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GenmaC · 01-30-2004, 05:36 PM

Actually, it's my job to support server administrators. When these alleged administrators, many who make a considerable profit from their businesses, rely on me to fix the problems that they create for their own clients due to ignorance, this is annoying. I don't mind fixing a server. What I do mind is when someone who calls himself a LINUX GURU!!11 calls in and whines for half an hour about how one of his clients cannot connect to his SMTP server - because he changed iptables without knowing what the #### he was doing.

And it's not that I mind doing that - I love simple questions, everyone does. But to be berated for half an hour by a simpleton who can't figure out how to use google or better yet, not f*ck his own server up, is kind of ridiculous. Even with all that, I've never sent a customer away unsatisfied.

As for saying that GoDaddy's actions were "disgusting", I can only laugh at that. I'm sure they followed their TOS, in which case while it might be inconvenient for you, they were still following the letter of the law, so to speak.

Edit: Whoa - the curse filter catches h.ell, but not some other words...

01-30-2004, 05:36 PM	#27
GenmaC Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 68	Actually, it's my job to support server administrators. When these alleged administrators, many who make a considerable profit from their businesses, rely on me to fix the problems that they create for their own clients due to ignorance, this is annoying. I don't mind fixing a server. What I do mind is when someone who calls himself a LINUX GURU!!11 calls in and whines for half an hour about how one of his clients cannot connect to his SMTP server - because he changed iptables without knowing what the #### he was doing. And it's not that I mind doing that - I love simple questions, everyone does. But to be berated for half an hour by a simpleton who can't figure out how to use google or better yet, not f*ck his own server up, is kind of ridiculous. Even with all that, I've never sent a customer away unsatisfied. As for saying that GoDaddy's actions were "disgusting", I can only laugh at that. I'm sure they followed their TOS, in which case while it might be inconvenient for you, they were still following the letter of the law, so to speak. Edit: Whoa - the curse filter catches h.ell, but not some other words...