From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Feb 28 19:31:32 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (mail.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04C4637B405 for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2002 19:31:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (cdillon@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.1]) by mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA50724; Thu, 28 Feb 2002 21:31:24 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 21:31:24 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon To: Cliff Sarginson Cc: Subject: Re: First test of GPL in court In-Reply-To: <20020228142249.GB1805@raggedclown.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > On the other hand the first language I learnt was Fortran 4 on a > CDC 7600, at the time the most powerful computer in the world > (designed by Mr Cray no less, before he left CDC to go on to .. > well you know those big things that don't have operating systems). > It was there that I learnt all I know about hardware engineering. > The 7600 was built on banks of removable "modules"..when a faulty > one was found it was extracted with a special tool and replaced. > To find a faulty module when the diagnostics were vague the > engineers resorted to a technique known as "shock testing". This > involved hitting the module with a small hammer to see if the > diagnostic information would become more helpful. > > I have often thought of applying this technique to the various > bosses I have had in my life to see if I can get them to make > sense. Unfortunately I discovered there was usually no module to > extract. ROFL... now that's a fortune candidate if I've ever seen one... :-) -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet - Available for IA32 (Intel x86) and Alpha architectures - IA64, PowerPC, UltraSPARC, and ARM architectures under development - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message