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It wasn't the not-very-legal source code raid that caused it, but a colleague who punted a pager Working in tech support can be thankless when gormless colleagues leave you sleepless. Which is why, each Friday, The Register runs a new instalment of On Call – the reader contributed column which ensures your work to keep tech alive doesn't remain unnoticed.

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