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From: David Bolt on 25 Jun 2010 07:51 On Friday 25 Jun 2010 11:51, while playing with a tin of spray paint, houghi painted this mural: > houghi wrote: >> So dare you do it. :-) >> I did: http://houghi.org/movie/index.php?movie=sc_350ZSG9 > > No reactions, so I guess y'all tried it. :-D Or they were too shocked by the KDE video and have yet to recover :-) > I must admid I did not do it on my main machine, but on a VirtualBox > image. Anyone would think that it might cause some problems if you did. Regards, David Bolt -- Team Acorn: www.distributed.net openSUSE 11.0 32b | | | openSUSE 11.3RC1 32b | openSUSE 11.1 64b | openSUSE 11.2 64b | TOS 4.02 | openSUSE 11.1 PPC | RISC OS 4.02 | RISC OS 3.11
From: Chris Cox on 25 Jun 2010 11:49 On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 05:04 +0200, houghi wrote: > So dare you do it. :-) > I did: http://houghi.org/movie/index.php?movie=sc_350ZSG9 > > houghi Next time try: cat /dev/zero >/dev/sda
From: mjt on 25 Jun 2010 12:01 On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:12:10 +0200 houghi <houghi(a)houghi.org.invalid> wrote: > I once did a `chmod -x` of something like /etc or a chown. Can't > remember what. And yes, I was root. That caused some serious problems > and I needed to do a restore. That should have only affected the /etc directory itself and not any files within - all you would have had to do was the reverse: "chmod +x /etc" ... or chown ... > And even though the subject says `rm -rf /*` I always actually > type `rm /* -rf`. Gives me just a bit more to do. Now I just > recall a nice discussion of the unability to do the rm /, but > you are forced to use /*. Don't bet on it - some [distros] still allow it. [/]# rm / -rf [/]# ls bash: ls: command not found [/]# -- Never settle with words what you can accomplish with a flame thrower. <<< Remove YOURSHOES to email me >>>
From: mjt on 25 Jun 2010 12:04 On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:49:23 -0500 Chris Cox <chrisncoxn(a)endlessnow.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 05:04 +0200, houghi wrote: > > So dare you do it. :-) > > I did: http://houghi.org/movie/index.php?movie=sc_350ZSG9 > > Next time try: > > cat /dev/zero >/dev/sda And for those lucky enough to not have a SCSI/SATA(USB) drive, will be unaffected :) -- Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. -- Susan Ertz <<< Remove YOURSHOES to email me >>>
From: Rikishi42 on 25 Jun 2010 12:15
On 2010-06-25, houghi <houghi(a)houghi.org.invalid> wrote: > > > So dare you do it. :-) > I did: http://houghi.org/movie/index.php?movie=sc_350ZSG9 Had one too many, that night ? ;-) -- Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something. |