James,

On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 10:26:42 -0700, James Newtons Massmind wrote:

>...<
> And it will wait for the instant that you realize you are not prepared
> before it does go wrong. Most of the time, it will go wrong in the time
> between when you realize that you are not prepared and the first instant
> that you could have done something about it.

This time being measured in ohnoseconds, of course!  :-)

> And of course, it will go wrong in the place that is the most difficult to
> get to.
> 
> Finally, the chance that something will go wrong is directly proportional to
> how stupid it will make you look when it goes wrong. The more embarrassing,
> the more likely the failure.

This has a special focus in "Howard's Law of Backups":  The disk drive failure will occur *just before* the 
next backup!

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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