I totally appreciate that SF is almost certainly not the place to do this but I just like the idea of us 'adopting' a smart newbie and helping them. 99% of questions by new sysadmins or student ARE utterly crappy and they don't deserve the time to answer them but there must be at least one humble, switched-on guy out there who'd respond really well to a bunch of us taking some time with them and along the way documenting some basic stuff in a slightly less rigid way than the Q&A format dictates. No idea what to do with the idea though tbh, just want to add somehow.

@Bart - I bet you'd love to peg me any way you could ;)

Or just covering for me ;)

He's a dirty, dirty bear.

@JohnG - I don't, I'm far too good with my money to invest it in SE :)

Awww - they're sleepy - all-creatures.org/anex/cat-fur-20.jpg

I agree and could happily suggest at least six current users who'd make better mods than me - though to be fair I am the chuck norris of spammer hunting ;)

I tried turtle-slaughter but their tiny screams pale into insignificance compared to the blood-curdling wail of a half-mangled kitty.