How to Survive as a High-Energy Physics Sysadmin

| No Comments | No TrackBacks

User, a high-energy physicist, asking 'Where are my files?', gets kicked by the sysadmin into a proton-proton-collision-induced black hole which is engulfing the accelerator lab.

I drew this as a birthday card for a friend who is sysadmin in a high-energy physics institution. He says the most common, and most annoying, question posed by his users — good scientists, who are too single-minded about their research to think much about the computers — is "Where are my files?".


No TrackBacks

TrackBack URL: http://www.j-paine.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/162

Leave a comment

About this Entry

This page contains a single entry by Jocelyn Ireson-Paine published on October 20, 2010 7:11 PM.

When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth was the previous entry in this blog.

The Processes that Count is the next entry in this blog.

Find recent content on the main index or look in the archives to find all content.