On Fri, 2006-10-06 at 20:31 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 00:22:26 +0200 > Manuel Arostegui Ramirez <manuel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Beside that, I don't know how some files could dissapear that way ;-) > > This is one of the essential mysteries of computers: Why does the > standard tech support advice "try reinstalling the software" actually > work sometimes? I've seen it correct problems on both Windows and > Linux, so it isn't even an OS-centric thing. > > You'd think copying some files onto the disk would be one of the simplest > operations to get right, and if computers can't even do that correctly, > how do they manage to do vastly more complex activities? > > It truly is a mystery. Perhaps someday a unified field theory will > emerge to explain not only this, but also the mysterious force that > deflects golf balls from holes and trash from trash cans :-). Quantum Physics... check out "What the BLEEP! do we know!?" DvD and fall down the rabbit hole. Spooky stuff, but we do have an effect on our environment, without touching a thing. Just by being an observer. Check it out! Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ...the Sin of Ignorance, and ...the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
