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On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 2:24 AM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On 02/03/2015 14:44, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>>
>> Mark Lawrence wrote:
>>
>>> Give me the Steven D'Aprano solution any day of
>>> the week.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sounds ominous. Is that better or worse than the final solution?
>>
>
> As in "this program will inadvertantly self distruct in five seconds"?

It's usually implied as being externally enforced, so I'd say it's
more akin to my solution to all manner of Windows problems.

ChrisA