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Joke Of The Day

A Lighter Side Of IT-Professional Joke Of The Day

Top 10 things you don't want the sysadmin to say...

Was that YOUR directory?

Ooops. Save your work, everyone. FAST!

NO! Not _that_ button!

It didn't do that a minute ago...

You might as well all go home early today ...

Hmm, maybe if I do this...

Do you smell something?

What do you mean you needed that directory?

Oracle will be down until 8pm, but you can come back in and finish your work when it comes up tonight.

I have never seen it do *that* before...

Member Of:

-International Webmasters Association

IWA Official Mission Statement -
Provide and foster professional advancement opportunities among individuals dedicated to or pursuing a Web career, and to work diligently to enhance their effectiveness, image, and professionalism as they attract and serve their clients and employers.

-American Society For Training And Development

About ASTD
Founded in 1944, ASTD is the world's premier professional association and leading resource on workplace learning and performance issues. ASTD provides information, research, analysis and practical information derived from its own research, the knowledge and experience of its members, its conferences, expositions, seminars, publications and the coalitions and partnerships it has built through research and policy work.ASTD's membership includes more than 70,000 people, working in the field of workplace performance in 100 countries worldwide. Its leadership and members work in more than 15,000 multinational corporations, small and medium sized businesses, government agencies, colleges and universities.

Partner

ITDC
Established in 1984, ITDC (itdc.edu) is an open systems training provider. ITDC's courses include UNIX, LINUX, Systems Administration; Object-Oriented Technology, Java, XML, and Perl Programming; Oracle and Informix relational databases. Courses can be customized and are available in a variety of formats, from traditional instructor-led training to web-based online learning.

Advanced Data Tools Corporation
Advanced DataTools Corporation (ADTC) is dedicated to helping organizations extract valuable business management and planning results from their transaction data. Our services include the design of web-enabled databases and data warehouses, development, implementation, performance tuning, support, and training. Our unique approach to data warehouse development ensures rapid deployment, user buy-in, and a high degree of usability from the start, and our trainers bring real-world experience to the classroom.

ADTC is an IBM Business Partner with a team of Certified Informix and DB2 Database Professionals on staff. ADTC is also a Brio Consulting and Training Partner, and is the Brio Authorized Education Center for the Washington, D.C. Metro Area. The company was founded in 1983 by Lester Knutsen, whose Informix database training courses are widely known and respected. ADTC is a woman-owned small business.

Links

ITTC-Information Technology Training Conference
Since 1977, the annual Information Technology Training Conference has focused on issues important to the Information Technology Training industry. ITTC 2001 set satisfaction records!

Object Modeling Group
The Object Management Group (OMG) is an open membership, not-for-profit consortium that produces and maintains computer industry specifications for interoperable enterprise applications. Our membership roster, about 800 strong, includes virtually every large company in the computer industry, and hundreds of smaller ones.

The Source For Java Technology
This site provides news, articles, applets and new products for Java developers. Browse a Java tutorial and special section on Jini technology.

XML Zone
Publication presents featured articles on collaboration, presentation, and integration