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Unix Guru Evi Nemeth Missing, Feared Lost At Sea

Posted by Soulskill on from the get-home-safely dept.

14erCleaner writes "Retired Colorado professor Evi Nemeth has been missing between New Zealand and Australia since June 4, along with six others on their racing yacht. Nemeth, 73, is known as the primary author of the definitive Unix systems administration guide and for other works on Unix and Linux system administration and cryptography."

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  1. find /ocean *evi* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    find /ocean -name *evi*

  2. Lost by lorinc · · Score: 5, Funny

    When working on Unix systems, it is easy to get lost at C. Let's hope she'll hack her way to the coast.

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  3. She thought it was a 3-hour tour by Spy+Handler · · Score: 4, Funny

    a 3-hour tour

  4. Re:Rawr by Victor_0x53h · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought a beard was required, that's how misinformed I am!

  5. Re:Rawr by Farmer+Tim · · Score: 5, Funny

    And they were familiar with eunuchs commands.

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  6. Re:Another one? by freeze128 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Davy Jones needs admins....