26 Dec
2011
26 Dec
'11
10:53 p.m.
I, of course, liked the warning from dump(1): "Are you sure you know what you are
doing?"
aps.
Begin forwarded message:
From: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon(a)orthanc.ca>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] hello, world
Date: December 26, 2011 4:20:38 PM EST
To: Warren Toomey <wkt(a)tuhs.org>
Cc: tuhs(a)tuhs.org, Norman Wilson <norman(a)oclsc.org>
On 2011-12-26, at 13:11 PM, Warren Toomey wrote:
Yes, a good reminder on the power that
programming brings us. A question
though: what command would "bring the system down"?
'kill -1 1' will bring terror to anyone who had the misfortune of dealing with
Xenix.
I think the writer is getting at how UNIX bypassed the 'i ask you three times'
dance.
--lyndon
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