Yeah, I don't think I've ever seen a single thread go as far from topic and as universally as this one has. wow.
I thought the original, non-pager-related question was a good one, for what it's worth. --Matt On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Conrad Wood <c...@conradwood.net> wrote: > sounds like everyone is so obsessed with pagers (for nostalgic or other > reasons) - I might use that as a present for the ssyadmins ;))) > > On 24 Jul 2013, at 16:41, Scott Roberts wrote: > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7Og1DuMu3k > > > > Yes. > > > > On 7/24/13 10:14 AM, "Brodie, Kent" <bro...@mcw.edu> wrote: > > > >> People still wear beepers? > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto: > tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] > >>> On Behalf Of Miles Fidelman > >>> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 6:32 AM > >>> Cc: tech@lists.lopsa.org > >>> Subject: Re: [lopsa-tech] sysadmin day? > >>> > >>> Of course that's exactly when everyone's beepers will go off :-) > >>> > >>> Matt Simmons wrote: > >>>> Hi Conrad, > >>>> > >>>> I think the easiest and best way to show your appreciation is to take > >>>> your sysadmins out to lunch and tell them that you appreciate them. > >>>> Ask their opinions on how things are going, listen to what they say > >>>> and consider it, even if you can't ultimately take their suggestions. > >>>> > >>>> If there are enough teams that you can't take them all to lunch, just > >>>> sending an email to remind them that you know they exist and > >>>> appreciate what they do, then offer to listen to their concerns or > >>>> suggestions. Everyone wants to know that they're valued. > >>>> > >>>> --Matt > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 6:13 AM, Conrad Wood <c...@conradwood.net > >>>> <mailto:c...@conradwood.net>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> Apparently is sysadmin appreciation day on the last friday of > >>> july. > >>>> according to wikipedia[1]: > >>>> "The holiday has been recognized and promoted by many IT > >>> professional > >>>> organizations, the League of Professional System Administrators > >>> and > >>>> SAGE/USENIX.[6]" > >>>> > >>>> Since I want to honour several teams of sysadmins, is there any > >>>> kind of > >>>> etiquette/tradition I should know about? > >>>> How do you (if at all) go about sysadmin appreciation day? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> [1] > >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Administrator_Appreciation_Day > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Tech mailing list > >>>> Tech@lists.lopsa.org <mailto:Tech@lists.lopsa.org> > >>>> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > >>>> This list provided by the League of Professional System > >>> Administrators > >>>> http://lopsa.org/ > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> LITTLE GIRL: But which cookie will you eat FIRST? > >>>> COOKIE MONSTER: Me think you have misconception of cookie-eating > >>> process. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Tech mailing list > >>>> Tech@lists.lopsa.org > >>>> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > >>>> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > >>>> http://lopsa.org/ > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. > >>> In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Tech mailing list > >>> Tech@lists.lopsa.org > >>> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > >>> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > >>> http://lopsa.org/ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Tech mailing list > >> Tech@lists.lopsa.org > >> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > >> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > >> http://lopsa.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tech mailing list > > Tech@lists.lopsa.org > > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > > http://lopsa.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > Tech@lists.lopsa.org > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > -- LITTLE GIRL: But which cookie will you eat FIRST? COOKIE MONSTER: Me think you have misconception of cookie-eating process.
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