- Oct 9, 1999
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I never really wanted to be a scientist. I always wanted to be... a sysadmin! Leaping from keyboard to keyboard... as I control the mighty servers in the computer room! The Compaq... the Gateway... the mighty Dell... with my best girl by my side! The giant Cray, the routers... the little PBX-voicemail interface! We'd sing, sing, sing!
[system engineer choir and shift supervisor enter, music strikes up]
Oh, I'm a sysadmin and I'm OK,
I grep all night and I chown all day.
[choir] He's a sysadmin and he's OK,
He greps all night and he chowns all day.
I ping the nodes, I do PM's, I awk and perl and sed.
I've got a Star Wars lunchbox, and Tron sheets on my bed!
[choir] He pings the nodes, he does PM, he awks and perls and seds.
He's got a Star Wars lunchbox, and Tron sheets on his bed!
[repeat chorus]
I ping the nodes, I change the rates, I fork the processes.
I wish that all my lusers would catch some rare disease!
[choir, growing slightly uncomfortable] He pings the nodes, he changes rates, He forks the processes. He wishes all his lusers would catch some rare disease! [choir brightens as they repeat chorus]
I ping the nodes, I lock the /home partition and umounts.
I post .gifs of my boss's daughter from his own account!
[choir, very uncomfortable and trailing off]
He pings the nodes, he locks the /home partition and umounts...??
[shift supervisor]What kind of crazy lunatic...
[all except shift supervisor] He's a sysadmin and he's OK,
He greps all night and he chowns all day.
Dura disclaimer: not my own work. Couldn't find the original author's name.
[system engineer choir and shift supervisor enter, music strikes up]
Oh, I'm a sysadmin and I'm OK,
I grep all night and I chown all day.
[choir] He's a sysadmin and he's OK,
He greps all night and he chowns all day.
I ping the nodes, I do PM's, I awk and perl and sed.
I've got a Star Wars lunchbox, and Tron sheets on my bed!
[choir] He pings the nodes, he does PM, he awks and perls and seds.
He's got a Star Wars lunchbox, and Tron sheets on his bed!
[repeat chorus]
I ping the nodes, I change the rates, I fork the processes.
I wish that all my lusers would catch some rare disease!
[choir, growing slightly uncomfortable] He pings the nodes, he changes rates, He forks the processes. He wishes all his lusers would catch some rare disease! [choir brightens as they repeat chorus]
I ping the nodes, I lock the /home partition and umounts.
I post .gifs of my boss's daughter from his own account!
[choir, very uncomfortable and trailing off]
He pings the nodes, he locks the /home partition and umounts...??
[shift supervisor]What kind of crazy lunatic...
[all except shift supervisor] He's a sysadmin and he's OK,
He greps all night and he chowns all day.
Dura disclaimer: not my own work. Couldn't find the original author's name.
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