Dude!

Righteous uptime! At least compared to our Micro$oft using brethren. But as a longtime Linux user with Debian, Slackware, (and one sacrificial Windows XP machine), computers surrounding me, I measure uptime in terms of months and years. (And I do it for free, heh, heh.)

And yes, our Lance rests today, only to come back stronger and more awesome than ever tomorrow!

When I was a young, flat-belly I did my miles in the saddle of mountain bikes, criterium bikes, road bikes, and man-oh-man-oh-man am I ever remembering my own "mountains of death" I danced up on the peddles and flew down in a tight tuck as I watch my young neighbor from up the road in Austin do it all one more time in this year's TDF. Yes, I was a licensed USCF racer back in "my day", but Lance ... oh-man-oh-man.

Next year when he makes it number six! Now, that'll be somethin'!

And, after this race is over, I'd like to find out just how in the world he was able to stay alive after losing as much body weight as he did in that one time trial! Man! That would have killed a normal human, as I understand it. Don't you think?

Are you using OS X? I recently got a G4 Powerbook and made the switch to OS X. I've been really impressed with the way it handles memory. I haven't had a crash yet. Several programs crash occasionally, but they don't bring down the entire system anymore... this is a huge change (for me, at least) from OS 9. Yay Macs!

Roscoe, thanks for stopping by. I understand that Linux operates by an entirely different (and higher) standard than other OSes, although I'm sure you'll agree that it poses its own special "challenges," especially to non-geek users. Of course, that's why OS X is so cool -- and stable...see the comment following yours. However, I'm not using X on my desktop, and that's what made yesterday a tad remarkable.

As for our man Lance...well, there's little doubt that he's a different breed of cat altogether...an amazing mix of genetics, discipline and science. I suspect he continually pushes against the edge of human capability.

However -- and I'm going out on a limb here -- I'm not sure he's got 6 in him. We may not really know the answer to that until, say, October or November. (And I'm not counting the "5 Chickens" just yet...this race has just been too dang funky for that!)

Hey, Expat...I'm a dual-OS household, with my G4 tower running 9.2.2 (and that's what I was referring to in this post) and my new PowerBook (17"!) running Jaguar. So, I'm still getting acquainted with X. I like it so far, and it has been rock-solid, but there's a lot to get used to. I'll probably wait on a G5 before moving my tower to X.

Thanks for the note!

Does every chapter in the Mac User's manual begin with a paragraph of how Wintel machines only operate one day a week or something?

On my machine (Win2k) at the house I run the full Office Suite, many Adobe apps....including Premiere and After Effects....and would match my uptime with any Mac user.

Macs are only some people's preference....they are not enlightenment.

Cheez und crakers...some people are *beyond* sensitive!

Natalie, sugar...re-read my post. Did I so much as mention Windows? I think not.

If you're offended by any discussion about Macs, you might want to pay closer attention to how I title my posts.

And if you've got a bone to pick with Roscoe - the only person on this thread to even allude to Windows, well, he left his address.

Nevertheless, I'm quite proud of your uptime, too. I think we've all been equally validated.

I knew the minute I pressed Post that the tone of my post would be misinterpreted.....and using emoticons is not my style. I need an animated gif of an elbow gently nudging ribs or something.

You've been blogging long enough that I didn't feel it necessary to cut you any slack, because you *knew* better! ;-)

(See, emoticons are not evil, at least not in the same way that TV commercials for Hotwire.com are evil.)