From: Robert Lupton the Good Subject: Re: 2.5m obslog 20080917 (MJD 54727) Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:58:00 -0400 Let me reiterate what David says. Please do NOT come up with ad-hoc solutions. One thing that made SDSS reasonably stable (and I don't just mean on the mountain) was FIXING problems, not papering them over. It really does save time in the long run. R