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    • NicN
      Nic
      last edited by

      Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.
      –Andrew Tanenbaum

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      • nadnerBN
        nadnerB
        last edited by

        This was a quote from someone on SpiceWorks but I can't remember who posted it 😞
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        • NetworkNerdN
          NetworkNerd
          last edited by NetworkNerd

          This will always be one of my favorites (quoting @scottalanmiller 😞

          That's like shooting yourself in the face today to avoid maybe getting a headache next year.

          (Taken from http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/232833-creatively-rebuilding-a-server-infrastructure-on-vsphere-5-and-backing-it-up?page=4)

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
            last edited by

            That's why I had to have this thread, I forget some of these!

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            • NetworkNerdN
              NetworkNerd @scottalanmiller
              last edited by

              @scottalanmiller said:

              That's why I had to have this thread, I forget some of these!

              Maybe you should start a database of SAM analogies.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @NetworkNerd
                last edited by

                @NetworkNerd said:

                @scottalanmiller said:

                That's why I had to have this thread, I forget some of these!

                Maybe you should start a database of SAM analogies.

                I need to do that too

                At least I started recording the quotes.

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                • lanceL
                  lance
                  last edited by

                  It is neither rude nor condescending to trust someone and assume that they did use common sense themselves. -Scott Alan Miller

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @lance
                    last edited by

                    @lance said:

                    It is neither rude nor condescending to trust someone and assume that they did use common sense themselves. -Scott Alan Miller

                    Love it, any idea when or where I originally said it?

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                    • lanceL
                      lance @scottalanmiller
                      last edited by lance

                      @scottalanmiller said:

                      @lance said:

                      It is neither rude nor condescending to trust someone and assume that they did use common sense themselves. -Scott Alan Miller

                      Love it, any idea when or where I originally said it?

                      It's good stuff. Here is a link https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/122118-virtualization-can-i-host-a-64-bit-vm-on-a-32-bit-host?page=2

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                      • MattSpellerM
                        MattSpeller
                        last edited by

                        Never under-estimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tape on the highway - unknown

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @MattSpeller
                          last edited by

                          @MattSpeller said:

                          Never under-estimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tape on the highway - unknown

                          –Andrew Tanenbaum

                          See a few posts to the north.

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                          • MattSpellerM
                            MattSpeller @scottalanmiller
                            last edited by

                            @scottalanmiller good grief that's twice now that I've done that today. Thank you for the correction & attribution.

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                            • gjacobseG
                              gjacobse
                              last edited by

                              ("It's not a bug; it's an undocumented feature!"

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller
                                last edited by

                                Just added this one...

                                That's like looking under the hood of your car to figure out why Jiffy Lube isn't open on Sundays.

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                                • DustinB3403D
                                  DustinB3403
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                                  I don't have to believe in it for you to be lucky

                                  Regarding said being very lucky that Cryptolocker didn't spread.

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                                  • art_of_shredA
                                    art_of_shred Banned
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                                    "In a race between a rock and a pig, don't varnish your clams" ~ Dilbert (Elbonian saying)

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                                    • MattSpellerM
                                      MattSpeller
                                      last edited by

                                      There's always time to do it right the second time - Unknown, heard on youtube channel AvE

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                                      • gjacobseG
                                        gjacobse
                                        last edited by

                                        It’s supposed to be automatic, but actually you have to push this button.

                                        –John Brunner

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                                        • gjacobseG
                                          gjacobse
                                          last edited by

                                          Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.

                                          –Aldous Huxley

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                                          • MattSpellerM
                                            MattSpeller @gjacobse
                                            last edited by

                                            @gjacobse said:

                                            Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.

                                            –Aldous Huxley

                                            Scientific progress goes boink - Calvin and Hobbes

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