From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Mar 7 3:32:55 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net (ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net [198.36.160.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F299214CF4 for ; Sun, 7 Mar 1999 03:32:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dpilgrim@uswest.net) Received: (qmail 20989 invoked by alias); 7 Mar 1999 11:32:33 -0000 Delivered-To: fixup-chat@FreeBSD.ORG@fixme Received: (qmail 20960 invoked by uid 0); 7 Mar 1999 11:32:33 -0000 Received: from bdsl224.ptld.uswest.net (HELO uswest.net) (209.180.169.224) by ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net with SMTP; 7 Mar 1999 11:32:33 -0000 Message-ID: <36E263D2.FD39DD56@uswest.net> Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 03:32:34 -0800 From: Nocturne Organization: Neatly stacked heaps of digital chaos X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alex Perel Cc: jack , Wes Peters , FreeBSD Chat Subject: Re: Microsoft dies after 47 days (was: Moving on and check out my.sig) References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Alex Perel wrote: > On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, jack wrote: > > On Mar 5 Wes Peters wrote: > > > What's the likelihood of keeping a Win95/Win98 machine up for 49.7 > > > days in the first place? > > > > Perhaps it could be done with no programs launched at startup, no > > mouse, no keyboard, no network connection, no serial or parallel > > port connections, no USB connections, no APM, and no screen > > saver? > > Nope - Windows gets all confused if you don't launch a myraid of > useless things on startup. The only way to keep windows from crashing is > encasing the machine in concrete and sending it to the bottom of the ocean. > If it is not running, it's not going to crash, now is it..? The machine used for bookkeeping and taxes has no modem, no sound, no NIC... not even a fancy video card, I built it using quality parts. It runs an updated Windoze Ninety-Hate and is very stable in Windows-relative terms. No software other than Quickbooks, Quattro Pro, and Quicken. The longest it's run without a fault of any kind is one day, but it's stayed running since Feb 12 without needing a reset. Given its nature that's pretty damned impressive. (yeah, I know but hey, know your enemy, right?) O Great Gods of -Hackers, forgive this humble wretch this terrible sin and permit me once more to walk with you amongst the heavens... :-) -- dpilgrim@uswest.net ICQ: 29880099 gryph@mindless.com PGP DH/DSS key available If you're gonna build a house of cards, use the plastic coated kind Cuz I'll bet the homeowner's insurance won't cover flood damage To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message