Friday, September 19

Geek

Uh-Oh

My PC, it will not boot.
I rm'd * while su root.

Well, actually, I didn't. I've always wanted to try that, but I've never had a box I didn't care about at a time when I had the time to play around.

I think it just overheated. Spring has well and truly sprung here in Sydney, but the office air conditioning is still set to Winter. So it's really not surprising that the computers are finding it a bit on the warm side.

And it's not really my PC, it's one of the servers. The one with a terabyte of data on it, to be precise.

Poot.

I've left it turned off overnight, and tomorrow I will return armed with a 30cm fan, an extension lead so we can position it somewhere a little cooler... And my Linux install CDs, because I'm not that much of an optimist.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:46 AM | Comments (12) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
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1 It can't be spring because it is fall. ;-)

Posted by: Jennifer at Friday, September 19 2003 08:47 AM (rZmE1)

2 Once a friend was setting up a Linux box on a box. It was his first time. I was giving him some instructions via irc. I typed "rm -rf /*" as a joke, and then typed"just kidding, don't do that", except I was too late. On the other hand, he did learn how dangerous being logged in as root can be.

Posted by: Rossz at Friday, September 19 2003 11:50 AM (43SjN)

3 I really need to wait until AFTER my morning coffee before posting, or learn to proof-read when half asleep.

Posted by: Rossz at Friday, September 19 2003 11:52 AM (43SjN)

4 He's still your friend? Wow.

Posted by: Victor at Friday, September 19 2003 12:04 PM (FNHVL)

5 Well, Jennifer, this is where it gets confusing. You see, down here, September comes in March, so it really is Spring. Also, while you are still in 2003, we're already in 2020. The only people ahead of us are the Kiwis, who don't really matter that much even if they did beat us in last year's Americas Cup race to Pluto.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at Friday, September 19 2003 12:48 PM (jtW2s)

6 You forgot to tell her about your drains swirling backwards because you are upside down....

Posted by: Susie at Friday, September 19 2003 01:08 PM (SM1Wt)

7 That's because they don't. It's a myth. Our drains swirl upwards. Something of a problem, that.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at Friday, September 19 2003 01:18 PM (jtW2s)

8 Definitely a myth. See this site for explanation: http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_161 I see a Science at Home forming on this - or not...

Posted by: Daniel at Friday, September 19 2003 04:41 PM (Oc6V9)

9 Our drains swirl upwards. Something of a problem, that. So, you have toilet towels instead of toilet paper, right?

Posted by: Victor at Friday, September 19 2003 04:43 PM (FNHVL)

10 lol, Victor

Posted by: Jennifer at Friday, September 19 2003 07:02 PM (rZmE1)

11 Back in the 80's (when dinosaurs ruled the earth) I was sitting at a terminal - before PC's you went to the terminal room to work - and just happened to glance at the next guy's screen. He typed "RM COBOLV", hit return, logged off and left. Ten minutes later the Military Police were there, looking for the guy who deleted the Cobol compiler. It was scary thinking that we had that kind of power as a default, and the only hope was to hope we never thought to try something so stupid.

Posted by: Ted at Friday, September 19 2003 08:35 PM (2sKfR)

12 I remember terminals! Only I was one of those nasty egg-stealing little Unix rodents.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at Friday, September 19 2003 10:49 PM (LBXBY)

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