i remember finding neal stephenson's 'In the Beginning was the Command Line' pretty inspiring http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html
On 30 October 2013 07:20, James Morris <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Oct 30, 2013 12:58 AM, "Pall Thayer" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > If you don't know your terminal, you don't know your computer. It knows > you. > > > > Graphical user interfaces are not meant to ease your interaction with > your computer, they're intended to guide your use of your computer. > > > > The terminal is your friend. > > > > Using the terminal is like stroking the surface of an orange with your > finger. Using GUI software is like doing the same but with a 1 mm film of > plastic between your finger and the orange. > > > > Smoking a pipe should sound like an absurd concept. > > > > "." is a location. > > > > Where are you? (if you don't know... you don't know your computer, it > knows you. Open the terminal and type "pwd". It will tell you where you > are. Wouldn't it feel better if you knew before your computer?) > > shouldn't that be "if you don't know '..' (then you don't know your > roots)" ??? > > sed is super brilliant. > > > > > -- > > ***************************** > > Pall Thayer > > artist > > http://pallthayer.dyndns.org > > ***************************** > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >
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