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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
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.
This is cute except for the windows name drop. Is this book a Microsoft ad?
Yep, was literally made as a marketing stunt.
I’m pretty sure it came out around the time of Windows home server
Correct.
yeah, this is just child abuse
Those parents deserved to be mocked. Poor child
A children’s book sponsored by Microsoft… No
I thought this was just an elaborate shitpost. that’s so unfortunate.
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
Linux is better.
ok who the heck uses windows servers? I don’t think even microsoft does.
Too many businesses, lots just started with MS Small Business Server and Upgraded from there. Now they of course are all “upgrading” to MS Cloud Copilot plus max ms365 for Teams ultra or whatever they are calling it today because the CEO was convinced by their marketing Materials.
Just about every government and business. I’m guessing you’ve never had a job in IT.
well, maybe for the active directory, but for pretty much anything else…
Terminal servers, sccm, SQL, software that’s only available for Windows. Companies and governments don’t consider ideology when they choose a platform. They consider “what do I need to run this product” and “what’s the TCO”. Most larger orgs will have a healthy mix of windows and *nix servers and often a separate team to manage each.
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!
“They made fun of my router settings!” sobs
Ah, it’s just a fancy ad. That explains the poor writing.
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.
Literally my first server lol
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
As it should be! Lol
Haha, this book keep popping back up.
Oh so it’s a pop-up book?
They don’t own a printer then. Or any IOT device. Luckily, the same goes for me.
Damn, I thought you were joking
