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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
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workstation and they feel they need to come by and lend me a piece of their
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valuable wisdom. They say "You should get out more" and "You need to get a
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life". They throw in a friendly pat on the back, a concerned look, and a
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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
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"Computer Nerd" at work. I understand most of "them" are aging yuppies
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who have trouble grasping Microsoft Word and barely understand my job, but
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the condescension still shocks me. When I am working at my PC, they refer
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to it as "Playing with my computer". Playing? I never refer to them as
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"Playing with accounting" or "Playing with marketing". Oh no! Their jobs
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are serious.
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But it still makes me wonder, am I a "geek"? What is a "geek"? I thought
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a "geek" was some worthless fool who is useless to everyone. Is this what
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I do? What do I do? Following is exactly what I am doing at this very
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moment. I decided to write it down to see if I really am a "geek" with
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"no life".
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I am currently running Window's File Manager where I am mapping a network
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drive to a Sun Sparc 1000 on my Novell Netware 3.12 network using the NFS
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protocol. Not only do I have access to the Sun's drives, I mapped more
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than a dozen logical drives to volumes on the Novell file server which is
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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
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tape that my database server uses for backup. I automated Schedule+ to
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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
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Window's based VT320 terminal emulator. From root I am checking up on the
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Sun's performance using command line utilities like "/usr/ucb/ps -aux |
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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
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Database as sysadmin. I am currently in the View Concurrent Requests
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screen where I am issuing database queries to see what concurrent processes
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are running. I am about to change screens to the report form where I will
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run the Active Users report. The report queues on the Sun and is then sent
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to an HPIVsi laser printer thats connected to the network via a JetDirect
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card.
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In the background, I am logged onto my Internet account via a 9600
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baud Hayes modem on my desk. I am FTP'ing some underground
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'Zines from etext.org that I have been looking for and stashing them
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on a floppy disk.
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I have Microsoft Mail up and running too. I have set it up to recieve not
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only e-mail, but Internet e-mail and faxes as well. In fact, from here I
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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
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projects with numerous individual tasks which are all rated by priority. I
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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
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Writer 2.0. I am running it in client/server mode using SQL*Net. The
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report I am working on is an Invoice Register for our Accounts Payable
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Department.
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Finally I have Windows Cardfile sitting on the desktop. I have it setup
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like a Rolodex and I refer to it whenever I need to call a vendor or tech
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support.
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Oh yeah, I'm writing this little note in Notepad too. As soon as I get
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done, I am going to logout of all these systems, grab my leathers, and
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zip down the elevator to the parking garage where my Jeep is waiting.
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My girl friend is waiting at my apartment for me and when I get there,
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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".
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Well, instead of getting a life, I will just go play with my computer, and
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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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= Questions, Comments, Bitches, Ideas, Rants, Death Threats, etc etc... =
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= Internet : jericho@netcom.com (Mail is welcome) =
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= gote land +27.31.441115 =
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= Arrested Development +31.77.3547477 =
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= Chemical Persuasion 203.324.0894 Celestial Woodlands 214.252.6455 =
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= Goat Blowers anon 215.750.0392 Hacker's Haven 303.343.4053 =
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= E.L.F. (NUP) 314.272.3426 Misery 318.625.4532 =
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= Dungeon Sys. Inc. 410.263.2258 Psykodelik Images 407.834.4576 =
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= Paradise Lost 414.476.3181 Black SunShine 513.891.3465 =
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= underworld_1995.com 514.683.1894 Digital Fallout 516.378.6640 =
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= PSYCHOSiS 613.836.7211 Bad Trip 615.870.8805 =
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= Plan 9 716.881.3663 suicidal chaos 718.592.1083 =
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= Phallic Paradise 801.944.7353 Purple Hell 806.791.0747 =
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= Atrocity Exhibition 905.796.3385 Phoenix Modernz 908.830.8265 =
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= The Keg 914.234.9674 =
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= Files through Anonymous FTP: FTP.NETCOM.COM - /pub/je/jericho/FUCK =
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= FTP.FC.NET - /pub/deadkat/misc/FUCK =
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= FTP.WINTERNET.COM - /users/craigb/fuck =
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= FTP.GIGA.OR.AT - /pub/hackers/zines/FUCK =
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= ETEXT.ARCHIVE.UMICH.EDU - /pub/Zines/FUCK =
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= Files through WWW: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/je/jericho/jericho.html =
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