Kelly,

In this case it's RAID 8 (for the 8 legged kind) !

Quick thinking, I almost fell out of my chair  :)

Larry Barnes

Kelly Tomlinson wrote:

> Larry,
>
> Is that RAID 0, 1 or 5?
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Larry Barnes
> Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 2:50 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: OT: Bugs in Old HP 3000s
>
> What Kind of Creation did I create HERE?
> What category does this subject really belong to?
>
> Should I go get my can of RAID now or just squish it?
> Wait, I can't squish it.  Squisher can't handle this subject.  At least I
> don't
> think it can.  I'll wait for Wirt to clarify.
>
> Waiting,
>
> Larry Barnes
>
> Ted Ashton wrote:
>
> > Thus it was written in the epistle of Wirt Atmar,
> > > Larry writes:
> > >
> > > > I think this [the black widow spider] can be classified as a true
> computer
> > > "bug".
> > >
> > > Actually, just to be a true picker of nits (which are the eggs of lice,
> of
> > > course :-), a spider isn't a bug.
> >
> > Wirt, you may keep whichever nits you pick, but a spider *is* a bug and a
> > crab isn't!  :-).  The word he was using is the American word "bug" which
> > sounds and looks like the Biology word "bug" but in fact is different.
> The
> > word he used is not a subcategory of insect but rather a supercategory
> (or,
> > according to some of my friends, not so super).  It's all in identifying
> the
> > language.  <*mumble*> What do they teach kids in school this days?
> <*grumble*>
> > It's like those folks who object to calling human children "kids"!
> <*mumble*>
> >
> > :-),
> > Ted
> > --
> > Ted Ashton ([log in to unmask]), Info Serv, Southern Adventist University
> >           ==========================================================
> > Mathematics knows no races or geographic boundaries; for mathematics, the
> > cultural world is one country.
> >                         -- Hilbert, David (1862-1943)