From: Erik Hollensbe <erik@...>
Date: 2008-08-27T00:20:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Uptime Since... (#174)

Matthew Moss wrote:
> On Aug 25, 11:20�pm, Matthias Reitinger <reiti...@in.tum.de> wrote:
>> Matthew Moss wrote:
>> > Nice and easy one this week. Your task is to write a Ruby script that
>> > reports the date and time of your last reboot, making use of �the
>> > `uptime` command.
>>
>> Why use `uptime` when there's `who -b`?
> 
> Because `uptime` is what I requested...   :D
> 
> Sometimes it's not about the final result, but about the process.

Yep, this is a "count backwards in time" exercise slightly obfuscated. 
My "solution" was a bit of a joke, and I apologize for the mess I've 
caused.
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