On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Valentin Donisa wrote: > On Mon, 17 Dec 2001 06:48:20 -0600, Paris, Leonard wrote: > > >Hi Valentin! Nice to know that you're still within lurking distance. Best > >wishes for the holiday season and may the new year see you healthy, wealthy, > >and wise. > > > >Hmmm, Linux crash? Nah! Couldn't be. Must have been a hardware failure. > > Hard drive failure (seriously).
Reminds me of that old story about the Novell server which had been running so long that it had gotten covered with concrete and built into a wall. When it was finally found and someone tried to upgrade it, it fell to pieces after it was shut off and no-one could get it running again. I actually had similar happen to me: one of my servers had been running in a high humidity environment for so long that, when I powered it down (for the first time in about four years) to upgrade it, the *motherboard* just rotted away. The damn thing crumbled away in my hands. I think the electrons were the only thing holding it together. Win2k hasn't been around long enough, but I'd expect similar longetivity. I'm doubtful about XP though. dave "a computer jinx" - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
