9.2-PRE: switch off that stupid "Nakatomi Socrates"

Phil Regnauld regnauld at x0.dk
Sat Sep 28 09:40:17 UTC 2013


Teske, Devin (Devin.Teske) writes:
> 
> If you work seriously on serious issues long enough... you'll become burned-
> out. Let me just come right out and say it...
> 
> I coded it.

	And thanks, you got me chuckling - nice to see some humor once in a while.

	To the offended poster: read the last line of tunefs(8) - there's probably
	many more places you could use serious time looking for deviations from
	corporate correctnes.

> And after 8 years of "always serious" coding on "always serious" projects has
> made me a dull boy. This little mini-project gave me something to work on that
> lifted my spirits.

	Been using it for 20, plan on using it for 20 more. Keep up the good work
	:)

> Come on...
> 
> Let us have some fun every now and then.

	http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/89296/what-does-the-windows-flag-in-the-linux-logo-of-kernel-3-11-mean

> Because when we do have fun... we often find ways of turning that functionality into
> something great (like the ability to use this for a custom boot screen in a fork or distro).

	Or for kiosk setups where the machine displays something informative
	on boot.

	Phil


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