Uptime [OT]

[Robert Bonomi]

> From owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org  Thu Jun 14 22:56:16 2012
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 22:51:45 -0500
> From: Mark Felder <feld at feld.me>
> Cc: Steve Bertrand <steve.bertrand at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Uptime [OT]
>
> FreeBSD REDACTED 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Wed Nov 15 16:29:10  
> CST 2006 root at REDACTED:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/IPFW-POLING-ALTQ i386
>
> Theres no way I'm giving out the organization name or hostname haha. We're  
> slowly moving customers away from this device, but not forcing anyone.
>
> I wonder if the technician who compiled that kernel considered how long it  
> would run....

Heh. check out -this- one:

 % uname -a
 ****** ******************** *** **** ****** *** Kernel #0: Thu Mar 20 16:40:01 CST 1997     ************************:/usr/src/sys/compile/LOCAL  i386

The build date _is_ accurate, the hardware it's running on is old enough to 
vote.   <wry grin>

It's publicly accessible on the Internet, 

It's not quite as ridiculous as it looks, the (limited) apps running on it 
_are_ up-to-date.

Uptime is nothing to brag about -- no UPS, combined with 'unreliable' public
utility power, does have an impact.