Unix humor is the worst kind

alternateorg on September 19, 2001

It’s funny, but it’s not. All at the same time.

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10 Replies to “Unix humor is the worst kind”

  1. gumby September 19, 2001 at 4:51 pm

    not quite up on my geekspeke (i use that word proudly), what is “rm -rf”?

  2. 808 September 19, 2001 at 4:59 pm

    ROFLOL —

    rm -rf is the remove command in unix (read as; erase, delete, etc.)

  3. steve September 19, 2001 at 6:09 pm

    but isn’t the -rf remove without asking or warning me? I can never remember.

  4. 808 September 19, 2001 at 10:21 pm

    Exactly right.

  5. ke September 20, 2001 at 1:00 pm

    -Recursively Forcefully (-rf)

  6. gumby September 19, 2001 at 4:51 pm

    not quite up on my geekspeke (i use that word proudly), what is “rm -rf”?

  7. 808 September 19, 2001 at 4:59 pm

    ROFLOL —

    rm -rf is the remove command in unix (read as; erase, delete, etc.)

  8. steve September 19, 2001 at 6:09 pm

    but isn’t the -rf remove without asking or warning me? I can never remember.

  9. 808 September 19, 2001 at 10:21 pm

    Exactly right.

  10. ke September 20, 2001 at 1:00 pm

    -Recursively Forcefully (-rf)

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