Uptime Vs. Stuck tape

[Ben Pfaff]

Adam McDougall <mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu> writes:

> On 14 Feb 2001, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> 
> > Uptime is overrated.  If your Linux box has 355 days of uptime
> > and it's on a public network then it's a security risk anyhow.
> 
> Thats one of the things that disgusts me about Linux.
> 
> *dons asbestos underwear*
>  4:11PM  up 423 days, 18:42, 1 user, load averages: 0.05, 0.16, 0.17
> and proud of it.

If it's been up that long then it probably suffers from the
490-day bug.  You've got at most 2 months and change left before
it crashes.