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Being the Resident Curmudgeon
Posted May 8th, 2007 by rybolov
It seems like the last month people have been relying on me as the resident curmudgeon. I’m a little outspoken on how I feel, so it’s like people expect me to sit in a closet and they throw me slow-moving softballs so I can hit them out of the park. I get the feeling that people are using me to say no to things that they think are wrong and they just need confirmation from somebody else.
I get all the open-ended questions like the following:
- So Mike, how do you feel about us using $foo tool and providing this as a service for free?
- So Mike, we want to do this project and break all the security rules. Will you support us in it?
- So Mike, can we put client networks in this area that we have no control over who goes into and out of?
- So Mike, can we connect $bar network to $baz network and they talk back and forth even though they’re clients that are not supposed to know each other exists?
I mean, how much of a crotchety old jerk does everybody think I am? =) And still, I’m good for one lengthy email rant every week or so.
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6 Comments »
May 8th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
So Mike, care to join the rest of us on a “Zimmer Frame race around the block”? We can rant and rave about the good old times when people just did things and never bothered to ask security.
Oh. Oh, I see.
May 8th, 2007 at 8:50 pm
Kids nowadays, I tell you what. Back in my day, we used index cards and a large cardboard box and that was our database and we liked it that way!
May 10th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
So Mike, we need a direct connection into your database server along with “SA” level privs. Thanks!
Oh, and I almost thought you were going to say that playing those games turns you into a zombie. Brought back memories of being a zombie with Quake/Unreal Tournament through my college years! 🙂
May 11th, 2007 at 7:47 am
You can come over and pick up the box of index cards anytime. It supports as many users as can sit around it.
May 11th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
Well Mike, what did you expect now that I’m gone to work on the Dark Side?
And where do you think I came up with my handle/alias anyway?
Still curmudgeonly as I geez,
Vlad
August 13th, 2007 at 8:09 pm
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