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As the old saying says: "You can tune a filesystem, but you can't tune a fish."
by gjvc 2y ago
As the old saying says: "You can tune a filesystem, but you can't tune a fish."
- sadboots 2y agolol
- catgirlinspace 2y agois there some metaphor i’m missing or is it just funny?
- CraigJPerry 2y agotuna fish Tune-a-fish EDIT: looks like there’s a bit more to it https://unixhistory.livejournal.com/1808.html https://unixhistory.livejournal.com/1808.html
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- kps 2y agoThe phrase originates with the ‘BUGS’ section of the 4.2BSD man page for the `tunefs(8)` command, for the Berkeley Fast File System that is the topic of the OP article.
- jhbadger 2y agoIt's a reference to a joke by the comedian Groucho Marx (1890-1977) "You can tune a piano but you can't tuna fish" (also a title of a 1978 REO Speedwagon album paying homage to Marx who had recently died). It's a pun on "tune a" and "tuna".
- cozzyd 2y agoSure you can, https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/performance_tuning_guide/chap-tuna#chap-Tuna https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_...
- azinman2 2y agoCould it come from this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Can_Tune_a_Piano,_but_You_Can%27t_Tuna_Fish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Can_Tune_a_Piano,_but_You_... ?