The Upcoming Year

Until a few decades ago, attendance at chapel was mandatory for all cadets at West Point. The Jewish cadets and officers used to meet in chapels for other denominations, or other buildings around the post. The Jewish Chapel was completed in the early 1980s, after chapel was no longer mandatory, but still highly encouraged. It provided a sanctuary unrivalled at West Point. The food alone was sufficient to encourage participation from beyond “The Tribe.”
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Latency

(To the tune of Yesterday, With apologies to all four Beatles and most sys admins)

Latency
It’s the signature of HPC
that is why it’s running endlessly
your process gates on Latency

This one, well
is embarrassingly parallel
that is why its running fast as hell
the render farm works just as well

Why’s it running slow
don’t you know the bottleneck
demands for some commands
will dictate your architect ect ecture

Here’s the scoop
This one’s nothing more than data soup
that you’re running through an endless loop
You probably should try Hadoop

(This might be the only one I tag as both Lyrics and Networking)

Home on LeGrange

(To the tune of “Home on the Range” in case you hadn’t guessed)

Oh give me a place
Up in near outer space
Where a rocket will surely convey
A space station to sit
In a stable orbit
One that will never decay

Home, Home on LeGrange
At the junction of gravity’s range
A space station can sit
In a stable orbit
One that will never decay

Sysadmin’s Req

(If you can’t guess the tune, get off my lawn!)

Are you posting a Sys Admin’s Req
telnet, CUPS, Sendmail,  and BIND
Consider her I worked with  at DEC
She once was an admin of mine

Have her crimp me a crossover cable
telnet, CUPS, Sendmail,  and BIND
Bridging hub and subnet unstable
And then she’ll be an admin of mine

Have her build me a server of web
telnet, CUPS, Sendmail,  and BIND
Without virtualized overhead
And then she’ll be an admin of mine

Have her craft me a Kerberos Key
telnet, CUPS, Sendmail,  and BIND
But not based on code writ at MIT
And then she’ll be an  Admin of mine

Have her write me a recovery plan
telnet, CUPS, Sendmail,  and BIND
With servers unconnected to SAN
And then she’ll be an  admin of mine