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Could implement it as a 3-line bash script. <BR>
Seems like not a very fun game, though.<BR>
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<B>From</B>: Michael H. Warfield <<A HREF="mailto:%22Michael%20H.%20Warfield%22%20%3cmhw@wittsend.com%3e">mhw@wittsend.com</A>><BR>
<B>Reply-to</B>: mhw@wittsend.com, Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale@ale.org><BR>
<B>To</B>: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <<A HREF="mailto:Atlanta%20Linux%20Enthusiasts%20-%20Yes!%20We%20run%20Linux!%20%3cale@ale.org%3e">ale@ale.org</A>><BR>
<B>Cc</B>: <A HREF="mailto:mhw@wittsend.com">mhw@wittsend.com</A><BR>
<B>Subject</B>: Re: [ale] Suicide Linux<BR>
<B>Date</B>: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:30:24 -0500<BR>
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On Tue, 2010-02-23 at 14:53 +0000, Brandon Wood wrote:
> Saw this as I was going through my feeds. I'd fail in a heartbeat...
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> Think you've mastered Linux? Prove it, with Suicide Linux
> from Download Squad by Jay Hathaway
> Linux gurus who pride themselves on their skills with the command line
> would finally have a way to prove it if one guy's wacky idea came to
> fruition. Yes, it's Suicide Linux, where any unrecognized command is
> parsed as "rm -rf /" ... that's Linux for "your hard drive's content
> go boom." Sorry, no helpful spelling correction in Bash, just boom.
> This concept popped up on Sam Hughes' qntm.org last year, and has been
> making the rounds of the web again this week.
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> Why would you ever want to play Suicide Linux? Well, it's certainly
> not practical, but it makes more sense as a game than as an actual
> operating system. See how many days you can make it without erasing
> all your files! Hell, I probably wouldn't even be able to survive
> Suicide Mac OS X for more than a week (sometimes I flub my Quicksilver
> commands when I'm tired, okay?!), so Suicide Linux sounds to me like a
> test invented by an overdramatic movie villain.
Wow... That's like the BOFH (Bastard Operator From Hell) gone wild.
> Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately), I couldn't find an actual
> download of a Suicide Linux distro, but it seems like it wouldn't be
> that difficult to create ... especially for someone who could use it.
Mike
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