sreeni@hpisoa2.HP.COM (K. Sreenivasan) (09/14/88)
It is known that Max Planck (the great physicist) chose to display the value of Planck constant on his grave stone. Max Born followed the same example and chose the commutative operator (for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize) for his grave stone. Folklore has it that the defendants in the IBM JCL paternity suit are toying with the idea of using "**" and "&&" or "//" on grave stones. Unix gurus are too young to think about grave stones but I am sure "\", "++". "?". "~", "^" are all spoken for. I have it on good authority that MBA's have usurped "$".
mcg@omepd (Steven McGeady) (09/19/88)
In article <1020003@hpisoa2.HP.COM> sreeni@hpisoa2.HP.COM (K. Sreenivasan) writes: >It is known that Max Planck (the great physicist) chose to >display the value of Planck constant on his grave stone. >Unix gurus are too young to think about grave stones but >I am sure "\", "++". "?". "~", "^" are all spoken for. Perhaps the founding fathers will consider the immortal error message from Ken Thompson's origin chess program: "eh?" S. McGeady
cja@zippy.eecs.umich.edu (Charles J. Antonelli) (09/20/88)
>In article <9199@cup.portal.com> DGD@cup.portal.com writes: >> An appropriate epitaph would be "cd /; rm -fr *;" > no, you want something like % /etc/shutdown -h now and for those of you into reincarnation, you follow that with > b newvmunix :-) Charles J. Antonelli Internet: cja@crim.eecs.umich.edu 44 ATL, 1101 Beal Ave. Uucp: {uunet,rutgers}!umix!eecs.umich.edu!cja The University of Michigan Phone: 313-936-9362 Ann Arbor, MI 49109-2210 "When the going gets tough, the tough reboot."
jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (The Beach Bum) (09/20/88)
the plexus solution is
# sys reset
--
John F. Haugh II (jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US) HASA, "S" Division
"If the code and the comments disagree, then both are probably wrong."
-- Norm Schryerawm@doc.ic.ac.uk (Aled Morris) (09/22/88)
In article <1176@zippy.eecs.umich.edu>, cja@zippy.eecs.umich.edu (Charles J. Antonelli) writes: > >In article <9199@cup.portal.com> DGD@cup.portal.com writes: > >> An appropriate epitaph would be "cd /; rm -fr *;" > > > no, you want something like > % /etc/shutdown -h now Don't you mean: # /etc/shutdown -h now or have you chmod'ed your "shutdown" to run SUID(*) root? (now there's and idea... :-) Aled Morris systems programmer mail: awm@doc.ic.ac.uk | Department of Computing uucp: ..!ukc!icdoc!awm | Imperial College talk: 01-589-5111x5085 | 180 Queens Gate, London SW7 2BZ (*) The SUID bit is copyright AT&T in the USA and other countries :-)
dave@stcns3.stc.oz (Dave Horsfall) (09/23/88)
In article <3803@omepd> mcg@iwarpo3.UUCP (Steve McGeady) writes: | | Perhaps the founding fathers will consider the immortal error message | from Ken Thompson's origin chess program: | | "eh?" No - the best one would be "?". Ken (or Dennis, I forget) described a car which had but a single instrument on its dashboard - a large question mark which illuminates upon any error condition. "The experienced driver will usually know what is wrong" -- Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU), Alcatel-STC Australia, dave@stcns3.stc.oz dave%stcns3.stc.OZ.AU@uunet.UU.NET, ...munnari!stcns3.stc.OZ.AU!dave PCs haven't changed computing history - merely repeated it
jimi@h-three.UUCP (jimi) (09/24/88)
In article <1176@zippy.eecs.umich.edu>, cja@zippy.eecs.umich.edu (Charles J. Antonelli) writes: > >In article <9199@cup.portal.com> DGD@cup.portal.com writes: > >> An appropriate epitaph would be "cd /; rm -fr *;" > > > > no, you want something like > > % /etc/shutdown -h now For an epitaph that exemplifies the true spirit of UNIX, try: -- Jim Ingram uunet!h-three!jimi | jimi%h-three@uunet.uu.net h-three Systems Corporation P.O. Box 12557 RTP NC 27709 919 549 8334
davidsen@steinmetz.ge.com (William E. Davidsen Jr) (09/27/88)
Nothing wrong with minimal error messages... I took a couse in
programming languages once in which we did four or five languages in 15
weeks. I knew all of them except COBOL, so I got credit for projects on
two at once by writing a BASIC compiler in FORTRAN for the CDC3300.
If the statement was not recognized the message was "not BASIC" and if
it was not formed correctly the message was "wrong".
I had a subtle error in an editor once, which resulted in a register
dump and a message to call me. No one did, they just retried. Finally I
changed the message to read "dog germs" and people called me regularly
to ask the it meant.
--
bill davidsen (wedu@ge-crd.arpa)
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"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -merich@alpha.CES.CWRU.Edu (Seth Rich) (09/27/88)
In article <12238@steinmetz.ge.com> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes: >Nothing wrong with minimal error messages... : >If the statement was not recognized the message was "not BASIC" and if >it was not formed correctly the message was "wrong". >-- > bill davidsen (wedu@ge-crd.arpa) > {uunet | philabs}!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen >"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me Brings to mind the computer I learned on... a TRS-80 Model I (in BASIC), which had (at the time) a grand total of three error messages: what? for syntax errors how? for non-executables (GOTO wrong line, etc.) sorry. for out-of-memory (exceeding 4K was not a difficult task, so they went to 16K -- it seemed infinite at the time [for about 3 months]) Seth I. Rich ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Seth I. Rich Math/Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University Rabbits on walls, no problem.