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Command Line Life Partner Wanted
emj writes "Craiglist offers an interesting approach to finding a life partner , summmary: "There is a sad truth to the world today. I am part of a dying breed of people known as "shell users." ... Because there are fewer and fewer of us, I must help keep our lineage alive. I am looking for someone to help me do this. I need a woman (obviously) who is willing to raise a child with me in the method of Unix."."
grep -i 'single white female' /usr2/home/women/*
"Give someone a program, frustrate them for a day... Teach someone to program, frustrate them for a lifetime."
Don't be silly. Unichs can't have children.
This kid will get all the chicks.
who && gawk && uname && talk && date && wine && touch && unzip && strip && touch && finger && mount && fsck && more && yes; yes; more; yes; umount && make clean && sleep
Deep down, even if she doesn't know it, she's got Unix underneath, and whatever shell of choice one wants to run.
Hmm... a relationship consisting of short, efficient and flexible commands that can be combined in interesting ways. Sounds pretty good to me. But I've only seen it work in the BDSM world.
...wanna fork()?
#naabhaprzrag, #sverubfr-000, #agi-fcbafberq, negvpyr[pynff*=' negvpyr-ary-'] { qvfcynl: abar !vzcbegnag; }
(what is this "mating" thing you speak of? It sounds as messy and inelegant as Visual Basic. Yuck).
(come to think of it, this may explain why there are so few shell users left...)
Quo usque tandem abutere, Nimbus, patientia nostra?
Obviously, her looks are completely unimportant.
If Pandora's box is destined to be opened, *I* want to be the one to open it.
A modern computing system is not one that is run from the DOS commandline - it is a system that is tied in with the internet instead. Justhave a look at Vista with Aero for an example of this done right. .NET and the Aero interface. .NET revolution.
You need the outlook to connect in with the mass of email flowing around us every day. And then there is document collaboration - the sharing of Wordfiles and Excels between users across state boundries! Voice over IP, internet enabled 'surface' computing, and voice command interfaces - all tied together with
The driving force behind this internet is the Microsoft Sharepoint Server - a central peice of systems software which connects all the send points together, in a synergistic kaleidoscope that achieves both balance and symmetry.
The smart Vendors know that in order to get ahead in the future IT,that means integrating with the internet.
And so, we will see more and vendors of the Linux remit their legalobligations to Microsoft, and then benefit by getting on board the
unzip, strip, touch, finger, grep, mount, fsck, more, yes,fsck,fsck,fsck,umount, sleep.
Until I read this: I've been known to actually turn down offers of "two chicks at the same time."
Seriously though, I'd love to see the look on two girls' faces when this guy says, "Sorry ladies, I'm looking for a vi user, and you two look like you can't even use Word."
No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill
I was quite sure that many women out there would find the ad very intriguing, until he got to the part about only using Vi. Seriously, why would you bring up your mental health conditions even before the first date?
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Don't forget the other UNIX-y posting where an Intelligent atheist white man seeks sweetie.
He will have to propose. I wonder if he's going to go with diamond or a token ring?
Kwisatz Haderach
Sell the spice to CHOAM
This Mahdi took Shaddam's Throne
You must be a real hit at parties.
Is this luser aware of the fact that in Unix, it is perfectly legal for a child to kill its parent?
very important, that one...
No sig today...
You would know...if YOU ever got invited to one.
He wants ONE child? Okay, so either he doesn't want his family to go anywhere or his grasp of the Unix way is very light. Of course he needs MANY children, each good at one and only one thing:
One child can read and write.
One child can do math.
One child knows how to operate a car.
And so on.
Then, in order to do anything useful he pipes together the children. That's the proper Unix way of founding a family.
USE HOT GRITS WITH STATUE OF NATALIE PORTMAN (NAKED AND PETRIFIED)
[daleg@home]~$ ./significant-other
Reading configuration from ~/.sorc...
Welcome to GNU Significant Other! It's Monday, January 21, 2008:
-- It is trash night.
-- It is recycling night.
-- Fault in dishwasher water supply was detected on 1/19/2008. Please address by 1/23/2008
-- "Poker Night" appointment in calendar observed. This conflicts with "Movie with kids"
-- Snow is predicted tomorrow during the evening. Please ready sho
^Z
[1]+ Stopped ./significant-other
[daleg@home]~$
Dad: What is it son?
Son: Well, ever since I was young I knew I was different... Not like the other boy you wanted me to play with and...
Dad: Billy? Are you telling us you're gay?
Son: No! Not that dad...
Dad: Well son what is it?
Son: I've been dual booting XP for weeks now! I want to use a GUI!
Dad: WHAT?!! I have no son!
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what your country did to you
reading and writing is definitely more than one thing.
You would need a whole team of children to operate a car, and even then you should avoid "race conditions"!
I only look human.
My mother is a halfling and my dad is an ogre, so that makes me an Ogreling
http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20011229&mode=classic
The truth shall set you free!
man bash
I can see it now...colonies of geeks will spring up all over that are only allowed to marry each other and can't use any computer technology developed after 1986.
Ok, so the only reason he turned down two girls is because they only had one cup between them...
Setting his threshold to 5, Sparky eliminated most of the trolls on /.
A real sysadmin would simply pipe one chick into the other.
Ergonomica Auctorita Illico!
I think it's more that he tends to hit people at parties.
Then admit you're just in it for the sex and suck it up little soldier!
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what your country did to you
%make love
Make: Don't know how to make love. Stop.
% sleep with me
bad character
% man: why did you get a divorce?
man:: Too many arguments.
From gnu.org.
:wq
**Copied from xkcd.com**
"Make me a sandwich."
"What? Make your own sandwich."
"Sudo Make me a sandwich."
"Ok"
They are still living in a shell. (wink)
Previously: "Linux... Toward the Sunrise..." Now: "Linux... Toward the-- No, now, part of Every Sunrise"
He had me at vi.
I feel so, so dirty envying a Vista feature. I'm sure I could configure Gnome to do the same, but I don't feel good about myself right now.
# find ${SOMEPATH} -type f -exec grep -i "${PATTERN}" {} \;
"When we first met we just clicked."
Engineering is the art of compromise.
Hans, settle down.
Hail Eris, full of mischief...
E pluribus sanguinem
gawk; chat; look; nice; date; wine; grep; touch; play; unzip; strip; touch; expand; screen; finger; screen; latex; tangle; mount; fsck; more; yes; yes; yes; yes; screen; yes; yes; yes; more; yes; yes; umount; sleep
Ask me about repetitive DNA
Please add the following requirements:
* Women
This will be the toughest feature to implement.
>PS - yes, this is for real.
I'm sorry, but this is the stupidest thing I have ever seen. Wanting more people to use the command line is not a suitable justification for bringing a new human being into the world. It certainly is not the basis for a healthy relationship.
It's true that all sorts of people who aren't qualified to reproduce do so anyway. Just be aware that you are in that group.
Also, no, just knowing what KSH is doesn't guarantee you have prime genetic material.
Hand me my command prompt. It's the one over there that says "Bad Motherfucker" on it.
bad_motherfucker>