Easy to explain. Debian purifies and pure water is not a conductor so electrons take no nefarious routes.
Windows? Well water dilutes, and spreads - I hope you saved that water for your lawn. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Tue, 7 May 2002, will trillich wrote: > i thought y'all might enjoy this little tale concerning the > robustness of debian: > > so the rains came and the water eeked into our office until it > was about six inches deep. two machines were on the floor; a > windo~1 xp e-machines box, and a debian/gnu linux (an old acer, > of all things). > > rest assured, i realize that this must almost certainly be a > hardware issue, and yet-- six inches of water comes up to > waist-deep for most any floor-bound cpu, no? > > this was a week ago wednesday -- after the receding tide > vanished, the windo~1 box when plugged in would light up its > optical mouse sensor, but NO other signs of life -- no cpu fan, > no hd spin-up, no LED under the power button... they've swapped > the motherboard but it apparently also has some borkedness in > the power supply. any day now... > > but the debian box, and i swear the cpu fan was under water > acting as a mini boat-prop, was STILL OPERATING when saturated > with H2O. > > we unplugged it unceremoniously, of course, as we were standing > in six inches of water with electrons running about. > > but it's back up and serving quite nicely. both nic's are fine, > as well. > > how about THEM apples? :) > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
