From: rednoise@REMOVETHIScomcast.net   
      
   On 01 Dec 2013, pyotr filipivich  wrote in   
   alt.os.windows-xp:   
      
   > Nil  on 30 Nov 2013 05:57:35 GMT   
   > typed in alt.os.windows-xp  the following:   
   >>   
   >>Why would searching for a statistic "tempt fate"?   
   >   
   > Be glad you don't know why that might be a problem.   
      
   What?? That makes no sense.   
      
   > The story was told by President Lincoln, of a farmer who had   
   > this   
   > very large tree that provided shade for his house in the summer,   
   > and shelter from the winter storms.  One day, as he was looking at   
   > the tree, he saw a squirrel disappear into a knot hole.  Well, of   
   > course he checked it out.  Discovered that the tree was hollow -   
   > rotted out. Not as strong as he had thought.  On learning that,   
   > the farmer exclaimed "Damn that squirrel!"   
   > Or, as one of my comp sci profs put it ":Never trap for an   
   > error condition you don't have a solution for."   
      
   Irrelevant nonsense.   
      
   >>You should run a utility that reports the S.M.A.R.T. status of the   
   >>drive, and it if shows any sign of failing... replace it   
   >>immediately. And if the drive is still within warranty, apply for   
   >>a replacement.   
   >   
   > It has been powered up for 855 days (20,520 hours).  Power   
   > Cycle Count is 3,362 (Start Stop Count is 5477 if anyone cares).   
      
   More irrelevant nonsense.   
      
   Are you really concerned about your computer and data, are you really   
   looking for advice, or are you just trolling?   
      
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