Re: Pips again

In article <slrnfpbo0d.1m5.pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Paul Martin <pm@xxxxxxxxxx> writes
In article <sYG1NECihMlHFwqZ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
SpamTrapSeeSig wrote:

I find OSX is very robust when presented with sudden power failures :)
Linux, OTOH, as used in a certain proxy server, can take *ages* to
reboot!

You're probably using the wrong file system.

I didn't say it *had* to take ages, but that it *can* take ages when necessary (especially if I don't press the 'on' button for a while).

My favourite quotable T-shirt was worn by Charles Laughton, the celebrated director of umpteen Ealing comedies, when being interviewed alongside John CLeese about A Fish Called Wanda:

"Old age and treachery will always triumph over youth and skill"

These days I find it not just witty, but strangely reassuring...


Regards,

Simonm.

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