Uptime Vs. Stuck tape

[Adam McDougall]

On 2 Mar 2001, Ben Pfaff wrote:

> 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.
>

 3:31PM  up 501 days, 17:02, 1 user, load averages: 0.08, 0.10, 0.08