Chapter 27: Ten Networking Commandments

"Blessed is the network manager who walks not in the council of the ignorant, nor stands in the way of the oblivious, nor sits in the seat of the greenhorn, but delights in the Law of the Network and meditates on this Law day and night."

-Networks 1:1

And so it came to pass that these Ten Networking Commandments were passed down from generation to generation, to be worn as frontlets between the computer geeks' eyes (taped on the bridges of their broken glasses) and written upon their doorposts. Obey these commandments, and it shall go well with you, with your children, and with your children's children.

I. Thou Shalt Back Up Thy Hard Drive Religiously

Prayer is a good thing, but when it comes to protecting the data on your network, nothing beats a well-thought-out schedule of backups followed religiously. (If this were an actual network Bible, a footnote here would refer you back to related verses in Chapter 21.)