And on the topic of the original question, if you're in or near San
Francisco, you could go to a picnic with free food and drink, and trivia
games with prizes! https://sysadmin.eventbrite.com/
- Adam
On 7/24/13 9:20 AM, Matt Simmons wrote:
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
<mailto: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
<mailto:bro...@mcw.edu>> wrote:
>
>> People still wear beepers?
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org
<mailto:tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org>
[mailto: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 <mailto: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>
>>>> <mailto: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>
<mailto: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 <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/
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
>>> In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> 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/
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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/
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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/
>
_______________________________________________
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/
_______________________________________________
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/
