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From: mhw@wittsend.lbp.harris.com (Michael H. Warfield (Mike))
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: The Inode-Eating Bug
Message-ID: <8892@galbp.LBP.HARRIS.COM>
Date: 12 Oct 89 01:47:44 GMT
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In article <1989Oct10.232641.314@twwells.com> bill@twwells.com (T. William Wells) writes:
>In article <8883@galbp.LBP.HARRIS.COM> mhw@wittsend.UUCP (Michael H. Warfield (Mike)) writes:

>:       Ok so I've got a REAL STUPID question, but I've been there TOO!

>:       DID YOU UNMOUNT THE FILE SYSTEM FIRST ??????

>Of course. Do you think I'm as much a turkey as you seem?

>ASSuming that someone is stupid is just a good way to get flames.

1)	I have seen highly intelligent people do much stupider things just
because they happened to overlook the obvious.  It's no reflection on
them or their intelligence.  That's why I said up front that it was a stupid
question.  But stupid questions occasional strike pay dirt and ASSuming
someone would not be so foolish as to overlook something would be even
more foolish.

2)	I'VE DONE STUPIDER THINGS.  I think I'm reasonably intelligent and
I sometimes have to ask myself if I could make some such mistake in haste
or without thinking.  WHEN THE ANSWER IS "NO", I KNOW I'M IN TROUBLE!

	I didn't mean to imply that it was likely that you would overlook
something like that.  I didn't think it was probable but it certainly was
possible.  My profoundest appologies if you took offense.


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