Re: under six inches of water -- a debian tale

2002-05-09 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On 7 May 2002, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Will, that is a wonderful story, but I imagine it says more about Acer > > than about Debian. :} > > Yeah. Makes me want to buy an Acer for my boat... I hear Acer makes great boat anchors. 8:o) -- Baloo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: under six inches of water -- a debian tale

2002-05-08 Thread will trillich
On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 11:40:09AM -0400, Robert_L wrote: > On Tuesday 07 May 2002 8:37 am, will trillich wrote: > > > 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 unceremoniousl

Re: under six inches of water -- a debian tale

2002-05-07 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 14:34, Bud Rogers wrote: > On Tuesday 07 May 2002 07:37 am, will trillich wrote: > > i thought y'all might enjoy this little tale concerning the > > robustness of debian: > ... > > but the debian box, and i swear the cpu fan was under water > > acting as a mini boat-prop

Re: under six inches of water -- a debian tale

2002-05-07 Thread Bud Rogers
On Tuesday 07 May 2002 07:37 am, will trillich wrote: > i thought y'all might enjoy this little tale concerning the > robustness of debian: ... > 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. Will, t

Re: under six inches of water -- a debian tale

2002-05-07 Thread David Smead
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 t

Re: under six inches of water -- a debian tale

2002-05-07 Thread Robert_L
On Tuesday 07 May 2002 8:37 am, will trillich wrote: > 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 electro

Re: under six inches of water -- a debian tale

2002-05-07 Thread Daniel Toffetti
On Tuesday 07 May 2002 09:37, will trillich wrote: > 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. No surprise !! Penguins are used to water... :) But please, don't feed your box with a fish... :) -- Dani