Tuesday, June 21, 2005

data malaise, a boot record

structured parity check will begin at next login,
cycling redundancy, each error processed with algorithmic accuracy;
last known good configuration has been invoked,
but integrity is uncertain and profile corruption may be imminent;
cascading failover, a catastrophic failure -
malformed data, a collection of unnamed and orphaned records.
directory structure awry and unreadable,
the partition's pattern, a jumble of chaotic bits;
lost files will not be recovered,
the boot record, unbroken, spins lazily on fluttering platters,
no log or trace of this indistinct sequence of events.

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Laura's birthday today. 31. Life is a beautiful thing and I am full to the brim with the sublime notion of living it. Perhaps I've been listening to too much Literary Criticism. It's a good lecture, by Louis Markos. I've actually picked up a version of Critical Theory Since Plato that I've not quite gotten around to reading. Must study for the MCSE upgrade test (wheee!). Must also create curriculum for Teya's classes over the summer - with any luck, she'll be inspired to want to learn again. The public school system in America is in a sad state... at least where I work and live it is. Welcome to the place where the intelligent are lumped in with the duds and are forced to drown in a sea of mediocrity. More decrying bureaucracy another time, since I'm on the compan dime right now. Back to work!

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a gentle peering into the miasma that is whenevernow.