[Wikipedia-l] Re: Server

Sun Aug 24 21:37:48 UTC 2003

Merrit L. Perkins wrote:

> I think of a server as having several large hard drives and the
> related hardware so that it can act as a large database. The subject
> is too complicated for a brief description.

Oh, no no, Merrit, I'm afraid you've misunderstood. Think "server" 
as in "food server". We need money to hire a waiter to bring Jimbo 
his food and spoon-feed him. That way, he can work on Wikipedia 
16 hours a day without taking a break to eat. If we have enough left 
over, we'll also buy him a catheter.

Stephen Gilbert