[Info-vax] DR's fate

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In article <iOqdnXZVIYTwkdzNnZ2dnUVZ_gKdnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>On 8/31/2012 6:35 AM, VAX man- @Misapprehend.ORG wrote:
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Huh?

>> 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!

Can't mirror IDEs.




>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!

???

So, I missed an 'M' while quickly typing.

Why didn't you "correct" JF?

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