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RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Site downtime

guy — Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:24 pm

Author: guy

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:24 pm

That's it! I understand it all now!

Earlier I wrote:

Quote:

Latest astronomical measurements put the oldest stars waaaay older than the Universe they are living in - and the Universe is already too old for its current expansion rate to make sense

The Big Bang was the last reboot, and the stars worth keeping were then retrieved from backup. The powers-that-be are currently installing extra storage space faster than the data is growing.

<voice off>Yeah, yeah, and Bill Gates is just a virus sneaked in by the Dark Hacker himself, bub. Are you coming quietly or ... oh, uh hullo Mr. G. That's a nice Black Hole ya' got there ....</voice off> ...

RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Site downtime

jjmac — Tue Jul 12, 2005 3:00 am

Author: jjmac

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 3:00 am

hmmmm, Some good questions, that do at least include the most horrific of possibilities. But i don't think even they have gotten that far. Besides ... they would have to wait until someone else released an implementation first, in order to acquire it, then call it their own. Though i tend to think that it's probably using a LVM system of soughts.

jm

Re: RE: Re: RE: Site downtime

guy — Sat Jul 09, 2005 9:32 pm

Author: guy

Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 9:32 pm

jjmac wrote:

So i figure the only real certainty is that it ain't what it seems. The contradiction kinda supports the idea too.

Maybe it's a Matrix and the OS is a little dodgy.
Question is, is it more likely to be proprietary or FOSS?

And to get back on topic, what would happen to us if it gets rebooted during "some necessary maintenance"?

RE: Re: RE: Site downtime

jjmac — Sat Jul 09, 2005 12:50 pm

Author: jjmac

Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 12:50 pm

>>
Latest astronomical measurements put the oldest stars waaaay older than the Universe they are living in
>>

Thats the only bit that doesn't make any sense (grin).

>>
- and the Universe is already too old for its current expansion rate to make sense...
>>

Or are we getting smaller ... seeing as how, with out a reference point, it can't really be interpreted ... and seeing as how a reference point can't exist with out it being relative to something ... the whole thing gets kinda circular ... but then, the interpretation always seems to be linear.

So i figure the only real certainty is that it ain't what it seems. The contradiction kinda supports the idea too.

jm

Re: RE: Site downtime

lurgee — Fri Jul 08, 2005 12:16 pm

Author: lurgee

Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 12:16 pm

nelz wrote:

lurgee wrote:

There's no such thing as infinite closet space, ask any woman!

That theory can never be tested fully, because of the lack of an infinite credit limit. Ask any husband!

Good point and something I am all too aware of...

Re: RE: Site downtime

nelz — Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:06 pm

Author: nelz

Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:06 pm

lurgee wrote:

There's no such thing as infinite closet space, ask any woman!

That theory can never be tested fully, because of the lack of an infinite credit limit. Ask any husband!

Re: RE: Site downtime

lurgee — Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:06 pm

Author: lurgee

Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:06 pm

A-Wing wrote:

I dunno, there is Cat from Red Dwarf, his closet is so big it crossed a timezone.

True, but seeing as he descended from a cat that lived in Lister's vent I'll grant him the same credibility that I would any vent-dweller-descendants, which isn't a whole lot, so I think he might be stretching the truth just a little. That said, seeing as Cat never left the ship, that means the closet would have to be on the miningship, so it could not have been any bigger than Red Dwarf, and I don't really think that Red Dwarf is so big it crosses any timezones.

But I'll agree that you'd need a pretty big closet to room all his clothes...

Re: RE: Site downtime

A-Wing — Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:03 pm

Author: A-Wing

Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:03 pm

lurgee wrote:

There's no such thing as infinite closet space, ask any woman! Oh, they'll say there's a legend that speaks of a closet with endless depth and width, and hangers that never run out, but it's just a myth, like Atlantis, Elvis and diet-shake!

I dunno, there is Cat from Red Dwarf, his closet is so big it crossed a timezone.

Re: RE: Site downtime

lurgee — Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:54 pm

Author: lurgee

Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:54 pm

Flea wrote:

lurgee wrote:

nelz wrote:

Space is big.

Doesn't that depend on what kind of space you're referring to? You know, outer space, inner space, closet space and so on...

not if you believe in infinite space

Re: RE: Site downtime

Flea — Wed Jul 06, 2005 7:31 pm

Author: Flea

Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 7:31 pm

lurgee wrote:

nelz wrote:

Space is big.

Doesn't that depend on what kind of space you're referring to? You know, outer space, inner space, closet space and so on...

not if you believe in infinite space

RE: Re: RE: Site downtime

guy — Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:45 pm

Author: guy

Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:45 pm

Mmm, space.

Latest astronomical measurements put the oldest stars waaaay older than the Universe they are living in - and the Universe is already too old for its current expansion rate to make sense...

Maybe Mike should have been an astronomer...

RE: Re: RE: Site downtime

lurgee — Wed Jul 06, 2005 3:47 pm

Author: lurgee

Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 3:47 pm

Well, I'm not a microbe so I guess you agree...

[I wrote, jumping from key to key on my gigantic keyboard, stomping on the monstrous keys to get my message out to the world or whoever bothers reading it...]

RE: Re: RE: Site downtime

nelz — Wed Jul 06, 2005 3:03 pm

Author: nelz

Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 3:03 pm

Not if you're a microbe

Re: RE: Site downtime

lurgee — Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:59 pm

Author: lurgee

Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:59 pm

nelz wrote:

Space is big.

Doesn't that depend on what kind of space you're referring to? You know, outer space, inner space, closet space and so on...

Re: RE: Site downtime

M-Saunders — Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:37 am

Author: M-Saunders

Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:37 am

Hudzilla wrote:

PS: Mario Kart sucked

Ohhhhh, that warrants a TOTAL drubbing next table football tournament...

M