From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Jan 30 12:02:46 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA28057 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 12:02:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from anacreon.sol.net (anacreon.sol.net [206.55.64.116]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA28052 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 12:02:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from solaria.sol.net (solaria.sol.net [206.55.65.75]) by anacreon.sol.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id OAA26587; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 14:02:31 -0600 Received: from localhost by solaria.sol.net (8.5/8.5) id NAA08120; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 13:41:52 -0600 From: Joe Greco Message-Id: <199701301941.NAA08120@solaria.sol.net> Subject: Re: USR Total Control To: shovey@buffnet.net (Steve) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 97 13:41:50 CST Cc: rls@mail.id.net, spork@super-g.com, steve@vic.cioe.com, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Steve" at Jan 30, 97 02:37:01 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4dev PL65] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > You could build a killer Windows/NT box for $7,000... > > But who will it kill? For a thousand, I could put together an old NCR or AT&T tank, with a bunch of full height 5.25" hard disks.. a few hundred for NT server... and another thousand for a really good UPS. The balance would be used to charter a plane. You then fully charge the UPS, plug in the NT server, strap the contraption securely together, and load the running pile of hardware on the plane. You fly the plane way up high, and circle Microsoft headquarters in Washington, waiting for a software crash. (It is possible that the software won't crash, and the batteries will start running low. If so, stop waiting.) Next, induce a hardware crash by pushing the contraption out of the door of the plane. With some luck, it might kill Bill. :-) ;-) (Well, that's how _I_ would build a killer Windows/NT box)... For the humor impaired... it's a JOKE... ... Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Greco - Systems Administrator jgreco@ns.sol.net Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI 414/342-4847