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From: Neal A Porter <nap@*****.PHYSICS.SWIN.OZ.AU>
Subject: Re: Losing Accounts?
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 1994 12:19:30 +1100
>
>Well I know this conversation isn't SR related but I thought I'd just let you
>know how nice Newcastle is so that ou can all apply to do your MSc's over here.
>
>EVERY student in the univeristy can get unix access with full internet
>capability, thrown in as well is about 3.5 Megs of disk space. Computer Sci
>and Micro students <me> also get access on the computing departments machines
>where they get unlimited disk space <at least until the admin starts to check>.
>
>Phill.


Trust me my friend, there is no such thing as unlimited disk space. As
one of my friends found out by writing code, under UNIX, that concaternated
a one line file to itself, and then the two line file to itself etc. It took about
15 minutes until it filled up all the disk space and crashed the Uni's system.
Needless to say that the rest of use, with only one week left before a major
assignment, weren't very happy.

A'Deus.

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