root@hell:~# diagnose-user
Checking keyboardOK
Checking monitorOK
Checking networkOK
Checking powerOK
Checking chairOK
Checking brainFAILED
Checking userFAILED

ERROR: ID-10-T condition detected.

Suggested repair:
Hold ALT and repeatedly press F4.

Status: Ticket resolved.

root@hell:~# █

> TODAY'S OFFICIAL EXCUSE

“Cosmic ray particles crashed through the hard disk platter.”

> CLASSIC BOFH STORIES / ARCHIVES

LUSER SUPPORT DESK

What seems to be the problem?

RANDOM SYSTEM STATUS

User stupidity (last 24h)

FAMOUS BOFH ADVICE

“Have you tried not touching it?”

“It’s not a bug, it’s a feature of user error.”

“Any problem in computer science can be solved with another level of indirection… except users.”

“There is no problem so complex that it cannot be blamed on the user.”

“Documentation is for people who don’t know how to Google.”

RECENT EXCUSES

  • Solar flare scrambled DNS
  • Hamster died in the router
  • Update consumed by black hole
  • Server depressed after reboot
  • Intern plugged in the toaster
  • Printer achieved sentience
  • Government mind control signal
  • Aliens changed system date

root@hell:~# locate bofh --classics

CLASSIC BOFH STORIES / ARCHIVES

The Bastard Operator From Hell was created by Simon Travaglia. Read the classic material from established archives rather than copied mirrors here.

[ OPEN ARCHIVE CONSOLE ]

BOFH and its original stories are the work of Simon Travaglia. This fan site links to external archives and does not republish the stories.

root@hell:~# fetch wallpaper --4k

> BOFH 4K DESKTOP WALLPAPER

Turn your desktop into the BOFH control console.

[ DOWNLOAD 4K WALLPAPER ]
“Computer problems? Sounds like a you problem.” █