On Friday 06 October 2006 18:20, Ric Moore wrote: > 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 And where the socks go when you put them in the washing machine ;-) > > -- > ================================================ > 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 > > ================================================
