Instructions for atoning for transgressions done upon a Bastard Operator From Hell:
Make yourself readily available for vigorous application of the LART.
Back up hourly for a week before calling your local BOFH, and ship copies of your backups all over the world to make travel to each one too expensive for the BOFH to hunt down and destroy while he’s hosing your gear.
Prepare to buy yourself brand new equipment.
Prepare to buy the BOFH several pints, brand new equipment that you must sell your children to afford, and a prosthetic body.
Alternately, 
It’s better than the halon extinguishers, I’m sure.
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