June 2007
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Ridiculous Laundry Facilities Part 2 - The Tenant...
Went to do laundry again yesterday. This time it appeared that there were still only two dryers that worked. Here’s the one I selected: The duct tape is there to hold the dryer door closed. It supposedly worked provided the door was closed. Unfortunately, the door wasn’t motivated to do so unless forced. I had a fairly large load of laundry so when it was still after the first run I wasn’t...
Jun 11th
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Jun 8th
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Load Average Explained (Sort of)
One day I was explaining load average over our internal instant messaging system to one of our newer tech support people. I felt that it might be worth sharing. (02:28:37 PM) Technician: wat causes the load average on a sharedserver to be so high (02:28:40 PM) Technician: ? (02:28:48 PM) Technician: [root@sharedserver4121 root]# uptime 13:25:08 up 96 days, 12:01, 2 users,...
Jun 4th