TROUBLESHOOTING

Tech Troubleshooting: A Dream

Full book available in a Kindle format

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This is a chapter from my “Introduction to Unix and Linux Troubleshooting” book, originally published 2009 in Kindle format by me, Anthony Lawrence. Available at Amazon for $2.99 if desired. Updated and modified for Medium.

A Dream

I am taking a test. It is an important test, and I and all the other students know this. There is an air of nervous apprehension as we open the first page and begin.

Ahh, this isn’t so bad: 7 + 5 + 4. An easy one, that’s 14. The next one is more difficult: 9 * 12. I have a moments hesitation as I calculate. There, done. My pencil writes “81” and I look to the next question. It’s a logic question. Good, I like logic.

“If a cumulous cloud has a radius of 14, and the diametric is opposed to the vertical, what is the arc radian?”

I see that some of my fellow students have also reached this point. They are puzzled, some showing early signs of panic. Not such an easy test, is it? But I turn my razor sharp mind to the problem. Aha! It is opposed diametrically! I smile and write down the only possible answer: two bananas.

Looking toward the front of the room, I see our beautiful instructor. Her silken…