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Special thanks to Robby Ambler, Matthew Bedford, Michael A. Breton, Steven Grafing, Gary Hoke, Eric Kollar, John Patrick, Ozh Richard, Mark Sullivan, Doug Whitaker and Jason Williams for their submissions.

We've all heard those truisms like, "If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to." There are maxims for pilots, police officers, even bakers, who have their own dozen. But there's a startling lack of IT truisms. So, in the interest of enriching the industry, our crack team of witty pontificators (otherwise known as technology editors) penned the following set as a starting point.

  • You are not a true IT professional until you've installed Windows 95 via floppy.
  • "iSCSI" is just what it sounds like.
  • Never ever start a flame war with someone who goes by the handle Phiber Optik.
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