On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 KEV@hartmann.dk wrote:
No-one on this list should ever feel a pratt or be afraid of asking questions, dumb questions are welcomed and encouraged and if anyone flames a newbie on here for asking a silly question they will be pounced on by me and feel the wrath of my Lart stick. /
OK Adam, I've got to ask, what's a Lart stick? a google search only slightly informative ;<) Thanks for the reassurances by the way, I'm sure all us 'newbies' feel a little safer in our nests.
I lart stick is a "luser automatice re-adjustment tool" carried by sys-admins the world over. A luser is a computer user who can't be told and won't listen (read manager) and will always be at the level of useless but refuses to be told that they are that dumb. i.e. they reckon that they know what they are on about.
The lart stick itself (sometimes referred to as clue by four) is a large stick sometimes with nails stuck in it. baseball bats, metal pipes, cricket bats, swords etc. make great lart sticks. When you have to re-adjust your lusers you apply said stick with great vigor about their person until they understand or stop breathing.
HTH :) Adam