From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Apr 23 13:36:20 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mark.kingsu.ab.ca (mark.kingsu.ab.ca [199.185.113.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 672AB154B1 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 1999 13:36:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bwood@KingsU.ab.ca) Received: from KingsU.ab.ca (kingsnet.kingsu.ab.ca [199.185.113.33]) by mark.kingsu.ab.ca (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id OAA32958 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 1999 14:33:45 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from bwood@KingsU.ab.ca) Message-Id: <199904232033.OAA32958@mark.kingsu.ab.ca> Received: from KINGSNET/SpoolDir by KingsU.ab.ca (Mercury 1.44); 23 Apr 99 14:33:49 -0700 Received: from SpoolDir by KINGSNET (Mercury 1.44); 23 Apr 99 14:33:36 -0700 From: "Broderick Wood" Organization: The King's University College To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 14:33:29 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: reboot by itself??!! References: <199904231606_MC2-732A-3857@compuserve.com> In-reply-to: X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.01d) Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG OUCH!!!! A sharper tongue could be considered a weapon! :-) Date sent: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 12:00:00 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Fumerola To: Jeffrey Vehrs <70673.3111@compuserve.com> Copies to: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: reboot by itself??!! > On Fri, 23 Apr 1999, Jeffrey Vehrs wrote: > > > Just this morning, I was carrying the laundry basket to the basement. > > And, I noticed that my machine just almost finished with rebooting. I > > was so surprised to see this. It has been up and running for 30 days!! > > What caused it to reboot??!! > > Your cat yanked the power cord, that's what that funny smell was. > > > Here's my info on machine: > > > > Dell GLX 5133 (133Mhz w/ 24Mb Ram) > > 1.2Gb HD > > FreeBSD 2.2.8-STABLE > > That was too much information, all we really needed to know is that you > had a computer. Now I will use my mystical telepathic powers to > investigate. > > ................. DONE! > > I realize that your computer is smarter then you are, because it knows how > to properly form a mail header, instead of bcc:'ing a mailing list. > > In reaction to this discovery, it decided to lure the cat over to force a > reboot. Mysteriously enough, cats are attracted to images of the BSD > daemon. > > Hope this helps. > > - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - > - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message --------------------------- -BMW- Don't just stand there! Pray something! (bwood@kingsu.ab.ca) Broderick Wood, Director of Information Technology Services The King's University College 9125 - 50 Street Edmonton, Alberta T6B 2H3 (780) 465-8315 (780) 465-3534 (FAX) ><> <>< To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message