Lord of Kaos - Slashdot User

Comment kindly beg to disagree (Score 1) 528

by Lord of Kaos on Tuesday May 26, 2009 @11:08AM (#28095437) Attached to: Documenting a Network?

No, this is the only way to create useful documentation (provided it's for "internal use only" and an unspecified readership). It's no use (re-) writing "network admin for dummies". There's only one thing worse than no documentation - outdated documentation.

Comment You're the next guy! (Score 2, Informative) 528

by Lord of Kaos on Tuesday May 26, 2009 @07:46AM (#28093205) Attached to: Documenting a Network?

Just write down, what you need in a form you can use. Chances of anybody else reading through these papers is close to zero: Your _potential_ successor has

to know that documentation exists
to be able to find it
to think it contains anything valuable
to have time to read it
to habe the capability to understand it and make use of it

99,99% of all known possible successors will just hotfix problems as they arise and blame everything on the predecessor. So just write up the things you need and tend to forget in a way you can use...

Comment Define kid friendly (Score 2, Funny) 500

by Lord of Kaos on Wednesday May 13, 2009 @04:32AM (#27934727) Attached to: McDonalds Free Wi-Fi Users Soak Up Seating

You're not talking about the food, are you?

Comment Re:Yeah right. (Score 1) 753

by Lord of Kaos on Thursday October 23, 2008 @02:52AM (#25479085) Attached to: Economic Crisis Will Eliminate Open Source

But doing opensource programming might be the road to survival for some. Even without job, becoming a major contributor of a suitable open source project just might

keep your skills sharp
look good on your resume
get you noticed by interesting companies

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