Hi I was stupid in running the command, I had used the dd command before to create bootsector to start with NT/2000 dual boot. I should have known better to read the man page before. I agree that Osama's post was ridiculous, and it seemed to be a troll given the name Osama.
I only tried the command because of "nc" which I was experimenting with in redirecting text output to port 9100 on a printer, the day before as a means of printing network printing. I thought more about the whole scenario, and came up with this analogy. I liken it to a driving on a road. A major highway, where the locals know the roads very well. Someone for a joke, blocks the road and puts a detour sign up (like on road runner), and a (100) kph speed sign, but around the bend out of sight is a cliff or a rock wall. Unsuspecting tourist new to the area, or even been down the main road a few times, drives by takes the detour and crashes their car. In cartoons it is funny when we see this happen. But this is what we sometimes do, then we say, well they should have read their road map, they should have rung the local authoriies to se whether the road was really blocked, and never, ever take roads that you don't know where they go. You should always have full comprehensive insurance with a no claim bonus Great advice !! I just thank God that I found a good Smash Repair place, and I can appreciate the joke. I know that there was no foul intention, so no damage done. On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 09:37:23 +1000 "Karl Clements" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think if the user read the entire email they would realise it was a > joke. In addition to that as previously stated if you dont know what a > command does you shouldn't do it, you should read the man file or seek > more info before doing it. Failure to do so means their only victims of > their own foolishness/inexperience. > > > -- > Karl Clements > "Everyone is stupid, its just the degree that varies" > > <reply who="Matthew Hannigan" date="Sat, 20 Apr 2002 09:22:21 +1000"> > > > I think it's bloody mean and stupid. > > > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
