[Info-vax] DR's fate

[Richard B. Gilbert]

On 8/31/2012 4:02 PM, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> 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:
> --------------------------------^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 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?

Because I know futility when I see it? ;-)