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unix best practices fail

much to my chagrin, this little bastard is still around:

# uname -a
Linux *hostname redacted* 2.4.22 #1 SMP Tue Oct 14 15:19:21 PDT 2003 i686 unknown
# uptime
9:35am  up 376 days, 12:00,  1 user,  load average: 0.71, 1.13, 1.24
# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Linux release 7.3 (Valhalla)
#

the sooner he’s gone, the better. *embarassed* c’mon. we’ve all got boxes like this lying around that despite all parties’ best efforts just don’t seem to be able to die die die. right?