Disk Activity

He sat at one desk. I sat at another. He brought up Rune Score. I brought up Wired News.

Then his hard disk began to spin. Spin and a cascade of rattling clicks.

I looked over at him. He saw me out of the corner of his eye. He briefly glanced over and then turned back to a loading web page.

The disk made even more noise.

What is that? I asked.

A web site, he said.

No. Why is it making so much noise?

We both looked at the screen. It was grey with a little red and blue steaming cup of coffee in the corner.

Oh, I said. It's bringing up Java.

Is that a bad thing? he asked.

No. But that sure is a lot of disk activity.

Oh. Can't have disk activity, he said.

Touché.

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