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jack

wrote:
>
> Years ago, my parents decided to upgrade from windows 3.0 to windows
> 95. Unfortunately, the old computer was able to run it well, so it
> slowed down the computer. My mom got so frustrated that she put
> windows into the trash can and emptied the trash. Apparently, the
> programmers never considered somebody like my mom, so it actually
> worked. I had to transfer all the files off with dos so that we could
> redo the hard drive.
>

<grin> The dangers of trying to mimic real-world concepts in a digital
world.

But I must admit it can be quite satisfying to type do "# rm -rf /"
(does something similar) on a box that needs to be re-built after
hardware failure, or when it needs to be de-commissioned.

-j