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    • gjacobseG
      gjacobse
      last edited by

      "Don't let the magic smoke out, IT is what makes it all work" My electronics teacher.

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      • C
        Carnival Boy @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller said:

        Often these are my own quotes because I have a huge ego

        ๐Ÿ˜‰

        Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do - Steve Jobs

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        • gjacobseG
          gjacobse
          last edited by

          Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy., - Joseph Campbell

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          • NicN
            Nic
            last edited by

            Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.
            โ€“Andrew Tanenbaum

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            • nadnerBN
              nadnerB
              last edited by

              This was a quote from someone on SpiceWorks but I can't remember who posted it ๐Ÿ˜ž
              SysAdmin.jpg

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              • NetworkNerdN
                NetworkNerd
                last edited by NetworkNerd

                This will always be one of my favorites (quoting @scottalanmiller ๐Ÿ˜ž

                That's like shooting yourself in the face today to avoid maybe getting a headache next year.

                (Taken from http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/232833-creatively-rebuilding-a-server-infrastructure-on-vsphere-5-and-backing-it-up?page=4)

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller
                  last edited by

                  That's why I had to have this thread, I forget some of these!

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                  • NetworkNerdN
                    NetworkNerd @scottalanmiller
                    last edited by

                    @scottalanmiller said:

                    That's why I had to have this thread, I forget some of these!

                    Maybe you should start a database of SAM analogies.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @NetworkNerd
                      last edited by

                      @NetworkNerd said:

                      @scottalanmiller said:

                      That's why I had to have this thread, I forget some of these!

                      Maybe you should start a database of SAM analogies.

                      I need to do that too

                      At least I started recording the quotes.

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                      • lanceL
                        lance
                        last edited by

                        It is neither rude nor condescending to trust someone and assume that they did use common sense themselves. -Scott Alan Miller

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @lance
                          last edited by

                          @lance said:

                          It is neither rude nor condescending to trust someone and assume that they did use common sense themselves. -Scott Alan Miller

                          Love it, any idea when or where I originally said it?

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                          • lanceL
                            lance @scottalanmiller
                            last edited by lance

                            @scottalanmiller said:

                            @lance said:

                            It is neither rude nor condescending to trust someone and assume that they did use common sense themselves. -Scott Alan Miller

                            Love it, any idea when or where I originally said it?

                            It's good stuff. Here is a link https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/122118-virtualization-can-i-host-a-64-bit-vm-on-a-32-bit-host?page=2

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                            • MattSpellerM
                              MattSpeller
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                              Never under-estimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tape on the highway - unknown

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @MattSpeller
                                last edited by

                                @MattSpeller said:

                                Never under-estimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tape on the highway - unknown

                                โ€“Andrew Tanenbaum

                                See a few posts to the north.

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                                • MattSpellerM
                                  MattSpeller @scottalanmiller
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                                  @scottalanmiller good grief that's twice now that I've done that today. Thank you for the correction & attribution.

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                                  • gjacobseG
                                    gjacobse
                                    last edited by

                                    ("It's not a bug; it's an undocumented feature!"

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller
                                      last edited by

                                      Just added this one...

                                      That's like looking under the hood of your car to figure out why Jiffy Lube isn't open on Sundays.

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                                      • DustinB3403D
                                        DustinB3403
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                                        I don't have to believe in it for you to be lucky

                                        Regarding said being very lucky that Cryptolocker didn't spread.

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                                        • art_of_shredA
                                          art_of_shred
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                                          "In a race between a rock and a pig, don't varnish your clams" ~ Dilbert (Elbonian saying)

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                                          • MattSpellerM
                                            MattSpeller
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                                            There's always time to do it right the second time - Unknown, heard on youtube channel AvE

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