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Very puzzling indeed was what happened to my web-server which had to run 24/7. I'd borrowed a 2nd hand floppy drive from him. He tried to retrieve it without stopping the machine. Burnt out the motherboard and left the machine quite useless. All for a $5 floppy drive.
It is similar to the problem the is puzzling me at the moment. [i:529eac09da]That is, where you found people selling second hand floppy drives for $5? That is a bit of a rip off if you ask me[/i:529eac09da]. And no, of course I did not attempt to take the floppy drive. Nor have I stolen anything from you, if I give something to you, it is yours. I have always thought that the same applied in reverse.
You're dodging the issue here, like the MasterBeta does, you've learnt from him. The price is NOT the issue. We can't use any loose nuances, you pounce like lawyers on the poetic.
Fact: the computer was running when I left.
Fact: the computer needed to boot off a floppy disk
Fact: the computer was off when I got back.
Fact: the floppy drive was disconnected. The pins in the socket were bent. The floppy controller on the mobo was burnt out.
Fact: the last activity on the computer (which I later read when I put the hard disk in another machine) dated to about
the time when you emailed us to say you were unable to keep your promise about not joining them.
Someone did it. When I've confronted you over this personally, you give the same smile you give when I remind you that the Tafe money was not for giving away.
A kind of guilty "wish-this-wasn't-happening" look.
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sWordIf Ashwyn would only learn Unix and host the site on their own Apache server, they could look at the IP address of every visitor. As it is, their
script which you can see at [
jesuschristians.net] contains an URL [
pub40.bravenet.com]
and if you go there, click on "VIEW SITE STATS". All pretty tame stuff. They can tell what Operating System, what screen resolution, what browser visitors are using. [b:529eac09da]But NOT your email address[/b:529eac09da].
Good answer Nick, perhaps you might even go so far as to call it "hit counter code", as it is commonly known. Otherwise you play into the rampant paranioa about email address harvesting that people have. And you wouldn't want to play into people's paranoia, would you?
Fair enough Ash. I just kept it as code.htm for ages. It's now as you recommend [
jesuschristians.net]
How could I play into any rampant paranoia when I've just dismissed it? Look at the words in [b:529eac09da]Bold[/b:529eac09da] above. In fact look at the whole block you quoted.
You used to have such a wonderful critical mind as a teenager. You're McKay's zombie now. You can still do stuff, but you can't see yourself.
And anything your silly old parents write you dismiss, in the way that young people have always done.
Until they mature and look back on their dumb past.