Article 48248 of alt.sysadmin.recovery: From: monk@halcyon.com (-monk---) Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery Subject: Re: I've outsmarted myself or something Date: 3 Dec 1997 10:36:07 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus, Inc. Lines: 21 Approved: why not? Message-ID: <663cmn$hk7$4@brokaw.wa.com> References: <65scto$3l1$1@ucan.foad.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: coho.halcyon.com X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Path: matra.meer.net!news.spies.com!news.sgi.com!news-peer-west.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news-in-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!206.63.63.70!nwnews.wa.com!brokaw.wa.com!not-for-mail Xref: matra.meer.net alt.sysadmin.recovery:48248 Simon Slavin (slavins@hearsay.demon.co.uk.NOJUNK) wrote: : In article <65scto$3l1$1@ucan.foad.org>, : abby@foad.org wrote: : > the question is HOW did I outsmart myself? : You made an off-charter post, causing 209.104.197.69 to be *plonk*ed : by all and sundry. Anyone got traceroute handy ? i did a traceroute but DAMN! i forgot how to read the results. i too have outsmarted myself. guess i'll go repeat myself ad infinitum.[1] [1] definition of insanity: repeating same action to reducto ad absurdum expecting different results. unless user !=sysadmin[2] [2] definition of sysadmin: repeating same action to reducto ad absurdum depending on different results. unless user = sysadmin then [1][3] [3] goto [1] damn. now my foot notes outsmarted me. what hell. -- -monk--- vi poem :5cw i wish i knew what i was up against... :wq