[plug] "the debate"

[Leon Brooks]

Roger Yerramsetti wrote:
> games and irc servers:
>   5:22pm  up 197 days,  1:45,  1 user,  load average: 0.04, 0.05, 0.13
>   5:11pm  up 137 days, 23:36,  1 user,  load average: 0.77, 0.66, 0.51
> 
> webserver:
>   4:50pm  up 38 days,  6:49,  2 users,  load average: 0.07, 0.03, 0.00
> 
> newsserver:
>   4:53pm  up 38 days,  6:28,  1 user,  load average: 1.58, 1.07, 0.86
> 
> mailserver:
>   4:52pm  up 52 days, 14:12,  1 user,  load average: 5.54, 6.08, 5.61
> 
> proxyserver:
>   5:00pm  up 111 days, 52 min,  1 user,  load average: 2.31, 4.11, 5.17
> 
> firewallserver:
>   5:35pm  up 111 days,  4:00,  2 users,  load average: 0.39, 0.29, 0.21

Smileys was killed by power 20 days ago. Power and stupid mistakes ("Oh!
Was that a power cord?") are all that ever take our servers down.

BTW, I know of *one* NT site in HK which stayed up continuously for
nearly a year. Most others die about weekly.
 
> ok... i took the bait. so sue me ;-)

Did you ever! (-: Doesn't _anyone_ read headers these days? :-)

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