From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jun 12 17:53:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA01127 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 17:53:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from argus.nuke.net (node19.tfs.net [207.2.220.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA01116 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 17:53:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jbryant@localhost) by argus.nuke.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA13975; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 19:53:05 -0500 (CDT) From: Jim Bryant Message-Id: <199706130053.TAA13975@argus.nuke.net> Subject: Re: FREEBSD ON TELEVISION PROGRAM To: borjam@we.lc.ehu.es (Borja Marcos) Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 19:53:04 -0500 (CDT) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Reply-To: jbryant@tfs.net In-Reply-To: <9706121754.AA04912@sirius.we.lc.ehu.es> from "Borja Marcos" at Jun 12, 97 07:54:26 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In reply: > > Well, I was flipping through channels last night, and what did I see? > > > > The Fox Broadcasting program "Strange Universe" was doing a segment > > on information privacy, and was showing a booting machine, which > > came up with a "FreeBSD 2.1.0 (GENERIC bla bla)" login! > > > > This is nearly as cool as the "BSD 9.2" graphical login in the > > movie "Die Hard!"... > > ... Or the "C:\UNIX>" prompt a friend mentioned in > a short science fiction story... (a mathematician). Unfortunately > I discovered the error when he had just submitted the story > to the university's scifi contest. Anyway, after that, he > started to learn Unix (they bought a NeXT) and he won't write > such terrible things again. what's wrong with C:\UNIX> ??? Script started on Thu Jun 12 19:46:53 1997 7:46:53pm argus(1): md `echo "C:\\\\UNIX>"` 7:46:58pm argus(2): ls -lagR C:* total 3 drwxr-xr-x 2 jbryant wheel 512 Jun 12 19:46 . drwx------ 29 jbryant wheel 2048 Jun 12 19:47 .. 7:47:03pm argus(3): cd C:* 7:47:10pm argus(4): pwd /home/jbryant/C:\UNIX> 7:47:13pm argus(5): exit Script done on Thu Jun 12 19:47:18 1997 :^P jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" jbryant@tfs.net - KC5VDJ 2M, 70cm, KPC-3+ - kc5vdj@wv0t.#neks.ks.usa.noam --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOS sux, Win Blowz, NT droolz, while Unix R00LZ!@#