[net.unix] Creating a file in csh, april fools, echo...

kayvan@ucbvax.ARPA (Kayvan Aghaiepour) (04/29/85)

In article <124@ukma.UUCP> david@ukma.UUCP (David Herron, NPR Lover) writes:
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>As the originator of this mess ... 
>
>Now, don't y'all think this has gone on far enough?  We've had I don't
>know how many postings to the net about this, not to mention hundreds
>of personal responses.  All for a simple joke?  Not even for one with
>lots of content.
>
>:-)
>
>--- David Herron

Well, that'll teach you to post anything like that again to the net!!
People just take everything too seriously. Try making /dev/null on your
machine a file, and then post something with the standard disclaimer
"send flames to /dev/null"... I wouldn't be surprised if you get a few
responses in your /dev/null file! :-> 

					---Kayvan

smith@ncoast.UUCP (Phil Smith) (05/01/85)

In article <6579@ucbvax.ARPA> kayvan@ucbvax.UUCP (Kayvan Aghaiepour) writes:
>In article <124@ukma.UUCP> david@ukma.UUCP (David Herron, NPR Lover) writes:
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>>As the originator of this mess ... 
>>
>>--- David Herron
>
>Well, that'll teach you to post anything like that again to the net!!
>People just take everything too seriously. Try making /dev/null on your
>machine a file, and then post something with the standard disclaimer
>"send flames to /dev/null"... I wouldn't be surprised if you get a few
>responses in your /dev/null file! :-> 
>
>					---Kayvan

you mean this was all just a joke ??
of course I took it seriously :=)
after all would people out in net-land tell us something that wasn`t
the absoulute truth. no wonder our system kept crashing when i tried
to use those commands :=).