[ale] Stupid Question Time

[Mike Harrison]

On Fri, 3 Feb 2012, Lightner, Jeff wrote:

> Maybe it was "stupid answer" for "stupid question"?
>
> It reminds of the folks that tell you to hit "Atl-F4" when you tell them you're having a problem going to a particular web site.
>
> Hopefully he meant "sudo rm -rf /<directory> and not just "/"!
>
> There are two kinds of Admins:
> The kind that have done "rm -rf /" without meaning it.
> The kind that lie and say they have never done it.


And those of us that have done it or similar before...
now type any "rm" command with a ritual of removing the hands from the 
keyboard... taking a deep breath, evaluating the prompt, he directory 
they are in, and the command they typed.. The sub-concious answers:
  "Do you really want to do what you think you are about to do?"
and THEN you move your hands back to press [Enter]

Or at least, those of us who run as root and have done this more than 
once...