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Journal Lodragandraoidh's Journal: 1010 Commandments

He traveled far and wide from coast to coast, and gathered warm clothing against the frigid blasts of the 15 ton airhandlers, and avoided the slings and arrows of 48 volt DC power supplies. And lo, he found inscribed upon a lowly cabinet in an empty corner of the data centre floor...

The 1010 Commandments:

0001: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's information.

0010: Thou shalt not hold any OS above the one true POSIX Compliant OS

0011: Thou shalt not worship graven languages, like Visual Basic, C#, or
            Cobol.

0100: Thou shalt not spread pestulence, disease, or internet worms in
            general.

0101: Thou shalt keep the backup day and make it holy.

0110: Thou shalt regression test agressively, for this is the way to
            heaven.

0111: Thou shalt patch frequently, and tithe heavily for every bug that
            is found.

1000: Thou shalt not let marketroids and suits guide your projects; this
            is the path to perdition.

1001: Thou shalt share thy computer science knowledge freely with all
            those who grok; for all others: RTFM and FAQ.

1010: Thou shalt not use proprietary standards, in all its cloven forms;
            just as Eve was seduced by the fork tongued devil, so too will
            you be expelled from the raised floor of the data center for
            your transgressions.

What is research but a blind date with knowledge? -- Will Harvey

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