From: erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp) Subject: Re: Linux history... Date: 28 Aug 1992 20:05:42 GMT
Lars Wirzenius (wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI) wrote:
: erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp) writes:
: >Jan Nicolai Langfeldt (janl@ifi.uio.no) wrote:
: >: He probably knows your favourite linux hostname too, so check that
: >: new kernel source before you start using it! :-)
: >
: >if ((gethostname(host, 32) == 0) && strcmp(host, "klaava"))
: > panic("Hahaha, Lars!");
:
: Hah, that won't work. klaava (and kruuna; they are Finnish for heads
: and tails, as in coins) is the machine I (and Linus himself as well!)
: read news. They are some Sun machines and belong to the university.
Damn. :)
: Besides, I think you reversed the strcmp test.
You're right. Well, hey it *was* early for me ... :)
: Also, I think you should give Linus a bit more credit for inventiveness.
: Like, say,
:
: if (strcmp(host, "haven") == 0)
: randomly_corrupt_one_byte_in_buffer_cache();
:
: Don't insult him with mere panics. :-)
That would probably just make him mad. :)
-- Ed Carp, N7EKG erc@apple.com 801/538-0177 "This is the final task I will ever give you, and it goes on forever. Act happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love, and do what you will." -- Dan Millman, "Way Of The Peaceful Warrior"