Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 10:59:53 +0100 From: Dominic Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk> To: David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com> Cc: Dominic Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net>, Francisco Reyes <francisco@natserv.com>, FreeBSd Chat list <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Will Ebay ever learn? Message-ID: <19990723105953.A99187@palmerharvey.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.990723044132.67308B-100000@shell-3.enteract.com>; from David Scheidt on Fri, Jul 23, 1999 at 04:43:13AM -0500 References: <19990723095358.C98688@palmerharvey.co.uk> <Pine.NEB.3.96.990723044132.67308B-100000@shell-3.enteract.com>
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On Fri, Jul 23, 1999 at 04:43:13AM -0500, David Scheidt wrote: > On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Dominic Mitchell wrote: > > Which is quite amsuing, because the entire starfire (Sun E10K) design is > > designed around *not* having single points of failure. > > Being able to replace all sorts of hardware with the machine up doesn't > do you much good when the sprinkler head directly overhead goes off. Which is *exactly* the point I am trying to make. You can't just buy this stuff and install it. You genuinely have to think about it. Like using a gas system instead of sprinklers. -- Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator In Mountain View did Larry Wall Sedately launch a quiet plea: That DOS, the ancient system, shall On boxes pleasureless to all Run Perl though lack they C. -- ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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