[ by Bruce Gingery <bruce@TotSysSoft.com> ] [ posted to comp.sys.next.sysadmin ] [ follow-ups to junk ] In article <9409282141.AA02233@nesteggs.com> writes: }~ Michael_Pizolato writes }~ >P.S. I am typing this message by leaping from key to key on my }~ > keyboard, as I have shrunk to a mere 2.06cm in height and }~ > reverted to the mentality of a 5-year-old. }~ > }~ > HELLLLLLLLLLPPP!!! }~ }~ Michael, }~ }~ It sounds like moisture is being driven down to your trailing edge. }~ PostScript: Shouldn't this thread move to comp.sys.next.lunacy? comp.sys.next.lunacy is based on the true and historically documented precept that extended use of ANY operating system breeds mental breakdown, especially in the absence of humorous postings to related newsgroups, mailing lists, and the like. Stress related disease (SRD) is a collection of syndromes as varied as pseudo-carpal-tunnel-syndrome to clinical depression, and generally manifests first by the tail of an attached rodent wagging its "tail" without physical contact. Now the origin of this tail wagging is not known, but thought to be a manifestation of subconsciously generated telekenesis by those who have personally experienced the phenominon. Before the age of mouses, other peripheral attached equipment, and at times the primary hardware or OS have had their own manifestations... PDP genre: Paper tape chad STICKS in the holes randomly generating strange and threatening sentences on any automatically bulk copied tapes. Printouts and on-tape interpretation ignores the missing holes and prints the originally intended data. IBM Mainframes: large DASD (disk drive banks) arrays randomly fill with bits. A complete backup and restore from 7-track magnetic tape is required to fully recover the missing space. This generally happens ONLY in the latter part of December, unless the parent organization runs an alternative accounting period. Unix systems (without voice synthesis hard/software nor GUI) Blowers begin whispering "Help I've been gelded". This has also been reported with NEXTSTEP devices running the 2.x->3.x modified 2.x kernel for CD-ROM access. Dual-boot systems randomly boot in the "other" OS. At times in mid-program use. Commodore-PET: Parallel drive runs at 1541 speeds. Green-screen monitors begin giving hints of true color. Commodore-64/128: Flippy disks begin to reveal reverse masked information when used on dual-sided drives. Careful analysis of GCR reveals no anamolies. "Demos" appear in *all* software Amiga: Guru meditation begins to generate truths of life. These truths are printed in clear red text at center screen - on a red background. Usually mouse side-effects are not noted. AtariST: DOS emulation captures all processes. CICS: 3278's refuse to display more than 8x64 Local print requests are passed to the host from the concentrators even when received from the host. Novell: print servers generate random blank pages. Reports of fully mirrored text have been recorded but not verified. MacIntosh: First reports of rodent animation as described above. No deaths YET reported from mouse misbehaviour but some close calls reported. Apple ][: Diskettes magically modify from one filesystem to the other between usages. Windows: One boot per day needed. No programs crash, or if they do, the problem goes unnoticed. UAE messages do not prevent continued use. DOS (all versions): Batch files begin to perform with ECHO ON as the first line, even where "@ECHO OFF" or "ECHO OFF" (depending on version) is in place. Lines so echoed overprint and are erased at the next C:> prompt. All errorlevel exits are negative numbers. comp.sys.next.lunacy is proposed as a warning group for emerging symptoms of this dangerous condition, and would be restricted ONLY to items which might in some way pertain to lunacy of any kind, especially attributable to frustration and other stress types. Persons installing on new platforms should be required to subscribe. :P
Jesper Nilsson // dat92jni@ludat.lth.se or jesper@df.lth.se