I'm at work. What's worst that could happen? I'm just writing part two of my qbasic (I wasn't kidding) code to fix my MS SQL7 to PostgreSQL script. (Works great, but it needs to covert getdate() to current_date and it needs to convert boolean from '0' or '1' to 't' or 'f'. It'll be done in an hour. I have several desktops on my desk. If I break one, I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.
I'd be happy to blow up my machine to prove a point. Actually, I sent an email to my boss in Houston that causes legacy boxes to BSOD. After trying to open a file called (I kid you not) BSOD.TXT 3-4 times, he called me to let me know that he was unable to read the attachment in my message, titled "Why windows sucks." Blowing up someone ELSES machine is much more fun. He was actually a great manager, I have to say. I sometimes feel sorry for him, because I know that more than once, he's been raked across the coals because I fixed a problem, but my fix didn't follow the company line. For example, when our Internet access went down, I changed the routing for a few desktops so that trading could still occur, except that instead of through the corporate T1, they traded over the Cable Modem with a Linux Firewall. We were the only ones world wide with the ability to trade. I suppose I should have submitted a Change Control form, and waited until the Thursday meeting, blah, blah, blah. That's not me. If it's broke, I'll fix it. NOW. Kev. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Bruseker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 10:06 AM Subject: RE: (clug-talk) XP, Win2k Advanced Server and Linux > What are you running again? My experience is based on NT, if memory serves. > It let me change it, then it had a hairy fit at me. :-) Maybe if you're > running something newer, at least Microsoft thought that one through and > made it a bit more sensible. > > And by the way, don't do that again, you had me worried. At 9:14 you said > "if you don't hear from me in the next few minutes...". By 9:45 I was > starting to think you really had blown up your machine just to prove a > point. ;-) > > Ian > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 9:49 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) XP, Win2k Advanced Server and Linux > > > > > > I'm wrong. > > > > It won't even allow me to change it. > > > > Kev. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kevin Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 9:14 AM > > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) XP, Win2k Advanced Server and Linux > > > > > > > I'll change my C: drive to a D: drive right now. If I confirm that it's > > > working, then we're good. If you don't hear from me in the next few > > > minutes, then I was wrong. > > > > > > Kev. > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Dave Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 8:36 AM > > > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) XP, Win2k Advanced Server and Linux > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kevin Anderson wrote: > > > > > Even if 2K labels a drive wrong, for example, it makes the drive you > > > want as > > > > > C: into the D: drive, you can still change it. Go to computer > > > management, > > > > > and give the disk a new label. You'll need to make D: into X: then > > make > > > C: > > > > > into D: and finally X: into C:. > > > > > > > > there are a ton of 'c:\...' strings in the registry, and not just from > > 3rd > > > > party software, does the disk management console also go through the > > > > registry and patch all the paths that need changing whenerver it > > > > reletters a partition? > > > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
