From: cdale@silly.techmonkeys.net
Date: Tue Nov 21 2000 - 17:51:52 PST
I'm not a cracker and I like long uptimes.  I think most sysadmins do.
<brag>
[root@box1 /root]# uptime
  7:34pm  up 138 days,  7:32,  6 users,  load average: 0.13, 0.11, 0.07
</brag>
Cindy
 "A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity."
          -- Robert Frost
On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Adam L. Beberg wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Nov 2000, Robert Harley wrote:
>
> > As you may know, I have been keeping FoRK informed of all reboots of
> > my Alpha Linux machine for a few years now.  This morning, some
> > technician came into the office (while I was out) and switched of all
> > machines.  As a result my 420 days uptime is diminished slightly:
> >
> > cor: uptime
> >   3:01pm  up 8 min,  1 user,  load average: 1.16, 0.65, 0.29
>
> Mmmmm... yum...
> And what is the IP of this box with dozens of exploits :)
>
> The only people that like long uptimes are the crackers, everyone else wants
> low downtimes.
>
> - Adam L. "Duncan" Beberg
>   http://www.iit.edu/~beberg/
>   beberg@mithral.com
>
>
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