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   mark lewis to Al Kaiser   
   Where's all the traffic   
   09 Dec 16 10:20:42   
   
   09 Dec 16 09:54, you wrote to me:   
      
    ml>> perhaps you could simply send an areafix for this area with a   
    ml>> rescan command?   
      
    AK> Did that also for B5, Trek and Taglines, lets see what shows up.   
      
   probably not much since they are pretty quiet these days... quiet as in maybe   
   a post or two a year unless something pops up like an episode discussion or   
   the noting of an actor's passing...   
      
    AK> Hope is did it right I'm not that used to doing command things much. I   
    AK> just keep plugging along the way I've been going.   
      
    :)   
      
    AK> Every once in a while see an older moive find a good tagline and from   
    AK> it and edit my tagline files.   
      
   i grab tag lines from all kinds of places... even taking some good statements   
   or phrases and chopping them into tag lines...   
      
    ml>> Always Mount a Scratch Monkey   
      
    AK> Never understood or knew what Scrach Monkey is?   
      
   kinda like having a scratch piece of paper while taking a test... something to   
   scribble on without messing up the original... in this case, uncle google is   
   your friend...   
      
   https://www.google.com/search?q=Always+Mount+a+Scratch+Monkey   
      
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scratch_monkey   
   Scratch monkey is a term used in hacker jargon, as in "Before testing or   
   reconfiguring, always mount a scratch monkey", a proverb used to advise   
   caution when dealing with irreplaceable data or devices.   
      
      
   http://edp.org/monkey.htm   
   [...] So five monkeys were fitted with caps intended to sense brain waves, and   
   the caps were attached to various A-to-D and D-to-A converters [...] connected   
   to the VAX. This connection was piggybacked on a disk drive [...] mounted   
   read-only--the read-only button was pressed and taped over with a warning not   
   to remove it. [...] The room containing the monkeys was several stories   
   removed from the computer room. [...] the VAX crashed. It was on a service   
   contract, [...] The Digital Field Service engineer came in, removed the disk   
   from the drive, figured it was then okay to remove the tape [holding down the   
   read-only button] and make the drive writeable, [...] monkey brains are not   
   designed to handle the electrical signals they received. You can imagine [...]   
      
      
   http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~magi/personal/humour/Computer_Folklore/Al   
   ays%20Mount%20A%20Scratch%20Monkey.html   
   or tinyurl - http://tinyurl.com/h5p8mhf   
      
      
   http://www.acme.com/jef/netgems/scratch_monkey.html   
      
      
   some stories say the machine was a PDP11 and i've also seen mentioned a   
   PDP12... the system in question was a VAX and the monkeys affected really were   
   affected... one, named Mabel, had even been trained to swim underwater with a   
   mouth piece like scuba divers use... but i'll let you read the above links...   
   i'm sure you will understand more about the statement when you are finished   
   reading ;)   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
   Always Mount a Scratch Monkey   
   Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it   
   wrong...   
   ... I have responsibilities; so many people rely on me for fun. - Neekha   
   ---   
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