[TriLUG] In search of the walled machine at UNC

[Thunder Bear]

Nope.  No good.  Bad hostname.

On Thursday, October 3, 2002, at 04:38 PM, Greg Brown wrote:

>
> Maybe it was wrong (I typed it into the e-mail).  Here's a copy and 
> paste
> link (by the way, the "it did not" happen story is buried in the page, 
> search
> for "novell"):
>
>
> http://www.shartwell.freeserve.co.uk/humor-site/mythellany.html
>
>
> On Thursday 03 October 2002 04:29 pm, you wrote:
>> Sure you have the link right for the "It Did Not Happen Story"?  That
>> hostname isn't resolving for me.
>>
>> On Thursday, October 3, 2002, at 04:15 PM, Greg Brown wrote:
>>> I always thought it happened at N.C. State.   Anyway, here are two
>>> differing
>>> opinions on-lie about what did, or did not, take place regarding this
>>> Novell
>>> server  (curiously, both pages are from the UK):
>>>
>>> The It Did Happen Story:
>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/5/18265.html
>>>
>>> The It Did Not Happen Story:
>>> http://www.shartwell.freeserve.co.uk/humor-site/mythellany.html
>>>
>>>
>>> Greg
>>>
>>> On Thursday 03 October 2002 04:05 pm, you wrote:
>>>> I understand that the story was true but it was a Novell 3.1x 
>>>> server.
>>>>
>>>> Sinner from the Prairy wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I remember reading , some time a go, a bout a Linux box with an
>>>>> incredible uptime. This machine had been lost, and was only found
>>>>> after
>>>>> following the cable... and getting to a (now) walled room.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is this a real story? Is it an Urban Legend? Why I seem to remember
>>>>> that
>>>>> this box was part of UNC-Chapel Hill?
>>>>>
>>>>> Can any one conform / dismiss the story? Any link?
>>>>>
>>>>> Salut,
>>>>> Sinner
>>>>> --
>>>>> http://www.ibiblio.org/sinner/     Linux User # 89976
>>>>> Running on Mandrake 8.2 - Kernel  2.4.18-8.1mdk    Linux Machine #
>>>>> 38068
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