(This was originally a Usenet response to some eager newbie questions.) Speak, O Guru: How can I become a Unix Wizard? O, Nobly Born: know that the Way to Wizardhood is long, and winding, and Fraught with Risks. Thou must Attune thyself with the Source, attaining the...
If Unix is the answer, then it must have been a stupid question. Unix is the only virus with a command-interface. How can an operating system from 1970 (UNIX) be more modern than an operating system from 1978 (VMS)? Unix – the first computer virus. NFS =...
Tech Support calls You for help. Someone at work tells you a joke and you say LOL You watch T.V. with the closed cationing turned on You have called out someone’s screen name while making love to your significant other. You keep begging your friends to get an...
WinErr: 001 Windows loaded – System in danger WinErr: 002 No Error – Yet WinErr: 003 Dynamic linking error – Your mistake is now in every file WinErr: 004 Erroneous error – Nothing is wrong WinErr: 005 Multitasking attempted – System...
by Thomas Farrell, tfarrell@lynx.dac.neu.eduThe life of a sysadmin goes approximately as follows. 8am: Your pager goes off and wakes you up. The message says it’s the office, and it’s a crisis. You roll out of bed moaning. 8:15am: You are now sufficiently...
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