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.
>
> >
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