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| From | Duncan Snowden <duncan_s@talktalk.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.sinclair |
| Subject | Re: WOS FTP mirror? |
| Date | 2017-07-15 23:09 +0100 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <20170715230901.1d81eaf8@talktalk.net> (permalink) |
| References | (11 earlier) <59388E01.MD-1.4.17.chris.young@unsatisfactorysoftware.co.uk> <CD2_A.340542$do5.78595@fx37.am4> <596156C9.MD-1.4.17.chris.young@unsatisfactorysoftware.co.uk> <20170709170330.1753a1e2@talktalk.net> <596A14A9.MD-1.4.17.chris.young@unsatisfactorysoftware.co.uk> |
On 15 Jul 2017 13:12:09 +0100 "Chris" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> wrote: > On Sun, 9 Jul 2017 17:03:30 +0100 da kidz on comp.sys.sinclair were > rappin' to MC Duncan Snowden: > > > How about setting up a spare machine with a minimal Linux distro > > that boots to the commandline without starting too much irrelevant > > crap (Arch or Void would be my picks), give it a few hundred Gb of > > swap space, and leave it to chew on it for a few days? > > Or... I could just keep it as-is safe in the knowledge that I have a > copy should I ever need it, and never actually use it. Well... yeah, you *could*. But where's the fun in that? I'm not entirely sure where the fun is in leaving a computer churning away in the corner for a few days either, but still... it's the principle of the thing. Or something. Probably. > Sort of like those people that buy two copies of everything just in > case one breaks, which it never does (there are people like that, > aren't there?). What, with more money than sense? (But yes, I did say that's the important thing.) -- Duncan Snowden.
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