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As a project wears on, standards for success slip lower and lower.
0 hours
[[Woman looking at man working on the computer.]]
Man: Okay, I should be able to dual-boot BSD soon.
6 hours
[[Man on the floor fiddling with the open tower in front of him.]]
Man: I'll be happy if I can get the system working like it was when I started.
10 hours
[[Man standing in front of the computer which now has a laptop plugged into the tower.]]
Man: Well the desktop's a lost cause, but I think I can fix the problems the laptop's developed.
24 hours
[[Man and woman swimming in the sea, island and beach seen in the distance.]]
Man: If we're lucky, the sharks will stay away until we reach shallow water.
Woman: If we make it back alive, you're never upgrading anything again.
{{ 40% of OpenBSD installs lead to shark attacks. It's their only standing security issue. }}
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