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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
Fri Feb 14 01:29:05 1992
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 92 01:28:00 EST
From: root@charon.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
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castillo (Alberto Castillo):
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Alberto Castillo '94 [_]_[_] [_]_[_]
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ccount (Craig A Counterman):
To: sun-managers@delta.eecs.nwu.edu
Subject: RE: /dev/null
On 2/10/92, you allegedly write:
> From: hacker@tumbler-ridge.caltech.edu (Jon Hacker)
> Subject: /dev/null full
> Our sun sparc 1+ SunOS 4.1 OW2.0 started running very slowly. When
> I logged out I got the message /dev/null full: empty bit bucket.
> What does this mean? It seems to be running fine after a reboot
> but I am wondering if only the sympton is cured.
>Jon Hacker
>MMIC Group, EE
>Caltech, Pasadena CA
>hacker@rumbler-ridge.caltech.edu
The problem is that null is full. Your void space is no longer void, it's
full up.
THE TOP TEN WAYS TO EMPTY AN OVERFLOWING BIT BUCKET:
10) Open the computer up. Look for the bit bucket, find the RED stopper
at the bottom of it and open it up OVER a LARGE trashcan.
9) Stop using the computer for 6 months, let the bits compost and
continue.
8) Take the ethernet terminator off, and "cat /dev/null > le0". This
spits the bits into the ether.
7) When you write to /dev/null, the 0's don't take up any space, but
the one's do. Try writing a file full of 0's to /dev/null
(binary 0, NOT ASCII 0 - ASCII 0 will start overfilling the partition).
6) This is a common problem _only_ if you use the computer. If you stop
using it, it won't have many problems as all. Kick the other users off
too.
5) If you use lots of C programs, they have Null terminated strings that
use up the bits in /dev/null.
4) Bring the computer to Mr. Goodwrench, he will drain the bit bucket,
change the oil and add windshield fluid, all in less than 29 minutes.
Now that's a deal.
3) Consider upgrading to a byte bucket or even a word bucket.
2) Since your already using Open Windows, open a window and toss the
useless bits out the open window.
1) Stop using the game "fortune" in your .logout script, Mr "Hacker".
good luck
Frank Ortune
(fortune@fsg.com)
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cyrus (Cyrus Shaoul):
If elected, Zippy pledges to each and every American
a 55-year-old houseboy...
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dmciotti (Denise M Ciotti):
Plan: To control all four(?) forces.
"Where is the earth shattering kaboom?
There was supposed to be an earth
shattering kaboom!"
----such is the life of man and woman.
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drowell (Derek Rowell):
I am currently on sabbatical leave at Imperial College, London.
My home address there is:
52 Princes Gate, Flat 1
Exhibition Road
London SW7
England
My home phone is: Int-44-71-225-8631
A local fax number is: Int-44-71-584-6897
Send e-mail to any of the following (it is forwarded):
derek@imager.mit.edu
drowell@athena.mit.edu
derek@ee.ic.ac.uk
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fallas:
No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;
Am an attendant lord, one that will do
To swell a progress, start a scene or two,
Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,
Deferential, glad to be of use,
Politic, cautious, and meticulous;
Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse;
At times, indeed, almost ridiculous---
Almost, at times, the Fool.
I grow old . . . I grow old . . .
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.
Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?
I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the
beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not think that they will sing to me.
I have seen them riding seaward on the waves
Combing back the white hair of the waves blown back
When the wind blows the water white and black.
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
---T.S. Eliot
from
"The Love Song of
J. Alfred Prufrock"
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goop (Nobody):
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jtidwell (Jenifer P. Tidwell):
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MALE ANSWER SYNDROME
by
Jane Campbell
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[stuff deleted]
Have you every wondered why:
Men who have never been west of Kentucky can tell
you about the mentality of the Japanese?
Men who can't pay their credit card bills have a
plan for dealing with the national debt?
Men who aren't on speaking terms with their families
know how to achieve peace in the Middle East?
Men who flunked high-school physics can explain what
went wrong at NASA?
Men who haven't had a date in six months know what
women really want?
[stuff deleted]
This behaviour -- the chronic answering of questions
regardless of actual knowledge -- is known as Male Answer
Syndrome. The compulsion to answer varies from person to
person, but few men are happy saying "I don't know." They
prefer "That's not what's important here."
They try not to get bogged down by petty considerations,
such as "Do I know anything about this subject?" or "Is
what I have to say interesting?" They take a broad view
of questions, treating them less as requests for specific
pieces of information than as invitations to expand on
some theories, air a few prejudices, and tell a couple of
jokes. Some men seem to regard life as a talk show on
which they are the star guest. If you ask, "What is the
capital of Venezuela?" they hear, "So tell us a bit about
your early years, Bob."
[stuff deleted]
Strangely, however, many women actively encourage male
answering behavior. There is in the female a correlative
condition known as the "Say Wha? Complex". Women who
behind closed doors expound eloquently on particle physics
may be found, in male company, gaping at the news that the
earth is round.
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jtkohl (John T Kohl):
A new measurement for hot processor chips: MIPJ, Millions of
Instructions per Joule
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kenneths (Kenneth J. Schneider):
Address at Theta Chi: Address at Home:
528 Beacon Street 4005 Birdwell
Boston, MA 02215 Tyler, TX 75703
(617) 267-1801 ext. 142 (903) 581-0216
Last logged on Thu Feb 13 23:14:07 EST 1992 on host W20-575-93 .MIT.EDU
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nosaj (Jason M Sachs):
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starflt (Derrick Kong):
TRY USING A TRASH CAN LID
Metagaming's The Fantasy Trip system tells us that the largest
shield available can only stop three points of damage. This means that
someone armed with a sling stands a decent chance of penetrating the
shield and injuring the shield-user.
from Murphy's Rules
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therese (Therese):
Corpulent generals safe behind lines
History's lessons drowned in red wine
Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade
All of those young lives betrayed
All of those young lives betrayed
All for a children's crusade
- Sting
Dream of the Blue Turtles
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tlyu (Thomas L Yu):
{From system: This user's .plan file is a symlink!}
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