Dennis marks, one of the original writers member feedback about girl on guy. A system administrator with absolutely no tolerance for 10 lusers. How to split a pdf into pages using vba vba visual basic. Jeff ballard based upon the the bastard operator from hell stories written by simon paul travaglia. I make sure hes got enough disk for the job by removing any files not related to the task at hand. This is a collection of links to most of the bofh stories from 2000 to 2016 for bofh episodes from before 2000. I would normally do this manually but i have thousands per month and so i want to automate this process. The company just gave you an opportunity to get a better job. Members of the new stripy shirt brigade are full of beans and raring to go. Celebrate system administrator appreciation day with the. I honk my horn but his hearing aids probably turned way down to whisper, so im stuck. The bastard operator from hell the complete www edition.
As an ap im expected to work weird hours so i start putting in some 9 to 5 shifts to see what its like. As a show of solidarity, some realworld sysadmins even began adding bofh into their signature files like some sort of doctoral title, joked one 90sera technology columnist. The semicomplete, gluten free, cold pressed and high fibre bofh archives, torn straight from the bastards own jotter pad by the very forces of nature itself, now. You know how bored you get when works going on and on and on, and nothing interesting is happening, and youre listening to a radio that picks up one station on fm, and its always the station with the least records in the city, about 5. I am an expert in excel vba but this has baffled me as i cant seem to. I dunno, maybe i should turn the chillers back on, but what the hell, ive got a cold and i need to keep warm if i go into the machine room. Bastard operator from hell, compleat archives metafilter. Maybe its the sysadmin version of that famous quote from voltaire. Someone has messed up the kernel pointers the bofhstyle excuse generator brought to you by jeff ballard. Several other people have written stories about bofhs, but those by simon travaglia are considered canonical. The bastard operator from hell university of waterloo. The bastard operator from hell bofh is a fictional rogue computer operator who takes out. Skip to main content this banner text can have markup. The bastard operator from hell appendix free download as pdf file.
In the matrix reloaded, arahanga can be seen in one of the first establishing shots of zion, as a machine operator who flashes quickly by the camera. I have a pdf file and i need to split this into individual pages. I hope you like it so much youll tell your friends about it. The semicomplete, gluten free, cold pressed and high fibre bofh archives, torn straight from the bastards own jotter pad by the very forces of nature, now loving presented in a hardtosee font by your favourite web renderer. I reassign null to be the tape device its so much more economical on my time as i dont have to keep getting up to change tapes every 5 minutes. But at least now the radios off, it was on its 12 repeat of wildfire.
Anyway, to get them off my back, i invite them in to see just how hectic an operator s life really is, and have prepared lots of flashing lights and alert sounds to keep the mindless cretins fooled. The original bofhstories the bastard operator from hell a. But at least now the radios off, it was on its 12 repeat of wildfire this week, and its only tuesday. Were trying another arbitrary file to prove that it all works. So anyway this company was moved to the cloud a few months back and my engineers are having hell with some old bat at. First published in 1992, it is about a magnificent bastard system administrator who is also travaglias author. I had heard there was some one they called the bastard operator from hell.
The bastard operator from hell appendix internet forum world. Bastard operator from hell, compleat archives march 21. The bastard operator from hell is off to the movies. Celebrate system administrator appreciation day with the bastard. The extraordinary tales of the bastard operator from hell bofh and quicklimefetching minion pimply faced youth pfy.
Bastard operator from hell wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Im sitting at the desk, playing xtank, when some thoughtless bastard rings me on the phone. They dont care of human hostages so all the personnel have been told to leave. Im really starting to worry about the number of account breakins weve been having recently the manager isnt though. The bastard operator from hell style excuse server. Bastard operator from hell topic the bastard operator from hell bofh is a fictional rogue computer operator who takes out his anger on users and others who pester him with their. I think the bastard surgeon from hell and all those would be funny if they were written as confidently and with such disregard for others as these are. Bastard operator from pandora 2 points 6 years ago. As the bofh, you arrive late at work, and find the building unusually quiet. Has the bastard operator from hell turned over a new leaf. He has released 74 works with other bands and artists including his work as death cube k. This site contains adult themes, violence, profanities, and other such fun stuff. What weve shipped in it is the first iron maiden release to feature keyboards.
Bastard operator from hell often abbreviated to bofh is a long running series of short stories by new zealand writer simon travaglia. I get back from britian and return to my old stomping grounds to take up a post as an analystprogrammer. The semicomplete, gluten free, cold pressed and high fibre bofh archives, torn straight from the bastard s own jotter pad by the very forces of nature itself, now loving presented in a hardtosee font by your favourite web renderer. If the bastard operator from hell didnt exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
Datamation magazine owns the electronic rights to the orgional works of the bofh. Short for bastard operator from hell, bofh is a fictional administrator created by simon travaglia that becomes angry with the users hes supposed to be helping. As a show of solidarity, some realworld sysadmins even began adding bofh into their signature files like some sort of doctoral title, joked. This pdf contains every bastard operator from hell bofh story written by simon travaglia before its reintroduction at the register. I assign the tape device to null its so much more economical on my time as i dont have to keep getting up to change tapes every 5 minutes. I reassign null to be the tape device its so much more economical on my time as i dont have. They all file into the control room, about 10 of them in all, the dweebish types who hang out in groups like this as a social event.
So anyway, i quicklime the engineer to remove any fingerprints and then fedex him back to headquarters. A system administrator with absolutely no tolerance for 10lusers. The bastard operator from hell the complete edition. The electronic rights of the original bofh are owned by datamation magazine. The bastard operator from hell bofh, a fictional character created by simon travaglia, is a rogue system administrator who takes out his anger on users often referred to as lusers his colleagues, his bosses, and anyone who gets in his way.
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