Unix beardies vs. clean shaven DBAs
Two Reg readers David Wood and Simon Painter, a commentard who goes by the handle THE VOCIFEROUS TIME WASTER - want you to join their latest charity stunt for Barnardos. Yes, it's the Great Beard Debate. Click on this link and join in. Dave and Simon have "long disagreed on the merits of Dave's ginger face fuzz and have decided …
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DON'T TOUCH THE BEARD!
Although ginger beards are an abomination.
best site ever!
Well, best site ever about beards anyway....
Unix Beardies?
Surely Beardies are COBOL programmers? The Unix boys are the sandals-with-socks brigade.
COBOL programmers?
That seems topsy-turvy to me. When I was in school, I had to take two semesters of COBOL. The instructor was a clean-shaven old bloke who really did wear socks and sandals. He looked rather like Harold from Neighbors, actually. The admin of the school's UNIX system was a small, quiet man with a serious beard. He seemed to us students as someone who could at any moment snap and start carving his way throught the staff and students with an axe.
Re: Obviously
Now here's my problem, I'm against beards but it's no fun if one of you isn't pissed off with the consequences. As I think you'd be more pissed off having to grow one I'll be voting beard.
A Beard is for life, not just for the weekend !!!
Looking round the office, I'm the only UNIX bod with a beard here, but a I note a number of the DBAs are wearing stubble (or is that the after effect of celebrating yesterday's win ?)
Oracle DBAs and Stubble
Well spotted, we Oracle DBAs often sprout stubble...
Unlike Unix Admins, we have to spend all day listening to users whining about why their waste of space reports won't run quickly enough, we often slip into comas and wake up in the office the next morning having not been home!
love that shirt....
Pure genius... solving the problem of children by giving them cancer.
I'm with the Harry Hill camp...
Dave and Simon have "long disagreed on the merits of Dave's ginger face fuzz and have decided to settle the matter in the only way they know how,
FIGHT!
are we sure...
Simon CAN grow a beard? He looks to have problems growing hair on top of his head, what makes him think he can grow it on his face?
Ah, but I jest. Surely.
Good luck with the fundraising though. I'm not a beardie myself, since I'm a Linux fanboi and follow the cleanshaven lead of Torvalds.
Much as I've always admired Dave's beard / velcroface
I'll have to vote "no".
Icon is a pint of beer because you need a beard to join CAMRA.
Beards are for Windows Users
Beards are the result of leaving your face on default setting, and performing no maintainance.
I should know, I've got a big ginger one!
Call me cynical ...
What percentage goes to "charity", and what percentage goes to "overhead costs"?
You say cynical like it's a bad thing...
Nothing wrong with a healthy dose of cynicism.
However in this case it looks OK:
http://www.justgiving.com/how-justgiving-works/
So about 5% is overheads, and for Gift Aid donations they don't take the fee until they get the gift aid refund from the taxman, so the charity get 100% of your donation immediately as well as the remainder of the gift aid after the 5% and CC fees have been taken out.
Beards rigged to win
select count(*) from donations where comment like '%beard%'
Gonna have to do better than that
It would seem the DBA needs all the help he can get. Bring on the beardy guy ..
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Image
We have an IT support bod that sports the long pony tail and unshaven. It's the stereotypical image of a an IT geek. When was the last time you saw a doctor or lawyer with one?
We clamour to be recognised as professionals but then there are those of us that want to look like slobs. Mention IT to any female and they're instantly turned off.
We don't exactly help ourselves do we?
If you want to be a professional, treated with respect, with status, recogised as professionals by other professions then you need to look a professional, look smart.
Re: Image
I've always been treated with respect and recognised as a professional no matter how I dress but then my work is of an exceptionally high quality.
You sound to be one of those people who think burglars don't wear suits, operate at night and carry a bag with SWAG written on it.
Re: Re: Image
Though wasn't there that study some time back, the conclusion of which was that since the stereotypical image of IT people shapes expectations, managers don't trust IT people in suits?
Besides, my doctor has stubble and a pony tail.
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