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Date:      01 Nov 2001 10:51:04 -0800
From:      swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen)
To:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
Cc:        "Nicpon, John" <John.Nicpon@SouthTrust.com>, <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Unix Philosophers Please!
Message-ID:  <3y3d3ye353.d3y@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <xzp8zdqvgij.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
References:  <2AACFCDB6086274CA42D44085EF1BAA2293FF3@msm-001.msg.stcorp.com> <xzp8zdqvgij.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>

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Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> writes:

> If you delete
> /dev/null (which effectively disables the CPU data sink) your CPU may
> run cooler but your system will quickly become constipated with all
> that excess data and start to behave erratically.

In addition to the constipation, the daemons get the chills when away 
from a hellish heat for too long.  Easy to confuse with a virus.

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