anything can be impossible, given sufficient bureaucracy.


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