"The cause of the problem is: /dev/clue was linked to /dev/null" Teehee.
http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ballard/bofh/bofhserver.pl On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Kyle Banerjee <kyle.baner...@gmail.com> wrote: > The only problem is that some people might have difficulty obtaining audio > modems that could be made to work with their cell phones... > > > On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Riley Childs <ri...@tfsgeo.com> wrote: > >> I know I might be little youn but code4lib needs a bbs >> >> Riley Childs >> Student >> Asst. Head of IT Services >> Charlotte United Christian Academy >> (704) 497-2086 >> RileyChilds.net >> Sent from my Windows Phone, please excuse mistakes >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: "Joe Hourcle" <onei...@grace.nascom.nasa.gov> >> Sent: 7/14/2014 11:52 AM >> To: "CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU" <CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU> >> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] net.fun >> >> On Jul 14, 2014, at 10:44 AM, Cary Gordon wrote: >> >> > I remember when system administrators would change the MOTD daily. The >> '80s >> > were so pastoral. >> >> 0 0 * * * /bin/fortune > /etc/motd >> >> or, for those running Vixie cron (which most people weren't in the 80s) : >> >> @daily /bin/fortune > /etc/motd >> >> >> ... but then, everyone went the way of 'web portals' and the like, rather >> than assuming everyone was going to be (telnet|tn3270)ing into a (unix|cms) >> system so they could check their e-mail, nntp, gopher, etc. >> >> -Joe >> >> ps. is it disturbing that the talk of motd is making me nostalgic for >> ASCII art? >> >> >> >> >> >> > On Monday, July 14, 2014, Joe Hourcle <onei...@grace.nascom.nasa.gov> >> wrote: >> > >> >> On Jul 14, 2014, at 8:21 AM, Riley Childs wrote: >> >> >> >>> My MOTDs are not as fun... >> >>> >> >>> RUN GET OUT OF HERE >> >>> YOU ARE NOT WELCOME TODAY >> >>> RESTRICTED ACCESS HERE. >> >> >> >> I would expect that in the banner, not the motd: >> >> >> >> $ more /etc/banner >> >> >> >> This US Government computer is for authorized users only. By >> >> accessing >> >> this system you are consenting to complete monitoring with no >> >> expectation of privacy. Unauthorized access or use may subject >> you >> >> to >> >> disciplinary action and criminal prosecution. >> >> >> >> >> >> The banner gets displayed before the login prompt, the motd gets >> displayed >> >> after ... there's also an assumption that the motd changes regularly, as >> >> it's 'message of the day' ... although most people have it be completely >> >> random and just call fortune or never bother changing it. >> >> >> >> -Joe >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Cary Gordon >> > The Cherry Hill Company >> > http://chillco.com >> -- Lisa M. Rabey | @pnkrcklibrarian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://exitpursuedbyabear.net | http://lisa.rabey.net