System Administrator Tool chest..

Fri Feb 3 16:39:54 PST 2006

And a red stapler. Don't forget the red stapler :)

-Anne

On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 04:09:45PM -0800, Elizabeth Zwicky wrote:
> 
> On Feb 3, 2006, at 3:38 PM, Jennifer Davis wrote:
> 
> >
> > You want to put together a set of tools for your new team member who 
> > is coming on board.  What do you put together?  What tools do you 
> > assume that she will be borrowing from you (so it's not needed in 
> > duplication)? I'm talking about physical hardware here, and not 
> > anything software wise unless it's a floppy that you have copied over 
> > essential scripts.
> 
> A label maker. Anything else should be so rarely used that it's
> better off kept centrally. In the machine room, with a static
> strap. (Co-worker: I gotta go buy a new video card. Dunno what
> happened to the old one. Me: By any chance, was it dead after
> you installed the new ethernet card? Him: Yeah. Me: And, of
> course, you were wearing the static strap supplied with the card?
> Him: Would I skip an essential safety step? Me: So, you weren't
> wearing the strap? Him: So you don't think it's a horrible
> coincidence? Me: When you install the new video card, are you
> planning to use the static strap? Him: Actually, I was planning
> on using two.)
> 
> 	Elizabeth
> 
> 
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