Well, it was funny after the fact . . . I doubt if Ms. Branagan thought of it that way though. Hell, I even run BSD at home! Ooops, I said "Hell". ;)
Randy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 11:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [brluglist] BSD Joke Funny! Good thing she didn't mention curses... :) You know, now that I think about it, it really isn't funny. In fact, it's kinda scary, in a Neo-Luddite Fundamentalist kinda way. Possible scenerio - tele-evangelist preacher, in a foam-mouthed rant: "These criminal HACKERS say there are DAEMONS in their COMPUTERS!!! We must cast these DAEMONS out!!!" John Hebert --- Randy le Jeune <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I got this from the website of an east-coast LUG and > thought it was funny at > the time. Anyway, here goes: > > ======================================================================= > > Linda Branagan is an expert on daemons. She has a > T-shirt that sports the > daemon in tennis shoes that appears on the cover of > the 4.3BSD manuals and > _The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD UNIX > Operating System_ by S. > Leffler, M. McKusick, M. Karels, J. Quarterman, > Addison-Wesley Publishing > Company, Reading, MA 1989. > > She tells the following story about wearing the > 4.3BSD daemon T-shirt: > > Last week I walked into a local "home style cookin' > restaurant/watering > hole" in Texas to pick up a take-out order. I spoke > briefly to the waitress > behind the counter, who told me my order would be > done in a few minutes. So, > while I was busy gazing at the farm implements > hanging on the walls, I was > approached by two ``natives.'' These guys might just > be the original Texas > rednecks. > > ``Pardon us, ma'am. Mind if we ask you a question?'' > Well, people keep telling me that Texans are real > friendly, so I nodded. > ``Are you a Satanist?'' > Well, at least they didn't ask me if I liked to > party. > ``Uh, no, I can't say that I am.'' > ``Gee, ma'am. Are you sure about that?'' they asked. > I put on my biggest, brightest Dallas Cowboys > cheerleader smile and said, > ``No, I'm positive. The closest I've ever come to > Satanism is watching > Geraldo.'' > ``Hmmm. Interesting. See, we was just wondering why > it is you have the lord > of darkness on your chest there.'' > I was this close to slapping one of them and causing > a scene -- then I > stopped and noticed the shirt I happened to be > wearing that day. Sure > enough, it had a picture of a small, > devilish-looking creature that has for > some time now been associated with a certain > operating system. In this > particular representation, the creature was wearing > sneakers. > They continued: ``See, ma'am, we don't exactly > appreciate it when people > show off pictures of the devil. Especially when he's > lookin' so friendly.'' > These idiots sounded terrifyingly serious. > Me: ``Oh, well, see, this isn't really the devil, > it's just, well, it's sort > of a mascot. > Native: ``And what kind of football team has the > devil as a mascot?'' > Me: ``Oh, it's not a team. It's an operating -- uh, > a kind of > computer.'' > I figured that an ATM machine was about as much > technology as these guys > could handle, and I knew that if I so much as > uttered the word ``UNIX'' I > would only make things worse. > Native: ``Where does this satanical computer come > from?'' > Me: ``California. And there's nothing satanical > about it really.'' > Somewhere along the line here, the waitress noticed > my predicament -- but > these guys probably outweighed her by 600 pounds, so > all she did was look at > me sympathetically and run off into the kitchen. > Native: ``Ma'am, I think you're lying. And we'd > appreciate it if you'd leave > the premises now.'' > Fortunately, the waitress returned that very instant > with my order, and they > agreed that it would be okay for me to actually pay > for my food before I > left. While I was at the cash register, they amused > themselves by talking to > each other. > Native #1: ``Do you think the police know about > these devil computers?'' > Native #2: ``If they come from California, then the > FBI oughta know about > 'em.'' > They escorted me to the door. I tried one last time: > ``You're really blowing > this all out of proportion. A lot of people use this > `kind of computers.' > Universities, researchers, businesses. They're > actually very useful.'' > Big, big, BIG mistake. I should have guessed at what > came next. > Native: ``Does the government use these devil > computers?'' > Me: ``Yes.'' > Another BIG boo-boo. > Native: ``And does the government pay for 'em? With > our tax dollars?'' > I decided that it was time to jump ship. > Me: ``No. Nope. Not at all. Your tax dollars never > entered the > picture at all. I promise. No sir, not a penny. Our > good Christian > congressmen would never let something like that > happen. Nope. Never. Bye.'' > > ======================================================================= > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 10:30 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [brluglist] Actual Resignation Letter > from a System > Administrator > > > What is this! Where did you get this one from? :) I > busted out when I read > the ketchup bit. > > Regards, Dustin > > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================ ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. 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