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From: Aragorn on 7 Oct 2009 16:13 On Wednesday 07 October 2009 13:02 in comp.os.linux.misc, somebody identifying as spike1(a)freenet.co.uk wrote... > And verily, didst Aragorn <aragorn(a)chatfactory.invalid> hastily babble > thusly: > >> They would also all be started by typing in a series of commands at a >> green screen terminal. After all, who needs a button labeled "Start" >> or a lever when you can do it so much easier by typing... >> >> start --nohup --track=0 --device=rollercoaster --once > > But don't forget the --once. The defalt is an infinite loop and > pressing ctrl C at the wrong time can cause a terrible crash. Well, that's what the "--nohup" is for. It automatically respawns, but in a rather random way, i.e. the rollercoaster might consider the monster house to be its parent process, so we have to make sure that it can't be interrupted once started, not even by its own bugs. :-) And bugs there *will* be, of course. It wouldn't be "Sidworld" without some seriously deranged bugs in all the rides. :p Hmm... Now that I think of it, Sidworld would actually be bearing a remarkable resemblance to Jurassic Park, after the power went down and all the dinosaurs broke loose. :p -- *Aragorn* (registered GNU/Linux user #223157)
From: Aragorn on 7 Oct 2009 16:16 On Wednesday 07 October 2009 20:07 in comp.os.linux.misc, somebody identifying as Wanna-Be Sys Admin wrote... > Aragorn wrote: > >> I shall not be so cruel as to wish for his death or advise him to >> commit suicide, as I believe that the universe is big enough for >> there to be a place for each and every thing in existence. > > Places for him, Hitler, Ted Bundy and so on? I don't think I can > agree with your view. Under restraint, in an isolation cell? What harm can they do there? :-) -- *Aragorn* (registered GNU/Linux user #223157)
From: John Hasler on 7 Oct 2009 16:27 Aragorn writes: > Under restraint, in an isolation cell? What harm can they do there? > :-) What could they do there at all except consume resources and suffer? -- John Hasler jhasler(a)newsguy.com Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA
From: Aragorn on 7 Oct 2009 16:35 On Wednesday 07 October 2009 22:27 in comp.os.linux.misc, somebody identifying as John Hasler wrote... > Aragorn writes: > >> Under restraint, in an isolation cell? What harm can they do there? >> :-) > > What could they do there at all except consume resources and suffer? They could become One with the Truth and realize the wrongness of their commitment to the Dark Side, Paddawan. :-) -- *Aragorn* (registered GNU/Linux user #223157)
From: Wanna-Be Sys Admin on 7 Oct 2009 17:18
Aragorn wrote: > On Wednesday 07 October 2009 20:07 in comp.os.linux.misc, somebody > identifying as Wanna-Be Sys Admin wrote... > >> Aragorn wrote: >> >>> I shall not be so cruel as to wish for his death or advise him to >>> commit suicide, as I believe that the universe is big enough for >>> there to be a place for each and every thing in existence. >> >> Places for him, Hitler, Ted Bundy and so on? I don't think I can >> agree with your view. > > Under restraint, in an isolation cell? What harm can they do there? > :-) > I would not be against that, but the tax paying citizens that have to pay for this building, cell, the staff that feed, water and hose it off, food costs, etc. might. Faced with that decision, it's cheaper to just get an old discarded seringe and some cheap bulk draino liquid and inject the guy, and then burn the remains. Or, just save on the draino and set him on fire until there's nothing left. Okay, that was a little morbid. -- Not really a wanna-be, but I don't know everything. |