From jfc1153@ibmrisc1.dcccd.edu Fri Jun 26 14:47:32 1992 From: jfc1153@ibmrisc1.dcccd.edu Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Phil's lament Date: 26 Jun 92 15:35:50 GMT > How many UNIX Wizards does it take to change a lightbulb? >>>>Yeah, I used to use lightbulbs too, but now thats old technology. >>>>Floresent lights are ok, but what you need is an electro- >>>>luminesent panel. >>>Of course the user didn't mean he wanted to _change_ lightbulbs; >>>he meant that he wanted to replace the lightbulb with one of the >>>same type. >>How the hell do you know what the user intended? Any idiot would >>only naturally assume that the user wanted to upgrade the lightbulb >>given the unacceptable failure rate of his current model. >'Any idiot' is right. Now I know how you reach your conclusions. >The user isn't concerned with MTTF; he just wants to get his >lightbulb back online. You obviously arn't familiar with the >problems in upgrading a lightbulb's operating environment. And you don't think that MTTF and lightbulb availability are related? BTW I've participated in the installation and upgrade of dozens of lightbulbs. So there. >Name two. In fact I'm now consulting on a project which is specifically concerned with internal enhancement of lightbulbs. I'd send you the source but it's classified. John Cassidy Senior systems programmer Dallas County Community College District 4343 N. Hwy 67 bitnet: #jfc@dcccdbit Mesquite, Tx. 75150 internet: jfc1153.dsc1@pcmail.dcccd.edu "Don't quote me" - anon From hargrove@ramirez.mitre.org Thu Jul 2 13:18:28 1992 From: hargrove@ramirez.mitre.org (Paul H. Hargrove) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Phil's lament Date: 2 Jul 92 12:53:46 GMT Organization: Mitre Corporation, McLean, VA Nntp-Posting-Host: ramirez.mitre.org In article <1992Jul2.124759.1@vxcrna.cern.ch> roeber@vxcrna.cern.ch writes: >In article <1992Jul1.182114.7918@pacdata.uucp>, jimh@pacdata.uucp (Jim Harkins) writes: >> Who uses those newfangled lightbulbs when nobody really knows what bugs >> are in them? We still use candles because thats a tried and true >> technology. Besides, I hear the newest version of lightbulb software >> unbundles the power plant :-( > >Yes, the power plant is usually an unbundled, optional product, but >this allows you to use the Network Power System to hang many plant-less >lightbulbs off of one power server. > >As for candles: yes, they're quite nice, and were ahead of their time >when they first came out. But very few vendors support them anymore. > >BTW: what do you guys think of the Open Lightbulb Foundation? Open >lightbulbs sound nice, but I think after the first flash they'll just >fade away.. I'll stick with the proprietary lightbulbs. As we all know, "It is better to burn out than to fade away." -- some rock song Sorry, I just couldn't resist this one. :-) > >-- >Frederick G. M. Roeber | CERN -- European Center for Nuclear Research >e-mail: roeber@cern.ch or roeber@caltech.edu | work: +41 22 767 31 80 >r-mail: CERN/PPE, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland | home: +33 50 42 19 44 ---- Paul H. Hargrove, speaking for himself.