From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 19 06:14:10 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CFF7E303 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:14:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from barracuda.ixsystems.com (mail.ixsystems.com [12.229.62.4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.ixsystems.com", Issuer "Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AB57BF5 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:14:09 +0000 (UTC) X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1416377648-08ca0441c511320002-qrWwlP Received: from [10.20.30.218] (75-101-82-48.static.sonic.net [75.101.82.48]) by barracuda.ixsystems.com with ESMTP id Yl9YGCVxwjNF9x0Y (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 18 Nov 2014 22:14:09 -0800 (PST) X-Barracuda-Envelope-From: jkh@mail.turbofuzz.com X-Barracuda-AUTH-User: jkh@ixsystems.com X-Barracuda-Apparent-Source-IP: 75.101.82.48 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.1 \(1993\)) Subject: Re: etymology of the emergency holographic shell From: Jordan Hubbard X-ASG-Orig-Subj: Re: etymology of the emergency holographic shell In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 22:14:08 -0800 Message-Id: <5513FC4A-B497-481D-AE77-15CB01B40FC6@mail.turbofuzz.com> References: To: Royce Williams X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1993) X-Barracuda-Connect: 75-101-82-48.static.sonic.net[75.101.82.48] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1416377648 X-Barracuda-Encrypted: ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA X-Barracuda-URL: https://10.2.0.41:443/cgi-mod/mark.cgi X-Virus-Scanned: by bsmtpd at ixsystems.com X-Barracuda-BRTS-Status: 1 X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: 0.00 X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: No, SCORE=0.00 using global scores of TAG_LEVEL=1000.0 QUARANTINE_LEVEL=1000.0 KILL_LEVEL=9.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.2, rules version 3.2.3.11756 Rule breakdown below pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.00 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: "freebsd-chat@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:14:10 -0000 > On Nov 18, 2014, at 10:00 PM, Royce Williams > wrote: >=20 > Random question ... does anyone know the history of why is it called > the "emergency holographic shell=E2=80=9D? Ah yes=E2=80=A6 Because I was watching =E2=80=9CStar Trek Voyager=E2=80=9D= at the time, and the Emergency Medical Hologram = (or = =E2=80=9CEmergency Holographic Doctor=E2=80=9D as the character was more = popularly known) was pretty much the only good thing about the show, so = I paid homage to him when I created an interactive shell on a spare VTY = that could be used to observe the install in progress and potentially = rescue, or intervene =E2=80=9Cmedically=E2=80=9D, in an install going = bad. Like, say, when you fat-fingered your gateway address and saw from = the progress bar that it was stuck trying to transfer from FTP media, = you could use the EHS to quickly rectify that mistake and potentially = save yourself a lot of grief in an aborted install. So yes, a bit of now ancient Trekkie humor on my part, that=E2=80=99s = all. :-) - Jordan