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http://xkcd.com/149/
 
I had that one hanging up in my office at my last job.

Spike - its a Linux joke. Could be rewritten thusly:

# Make me a sandwich
What? Make it yourself.
$ Make me a sandwich
Okay.
 
Hah! I love it. I would post that in my office but then I'd have to explain it all the time. No Linux users around here.
 
JeffDG said:
Sudo predates Linux by quite a bit...
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But it seems to have been popularized in that environment.

At least, it was never widely used back in the olden days, and is not well-ingrained in the habits of a lot of old codgers who are more accustomed to "su" and root shells.

As I see it, when God had something to say, he parted the clouds, issued some pronouncements in a deep, resonant voice, then, when finished, he closed the clouds again. He didn't work the clouds like morse code on a signal lamp, opening and closing with each pronouncement. He didn't hand the keys to the clouds to some underling, delegating the authority to make pronouncements on selected topics.

Feh.
-harry
 
I saw a bumper sticker once that said
"rm-rf Osama bin Laden"
Fortunately (or maybe not) I was using a Linux box at the time for some data acquisition, so I got it.

Finally broke the 1K post mark. Woo Hoo......
 
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mantakos said:
But it seems to have been popularized in that environment.

At least, it was never widely used back in the olden days, and is not well-ingrained in the habits of a lot of old codgers who are more accustomed to "su" and root shells.

As I see it, when God had something to say, he parted the clouds, issued some pronouncements in a deep, resonant voice, then, when finished, he closed the clouds again. He didn't work the clouds like morse code on a signal lamp, opening and closing with each pronouncement. He didn't hand the keys to the clouds to some underling, delegating the authority to make pronouncements on selected topics.

Feh.
-harry
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Maybe the underling named Peter?
http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/matthew/matthew16.htm

I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. 14 Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."
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Maybe not the keys to the clouds...
 
mantakos said:
As I see it, when God had something to say, he parted the clouds, issued some pronouncements in a deep, resonant voice, then, when finished, he closed the clouds again. He didn't work the clouds like morse code on a signal lamp, opening and closing with each pronouncement. He didn't hand the keys to the clouds to some underling, delegating the authority to make pronouncements on selected topics.

Feh.
-harry
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That's CLASSIC, Jeff! I might have to print that one off for my cube wall.
 
Truly fitting today.

I am upgrading a FreeBSD server from 6.2 to 8.0 and replacing the hard drive today. Almost done, but have a problem with PHP and one of the web application ports to resolve.

Sigh.
 
I like the latest one:

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Mouseover text: "On January 26th, 2274 Mars days into the mission, NASA declared Spirit a 'stationary research station', expected to stay operational for several more months until the dust buildup on its solar panels forces a final shutdown."

Man, if only all of the things our tax dollars paid for lasted over 25 times as long as originally intended. Well done, NASA JPL. :yes:
 
flyingcheesehead said:
Man, if only all of the things our tax dollars paid for lasted over 25 times as long as originally intended. Well done, NASA JPL. :yes:
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Maybe they just managed our expectations really well. I mean, if they had said the rover was designed to last 5 years, would we be so impressed?:skeptical:
 
dougbush said:
Maybe they just managed our expectations really well. I mean, if they had said the rover was designed to last 5 years, would we be so impressed?:skeptical:
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Ah... the Scotty Principle of Starship Captain Expectation Management.
 
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