Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 22:17:48 +1000 From: Stephen McKay <syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au Subject: Re: Users of CVSup2.FreeBSD.ORG please read! Message-ID: <199705101217.WAA02672@troll.devetir.qld.gov.au> In-Reply-To: <199705091609.JAA29058@austin.polstra.com> from John Polstra at "Fri, 09 May 1997 09:09:54 -0700" References: <199705090546.WAA25223@austin.polstra.com> <199705090718.RAA08152@troll.devetir.qld.gov.au> <199705091609.JAA29058@austin.polstra.com>
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On Friday, 9th May 1997, John Polstra wrote:
>> Translation:
>>
>> "Owner of CVSup2.FreeBSD.ORG foolishly purchased non-parity system
>> and inflicted results on unsuspecting world."
>>
>> 1/2 :-)
>
>With or without the smiley, that is really a cheap shot. The people
>who run our mirror sites give up 500 MB of disk storage, lots of
>CPU cycles, a not-insignificant portion of their network bandwidth,
>and ongoing hours of their free time to support us. In return they
>get nothing. Repeat: nothing. They don't even get the name
>recognition of a typical committer.
>
>There is only one thing that is appropriate to say to these people:
>"Thank you." Try it some time. And in the future when you have
>a point to make, please don't make it at the expense of our
>volunteers.
Ok, a quick point and giggle doesn't always work over the Internet. I
apologise if I have offended any FreeBSD supporter, whether or not they
are the owner of CVSup2. This whole thing runs on good will and a
couple of electrons. We would be hard pressed without such volunteers.
This doesn't change my main message though. Buying non-parity memory
is still a dumb idea, and worse if it is for a server. This incident
should be enough to show the consequences of a few single bit errors,
and how hard it can be to track the extent of the damage.
Stephen.
"Life is like a bowl of soup with hairs floating on it. You have to
eat it nevertheless."
-- Flaubert
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