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Most of the following examples are taken from files and scripts which were written long ago but are somehow still in use. Organized thematically. ===Self-deprecation=== # Note, Apr. 2005: This is unspeakably shitty. # This is ghetto. # Yes, this method is mentally handicapped. # Our See [[code comments system is a total hack. # The worst firewall ever. # This SQL is so nasty I can't explain it. #this makes me cringe, but oh well ===Self-aggrandizement=== # Who's a pimp. # In case there was confusion, this is *hot*. # You can try to understand it, # but I would regard it as holy writ. ===Self-defense=== #yeah, i know there isn't a whole lot of reason to abstract this, #but you know what, suck it. # This took me 15 minutes. # 15 minutes don't buy documentation. ===Threats of Violence=== # bwahahaha -- take these away and I'll lower your quota. ## Change these and I'll rip your fucking balls off # These arguments are passed to us # by /usr/sbin/adduser. Do not # change them, unless you would # please to put my TV in your butt. ===Miscellaneous=== # whoever commented this out is a dumbass # So if you've read the past two functions, you're probably # wondering, why the fuck I'm passing parameters for the unix # pkit_component via the model output instead of using # component parameters. if($unix eq '06cks'){return 1;} #super, super admin, i.e. me]]. # This is where WSO staff enter personal hacks #################################### # JOSE (Judicious Online Secure Elections) Admin Module # (Make no mistake; this system is named after Tequila)
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[http://wso.williams.edu/about/servers Read about the retired aunts.]
==Choice excerpts from WSO files==
==History==
Toph, Tom, Brent, Jacob, and Steve graduated in the spring of 2004, and around that time [[Ben Cohen]] and [[Dan Weintraub]] were given [[root]]. During the summer, Evan and Dan converted [[WSO Plans]] from its standalone PHP/MySQL incarnation over to PageKit, so that students could access it from off-campus without [[setting up a proxy server]]. Also, they converted the Postgres database and the website over to UTF-8/Unicode. With the help of [[Masha Lifshin]] and [[Sam Dreeben]], the duo made much-envied but never-imitated Quicktime VRs for their [[Facebook picture]]s.
In the fall of 2004, [[Kai Steverson]] rewrote [[Factrak]] on hire by College Council, to enhance the abilities of the admin, make comments expire, and allow raters to "agree" with comments left about professors. Kai also wrote [[My Survey]] that semester. Evan re-wrote the WSO Facebook (again) to include faculty and more information fields. The new Factrak's interface pulled entries and faces from the new Facebook.
In February 2005, WSO was hacked by a group of Brazilians calling themselves Simiens Crew 2005.
===Migration to Ursula: October 2005===
In 2005, WSO bought Ursula to replace Spiker. Migrating a 3000-user FreeBSD system to Mac OS X Server is not, in the end, recommended. The play-by-play was delivered on the old WSO announcements system. Copies of the posts are stored here.
* [[Media:WSO Announcement - Email and SSH will be down today - 2 Oct 2005.txt|Initial Oct. 2 announcement]]
* [[Media:WSO_Announcement_-_Progress_report_-_2_Oct_2005.txt|Progress report]], later that day. So close!
* [[Media:WSO_Announcement_-_Regress_report_-_3_Oct_2005.txt|Regress report]], posted at 3 AM after a few... mishaps.
===Spring 2006===
[[Ben Wood]], [[James Ritterpusch]], and [[Jessica Chung]] were made [[root]] over WSO dinner at [[Guide to Off-Campus Dining#Coyote Flaco|Coyote Flaco]] in the spring of 2006.