[Info-vax] DR's fate

[Richard B. Gilbert]

On 8/31/2012 6:35 AM, VAX man- @Misapprehend.ORG wrote:
> In article <504029d9$0$13040$c3e8da3$40d4fd75 at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
>> Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>>
>>> Your words do not serve to enlighten me.  Is there context somewhere
>>> that I'm missing?
>>
>>
>> DR could be Digital Review. dead for many many years.
>> or it could mean Death Row cluster. The later definitin is more likely
>> considering the timing and context.
>
> 'Tis Deathrow.  The Alpha there has had some disk failure.  The system
> drive is still functional but it appears that most accounts were on the
> drive which failed.  I knew soething was up when I was prompted for my
> password when I ssh'ed to it.  My account and hostkey are on the drive
> which has failed.
>

Perhaps these drives should be mirrored to increase reliability!

A spelling checker might help!  It would certainly point out that
"soething" was in error!

You could use the Vassar spelling checker.  The students at Vassar may
have corrected some of the spelling errors in their dictionary.  Then 
again, they may not have done so.  I last saw it 10-12 years ago.

Fat fingered or fat minded, the end result is the same!