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Keep bird, all deceive (4)
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GULL
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It almost fits, but no.
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Hawk ?
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Sorry, no.
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I found this in one our our log files this morning.
This SqlTransaction has completed; it is no longer usable.
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlTransaction.ZombieCheck()
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlTransaction.Rollback()
My manager quipped that we don't really need to check for zombies.
But I maintain that we're in the middle of a pandemic and it's only a matter of time, it happens on TV all the time.
Hollywood wouldn't lie to us, would it?
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"Double tap" him, just to be on the safe side.
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Always follow the CDC's advices...
Zombie Preparedness | CDC
I know it sound like a joke, but it's an fun exercise in preparedness; if you can prepare for a zombie attack, you will be prepared for pretty much any situation.
I'd rather be phishing!
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I added a "Kill Zombies" feature to some of my code last year.
It's helped.
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Burning electronics as a server power supply goes to the land of the dead. Great smell on a Sunday morning.
Proved an old theory I had heard. Electronic devices run on smoke. If the smoke escapes, they stop working.
Now, for extra credit, what is the probability that the remaining PSU functions until the replacement arrives?
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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theoldfool wrote: what is the probability that the remaining PSU functions until the replacement arrives?
In any redundant system of mode N, where N is the number of failures which can be tolerated and maintain primary function, the number of typical failures will always be at least N + k where k > 0.
Proof is left as an exercise for the student. Professional experience will be accepted in lieu of formal proof.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Murphy's law indicates the probability is closer to 1.0.
(I worked with Murph, he said it was someone else's law)
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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theoldfool wrote: I worked with Murph, he said it was someone else's law
I have a feeling "Murphy's Law" originated with Ogg, inventor of both the wheel and the buy-4-get-1-free discount. Not to be confused with Okk, who was far in advance of his time as the first dental hygienist.
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The bit I hate about dead PSU's is the kit they take down with it ... I've had HDD's start to behave badly and die, RAM go bad, even processors give up the ghost. I suspect that when some PSU's die they put huge spikes down the power outputs and gently fry the equipment at the other end.
We used to call that smell "going analog" as th analog design section would always smell like that ... 
I remember them working on a battery fast charger and running out of the building with a string of soldered together batteries that was still glowing red hot - and trailing that smell behind them!
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Quote: kit
Never saw a k pronounced as sh. Must be UK talk. 
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What would that make kittens? 
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No, kittens are usually made by cats.
(we don't do pets of any sort)
(we did try kids, discovered that you can't return them)
(grand kids are fun though)
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theoldfool wrote: (grand kids are fun though)
Mainly because you can return them.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I've heard it described as short-term leasing. I don't have grandkids but I do have grandpuppies, and there is a definite rental amount you pay while they're visiting. The same amount of spoiling and over-indulgence goes on. One good thing in my case is that the dog park is free, as opposed to our local amusement park which under normal circumstances runs about $50 a person per day.
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Parents do look at me rather oddly when they show me the new kids and I ask if they kept the receipt ... 
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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The probability of the spare PSU functioning is e-CN·t, where CN is the critical need level, and t is time from the failure of the primary PSU.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Cheers for redundancy at least!  Hopefully no downstream components were affected.
This reminds me that I need to start planning for a replacement home/office server. The current one is nearing the 9 year mark. The only h/w upgrade through that time has been a larger SSD for the system drive (first one was a 64GB) and a switch to SSDs for the data drives after a spinner failed around 5 years ago. That was the last system that I actually assembled. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
"Hope is contagious"
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