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  1. So, where are the VAXen? by Tackhead · · Score: 2 · on NJ Server Farms Remake the US Financial Markets

    Oh, that's right. Even 22 years later, VAXen, my children, just don't belong in some places :)

  2. VAXen, my children, just don't belong some places. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1 · on New "Circuit Breaker" Imposed To Stop Market Crash

    The story behind the flash crash was foretold more than 20 years ago: VAXen, my children, just don't belong some places.

  3. Murphy's Law by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting · on Explosion At ThePlanet Datacenter Drops 9,000 Servers

    While they claim redundant power, because of the nature of the problem they had to go completely dark. This goes to show that no matter how much planning you do, Murphy's Law still applies."

    And then they put it on the front page of Slashdot.

    It was Sunday, June 1, 2008. Xeon, my children, just don't belong in some places.

    (About the only thing missing from this real-world version of the story is a YouTube video of a halon fire suppression system going off. Damn ozone-protection regs :)

  4. An old VAX tale by pesc · · Score: 4, Funny · on VAX Users See the Writing on the Wall

    This is an old story but it seems fitting here.

  5. Mirror URLs by sabat · · Score: 3, Informative · on Some Geek Guides for Dating

    The legendary "Girl's Guide to Geek Guys" by Mikki Halpin (and originally published in Bunnyhop, a great 'zine) is slashdotted at antioch.edu, apparently.

    The Google cache is here

    Some more mirrors are here, and here at XS4ALL in Holland.

    And btw, one of the pages mentions that Mikki has written a book based on the article. The book is available on the Evil Patenting Amazon.com.

  6. Re:So what's next? Synonyms? by rde · · Score: 2 · on Language Translation Domain Name Claims

    Say I create a site called tinylimp.com
    You're obviously not the first person to worry about synonyms and microsoft; if you look at the page www.crash.com you'll see a link to the EFF. Now that's insurance.