Totally pointless anniversary

[Nick]

Uptime on the server the forum runs on. I know its not much by some standards.


top - 09:19:10 up 1000 days, 14:43, 3 users, load average: 0.32, 0.24, 0.15
Tasks: 116 total, 1 running, 115 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie

[Dave the bass]

Dunno what much of that means but 0 Zombies must be a good thing.

We're all very proud of you!

DTB

[pre65]

0 zombie

Phew, that's a relief.

More power to your elbow Nick.

[Dave the bass]

0 zombie

Phew, that's a relief.

More power to your elbow Nick.

Agreed, more power at the elbow could come in handy if there's a Zombie on yer throat.

DTB

[Ali Tait]

Who's the one running though?

[Dave the bass]

The one that thinks he's being chased by a Zombie?

DTB

[Ali Tait]

At least none have stopped yet.

[Dave the bass]

...but 115 sleeping.

Supposing they're ALL Zombies............

I'm glad I don't work in IT.

DTB

[Mike H]

As cryptic messages go I couldn't better it.

[Nick]

...but 115 sleeping.

Supposing they're ALL Zombies............

I'm glad I don't work in IT.

DTB

So am I

On Unix and Unix-like computer operating systems, a zombie process or defunct process is a process that has completed execution but still has an entry in the process table. This entry is still needed to allow the parent process to read its child's exit status. The term zombie process derives from the common definition of zombie " an undead person. In the term's metaphor, the child process has "died" but has not yet been "reaped". Also, unlike normal processes, the kill command has no effect on a zombie process.

[Dave the bass]

Aha! Soooooo...... a sleeping Zombie could still 'byte' when you least expect it......

Ha! SWIDT.

DTB