Tom, Your email reminded me why I don't really like mailing lists. There are too many prats around like you who get their fun out of being really unpleasant to complete strangers. Also, I didn't need to be told you have a PhD, I could have guessed. Nick On Friday 14 March 2008 05:21:29 Tom Holroyd wrote: > On Wed, 2008-03-12 at 13:39 -0600, Joseph Thames wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have noticed that sometimes my hand slips in typing an a key > > combination causes the system to immediately reboot. Yesterday, > > however, I inadvertently pressed a notebook binder on the keys, and it > > rebooted, like before, but this time when it booted back up, all that > > would display on the monitor was two lines of weird characters on the > > top of the screen. I first thought that I had blown the monitor. but > > this was not the case. I was able to use the rescue disk to tar up my > > recent work and ftp it to my web-hosting site. > > > > I tried using my installation DVD to update my installation. But this > > didn't cure the problem. I suspect that I somehow corrupted some X11 > > code, and this is what is causing the display failure. > > > > Does anyone know what might be causing this display behavior, and how > > I might cure it? I don't want to have to do a full re-installation if > > I can help it. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > Dear Sir, > > You are an idiot. Either that, or somebody who hates you is pretending > to be you and is using your computer to send ridiculous email messages > around the world in order to make you look like an idiot. We call this > behavior "trolling". Normally, such messages are ignored, because they > are obviously forgeries; nobody could possibly be as stupid as you > appear to be. Also, anyone with such an apparently total lack of mental > ability could not possibly use either tar or ftp, thus cementing the > case. Please disconnect your computer from the intertubes by removing > your mouse and putting it into the trash. > > -- > Tom Holroyd, Ph.D. > "If you have to ask, I'm not telling you." > -- Classic female answer to a question.
