[HPFGU-Catalogue] Re: AWOL/sorry

[ewe2]

On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 10:53:54AM -0000, Carolyn White wrote:

> aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh
> 
> You will not believe this but on Saturday my computer crashed and 
> today, Monday morning, is the first moment I have been able to get 
> back online. Fortunately, all it amounted to was the demise of my 
> monitor, but I had some heart-stopping moments until the engineer 
> told me that, because as usual I wasn't totally up to date on backups.

This is why I bought a tape drive for my server to back all my systems up to
tape. Very glad a burnt-out monitor was all it was. I lost most of my
filesystems last year and it took three months to work out what I lost...

> But I think most Brits would confirm that the stiff upper lip stuff 
> is easy stereotyping that doesn't mean much. All people are doing are 
> just carrying on with their lives, and really, what else are you 
> supposed to do? Lie on the floor and scream? 

>From what I've read of WW2, this was exactly the attitude of ordinary people
then too. You can't help carrying on, really. There's a lot of stupid
pontification going on in my country about all of this at the moment, they're
a lot of yes men.

> The stupid politicians like quoting Churchill and defiance and all 
> that, but it doesn't mean much on an everyday basis. Yes, you keep an 
> eye out for unattended bags, yes you don't do unnecessary trips to 
> obvious target places, but you still have to get to work, buy food, 
> pay bills...

Let's hope that our dear politicians don't decide its a worthwhile trade-off
for running the rest of the world the way they have been.

Sean, Mr. Doom and Gloom penguin

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