Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watnot.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!water!watnot!cagordon From: cagordon@watnot.UUCP (Chris Gordon) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: sleep Message-ID: <11276@watnot.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 22:41:06 EDT Article-I.D.: watnot.11276 Posted: Fri Jul 12 22:41:06 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 09:49:00 EDT Reply-To: cagordon@watnot.UUCP (Chris Gordon) Distribution: na Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 27 In the manual for sleep, it states: SLEEP(1) Waterloo UNIX Programmer's Manual SLEEP(1) BUGS (You call this a bug?!) Time must be less than 2,147,483,647 seconds. This calculates to approximately 68 years!!!! Now we'll have a new type of process... run, sleep, stop and RVW - Rip Van Winkle. Oh...and don't forget the 'undead' processes: zombies. Many bytes wasted on .signature follow ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- universe!solar system!earth!north america!canada!ontario!waterloo!university! watnot!cagordon but you can call me: UUCP : {decvax|utzoo|ihnp4|allegra|clyde}!watmath!watnot!cagordon CSNET : cagordon%watnot@waterloo.csnet ARPA : cagordon%watnot%waterloo.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa "Any similarity of ideas expressed above to those of persons living, dead or undead is purely coincidental"