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So I got a request to install Subversion 1.5 on our master dev server because it has uber merge support. Now Debian admins out there know that Debian doesn't ship with 1.5, it's too new. It shows up in Lenny but not Etch. So I went a-huntin' and discovered the following blog post:

http://www.rooftopsolutions.nl/article/198

This article shows the proper way to build an upgrade for Etch's subversion package. Hope this helps anyone else out there that's looking for a quick hack to get Subversion 1.5 on their Etch box.

(Names have been changed to protect the guilty)

Sales Girl 1: HEY i'M HAVING TROUBLE W/ MY GMAIL
Sales Girl 1: oh maybe the caps are the trouble
Sales Girl 1: yup
Sales Girl 1: that was it. sorry for the interruption

...
*sigh*

Mark: Someone installed the Redneck Mods on that there Vista box.
Me: Dude, Vista IS a redneck mod

BGInfo
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897557.aspx

(This is really for my personal reference, I'm sure most admins know about this already)

... no I didn't! >.<

You accidentally type 'Administrator' as 'Assministrator' on your VM server.

Until management starts tossing kryptonite in your Wheaties...

IT's a bird! IT's a plane! No IT's just the sysadmin... wait, is he on fire?

They see me routing
My packets

I know they're all thinkin' I'm just typin' QWERTY
Think I'm just typin' QWERTY
Think I'm just typin' QWERTY
Can't you see I'm typin' QWERTY
Look at me I'm typin' QWERTY

I wanna foil some, of those crackers
But so far they all think I'm just typin' QWERTY
Think I'm just typin' QWERTY
Think I'm just typin' QWERTY
I'm really typin' QWERTY
Really really typin' QWERTY

The humans... they come with packets, they come with issues... phreaking, cracking, breaking, hacking, phishing. Destroyers and usurpers, curse them.

To all of the gadgets and gizmos that make up the corporate machine,

We are your systems administrators, not your playmates, buddies or friends. We weave the arcane arts of UNIX, SMTP and HTTP into the magic carpet which you use to scoot around performing your daily mundane tasks with greater ease and efficiency. These arts are not idly learned and are not to be trifled with. As a result, a certain level of respect is in order.

We, as administrators, are not here to amuse you. We will not clap our hands excitedly and perform a trick for you when you come to us with yet another problem. In this light, please stop coming into our offices hoping for a show and then painting on a sad expression when we don't perform a balancing act for you. We are here to keep you productive and safe out there on the Internet and in here on the intranet, that is all. There are systems in place by which you can alert us to something that seems problematic or an issue which is stopping you from completing your designated operational sequences. Said systems are in place for a reason. They keep your admins sane and, as a result, your precious data from disappearing into the ether. Use them, or know our wrath.

Many assign us the attributes of 'evil', 'creepy', 'insane' and other adjectives which, while possibly quite fitting for some, do not describe us as a group. We genuinely strive to keep our corporate overlords and their minions safe from missiles cast by darker foes. Our order is focused on corporate-service. Quite simply, if we don't do our jobs, no one gets paid. You don't want that and neither do we.

Please remember that we understand your job is stressful and important. We see a much larger picture than your average gizmo and as a result, we understand what it is you do and why it is deemed neccesary to the overlords.

You may now return to your regularly scheduled programming.

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