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- = F.U.C.K. - Fucked Up College Kids - Born Jan. 24th, 1993 - F.U.C.K. =
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- What am I doing?
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- People at work never cease to amaze me. They see me pounding away at my
- workstation and they feel they need to come by and lend me a piece of their
- valuable wisdom. They say "You should get out more" and "You need to get a
- life". They throw in a friendly pat on the back, a concerned look, and a
- chuckle to take the edge off, but we both know they mean what they say.
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- I am amazed every time someone refers to me as a "Computer Geek" or
- "Computer Nerd" at work. I understand most of "them" are aging yuppies
- who have trouble grasping Microsoft Word and barely understand my job, but
- the condescension still shocks me. When I am working at my PC, they refer
- to it as "Playing with my computer". Playing? I never refer to them as
- "Playing with accounting" or "Playing with marketing". Oh no! Their jobs
- are serious.
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- But it still makes me wonder, am I a "geek"? What is a "geek"? I thought
- a "geek" was some worthless fool who is useless to everyone. Is this what
- I do? What do I do? Following is exactly what I am doing at this very
- moment. I decided to write it down to see if I really am a "geek" with
- "no life".
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- I am currently running Window's File Manager where I am mapping a network
- drive to a Sun Sparc 1000 on my Novell Netware 3.12 network using the NFS
- protocol. Not only do I have access to the Sun's drives, I mapped more
- than a dozen logical drives to volumes on the Novell file server which is
- running on a Compaq Proliant 2000 that I built.
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- A window just popped up on my screen to remind me to rotate the 4mm DAT
- tape that my database server uses for backup. I automated Schedule+ to
- remind me every day at 5:00.
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- I am logged on as root in another window to my Sun Sparc 1000 using a
- Window's based VT320 terminal emulator. From root I am checking up on the
- Sun's performance using command line utilities like "/usr/ucb/ps -aux |
- sort -r +2 -3 +3 -4 | head -20" and "iostat -xtc".
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- In another terminal window I am logged into my company's Oracle Financial's
- Database as sysadmin. I am currently in the View Concurrent Requests
- screen where I am issuing database queries to see what concurrent processes
- are running. I am about to change screens to the report form where I will
- run the Active Users report. The report queues on the Sun and is then sent
- to an HPIVsi laser printer thats connected to the network via a JetDirect
- card.
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- In the background, I am logged onto my Internet account via a 9600
- baud Hayes modem on my desk. I am FTP'ing some underground
- 'Zines from etext.org that I have been looking for and stashing them
- on a floppy disk.
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- I have Microsoft Mail up and running too. I have set it up to recieve not
- only e-mail, but Internet e-mail and faxes as well. In fact, from here I
- can manage the entire, 1000+ user e-mail system and remote dial-ins.
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- I have Microsoft Schedule+ running as well. I am using it to track multiple
- projects with numerous individual tasks which are all rated by priority. I
- jump into Schedule+ whenever I need to organize my time.
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- In another Window I am designing custom database reports using Oracle Report
- Writer 2.0. I am running it in client/server mode using SQL*Net. The
- report I am working on is an Invoice Register for our Accounts Payable
- Department.
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- Finally I have Windows Cardfile sitting on the desktop. I have it setup
- like a Rolodex and I refer to it whenever I need to call a vendor or tech
- support.
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- Oh yeah, I'm writing this little note in Notepad too. As soon as I get
- done, I am going to logout of all these systems, grab my leathers, and
- zip down the elevator to the parking garage where my Jeep is waiting.
- My girl friend is waiting at my apartment for me and when I get there,
- we are headed off to the hottest bar in Downtown.
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- And they call people like me "geeks". They say I should "get a life".
- Well, instead of getting a life, I will just go play with my computer, and
- let them do their important adding/accounting and drawing/marketing.
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- I wish *I* was cool like them!
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- Dead Kat
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