Talk:1495: Hard Reboot - Revision history

Djbrasier: Why 3-pronged plugs sentence???

2015-03-09T13:38:51Z

Why 3-pronged plugs sentence???

141.101.98.188 at 11:27, 9 March 2015

2015-03-09T11:27:17Z

108.162.249.182: Just a thought.

2015-03-08T22:22:29Z

Just a thought.

188.114.110.47: A and The

2015-03-08T12:03:28Z

A and The

173.245.48.133 at 18:31, 7 March 2015

2015-03-07T18:31:42Z

Markhurd: At work we do use this!

2015-03-07T01:49:41Z

At work we do use this!

Mikemk at 01:26, 7 March 2015

2015-03-07T01:26:55Z

Chrstphrchvz: Should we ask which "known bug" this is about?

2015-03-06T22:21:41Z

Should we ask which "known bug" this is about?

Davidy22 at 18:20, 6 March 2015

2015-03-06T18:20:30Z

108.162.216.192 at 16:25, 6 March 2015

2015-03-06T16:25:50Z

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	The way the letters are squished together and its general untidiness make the cartoon look rather old. I wondered if it was one Randall dug out that he had drawn a while ago. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.249.182\|108.162.249.182]] 22:22, 8 March 2015 (UTC)		The way the letters are squished together and its general untidiness make the cartoon look rather old. I wondered if it was one Randall dug out that he had drawn a while ago. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.249.182\|108.162.249.182]] 22:22, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
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		+	Why is there a description of 3-pronged plugs in the explanation? It seems to have no context. [[User:Djbrasier\|Djbrasier]] ([[User talk:Djbrasier\|talk]]) 13:38, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

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	:: When a reboot is least disruptive also depends on whether the machine is being used by users in other time zones. It really annonys me when I'm presented with "Server is down for scheduled maintenance", and the powers that be have decided that the best time to do that is in the middle of the day (for me). --[[User:RenniePet\|RenniePet]] ([[User talk:RenniePet\|talk]]) 12:42, 6 March 2015 (UTC)		:: When a reboot is least disruptive also depends on whether the machine is being used by users in other time zones. It really annonys me when I'm presented with "Server is down for scheduled maintenance", and the powers that be have decided that the best time to do that is in the middle of the day (for me). --[[User:RenniePet\|RenniePet]] ([[User talk:RenniePet\|talk]]) 12:42, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
		+	:::Of course, if you tend to observe a [[28-Hour Day]] it gets tricky to schedule (on a daily basis, at least). Yes, I used to do somthing like that, a couple of decades ago. (And my mind/body still wants to do it! Hence why even 5:00am would be awkward for me. More often than is convenient, anyway.) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.188\|141.101.98.188]] 11:27, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

	:My reaction to the solution (instead of using cron) was similar to when I see somebody emailing a photo by embedding it in a word document. I guess Randall did that on purpose! [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.195\|141.101.98.195]]		:My reaction to the solution (instead of using cron) was similar to when I see somebody emailing a photo by embedding it in a word document. I guess Randall did that on purpose! [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.195\|141.101.98.195]]

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	In the title text, it's THE kitchen timer, not A kitchen timer, so it may mean "the (light) timer from the kitchen"...[[Special:Contributions/188.114.110.47\|188.114.110.47]] 12:03, 8 March 2015 (UTC)		In the title text, it's THE kitchen timer, not A kitchen timer, so it may mean "the (light) timer from the kitchen"...[[Special:Contributions/188.114.110.47\|188.114.110.47]] 12:03, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
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		+	The way the letters are squished together and its general untidiness make the cartoon look rather old. I wondered if it was one Randall dug out that he had drawn a while ago. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.249.182\|108.162.249.182]] 22:22, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

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	::It might not only be humour. I can say we use the latter technique for a router. [[User:Markhurd\|Mark Hurd]] ([[User talk:Markhurd\|talk]]) 01:49, 7 March 2015 (UTC)		::It might not only be humour. I can say we use the latter technique for a router. [[User:Markhurd\|Mark Hurd]] ([[User talk:Markhurd\|talk]]) 01:49, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
	::It's xkcd, ''is never just humor''. :P<br>By way, more than hackish, this is just a plain sloppy duck-tape solution.(I mean, at least use a cron job!) [[Special:Contributions/173.245.48.133\|173.245.48.133]] 18:31, 7 March 2015 (UTC)		::It's xkcd, ''is never just humor''. :P<br>By way, more than hackish, this is just a plain sloppy duck-tape solution.(I mean, at least use a cron job!) [[Special:Contributions/173.245.48.133\|173.245.48.133]] 18:31, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
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		+	In the title text, it's THE kitchen timer, not A kitchen timer, so it may mean "the (light) timer from the kitchen"...[[Special:Contributions/188.114.110.47\|188.114.110.47]] 12:03, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

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	::It might not only be humour. I can say we use the latter technique for a router. [[User:Markhurd\|Mark Hurd]] ([[User talk:Markhurd\|talk]]) 01:49, 7 March 2015 (UTC)		::It might not only be humour. I can say we use the latter technique for a router. [[User:Markhurd\|Mark Hurd]] ([[User talk:Markhurd\|talk]]) 01:49, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
		+	::It's xkcd, ''is never just humor''. :P<br>By way, more than hackish, this is just a plain sloppy duck-tape solution.(I mean, at least use a cron job!) [[Special:Contributions/173.245.48.133\|173.245.48.133]] 18:31, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

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	Should one of us ask [[Randall]] if he can tell us which bug this is (assuming it exists), or do the square brackets purposely ask that we should stifle our curiosity? Assuming it's an open-source project, this is an opportunity for readers to make a difference, rather than just humor (cf. [http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=71411&sid=b56036e3caa6b410cc34302852c7570f&p=2626767#p2626771\|"Randallism"]). [[User:Chrstphrchvz\|Chrstphrchvz]] ([[User talk:Chrstphrchvz\|talk]]) 22:21, 6 March 2015 (UTC)		Should one of us ask [[Randall]] if he can tell us which bug this is (assuming it exists), or do the square brackets purposely ask that we should stifle our curiosity? Assuming it's an open-source project, this is an opportunity for readers to make a difference, rather than just humor (cf. [http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=71411&sid=b56036e3caa6b410cc34302852c7570f&p=2626767#p2626771\|"Randallism"]). [[User:Chrstphrchvz\|Chrstphrchvz]] ([[User talk:Chrstphrchvz\|talk]]) 22:21, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
	:I don't think it's a specific bug. It's just humour. [[User:Mikemk\|Mikemk]] ([[User talk:Mikemk\|talk]]) 01:26, 7 March 2015 (UTC)		:I don't think it's a specific bug. It's just humour. [[User:Mikemk\|Mikemk]] ([[User talk:Mikemk\|talk]]) 01:26, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
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		+	::It might not only be humour. I can say we use the latter technique for a router. [[User:Markhurd\|Mark Hurd]] ([[User talk:Markhurd\|talk]]) 01:49, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

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	Should one of us ask [[Randall]] if he can tell us which bug this is (assuming it exists), or do the square brackets purposely ask that we should stifle our curiosity? Assuming it's an open-source project, this is an opportunity for readers to make a difference, rather than just humor (cf. [http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=71411&sid=b56036e3caa6b410cc34302852c7570f&p=2626767#p2626771\|"Randallism"]). [[User:Chrstphrchvz\|Chrstphrchvz]] ([[User talk:Chrstphrchvz\|talk]]) 22:21, 6 March 2015 (UTC)		Should one of us ask [[Randall]] if he can tell us which bug this is (assuming it exists), or do the square brackets purposely ask that we should stifle our curiosity? Assuming it's an open-source project, this is an opportunity for readers to make a difference, rather than just humor (cf. [http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=71411&sid=b56036e3caa6b410cc34302852c7570f&p=2626767#p2626771\|"Randallism"]). [[User:Chrstphrchvz\|Chrstphrchvz]] ([[User talk:Chrstphrchvz\|talk]]) 22:21, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
		+	:I don't think it's a specific bug. It's just humour. [[User:Mikemk\|Mikemk]] ([[User talk:Mikemk\|talk]]) 01:26, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

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	Thank you for the description! I was reading the 1-10 hours as the time it took for the system to crash, and the 5 minutes as the on-off time -- which obviously conflicted with the 24 hours text in the comic. This makes so much more sense now. =8o) [[User:Jarod997\|Jarod997]] ([[User talk:Jarod997\|talk]]) 14:42, 6 March 2015 (UTC)		Thank you for the description! I was reading the 1-10 hours as the time it took for the system to crash, and the 5 minutes as the on-off time -- which obviously conflicted with the 24 hours text in the comic. This makes so much more sense now. =8o) [[User:Jarod997\|Jarod997]] ([[User talk:Jarod997\|talk]]) 14:42, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
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		+	Should one of us ask [[Randall]] if he can tell us which bug this is (assuming it exists), or do the square brackets purposely ask that we should stifle our curiosity? Assuming it's an open-source project, this is an opportunity for readers to make a difference, rather than just humor (cf. [http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=71411&sid=b56036e3caa6b410cc34302852c7570f&p=2626767#p2626771\|"Randallism"]). [[User:Chrstphrchvz\|Chrstphrchvz]] ([[User talk:Chrstphrchvz\|talk]]) 22:21, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

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 :My reaction to the solution (instead of using cron) was similar to when I see somebody emailing a photo by embedding it in a word document. I guess Randall did that on purpose! [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.195|141.101.98.195]]
-Re: ''"Why everything I have is broken"'' - I think better explanation would be that by applying soem workarounds you can use broken things without actually fixing them. E.g. you can use server with memory leak without spending 10+ hours fixing the problem. Using this approach you can end up with a buch of broken things that are still useful.
+Re: ''"Why everything I have is broken"'' - I think better explanation would be that by applying soem workarounds you can use broken things without actually fixing them. E.g. you can use server with memory leak without spending 10+ hours fixing the problem. Using this approach you can end up with a buch of broken things that are still useful. {{unsigned|Jkotek}}
 :This was my understanding of the statement as well. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.192|108.162.216.192]] 16:25, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

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	Re: ''"Why everything I have is broken"'' - I think better explanation would be that by applying soem workarounds you can use broken things without actually fixing them. E.g. you can use server with memory leak without spending 10+ hours fixing the problem. Using this approach you can end up with a buch of broken things that are still useful.		Re: ''"Why everything I have is broken"'' - I think better explanation would be that by applying soem workarounds you can use broken things without actually fixing them. E.g. you can use server with memory leak without spending 10+ hours fixing the problem. Using this approach you can end up with a buch of broken things that are still useful.
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		+	:This was my understanding of the statement as well. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.192\|108.162.216.192]] 16:25, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

	I think the ''"Why everything I have is broken"'' text refers to the fact that he has spent 10 hours troubleshooting the problem, then implements a hacky fix in 5 minutes which just makes the problem worse - hard rebooting a server every day is not likely to fix the problem and will probably make it worse, and the server will ultimately break. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.87\|141.101.99.87]] 14:37, 6 March 2015 (UTC)		I think the ''"Why everything I have is broken"'' text refers to the fact that he has spent 10 hours troubleshooting the problem, then implements a hacky fix in 5 minutes which just makes the problem worse - hard rebooting a server every day is not likely to fix the problem and will probably make it worse, and the server will ultimately break. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.87\|141.101.99.87]] 14:37, 6 March 2015 (UTC)