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Datacenter Confidential - Sysadmins are insane

23:34 <chris> wow, it is unbearably hot in my apartment. i couldnt sleep if i tried tonight 23:34 <lance> blah, try having to sleep in the day as your room slowly gets warmer and warmer :P 23:34 <chris> "simply sleep" 23:35 <lance> vodka helps :) 23:35 <chris> not for me.. i'm just drunk and awake ;) 23:35 <lance> haha 23:36 <lance> i'm a small guy so i quickly go into the "hmmm kinda tired, let me just rest here and close my eyes" phase 23:36 <chris> the downside of simply sleep is that sometimes it works too well 23:37 <chris> also, like just about everyone in the sysops team except the managers, i'm in the grip of one or more sleep disorders 23:37 <lance> heh 23:38 <chris> no joke, there are a variety of mental and physical maladies that people who excel in my line of work seem to have in common 23:40 <chris> for example, just to demonstrate how serious it is, the other day we'