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coworkers without telling them and then let THEM play…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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ale-bounces@ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, February 24, 2010
10:08 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">mhw@wittsend.com</st1:PersonName>;
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [ale] Suicide Linux</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Could implement it as a
3-line bash script. <br>
Seems like not a very fun game, though.<br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From</span></b>: Michael H. Warfield <<a
href="mailto:%22Michael%20H.%20Warfield%22%20%3cmhw@wittsend.com%3e">mhw@wittsend.com</a>><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Reply-to</span></b>: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">mhw@wittsend.com</st1:PersonName>,
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!</st1:PersonName>
<ale@ale.org><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To</span></b>: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Atlanta
Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!</st1:PersonName> <<a
href="mailto:Atlanta%20Linux%20Enthusiasts%20-%20Yes!%20We%20run%20Linux!%20%3cale@ale.org%3e">ale@ale.org</a>><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc</span></b>: <a
href="mailto:mhw@wittsend.com">mhw@wittsend.com</a><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject</span></b>: Re: [ale] Suicide Linux<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Date</span></b>: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:30:24
-0500<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>On Tue, 2010-02-23 at 14:53 +0000, Brandon Wood wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Saw this as I was going through my feeds. I'd fail in a heartbeat...<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Think you've mastered Linux? Prove it, with Suicide Linux<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> from Download Squad by Jay Hathaway<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Linux gurus who pride themselves on their skills with the command line<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> would finally have a way to prove it if one guy's wacky idea came to<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> fruition. Yes, it's Suicide Linux, where any unrecognized command is<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> parsed as "rm -rf /" ... that's Linux for "your hard drive's content<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> go boom." Sorry, no helpful spelling correction in Bash, just boom.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> This concept popped up on Sam Hughes' qntm.org last year, and has been<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> making the rounds of the web again this week.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Why would you ever want to play Suicide Linux? Well, it's certainly<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> not practical, but it makes more sense as a game than as an actual<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> operating system. See how many days you can make it without erasing<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> all your files! Hell, I probably wouldn't even be able to survive<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Suicide Mac OS X for more than a week (sometimes I flub my Quicksilver<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> commands when I'm tired, okay?!), so Suicide Linux sounds to me like a<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> test invented by an overdramatic movie villain. <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Wow... That's like the BOFH (Bastard Operator From Hell) gone wild.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately), I couldn't find an actual<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> download of a Suicide Linux distro, but it seems like it wouldn't be<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> that difficult to create ... especially for someone who could use it. <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Mike<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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