[Info-vax] Useless Serial Bus

[VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG]

In article <1ls1o8-7jn.ln1 at mint-hp.sture.dyndns-server.com>, Paul Sture <paul.nospam at sture.ch> writes:
>On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:08:10 +0000, VAXman- wrote:
>
>> In article <4eadefeb$0$28802$c3e8da3$f48d872 at news.astraweb.com>, JF
>> Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
>>>VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>>>
>>>> As a chess player, I know the meaning of the word.  However, I really
>>>> sacrificed nothing, other than a reboot, to gain position! ;)
>>>
>>>
>>>Isn't rebooting a VMS system something which is considered to be a
>>>significant thing  that is to be avoided because it is done so seldom
>>>that you can't remember if there were glitches in the startup command
>>>the last time it was rebooted years ago ?  :-)
>> 
>> My systems do reboot more than most but then that's usually because I'm
>> hacking the kernel or trying to get new bit of hardware to function more
>> than most.
>
><Parody>
>
>My Windows systems do reboot more than most but then that's usually 
>because I'm applying security patches or adding a new bit of hardware.
>
></Parody>
>
>Seriously though, I've had a couple of reboot requests recently. One when 
>adding a new disk, the other when adding a new keyboard.  Moreover, 
>although the Windows desktop world has the concept of Patch Tuesday (a 
>host of patches comes on the second Tuesday of the month), or the server 
>editions security patches never stop coming.

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