Talk:Bastard Operator From Hell

I took out a lot of the non-canonical material (BiOFH and so on) and made the entry much more about the stories. If someone really wants that stuff back in, perhaps there could be a more comprehensive "BOFH fan fiction" section or something. - David Gerard 10:05, Jan 23, 2004 (UTC)

I reverted your removal of "luser". A quick Google of luser site:bofh.ntk.net reveals that the maestro did indeed use the term on at least one occasion. And it's funnier that way :-) HTH --Phil 15:47, Jan 23, 2004 (UTC)

(blush) You are, of course, right. Ahem! - David Gerard 16:21, Jan 23, 2004 (UTC)

I Did a minor edit to explain who lusers who in relation to BOFH. --Dan 14:57, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

In regards to change in setting, I believe the change between University and Company was when the BOFH took up a job as a programmer.

Also, articles are published every friday. I'm not sure where that should go. --Spook` 08:46, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

request for clarification

The intro says the stories began publication in 1995, but there is an external link to stories going back to 1988? Some clarification about pre-1995 could be useful for people unfamiliar with this subject. --W.marsh 23:03, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Theres no definate start date that I can find. The only real way as I see it would be to email Simon himself. Spook 05:05, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It is definately pre-1995: in the stories there are often subtle references to events which happened at the time of publication, one of these that I can remember is Black Wednesday, so the stories were around at least 1992. Simon's site has the following

So I was writing the Striped Irregular Bucket around 1988-89 or so - it's hard to remember - and I was in much the same situation as the poor operator I was writing about. I was bored shitless. So I chunked out Striped Irregular Bucket, which was far less offensive than some of my previous posts. Somewhere along the line, I mentioned computing and the Bastard Operator from Hell Manual.

What is the BOFH, really?

I don't see mention of the term "sociopath" anywhere...
This guy is definitely Mr. Danger.

;>

Pazouzou 08:13, 31 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, on numerous occasions the character has been labeled sociopathic by a psychologist. Once or twice he has actually labeled himself as being anti-sociopathic/sociopathic.

So yeah, you're right. He is really just the voice inside every computer support person's head that doesn't get listened to, especially when brain-dead users are involved. Thats the main reason that readers relate so well with the character. --Spook ^{(my talk | my contribs)} 10:59, 31 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mantra

I removed the "Mantra" section. "Down, not across" is the motto of alt.sysadmin.recovery (see ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/sysadmin-recovery section 1.6). "Non ex transverso sed deorsum", which appears to be a Latin translation, doesn't seem to be the mantra or motto of anything (though it does seem to be a somewhat popular sig). Afiler 23:02, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]