Re: [SLUG] Redmond 8.0 <aka Redhat 8.0> loosing time

From: Mike Manchester (mchester@pobox.com)
Date: Fri Jan 17 2003 - 13:49:25 EST


Robin;
Can you share some of that coffee?
Mike M.

On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 13:49, robin wrote:
> Mike Manchester wrote:
> > Is anyone else having problems with Redhat 8.0 loosing time? My system
> > is loosing 27 mins every three hours.
>
> Do you mean "loosing" in the sense of "giving freedom to" 27 minutes
> every three hours?
>
> If so, there is nothing to worry about. The Minute Liberation Front will
> probably award you a free meal at The Restaurant at the End of the
> Universe before long, including at least three Pan-Galactic Gargleblasters.
>
> Units of time don't breed well in captivity, so it's good to make sure
> there are plenty of them in the wild. A "Minute Sanctuary" is not part
> of the Corps of Engineers Everglades restoration plan yet, but I think
> it would be a great thing to add. Perhaps someone can have this brought
> up in the legislature?
>
> It is just as sensible as the Mass. resolution to declare "6" the
> official state number - http://www.state.ma.us/legis/history/h01304.htm
>
> Of course, if you meant "lose" all this is moot, and the lost minutes
> are probably hiding under your bed, cold and hungry, and you should
> gently coax them out, hug and feed them, then put them back in the
> computer where they belong. Many minutes, once tamed, do not do well on
> their own, so this is often kinder than simply taking them out in the
> country and releasing them.
>
> - Robin
>



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