scarygliders

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   by scarygliders 12y ago

   I have an alias set for rm as follows, for the root account: # alias rm alias rm='rm -i' It helps to prevent some stupidity, sometimes. Better than nothing.
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   by scarygliders 12y ago

   Being primarily used to, and mainly using Linux. Then using the killall command on a Solaris box, which just happened to be running the company's Oracle database... Cue the support line phone ringing off its hook. Cue BOFH Excuse : &qu
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   by scarygliders 12y ago

   Can you cite what safety features aren't present on that Wagon R Limited?
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   by scarygliders 12y ago

   Can you cite somewhere that mentions that Wagon R Limited doesn't meet NCAP safety standards? I'd be interested in reading that. I forgot to mention my car also had driver and passenger airbags fitted as standard - not that those
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   by scarygliders 12y ago

   Hmmm, I thought in this day and age, where a lot of people are hyper-ventilating about the environment, that usage of such vehicles would be encouraged, and that would be at least one practical reason for the tax benefit.
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   by scarygliders 12y ago

   This makes me sad. I lived and worked in Japan for 6 years, returning to my native Scotland almost 2 years ago, after struggling for the few years after the M9 quake (lived in Koriyama, Fukushima prefecture and lost my job after the quake).
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   by scarygliders 12y ago

   This, although written many years ago (and shows, but it adds to the charm), is what I consider to be something which should be read by everyone. http://www.ourcivilisation.com/fat/index.htm
8. 398.▲
   by scarygliders 12y ago

   <reply from relatively new user that'll get voted down>
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   by scarygliders 13y ago

   >> Do these sort of things automatically follow from the idea of "setting a story in a technological future", and why? Not necessarily - Iain M. Banks' Culture series is a good example, where the Culture is portrayed as
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    by scarygliders 13y ago

    There is another element within the story that I think people overlook. Most people seem to focus on the Machine stopping, and that because of this, the humans dwelling within it perish. More importantly, why did the Machine stop? It stoppe
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    by scarygliders 13y ago

    I chose the ISC license for both of my projects. http://opensource.org/licenses/ISC What would concern me about using that WTFPL license is there's no disclaimer about fitness for use/purpose, which might mea
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    by scarygliders 13y ago

    Sssssshhhhhh! Don't be giving it any hints now!
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    by scarygliders 13y ago

    First ever comment since signing up. This is diabolical. DIABOLICAL!