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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: PFY
The PFY or "Pimply-Faced Youth" is the BOFH's apprentice in the Bastard Operator From Hell stories by Simon Travaglia.
The PFY had done an overnight redecoration by wallpapering the whole office, and I mean the whole office, with a friendly blue tapestry.
The PFY refuses to fess up, even though I have several witnesses (three keyboard stompers from the data-pool) that he was in the kitchen area during the time the Janitor was not.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/PFY   (236 words)

  
 Partners For Youth
Partners for Youth (PFY) is a year-round mentoring and summer job program for middle and high school students (ages 14- 19 years) based in Southwest Central Durham.
PFY is a uniquely comprehensive model which matches each participant with a team of four mentors.
PFY was founded in Southwest Central Durham in direct response to residents' interest in providing young people with positive role models and career development opportunities.
www.partnersforyouth.org   (306 words)

  
 SPIC may implement PTA, PFY projects under two companies
This is because the profiles of the collaborators for PTA and PFY are different.
The PFY plant is ``almost complete and can be made operational in just 12 months' time''.
PFY, a synthetic fibre used in the manufacture of textiles, enjoys a good demand.
www.blonnet.com /businessline/2001/04/12/stories/021218ka.htm   (771 words)

  
 BOFH
The PFY realised quickly that the new boy's networking and Unix server knowledge was second to none - even nearer than that in fact - none whatsoever.
The PFY, recognising my domain name and penchant for keeping abreast of e-mail, knew it was best to defuse the situation before it got out of hand.
Which came as a surprise to the PFY as he hadn't had time to login to the routers to do it manually.
members.iinet.net.au /~bofh/newbofh/bofh26nov97.html   (730 words)

  
 PFY - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The PFY or "Pimply-Faced Youth" is the BOFH's apprentice in the Bastard Operator From Hell stories by Simon Travaglia.
The term "PFY" is now often used for a junior system administrator apprenticed to a more experienced sysadmin.
The term is not as well known as BOFH.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/PFY   (72 words)

  
 The PFY is hardly the life and soul ...
His work is suffering because of it - yesterday I caught him refilling the paper tray in one of the fax machines in response to a user's request.
Half an hour later I'm sipping a pint with the PFY as he forgives and forgets with his DP attachment.
The shock and outrage that followed the display of a few still lifes from the ladies' powder room didn't enhance the credibility of our so-PC consultant very much and his exit from the building was rather rocket-like.
www.cs.bris.ac.uk /~edwards/bofh/latex2htmltmp/bofh/node110.html   (788 words)

  
 The Bastard Operator from Hell 1997 Limited Release, Part One
The PFY is surprised at my eagerness to aid the PR plebs, but it's just the chance I need to get into their machines and make those little changes to the end-of-year report.
The PFY is impressed and worried; only important, powerful people know the number to that phone, and the fact that it's ringing usually means that we're in serious trouble and are calling in some big favours.
I hit 'play' and the PFY is presented with an extremely convincing image of the CEO telling the rest of the execs that some of the FD's extra-curricular habits just aren't in line with the company's requirements of directorial behaviour and that he's going to have to let him go.
www.hotrodhearse.com /bofh/bastard97-1.htm   (15135 words)

  
 Appendix Q - Enabling Strategies
For example, the end of PFY 2001 was September 7, 2001.
Normally this difference does not result in major changes because the two periods (at the start of the PFY and at the end of the GFY) are similar.
The Postal Service reports year-to-date performance as if the fiscal year started with the PFY, starting with accounting period (AP) 1 reports, AP 2 reports, etc. It is not until the end of the GFY that the year to date reporting is realigned with the GFY.
www.usps.com /strategicplanning/transformation/appendices/tpaxq_002.html   (968 words)

  
 PFY -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The PFY or "Pimply-Faced Youth" is the (additional info and facts about BOFH) BOFH's apprentice in the Bastard Operator From Hell stories by (additional info and facts about Simon Travaglia) Simon Travaglia.
The term "PFY" is now often used for a junior (A person in charge of managing and maintaining a computer system of telecommunication system (as for a business or institution)) system administrator apprenticed to a more experienced sysadmin.
The term is not as well known as (additional info and facts about BOFH) BOFH.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pf/pfy2.htm   (85 words)

  
 The BOFH explains his new 'Management Stack Theory' to the PFY, who seems to take it all with a pinch of salt ‚ until ...
The BOFH explains his new 'Management Stack Theory' to the PFY, who seems to take it all with a pinch of salt ‚ until the boss walks in...
Later, in Mission Control, I explain the rules of 'Management Stack Theory' to the PFY because he has no idea why the meeting deteriorated so quickly.
The PFY dutifully writes redundant switches on the board.
www.cs.bris.ac.uk /~edwards/bofh/latex2htmltmp/bofh/node151.html   (780 words)

  
 The Bastard Operator From Hell Complete
The PFY is hardly the life and soul...
The PFY comes to the rescue with a cunning plan...
The BOFH and the PFY are asked to account for their time...
members.iinet.net.au /~bofh   (973 words)

  
 BOFH
I could be over-reading the signs slightly, but the PFY seems to have all the symptoms of an advanced case of the blues.
It appears that the PFY's favourite piece of firmware in the DP Pool has chucked him in favour of a newly contracted Internet Policy Consultant who's so smooth he's ready for varnishing.
I'd seen the signs of course, but thought the PFY was more than up to the challenge.
bofh.bjash.com /newbofh/bofh21may97.html   (787 words)

  
 Pride for Youth e-Newsletter Summer 2007
With all of the volunteer hours that they put in, they were eligible to request a $1,000 grant from their company to support PFY’s Summer Camp program.
Thundercloud believes that exposing his interns to an atmosphere so accepting of various sexualities and gender identities while they are still training makes them more comfortable with asking the necessary questions to address these important health-related issues.
PFY was invited by Nassau Health Care Corportation to conduct trainings on working with LGBT Youth for medical professionals.
www.longislandcrisiscenter.org /pfyenewslettersummer07.html   (1160 words)

  
 Business America: Successful exporters visit, respond to trade inquiries, and support local agents - Pakistan - Export ...
Adjustments in producer prices contributed to major production gains for wheat and cotton in PFY 1991, but supplementary imports and a massive drawdown of government stocks were necessary to fully meet wheat demand.
Principal U.S. exports to Pakistan in PFY 1991 were: agricultural products (especially wheat, soybean oil, and tallow), fertilizers, transportation equipment, scrap steel, light fuel oils, oil field and power generation equipment, polyvinyl chloride, printing machinery, polypropylene, and chemical wood pulp.
Investment liberalizations enacted in PFY 1991 have been followed up with international seminars and advertising, underscoring the current leadership's commitment to attracting foreign capital.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1052/is_n12_v113/ai_12668329   (1305 words)

  
 COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS V. RELIANCE INDUSTRIES I ,TD [1999] INSC 416 (7 December 1999)
Reliance Industries, the respondent herein, was granted a letter of intent dated 4.12.1980 for manufacture of Polyester Filament Yam (PFY) with an actual capacity of 10,000 metric tons at their plant at Patalganga, Maharashtra.
It is seen from the records that on a visit by a team of Customs Officers to the respondent's plant at Patalganga on 23.12.1986 and 26.12.1986, they noticed certain machinery which in their opinion was imported by the respondent in contravention/mis-declaration of the import licence granted to them.
(b) Why the four additional spinning machine lines with 32 positions having 8 ends per position, unauthorisedly imported and installed at the PFY plant in Patalganga by mis-declaration, should not be deemed confiscable under Section III of the Customs Act, 1962 and why penalty should not be imposed upon M/s.
www.worldlii.org /in/cases/INSC/1999/416.html   (1551 words)

  
 The Bastard Operator from Hell 1997 Limited Release, Part One   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Nor was the PFY slow in detecting the presence of equipment that was the networking equivalent of the Holy Grail.
It took a while for the PFY to realise she was carrying her desk phone around the building with her, but as a veteran hand at these things I expected no less.
I let the PFY in on the latest developments at the booze-up while the systems guys help themselves to a punch - the new security blokes are like that when you refuse to leave the building.
www.mysite.org /unix-manual/Bastard_1997-2.html   (13937 words)

  
 Blended yarn exporters await amendment details of Exim policy
The PFY has also declined to $0.60 per kg from the earlier level of $0.70 per kg.
The domestic price for PFY is also said to have eased to Rs 45 per kg.
Shipments of PFY in February 1999 stood at 1,816.47 tonnes compared with the earlier record of 8,802.51 tonnes in March 1998.
www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/19990419/fec19037.html   (583 words)

  
 Bastard Operator from Hell, 1996 Vintage, Part Two   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The PFY, meantime, is busy erasing our numbers from the helpdesk phonelists and shorting the batteries to their phone memories, to the inevitable but somehow satisfying detriment of all those saved numbers.
The PFY is giving me a reassuring look that's usually reserved for the mentally unstable (which he'll pay for later if the slamming of his top drawer has anything to do with it).
The PFY is looking at me with the same thinly disguised contempt that was present on his features in the corridor scant hours ago.
www.mysite.org /unix-manual/Bastard_1996-2.html   (14944 words)

  
 BOFH
Sadly, I didn't get to the plans before they left the drafting machine, but the PFY did manage to 'recalibrate' the builders levels and cable detectors.
After a heart to heart session the programmer had with the boss, that the PFY and I accidentally overheard because of the microphone pickup inadvertently cabled onto the redundant UTP connection, the programmer asks us to stop by, obviously believing the scandalous mistruths passed to him by a soon-to-be ex-boss...
A five-second hum and chuckle later the PFY and I are heading back to our office to resume normal life.
bofh.bjash.com /newbofh/bofh20mar.html   (653 words)

  
 BOfH 1998 18 : The BOFH explains his new 'Management Stack Theory' to the PFY, who seems to take it all with a pinch of ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
BOfH 1998 18 : The BOFH explains his new 'Management Stack Theory' to the PFY, who seems to take it all with a pinch of salt - until the boss walks in...
"And a load of bollocks to me!" the PFY splutters, only to be interrupted midflow by the boss poking his head around the door.
Reluctantly, the PFY kicks the boss in the crotch, and he goes down.
userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de /~winkelma/Fun/B_fH/BOfH/1998/18.html   (776 words)

  
 Japan: Shrinking PFY production | Asia from AllBusiness.com
While it is up to the self-accountability and voluntary judgment on the part of each producer, macro indexes have forced PFY producers to cut the scale of their production.
Mitsubishi Rayon planned an annual PFY production of 12,000-15,000 tons, but is going to move flexibly and expects the possible curtailment of production to nearly 10,000 tons.
There are emerging cases of profitable PFY business even among these producers which have curtailed the scope of manufacturing through the specialization of products and applications.
www.allbusiness.com /asia/1115717-1.html   (797 words)

  
 Urban Dictionary: PFY
Damn, that PFY has his nose up the BOFH's crack
PFY has become a general term for a junior or trainee system administrator.
I was going to go fix the printer on the fourth floor, but then I realized I didn't care so I sent the PFY.
www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=PFY   (165 words)

  
 China Chemical Fiber-PFY:
PFY market and upstream feedstock values performed modestly and steadily entering 2007.
The writer here anticipated future PFY market to decline slightly in short term, and recovered a little bit n...
PFY: Markdowns Inevitable (with graghs) 14 Sep 06 13:14:54
www.ccfei.net /ArticleDetail.aspx?articleid=53543   (101 words)

  
 The PFY is forced to dip into the favour bank ...
The PFY hands over the dosh while we wait for the boss to storm in.
The PFY's eyes indicate that he once more has that sinking feeling.
Whereas I might get off with a reprimand for the unorthodox nature of my actions, the CCTV wiring the comms room has and the sick bay lacks might not reflect so well on him.
www.cs.bris.ac.uk /~edwards/bofh/latex2htmltmp/bofh/node118.html   (793 words)

  
 The Bastard Operator from Hell
It's training time and today I'm showing the PFY through the computer room when the phone rings.
The PFY and I play dumb while the boss examines the system console screen for signs of bastardisation.
Fifteen minutes later he joins me in the cafeteria to outline the band of blood-seeking users lurking outside the computer room in wait for the return of the systems operators.
www.andrews.edu /~freeman/bofh/bofh21aug.html   (572 words)

  
 Praying For You - Home
Since 1991 PFY has trained believers, ministry groups and Churches to reach non-Christians through kindness and prayer.
If you find this resource helpful and would like to make this availlable in your church, you can now equip your fellowship to become more effective in evangelism and prayer by using PFY’s new DVD series.
“The Revolutionary Idea of PFY” This is the topical sermon by Howard A. Tryon, Jr, Executive Director, PFY, presenting the idea of PFY and challenging believers to implement its principles.
prayingforyou.org   (167 words)

  
 China Chemical Fiber-PFY
It is reported that a PFY producer in Zhoushan hiked its prices by 100 yuan/t...
PFY Prices Drops in Xiaoshan and Shaoxing 27 Aug 07 10:38:01
Express on PFY Market in Jiangsu and Zhejiang 27 Aug 07 10:29:29
www.ccfei.net /ArticleDetail.aspx?articleid=63959   (77 words)

  
 X-bit labs Community :: View topic - 8 versions of Vista
The PFY is just finishing scavenging the Bosses computer for porn to transfer to his private share on the server, when the boss rolls in.
The PFY glances up from his monitor, presumably taking his etyes off the Boss's porn for a minute.
the PFY nd I roll off to the pub to discuss a May 2009 Vista rollout.
www.xbitlabs.com /forum/viewtopic.php?p=135654   (1793 words)

  
 BOFH: The PFY punts for porn | The Register
"Are we still talking about Porn?" the PFY asks.
"What's been put up?" the PFY and the Boss ask simultaneously.
"I thought you said there were stacks of viewers!?" the PFY says.
www.theregister.co.uk /2007/03/23/bofh_episode_11   (975 words)

  
 BOFH: the PFY goes AWOL | The Register
Ordinarily this wouldn't cause me the concern that it otherwise should, however another fistful of pennies drop when I realise that the PFY didn't okay any 'lockin' with me and...
In fact, I think the last time I saw him was when we were in the Tape Library room and he was unloading the safe and I was stacking some fresh tapes on the shelf behind the tape safe door...
And just like that the situation goes from being a simple workplace misunderstanding which could have lead to a slow lonesome death to being something the PFY is going to hold a grudge about.
www.theregister.com /2005/12/02/bofh_2005_episode_33   (1021 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
In the stories, the PFY (Pimply-Faced Youth) is the BOFH's assistant; this too has become a general term for a junior or trainee system administrator.
The stories take place in three locations; early BOFH editions took place in a university, moving on to an office workplace over time (an exact transition is not given).
BOFH 2k began with the BOFH and PFY moving to a new company.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=BOFH   (512 words)

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