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But you have a Daddy and Mommy who love you!
And, a Windows Home Server! Does that make you happy?
They had me until windows
It’s what turns it from a children’s book into a horror story
Indoctrination.
Imagine growing up with a Windows home server… ugh
I must admit, my home rack server runs hyper-v, it is free and I have MSDN. Of course inside the hyper-v I run ten linux boxes.
Proxmox really didn’t exists before and I didn’t want to use VMware.
Next one I will do with proxmox.
Please dont judge me.
One day our Linux servers were hosed at work because the Windows server hosting them got all fucked up during Cloudstrike. I’ll never understand why you’d host Linux on Windows rather than the other way around.
I was about to do the same, had the USB stick prepared and everything, then I tried proxmox. Just lucked out.
The book was written to sell Windows Home Server. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Home_Server
Still cool.
And actually not a bad idea from MS, but I’m sure they killed it with MSification.
True, but this book is the best thing Microsoft has made.
@MimicJar @moseschrute *touches finger to earpiece*
…hang on, I’m getting word that the most recent edition of this book will crash your nvram’s firmware
I won’t stand for this PowerShell superhero comic erasure.
Wow, thanks, I hated it!
Funny you mention that…
Wow, seriously who tf uses Windows home server?
I feel like it would be easier to learn Linux, even if you still used windows for desktop
That’s probably true if you consider Linux server vs Windows server. Windows server sucks.
I use it in a VM because it’s better than Windows 10, some programs refuse to run on Linux, and I don’t need to provide the VM with an internet connection.
My actual server is an old laptop and it does not run Windows.
Even my friend who insists that Windows is superior still uses Linux for his gaming server because it’s easier to set up and manage.
That’s actually fine. Though why not regular Windows 7, is there a special task for your VM?
It was the best option at the time, and I didn’t feel like setting up Windows more than once as I gradually added new software and removed other software.
That particular VM doesn’t get booted very often anymore.
Oh I see, it’s an older setup.
In 2008? More than you’d think.
Sometimes I forget it’s been that long ago. -_-
Im guessing though. I remember seeing it on 4chan as a teenager so thats between 2006 and 2010 or aomething :p
Your guess is correct. It should be 2007 or so. :)
It’s on the very first page, opposite to the office server page, and they acknowledge the Author does not exist and that it’s basically an ad for Windows server.
It was perfect until that second to last page
This is cute except for the windows name drop. Is this book a Microsoft ad?
yeah, this is just child abuse
Those parents deserved to be mocked. Poor child
Why does daddy spend more time with the server than with mommy?
The home server never cheated on him and had a fling with windows
It’s a Windows home server, how else is he going too keep it up.
they had me until
windows home server
It’s clearly the old Microsoft. Current Microsoft would be “Microsoft windows azure home server 365 copilot+Server cloud” (yes it says server twice)
Yes, but current MS Azure+buzzwerds actually works.
WHS was as very, very bad layer on top of NTFS.
Yeah. I justo wanted to make a joke. Srry
Your server isn’t working today.
This is because Microsoft wants you to finish setting up your PC that has been running for ten years.
WHS wasn’t working then either.
It was an awful piece of software, you were better off just pirating Windows Server 2003r2 Standard and using the software raid5 over the WHS flaky overlay system.
They had me u til “your dad installs it”
I wonder if there’s some technical benefit to it. Being familiar with Windows is one benefit ofc but not a technical one.
Man with a hammer rule definitely applies to SAs. If your skills are in Micro$oft then every problem is best solved with MS, even when it isn’t.
I tried to come up with a gender-neutral way of saying ‘man with a hammer’ and failed. Please make some suggestions for me.
A person with a hammer? Why does it need to be difficult :P
Or just go with direct address
“If your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.”
Yup, that’s the form I’m familiar with. Most idioms avoid gender entirely.
“When you’re MC Hammer, every problem is a nail”
Everytime is hammer time
At first I didn’t noticed the 2nd image, and started wondering what kind of children book this is :P
Plenty of age appropriate “birds and bees” books out there, this is a “packets and pings” one.
Ping is ICMP
Sometimes mommy drops on her knees and let’s the denial of service attack happen, as dozens of clients simultaneously POST small binary blobs all over her modest server rack.
I am of the mind that servers belong in restaurants.
Like… Why do I need someone to take my order and bring me a meal at an office?
Of all the American vernacular for job titles, “server” is probably the one that makes my poor Aussie brain glitch most frequently. While you’re wondering why people are bringing you a meal in the office, I’m looking at the same sentence and wondering why diners are being forced to work as sysadmins over dinner.
What’s wrong with “server”? They serve you food, much like a computer server serves files.
I think it’s much better than “waiter” (which we also use) because I want them to bring food, not wait.
It makes me think of a machine, not a person. I prefer to just use “staff”
Yeah, I tend to use “staff” or sometimes “waitstaff” to describe them, particularly in cafes, where the owner and/or manager might also be waiting tables. “Waiter” or “waitress” I’d mostly use when recounting something that happened while eating out, and I’m trying to specify who’s who in the story.
Hmmm, well, the “wait” in waiter/waitress/waitstaff refers to the act of serving someone, usually in a restaurant or cafe. (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/wait-on?topic=providing-and-serving-meals.) Like a lot of words in English, “wait” has more than one meaning.
There’s nothing wrong with “server”, per se, other than that we already had an established set of words for that role, and a server was also an existing word for a piece of IT equipment prior to US vernacular shifting (somewhere between the 90s and the 2010s, I think - we’ve always had a lot of US media pumped into Australia, but the vocab used to align on this one when I was a kid, and then at some point it changed).
Not saying Americans should do things the way we do it (vive la difference), just that the linguistic shift still throws me off. It would probably confuse me less if you’d always called them servers.
We also use waiter/waitress, maître d’, and sometimes steward/stewardess (esp. on airplanes). There’s technically a difference:
- waiter/waitress - brings food
- server - person the customer interacts with (i.e. takes orders)
- maître d’ (hotel) - head of wait staff
- steward/stewardess - serving customers is usually a secondary duty
I think “server” has become more popular because it’s gender neutral, but “waiter/waitress” is still quite common and most don’t make the distinction between the two.
I personally like the overlap between computer server and restaurant server because both exist to provide things upon request. The term “wait” that “waiter” comes from is pretty archaic.
Because we’re busy!
A children’s book sponsored by Microsoft… No
I thought this was just an elaborate shitpost. that’s so unfortunate.
I have a friend that insists on using windows server. He is mentally ill
Had*
You shouldn’t abandon friends just because they have a mental problem.
Wilfully running a windows server is a moral problem
It’s both I’d say. But still, shouldn’t leave a friend hanging because of that.
I redid this book once, changing words and some pictures to make it for Linux server. I wanted a book that made sense.
Swap windows home server for server on the last page and you’re done.
Until your kid is 7/8, then you need to explain why one server isn’t enough and you need a second server somewhere else for the same reasons it shows a server being important when the computer gets pee on it.
You still got a copy? I’d love to share it with some people
Maybe. I’ll have to see if I can find it. It’s been a few years, but I hope I do still have it. If I do, I’ll share it
Removing the word “windows” in the last frame and also “your dad installs it for your dumb mom” to “your parents install a server. Maybe your mom does it or your dad does it. Maybe you can also help!”
Teaching “children” that technical tasks are for dady to do is so cringe.
Those two little changes and it becomes a readable story.
I agree the language should be adjusted but it doesn’t say or even imply the mom is dumb, that’s a little bit of a stretch.
Yeah it seems to be from the early 2010s, some of the wording would probably be different if it was made today
This seems to be an ad for a windows based product. I agree with your points though.
“They made fun of my router settings!” sobs
I mean, I make fun of my home server all the time - its 2 old computers screwed to a wall.
I knew someone who threw away a laptop because the screen broke.
They see junk
I see a new home server with built in ups, just rip off the screen.
The “built-in UPS” is gonna degrade real quick, based on my experience
I think it depends by the manufacturer and how they programmed the charger, I got two HP ProBook that almost exclusively got used when plugged in and after a decade they can still last over two hours, instead my Thinkpad t42 with the same usage pattern now just barely holds enough for shutting down the system
Literally my first server lol
As it should be! Lol
The network responses are coming… from inside the house!
The Hairpin Route of Oak St!
Linux is better.
