[root@mort ~]# uname -a Linux mort 2.6.6 #1 Mon May 31 12:28:13 SAST 2004 i686 unknown [root@mort ~]# uptime 08:21:51 up 900 days, 2:10, 2 users, load average: 0.21, 0.08, 0.03 [root@mort ~]#
Try that with Windows.
But they’re moving the datacentre today so that’s as high as it’s going to get for the next couple of years.
Ah yes, New Years’ resolutions. Gotta love ’em.
However, I have too much stuff. There. I said it. I mean, I firmly believe in the William Morris quote, however, times have changed.
This collection of Elektor magazines I grew up with — obsolete.
A collection of GE Ham News that someone spent money on to have nicely bound — obsolete.
Byte magazines? Obsolete.
Creative Computing? Not quite yet obsolete.
And even if I can’t find it online, scanning and dumping* is better than storing the originals until my container is auctioned off one day.
Don’t get me wrong — I’m still keeping mountains of stuff. Just not… this stuff.
* Yes, Jason doesn’t like dumping. I’m not dumping anything that’s even slightly rare, so chill.