From: sabrina downard
Date: 20:27 on 07 Sep 2004
Subject: audible alarms and appliances
You know what I hates? I fucking hates audible alarms that can only be
shut off one of two ways:
1. Using the command-line interface.
2. Using the web interface.
This is especially pertinent when the overpriced gadget (that will
solve all of our mail problems, most of which were caused by
problems with RAID arrays) simultaneously blows up 2/3 of its RAID
set and cannot boot any operating system any longer.
Just fucking spend the twenty-five goddamn cents on an actual,
real, physical, mechanical silence button, okay? The marketing
people are *wrong*. You can even color-coordinate it if you
want. Put a glossy coat of paint on it and make it real fucking
shiny. But give me something to punch, before I kick the goddamn
appliance for screaming at me constantly while I try to fix it.
Not that it'll be fixed, of course. Oh no. Fixing is for those
UNIX boxes that cause you such problems. This, though--this is
a specialized piece of equipment engineered to make your life
easier.
For this, you need to call a *professional*.
*spit*
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