[IWE] A month w/out IWT is like...

[Ashton Brown]

Andrew Grygus wrote:

>On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 18:53:14 -0800, Rand Careaga wrote:
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>>...well, I suppose we won't know exactly for another couple of days,  
>>but speaking as something of an elderly duffer largely innocent of  
>>the technical minutiae involved, I must say that I would have  
>>expected you young bloods to be on top of things and to have heaping  
>>servings of "chutney" available before now. 
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>Aye, but them "young bloods" have yet many entanglements, 
>distractions and illusions - they have yet to purify their souls 
>and achieve unwavering focus.
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>Lo, they may face even threats of the searing pain of "divorce" 
>should they "waste time" on tasks seen as non-relevant by 
>SOs (or similar from Bosses and the Infernal Revenoos).
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>Only many cycles at trial, error, defeat and triumph brings to 
>one the full realization that when faced with the scorching 
>flames of Hell - pee on 'em.
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>(and a great deal of beer helps do that right). 
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>Andrew Grygus
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But.. but..

Beer?? - I thought it was Colt 44 + Jolt cola

Inodes were said to be smugly superior to 'sector not found'.
Linux was Logical.. while Doze was indeterminate, irregularly irregular 
- with SissyNamesAllRunTogether. [SNART]
And..
and..
No *nix Admin *ever* commanded,  'rm -r hda-{wtf a RAID array == in 
nixspeak}'

and..

The whole Point of RAID was:
What are the ODDS -??- of two HDs immolating simultaneously.

And now..
and now..
we learn that it's all as evanescent as a megacorp with SAS and 
LookOut.. on a PET.
/[It's] as restless as a willow in a windstorm, [It's] as jumpy as 
puppet on a string/
/as giddy as a baby on a swing/

- - a veritable /Portrait of Debian Gray/ so-to-speak


I get so confused -
What is there left to Believe In, anymore?


 >Victory in East Asia< perhaps?

<Yellow Submarine>Ar-ghen-ti'-na?</Submarine>