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Out of the plethora of chores that we do each day, which ones make up the top seven activities of forgetful system administrators? To begin, you might ask yourselves if the answer is quantitative or qualitative. Let's think about it for a minute. Forgetting to Delete a Former User's Account Forgetting to Regularly Search for Rootkits Forgetting to Use a Trouble Ticket Tracking System Forgetting to Set Up Technical Documentation and Creating a Knowledge Base Forgetting the Risks of Flash Memory Drives Forgetting to Manage Partial Root Access Forgetting Courtesy read more | digg story

Scroll down for the top 10 list. From http://www.lifereboot.com read more | digg story

This is a great thread from 2000, archived from the old Design Forum site, Dreamless. read more | digg story