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Jobs for the penguinistas?

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  • D Duncan Edwards Jones

    SysAdmin required for polar research stations[^] (Septics only)

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    Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
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    The term is too short...

    Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

    "It never ceases to amaze me that a spacecraft launched in 1977 can be fixed remotely from Earth." ― Brian Cox

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    • D Duncan Edwards Jones

      SysAdmin required for polar research stations[^] (Septics only)

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      "experience in search and rescue, mountaineering, small boat operations, firefighting, or emergency medical response." You know, basic sysadmin stuff <-- I have to agree with this..

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        "experience in search and rescue, mountaineering, small boat operations, firefighting, or emergency medical response." You know, basic sysadmin stuff <-- I have to agree with this..

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        Obligatory xkcd: https://xkcd.com/705/[^]

        If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill

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          Obligatory xkcd: https://xkcd.com/705/[^]

          If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill

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          den2k88
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          'Tis the only xkcd I can remember from the number alone :)

          GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver "When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page." -- Mike Hankey

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            It does have a drawback[^]

            Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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            Duncan Edwards Jones
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            I know (third hand) of someone who went to work for the British Antarctic Survey as a carpenter. When the wood that had been sent out with the boat ran out he literally had nothing he could do until the spring... ..much whisky was consumed.

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            • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

              It does have a drawback[^]

              Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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              Rage
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              Their look in the second pic are priceless.

              Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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              • D Duncan Edwards Jones

                I know (third hand) of someone who went to work for the British Antarctic Survey as a carpenter. When the wood that had been sent out with the boat ran out he literally had nothing he could do until the spring... ..much whisky was consumed.

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                molesworth
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                Duncan Edwards Jones wrote:

                I know (third hand) of someone who went to work for the British Antarctic Survey as a carpenter. When the wood that had been sent out with the boat ran out he literally had nothing he could do until the spring... ..much whisky was consumed.

                He wasn't working at Faraday Base was he? (http://munchies.vice.com/articles/how-to-drink-vodka-at-the-last-bar-on-earth[^]). A slight mis-use of timber supplies led to the world's most southerly public bar, and one of my few claims to fame is that I've sampled the "vodka" there. It's potent stuff... :wtf: I'd think about applying for one of those jobs if was American. Wonder how fast I can change nationality? :)

                Days spent at sea are not deducted from one's alloted span - Phoenician proverb

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                • D Duncan Edwards Jones

                  SysAdmin required for polar research stations[^] (Septics only)

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                  Not just no but hell no!

                  New version: WinHeist Version
                  Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye-

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                  • D Duncan Edwards Jones

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                    Quote:

                    "experience in search and rescue, mountaineering, small boat operations, firefighting, or emergency medical response."

                    I have done all this and once applied for a similar position on the British Antarctic Expedition as a sysadmin but then this job in the Bahamas came up..., more money, less penguins.

                    - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                    • D Duncan Edwards Jones

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                      I always was curious about what kind of dancing they do at social events down there.

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