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Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 04:27:03 -0800
From: Mark <mark@darklogik.org>
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> The ISO images that you download over the Internet are for techies
> who WANT to learn how the system really works "underneith".  They
> LIKE IT when things break down because how do you learn anything
> if you don't have to fix a few problems?

I can definitely see this. I run five or six small servers at home
to provide a few services for the house and friends nearby. They
run a mixture of Open+FreeBSD. I spent a good week taking the system
apart, removing things, tweaking scripts etc. On the eigth day,
they were all running nicely and locked up tighter than a ducks
arse. I was left twiddling my thumbs. I contemplated logging into
a few of them and typing random commands as root so I might have
something to fix.

I suggest you run your machine with a precariously balanaced glass
of orange juice on it at all times. It will lessen the chances of
you being afflicted with this terrible, and above all, dull,
syndrome.

0.02 sterling
Mark