From: reuben doetsch Date: 2008-10-16T14:38:18+09:00 Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Uptime Since... (#174) --Apple-Mail-1-1015169249 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Matthew Moss wrote: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The three rules of Ruby Quiz 2: 1. Please do not post any solutions or spoiler discussion for this quiz until 48 hours have passed from the time on this message. 2. Support Ruby Quiz 2 by submitting ideas as often as you can! (A permanent, new website is in the works for Ruby Quiz 2. Until then, please visit the temporary website at . 3. Enjoy! Suggestion: A [QUIZ] in the subject of emails about the problem helps everyone on Ruby Talk follow the discussion. Please reply to the original quiz message, if you can. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ## Uptime Since... (#174) 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. While `uptime` is available on the various Unixes and Mac OS X, Windows users might need to do a little extra work. Here are [two][1] [options][2] for Windows users. [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555737 [2]: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5826014.html -- Matthew Moss --Apple-Mail-1-1015169249--