POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Biggest /var/log/messsages : Re: Biggest /var/log/messsages Server Time
9 Oct 2024 20:51:30 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Biggest /var/log/messsages  
From: andrel
Date: 27 Oct 2008 17:37:10
Message: <490634D9.6050703@hotmail.com>
On 27-Oct-08 22:06, Darren New wrote:
> andrel wrote:
>> I am sure you mean quick look *at* the log files or even at the 
>> directory entry. I am not prepared to believe you read that all, not 
>> even superficially.
> 
> Considering even on a fast drive, it's a 20-minute transfer just to read 
> the file off the disk... :-)
> 
Any estimate on how much to scroll it over your window.

Reminds me of the story of the it department in the late 70's or early 
80's that used to print the core dump on paper. When they got a new 
machine with a virtual memory of 4GB they were not allowed to do that 
anymore. (not enough paper in this world, please insert a new world)


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