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"Some have had disks replaced, the odd battery renewed, ..." Reminds me of the old gag: "I've had that broom for 14 years. It's only had 2 new heads and 3 new
by oneeyedpigeon 11y ago
"Some have had disks replaced, the odd battery renewed, ..."
Reminds me of the old gag: "I've had that broom for 14 years. It's only had 2 new heads and 3 new handles."
At least the server in the original story stayed original.
- _Codemonkeyism 11y agoThis was thought of by the Greeks, it's called 'Theseus paradox' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus
- saalweachter 11y agoEven better (especially when talking about things like teleportation), the Roosevelt Birthplace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt_Birthplace_National_Historic_Site https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt_Birthplace_... It was torn down in 1916 and then a replica was built in the same place in 1919.
- orthecreedence 11y agoActually it's kind of odd, but I had a situation where a desktop computer would have a very specific boot issue (as in, if you restart it, it hangs, but if you power down, wait 5s then power up, it boots fine). Over time as I upgraded it, I replaced the hard drive, the motherboard, the power supply, the video card, the cpu, the memory, and the case. The problem remained. I know it's anecdotal, but the machine seemed to retain some core unwillingness to restart even though every piece of it had been replaced separately. I believe it was the same "broom" even though every component was different from the original.