Roger Murray UNIX/Network Admin (circa age 10)

Contents

• Where to find me
• What I'm up to
• What I'm into
• Home Sweet Home
• Roger's SysAdmin and Network Mantras
• Little known facts
• Different views into Roger
• The Museum of .signatures
• The ubiquitous Photo Album

• E-Mail: rem@caltech.edu
• Mail Stop: 1-10
• Extension: 4628
• Office: 112 IMSS

1. Defining and implementing the One True [fill in the blank]
2. Writing "cool perl tools" [Thanks, Heather!]

I'm into computers and the net. Filesystems are of particular interest to me, as well as other storage-related concepts (e.g. data representation, file formats, compression). I tend to watch too much TV, though mostly science fiction. However, I've been known to listen to (generally ethereal) music or look at art now and then. I'm currently exploring (re-)awakened interests in gaming and anime. I enjoy a good bagel and love the color purple. When in doubt, give me a hug.

These are a few of my favorite links, including everything I just mentioned and then some.

• City of Santa Monica Home Page
• SAMOHI (Santa Monica High School)

In a past life, I worked at .

1. stucco is different
2. Never, never on a Friday, a Friday, a Friday . . .
3. Never buy one of anything.
4. Superusers don't travel.
5. morocco is popular for a reason.
6. mt erase is an evil temporal dilator in disguise.
7. Given the choice between Lunch and (generic task), always choose Lunch. (generic task) will always take a long time and make you hungry.
8. Tape happens.
9. Kernels are static; users are dynamic -- at least under SunOS 4.x.
10. Always let someone else open the M&Ms.
    Addendum: The red ones go in but never come out.
    
11. When choosing between two identical ports, always use the other one. The first port is e-v-i-l.
12. When installation instructions indicate doing something stupid, sometimes it's not so stupid after all -- except when it is.
13. When in doubt, draw a picture.
14. When all else fails, blame the cable.
15. That a problem doesn't affect you does not mean it doesn't exist.
16. Children inherit and su's are children.
17. All SPARCstation 10s have broken power supplies.

1. Routers are hosts. They expect networks.
2. Networks are not rivers -- they're kiddie pools.
3. MDI vs. MDIX: Not what you want done with the cable, but what the cable is.
4. In networks, as in real estate: if your duplex is full, make sure your neighbor's duplex is full.
5. Not every table containing MAC addresses is an ARP table.

• Did you know that tybalt is the name of the Norse god of failed DNS requests? Bet you thought the Vikings used YP, didn't you? Go on, admit it.
• Solaris 2.4 is a floor wax and a dessert topping!
• Reminder: May 31 is "Forget your password" day!
• On nights and weekends, I double as the Online Library Catalog at UCSD.
• My priority code is: HFJWTP1Y. At least, that what the postcard I received said it was.

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