On 21 Dec 2010, at 13:46, Vincent Cunniffe wrote:
> On 21/12/2010 13:43, Niall O Broin wrote:
>> On 21 Dec 2010, at 13:39, Brian O'Mahony wrote:
>>>>> It is a clearcase server. The processes will have to wait till Christmas to be stopped.
>>>> You have a kill command that only works at Christmas? Mine works 24x7x365.
>> Not during leap years then? Odd.
You know, I've often wondered why people use that expression? Surely 24x7 implies 24x365
or 24x366, as the case may be? Mind you, I have noticed some places here that claim to be
open 24x7 shut down for at least some days over Christmas, so you probably need to ask which 7.
Niall
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